Zero stared at the stone gate before him.
The stone gate is made of crimson bricks, its color exceptionally beautiful, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding rough, grayish-brown stone walls, as if it had been stained with scarlet blood.
Finally, he reached out and pushed open the door...
After entering the stone gate, the previous voice seemed to have vanished without a trace and never reappeared.
Beyond the stone gate, there is a tunnel.
Zero traveled through the tunnel for an unknown amount of time. Behind the stone door, behind the wall covered with carved murals, lay a dark, winding, and deep passageway.
Zero roughly estimated the time.
From the moment he fell into the quicksand, to the moment he fell into the cave, and now to this strange and eerie underground passage eighteen stories deep, it took at least three or four hours, if not a whole day.
Along the way, Zero didn't see any cargo, not even a small flying insect, which would at least offer him some solace in this dark and lonely place.
But no.
There was no food, no water, only endless darkness...
Given the current situation, he will either starve or die of thirst sooner or later.
Unfortunately, all the spiritual energy in his body disappeared without a trace after entering this place.
Aside from being relatively agile and physically strong, he is no different from an ordinary person!
We still can't contact them, could it be...?
Is he really going to be trapped here and die?
No!
impossible!
The thing he least believed in was fate.
Zero suddenly remembered the voice that had appeared earlier.
The voice had repeatedly mentioned the word "game," indicating that this was a level-based challenge he had set up. In other words, if he could overcome this obstacle, he would successfully complete the challenge, which meant he would win the game. So…
He can go out now.
With this thought in mind, Zero continued walking.
The dark tunnel finally came to an end.
However, at the end, another stone door suddenly appeared.
While seemingly similar to the previous ones, the carved patterns are quite different.
What lies behind this door?
Zero placed his hands on the crimson stone door and slowly pushed it open...
As the stone gate emitted a rumbling sound, it began to move slowly, and a putrid, deathly aura swept over us.
Ling instinctively covered his mouth and nose, carefully examining the scene behind the stone door—
This was a closed stone chamber, ten zhang square, with identical crimson stone doors inlaid on all four walls. At the four corners of the ceiling were four luminous pearls, each the size of a baby's fist, their dim, bluish light flickering without any warmth or brightness, instead carrying an inexplicable eeriness.
On the ground lay several skeletons, their bones black and yellowish, and one could vaguely make out that they were wearing coarse brown linen clothes.
A few wisps of cold wind drifted into the closed stone chamber as the stone door opened.
The hemp clothing, which had remained intact, turned into wisps of powder when the wind blew it, and the powder floated in the air.
These bones must have been there for a very long time, which is why they turned to dust as soon as they were exposed to the wind.
only……
What kind of place is this?
Why do these things exist?
Could it be a cenotaph of some ancestor?
Zero re-examines those bones.
Each skeleton was riddled with iron arrows, all stained with blood and reflecting a chilling, dark light that was truly awe-inspiring.
Were these people the ones who wanted to rob the tomb? Yet they were killed by the traps here, leaving only their bones.
The metallic reflection suddenly flickered, and Zero instinctively glanced towards the corner.
There stood a long sword there!
Only after getting closer did I realize how extraordinary this longsword was.
Normally, one shouldn't touch anything in such a strange place, but for some reason, as if drawn by a ghost, Zero picked up the longsword without thinking.
This is a long sword about two feet long, with a thin blade made of black iron that exudes a faint cold light. The hilt is carved with a golden dragon, giving it an extremely majestic appearance. The blade is incredibly sharp, truly as cold as autumn frost.
Zero was still observing when he heard a loud "boom".
The heavy stone gate suddenly closed.
Click! Click...
Countless mechanisms suddenly appeared on the four walls.
Sizzle!
Good heavens...
Zero was genuinely surprised. Looking at the longsword in his hand, he was momentarily at a loss as to whether or not to drop it.
It seems he... ran into some kind of trap...
Four wisps of ethereal green smoke slowly rose and spread from behind the luminous pearl!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...
A barrage of iron arrows shot out from the mechanism, their arrowheads gleaming with an eerie, dark luster, shooting out in every direction within the stone chamber, leaving no blind spots!
Countless iron arrows flew rapidly through the stone chamber!
Zero instinctively raised the longsword in his hand.
For some reason, he had a vague feeling that the longsword was left here on purpose, specifically to block these iron arrow traps...
Fortunately, Zero also knew some swordsmanship, thanks to what he learned during a mission in the Falling Cloud Realm; otherwise…
If he can't use his spiritual power, he'll definitely be riddled with bullets.
Zero nimbly weaved through the rain of arrows, its speed increasing rapidly.
He advanced with his back against the wall, thus only needing to block the iron arrows from three sides.
The impenetrable blade resembled a large net, and the light and shadow transformed into a thick curtain, deflecting the iron arrows that surged from three sides. The blade and the iron arrows collided, producing a dull, clanging sound.
As the wispy green smoke drifted from the top of the wall, Ling unconsciously held her breath.
In the blink of an eye, the blue smoke filled the entire ceiling of the stone chamber.
Zero knew without a doubt that the green smoke was poisonous. The only way now was to heal as quickly as possible, before the green smoke filled the entire stone chamber, while simultaneously fending off the tidal wave of arrows and breaking through to the stone door to the north!
That's right, at the same time the arrow rain appeared, a stone gate suddenly appeared to the north.
It seemed as if it had been prepared on purpose, with everything calculated to the exact same degree.
Zero found this place increasingly magical.
One link leads to another, and each link is interconnected.
Zero moved rapidly northward at an astonishing speed, his longsword moving incessantly, creating a whistling sound as he blasted away the countless iron arrows flying in all directions!
Nine zhang!
Eight feet!
Several iron arrows whistled in from the side, about to pierce Zero's body...
Suddenly, a flash of purple light appeared, and the iron arrows were swept away by a strange force, falling straight to the ground with a clanging sound.
"Purple Nether!"
Zero looked at Zi You, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, and was too excited to speak.
"Stop talking nonsense and get going!"
While controlling her power to form a light purple shield around the two of them, Zi You urged Ling to leave quickly.
Ling nodded without hesitation and followed Ziyou, quickly moving towards the North Gate.
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