Jiang Xuelan walked behind him, her cold blue eyes reflecting David’s tall, gray-robed back. She bit her lip slowly, but didn’t try to persuade him in the end.
He knew that David was not the type to act rashly; since he had agreed, he must be confident.
The three left Xuanming Ancient City and drove towards the entrance to the Abyss marked on the jade tablet.
The entrance to the Abyss was located more than a thousand miles northeast of Xuanming Ancient City, on a rocky barren land, with a thick layer of ash-brown rock covering the surface, where not a single blade of grass grew.
Occasionally, some bottomless cracks could be seen on the ground, emitting a hot and humid atmosphere, like a giant beast was sleeping deep in the earth and breathing slowly.
The three landed at the entrance of the ravine. In front of them was a huge crack about three zhang wide. The rocks on the edge of the cliff are blackened and glistening from the geothermal heat that rises throughout the year, like a terrible scar stretching across the earth. Looking down, the bottom of the ravine could not be seen at all.
About a dozen cultivators gathered around the pass, most of them at the third or fourth rank of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. They all stared into the gap with serious expressions, but not a single one of them dared to step inside.
Some people clutched magical artifacts, some whispered about the ferocity of the giant python, and some took several steps back with pale faces, clearly shocked by the stinging and ferocious aura emanating from the depths of the fissure.
A burly man with a bushy beard carrying two axes saw David and his two friends land on the edge of the pass. He glanced around David then sneered: “Eighth level Gold Immortal? You dare come and join in the fun with such a low cultivation level?”
Even a fifth-level Grand Luo Golden Immortal would not dare to easily provoke this Abyss Serpent. Are you, little boy, tired of living and seeking death?
Another skinny cultivator chimed in, “Right, I advise you not to come down.”
A few days ago, a heretical cultivator of the fourth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm tried his luck, but he was thrown back upwards with only half an arm remaining after less than the time of an incense stick. He has not been seen since.
“Hahaha, just let him down. This will be a good opportunity for the giant python to devour its prey, and we can also take advantage of this opportunity to see how strong the giant python really is.”
A middle-aged man with a sinister face licked his lips, his tone filled with joy at someone else’s misfortune.
The surrounding cultivators burst into laughter, some shaking their heads, some mocking. Obviously, no one believed that a cultivator of the eighth level of the Golden Immortal realm could return alive from the depths of the abyss.
David ignored the laughter and didn’t even lift his eyelids.
He stood at the edge of the fissure, the source of chaos slowly spreading down and penetrating the depths of the fissure, feeling the fierce and turbulent aura beneath him.
The aura was indeed as the Xuanming Ancient Clan elder had described: profound and dense, carrying the unique law pressure of a level four Great Luo Golden Immortal. However, its intelligence part was very weak, like a wild beast that only had instinctive killing intent and territorial awareness.
He retracted his divine consciousness, turned to Xuanzhenzi and Jiang Xuelan and said, “You two wait here, no need to come down.”
Before the two could react, his figure plunged into the depths of the dark crevice like a fallen leaf. His gray robes fluttered like wings in the strong hot wind, and he disappeared into the deep underground darkness in the blink of an eye.
Some jeers and snide comments sounded from above the fissure, but were quickly swallowed up by a deep, distant rumble from the depths of the earth.
David’s figure plunged rapidly in the darkness, and the surrounding purplish-gray source of chaos automatically opened an extremely thin light curtain, completely isolating the surging scorching mem aura and the corrosive turbidity of the earth veins from the outside.
The crack widened as it deepened, and the stone walls on both sides turned from grayish brown to dark red, then to deep red. The temperature also rose rapidly, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur mixed with blood.
He didn’t know how long he had been falling, but his feet finally touched solid ground.
It is a very open underground space, with a dome hanging high like the sky. The ground was covered in cracked reddish-brown lava rocks, and countless tiny lava flows weaved through the cracks, making the entire space look like a furnace of hell.
A pungent fishy smell and scorching heat filled the air. The law fluctuations within this earth vein became extremely heavy, as if the weight of the entire earth itself was pressing down on this small area.
In the deepest part of that space, a huge shadow was hiding above a giant black rock platform where the lava flows converged.
FAQ Novel
Q: What is the nature of the challenge David faces?
A: David must retrieve a monster core from a powerful creature dwelling within the earth’s veins.
Q: What are the terms of the agreement?
A: David has three days to retrieve the monster core, or the deal is void.
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