Chapter 329 (1/2)

'Ugh... what's going on…'

'Where am I?'

Zhang Dong slowly opened up his eyes, his vision was blurry and he could feel himself getting dragged by someone. His arms were spread and two people were supporting him from each side while treading towards some destination.

He tried to remember what happened after he crossed into that interworld tunnel once more. Slowly it started to come back to him. The moment he jumped through that fissure he was flung into it once more. Not much had changed since the first time he came there with one tiny difference, this time he knew of Bob's existence.

During his stay in the previous world, he gathered up many cubes which he used as energy sources. These he used to triangulate his home world's location. His Ai activated and the search started while he tumbled through the tunnel.

This place was bright and from time to time he could see flashes of other worlds. Some were similar to the one he came from with knights and wizards, others on the other hand seemed bizarre with strange creatures living in them.

Bob finally came through and was able to find the way back home. This would use up all of the conserved energy that he had stored behind. The moment he gave Bob he okay he felt a strange pulling sensation yanking him in one direction.

It wasn't anything pleasant as he was flung through this tunnel just in the opposite direction than before. The speed kept increasing and the worlds that he was able to see before became just a blurry mess.

He could barely stay awake as he slammed into some kind of wall. Instead of another fissure opening up, he felt like a piece of meat getting pushed through the grinder. It seemed he was forced here by Bob's triangulation, the rest was just a flash. He felt his flesh and soul being ripped apart and he was unable to keep himself awake as he passed out.

'Did I make it back? … Why do I feel so weak…'

While trying to ascertain his location he felt a cool breeze and some light hitting his face. There was a sound of a gate sliding open before the walk forward continued. He was soon let down to the ground by the people that were carrying him. Soon shouts of many people made his hurting ears ring.

'Bob… what's happening…'

'System rebooting please wait…'

His inquiry was ignored and when focusing on his system screen he only saw a small pixelated hourglass slowly moving around. It seemed that while passing through the world's barrier the system used up almost all of its energy. It might have even saved his life from the way he felt. He was barely alive and there was another big problem, he couldn't feel his cultivation.

'It's gone… it's all gone?'

Nascent soul, core formation, foundation establishment, and then Qi condensation were the realms he was familiar with. Now on the other hand he could not feel an inkling of Qi in his body, it was totally dry as if it was used up during his journey back here.

”Uff…”

He felt his face hitting some dirt, the people that were helping him previously moved away. Zhang Dong could feel that there was a small group around him. They were standing close to each other while the shouts of the audience continued.

'Is this some kind of arena?... why would they carry me here…'

Not knowing where he was and why he was here he started to panic. Without his cultivation, he wouldn't be able to handle even a teenager that had some Qi in him. The only thing bringing him back to reality was the small hourglass on his system window.

'Wait… maybe it's not fully gone…'

He realized that his system was still there, it was just rebooting. When it came back on he might be able to recover all of his cultivation or at least some. With a plan in mind, he stopped squirming and tried to assess the situation.

His body was in a world of hurt, it was burning up due to many small cuts that have not yet healed. Someone had clearly mended him somewhat back to health. There were cloth bandages around his c.h.e.s.t, arms, and legs.

Soon he could also see that they were all quite dirty and dark from his blood. When his vision became less blurry he could finally see his surroundings. He was indeed in some sort of large arena, there were many people looking at them.

'... the clothes… they are similar…'

The first thing that he noticed is that the people were wearing robes. The dress sense was identical to what he was used to in his old world. He was also not getting any warning signs about not being tethered to this world so it was probable that he had returned.

”Xia Yanmei, you should have taken my proposal, now you will die like a dog!”

He heard a haughty voice from the distance, it was backed by cultivation so he could hear it clearly. This tone, this way of speaking, it was something that he was familiar with. When glancing up at the person that was speaking out, one thing sprung to his mind.

'A young master… I did make it back! Now I just need to make it out of here alive… what is this about anyway...'

It was time to listen in, maybe he was even in his own territory. I this was one of his subservient clans they would surely help him out. The biggest problem was his cultivation level though, if he said that he was the United Element Sect's Patriarch while having no power to back it up they could just slice his head off.

”Please young master Dai Rong, show mercy, my clan members have not done anything wrong…”