Jiang Liu pressed all of this down in his heart, then continued looking around.
Only then did he discover that the gas passages where he had emerged earlier stood one after another on both sides of Blackwater River, resembling rows of pillars.
Jiang Liu examined them, wanting to find out whether there was any difference between the gas passages.
Now he was on this side of the river. Behind him was a large stretch of stone mountains and stone houses, though he had no idea what they were used for.
As for Demon God Hall on the opposite bank, aside from that Palace Lantern, it did not emit the slightest light.
The entire underground space relied on that faint glimmer, and only because of it could Jiang Liu see his surroundings clearly.
For Jiang Liu, who had already stepped into the Divine Realm, this was something that had never happened before.
One had to know that he had explored quite a few secret realms before. Even in the darkest secret realm, it was impossible for the darkness to hinder his vision.
Yet here, the situation was different.
Seeing that he had found nothing in this deathly silent underground space, Jiang Liu once again examined the pillars.
Suddenly, Jiang Liu felt that something was wrong. The number of empty gas passages did not add up.
He remembered very clearly that he had only excavated four pieces of shattered stone.
Therefore, there should have been four empty gas passages as well.
But what did he see now? There were actually six empty gas passages.
In other words, before him, someone else had broken through the gas passages and appeared here just as he had.
Moreover, not much time had passed since he entered this place, yet the gas passage he had just