Chapter 853: Barricade (1/2)

Gravis charged through the earth towards the southeast. Down here, no human would be able to find him, but that wasn't true for the beasts.

However, having to go through a ton of hardened stone took a lot longer than simply flying. Because of that, Gravis' speed was slower than before.

After around three weeks, Gravis was sure that he was close to the beast territory. He was probably close to the edge. This area would be the most dangerous since the forces of beasts and humans met each other here.

Inside the earth, Gravis saw no difference. Everything felt the same, no matter where he was.

A couple of days later, Gravis thought that he should already be inside the beast territory, but he wouldn't come out unless he saw proof. If he came out too early, an Immortal Emperor would probably directly jump on him and kill him.

An additional day later, Gravis finally saw the thing he was waiting for.

Gravis stopped and narrowed his eyes. Just a kilometer in front of him was something that blocked his way.

”Let me through,” Gravis transmitted.

What was blocking Gravis' path?

A gigantic root!

Gravis' Spirit Sense couldn't reach very far so deep in the earth, which made it impossible to see how big that root was, but Gravis was sure that it was humongous.

Gravis felt a powerful sense sweeping over him.

”Password?” it asked.

Gravis scoffed. ”Really? We have passwords now? I'm a beast, and I want to go to the Great Forest. Why would I need some password?” Gravis transmitted with annoyance.

The powerful sense swept over Gravis some more. ”No human, even if they are of mixed descent, can have such a powerful body. You may pass.”

CRRRRR!

And like that, the root shrunk until Gravis could see a path forward.

”Th- to think that I would be asked for a password. What is even going on anymore?” Gravis said coldly.

However, deep inside, panic and terror had taken hold of him.

He had nearly said thanks!

In the middle world, saying thanks would have been seen as weird. After all, beasts saw no value in such meaningless words. However, in this world, beasts knew what humans were. If Gravis had said thanks, this powerful plant would have probably realized that Gravis had been living so long among humans that their way of speaking and philosophy had influenced him. Such a being was basically already a human in a beast's eyes.

Fortunately, Gravis had turned it around quickly enough.

The plant didn't answer.

It was its job to protect the borders from any human that wanted to sneak in here. It only said as much as necessary while doing its job. Talking to a mere Early Circulation Immortal King was beneath it.

This blockage was exactly what Gravis had been waiting for.

How were beasts able to block something that humans weren't able to block with their incredible ingenuity?

Size!

Some plants would grow as big as they could and then bury deep into the ground. Like this, they would be gigantic, living walls.

Gravis had felt the plant's senses for a split second, but that was already enough.

In Gravis' perception, the power of this plant was unimaginable.

Its power was so big that Gravis couldn't even take a good guess at its Cultivation Realm. The only thing Gravis could be sure about was that this plant was in the Immortal Emperor Realm. It could be at the beginning or at the peak. Gravis couldn't tell the difference.

Gravis quickly passed through the opening, and the root behind him grew again to block the path.

Gravis passing through this blockade had appeared effortless, but he had gone through four different checks. No human would have been able to get through these.