Chapter 304: A Suddenly Appearing Room of Requirement
Cypher stared in the direction the stone had been thrown and stood motionless for a long while.
If his guess was correct...
It would not be easy to move around here, because the visual space and the actual space might be misaligned...
But for now, the space along the main path seemed to match what he saw.
Using the reddish-yellow glow of the lava flowing slowly along both sides and carefully sensing the differences in space, Cypher explored forward at an unhurried pace.
Tap, tap, tap—
As he walked along the stone-paved path covered in a grayish-black layer of corrosion, the slabs let out cracking sounds as though they could not bear Cypher's weight.
It felt strangely relieving, like crushing a cookie beneath his fingers. Cypher cheerfully muttered to himself.
There was more to this cave than met the eye. After a cursory glance, Cypher concluded that it contained a complicated labyrinth of stairs and forks rather than a simple tunnel leading straight inward.
But reality swiftly slapped him in the face.
Guided by torches burning with ghostly flames, Cypher took barely a dozen steps before turning a corner, and the view before him suddenly opened up.
In just those few steps, he had passed through the thick volcanic mountain and arrived at the volcano's central vent?
And...
Cypher silently stared at the sight before him.
An elevated bridge clung tightly to the wall, spiraling upward layer by layer in a clockwise direction.
Below lay bright yellow lava.
It churned and surged, occasionally spraying sparks.
The slap in the face had come so quickly. There was actually only one path.
Unwilling to accept it, Cypher took out the card and waved it, trying to have it break through the fog and reveal