Flesh tearing apart, intense pain struck.
Wu Tie didn't turn back, instead, he fully activated his invisible force field.
The golden orb on his brow rapidly expanded and contracted, resembling a heart pounding violently.
His blood vessels within his body inexplicably boiled, and his righteous qi surged like thunder, repeatedly striking and tempering his soul and physical body. Threads of an exceptionally strong and invincible aura spewed out of Wu Tie's every pore.
A deep roar sounded followed by the piercing sound of something rushing through the air.
The invisible force field immediately detected a swiftly approaching figure, a wolf tribe warrior undergoing the same mutation as before. Adorned in black bone fragments all over its body, its eyes flickered with green light, appearing eerie like a ghost.
Wu Tie lowered his head and saw, on the ground, a mutated giant grabbing another mutated wolf tribe warrior. Its gigantic arm spun like a windmill, throwing the wolf tribe warrior towards Wu Tie.
With a 'ding' sound, Wu Tie's back deflector mirror violently trembled.
Another mutated wolf tribe warrior had already reached his back. Its long arms swung, creating numerous afterimages, fiercely clawing at Wu Tie's back with his mirror as the target.
Deep gashes appeared on the white deflector mirror, leaving a trace, causing Wu Tie's flesh on his back to feel the sharpness of claws. If it weren't for this guy's single-minded attack on Wu Tie's vitals from behind, with the sharpness of its claws, it would have already torn open several large holes on his back.
"Get lost!" Wu Tie bellowed, turning around and kicking the wolf tribe warrior in the chest.
With this kick, Wu Tie used his full strength, channeling his elemental strength into his legs without reservation. His muscles swelled up, veins popped out one by one, and Wu Tie's right leg suddenly expanded to more than twice the size, with even a visible white aura spraying out more than three feet from the tip of his foot.
With a 'crack,' a large piece of bone fragments shattered on the wolf tribe warrior's chest, and Wu Tie's python leather boots exploded, the flesh of his five toes was shaken to a pulp.
His five toes shimmered with a dim gloomy radiance, like five small knives, fiercely burrowing into the wolf tribe warrior's chest, crushing its similarly mutated ribs and deeply penetrating its chest cavity.
A continuous sound of cracking filled the air as the wolf tribe warrior let out a deep howl, falling to the ground at a speed much faster than before, creating a large pit with a radius of seven to eight meters at the bottom of the mine.
This blow shattered the bones of the wolf tribe warrior's entire body, leaving it sprawled on the ground, unable to get up.
The sound of something rushing through the air approached quickly. Another mutated wolf tribe warrior, thrown by the mutated giant, rapidly closed in.
Wu Tie's body lightly spun in the air, avoiding the path of the wolf warrior's assault. His fists clenched, combining the might of the Indomitable Vajra Fist with his righteous qi, and relentlessly pummeled the back of the wolf tribe warrior.
Wherever his heavy fists went, faint golden light mixed with white qi.
Bone fragments shattered, bodies exploded, and the wolf warrior was pulverized by Wu Tie while in mid-air.
On the ground, the mutated giant and several other mutated dwarves blankly stared at Wu Tie. The mutated dwarves quickly tossed rocks of various sizes, flying through the air between their hands, creating afterimages and emitting piercing sounds as they moved.
The rocks that wounded Wu Tie earlier were thrown by these dwarves.
Throwing rocks was one of the few means of self-defense these dwarf miners had against venomous spiders, lizards, and snakes.
Unexpectedly, these mutated dwarves had gained extraordinary strength after their mutations. The rocks they threw had ten times the killing power of the triangular nails Wu Tie encountered in the secret realm.
Hovering in the air, Wu Tie looked down at these mutated creatures. He then raised his head and saw the high dome, at least thirty miles from the bottom of the mine.
He took a deep breath and swiftly dived downward.
Several rocks flew out from the hands of the mutated dwarves, emitting a dull sound as they rushed towards Wu Tie.
Wu Tie rapidly changed his position in the air, avoiding the impact of dozens of rocks. He was still several dozen meters away from the ground when he suddenly stopped, waving his hands, and the mutated dwarves, enchanted by the invisible force field, flew upward helplessly.
Wu Tie took them along, flying towards the sky. The golden orb on his brow rapidly contracted, as his spiritual power was gradually consumed.
In no time, Wu Tie brought these mutated dwarves beneath the dome. He lowered his head, locked onto the restless mutated warriors below, and pushed downward, accelerating his descent with these mutated dwarves.
Accelerate, accelerate, exerting all his strength to accelerate.
The ground approached rapidly, and the faces of the mutated warriors became vivid.
Wu Tie suddenly started to decelerate himself, but his invisible force field continued to propel the mutated dwarves madly.
A tremendous crashing sound echoed as the mutated dwarves collided with a pile of mutated dwarves. Their bodies exploded into pieces, flying hundreds of meters away in the deafening noise.
Wu Tie waved his hand and grabbed several mutated wolf tribe warriors howling with madness.
He flew high into the sky, beneath the dome, and then proceeded with the same madness, accelerating with the mutated wolf tribe warriors towards the ground.
After falling for only a dozen meters, the descent speed of these mutated wolf tribe warriors exceeded the speed of sound. By the time they were about to reach the ground, they had already surpassed twice the speed of sound.
Wu Tie locked onto two mutated giants on the ground, and the dozen or so wolf tribe warriors fiercely bombarded them.
With a loud bang, the giant warriors were smashed to pieces, their heads completely smashed into a pulp.
Then, it was another takeoff, another crazy descent, and a group of ox tribe warriors were smashed to pieces.
After five takeoffs and descents, most of the mutated warriors near the entrance of the mine had been crushed to pieces. The remaining ones lost their consciousness and only gathered nearby, continuously howling towards the sky.
The golden light in the center of Wu Tie's brow shrank by more than half, and his vision turned black, feeling a bit weightless.
He hurriedly flew back to the top of the mine, found a secluded corner, and closed his eyes to rest. He silently activated the Foundation Building Formula, taking a break for most of the day. After fully recovering his mental power, he returned to the bottom of the mine and continued grabbing these mutated warriors with his invisible force field, then bombarding them madly.
After tossing and turning for a long time, the powerful mutated warriors near the entrance of the mine had been completely shattered by his methods.
Standing in the quiet bottom of the mine, Wu Tie looked at the fragmented mutated warriors around him and couldn't help but spread his hands and say, "Old Iron, perhaps wisdom truly is the most powerful force... If I were to face them head-on, I'd be doomed."
He shook his head and shrugged, laughing to himself a few times. "However, it seems things aren't bad now."
After surveying his surroundings for a while, Wu Tie, who had repeatedly rushed into the sky and then descended to the ground, actually had a clear understanding of the situation in the entire mine.
He was certain that, apart from himself, there were no other living beings in the mine.
The Shi family did not leave any scouts or other people here.
This was good.
Wu Tie walked to the shattered upper torso fragments of a mutated giant, waved his right hand, and the White Tiger Rends 'clang' sound sprayed out a sharp spearhead.
With another swing of his right hand, the body fragments of the mutated giant were silently cut open. He didn't feel any resistance, and the incision was smooth as a mirror, even faintly reflecting light.
Great, the White Tiger Rends had infinite sharpness. These mutated big guys couldn't withstand the White Tiger Rends' damage.
Wu Tie gained confidence. Even if there were people from the Shi family lurking around this mine, he would not reveal the White Tiger Rends. Now, he could boldly borrow the power of the White Tiger Rends.
Lowering his head and looking at the cracked flesh and skin on his right foot, with the gradual improvement of his Foundation Building Formula, his body functions continually grew stronger. The small injuries on his flesh had healed by more than half over the course of the day.
There was still a slight tingling sensation when he walked, but it didn't pose a major problem.
Wu Tie moved his toes... The toe bones were becoming stronger and stronger while the strength of the flesh and blood fell behind. Every time he struck an enemy with a heavy blow, he would first suffer some injury himself.
There was really no good solution, so he could only think of a way in the future.
One boot on his foot shattered, so Wu Tie simply took off the other boot as well. It was inconvenient to walk with one foot higher than the other.
At the mine entrance, there was a constant cold wind blowing, accompanied by grayish-white mist emanating from it.
Wu Tie warily walked towards the mine entrance, muttering in a low voice as he walked.
"It doesn't seem too difficult, those mutated warriors... If there were elders of the Chonglou realm from the Shi family coming to investigate here, how could they not handle it?"
"Who would have thought that the elders from the Shi family would be lost here... Is it really this dangerous here?"
Grayish-white mist carrying a chilling aura began winding around Wu Tie, approaching the distance of ten meters.
Within a fifty-meter radius, Wu Tie's righteous qi crushed these mists, making them unable to get close to him.
Invisibly, Wu Tie had already become immune to one of the greatest risks in this mine, but he was still oblivious to it.
Walking and speaking to himself, Wu Tie laughed at himself inwardly, "According to Old Iron's standards, I'm really not a warrior... Hehe, I still have to rely on self-talk to strengthen my courage."
Releasing his invisible force field to its maximum, everything within a radius of fifty meters became clearly "visible" to Wu Tie. He cautiously walked to the mine entrance and then waved his hand, dozens of large fireballs rushed into it, burning it transparently bright inside the mine.
After a while, with no other strange occurrences, Wu Tie gritted his teeth, pointed the sharp tip of the White Tiger Rends forward, and proceeded step by step into the mine.
Inside the mine, patches of gold and silver spots were visible on the walls on both sides. These were high-purity gold and silver ores. Among the gold and silver spots, blue crystals of different sizes could be seen everywhere.
These were aquamarine crystal ores, with such high density. They were exposed here.
This was a rich vein that was extremely rare, and Wu Tie couldn't help being curious. He stopped his steps, directly severed a piece of aquamarine crystal ore the size of a palm from the wall, and played with it.
The entire aquamarine crystal ore was translucent, with extremely high density, and felt heavy. A small piece of aquamarine crystal ore would probably be almost three times heavier than an equivalent volume of gold.
Moreover, the ore was extremely cold to the touch but didn't appear sinister.
Wu Tie could sense the tremendous chilliness within the ore, which was extremely introspective. It didn't burst out with coldness when touched like certain exotic objects, turning the surrounding area into a frozen wasteland with its arrogance.
Only this kind of low-key and restrained coldness could be used for forging weapons and armors.
Wu Tie weighed the piece of ore in his hand and casually threw it on the ground.
Dozens of large fireballs hovered over his head as Wu Tie continued forward along this mine, which was about seven or eight meters wide and five or six meters high.
The farther he went, the denser the gray mist became, and the stronger the cold air in the air. Wu Tie's righteous qi seemed to be provoked, spontaneously surging up, emitting an indomitable and invincible aura that shattered the mist surrounding him.
Occasionally, humanoid shadows resembling faces flashed by in the mist, but Wu Tie, unaware of this, continued on his way.
These shadows relentlessly attacked Wu Tie within the thick fog, but when they came within ten meters of Wu Tie, they would be shaken to death by Wu Tie's indomitable qi and quickly turned into strands of light smoke, burning cleanly.
In this cautious manner, after about half an hour, Wu Tie had advanced about seven to eight miles into the mine. He saw a sturdy old man dressed in fine armor lying in front of him.
The old man stood at nearly three meters tall, comparable in size to Shi Meng.
This should be one of the Shi family's elders, someone who activated the giant bloodline to have such a large frame.
Like the mutated warriors outside, this Shi family elder's body was covered in thick black bone fragments. The black bone fragments almost fused with the metal armor on his body, making his figure appear even bulkier.
Wu Tie stood forty meters away, cautiously observing the motionless Shi family elder sprawled on the ground.
The Shi family elder's body showed no sign of movement, unlike the other mutated warriors outside who attacked furiously.
Wu Tie took a few steps forward cautiously, and about seven to eight meters in front of the Shi family elder, six or seven old men wearing finely crafted armor were dead, lying in unnatural postures.
They should be elders from the Shi or Lu family.
Their bodies were also covered in thick black bone fragments, and they lay lifelessly in the mine.
The closer Wu Tie got, the more deliberately ignored the situation. He wondered if they had not yet completed their mutation, still unable to transform into the kind of monsters seen at the mine entrance, and thus lacked the capacity to act.
However, this was undoubtedly a good opportunity for Wu Tie.
Without hesitation, he swung the White Tiger Rends, severing the limbs of these elders. Even if they gained the ability to move, they would still be unable to threaten Wu Tie.
With caution, he walked forward another several dozen meters. Breaking through the dense gray mist, he saw a strangely elegant and somewhat eerie black bone gate at the end of the mine.
Two skeletons, about three meters tall, completely black in color, stood motionless outside the bone gate. One held a small circular shield in its left hand and a long sword in its right hand.
(End of this chapter)