However, there’s a neglected point that the increase in tolerance rate might, to some extent, mean they’ve significantly increased the chances of encountering other sinister tricks.

"Are we really beneath the Fire Transmission Ceremony now?"

"It’s just a slight distance off, why is the atmosphere so different."

Walking on the path leading deeper, Maru couldn’t help but speak.

Even though they’ve entered more than once, the stark contrast between this place and the Fire Transmission Ceremony still couldn’t help but make one sigh.

It’s like there’s a minefield buried beneath the absolute safe zone, suddenly making one uneasy even while staying in the safe zone.

"We are indeed underground," Leon spoke with a hint of uncertainty.

Where they currently were might still be underground beneath the Fire Transmission Ceremony, just it’s hard to guess exactly how deep underground they’ve traveled since there’s been no teleportation encountered along the way; they’ve walked solidly all the way here, with the corpses of monsters along the way as evidence.

"We’re about to reach the endpoint of our last exploration," Dal’s voice came from behind, as he voluntarily took on the rear guard responsibility.

Having someone as strong as him responsible for rear guard is necessary because in the Giant Tomb threats "from behind" are particularly frequent.

After several previous explorations, everyone noticed that all skeleton-type monsters flooding the entire Giant Tomb would resurrect.

This resurrection is different from the initial period of resurrection in the Sain Dungeon.

Previously, the skeleton monsters could stay down as long as most of their skeletons were crushed, but in the Giant Tomb, even turning the skeleton monsters entirely into bone powder wouldn’t prevent a fresh skeleton from growing from the powder after a while.

If the timing is right and surrounded by a pile of skeleton monster corpses, adventurers would experience an almost harvest-like joy when they resurrect. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

If the skeleton monsters resurrect before adventurers get far enough away, these guys would persistently give chase, attacking again and bringing along other encountered monsters too, forming a skeleton version of the army of the king.

This is why Maru urged everyone to run fast after defeating the skeleton monsters.

Adventurers outside, once knowing this situation, often raise a question, why can’t these skeleton monsters truly be killed, is there no mechanism?

Of course, there is.

Basically, each small area of skeleton monster life is connected to a skeleton mage; only by killing that skeleton mage can the remaining skeleton monsters be eliminated.

But the most critical point is, the deeper into the Giant Tomb one goes, the more elusive these skeleton mages become!

Even Fran Guard’s giant wolves can’t find them!

Until now, no one knows where these inherently evil skeleton mages hide to profit, so they resort to quick movements to handle the resurrection of skeleton monsters.

This is a measure only taken when absolutely necessary, and listing downsides would go on and on, especially now.

"Auuuuu!"

Dal’s giant wolf let out a howl, everyone immediately became alert, and began sprinting back along the way they came faster than they had when dodging skeleton monsters, visibly exerting themselves in the run.

They chose to do this because there are several erected coffins on the backroad, those decorations matching the atmosphere of the Giant Tomb just happen to serve as barriers blocking what the giant wolf sensed as changes in the wind.

"Last time, we fell here, this time definitely not."

"No matter what happens, don’t come out of the coffin!"

"We all know, boss!"

As everyone scrambled behind those coffins, a frigid gale that pierced the marrow suddenly swept from the front, followed by an indescribable odor of decay rushing into the nostrils, causing the entire Giant Tomb to tremble slightly with fragments continually pouring down from the overhead rock layers.

Leon and the others held their breath, stayed motionless behind the coffin, carefully controlling their bodily movements, ensuring no body part exposed to the wind.

The naturally ferocious giant wolves lowered their heads, letting out fearful whimpers, as their heightened sensitivity to the environment picked up the dense scent of death from the wind, a scent only perceivable within the Giant Tomb, representing the ultimate death.

At this moment, what rampaged within the Giant Tomb was Tomb King Nite’s Death Miasma!

The Death Miasma could arise anywhere and anytime within the Giant Tomb, with duration and location completely random, and direction capricious; merely touching a bit of it would cause one’s body to decay to mere bones.

This was the most terrifying presence in the entire Giant Tomb, strength alone could not resist the death brought by such miasma.

Leon even took Professor Turci and others on a tour two days ago to see if they could shake off the counter-death miasma magic shield.

Yet, when they left, they were silent, indicating slim chances.

Since then, Leon and others abandoned confronting the Death Miasma, switching to solely avoiding it, for this, every potential refuge from the wind along their path was meticulously recorded.

"Rattle rattle rattle—"

The sound of bones colliding came from behind; just by the sound, one could tell there were numerous skeletons.

Drew cast a Lighting Technique over, illuminating faces of at least a dozen skeletons lurking in the darkness; these frameworks resembled little giants, suggesting they were original cast interstellar soldiers once alive, with their skeletal remains still exuding tremendous intimidation.

This was the outcome of not killing the skeleton mage, risking being chased by skeleton monsters while hiding from the Death Miasma.

"How long will this damn miasma last?"

Leon grumbled while throwing two Enemy Attraction Skulls amid the skeletal monsters, needing double the dosage now to draw them away.

On glancing down, he noticed his pouch almost depleted of Enemy Attraction Skulls, the most frequently used item along the journey being this.

"Sigh..." He let out a heavy sigh.

The Death Miasma would repeatedly arise in about three fixed spots, which they had evidently just reached, one of such fixed refresh locations for the miasma.

Last time, they had a disaster here resulting in several recuperation days to restore physical health, lessons learned this time narrowly avoided a miasma attack.

It was during their frantic search for shelter from the Death Miasma that the pressure brought by Tomb King Nite deeply embedded itself into everyone’s hearts.

Such is the power possessed by the King’s Soul, utterly irresistible.

If we confronted Tomb King Nite by the end of this exploration and they employ this tactic during battle, what would we do?

No conceivable countermeasures could be envisioned.

This force transcends human capability.

Yet, upon remembering Fingerley and Luluwo striving towards other King’s Souls, Leon refuses to easily abandon the quest.

At least, at least one must see Tomb King Nite’s strength for themselves.

At this moment, the Death Miasma finally ceased.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring the skeleton army behind and heading directly forward towards the yet-unreached area.

Just a few steps ahead, a golden Summoning Badge suddenly appeared underfoot.

[Would you like to summon Sun Warrior "Solar"]