Returning to his room, Warren removed his weapon and left Ghost Fox Pass without looking back, heading for the hills beyond the pass.
Following the directions on the parchment, Warren arrived at an abandoned ancient castle.
The rotten wooden door fell to the ground, sending up clouds of dust. The noise instantly brought the silent castle to life.
Several large gray rats crawled out of holes in the ground, baring their fangs with a bloodthirsty gleam in their eyes.
Warren snorted coldly, shattering the internal organs of the more than twenty gray rats surrounding him before continuing deeper inside.
Before long, Warren stood at the mouth of a deep, dark cave. A seductive voice echoed in his ears, and his expression grew grave.
Taking a deep breath, he stopped hesitating and strode down.
In the darkness, Warren constantly sensed his surroundings. Every five meters stood a statue, similar to those along the Thirteen Passes of the Gorge Pass Ancient Road, though much smaller.
The farther he went, the louder the voice echoed in his ears.
"Go on, keep moving forward. Everything you desire is inside. Come, come~"
Steadying himself, Warren stopped before the door to a secret chamber.
Following the parchment's records, Warren broke the seal on the secret chamber and continued downward.
Warren's footsteps and the demon's whispers echoed through the deep ancient passage.
In the darkness, Warren lost all sense of time. His will gradually blurred, and whenever he was on the verge of losing his mind, he would cut off a piece of his own flesh to keep himself conscious.
Unbeknownst to him, his soul had already begun to rot before his body.
After unlocking the thirteenth secret chamber checkpoint, Warren shook his head and continued onward.
After passing through a three-thousand-meter corridor, he arrived at a