Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Elsa suddenly raised her hand and punched. In an instant, the air made a sharp explosion, and the gloves on her hands were shattered into pieces. They were ignited by the rapidly rising temperature, revealing Elsa's white fist. The air was rapidly compressed, with a vacuum on one side and a thunderous air wave on the other side, making a terrifying explosion.

The magic elements in the air were squeezed hundreds and thousands of times at this moment. Suddenly, the magic elements collided, squeezed, fused, and reacted with each other. The magic elements were ignited by the huge force. For a moment, lightning and thunder flashed, ice and fire intertwined, darkness and light entangled, and surging magic power gushed out in an instant. The huge black shadow was shattered by the violent magic turbulence in an instant before it landed on the ground, and the area dozens of meters behind the monster instantly turned into nothingness.

The surging sound waves echoed in the space, instantly drowning out the monster's screams. The shock wave spread out with Elsa as the center, clearing out a large area.

Elsa paused, pulled out a silver spear from behind, the black cloth bounced away, and the next moment she suddenly took a step forward.

The cracks were as dense as spider webs, and Elsa's figure instantly penetrated the tide of monsters. For a moment, cold light flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Elsa turned and fired again, piercing all the monsters in a straight line. This went on several times, and in just over a minute, the entire underground area was clear of monsters.

The tip of the gun shook, and the bloodstain faded away.

Elsa looked around again, and after confirming that there were no living monsters, she shifted her gaze to observe the empty space.

This huge underground cave seemed much flatter and more regular than expected. The surrounding rock walls were covered with thick roots, but there was no trace of magic ore. The ground was covered with the corpses of various monsters. Some were killed by Elsa just now, and many had been dead for some time. Under the corpses of these monsters, Elsa also found the corpses of many other creatures. They were rotten and torn into pieces in the previous battle.

There were some human corpses mixed in. Aisha glanced at them roughly and could no longer recognize their appearance, but from their clothes, there were farmers in simple clothes, adventurers wearing protective gear, merchants, and even people from the church.

Elsa frowned.

Many of them shouldn't be here, right? Besides, wasn't the underground palace just opened? The miasma hasn't been removed yet, and this isn't a tomb, is it?

Could it be that the monster was captured as food, and then the monster was attracted to the underground palace and brought it in?

Elsa sighed, held the cross pendant on her chest, and prayed softly.

After doing all this, Elsa continued to observe for a while and found a passage hidden in the dark - presumably these monsters appeared from there.

Elsa walked straight over, and soon she found another connected cave, which was full of monsters. Elsa killed them all without thinking too much. She looked around and saw another cave entrance.

"Is it never going to end?"

Elsa wanted to check it out, but when she remembered Vivian was still waiting for her, she stopped. There was no telling how many monsters there were, and it would take a long time to clear them out.

She thought about it and decided to come back tomorrow.

Anyway, the underground palace will be open for many days, right?

But just to be on the safe side, she smashed the rock with a punch, blocking the cave entrance. Then, she jumped out of the cave and returned to the upper cave. She dug her fingers into the rock wall and carved a few large words: "Danger below, there are monsters."

After doing all this, Aisha left.

At the same time, at the bottom of the deep black—

A figure appeared stealthily here, emerging from a narrow passage, standing up and brushing off the dirt on his body. He was thin, wearing a black wizard robe, with a hood covering half of his face.

In front of him was a wide underground space. Unlike other places, the ground here was flat, with lines running through the soil, and no trace of magic ore.

And in the middle there is a platform with a huge cross nailed upright there.

Underneath, there was a mass of sarcoma.

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40. Underground Palace Blockade

The dull, powerful sound of the heartbeat echoed in the fishy air.

The "squeaking" sound seemed to be that of mice or countless flying insects crawling. In the depths of this hollow, a black shadow was crawling on the high platform in the center. A huge white cross was nailed to its body, and countless thick roots were wrapped around it from bottom to top, binding its body tightly.

It resembled a person kneeling on a high platform, or a giant tree growing upside down. Surrounded by a sea of ​​dark monsters, they remained motionless, like still sculptures. On its back lay a massive, dark, sticky mass of flesh, which squirmed and pulsed rhythmically.

That was the heart of the strange humanoid black shadow, but it was pierced by a cross, and it seemed to be squeezed out of the body of the black shadow, becoming twisted and abnormal.

At this moment, countless twisted red tentacles emerged from the tumor, piercing the monsters' bodies one after another, sucking their strength. The monsters became agitated, but remained motionless, quickly turning into mummies, which in turn turned into dry bones, which were then devoured completely.

After absorbing the monster, the tumor retracted its tentacles and wrapped around the cross on its body, as if trying to pull the cross out of its body, but it was useless. The huge cross emitted a faint light but did not move at all.

It let out a hoarse scream, and it was impossible to tell whether it was pain or anger.

The black-robed figure then slowly walked in front of it, and seemed to glance at the dried corpses on the ground.

It has to be said that using monsters to collect free magic elements is much more efficient, but the power of the earth veins and the cross seal is too strong. Even the power of tens of thousands of monsters cannot break through this layer of restraint.

But he was not in a hurry. There were as many monsters as he wanted. The earth veins were already overwhelmed, and the light of the cross seal was getting dimmer and dimmer.

The tumor made a low sound, and the black-robed figure smiled. "Don't worry, you can have as much of this stuff as you want. You will soon be free from the constraints here. However, the sage has noticed this, so you have to work hard. Eat more, I have prepared a sumptuous meal for you."

As he spoke, the black-robed figure turned and walked in another direction, standing in front of a cave entrance and muttering a spell.

Roars and screams came from the other side of the cave, followed by a large number of monsters pouring in, and then standing there motionless.

The shadow stood at the entrance of the cave and gave a slightly strange look.

"Wrong quantity?"

He chanted the spell again loudly, but after waiting for a while, there was no roar or scream that was supposed to come.

He frowned slightly, leaned forward and walked inside, coming to an empty cave. He continued forward, but found that the end of the passage had collapsed.

"So it was blocked. I thought the sage had broken in. It scared me."

The black shadow shook his head and called over several strong monsters to start digging. Soon they dug through and came to a huge underground space. But as soon as he looked out, he was stunned.

There was a huge black mass in front of me. There were originally countless monsters, but now there were only corpses left.

"What's happening here!?"

He cried out in surprise and confusion, only then realizing that there was a big hole above his head. There was no light around, and he could only make out the vague outline of a hole.

"What on earth is this..."

The black-robed figure's expression grew serious as he quietly retreated to the cave entrance and ordered the monsters to cover the entrance again.

He quickly returned to the tumor and pulled out a strangely shaped dead branch from under his black robe. The branch was completely black, with a sharp end and a neat cut at the other end.

He held his breath as he looked at what was in his hand.

"The sage's reaction is too fast. I'm afraid I'll have to use this... I have to speed up. I can't stay here for long. Although the absorption effect will definitely not be good enough, I don't have time."

He seemed to have finally made up his mind. He held the dead branch in both hands and thrust it hard into the tumor.

The tumor twitched violently, and he saw that the end of the dead branch embedded in the surface of the tumor began to wriggle, and produced dense and tiny black roots, which slowly penetrated into the tumor in bunches, and then slowly sank into the tumor as if being dragged by something.

He quickly pulled his hand back, took several steps back, swallowed, and looked in surprise and doubt at the black filaments slowly spreading on the tumor.

"This...should be enough, right?"

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On the other side, Elsa took out several water bags from the ring and poured water over her head. After flushing with water, Elsa shook off the water.

After repeating this several times, the blood stains on Elsa's body were completely washed away.

That's about it, Aisha thought.

When she returned to Vivian, Elsa saw from afar a man dressed as a knight standing there, talking to Vivian. When he saw Elsa, he took a step forward.

"The underground palace will no longer be open to the public from now on. Please leave as soon as possible."

The knight said politely.

"Seal off the underground palace?"

Elsa looked away and saw that the adventurers in the center of the tomb were also leaving dejectedly under the leadership of the Knights and the Magicians.

The underground palace was blocked before. Most of the time, it was temporarily blocked to avoid more casualties because of the appearance of dangerous evolved monsters. It would be reopened soon.

However, Aisha still asked one more question out of nosy attitude.

"Can you tell me what happened? Why is it suddenly blocked?"

But the knight seemed a little impatient when he heard such a question.

"Each of you is asking the same question. Is that really helpful? Anyway, please leave here with your companions. You'll find out once you get out."

"I found a big hole over there with a lot of monsters."

"I understand. I'll keep an eye on it."

"Don't go near there, it's full of miasma."

"Thank you for reminding."

The knight seemed to be in a hurry, his basic politeness probably due to Elsa's nun's uniform; otherwise, he might not even bother to pay attention to her. Elsa said nothing more and dragged Vivian away, while the knight continued to look for the next adventurer.

It was already evening.

The setting sun made the layers of clouds a bright red, and gave the dark green forest an eerie blood-red hue.

"It's closed? It's closed? What's going on?"

"I was kicked out not long after I came in. Tsk, this was definitely intentional!"

"I spent so much time forming a team and obtaining qualifications, only to lose them on the first day. Ugh... what a loss..."

As soon as they left the underground palace, Elsa and Vivian heard noisy and clamorous sounds. It turned out that the adventurers and mercenaries gathered outside the underground palace and complained.

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41. Elsa's tear mole

Unlike other complaining adventurers, Elsa didn't care much about this little episode.

After all, it was already late. She had spent the entire afternoon exploring with Vivian. Most of the monsters they encountered were given to Vivian to practice with, which made Vivian quite tired. In view of this, Elsa had no intention of staying in the underground palace for long.

At this time, Elsa discovered that a knightly army had gathered not far away, and Elsa also saw the shadows of people from the church behind those troops.

“Are people from the church here too?”

Elsa was a little surprised.

Could it be that the blockade of the underground palace this time is more serious than imagined?

Then, adventurers appeared in the underground palace one after another. Most of them had expressions that hinted at confusion and resentment, but there was nothing they could do. No one dared to challenge the Knights and the Magicians, so they could only leave.

Aisha tried to ask someone about the situation, but still didn't understand.

As if this were a temporary action.

Out of caution, Elsa told the Knights about her discovery of the monster. They looked a little surprised and said they would report it to their superiors. Compared with the knights she met in the underground palace, this knight's attitude was obviously much better.

So, Elsa didn't stay any longer and returned to Dammas with Vivian and the crowd.

It was already evening when we returned to the city. The setting sun had sunk into the ground, leaving only a brilliant afterglow.

Aisha and Vivian strolled along the streets, which were much quieter than during the day, heading towards the guild. There were many adventurers along the way. They were discussing and speculating about the reasons for the temporary closure of the underground palace and when it would reopen, while many adventurers were complaining and grumbling.

From these people, Elsa learned that most adventurers didn't gain much in a day. Not everyone could "smell" the scent of magic like Elsa. Most adventurers could only rely on luck to run around in the underground palace. If their luck was a little worse, they might be busy all day but gain nothing.

However, Elsa's space ring had long been filled with magic ore. After all, Elsa had been following the magic element, so she was able to find the place where the magic element was most concentrated, and the magic ore there was naturally the densest and most numerous.

Elsa stopped paying attention to the other adventurers and looked at Vivian beside her.

Vivian is quite introverted. If Elsa doesn't initiate a conversation with her, she will remain silent almost forever. So it is Elsa who has to start the conversation.

After all, friends should talk and chat more, which can also deepen the friendship between each other.

"By the way, Vivian, how are you feeling today?"

"I'm very happy... because I have Aisha by my side..."

Vivian followed Elsa, lowered her brows and smiled, stepping one foot at a time on the footprints Elsa had left.

"That's good."

In fact, it was the first time for Elsa to lead someone into the underground palace. She was quite worried that she might not explain many things clearly and make people embarrassed... But it seemed that Vivian was quite happy - Vivian seldom smiled, but maybe because she and Elsa had a closer relationship now, she would smile occasionally, which made Elsa feel a sense of accomplishment.

Besides, Vivian looked very pretty when she smiled, and Elsa didn't mind taking a closer look at her.

"Oh, right."

Elsa suddenly stopped and Vivian almost bumped into her.

"I almost forgot, we haven't eaten yet. Sorry, I should have come back earlier..."

In fact, if Elsa hadn't gone to report the monster to the Knights, they would have returned long ago, which resulted in a delay of some time.

Elsa held her forehead, glanced at the darkening sky, and turned to look at Vivian.