Kean said, "If it's worth a lot, I'm bringing a crystal or two back with me. Who knows, I could make some good money with it." He walked over to grab one of the glowing crystals, but a huge spark of electricity struck him the moment his hands came into contact with them. "Argh!" Kean's hands flew backward as his eyes widened in shock. "What was that?" Vernon said, "Be careful of what you touch, Vernon. There might be powers none of us know of." Wilbur said, "Alright, I'll lead the way now. Everyone, stay behind me." Wilbur took the lead, and everyone followed behind him. They made their way down the path, which widened as they kept going. Before long, the entirety of Vicente Deep Waters stood before them. Wilbur looked at the map on his phone as he walked and was shocked to discover that the castle looked exactly like it did on the map. Moreover, the walls and ground were both very clean with no signs of wear or decay. It was important to note that the last civilization
The soldiers glowered at Wilbur, who knew that things were about to take a turn for the worse. Wilbur knew that he could not stay for long, but Vernon said, "I've found it! Pull the rope, and the door will open." Wilbur charged over and pulled the rope. The door eventually opened, and he said to the others, "Go on, hurry up!" The explorers rushed into the last secret room, and Wilbur followed behind them as he let go. Bam! The huge metal door swung shut, blocking the soldiers outside. "They've gone inside, Captain. What should we do now?" The captain of the soldiers glowered. "They're not getting out of here alive either way! Release the water!" A passage appeared in front of the men in the room. There were two chests at the end of the passage, one golden and one black. Below the passage were the waters. There seemed to be something moving in them as the men ran to the podium at the end of the passage to open the chests. The golden box contained a pile of gold, and th
"Get down!" Wilbur shouted amidst the quaking, and everyone scrambled to lie on the ground. Aite grumbled, "What the hell is this, huh?" Just then, a huge rock fell from mid-air, falling down toward Aite. "Aite!" Eli threw himself on top of his brother instinctively. Wilbur dashed in front of the two brothers, summoned his thunder cleaver, and struck the rock with it. The black aura blew the rock into countless tiny pebbles, scattering them into the waters below the passage with a series of splashes. Following that, countless giant rocks appeared and fell from above. Wilbur raised his hand, the Light Gloves emitting a white glow that enveloped his body and formed a glowing white shield. "Argh!" Wilbur roared out in fury, and the shield began to spread. It was not long before all the explorers were covered inside it, and the huge rocks that struck the shield were reduced to dust at once. The other rocks fell down the sides of the passage, splashing into the waters. A whi
"No way!" Wilbur stared firmly at the tree on the wall across from him. He did not know what kind of being this tree was, but Wilbur would never leave his fellow companions behind like that. "I brought them here, so I'm bringing them out. All of them." "Oh, is that so? You seem rather arrogant just because you've got the protection of the middle dimensional elites, don't you? Let me tell you this, young cultivator: no one who has broken into this place has been able to leave alive before, and you are no different!" The tree let out a cry of fury, and the dozen or so branches surged downward. Yet just as they touched the light shield, they were turned to dust. "What? Is this the middle dimensional law? I see, only the Arrow of Arlot will be able to kill you, then." Upon saying the words, a huge branch reached out. It turned into a man radiating black miasma all over in mid-air, who grabbed the air in front of him as a bow and arrow appeared in his grasp. The next second, the
Wilbur glowered as he said, "You're forcing my hand, and you're going to die!" He channeled the power of light into the dragon, which turned white as it grew in size before charging into the air. "Roar!" The white dragon flicked its tail, and all ten Arlots disappeared into black miasma. At the same time, countless branches reached out from the tree to form a net to trap the white dragon. The net shrank and the white light faded before it was completely covered by the branches. Just then, however, the net of branches was blasted apart and reduced to dust in a huge explosion as the white dragon emerged from within, flying around in circles before charging downward. "We've won!" Aite said excitedly. Vernon asked, "What should we do now, Mister Penn?" "Everybody retreat to the starting point of the passage and pull on the rope with all your might to open the door." "Got it." The men rushed back to the door as the white dragon flew above Wilbur's head in circles. Yet the
The gigantic tree laughed loudly. "Wilbur Penn, your powers truly fascinate me. All of you shall be sacrificed today and remain here forever!" The tree waved its branches, reaching out for the dragon. At the same time, Wilbur leaped into the air with the first dragon cauldron in his hand, melding himself inside of the white dragon altogether. The first dragon cauldron continued to release dragon aura above Wilbur's head, and Wilbur's Light Gloves continued to channel the power of light into the white dragon's body. The dragon swung its tail over hard, breaking the branches off the tree before grabbing the tree trunk with its claws. With a loud explosion, a huge opening appeared in the trunk of the tree. Wilbur wasted no time, controlling the dragon to charge downward as it absorbed all eight explorers into its body. "Are you guys alright?" "We're fine," said Vernon. "But the door won't open, and we have no way out." The waters had risen above the passage then, and they cont
As the passage became narrow, the white dragon shrunk in size as well. It finally charged out of the well, dispersing into dragon aura as the nine men toppled onto the ground. The next second, Wilbur grabbed the cover of the well and dropped it on top of the opening. A golden seal appeared, flashing brightly in the air. The ground rumbled several times, then everything went back to normal. Mitch, Vernon, and the others had just gotten up and immediately fell back onto the ground from the quaking. "What…" "What on earth just happened?" The explorers looked at each other in shock. "Whew!" Wilbur collapsed onto the ground as his chest heaved, flicking off the water on his face. Had it not been for the formation sealing the tree in place, Wilbur and the others might not have been able to escape. After all, what happened just now was far too shocking. The tree's branches had stretched all the way to the opening of the well. What kind of being was that tree even? Wilbur w
Wilbur frowned at the thought, sensing that something out of the ordinary must have happened. "Senior Josie, I don't know what your end goal is, but can you tell me why you did that?" Josie smiled. "Sure. If you pass my second test, I'll tell you before the third test starts. How's that?" Wilbur opened his mouth, but words failed him. He simply nodded, saying, "Alright, then. Well, Senior Josie, what's your second test?" "Oh, this one's simple enough. You know now that there's an enormous formation at the bottom of this forest, right? The formation actually has three formation cores, and each core is watched by a formation guardian." "All you need to do is defeat these three guardians, and you'll pass my second test." "Formation guardians? Are they powerful?" Josie looked at Wilbur. "The three formation guardians are all at the Emperor level, and they're all chosen ones." "What does that mean?" "They all have the protection of the middle dimension elites. That's right,