New Enemies
The six people split into six groups, exploring along six different passageways without disturbing each other.
"Everyone should just do their best to search," Thick Earth King transmitted his voice. "There's no competition between us."
"Clear."
"Keep in touch, and if you encounter any trouble, don't worry about saving face. Safety first!" Blazing Fire King smiled at King Shenmu and Soft Water King in the arena. Then, without saying anything more, he quickly transformed into a stream of Flowing Light and flew towards one of the passageways. King Shenmu and Soft Water King shrugged and then quickly followed towards the other two separate passageways.
A team of six split up and set off.
Because the entire Secret Abyss contains incredibly complex Law Secret Pattern, under special application, the entire interior of the Secret Abyss is completely Space Lockdown, making Teleportation impossible. Therefore, everyone can only rely on speed to fly. No one has any speed advantage here, and the chosen passages are all random, so everyone's chance of receiving the inheritance is also random.
Crack! Crack! Li!
As Lu Yan'an swiftly changed direction and increased his speed through the winding passageways, his figure moved with incredible speed. Although he could easily navigate the chosen passageways with ease, he wasn't here to rush. His primary goal was to find the inheritance and improve his efficiency. Therefore, as a working man, Lu Yan'an had a specific purpose in mind from the start.
His speed kept increasing.
Because the tunnel is inside the Secret Abyss, and the core area is only a little over 10,000 kilometers in diameter, while this deep and winding tunnel is hundreds of thousands of kilometers long, encircling many areas of the core area, and some places are very narrow, constantly twisting and turning, even with a nearly 180-degree turn, which forced Lu Yan'an to suddenly slow down to almost stop and then immediately turn.
Under this kind of passage...
Acceleration is followed by immediate deceleration, then acceleration again, and deceleration again. Each bend can be several kilometers long, or even hundreds of kilometers long. For a powerful expert at the Feng Wang, a single leap is all it takes to reach the top, causing immense suffering for many powerful individuals who desperately want to maximize their speed. It's like the winding alleyways of a slum on Earth; even the best sports car can't reach its top speed in those winding alleyways.
For these entities with speed limits approaching the speed of light, curves ranging from a few kilometers to hundreds of kilometers are sheer torture.
"The longest bend is only a hundred kilometers long. I just started to accelerate and then had to slow down. I couldn't pick up any speed at all. I could only maintain a low speed and make flexible turns." Lu Yan'an thought with a headache. He had never thought that traveling would make him so mentally exhausted. What should have been a road that could be bypassed with Teleportation turned into a long journey after so many twists and turns!
As Lu Yan'an flew along the tunnel, he quickly observed the large cabins beside it. He could see with the naked eye that each cabin was completely empty, spotless, and utterly devoid of anything. It was as if a locust swarm had swept through, leaving not a single thing behind!
"Hmm?" As he flew past a passageway ahead, the hundreds-of-meters-wide hatch was fully open. Lu Yan'an peered closer and saw that the corpse of an Immortal God lay where the hatch had opened. Although the corpse, having reached the realm of immortality, remained remarkably lifelike, the surrounding environment told the whole story.
"These should be the immortal corpses of the natives of the Yuanming Continent. Like the immortal corpses in front of the gate, they were probably swept away by indiscriminate souls and perished instantly." Based on the location of this cabin, unlike many of the previous cabins which were randomly placed, this cabin was in the center, and the passageway also surrounded it. This made Lu Yan'an down slightly and take a closer look inside.
At first glance, three gray boxes, about the size of ordinary books, were placed on the platform in a rather solemn manner, which caught his eye.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Lu Yan'an's figure flashed, and he transformed into a white lightning bolt, rushing into the cabin.
Inside the cabin, which stretched for hundreds of meters, Lu Yan'an glanced at the immortal corpse lying on the ground. Even after the passage of time, it remained remarkably vibrant. However, he paid it no heed, focusing his attention primarily on the semi-transparent platform in the center, which was about ten meters long and wide. The platform was covered with densely packed characters, which were clearly from the human language database.
"It's the script of the natives of the Yuanming Continent." The moment Lu Yan'an saw these characters, he began to search for them through the Virtual Universe. Although learning a new language wouldn't be a problem for someone with his peak Feng Wang- level strength, it would be better to save some time at this moment.
"This is..." After using the Virtual Universe database for translation, Lu Yan'an immediately understood the meaning of these words.
A written description.
Our race is facing a great calamity. Each of the three treasure chests in this Treasure Vault contains a World Ring World Ring, which contains a wealth of treasures. We hope that our descendants can lead our race to rise again. The treasure chests contain a sensory detection system and can only be opened by members of our race; they cannot be opened by Alien Race.
"The craftsmanship is exquisite; they even reinforced these boxes with Secret Pattern?" Lu Yan'an glanced at the treasure chests and saw the dense Secret Pattern covering them. "If we tried to force them open, these chests would probably self-destruct, which would be too much of a loss."
"Never mind that, let's take it back first and deal with it later."
Lu Yan'an smiled and casually took the three treasure chests. This was an unexpected surprise. He had come to search for the Secret Pattern inheritance, but had unintentionally acquired a small treasure from the natives of the Yuanming Continent. As for whether to share this gain with the Five Elements Squad, his previous agreement with the Five Elements Squad was only to receive 30% of the Secret Pattern inheritance; this small treasure was entirely his personal gain!
The Virtual Universe Company has a dedicated Treasure Unlocking Department that can decipher these kinds of small treasures! Lu Yan'an doesn't even need to worry about it; he only needs to pay a small price to unlock the Secret Pattern.
"Keep moving forward!" After collecting everything, Lu Yan'an continued forward in the tunnel.
Suddenly!
The entire "Secret Abyss" began to shake, as if it had been hit by a huge impact and could no longer be as stable as before! The Secret Pattern on the walls of the corridors and chambers of the Secret Abyss kept flashing and then shattered completely with a loud bang. Even the walls collapsed and broke apart, and the shock wave hit in all directions.
Each layer of the wall flickered and trembled before shattering, but the power gradually weakened and eventually subsided after breaking through layer after layer. After enduring this sudden shock, Lu Yan'an was clearly in a daze.
"What's going on?" Lu Yan'an was completely bewildered. The Secret Abyss seemed to have been subjected to the self-destruction of King Level expert, and began to shake violently. However, this shaking only lasted for a moment, and after the first wave of shaking passed, there was no further secondary damage!
At this moment, Lu Yan'an could only silently quicken his pace.
"The exit of the core area is just ahead." Lu Yan'an did his best to speed up, as he was extremely curious about what exactly was going on in this Secret Abyss.
Swish!
With a phantom image, Lu Yan'an arrived at the exit of the core area. The six passages were still open, but to Lu Yan'an's astonishment, several unfamiliar Immortal God were floating at the exit. They were waving their arms, activating the Secret Pattern in the surrounding environment, trying to completely block the exit.
"Natives of the Yuanming Continent?" Lu Yan'an was also taken aback by their appearance, but he couldn't care less about being surprised at the moment. He really didn't expect that after the Venerable's indiscriminate soul sweep, there would still be some lucky natives who survived in this Secret Abyss!
"Get out of the way!" Lu Yan'an roared and was about to rush out. Although he didn't know what this native Immortal God wanted to do, it was obviously not a good thing! Even the shockwave that was comparable to the self-destruction of King-level Immortal might have been his doing!
"Splash!"
These indigenous Immortal God waved their hands, and the Secret Pattern engraved on the surrounding passageway seemed to come alive, pulsating continuously. At this moment, Lu Yan'an's ominous premonition grew even stronger! The Five Elements Squad's speed was ultimately limited; they still hadn't escaped the passageway. Now, Lu Yan'an was left to face the enemy on his home turf alone...
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