Investigation, forbidden magic stone!

The underground palace has nine levels.

Each level is a closed space.

It follows the same rules as the ruins.

The doors to other levels require killing a BOSS.

And this is triggered randomly.

The higher the level of the BOSS, the greater the probability of a passage appearing after it is killed.

Of course.

To gain control over a level, one must kill all the BOSSes.

"The ordinary Mountain Clan Demons that appear in the Guanghan Palace Ruins are basically First-Tier and Second-Tier."

"It seems the level of this underground palace isn't high either."

"The level range of the monsters is highly likely not to exceed level 200."

"It might even be under level 100."

Less than ten days had passed since the Divine Grace Cemetery began to undergo mutations.

The underground palace has nine levels.

The fact that the other party could appear in the Divine Grace Cemetery so quickly proves that the speed at which they cleared this underground palace was very fast.

It is highly likely that the monsters inside are not of a high level.

"After reaching level 70, would it be better to learn a detection skill?"

Lin Xuan thought about the monster corpses he had seen through the Bat Spirit earlier.

If he had a detection skill, he would be able to know what level the dead monsters were.

As it stands, he needs to swap in the Magic Card Mechanical Eye he obtained earlier from his inventory to find out.

"I should go take a look."

Lin Xuan dug out the Magic Card from his inventory, preparing to equip it.

[Magic Card: Mechanical Eye]

[Type: Item]

[Quality: Epic]

[Level: LV5]

[Effect: After equipping, you gain 1000 uses of Mechanical Eye]

[Note: The usage count refreshes as the level increases; Mechanical Eye can inspect a small amount of information about the target]

[Current Remaining Uses: 996]

The Magic Card's function is quite good, it's just a pity that it's an item-type with limited uses.

Lin Xuan flipped through all his Magic Cards.

[(Gold) Reversal of Qiankun LV5, (Gold) Supreme Domination LV5, (Gold) Skill Sharing LV5, (Gold) Life and Death Covenant LV5, (Orange) lucky revolver LV5, (Purple) Lightning Power LV5, (Purple) Skill Slot Expansion LV5, (Orange) Experience Boost LV5]

Of the eight Magic Cards, half are already Gold Mythic grade.

And thanks to the previous reward from Change, he can evolve two Orange Legendary cards into Mythic.

Calculating it all, Lin Xuan already possesses six Mythic cards.

Among the group of First-Tier Professionals, this is almost extremely rare.

After all, it's very common for suitable cards to not be of high quality.

For example, his lucky revolver and Lightning Power were both initially Epic grade.

Of course.

The lucky revolver had been upgraded once before.

This time, Lin Xuan still intended to prioritize upgrading the lucky revolver.

As for the remaining stone, he could put it aside for now.

He would consider which one to evolve before breaking through to the Second-Tier.

"I'll temporarily swap out Experience Boost for now."

Lin Xuan glanced over and found that only this Magic Card was suitable to be swapped out.

In any case, the cooldown time wasn't too long.

Once he investigated the situation here, he could swap it back.

Tap, tap—

The visibility inside the underground palace was very dim.

Lin Xuan felt that if Liu Da Erduo were here, he would definitely be very excited.

The surrounding whitish-grey stones were carved with various patterns, and there was a damp, decaying smell in the air.

It was just like a massive ancient tomb.

For Liu Da Erduo's Grave Robber profession, it was simply a dream location.

That said, since there were corpses of Mountain Clan Demons here, it meant a battle had taken place.

However, the stone walls on both sides were perfectly fine, with not a single trace of battle.

Lin Xuan curiously touched the wall and knocked on it twice.

Thump, thump, thump—

The stone wall was very solid.

"This material is not bad."

Lin Xuan released the skill Soul Fire, and flames rose in his palm, the intense heat warping the air.

However, he was surprised to find that the Soul Fire's flames could not leave even the slightest mark on the wall.

"Damn... top-tier decoration material."

Lin Xuan clicked his tongue twice.

He swapped in the Magic Card and activated the detection function.

A line of information immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Anti-Magic Stone: Underground palace building material, can immunize against most magic damage and a small amount of physical damage!]

"Holy crap!"

Lin Xuan was startled.

If he took this material back to study, perhaps he could craft equipment that reduces magic damage.

If the equipment level was high, he could even craft magic-immune equipment!

"I'm rich!"

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Xuan was moved.

Without further ado, he punched it twice.

His strength attribute was not low now.

In a situation where he could use his full power, he could kill monsters of the same level with his fists.

However, the damage sufficient to kill monsters of the same level, when hitting the wall, did not leave a single mark.

Not even a speck of stone dust fell off.

"Good stuff, but it's a pity I can't knock it off."

Lin Xuan shook his head.

Although this material was good, it seemed impossible to take away.

Come to think of it, the underground palace had been discovered by humans for hundreds of years.

The anti-magic effect must have been known for a long time.

If it hadn't spread throughout the world, it must be impossible to shatter.

"What a pity."

Lin Xuan smacked his lips, withdrawing his hand with some regret.

However, he quickly cheered up and continued groping forward.

Soon, Lin Xuan arrived at the anomaly location that the Bat Spirit had detected earlier.

The space here was quite large, looking like a palace.

In the center, there were traces of a campfire.

Scattered around were quite a few monster bones.

And in the very back was a monster corpse.

Lin Xuan activated the Mechanical Eye, and a light blue magic circle appeared in his eyes.

He looked toward that demon corpse.

[Name]: Wind Demon Wolf (Elite)

[Level]: LV91

[Skills]: Tear, Wolf Howl, Wind Blade...

[Description]: Underground palace patrol monster, skilled in using stealth and ambush tactics to attack.

"A level 91 Elite monster serving as a patrol guard."

"It seems the level range of the monsters in this underground palace is not high."

Lin Xuan nodded, feeling much more at ease.

A level 91 Elite monster was nothing to the current Lin Xuan.

Crunch, crunch.

Just as Lin Xuan put away the monster information panel, he heard a strange sound.

"Is experience coming?"

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked Irena outside: "Are there monsters outside?"

"There are no monsters, my Master, you should come and see for yourself."

"It's Stone Xiaoxiao, it's a bit abnormal."

Hearing Irena's message, Lin Xuan hurried over.

Then he saw the Frost Giant Stone Xiaoxiao actually crouching on the ground.

Eating stones!

Crunch, crunch.

The stone was chewed twice in Stone Xiaoxiao's mouth and then swallowed.

"Holy crap!"

"It can even eat this?"

Lin Xuan was shocked, just preparing to step forward to ask about the situation, when he witnessed a scene that left him dumbfounded.

He saw Stone Xiaoxiao press its hand against the wall and grip it.

A stone appeared in its hand!!

What was going on!

It was actually able to gouge an Anti-Magic Stone out of the wall!

Lin Xuan was stunned.

The Anti-Magic Stone, on which he hadn't left a single mark after two full-power punches, had been easily gouged out by Stone Xiaoxiao.

Come to think of it, the Frost Giant Stone Xiaoxiao was a monster he had contracted back at the college entrance examination venue.

At that time, this Frost Giant underwent a mutation, then directly killed the Lava Giant originally prepared for the examinees and became the boss.

However, after the contract, Stone Xiaoxiao had always performed averagely.

It hadn't shown any signs of mutation.

It turned out its special trait was in its body type.

Lin Xuan clicked his tongue in wonder.

After the stone on the wall was gouged out by Stone Xiaoxiao, it quickly grew back.

Stone Xiaoxiao did not gouge out and consume the newly regrown area, and it kept changing positions.

Lin Xuan released Soul Fire to test the stone and found that the anti-magic attribute of the stone was still there.

It seemed the difference wasn't here.

However, it didn't matter.

Lin Xuan tried to communicate with Stone Xiaoxiao, asking it to hand over a gouged-out stone to him.

As a result, this guy actually shook its head and swallowed it directly.

This was the first time Lin Xuan had encountered a contracted beast disobeying his orders.

This creature was truly not simple.

Lin Xuan communicated again.

This time, Stone Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, gouged out a stone, and handed it to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan was somewhat delighted and checked the attributes.

[Anti-Magic Stone: Underground palace building material, can immunize against most magic damage and a small amount of physical damage! (Ability is dissipating)]

The attributes were basically the same, but it added a suffix: "Ability is dissipating."

Lin Xuan felt a bit bored.

What use is this?

Seeing Stone Xiaoxiao's performance, he had already mentally prepared to build an anti-magic castle.

"Master, Stone Xiaoxiao seems to be evolving."