Chapter 690 - The Fifth Floor (1/2)
A few minutes later, Alex was still flying around while avoiding the attacks from the ground. Luckily, the golem had no intelligence, so Alex had no trouble for the time being. However, he really needed to solve this riddle quickly.
”What should I do?” Alex tapped his head a few times with his finger while looking at the ground. Suddenly, he remembered a certain matter. ”Wait! If there is no water on the surface, can't I just get one from the underground? It's called groundwater! It is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations.
”That's right. Even if I evaporate all of the water on the surface, whether it's the sea, river, or lake, there is still groundwater. The riddle doesn't tell me that I need pure water, so groundwater is the answer. I can purify them with my Pure Fire if it's not enough.” Alex had gotten his answer but met another problem. ”Still, how can I dig the ground like this? The golems will surely aim at me.”
Alex thought for a moment and muttered to himself. ”Can I kill all of them except one? Will they multiply? I should kill one first to test.”
He pointed his finger toward one of the golems as Fire appeared around his finger. ”Flame of Extinction.”
It wasn't a powerful fire attack but still contained enough power to destroy one of the unintelligent golems that couldn't avoid any attack.
”Done!” Alex nodded to himself before waiting to see what would happen. And he could only click his teeth in the next minute as he saw four golems come out of the ground.”
”I see. I can't use this tactic, I guess…” He started thinking of another strategy to dig the ground under the attack of those golems. Alex shook his head and started searching if he could find or create a terrain to his advantage.
It was after another few minutes, he suddenly found something interesting. Underneath a vast barren ground was actually energy. This blue colored energy was masked well by the ground's green energy. If the golems that were distracting him were actually stronger, he might not find this spot.
”Still, the water is too deep. I need to dig around a few hundred meters while being rained by the attacks from the golems.” He thought for a moment before grinning. ”I almost forgot what I came here for. I have been practicing Space Element for a year, isn't it for this?”
Realizing what he needed to do, Alex flew down to the ground. The golems looked down and aimed at him again, but Alex simply smiled as he already started digging the hole.
Without Alex in their vision, the golems could only start walking toward the hole and aimed to the bottom. Many Earth Spikes flew down toward him, but a circle, perfectly sized to the shape of the hole, appeared above him.
”Spatial Gate!” Alex smiled while digging. Of course, this place still couldn't be connected to the Blue Layered Realm, but Alex had the solution for that. He didn't create a Portal toward the realm. Instead, there was another portal on the surface, aiming at the ground. This way, the golems couldn't hurt him until he finished his job.
”Keep digging!” Alex scooped the rocks as if they were butter, gradually closing his distance toward the water. It was only after another three minutes that he finally arrived right above the water. ”I should make a small hole first to test. I don't want all the water to burst out of the ground… Well, groundwater normally doesn't have high pressure, so I don't need to worry.”
Alex took a deep breath and pierced the ground gently and made a hole.
The brown-colored water slowly flowed out of the hole.
”Objective has been completed.” Alex smiled before he suddenly heard a weird sound.
*Crack!*
”What is that?” Alex couldn't see the crack on the floor beneath him because of this muddy water. Suddenly, the ground crumbled, and the water burst out of the hole.
”What-blurb!” He couldn't finish his words before he was pushed back by the water. It continued until Alex reached the surface. However, he found a troubling matter. ”This is not good. There are still many golems on the surface. I need to be ready to fight them as soon as I arrive at the surface.”
Yet when he arrived at the surface, he couldn't find a single golem around the hole before he was launched to the sky by the water. Not long after, he sensed Space Element behind him and turned around, only to find a Spatial Gate behind him.
”!!!” Alex realized that it must be the gate to the fifth floor. He entered there, and the scenery changed.
”Where is this?” Alex asked himself while still floating in the air. The surrounding was filled with grass. Looking around the area, he didn't find a single structure or a tree. Not long after, the golden words appeared again.
”The answer is in the sky.”
”That's it?” Alex was stupefied when he read the golden words. He still searched for some clues with his Spirit Eyes before Spiritual Energy seemed to start flowing out of the ground, flying to the air as if something was absorbing it. Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy formed a layer far above the sky.
”What is that?” He furrowed his eyebrows before looking around, only to find that his path was blocked by another layer of energy. He took a deep breath and slashed his sword toward the side.
”Blade of Conquest.”
A sword wave flew toward the energy layer and exploded as if it hit something hard.
”Boom!”
After taking the full brunt of that explosion, the layer of energy seemed to have no change as if nothing hit it. Alex took his sword once again and slashed it with his strongest attack.
”Triple Draws! Mythical Fire Slash! Space Cut!”
He chose to use these three techniques so early because he wanted to see whether the barrier could be affected by power, element, or another realm attack.