Chapter 357: Underground World (1/2)

Standard weapons would long since have turned into nothingness, rusted to the point where only dust would remain.

However, the weapons they came across were far from ordinary weapons. Although they had not evolved into spirits yet, and although they did not have a consciousness, they contained so much energy which had accumulated over the years, making them the best of the best weapons one could find.

Xue Wei did not stand on ceremony and picked up all the weapons. He stored them in his storage treasure before taking out a thin sword.

This sword was very different from most swords. The blade only had a width of two fingers, and it was immensely thin. When moving, one could feel the flexibility of this sword. It was fast as the wind and could strike at astonishing speeds.

This sword had no name, but Xue Wei had taken a liking to it. The silver shine that the blade gave off was gentle, but the aura of the sword was tyrannical.

Although the sword seemed gentle at first, Xue Wei did not doubt that it had seen its fair share of blood.

He was not keeping the other weapons because he was stingy, but none of them fit his friends.

Lin Xiao already had a weapon of the best quality, and it was also a weapon that was like a right arm to him. It was the staff he needed if he wanted to tame beasts.

Luoluo did not use weapons at all, and giving her one would just hinder her fighting more than help it.

Bai Tianyi was in the same situation. As a weapon spirit himself, he would become a joke if he was seen wielding another weapon.

Then was Hei Gou, but Hei Gou was also using a rather unique weapon as he was using long claws that were attached to his hands.

Finding new claws would depend on luck, and so far, they had not come across any.

They found a wide variety of resources within the underground building. Some were placed there by the one who had built the place, others, especially herbs, had appeared because of the long time in the world underground.

The place was damp and dark and cold, perfect for many specific herbs to grow.

These herbs were of different ages; some were only a few hundred years old; others were thousands of years old.

From this, it was clear to see that this underground world had been untouched for thousands of years already.

As to why it had suddenly appeared, he was not sure of, but this was a chance for him, and he was not going just to ignore it.

So far, they had not encountered anything seriously dangerous. Although the illusion had been frustrating, it produced no harm to them, and the rooms they had entered did not even have a trap.

Continuing down the corridor, they eventually reached the end. Here they had entered every door on the way and emptied multiple treasure rooms. However, all of them were treated as nothing, not even guarding them with traps.

This made Xue Wei believe that there were even greater treasures inside the underground world. He was just certain that he had to figure out what this underground world was first.

When they continued forward, they found a door at the end of the corridor.

All the doors leading into the rooms previously had been made by wood. They had been easy to open, but now they were standing and looking at a massive door made from stone. It would require quite a bit to open this door.

Xue Wei placed his hand onto the door, and when he was about to rotate his Qi in his meridians in an attempt to open the door, a strange heat rushed to his hand, and it was suddenly impossible for him to withdraw his hand.

Frowning, Xue Wei used a bit more strength, but no matter how much he tried to pull back, his hand was stuck onto the door!

The heat that he had felt at the beginning had been comfortable, but now it was getting more and more intense, it felt as if he was holding a scalding hot piece of iron.

Gritting his teeth, he said nothing but sweat started to ooze out of his forehead, his eyes were narrowed dangerously.

Seeing the situation of Xue Wei, the others did not advance, but all of them were ready to step in at any moment, it would be unbearable for Xue Wei to touch the door.

Each second felt as if it took an eternity. The heat was increasing drastically, but Xue Wei was still gritting his teeth and enduring the pain. He felt that something was odd about this phenomenon.

Whoever had built this underground world would be able to kill him with but a thought. Making a mechanism that burnt off one's hand was quite wasteful.

As such, it proved that there was another reason for this mechanism, and only by enduring would he know what this purpose was.

Time ticked by slowly, the heat climbed and climbed. The stone door had originally been dark grey like most other stones, not black like the rest of the walls of this underground world, but now that the heat was permeating through the door, it started first to have a hue of red, before it turned crimson, and steam began to be released from the door.

As the heat was increasing, it also started creaking and trembling. It was as if the door was on the verge of turning into molten stone.

Time continued to flow like water in a stream, the friends' faces turned more and more solemn the more they saw, and their brows were furrowed in worry.

Finally, when they could no longer handle watching Xue Wei in pain like this, a resounding bang rang through the entire corridor.