Chapter 402 - 352 : Mine (2/2)

Lucy, who was busily inspecting the incredibly large cave, frowned and backed away a few steps only for a humongous worm-like creature made of stone to appeared where she was. Its mouth was wide open as it had planned to swallow its target only to miserably fail.

Before it could dive underground, the large worm was instantly frozen and shattered into countless pieces. It wasn't a strong beast to begin and it was unlucky enough to encounter Lucy.

The brown-haired woman crouched on the ground and put her hand on the rocky earth. She made use of her sky-high stats to locate any monsters hiding underground.

It turned out to be a monster fest, more than fifty of those stone worms were stealthily moving underground. Unfazed, Lucy activated her Yin power, which bypassed the rocky ground and perfectly hit all the worms, freezing them.

It would be a hassle to get them all so Arthur could possess them, however, such thoughts disappeared from her mind as she saw that Arthur followed her actions and used his Space Magic to teleport all those corpses, before throwing them all in his storage.

This place seemed to be isolated from the outside so Arthur switched bodies, possessing the bone shark. Lucy jumped on his back and tightly held onto one of the smaller bones. The bone shark wriggled on the surface for a few seconds before it drilled into the ground.

The rocky underground, which was supposed to be a big hurdle, was cleanly cut by the sharp bones of the bone shark. With ever-so-increasing speed, Arthur drilled everything in his way and after a few minutes, they got out of that place. They were met with a blue and clear sky, a lush and peaceful forest and the sound of running water.

They were in a forest that surrounded a high-mountain.

Even with his sharpened senses, Arthur couldn't feel the presence of any dangerous beasts or passing cultivators.

It was kind of illogical for such a place to exist in a secret realm which is supposed to be fraught with danger. Nevertheless, Arthur changed his appearance again, wearing the bracelet and becoming Lucy's 'little brother'.

This secret Realm was vast, to say the least. It had a triangular shape with the dragon's lair being at the very center. The floating island was far north, at the peak of the triangle and the hot lava was somewhere South.

From Losha's description, Lucy was able to guess their current location. It was West of the Secret-Realm, which was a big forest that's the safest place in this world.

Most cultivators will go to this place as it is not dangerous and they have the chance to find rare herbs or harvest the cores of some God beasts.

To not attract any unwanted attention, the couple chose to travel by foot and at moderate pace. From now on, they're just a pair of siblings at the Divine Realm.

The two of them started descending the mountain while enjoying the serene scenery. No beasts attacked nor any cultivator stopped them.

Though it'll be nice if they joined a group as to make their act more believable since they looked pretty weak, especially Arthur, who looked like a shy and fragile kid.

For the first three hours, they met no one but were still disturbed by some God beasts, which were slain instantly. After four hours, they met with other people, a small group.

They were a group of five, three males and two females. The three men were black and muscular, they wore gauntlets and thick silver armors. As for the women, they seemed to be along with the three men, who were lewdly looking at their new comrades.

In fact, the women didn't seem bothered by that and would throw seductive smiles at the men. As they stumbled upon Arthur and Lucy, they 'secretly' tailed them for half an hour before they showed themselves.

'Well, it's better to have idiots around us.'

Arthur shyly hid behind Lucy while trying to hold back his laugh. His act was totally believable as the leader of this small group walked up to Lucy and scratched the back of his head while saying

”Aii little miss… we're forming a small party to make easier for us to hunt. How about joining us? All the spoils will be split evenly.”

He cracked a grin while showing his disgusting teeth, to which Lucy held her hands while fidgeting, clearly not knowing what to do. Seeing her hesitant reaction, the man's eyes flashed with a cold glint as he insisted

”Come on, the more, the better. It's much safer if you're in a group, we'll protect each other's back.”

'Yeah right.'

Arthur inwardly snorted but still remained embarrassed on the outside. After what seemed like an eternity, the big sister mustered her courage and said

”Actually… we-we're heading North.”

The man frowned, confused about her reply. After pondering for a moment, he seemed to have of something as he became excited. He heartily laughed while saying:

”What a coincidence, we were planning to go North too. How about it? Want to join us?”

Lucy took three seconds to reply by nodding her hand and holding Arthur's hand, dragging him toward the group. As for the muscular black man, he licked his lips and followed the newcomers.