1117 Hundred Years of Loneliness Part 1 (1/2)

The hole was called Skywell in Qin. In Cloudflow, it was called Collapsed Earth.

Saleen and the others ventured into the Skywell cautiously. They found that the place had few dangers when they descended slowly along the edges.

Magic beasts found within the Skywell were all small, the largest little more than a meter long. There were not many puddles inside the Skywell, which meant that there were underground rivers drawing rainwater away.

Saleen began using astrology for calculations after the magic compass was rendered useless. While the starlight above could hardly be seen even at night, Saleen's Elemental Eye allowed him to clearly see the power of the stars amidst the clouds, reaching the bottom of the Skywell.

The starlight showed him the way. While Saleen's level nine astrology was not that powerful, he was able to roughly deduce where the entrance to the temple was.

The margin of error was only about 500 meters. The Skywell was not large, as it was merely the size of a small city. Peculiar stones littered the ground. Saleen quickly locked on to their coordinates and began testing the place after taking out the Ring of Gifts.

He searched within a 500 meters radius. Although slow, the task was not difficult.

He searched for about half an hour before the ring finally sensed the spot to open the temple.

There was a crevice there, which was large enough to fit Nailisi inside in her devil form. Black mist shrouded the bottom of the crevice, which crackled and burned after Saleen dropped some power of faith on it.

The black mist did not dissipate after burning; it turned even thicker, but the toxins within the mist were all burned up by the fire. A path opened up, and Nailisi took her devil form and held onto the Grey Memory, jumping inside before anyone else.

She had been in such temples many, many times, so she knew any dangers lurking within would be easy to deal with.

However, her experience would prove to be a downfall for common folk, as she was unable to see the ground even after dropping for over 500 meters. A huge vine slithered from the side and coiled around her leg.

Nailisi swiped her Sword of Rules at it, cutting the vine up. The power of the sword was too much for the vine, and it retracted.

Saleen leapt into the place with everyone else. His body was covered by Water Shield and lightning danced on its surface, shining light on their surroundings.

Saleen was exasperated to find another huge hole within the huge hole. The plants in the hole lashed out with their vines. What has the Goddess of Nature been doing with the place? All plant life here has offensive capacities comparable to high level holy masters.

Nailisi had nothing to fear with the Sword of Rules in her hand. Saleen had his Water Shield, and the vines were afraid of touching the dancing lightning on the shield.

Sika and Eleanor had no problem within the environment, as they both possessed powers to control nature. While their powers were not exceptional, it was still easy for them to evade the attacks.

Nicholas pulled Isabella to him and cast pale grey light from his Scepter of the Fallen, enabling him to somehow evade the attacks. The two golden grand swordmasters and Don, however, had to deal with the attacks one at a time with their own powers.

Saleen was perceptive enough to tell that the passage of time became faster. The passage of time within was comparable with that in the astrology tower even though they had only been falling for a hundred meters.

That temple of the Nature Goddess was actually a place that changed the flow of time.

Everyone descended faster. Saleen had no choice but to cast Quickcloud and shroud everyone within. Tornado, Windblade, Fireball, Snow Flurry were within the mist, cutting, burning, and freezing all the plants that had gotten near.

The passage of time became increasingly fast and Saleen felt his falling accelerating as well. It was fortunate that the speed adjusted itself. Saleen was able to feel the ground after falling for about ten miles.

The mist was dispersed by the heavy impact, then the Water Shield was no longer able to protect everyone and shattered. Flight abilities were limited.

The impact made Saleen feel as if all of his bones would come apart. If it had not been for Sika catching him in time, he would have been injured.

”How's everyone doing?” Saleen casted Fluorescence and shone light into the surroundings.

Groans were heard everywhere as everyone hit the ground. They had all been falling at irregular speeds, and none of them was aware that they were about to hit the ground, until they were about ten meters away from the ground.

Nicholas was the least injured. His fallen divine arts were unaffected, but holy masters were not good with flight, and he had to protect Isabella while he was doing it.

The space before them was huge. Saleen found the tall temple without even having to search for it. The temple had the most extravagant appearance compared to all the others that they had visited.

The 24 pillars outside the temple were over a hundred meters tall. The gate of the temple was open, and Saleen was able to see the altar within. There was nothing at the altar. There were only carvings that seemed to be dancing and shifting on the walls.

Saleen distributed magic liquids while Nicholas patched everyone up. Saleen and Sika peered inside.

Time passed even more quickly inside the temple. Saleen peered inside and looked at the carvings on the walls. The passage of time was at least ten times faster than it was outside the gate.

Saleen lifted his arm and cast an ice bomb. The ice bomb shot into the air and burned, lighting up a larger area.

It was a huge, independent space. There were only four large halls with some distance between them. Saleen looked at the four halls and pondered.