Chapter 328: Blood? (1/2)

Similar to the previous parts this area was pitch dark and Lin Mu was using his spirit sense to 'see'. But unlike the others, this area was so large that his spirit sense was only able to feel the air and the ends were not visible to him.

”This area is at least a hundred meters wide.” Lin Mu muttered.

He extended his spirit sense upwards and finally felt the roof of the cave. But even then it was quite far up as Lin Mu had walked a large distance downwards. He wanted to continue but felt hesitant as his spirit sense did not seem to be able to perceive everything.

There could be things that were beyond his spirit sense that may be dangerous to him. Not wanting to continue directly he took out a torch from the ring. He gestured with his hand and suddenly heard a shout in his mind.

”NO! Stop!” Xukong yelled, but was too late.

A spark appeared in Lin Mu's hand and then ”BOOOOOM!”

Lin Mu felt as if time had slowed down and he could see the small spark he had made in his hand using the minor fireball technique rapidly expanding. There was something in the air that fueled the flames and spread around.

In that fraction of a second Lin Mu instinctively activated the three skills Flicker, Blink and Phase all together. He appeared inside the walls of the cave and stopped there. His breath was still held in, but he could feel the tremors that were traveling through the walls of the cave.

They lasted for about five seconds, after which Lin Mu felt them stop. He used his spirit sense to check if everything was fine and after confirming that walked outside. The cave was still pitch black, but the heat could be felt in it.

There was also the sound of rocks crumbling, echoing in the cave.

”That was close, you almost killed yourself!” Xukong scolded.

Lin Mu knew that he had messed up big this time and if it were not for him reacting quick enough, he would have sustained heavy injuries if not for death. But he was still confused about what had just happened, how did the flames grow so big and cause an explosion?

Xukong saw the confusion in Lin Mu's mind and knew that this wasn't exactly his fault either. If anything, it was more because of his ignorance than anything.

~Sigh~

”That stench you were smelling, they were the gases in the air. Some of those gases are toxic while some are even flammable, so even a small spark can cause an explosion if you're not careful. Now that the gases have ignited, while the gases themselves will have disappeared.” Xukong explained.

Lin Mu nodded his head and took a light breath finding that the foul smell had indeed disappeared. He realized that he could now breathe again here and his eyes did not irritate anymore.

~Hooh~

”This is much better…” Lin Mu muttered.

”It should be fine if I ignite another torch, right?” Lin Mu asked, just to be sure.