Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 438 Underwater Dungeon
Ji Lin asked a few more questions, but Feng Ling's mental state fluctuated, and his words became unclear. The only information he could summarize was the previous ones.

However, even so, it was already quite good information for everyone in Zizai Gate. At least they knew where the hostages were being held, and they were indeed being guarded by evil soul masters.

This gives their next actions a direct target.

Coming out of Feng Ling's room, Ji Lin looked at the girls and said, "Two days have passed. The disappearance of an evil soul master will surely alert the Holy Spirit Church, so we must start taking action as soon as possible."

According to Ji Lin and his colleagues' speculation, the suppression battle on the border will reach a fever pitch in the next few days. Only by rescuing people when the battle is most intense can they have the greatest chance, because the Holy Spirit Church is likely to withdraw its strong men.

"From what Feng Ling said, the Holy Spirit Church couldn't help but attack the hostages. A small number of them were taken away by the evil soul masters. Their fate is predictable. Even if some are still alive, they are probably living a life worse than death. We should give up on these people. They will be useless even if we save them, just like Feng Ling."

The girls nodded. Indeed, it was impossible for a soul master who was taken away by an evil soul master to be safe and sound. They were just here to do favors, not to be babysitters who had to save everyone.

It's enough to save some of them.

Time is not enough. As for the Sun-Moon Empire, more attention is focused on the border. According to estimates, although this side is guarded by the Holy Spirit Church, the guarding force must be relaxed compared to the initial stage. Ji Lin does not want to go to war with the Holy Spirit Church for the time being. Firstly, Ye Guyi and others have not fully grown up yet, and secondly, the gain will outweigh the loss.

At this time, it is very troublesome for them to leave the city safely. It is much more difficult to leave the city easily without causing a big noise than to enter the city. This Risheng City was originally a trap. After all, the hostages were held outside the city. No wonder Ji Lin's spiritual detection did not find many strong people, and Ye Guyi was unable to find more evil soul masters. He originally thought it was the interference of some kind of soul guide, but it turned out that the people were not in the city at all.

It seems that other rescue teams who had foolishly sneaked into the city like Ji Lin and his team are still wandering around the city like headless flies.

Ji Lin took Wang Qiuer and Ye Guyi to the South City District, while the others stayed in the hotel.

He decided to use mental detection to investigate first, just in case he came up empty-handed again.

Ji Lin brought Wang Qiuer and Ye Guyi and quickly arrived at the South City, less than fifty meters away from the city wall.

It was lunch time, so Ji Lin and the other two found a very ordinary small restaurant on the street and sat down. They ordered some food and began to eat slowly.

Ji Lin was sitting in a relatively inner corner. With Wang Qiuer and Ye Guyi blocking his view, it was difficult for others to notice Ji Lin whose eyes had turned golden.

Ji Lin launched his first mental detection with all his strength, not only mobilizing the million-year-old Tianmeng Ice Silkworm Soul Bone, but also the power of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm Holy Mark.

The mental detection was quietly turned on, and under his control, it was like a sharp cone piercing into the ground and exploring downwards.

If the mental power directly passes through the city wall, it is very likely to trigger the detection soul guide on the wall. So Ji Lin simply went around it underground. Only a soul master with such great mental power as him can withstand such consumption.

The defense on the south city wall was indeed more stringent than other places. They only took a quick glance and found that the number of thermal energy detectors and soul power detectors among the soul guide detectors here was much more than that of the north city gate where they entered the city.

Moreover, there are some very powerful attack soul guides hidden on the city wall, and the outer defense is quite tight.

I don't know what the commander who arranged the defense was thinking. Doesn't this clearly tell others that there is a problem in the South City area?
Otherwise, why is the defense more stringent than in other directions?

The mental power has been probing diagonally downwards. Probing deep underground consumes a lot of mental power. It is only because Ji Lin has a million-year spiritual soul bone and a million-year holy marks that he can squander it unscrupulously.

After drilling nearly thirty meters into the ground, Ji Lin suddenly felt his mental strength lighten, and he finally drilled out of the mud and entered the water.

Moat, this should be the moat.

The mental force continued to explore downwards and began to explore horizontally.

The water in the moat of Risheng City is a bit turbid, but the perception of spiritual power is out of body, and it is not like vision that will be blocked.

Soon, Ji Lin's mental power swept across a section of muddy river water of about fifty meters, but he found nothing. There was only silt at the bottom of the river. Ji Lin increased the output of mental power again. This time, the area that could be explored was larger. He couldn't explore underground endlessly. After all, there was no way to build anything under the silt. Feng Ling knew very little. He only knew that it was outside the South City, in the moat.

The mental power swept across and soon exceeded 200 meters. As the coverage area became larger, with the increase of the million-year soul bone, Ji Lin could feel more things. He gradually felt a trace of cold breath coming. This cold breath was unique to evil soul masters and was very different from ordinary soul masters. In the direction of this cold breath, Ji Lin's mental power continued to spread eastward. Finally, Ji Lin found it.

It was about 300 meters east of their location, three meters below the river bank on the side of the moat that was close to the city wall.

There was an iron fence at that place, which was made of fine iron as thick as an arm. The cold breath came from there. In other words, even if that place was not the entrance to the water dungeon, it should at least be the entrance and exit for guiding water to the water dungeon.

Ji Lin rubbed his brows and quickly withdrew his mental detection. This kind of long-distance detection required suppressing one's mental fluctuations to prevent being discovered by the detection soul guide. It required very delicate operation. Even Ji Lin felt mentally exhausted.

"How about it?"

When they saw the golden light in Ji Lin's eyes disappear, Ye Guyi and Wang Qiuer knew that Ji Lin had ended his mental detection.

"We found the entrance, let's go take a look."

Ji Lin took Ye Guyi and Wang Qiuer to quickly pay the bill, left the restaurant, and walked towards the south city wall.

When they were thirty meters close to the south city wall, they could no longer move forward. People on the city wall were already shouting and scolding and trying to expel them, and patrols below the city also noticed this side.

Ji Lin and the other two pretended to be ignorant civilians and headed east along the southern city wall.

As they walked, Ji Lin told Ye Guyi and Wang Qiuer what he had detected.

"What are you going to do?" Wang Qiuer asked.

Ji Lin said: "I will go closer to take a look tonight. I only found a place that seems to be the entrance. I am not sure whether it is the place where the hostages are held."

With Chi Yuan's cultivation level, it would be no problem for him to take Ji Lin alone to get close to the moat. As long as they confirm tonight that this is the place of detention, they can start the action.

As night fell, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan came to the South City alone. The two of them passed through the city wall silently, and the detection soul guides on the wall were silent. You know, Dragon God Douluo Moon En could ignore the detection soul guides and enter Mingde Hall to wander around, not to mention that Chi Yuan's cultivation was higher than Moon En's, and the detection soul guides here were not as good as those in Mingde Hall.

For Chi Yuan, except for those places related to the God Realm, other places in Douluo Continent are accessible to her freely. This is also the reason why Ji Lin dared to bring Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, who were only Soul Emperors, to this dangerous place to rescue people. One is that they are fearless, and the other is to gain experience. Experiencing more things like this will be beneficial to their growth.

Soon, Ji Lin arrived at the moat under the cover of Chi Yuan.

He did not enter the river directly, but released mental detection again, and his mental power entered the river. This time, Ji Lin came to the underwater iron fence he had found before with ease and dived in.

The river water behind the iron fence was still turbid. Ji Lin's mental power continued to spread forward, and he soon saw an astonishing scene.

Feng Ling was not wrong, this was a water dungeon, and the surrounding area was made entirely of hard rock. Steel cages were arranged neatly, and the area was surprisingly quite large.

Each cage holds eight to ten people. The water in the cage is one meter deep. The turbid water soaks the people's bodies. Almost all the people imprisoned inside have pale faces and very weak breaths. In this water prison, there is almost no way to rest and they can only lean on the side.

After a quick identification, Ji Lin realized that these people were the team members and leaders from various academies and sects who had participated in the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.

Ji Lin even discovered the figures of the team members and leaders of the Tianjiao Sect and the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy who had competed with their Zizai Sect. However, their auras were very weak now, and there was no soul power fluctuation on their bodies.

After a brief exploration, Ji Lin restrained his spiritual detection. There must be an evil soul master guarding this place. God knows if there are any evil soul masters of the spiritual type. Having been discovered once, Ji Lin was very wary of evil soul masters of the spiritual type.

He began to patrol around the cage. Slightly familiar faces kept appearing in the cage. Ji Lin couldn't name most of them, but he had some impression of them. These people were all geniuses who could represent their respective academies and sects in the battle. Which one of them was not the best of the younger generation?
In their future, the lowest achievement is Soul Sage, and some even have the hope of becoming Titled Douluo. You know, Soul Sage is already considered a high-level combat force in Douluo Continent. Rescuing these people and doing them a favor is a sure win for Zizai Gate.

The Sun-Moon Empire imprisoned them at the risk of great disapproval, and completely broke off relations with the three kingdoms that originally belonged to the Douluo Continent. At the same time, it also used these hostages to suppress the academies and sects that originally belonged to the three kingdoms of the Douluo Continent, making them fearful and afraid to easily get involved in the war between countries.

(End of this chapter)