Chapter 235: Chapter 224: Swindler's Leap (Long Chapter, Request for Moon Tickets!)
Shen Ye had an idea.
He suddenly felt something, and turned to look in a particular direction.
There was an extremely hidden cave entrance on the western cliff near him.
The dark cave entrance—
no one knew where it led.
Shen Ye pondered and flew towards it, taking a look inside.
He saw that there was a long passageway in the cave, with torches burning further in, revealing a glimpse of a grand and majestic statue.
But a strange creature blocked the way.
It had the shell of an insect, four pairs of wings on its back, two heads, and six pairs of slender, long legs.
"How disgusting," the great skeleton said.
"You're afraid of bugs?" Shen Ye asked curiously.
"Not afraid, but it makes my skin crawl," the great skeleton said with a tone of disgust.
"You don't have any skin," Shen Ye said.
The two-headed insect suddenly erupted into a chorus of shrill cries.
At the same time, rows of faint luminous characters appeared before Shen Ye's eyes:
"The magic field of the current tomb level has spread to you."
"You are affected by the 'deepened poison' effect, and unless you immediately leave this place, you will continue to suffer from this magic effect."
The two heads of the insect spoke in human language:
"This is the resting place of the Eternal Poison Emperor, and no one can enter without a blood sacrifice!"
"What kind of blood sacrifice is it?" Shen Ye asked.
"Kill a living thing, and offer it as a sacrifice to Lord Poison Emperor," the insect said.
That's too much, can't follow through.
Then, there's no choice but to fight.
"Triple Layers of the Law Realm, that's tough,"
the great skeleton reminded.
Shen Ye, supporting himself on the edge of the cave entrance, gestured to the large-bodied insect:
"A blood sacrifice is out of the question."
"Sorry, excuse me, I need to get through," he said.
—Having finally found this one path after so much searching, how could he give up!
"Seeking death!"
The two-headed insect opened several pairs of eyes, its wings on the back fluttered, and its physique lunged forward.
"Huh? You want to eat me?"
Shen Ye asked naively.
In an instant.
It opened two gaping mouths and viciously snapped at Shen Ye.
Swish.
It shot out of the cave entrance, failed to bite Shen Ye, and—
completely disappeared.
"The gates of heaven go unentered, and you come unbidden to the gates of hell."
Shen Ye muttered under his breath.
The cave entrance was endowed with the power to shuttle between two worlds.
—Now Lord Nine Phases had something to eat again.
Forget it.
Let's look inside the passage.
Shen Ye flew into the passageway, sprinting forward non-stop.
He soon arrived in front of that statue.
"Ah... damn it..."
Shen Ye murmured softly.
The statue was about five or six meters tall.
On the statue, there were several transparent covers filled with liquid, housing five people who were in a comatose state.
——It's a classmate!
Looking at the ground again.
Dozens of corpses were arranged in a circle around the statue.
Blood Sacrifice...
Damn it.
Just as Shen Ye was about to make his move, all five people on the statue suddenly opened their eyes and stared at him intently.
A voice suddenly came from the darkness:
"I didn't know there were other envoys of the lords."
A person wearing gray spikes armor and a silver mask came out from behind the statue.
"Who are you?" Shen Ye asked in a deep voice.
"And who are you? Tch, a fool's subordinate, is indeed a fool."
The person said with disdain.
All the transparent covers on the statue cracked open.
Five classmates fell down and stood behind the person.
Shen Ye concentrated and saw that their expressions were completely different from before, exuding an unsettling dark aura.
A flash of spirit light suddenly crossed his mind.
"Five people were missing..."
Yes.
There were five classmates missing when they gathered in the Great Tomb Below.
Could it be that these people had secret plots all along?
The person in gray armor spoke:
"The stench of Lord Nine Phases is so telling, I could instantly tell your master, as for me—"
"You needn't concern yourself with who I am."
"Our tasks are surely different, it's best we go our separate ways."
He led the five classmates toward the dark passage deeper in.
Shen Ye had a thought and suddenly called out loudly:
"If you say I'm no problem, why mention Lord Nine Phases?"
A voice of disdain came from the passage:
"It can't hear— that lunatic, if it weren't for his terrifying strength, he wouldn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as my lord."
"Get lost."
The voice disappeared.
The group was gone as well.
Only Shen Ye was left alone on the spot.
"It seems you've stumbled upon a secret plan. They didn't act against you because you're a person of Lord Nine Phases, but you also can't discover their plot."
the Skeleton said.
"What if I forced them to speak?" Shen Ye asked.
"They are all quite strong, especially that leader, you alone can't win against him." the Skeleton said.
"Indeed troublesome," Shen Ye contemplated for a few moments, then clapped and said, "But first, we must figure out the situation."
"Still going to fight it out?" the Skeleton asked.
"No, actually we have someone who was dug over from their side— I now understand the teacher's painstaking efforts."
As Shen Ye spoke, he jangled the chains on his arm.
Yun Ni appeared quietly.
"I thought you had forgotten about me."
She observed Shen Ye's expression, her tone gentle but cautious.
Don't stir this guy up, otherwise he might get excited and kill himself again.
——Now bound by the Chaos Spirit Light, she couldn't resist any of his actions!
The Chaos Spirit Light wanted her to seduce him.
But last time, to survive his sword, she had already betrayed the Chaos Spirit Light!
Thankfully that was in Hell!
If it were here—
The moment the Chaos Spirit Light sensed her betrayal, it would come at all costs, immediately tearing her to pieces!