Chapter 402 - 352 : Mine (1/2)
The three remaining days passed peacefully without any disputes between the rival factions. The biggest group was definitely the ones composed of weak factions and lone cultivators, which clustered together. Arthur and Lucy were amongst them, hidden from view.
There were around three or four thousands cultivators, including all the famous and powerful ones. Dawn of the opening day, the river started reacting quite strangely. It was usually calm and silent yet it became extremely turbulent, producing waves that were as high as five meters.
Everyone who enters the Secret Realm will be sent to a random location, however, Arthur planned to forcefully teleport with Lucy, bypassing the mechanism that's going to separate them. The ARK told him that the probability of succeeding exceeds 50% so it's worth a try.
With the rising sun, the place became chaotic as the waters were restless and the wind raged. With curious and somewhat excited look, the cultivators stared at the occurring change and could barely hold themselves from diving into the river.
The presence of Lucy's sister and the other powerful individuals made them hesitate and wait for their turn. After ten or so minutes, the water started spinning, affecting even the dark clouds high above. The center of this underwater tornado was some sort of a black portal, ominous and unstable.
The first people to enter were the scarred old man and the silver-haired woman, who unhesitatingly dived into the water and entered the strange portal.
Next was the powers of Green-Leaf such as Jian Si's sect and the Mirage Era Hall. The man covered in bandages also entered alone, unhindered by no one as all the cultivators feared him.
When it was their turn, the large group of cultivators flocked into the dark portal, pushing each other and even cursing. Arthur and Lucy remained motionless, not wanting to join that mess. Haste makes waste, furthermore, going first isn't necessarily a good thing.
In a way, it is understandable for these cultivators to be in such a hurry as the treasures in the Secret Realm was unique and priceless. You could even stumble on an ancient artifact in the middle of nowhere, it all depends on luck and keen senses.
Arthur wasn't interested in such treasures as they were useless to him. Their only goal is that soul-protecting item. Few others also chose to stay still, waiting for things to calm down before entering.
Five minutes after the opening of the portal, two siblings flew toward the dark portal with a slow yet steady pace.
Just as they got close to the portal, they were sucked into it, unable to retaliate. As he was holding Lucy's hands, Arthur's sole eye shone with a blue light.
Trapped into an unknown place, between two worlds, a mysterious force enveloped the couple before starting to separate them, each sent into a random direction.
Just when they were separated, time was stopped. Arthur flew toward Lucy and tightly hugged her before heading toward one of the countless lights in this dark place.
Fortunately, when the time-stop ended, the mysterious force couldn't separate them as they were right next to one of the lights, which was a small portal that led to a random place in the Secret Realm.
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Arthur and Lucy found themselves in a dark cave, surrounded by countless over-sized rocks. The first thing the couple noticed a small decrease in their stats. As he inspected his Status Window, Arthur was pleasantly surprised to see only his cultivation drop dramatically, as for his stats, they decreased by only 950m. It was the same case for Lucy.
Their cultivation was now at the peak of Divine Realm, nevertheless, their physical strength is absurd.
”It is quite easy to explain, actually. The limit for any person is 999.999m, so the Secret Realm decreases enough for you to be Divine beings, it didn't into account your current stats.”
Claud explained the cause behind this occurrence. With how strong they are now, they shouldn't encounter any real danger unless they purposely anger the dragon.
”Master said that there are many powerful monsters hiding here. Although it's the dragon's realm, it doesn't from its lair.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Lucy told Arthur some details about this Secret Realm. Losha thoroughly explained how to proceed, what to avoid and what to do.
They have two destinations, one is at the North of this secret Realm. It's on a floating island which has a large waterfall, and the other one is near a hot lava deep underground.
Both places have powerful soul-protecting items, however, since Lucy can fuse Fire and Water, it is feasible to fuse these two items. This only applies to Lucy, who somehow managed to merge two opposing attributes.
Speaking of that flame, Losha instructed her to only use in the most desperate situations. Not only is it hard to control, it's dangerous and it'll bring much trouble.
The two of them didn't know where they were as the place didn't seem to have a nearby exit. The couple delved deeper into the cave only to discover that this place was actually a mine.
There were gigantic trolleys and broken pickaxes that were 3 or 4 meters long.
”It's a Spirit Stones mine! You got lucky.”
Claud seemed excited, unlike Arthur or Lucy, who weren't amazed. They have abundant Red Spirit Stones, even the rare Green Spirit Stones were no exception so, despite how it enticing it may be, the mine wasn't considered a treasure trove by those two.
”Even if you're not going to take some, at least summon some skeleton to do the job for you then come take the harvest once you're leaving this secret Realm.”
Arthur shrugged his shoulders and followed his copy's words, after all, he has nothing to lose. More than a hundred tall skeletons appeared around him. The undead soon started using the huge pickaxes to mine the Spirit Stones.