Chapter 1440: Ambush in the Darkness! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”What's going on here? It's already seven thousand meters! Why is there still no end?!”

A frantic roar exploded out of the darkness. After climbing so far and consuming so much Stellar Energy, after the air had become so thin and the walls so dangerous, some martial artists had finally reached their breaking point.

If they had known that this pit would be so deep from the very start, many of them would have considered for a very long time before venturing in. But what was most crucial was not that it was deep, but that there was no telling how deep the pit went. This was the most excruciating aspect.

”Let's go!” a reluctant voice called out. ”If this continues, we'll be exhausted to death before we even reach the Origin Immortal Treasury.”

Even these powerful martial artists had begun to lose hope, and some of them had already turned around and started the climb back up.

In the face of this seemingly endless challenge, they had finally decided to retreat.

This is fine. At least we can eliminate some of the weaker competitors beforehand!

Wang Chong smiled. He instantly understood what the Origin Immortal Lord's intention was.

The temptation of the Origin Immortal Art was simply too much, and there was almost no martial artist that could resist it. This bottomless pit could make the majority of martial artists shrink back in the face of difficulty, avoiding meaningless casualties.

”Ah!”

Suddenly, a scream rang out through the darkness, loudly echoing throughout the pit. And unlike before, this was a scream of extreme pain, the scream of someone who had been injured by an ambush.

Buzz!

Wang Chong grimaced and he immediately sensed intense danger. But before he could react, he heard several piercing whistles coming toward him.

Across from Wang Chong, twenty to thirty needles were approaching at astonishing speed.

Bang!

Wang Chong immediately sent out a burst of energy from his dantian, which took the form of a wall to protect his surroundings.

Pingpingping! The assassination needles were all knocked away.

But a moment later, he heard a 'pahpahpah' coming from over his head.

”Not good!”

Wang Chong trembled in understanding. Turning his head, he saw that twenty to thirty meters above him, a row of needles had thrust into the wall. A moment later, the Stellar Energy in these needles detonated.

Rumble! Dirt and stone poured down, smashing toward Wang Chong.

Swoosh!

Wang Chong thrust his palm out behind him and then lunged to the side.

A split-second later, several dozen needles wrapped in destructive energy shot toward Wang Chong. Half of them were aimed directly at him while the other half were aimed at the loose rock around him.

The pull of the pit was immense, and it was directly affecting Stellar Energy. This was extremely dangerous to martial artists, and as this mysterious assailant was forcing Wang Chong to move around while also destroying the walls around him, they clearly harbored ill intentions.

They wanted nothing more than for Wang Chong to fall.

More Stellar Energy rumbled out of Wang Chong's body, rapidly expanding the energy vortex in front of his abdomen so that he could better resist the pull of the cave. At the same time, Wang Chong once more moved positions, creating an enormous pull from his body that held him fast to a part of the wall some seven to eight meters away.

As he was doing all this, Wang Chong waved a sleeve, sweeping up ten-some needles and the seven or eight boulders that were coming from above with his Great Yinyang Stellar Energy and sending them flying at his assailant.

”Go!”

The flickering images of the sun and moon appeared around Wang Chong as he pushed the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art to its limit, and those needles and boulders picked up speed, flying as quickly as lightning bolts.

Boomboomboom!

A few seconds later, explosions could be heard from the other side along with the sound of rubble crumbling down. After that, a strange and evil laughter could be heard.

”Kekekeke, kid, you're rather lucky to have escaped with your life!”

”The Black Yin Ancestor!”

Wang Chong's eyes chilled, instantly recognizing the voice.

The Black Yin Ancestor had moved out faster than most, following mere moments after the Four Ends Martial Lord. Logically speaking, he should have been at least two thousand meters ahead of him, but it turned out that he had turned back and laid an ambush.

Wang Chong could tell from his voice that he was seven or eight hundred meters away, on the other side of the pit.

If this were the surface, this distance would be nothing at all. But in this pit, where the air was thin and the pull of gravity strong, flying was extremely difficult. Not even peerless experts like Wang Chong and the Black Yin Ancestor could cross this gap.

It was precisely because the Black Yin Ancestor had noticed this that he had decided to lay his ambush.