"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,
A wild boar with gleaming fangs strode out of the trees slowly. The boar was huge, probably weighing around a hundred and thirty kilograms. It eyed Wilbur hungrily as if he were a delicious meal. The boar's front left trotter stomped into the ground twice. Both Wilbur and the boar were staring each other down, and the entire forest seemed to go quiet in their wake. All of a sudden, the wild boar let out a furious roar as it broke out into a sprint, charging toward Wilbur. He smirked at the sight before him. Instead of using his thunder cleaver, he charged over to grab the boar by its fangs. The boar shoved at Wilbur as he backed up a few meters, kicking up the leaves on the ground in a frenzy. Anyone else would have been scared out of their wits as a wild boar in a primeval forest was supposed to have the purest of its species' blood. A wild boar that weighed a hundred and thirty kilograms could kill ten people at once. In the past, a wild boar once showed up in a small town
"Wonderful!" The old man rubbed his hands. "I haven't eaten proper human food for some time, young man. Can you treat me to some?" "Uhh… sure." Wilbur had planned to store the rest of the boar in his demiplane as rations. After all, eating a bit of a pig that weighed a hundred and thirty kilograms would probably be enough to last him a whole month. However, he could not bring himself to turn the old man down and could only nod. "Oh, thank you so much." The old man was staring hard at the trotter Wilbur was holding. "That part looks pretty good. Why don't you give that to me?" "You!" Wilbur felt like the old man was being rude. After all, the rest of the boar was right there. The old man had three other trotters to pick from! The old man licked his lips as he stared at the trotter Wilbur was holding. After waiting for a while and realizing that Wilbur had not responded, the old man looked up at Wilbur gleefully. "It pays to be kind, young man. Just give me the trotter,