Chapter 596 A Massive Labyrinth (1/2)

Gao Peng thought they could easily find the subsequent labyrinths. However, Fatty Big Sea seemed to be leading them in circles.

”Here... no, not here. Direction's off by a bit.

”... Not here either. I think it's back where we came from. We may have taken a wrong turn.

”I, Fatty Big Sea, swear that I will not lead us astray this time. If so, may God smite me down!

”... I'm sorry, Gao Peng. I don't care if I get struck by lightning at this point. Give me one more chance, just one!

”Why are you looking at me like that? I can sense that we're getting close,” said Fatty Big Sea as it turned around coyly, its huge round face screwed up in concentration.

”Pah!” Goldie spat at it. ”We've been searching for half a year. You've said the same stupid thing 124 times already!”

”Oh? You've been keeping count, baldie?” said Flamy. It sounded surprised. ”Aren't you supposed to be the slow-witted one? I never knew you had a head for numbers.” The air around them grew tense.

Goldie rubbed its bald scalp absently. There was an embarrassed look on its face. ”I just said the first number that popped into my head…”

Flamy rolled its eyes at Goldie.

”Enough. Let's just keep on moving,” said Gao Peng, breaking his squabbling familiars apart. He let Fatty Big Sea continue leading the way. As they turned around a mountain, Gao Peng, who was growing less and less optimistic about his familiar's navigational skill, suddenly came to a halt.

Right before him lay an empty plain, in the middle of which stood a massive labyrinth. The labyrinth stood tall and magnificent, with a faint glimmer of gold in the sky above it. The whole structure was so vast that it seemed to stretch far beyond the horizon.

The labyrinth seemed to be teeming with monsters. Behind its 300-foot-tall walls, monsters of all shapes and sizes went about their business. It was like another world, the occupants of which had probably lived their whole lives behind these walls without even once setting foot in the outside world.

Gao Peng could see huge trees growing from behind the labyrinth's outer walls, as well as bird nests nestled in their lush canopies.

A couple of red-feathered bird monsters poked their heads out from their nests and began chirping noisily at each other. Out of the corner of his eye, Gao Peng saw a huge snake slithering across one of the tree's stems, its scales the same shade of brown as the tree. It was drawing closer and closer towards one of the bird nests... In one explosive movement, it lunged at one of the red-feathered birds before devouring it instantly.

Gao Peng then noticed that the labyrinth's outer walls gradually took on a brownish-yellow color some distance away. They also seemed to be covered with blemishes. The pathways near that section of the wall were submerged in sand...

The labyrinth seemed to contain all kinds of terrain in it, from lush forests to murky swamps.

Da Zi exclaimed, ”This place is huge.”

”I've never seen a labyrinth this big,” said Desolion, nodding.

”It's here,” said Fatty Big Sea, its eyes lighting up. ”I told you, didn't I? That the labyrinth was in this direction!”

”Shut your trap, you spineless b*stard. You have quite the nerve to open your mouth when you were the one leading us in circles for half a year,” spat Goldie.

”I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing back then,” Fatty Big Sea muttered in an attempt to excuse itself.