Houtu's Sealed Ferocious Beast (4/5)
Within the pitch-black pit was a space a hundred meters high.
Black mist coiled through the area. One could not see their hand before their face; even Immortal Emperors could barely make anything out.
The three descended and found nothing but emptiness beneath their feet. Looking down, they saw only an illusory void, as though it were empty space itself.
"Go left. Don't go forward."
Little Croak's voice rang out, carrying a trace of gravity.
"You heard it again?"
Jiang Changkong and the other two were somewhat surprised.
"I heard it. This is the eighteenth level," Little Croak said softly.
"The eighteenth level?" Jiang Changkong froze slightly. "The eighteenth level of hell?"
"That's right. This darkness conceals endless dangers. Without the protection of the Reincarnation Disk, one wrong step could bring down even an Immortal Venerable."
Sun Wuxuan suddenly felt utterly useless. A dignified peak Immortal Emperor, yet here he was not even as useful as a toad Jiang Changkong knew.
A strange light flickered in the Demon Sovereign's eyes. "With the Reincarnation Disk's protection, one can reach this place. Does that mean the Heavenly Ghost Emperor will appear as well?"
Sun Wuxuan tightened his grip on his iron staff and took out a medicinal pill, swallowing it as his divine power recovered. "This time, I won't spare him."
Jiang Changkong and the Demon Sovereign also took medicinal pills to replenish their divine power.
With Little Croak guiding them, Jiang Changkong and the others moved through the darkness without encountering danger.
An hour later, they stopped. A statue had appeared before them.
It was a statue of that ancient being. Its hands held a palm-sized fragment that gave off peculiar ripples.
A Heavenly Dao fragment!
"Can we just take it?" Jiang Changkong looked at Little