Chapter 1451: Disaster Does Not Come Alone! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
On the surface, one of the Origin Immortal Treasury guardians suddenly spoke.
”Milord, all the Dragonbeasts have been mobilized. As we have planned, they are driving all the martial artists into the depths of the caves.”
Although they were not underground, they knew everything that Wang Chong and the other martial artists was experiencing like the back of their hand.
”No matter what, we have to keep them scattered so they can't work together. The Dragonbeasts alone won't be able to do this. It's about time. Pass on my order! Release those things at the bottom of the pit!” the leader of the guardians said, their eyes emotionlessly staring into the pitch-black depths of the pit.
”Yes!”
……
Sixteen to seventeen thousand meters from the surface, as the leader gave the order, an invisible ripple began to spread through the lightless bottom of the pit.
All was quiet in the pit.
Suddenly, there was a flash, and then a dim glow like that of a firefly began to slowly fly out of the darkness.
After rising up several hundred meters, it seemed to awaken from a deep slumber. The dim glow turned into a dazzling light, and streaked like a comet into the vast underground cave network.
……
Within the caves, Wang Chong had retracted his energy as much as possible as he fled. One scream after another rang out behind him as those martial artists who had fallen behind were slain.
Wang Chong's entire body was tense while danger battered at his mind like massive waves, threatening to completely engulf him.
Wang Chong's greatest support was the Energy Condensation Pearl, but no matter how much power was stored in the Energy Condensation Pearl, it would swiftly be exhausted under the attacks of three Dragonbeasts.
The moment this happened, Wang Chong would be dead.
”Where to? Just what direction should I run!?”
Wang Chong scanned his surroundings. This cave network spread out in every direction, and it was very easy to get lost. There was even a chance of picking the wrong direction and delivering himself into the maw of a beast.
And the Psychic Energy Seal spread across the caves had rendered useless the Psychic Energy that Wang Chong was so proud of.
This only made it even more difficult to identify the correct direction.
I can only use sound to replace Psychic Energy! Wang Chong said to himself.
Psychic Energy was one method of scouting, but sound waves could serve the same purpose, like how a bat used sound to determine its position. Of course, it was not as easy to use as Psychic Energy.
Wang Chong focused his mind, concentrating on all the noise around him.
The roars of the beasts, the screams of martial artists, the shockwaves of the explosions—all of these sounds bounced off the walls of the caves. These sounds were transmitted to Wang Chong's mind where he used his immense amounts of Psychic Energy to reconstruct this information into an image of his surroundings.
The efficiency of this process was much lower than when Wang Chong had calculated the model of the Origin Immortal Formation, but it still had results…
Wang Chong had originally been completely ignorant with regards to this labyrinthine network of caves, but gradually, a model of his surroundings began to take form in his mind and slowly spread out.
Although he still didn't have a complete map, at least he wasn't traveling blind.
”Run! Run!”
”It's those bugs!”
”It's over! We're all going to die! Aaaah!”
Screams once more tore through the air, but from a completely unexpected direction.
Buzz!
Wang Chong turned in shock and saw a group of martial artists fleeing in panic toward his direction.
Behind them were golden lights about the size of fists, streaking through the air like comets in pursuit.
As these golden lights pursued, Wang Chong quickly recognized that familiar chirp.
”Stellar-Piercing Beetles!”
Wang Chong trembled in shock as he recognized those terrifying beetles that shared the same trait as the Dragonbeasts.
Many top-class martial artists had died in the Origin Immortal Formation to these terrifying beetles. Wang Chong had never imagined that he would run into them again in this lightless cave network.
And compared to the ones in the Origin Immortal Formation, these beetles were even larger, more powerful, and more aggressive.
When it rained, it poured. The three Dragonbeasts were already enough to imperil all the martial artists underground, and now they were joined by the nightmarish Stellar-Piercing Beetles. Wang Chong's eyes widened and he felt his heart go numb. An unprecedented stench of death filled his nostrils.
No martial artist could survive the three Dragonbeasts and these high-level Stellar-Piercing Beetles.
Roooar!