660 To the Bottom of the Cliff 1 (1/2)

It was just a mere ten metres and even when facing towards the sun, the visibility was already so low, it would be reasonable to think that not a sliver of light would reach the bottom of the cliff.

Jun Wu Xie brushed away her thoughts and focused on carefully moving herself downwards.

The descent was expected to be a long one, hence, Jun Wu Xie and her companions had before beginning their descent, coiled a loop of rope around their hip, as a precautionary measure.

The climb down was slow and dull, but none of them could relax even a moment. The rope gripped in their hands was the only thing their lives depended solely on and the slightest slip might cause them to fall deep down the bottomless abyss, smashed into countless pieces!

Enveloped in the thick fog, the companions' grasp on time's passing was distorted. All around them, they saw only the blinding white, monotonous and unchanging. If they did not feel the temperature around them dropping further and further, they would have felt that they had not moved at all.

Jun Wu Xie refocused herself, and continued with the long and weary descent.

If she was attempting this with just the strength from her past life, she would not have held out till now. But after being reborn, her spirit powers have grown and throughout the climb, those spirit powers greatly helped her reduce the physical strain. Jun Wu Xie's position was right in the middle of the climbers, merely a metre away from her companions at her sides. The distance between the climbers was deliberate to allow them to look out for each other when needed.

In the beginning, Jun Wu Xie had still been able to see Rong Ruo on her left and Qiao Chu on her right. But as they descended lower, visibility fell further as the fog grew thicker and the sunlight's penetration gradually waned. The surroundings became dark, gloomy and a clammy cold seeped in.

Jun Wu Xie was no longer able to see Qiao Chu's and Rong Ruo's faces clearly and was only able to make out a blurry silhouette of their figures.

They had not even gone half the distance down and the situation was already like this.

At that moment, Jun Wu Xie grew more wary and cautious of what they might have to face at the bottom of the Heaven's End Cliff.

As they descended further, the temperature dropped to a point that made them start to feel the chill. Jun Wu Xie had no choice but to expend a little of her spirit power to cover over herself, to slow down the loss of her body heat.

”Should we take a break?” Qiao Chu's voice suddenly reverberated.