Chapter 63 – Rune Barrier (2/2)
“The mist is fading!”
“Get your asses up! The mist is fading!” The noise level escalated quickly.
It was logical that the campers were heated up as if they miss this window of opportunity they did not know when the next one would present itself.
The campers stirred up chaos as they entered the valley, but their speed sorted them into distinguishable groups. At the front were the seven star Warriors, led by Luo Wu Xue, Lu Chao, Hong Xun, and Xue Yao as they flew and glided ahead with their primal energy feathered wings which left swirls of red mist behind.
And far behind them were the six and five star Warriors kicking up dust and entering the valley in a flash. The rest were whizzing through overgrown trees and rugged rocks towards the valley akin a swarm of ants.
“Let’s not wait!” Ye Wei and Lin Zi Yan stopped hesitating and followed the large crowd.
“This is…” Ye Wei noticed through trees and rocks that the red mist was dispersing as he headed towards the bottom of Bloodmist Valley. It was too thin to cover the breathtaking sight that froze him in place. His eyes were wide open and set on an enormous sculpture. It was a statue of a crouching beast that was almost a kilometer tall.
The delicately sculpted details of the beast made it feel alive. It was covered in scales from head to tail, and on its forehead were three long horns. This beast’s mouth was open, and there were runes carved on the inside of its mouth which was where the red mist originated from. Its sharp teeth looked bloodied from the reflecting redness around them.
It was obvious who was entering Bloodmist Valley for the first time. The newbies were all stunned and stood still, scared witless by the statute whereas the others were running straight towards the mouth of the beast. Only the experienced people dared to head right into it because they knew that was real entrance!
The first-timers saw how everyone else was rushing in and eventually followed once they overcame their fear.
Lin Zi Yan quietly mumbled to herself, and there was a deep purple flash in her clear eyes. “This is a Selenic spirit beast, are we at…” The statue reminded her about one of the old articles in her family’s library.
“Let’s go!” She said in a cautious tone. Lin Zi Yan was worried, but she did not let that affect their mission because Ye Zhong’s life was at stake. They followed the rest of the group into the statue’s mouth after the little pause.
Just as they entered, they were already facing an obstacle. There were around forty tunnels in front of them, and the running crowd came to a stop. Everyone was worryingly wondering which path they should take while the braver and experienced quickly disappeared into different tunnels.
Lou Chao noticed Lin Zi Yan’s presence from a distance, and he quickly picked and entered a tunnel before she saw him.
Ye Wei’s frustrated gaze was on the tunnels behind the thin mist. The tunnels all looked similar therefore everyone gave up on analyzing them and just entered a random tunnel as they could not tell which was the safe path.
As Lin Zi Yan was struggling, wondering which way to go, the golden flash appeared in Ye Wei’s Sentient, “Zi Yan, the seventh tunnel from the right!” Out of all the tunnels, he could feel the strongest runic disturbance from the seventh.
“Everyone follow me!” Zhou Hou shouted at his team signaling them to enter one of the tunnels. He saw that Ye Wei and Lin Zi Yan were far behind and wanted to pick their own path, after exchanging a regretful look he decided to move on without the two. ‘If that’s what they want…’
“Yea!” Lin Zi Yan narrowed her eyes while looking at Ye Wei with a bit of doubt, but she trusted him, and he looked confident and determined, so they proceeded without further discussions.
The tunnel was lit up by slightly red swirling runic patterns on both sides. Ye Wei and Lin Zi Yan were not the only ones who picked this path. People were staring at the runes closely with greedy eyes. The swirls were arranged in a way that resembled the shape of a door.
Further down the tunnel there were swirls that had been broken open, and there was a stone house behind each of the openings. It was not a strange scene for some; the experienced cultivators just ran through the tunnel stopping now and then to see if they could forcefully break open the swirls. Everyone who managed to break them looked incredibly happy. They ran inside and searched for treasure.
“Rune Barriers…” Lin Zi Yan’s purple eyes looked a bit worried. She slightly frowned and mumbled because she had read about them before and knew how problematic they could be.