Chapter 124: The Law of the Earth! Lord of the Underground!
Shude-Mel is a very ancient evil.

Its origin can be traced back to before the Dark Ages, when the Old Ones invaded the planet Terra to share the gods who were in charge of destiny. At that time, the extremely powerful Pillar-level Old Ones distorted the laws of the entire planet, causing the original gods of this world to fall one by one. There were almost no gods that survived, and now the only one still active is the 'Light Chaser - Moth Mother'.

She is one of the ancient deities, the personification of the laws of the world, symbolizing the laws of light, change, life, etc.

However, the Moth Mother has become so weak and twisted that she has lost even her self-awareness.

Before the invasion of the planet by the Old Ones, Terra's civilization was not affected by too many supernatural forces. Strictly speaking, it was once a secret world of "low magic". However, because the gods are the embodiment of personified laws, the upper limit of the gods' power is still very high. Terra in ancient times was a bit like the Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings. The boundaries between humans and gods were very clear, and the extraordinary people walking in the world were all servants serving the gods.

This situation continued until the Age of Turbulence arrived, when the Pillar-class Will of the Old Ones entered the planet Terra and began to corrode the root laws of the entire world.

In this process, the gods who were originally in charge of destiny fell and went crazy one after another, and a large amount of mysterious knowledge flowed into the mortal world, allowing the planet Terra to be promoted from a low-magic world to a medium-magic material world in just a few hundred years.

Until all the gods who were in charge of the laws of destiny fell, the old laws that completely replaced the gods to dominate the world, and the souls from other worlds began to enter the era of the planet Terra. This crazy and twisted country was eventually promoted to the "high magic" plane.

The knowledge brought by the souls from other worlds has also completely changed the weird kingdom. Originally, the spells of the old times were driven by complicated and tedious "rituals", but now the extraordinary people directly use their bodies to integrate the laws of the world, and the power of spells has become stronger than before.

Shude-Mel was one of the Old Ones who entered the planet Terra at the end of the Age of Troubles.

But strictly speaking, it is not a real Old One, because it has just barely touched the threshold of the lower Old One. It is part of that huge will and is the chief of the burrowing demon insects. Its rank is similar to Dagon, and it may be slightly weaker than Dagon.

The real Old One 'Shude-Mel' has fallen, at least in this world, the will of that Old One has been killed, and his physical body has been eaten by other of the same kind.

But there are still many 'Shude-Mel' in the weird country.

Every being that obtains the corresponding extraordinary relic from the past will call himself "Shude-Mel".

Because 'Xude-Mel' is the honorable name of the Old Ones, it is a true name with power and law, like the incarnation of the face of a god. Whoever finally fully masters the face of 'Xude-Mel' will be able to be promoted to become the new Old One and become the master of the burrowing demon worms.

This is very similar to the situation where gods from other worlds murder other gods, play the other's role, accept the faith of believers, and then retain the "honorable name" of this god as an aspect of their own god.

Another similar existence is 'Dagon'. Dagon does not refer to a certain existence, but the leader of the Deep Ones is 'Dagon'.

This is a 'honorable name' passed down from generation to generation by deep divers.

There are many beings with similar powers in the weird kingdom. Whoever controls the underworld, magic, and the trajectory of fate is called "Hekate", and whoever controls the authority of the Lord of the Abyss is called "Amon".

Because these 'real names' have been imprinted into the laws of the world.

"Owner."

A body snatcher came out of the door with a terrified look on his face, knelt on the ground and trembled, saying: "The hunting team you sent out has been wiped out."

"The enemy is stronger than we thought!"

A piercing mental scream echoed.

On the throne in the underground palace, Shude-Mel slowly raised his head. His dark eyes had no pupils, only cold and ruthless darkness. He suppressed his anger and said, "A bunch of trash!"

"Have the slaves prepare a blood sacrifice. I want to summon the demon insects from the inner world!"

Burrowing demon insect.

A terrifying monster active deep in the crust of the planet Terra. Adult drill worms can withstand temperatures over 4000 degrees Celsius. They are usually found close to the core of the earth, and only a very small number are accidentally brought to the surface due to magma eruptions.

The struggle in the inner world is extremely cruel, because all evil creatures are coveting the vitality of the planet and the ubiquitous pillars of flesh and blood. Their huge bodies spread in the magma, using the energy of the magma layer to incubate those old embryos that have not yet been born.

Shude-Mel was a creature of flesh and blood from the old days, but it was defeated in the inner world.

It returned to the deep mine near the surface in order to regroup and accumulate strength to fight back into the center of the earth to fight for the laws of the old days that had not yet been born.

Sooner or later, it will take back everything that belongs to it!
The original owner of this powerful evil creature was a legendary transcendent from the Dark Ages. He devoured the relics of the past, but was not able to digest them completely. Instead, he was digested by the relics of the past. In the end, he was completely replaced by the will of the past left by the relics, and was reborn with his personality and soul. The creation that was finally completely twisted and born was the evil lord in front of him.

It is also because of this that it is smarter than other burrowing demon insects, because its personality has digested the memory knowledge of human extraordinary people.

The twisted power of the mind begins to dominate the monsters in this dungeon.

In this dungeon called the 'Worm City', a large number of strange, evil, and deformed creatures began to gather. They collected mountains of soil and then used the soft soil to build a majestic dark altar.

This is the authority and law of the Lord of the Underground!
The entire dungeon was built in just over a month. If it weren't for the lack of resources that led to the attack on the mining team in Abyss City, Amon probably wouldn't have known of the existence of this dungeon.

In the underground city.

The tall, thin figure of Shude Meier slowly walked up to the altar.

The soft soil on the ground where he walked turned into hard rock. Under the illumination of the phantom blue torch, his shadow extended out with wriggling black limbs, as if a wiggling centipede was crawling on the ground. The hideous reptile's legs were wriggling and flowing out from under the black robe, mixed with blood, flesh, and pus-like mud.

Drops of filthy mud slid down his face. Shude-Mel's face was melting. Except for a pair of pitch-black eyeballs, all his facial features were melting like candles. A huge insect propped up his gorgeous black robe.

The Lord of Evil was changing little by little, becoming indescribable, causing the monsters around him to kneel down under the altar trembling all over.

——The Lord of the Underground!
The laws of a certain world began to bless it, and the root laws of the earth converged on the body of this twisted evil creature. With it as the center, all the soil within a diameter of one hundred meters was turning into hard rock.

It is said that during the Dark Ages, the real Old One - Shude-Mel devoured one of the gods of the planet Terra, the Stone Mother who governed the laws of the earth. When the Old Ones were sharing the flesh and blood of the god, the chief of the burrowing demon worms gnawed off a section of the god's foot.

Although the leader of the burrowing demons had his skull smashed by one of the surviving gods, the Fire Forger, and his physical body died completely, his remaining extraordinary essence still transformed into the many existing clones of Shude-Mel.

The old days are waiting for them to compete for the final winner and be resurrected with the old name of "Xude-Mel".

But unfortunately, there was a little accident at that time.

In the Dark Age, a group of almost "cheating" alien souls suddenly emerged. They killed people everywhere and killed the old bloodline of the earth-drilling demon worms, which fell from ancient evil creatures to the level of ordinary evil creatures. In the end, a small part of them could not even survive in the inner world. Because the pillar of flesh and blood compressed the living space of their race, in order to absorb nutrients for the old embryos, the old family members in the inner world were suppressed miserably.

However, the world laws seized back then are still in the many clones of "Xude-Mel", and they still hold a small part of the authority of "Earth".

Since then, some evil creatures who call themselves "Lords of the Underground" have continued to appear.

——"Lord of the Underground [Laws of the Earth]: The laws of the earth originated from the ancient gods, which were seized by the Old Ones and scattered among many evil creatures. Beings with the title of 'Lord of the Underground' can control part of the laws of the earth on the planet. They can manipulate the power of the earth and reshape the landforms of the planet.

As long as the Lord of the Underground stands on the earth or touches the ground, he can draw power from the earth's laws.

The Underlords are regarded as divine beings with the domain of [Earth]. They can use spells containing corresponding concepts at will. These spells are regarded as spell-like abilities and do not require the consumption of their own magic power. After being activated through a ritual, the Underlords can cast spells with earth concepts at will, such as Earth Lock, Earthquake, Anti-Gravity, Petrification, Changing Landforms, Melting into Stone, Earthquake, Soft Stone, Stone Shaping, Stone Speak, Unpetrification, Mud to Stone, Stone to Mud, Stone Wall, etc. "

[This is the authority that once belonged to Mother Stone (Mother Earth)! ]

[Legend has it that she is the first conscious being on this planet to awaken from the inner world, and the personification of the laws of the world.]

On the majestic dark altar.

Shude-Mel gently raised a finger. It was five fingers made up of insect-like limbs. The laws of the earth interfered with the real world. It was as if a miracle was performed. The entire altar was transformed from mud into rock. At the same time, the rocks on both sides began to automatically reshape themselves, transforming into hideous and terrifying statues of demon insects. Their sharp mouthparts were lifelike. Under the interference of the power of stone shaping, the materials needed for summoning sacrifices were automatically formed almost like thoughts.

No matter what level of spell it is, even high-level spells above level seven, such as anti-gravity, earthquake, earth chains, etc., the evil lord who possesses the authority of "Lord of the Underground" can cast them at will, and they can be cast quickly and completed in just a few seconds.

This is the root law of the Earth!

But it is unable to gather the authority of the 'Earth', and the highest spellcasting ability is the 9th ring, and it cannot cast legendary spells.

If it existed on the surface world, it would have already become a dominant evil overlord.

But unfortunately, the burrowing demon worms like to hang out in the inner world of the earth, which is full of old embryos that have not yet fully developed, or sealed ancient evil creatures. The dead old embryos will also be transformed into divine evil. Therefore, even if they have the template of their old family, the burrowing demon worms still live miserably in the inner world of the earth.

——Summon the clan (burrowing demon insects)!
Shude-Mel let out a sharp, trembling sound, and as if in resonance, the entire altar began to tremble and spread towards the deepest part of the underground.

The resonance of this specific frequency was like an earthquake, and in a way that mortals could not understand, it was transmitted all the way to the center of the earth. Finally, the demon insect statues on both sides of the dark altar began to shake violently, as if some terrible monster was drilling out from the deepest part of the underground world.

Traces of cracks appeared.

In the very center of the altar, at the feet of Shude-Mel, a small volcano was taking shape, which almost reshaped the topography here. In the gushing magma, a huge worm with a hideous and terrifying mouth full of fine and sharp teeth crawled out, and its huge body alone was dozens of meters long.

The burrowing worms have an amazing digging speed, and even the strongest rocks seem as soft as tofu to them.

According to legend, the longest burrowing worm can grow to about two kilometers. This size is still a little small for the old days, but for other creatures, it is already a very terrifying behemoth.

Part of the genes that gave birth to the Pillar of Flesh and Blood came from these hideous burrowing demon insects.

at the same time.

In a hidden corner of a deep mine, Xiao En, who was looking for a new safe point, suddenly looked up alertly and looked at the dark mine passage in an instant.

"earthquake?"

Xiao En reached out and caught a piece of falling rubble. For some reason, his inspiration suddenly began to warn him and he felt a strong sense of uneasiness.

"wrong!"

"It's not an earthquake. The area affected by an earthquake would not be so small."

It is not a good thing to encounter an earthquake in the underground world. It is easy to be buried alive by the collapsed rubble.

"Earthquake?"

Xiao En tried to identify the spell, using his senses to touch the earth and look for the source of the spell fluctuations. In the direction of the underground city, it was coming from there.

The only existence that can threaten him here is the evil lord of the dungeon.

Because the appearance of this underground city was so sudden, in the previous one or two months, the prospecting team from Abyss City did not find anything when passing by nearby. When the mining team was attacked, an underground city suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

After all, the underground world is not the surface world. It is not so obvious for a city to emerge here, and it cannot be discovered without exploring the nearby area.

"It should be the Lord of Evil. Is it some special ritual?"

Xiao En had read the thoughts and memories of those monsters. There was not much information about the Evil Lord. The most striking point was that it had built a city out of thin air in just one or two months.

As for its specific strength, it should not be as strong as the Destiny Legend, because it took a lot of effort to conquer the nearby monster nests, and was once seriously injured by the legendary Eye Demon Chief.

Xiao En had been hunting dungeon guards continuously before, just to lure it out.

"It looks like something happened."

Xiao En pondered for a moment, then began to set up a teleportation array to lock onto the wizard tower beacon in Abyss City.

He planned to go back to get some more equipment and ask his teacher what kind of power could build a small underground city in just over a month.

Sean roughly guessed the laws controlled by the evil creature, but it would be safer to ask Ms. Hecate.

After all, evil creatures are not ordinary legendary monsters, they all have their own laws and domains.

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(End of this chapter)