?Chapter 996: The advantage is significant.
Guided by the deconstruction results, Nnd Lee formted his n to venture towards the City of Exiles on the spot.
During this time, Nolin cleared all traces of the ceremony from the site and packed up all the Mole Man skeletons.
In total, there were four thousand Mole Man skeletons, half of which Nnd Lee had used in the previous ceremony.
The remaining two thousand skeletons would be carried with him, so he could perform the “Bone Seeker Ritual” at any time.
These were ready-made bone materials, and Nnd Lee would not waste them.
Once Nolin had cleaned up the site, Nnd Lee had his n to the City of Exiles drafted. <div>
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He put away the Mechanos, summoned the Rock Spirit, and retraced his steps back to ground level.
It was now two points past midnight.
The moon, haloed with radiance, hung high in the sky, surrounded by a starry host.
Nnd Lee traveled overnight to the central area of Thousand Peak Ridge, stopping in an uninhabited valley.
After sending Denise Green a message of safety via “Mind Induction” and meditating briefly for spiritual recovery,
he summoned the Rock Spirit again and ventured downwards before the sun began to rise.
Going underground before the Rock Spirit were fifty Ground Drilling Mechanisms controlled by Nolin.
Together, these Mechanism dug straight down, quickly reaching a special zone 5,000 meters underground.
The geological structure of this world was peculiar, with no increase in heat as one descended; instead, it became more intimidating and colder.
At 5,000 meters underground, near the ceiling of the Dark Zone, there was a “te Layer” with a thickness of over a hundred meters.
The hardness of the te Layer was astounding, impervious to ordinary drill bits and also resistant to energy.
Thisyer, posing great difficulty in cutting through and lying atop the entire Dark Zone, acted as a natural barrier separating the 5,000 meters aboveground from the 5,000 meters below.
The Wizards did not know how it had formed.
Over the years, the Wizard Advancement Association had merely researched methods to prate it.
These methods were written into textbooks, now providing guidance for Nnd Lee.
One of the quicker methods was to use a high-level Earth Rock Magic specifically designed for the te Layer—”te Layer Crossing Technique.”
Nnd Lee did not know this magic spell.
But he was wealthy.
He activated his psychic sense to contact Selena, having her discreetly purchase several magic scrolls from the Magic Items Exchange in the Ulnas Circle.
Each “te Layer Traveling Spell Scroll” was priced at 1.5 million gold coins, containing 5 million points of Rock and Soil Energy, just enough for one-way travel through the te Layer.
Nnd Lee was extravagant and bought six scrolls at once.
After receiving the magic scrolls sent by Selena, he didn’t hesitate to dismiss the Rock Spirit, tore open one of the scrolls, and pped it onto himself.
A tawny radiance flowed from the scroll, enveloping Nnd Lee’s entire body, temporarily transforming him into a pure energy body.
Likely diving off a high tform, Nnd Lee hopped in ce and plunged headfirst into the te Layer.
The instant his body fully merged with the te Layer, a sensation of being covered in mud overwhelmed him, making Nnd Lee feel as though his body was weighed down with lead.
He surrendered control of his body to the spell.
“te Layer Crossing Technique” led his body downward, forging ahead with difficulty.
The view during transit was peculiar.
Countless tawny light points brushed past Nnd Lee, passing through his body and brain.
The further down they went, the denser the light points became, and the more pronounced the sensation of bodily stagnation.
The System continuously refreshed characters in his mind, reminding him that he was being hindered by the te Layer, as the “te Layer Crossing Technique” helped him ovee the obstruction.
As the remaining duration of the “Crossing Technique” was about to expire, the tawny light points in front of Nnd Lee suddenly vanished, and his body was suddenly released.
He broke free from the ceiling of the Dark Zone.
Greeting him was the solid darkness and the utter stillness.
Enshrouded by the te Layer, the Dark Zone naturally had no sunlight or starry sky.
Here, light was both a beacon of hope for surface creatures and a signal drawing hostile beings.
Even the faintest glimmer could beckon Shadow Demons that wandered through the darkness.
Fortunately, most Shadow Demons were disinterested in the undead.
Nnd Lee activated his Skeleton Form and the “Levitation Spell” on his magic boots, floating in the air as one of the Lost Souls.
He then activated “Perception Enhancement” and “Life and Death Tracking.”
Looking around, aside from the darkness, he saw nothing.
Moreover, the effectiveness of “Perception Enhancement” had been halved by environmental factors, producing only fifty percent of its normal effect.
“The Dark Zone is indeed a forbidden zone for non-shadow type Wizards. This abysmal ce has neither light norndmarks for direction. If I hadn’t ced ‘Tracking Marks’ on the surface, I really might have had trouble distinguishing north from south…”
Nnd tried to mobilize the magic energy in his Magic Power Internal Organs.
Whether it was Death Energy, Silent power, or Thunder and Lightning Energy, all of them inevitably experienced a g.”
They flowed sluggishly, as if coated in glue.
Nnd opened his status bar and saw a negative status called “Suppression of Non-Shadow Magic.”
All non-shadow type spells in the “Dark Zone” had their cast time increased by at least 30%.
Previously instant non-shadow spells now required an additional 1 second for casting.
“Ah, no wonder the Dark Zone is a treasurend for Shadow Wizards. Just with this environmental buff alone, thebat strength of Shadow Wizards is at least thirty percent higher.”