222: Chapter 222: Mysteries Abound

The cave was neatly arranged, with tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets all provided.

"Teacher, why didn't you just destroy him?"

Heloise sat on the bed and asked, somewhat puzzled.

"When traveling, you must always be cautious. What if Wizard Minian is deceiving us? And how do you know for sure that she is a bad person?"

Nie Ning said to Heloise while looking around the cave, checking if there were any traps in the room.

Although the other party displayed various anomalies, who knew if what Wizard Minian said was true?

If one were to resolve every encounter with force, it would be better to just become a Corruptor; with a little planning, one could absolutely achieve a qualitative change in strength.

Of course, the main reason was that he hadn't sensed any malice; otherwise, he would have already split the other party in two with a blast of Wind-Thunder Blade.

"Fine, I'm tired. I'm going to sleep for a while."

Heloise pouted, then lay back on the bed.

Seeing this, Nie Ning shook his head slightly.

This girl had been too well protected; she had absolutely no sense of precaution.

Turning to walk to the cave entrance, Nie Ning took out the sealing box and released the Human-Faced Balloon residing inside.

Compared to before, the Flesh Spider transformed from the Human-Faced Balloon was much smaller, only about half a meter in size.

However, its strength was not to be underestimated.

After all, it had absorbed quite a bit of flesh and blood in the Earth Hills, and had absorbed a significant amount of Power of Corruption in the small town last time, so its apparent strength had already reached the early Third-Tier.

And as a Corruptor with supernatural self-healing abilities, it was very difficult for an ordinary Third-Tier to kill it completely.

Nie Ning released the Human-Faced Balloon, and then controlled it to burrow into the ground.

He needed to determine the location of the ore vein to see if he could find the Ice Core Lotus Heart, which might save him from having to seize it by force.

...

Night fell.

Nie Ning was sitting on the floor meditating when he suddenly felt a trace of Elemental Power fluctuation.

He got up and went to the cave entrance, where he saw several people standing in the air, and Wizard Kadisan flew in front of Nie Ning.

"A Corruptor has appeared on the island. I would like to ask for your help in searching for it together."

Wizard Kadisan said in a slightly hurried voice.

"A Corruptor? There would be a Corruptor in a place like this?"

Nie Ning put on a surprised expression, as if he knew nothing about it.

In reality, not only was there a Corruptor here, but there were actually two.

"We aren't entirely sure either. Although Corruptors are rare, it's not impossible for them to appear."

Wizard Kadisan carefully observed Nie Ning's expression, but did not find anything unusual.

"Then I will go wake my sister; we will be out immediately."

As he spoke, Nie Ning turned and returned to the cave. At that moment, a wisp of white smoke burrowed from the ground into Nie Ning's body.

...

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Heloise, who had been woken up by Nie Ning, rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked.

Nie Ning's expression was solemn: "Just follow me later to avoid getting hurt by those people."

Earlier, he had sensed intense malice from the others; this level of malice had reached a point that threatened his life.

Upon hearing this, Heloise said nothing more and followed Nie Ning out of the cave.

Under the guidance of Wizard Kadisan, Nie Ning met the other four people, three men and one woman.

Among them were three Second-Tier Wizards, and the other wizard, a thin, expressionless middle-aged man, had reached the peak of the Third-Tier.

The other party was likely the leader of this group, the Third-Ring Wizard Furnar.

"Greetings, everyone. I wonder what that Corruptor looks like, and how should we search for it?"

Nie Ning flew in front of them and asked.

"We have already trapped it beneath the island. You just need to help us restrain that Corruptor in a moment."

The thin man said in a cold voice.

Nie Ning nodded upon hearing this, but he felt suspicious in his heart.

Because he hadn't sensed that the Human-Faced Balloon was trapped, nor were there any signs that it had been attacked at all.

What did these people mean?

Could there be another Corruptor here, or was searching for the Corruptor just an excuse, and the place they were being led to was a trap?

...

Led by Furnar, the group arrived at the top of the mountain and then entered a tunnel that led directly underground.

There was no communication during this time, as if they were too lazy to speak with Nie Ning and Heloise, appearing extremely arrogant.

As they descended lower and lower, Nie Ning gradually frowned.

Because under the influence of his Strange Beast Body, he could smell the scent of blood coming from below the cave, but he didn't sense much Power of Corruption.

Nie Ning had dealt with Corruptors many times; this level of Power of Corruption could not create a Corruptor.

Furthermore, Nie Ning had a strange feeling, as if some terrifying thing existed below.

In less than a minute, the group arrived at the bottom of the cave, in a huge underground cavern constructed of bricks.

The walls were painted with strange patterns that looked quite old.

The patterns depicted a group of people kneeling and worshiping a one-eyed centipede, looking somewhat like a ritual to sacrifice to some deity.

Walking further into the cavern, a 10-meter-tall statue of a human-faced, one-eyed centipede appeared before Nie Ning.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning's brows furrowed even deeper.

Although wizards allowed deities to spread their faith, wizards had no fondness for deities.

Furnar was a wizard after all; how could he allow such a thing to exist in his territory?

Under the influence of his supernatural sense of smell, a familiar scent entered his nostrils, causing Nie Ning to become instantly vigilant.

Without any warning, lightning flashed in Nie Ning's hands, and several Wind-Thunder Blade shot out, tearing the two nearest Second Ring Wizards into pieces.

Furnar and Wizard Kadisan clearly had not expected Nie Ning to suddenly attack and were momentarily stunned in place.

But Nie Ning did not stop; with a flash of his figure, he arrived in front of another wizard, and the blade growing from his arm split the wizard in two.

"What have you done!"

Furnar's eyes widened in anger, and he roared.

As the fire element surged around him, it transformed into a fire dragon that bit toward Nie Ning.

Nie Ning lifted his arm slightly, and several earth walls rose from the ground, immediately placing a protective shield around himself.

But such simple elemental manipulation clearly could not block the fire dragon.

In just an instant, the fire dragon broke through the earth walls and arrived in front of Nie Ning, opening its bloody maw to bite onto Nie Ning's shield.

The yellow shield on Nie Ning exploded, and the released shockwave shattered the fire dragon directly.

Seeing this, Furnar's expression turned slightly cold. He summoned a three-meter-tall fire giant to charge at Nie Ning, while he himself began to gather Elemental Power, seemingly intending to release some high-powered skill.

Watching the charging fire giant, Nie Ning crossed his arms, seemingly giving up.

"You think I'll let you off just like that? You are truly too naive..."

Furnar sneered, but suddenly his expression froze as several tentacles burst from the ground, piercing through Furnar's heart and head in succession.

"Idiot!"

Nie Ning pursed his lips in disdain.