Underground Arena

When Luo Jun came to his senses, he found himself in a dimly lit place, surrounded by unconscious hunters and the heavily injured Dark Hair Giant Ape.

What just happened?

Luo Jun tried hard to recall, and suddenly remembered falling into the Underground Cave, but he couldn't remember anything after that; he seemed to have briefly lost consciousness...

Is this underground? We fell from above, so we should be able to see the entrance, right?

Luo Jun looked up and found that his head was blocked by rocks, and he was surrounded by rugged rock walls. He was in a completely enclosed underground space...

Wait... the underground is sealed off, so there shouldn't be any light here at all. How can you see so clearly?

Luo Jun's heightened Perception Attribute allowed him to see more clearly in dim light, but with no light at all and nothing reflecting into his eyes, how could he possibly see anything?

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that a faint layer of luminous mist was floating in the cave...

Is this the world inside the cave? Were we transported to Sealed Space, so we can't get out? Or even if we could get out, we'd be transported elsewhere, which is why no one comes out of the cave?

Luo Jun pondered this, then suddenly remembered that his Longitudinal and Horizontal Warhorse and Azure Dragon Crescent Blade were missing!

Not only his, but also the people lying around him had no weapons nearby. Luo Jun immediately checked the Hundred Treasure Box and found that the two treasures were still lying obediently inside, but the package that had been carried on the warhorse was gone.

A few spoils of war are nothing, and it's good that the treasure is safe. Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief, but when he tried to summon his weapon, he failed.

What's going on...? Does this mean that the use of Noble Phantasms is prohibited in this space?

Thinking of this, Luo Jun immediately reached up and touched his face...

Midnight Mask is still here!

He touched his crotch again...

The Bottom Line is still there...

What's going on? Why weren't these two Noble Phantasms forcibly recalled?

Luo Jun tested the other treasures lying in the Hundred Treasure Box and quickly concluded that anything that could be used directly in combat had been sealed away. Items like the Bottom Line Underpants and Midnight Mask, and even the Wildlands Hunter Guild badge used for recording information, could still be used normally.

Thankfully, at least I don't have to show my true face anymore...

Relieved, Luo Jun was also curious about the underlying principle. Why seal only half of the Hundred Treasure Box and the treasures instead of the other way around?

Could it be that the criteria for judging Noble Phantasms are different in this space?

Setting aside the questions he couldn't figure out, Luo Jun focused his attention on the Dice of Heavenly Secrets.

While he was unconscious, the dice system refreshed a lot of information.

"Mission 'Rescue the Hunter from the Ape Clan' complete!"

"Mission Difficulty 85 points, Severity Coefficient several times higher, reward 850 chips!"

"Dice were used eight times during the mission, accumulating a total of 1676 experience points!"

Congratulations on leveling up!

"Please extract Attribute Points!"

Yes, when Luo Jun discovered that the hunter camp was under siege, the Dice of Heavenly Secrets issued a quest that would consume five chances in exchange for twelve chances.

However, due to the final collapse of the ground, he only had time to use the dice eight times... But precisely because of this, the mission was successfully completed. Although they fell into the underground space, the hunters did escape from the Blood Ape' encirclement...

These days, because Luo Jun's strength has improved, the Severity Coefficient ordinary Savage Wilderness missions has been greatly reduced, and the experience gained is not much. It was only through this mission that he finally leveled up to level 22.

However, Luo Jun did not choose to draw Attribute Points because Intermediate Point Correction for today. But he wasn't in a hurry; it was already evening, and the refresh would happen in less than two hours.

After Luo Jun finished organizing the information, the other hunters around him began to wake up one after another.

The group quickly noticed something amiss. They first worked together to kill the half-crippled Dark Hair Giant Ape, and then began to investigate where they were.

"All combat Noble Phantasms have been sealed..."

"The rock face is extremely solid, seemingly protected by some kind of magic, making it very difficult to break."

"Their detection capabilities can't even be extended further; the Prison of the Yuan Cultivation Society isn't all that great after all..."

"My abilities are still usable, but if I'm stuck here, I'll starve to death sooner or later..."

"I'm hungry..." These were the words of Lu Kui. The fat man's eyes fell on the corpse of the giant Dark Hair Giant Ape. He rushed up and used his qi to break off a thick, long finger, took a bite, and spat it out.

"It doesn't taste good. Does anyone know how to control the heat and help me grill it?"

"Still roasting?" Someone immediately objected. "It's so stuffy here, we don't even know if there's enough oxygen. Isn't lighting a fire suicide?"

Just as everyone was arguing, Rain Granny suddenly looked up and gazed at a corner of the cave.

"There's movement!"

After his warning, everyone became alert and soon heard the sound of a mechanism grinding. Then, a door suddenly opened in the previously impenetrable rock wall, letting in light from outside.

Is there an export option?

Everyone's spirits lifted, but they hesitated to go out. In the end, Lu Kui dropped his severed finger and was the first to run out.

Wow, it's so spacious!

Only after hearing Lu Kui's sighs from outside did the others dare to follow him out.

Outside the gate was a huge Arena, similar in layout to an ancient Colosseum. The gate was located at the edge of the arena, offering a panoramic view of the entire area.

The Arena has a circular field with a diameter of 100 meters in the very center. A huge light source is located directly above the field, illuminating the entire space. Around the field are rows of sloping stands that look like they could easily hold tens of thousands of people. But right now, only a few dozen people are sparsely seated in one corner of the stands.

Upon closer inspection, among those dozens of people were members of the Frost Moon Troupe, members of the Bristle Lion Troupe, and many Elite-level lone hunters... Without exception, these people were all among those who had chosen to enter the cave to carry out the mission!

They entered the cave first, so they arrived here first?

Wait... before that, where was we? Were we still in the Savage Wilderness? How could there be such a huge Arena in the Savage Wilderness? This is clearly a human creation; isn't there no civilization in the Savage Wilderness? And not everyone is there. Sky Frost and Red Moon from the Frost Moon Troupe aren't here, and Lion King from the Bristle Lion Troupe isn't here either... Where did everyone go?

A series of questions popped into everyone's minds, leaving them momentarily bewildered.

Just then, someone in the audience noticed them and stood up to greet them.

"Another new guy?"

"Why did you all come down here? Weren't you supposed to be waiting outside the cave?"

The crowd, filled with questions, stepped down from their seats and walked over to the other side of the crowd. "What... what exactly is going on?"

"Isn't it amazing?" The speaker was a member of the Bristle Lion Troupe, a lively-looking girl. "We were shocked when we came down too! We never imagined there would be such a massive man-made facility in this Savage Wilderness underground..."

"Is this really Wildlands Underground?" Father Qin couldn't help but exclaim. "I always thought there was no civilization here at all."

"That was indeed the case until today..." said He En, the captain of the Silver Blade Squad. "But now it seems our understanding of the Savage Wilderness is far too shallow..."

"Why are you the only ones here?" Rain Granny asked. "Where is the others?"

"The others?" The girl shrugged. "They've already gone to the next floor!"

"There's another level?" Everyone was surprised, but then the girl pointed to the Arena below. "Didn't you see the words written on the Arena?"

Everyone turned to look, and there were indeed several rows of complex symbols on the ground, but they were completely incomprehensible...

But as attention focused, those symbols seemed to change in people's eyes...

Thank you Scattered Splendor, Ancient Wind for the 100 Origin Point Coin!

Thank you to Daddy's Black Forest for the 100 Origin Point Coin!

(End of this chapter)