Chapter 56 – The King Stone Worm (2/2)

Dug-dug……Dug-dug……Dug-dug

It was obviously not loud, but one would feel like they were being hammered on the chest. One hammerstrike after another, which could make the blood surge, and the heart, lurch.

It was like a war drum in a quiet battlefield. And the whole cave seemed to start trembling from that rhythm.

The pressure came right after the sound.

Or perhaps, it could be called an aura?

Shao Xuan had difficulty breathing, as if heavy dark clouds were pressing down on his head. When not relying on totemic power, Shao Xuan’s physique was still a bit too weak.

Just when Shao Xuan was paying extra attention to the approaching sound, and prepared to use his totemic power and pull out the sword to climb up, the breathing sound and thunder-like heartbeats gradually faded away.

It seemed that beneath the tunnel, there were other forked paths. Luckily, that King Stone Worm did not come to the tunnel Shao Xuan was at.

When the sounds vanished, Shao Xuan finally relaxed his muscles. It almost cost all his strength to hold on earlier, and now he felt exhausted.

There was no action, no combat, no killing, nothing at all. All he did was holding onto the wall with everything he had, however, it was more tiring than fighting against the Thorn Black Wind. Just because of that, Shao Xuan couldn’t control his hands well, and in a second, he slipped and fell on the same spot where he had landed before.

Shao Xuan heard his own heart beating hard like a striking drum. He calmed down, after a while.

Shao Xuan noticed something, and he looked back up, at the wall that he had grabbed on. In his special view, the wall was originally covered with a layer of whiteness. However, the color of white faded away, and the change was happening gradually, as the color of white reduced more and more.

The air in the cave turned back to normal, and became less moist. The smell of limes also disappeared gradually.

Feeling a little itchy on the face, Shao Xuan looked up and rubbed at wall, only to find stone chips, and powder falling down. On both of his palms, there was also a layer of hard, debris like chips, and a layer of powder. He clenched his fists and felt chips and powder falling down again.

Shao Xuan climbed up towards the top, as he thought about something. Without the layer of slimy liquid, the climbing became much easier.

After a careful and thorough examination of the wall, Shao Xuan noticed that his fingerprints from when he climbed on the wall had disappeared, as if he had never been there.

No wonder all the marks made by the hunting warriors disappeared when the next time they went in. Perhaps the same thing happened.

The cave restored its original appearance, as if no creature had come.

Shao Xuan did not go down, instead, he chose to continue to climb up. He wanted to see if he could get back to the path which the hunting group took earlier, by climbing up.

He tried hard to climb up, but as he set eyes upon the surroundings, Shao Xuan was totally stunned.

Here, it should be the place where he chopped off that insect’s antennae. However, now there was no chopped off antennae, or anything else for that matter. No insect, no eyeless spiders, no sounds, and no traces of any struggles.

It was like everything was re-instated!

In front of Shao Xuan, there were three forked paths, which looked quite alike. There was no trace of any creature, so he could not tell these three paths apart at all!

So, from which forked path was he dragged there?

Shao Xuan tried hard to recall, but he found that it was impossible! He had no idea which path to choose.