Suddenly, the floor of the main hall cracked open, revealing a series of separate, dark abysses below. Caught off guard, Bai Hao and the others lost their footing and fell straight down.
"ah--!"
Bai Hao suddenly lost his balance and felt that there was nothing beneath him, with nowhere to put his weight on.
But he quickly realized what was happening and tried to steady himself and fly away—reaching the Spirit Integration Realm meant he was already useless. Although he had never flown before in the Knowledge and Action Realm, the principle must be the same, right?
But Bai Hao soon realized he had made a mistake—he discovered that he couldn't fly at all, and even felt his body getting heavier and heavier, as if a mountain was pressing down on him, making it almost impossible for him to breathe, let alone fly.
But soon, with a "thud," he finally plummeted to the bottom and crashed heavily to the ground, the enormous recoil causing him to ache all over.
"Damn! What's going on?" Bai Hao rubbed his sore butt and quickly got up from the ground.
It was pitch black all around, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, but the temperature was frighteningly high, like being in a steam oven, stuffy and hot. Bai Hao was immediately covered in sweat.
"Hey, is anyone there? Fatty, steamer!"
Bai Hao called out a few times, but there was no response; only his own voice echoed—there was no one around.
"Looks like I've fallen somewhere on my own, and judging from the echo, I'm in a relatively enclosed place. I wonder if I really fell into a steamer. Damn it, what bad luck!" Bai Hao cursed, then shouted a few more times.
He needs to use the echoes to determine whether the surroundings are truly completely enclosed.
"Hello--!"
"Hey, come out here—!"
After each sound went out, it came back in. Bai Hao used his keen hearing to tell that in this world, the echo from one direction was relatively weak.
"It seems this should be the exit." He muttered to himself, constantly judging by the echoes, and carefully walked step by step. He could feel that the floor under his feet was stone and not very smooth, but it was very hot. Even through his shoes, he could feel the heat rising from his feet.
Bai Hao carefully rubbed his way forward, and finally, a glimmer of light appeared before him.
Using this faint light, he quickly found his way over, and his vision gradually cleared—he was coming out of a room, outside which was a long corridor, entirely made of some kind of stone of unknown material.
At the end of the corridor, a bright light could be clearly seen. Bai Hao walked over and finally saw the end of the corridor—a pool of churning lava!
A wave of heat hit him, and the sweat on Bai Hao's forehead stopped flowing; it evaporated before it could even come out.
"This godforsaken place... Could it be that I saw the lava below when I came in through the door?" Bai Hao was somewhat frightened.
This lava smells very good, just like the lava between the three passages they saw when they first came in.
"Damn it, what are they trying to do by bringing me to this godforsaken place?" Despite the scorching heat, Bai Hao hadn't encountered any trouble or traps yet, as if this were a ruin swallowed by lava.
"I wonder if Fatty and the others have also fallen into this kind of place like me. I can only go and check it out first." Bai Hao muttered to himself as he continued walking forward.
There is still a path here, but it's a bit dark in color. However, with the light reflected off the surrounding lava, it's still clearly visible.
As Bai Hao walked, he suddenly stopped, his eyes fixed on the front. There, the corridor that had always had railings suddenly broke off, as if it had been broken by something.
On the broken railing, a torn piece of cloth could be vaguely seen hanging on it... like a person's clothes.
Did someone break through the railing and plunge into the lava?
Or did something push a person into the lava?
In an instant, several guesses flashed through Bai Hao's mind.
So many people have already come in, and this ruin doesn't seem big enough to completely hide thousands of people, right?
But no trace was left along the way.
Bai Hao had never understood this before, but now he suddenly realized it—as long as you push a person into lava, you're guaranteed not to leave a single trace!
It's the perfect place to dispose of a body!
Those who came in earlier may not have gone somewhere else; it's very likely they all fell into the lava, which is why they didn't leave any traces!
With this in mind, Bai Hao became even more cautious and careful, walking with utmost attention.
This path gradually ascends, and Bai Hao followed it, carefully discovering more and more traces of people having been there, which further confirmed his idea.
The road led to a palace, and at that moment, Bai Hao finally heard the sound of weapons clashing inside the palace, a constant clanging and banging, indicating that there were probably about ten people inside.
Bai Hao crouched low and cautiously walked to the doorway, peeking inside furtively—
This palace is not large, probably only two or three hundred square meters, much smaller than the sect square of their Luohai Sect.
At that moment, several people were engaged in fierce fighting in the main hall. Bai Hao counted them carefully and found that there were exactly ten, no more and no less.
But these were only the living ones. Inside the main hall, a large number of corpses lay scattered on the ground, an astonishing number, at least thirty or forty people, their blood flowing, but quickly evaporated by the high temperature.
In the corners of the main hall, Bai Hao saw the reason for their fight—in one corner of the shop, there were several boxes, the contents of which were unknown.
However, judging from how fiercely so many of them fought over these things, Bai Hao guessed that the contents of those boxes were definitely treasures!
Of course, he couldn't sneak in yet; the people inside were fighting fiercely. Bai Hao could just watch the show first and then use his position as a predator to stalk the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
The people inside were all rogue cultivators, the highest of whom was only at the Breakthrough Stage, which was easy for Bai Hao to handle.
But for safety's sake, Bai Hao was still willing to wait until they were both badly injured, and then he would go and reap the benefits of their conflict.
If we can avoid taking action, we absolutely will!
...
Inside the main hall, the battle quickly came to a conclusion among the ten people. Seven people fell, and the remaining three, who were a group, stood at the very end.
"Hahaha, these treasures are for the three of us!"
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