335 Attack! (1/2)
Krune's group and the other cultivators and demon beasts kept moving forward after the vines room event. In the end, the number of passages that they had to chose kept increasing. Fortunately, Rarol's instinct wasn't just for show.
By now, the paths already surpassed more than 10 choices. But Krune and the others also noticed one thing. Behind them, there where other tunnels that connected to the paths rooms. It seemed like those who selected paths without any reward or traps would end over in the same place at some point.
Another thing that they noticed is that it was not possible to go back. Even though the passages were there, once you entered the room with the paths to chose, something like a formation would stop you from going back in any of the passages.
Lastly, they noticed one thing thanks to Rarol's instinct. There is always only one safe passage. There would be some times where there would be rewards, but those rewards were always followed by dangers. As for the trap path, they were always at least one-third of the choices.
Of course, it is not because you entered the wrong path that you would die. Although there had been deaths, a few cultivators and demon beasts were still able to pass through it and arrive in the same place as Krune's group again. It's just that sometimes they would be severely injured, so they would have to stop for some time.
Fortunately, the rewards were good as well. The danger in the rooms was proportionally equal to the rewards. There had been even a few good materials, treasures, and weapons. Krune's group was also found quite a few Jade Slips with Soul Techniques, which they passed all to Heavin to take a look.
Krune's group left another space and were proceeding forward. But when they arrived at what was supposed to be the next paths room, they noticed that there was only one route to chose.
Rarol looked at everyone and laughed.
”Haha! Well, it seems like we are in for quite some fun this time. I don't know what is there, but it makes my hair stand just looking at this passage.”
Krune and Joiu's group understood that this is probably one of the paths that they definitely wouldn't choose if there was another choice. Maybe even worse.
Xankruan then commented about something.
”So far, we didn't find another of those crystals. If the passage for the next Bubble Realm also requires one, then I can understand why there is only one path. Most likely, this is a trial to see if we can get another crystal or not. Of course, I might be wrong since this is just a conjecture based on past events.”
Dilo shook his head and said.
Krune and the others agreed with Dilo. That was most likely the case.
”Alright, nothing will change if we wait here. Let's keep moving forward.”
The other cultivators and demon beast aren't idiots either. So they understood that there was a big change of things going bad in the next cave space. Because of that, everyone proceeded in high alert.
When Krune and the others arrived at the next location, they ended in front of what seems to be the biggest space inside the caves so far. The highest point in the ceiling was probably at least 5km high. The entire area looked like a big dome, or even an arena if you wish to think like that.
At the center, they could see the corpse of a Dragon. On each of its legs, they could see a chain attached. The chains then extended all the way to the walls on 4 sides.
There was one extra chain on its neck, and this one was attached to the top of the ceiling.
Krune and the others knew that staying at the entrance wouldn't change anything, so they slowly approached the corpse in the center. Finally, the Dragon Corpse entered Krune's Divine Sense. One must remember that Krune's Divine Sense can't spread more than 1km at the moment.
Soon, the Dragon also entered the Divine Senses of everyone. Still, it doesn't matter how they looked at the Dragon, it couldn't be more dead.
”Could it be that the initial idea was for this realm to have been opened earlier and then battle the Dragon while it was alive?”
No one paid attention to who said that, but they had to admit that he made sense.
Everyone kept approaching the Dragon and finally got close enough to touch it. Krune also touched and sent a stream of Spiritual Energy inside to check its conditions. Sure enough, it was dead both to his Divine Sense and Spiritual Energy.
Krune then looked at Rarol and saw him nodding his head. Surprisingly, he wasn't even laughing as he always does.
”That bad?”
Rarol nodded.
”I can't help but feel like running away at this very moment.”
His older brother, Tinnian, also said the same.
”Although my brother's talent for the Krakat Cougar Instinct is higher than anyone else in our territory, it doesn't mean that the others also don't have the same ability. Compared to a normal demon beast, my instinct is definitely several times better. At the moment, I also can tell you this much. Something is definitely not right.”