867 This Chef Should Be Stabbed One Thousand Times (1/2)

After plunging into the pitch-black hole, Bu Fang kept falling.

The entire place was completely dark, so Bu Fang couldn't see the bottom. It was an extremely terrifying sight.

His fluttering Vermillion Robe flapped began to glow, and shortly after, it created a layer of air that slowed down Bu Fang's fall.

With a low thud, Bu Fang's feet touched the ground. The heat emanating from the ground warmed him.

With an indifferent expression on his face, Bu Fang looked around the place. However, a moment later, his expression changed into one of astonishment.

This crystal mine looked completely different from the one he visited in the past.

This underground area was a massive cave someone had hollowed out. The cave was inlaid with so many glowing crystals, which were filled with energy.

Bu Fang had landed on a narrow edge protruding from the wall of the big hole.

This narrow path was wide enough for only one person, and it curved downward along the cave's stone wall. Bu Fang couldn't see where it ended.

Below the small path was a bottomless abyss, which resembled the mouth of a huge demon, waiting to swallow whoever falls into it.

The surrounding was dead silent. Bu Fang could not even see a shadow belonging to the oceanic species' experts and the demon scorpion race's experts, who had entered the pit before him. It was quite strange.

However, this did not bother him too much. He crinkled his nose as he smelled the dish aroma in the air. This made him even more curious, but for now, he could only sigh.

How could this abyss-like pit contain the aroma of a dish?

What kind of secret was it hiding?

With his hands clasped behind him, Bu Fang walked down the narrow path.

He was moving neither fast nor slow, and the narrow path seemed endless. After walking for a long time, he could not see the end of it.

This made Bu Fang a little annoyed. It was as though he was stuck in a loop.

Rumble! Rumble!

Bu Fang stopped moving. The sounds rolled down the vertical cliff, down the narrow path, and into the darkness below. After only a few moments, their echoes were replaced by silence.

This was enough to realize that the pit was really bottomless.

It was indeed strange.

Bu Fang looked around, but he saw only darkness.

His mental energy began to surge, and huge waves rose up on his spirit sea.

However, his mental energy, which he had always used to great effect, suffered a heavy loss this time. He could not spread it out wide enough, as if it was being suppressed by a mysterious but powerful force.

It made Bu Fang's mind tighten.

He briefly looked at the abyss below, then he shifted his gaze to the seemingly endless path he was on. A moment later, the corners of his lips curled upwards.

Bu Fang reined in his mental energy, sending it back into his spirit sea. He turned to the edge of the narrow path and took a step forward, not caring about the bottomless abyss below.

One step…

…and his surroundings instantly changed.

Darkness vanished, and the dazzling glow emanating from crystals filled his eyes.

The entire cave was illuminated, and the scenery was incredibly beautiful.

Indeed, it was the entire cave.

Besides Bu Fang, there were oceanic species' experts and experts from the demon scorpion race in here, and they were all lying on the ground with their eyes closed and steady breaths.

It seemed that they were trapped in an illusion. Unless they had the guts to step on the air above the abyss, they would not be able to come out of it.

However, the experts lying around him were a small number compared to those who had ventured into the mine. The experts here were not particularly strong—most of them were at the Divine Physique Echelon Realm, while the rest were at the Divine Soul Realm.

The Almighty experts may have already discovered the presence of an illusion, dispelled it, and left the cave already.

The thick aroma of that mysterious dish filled the air. Paying no more attention to the experts around him, who were still deep within the illusion, Bu Fang headed out of the cave.

Outside the cave was another world.

Above him, lava poured down, and thunderous booms rang out from time to time. The pouring lava illuminated the entire place.

With his hands clasped, Bu Fang walked forward. The ground beneath him looked a little dry. Apparently, this world had dry weather and high temperature.

Just after walking out of the cave, Bu Fang noticed a massive stone bridge not too far from him.

The stone bridge looked so natural that it seemed to be a part of the stone mountains. Sharp stone spikes protruded on it.

There were many corpses on the bridge as well, and they had all been pierced through by the spikes. Some corpses were dried off, and some had been reduced to white skeletons.

That air over there stunk of death.

Bu Fang instantly became vigilant.

The mysterious aroma was even thicker here, and he couldn't help licking his lips. He was somewhat hungry.

However, he had no plan to cook now. He wanted to cross the stone bridge first.

Some of the corpses on the bridge belonged to oceanic species' experts and demon scorpion race's experts. There were also many corpses belonging to foreign races who had died on the bridge a long, long time ago.

”How did that human get here?”

Some oceanic species' experts, who had just woken up from their illusions, walked out of the cave and saw Bu Fang in the distance.

Without waiting for an answer, they roared.

Bu Fang turned around and looked at them. Why would humans be unable to get here?

Paying no more attention to the roaring oceanic species' experts, Bu Fang dashed toward the stone bridge.

As soon as he set foot on the stone bridge, a terrifying pressure instantly weighed down on him.

Swish! Swish!

The surface of the stone bridge trembled, and suddenly, spikes shot out from underneath, intent on piercing through him.

Those experts had met their makers because of these spikes.

Bu Fang's mind flickered, and he instantly stepped to the side, dodging the spikes.

However, more spikes shot of the ground almost immediately. With no time to catch his breath, Bu Fang began to run forward while dodging the spikes, his figure becoming a blur as he did so.

The oceanic species' experts watching from afar were dumbstruck. That human's speed was really frightening.

It is important to note that the mental energy of these spectating oceanic species' experts was at the Divine Soul Realm, yet they had only just shrugged off the illusion. At that moment, watching Bu Fang, they felt intimidated. Bu Fang's agility and movement speed were really shocking.

”This human is so strong!”

”Look at those spikes. Once you get hit, your speed will falter, and you will be pierced through…”

”This stone bridge is the first challenge? It looks so horrible!”

Those experts couldn't help commenting on the scene before them. The longer they gawked, the lower their jaws dropped. They could not help sucking in breaths of cold air.