Chapter 1057: Illusion Abyss
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Is it really that simple?” Ice Storm muttered to herself.
However, since Meng Chao had already passed, she would not show any weakness.
Ice Storm took a deep breath, and a thin layer of frost formed around her body. She lowered her breathing, heartbeat, and footsteps to their limits. It was as if she was stepping on snowflakes that were as thin as cicada wings while she silently stepped into the corridor.
Sure enough, the statues on both sides did not move at all, as though they could not sense her existence at all.
Ice Storm really wanted to swallow a mouthful of saliva.
However, she was afraid that the contraction of her throat muscles would trigger the reaction of the statues.
She copied Meng Chao’s actions and slid into the depths of the gallery as gently as possible.
At first, it went very smoothly because right then, she had just crossed three or five statues, and the starting point was still close.
Even if the statues really activated, she would be able to retreat instantly.
That gave her a sense of security that she still had a way out.
Her mind was relaxed, and her steps were naturally smooth.
As she went deeper and deeper into the gallery, though, she had already left the starting point thirty to fifty steps behind her.
If all the terrifying statues around her were to activate at that moment, she would have nowhere to escape.
Realizing this, Ice Storm’s nerves were like a winch with thorns, slowly twisting and tightening.
The statues around her, in particular, were becoming increasingly ferocious, and their bodies were getting bigger and bigger. They were like cliffs that were leaning toward her and about to collapse, and they could bury her at any time.
Many of the statues held large axes and huge swords in their hands, and they were also blocking her way. They forced her to bend her body into strange shapes, squeezing out all the energy from every fiber of her muscles and making her stand on her toes. She only managed to pass through the crisscrossing gaps between the soul-stealing ultimate weapons purely by curling and bouncing her toes.
“Are you kidding me? Why did the Reaper look so relaxed when he walked over just now? It really seemed like he was strolling on the boulevard.”
Ice Storm once again felt like she had been tricked.
Unfortunately, she had already passed through about half of the gallery and could not turn back anymore.
She could only clench her teeth and try her best to control her chaotic thoughts and her muscles that were gradually trembling as she walked through the road of death.
One step, two steps, three steps…
Ice Storm could gradually see Meng Chao’s figure clearly in front of her.
Victory was right in front of her eyes.
However, at that moment, a statue of a barbarian elephant warrior was standing on the road that she had to pass through.
The barbarian elephant warrior was holding two giant axes.
Its long nose, which was full of thorns, pierced through the corridor.
If Ice Storm did not want to touch anything, it could only dive through the extremely narrow space between the giant axe and the long nose in a posture that was similar to a fish leaping forward.
However, with such a large movement, it was difficult for it to not make any sound and maintain its breathing, as well as heartbeat, at a level that was more than half the breath of a dead person.
A drop of cold sweat oozed from Ice Storm’s forehead.
The cold sweat quickly condensed into crystal clear beads that rolled down from her forehead.
Ice Storm’s pupils suddenly contracted, and she hurriedly reached out to receive the frozen sweat beads.
Her palm still had a slight downward cushioning movement, which prevented the extremely fragile sweat beads from breaking in her palm.
When Meng Chao walked there earlier, because the distance was too far and the light in the tunnel was too weak, Ice Storm did not clearly see how he had walk past the statue.
Meng Chao gestured and asked from afar while he also gave her an answer. “It was a run-up fish jump. It came from the middle.”
“Can it be done?” Ice Storm was very suspicious.
“Be a little more careful. It should be possible. As I said earlier, these mechanisms are all seriously worn out. Their senses are very slow.” Meng Chao gestured.
Ice Storm gritted her teeth.
She took half a step back and suddenly accelerated. With a nearly perfect leap, she actually squeezed through the gap between the giant axe and the long nose.
Moreover, she did not touch anything!
Her extreme joy was, however, dampened the moment she landed. Perhaps it was because she had used up too much of her physical strength during her initial stealth. Perhaps it was because she had been severely injured by Casanova a few days ago and her injuries had yet to fully recover, or perhaps it was because the two statues in front of her were too ferocious. Their fangs were about to grow out of their eyes, which then caused her to be shocked and her heart to beat faster.
Dup! Dup!
Ice Storm’s chest lightly trembled twice.
Amid a burst of ear-piercing mechanical sounds, all the statues in the entire gallery immediately revived!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Ice Storm heard countless sharp blades tearing through the air behind her.
Before her eyes, there was a flash of sword light.
The statue of the huge barbarian elephant warrior was about to smash her head with its two axes. At that unstoppable rate, if she was really hit, her bones would still be broken if she wore a totem armor, and she would sustain internal injuries!
During that critical moment, a pure white light appeared in the depths of Ice Storm’s eyes.
As though a feather condensed from Holy Light had fallen, the flow of time in her vision slowed down by several times, giving her enough time to unleash waves of freezing fog toward the joints and base of the statue. She froze the statue’s joints and the mechanisms in its base, delaying the speed of its attack, even if just for a second!
Taking advantage of the moment when the statues froze, Ice Storm transformed into a white lightning bolt and dashed toward the exit.
Krak!
Krak krakk!
Kranggg!
Most of the statues only froze for a second.
The next second, the frost that covered the statues cracked.
The more concentrated sword lights and arrows once again covered Ice Storm’s head.
No matter how she moved between the statues, the area that was close to the exit would constantly be barricaded by three to five sharp blades.
Since her speed had reached its limit, there was no room for her to change her route. She could only brace herself and use her totem armor to ram into the statues’ sharp blades.
The collision might knock her out.
Plus, no could say for sure if she would leave an arm or half a leg in the gallery.
Right at a critical point…
A series of dense, crisp sounds were heard.
It was Meng Chao, who was waiting at the exit. His hands turned into two clusters of gray fog and shot dozens of broken stones into the corridor.
He had picked up the broken stones outside before they went deep into Blood Skull Temple and got ready to explore.
They were ordinary in nature and were not made of solid materials.
The terrifying statues that were vibrating at a high speed upon contact with spirit energy immediately exploded into powder.
However, the statues could sense the intruders through sound, temperature, and vibration.
Meng Chao’s dozens of broken stones accurately hit four or five statues that were attacking the Ice Storm.
The statues mistakenly thought that there was more than one intruder and more than one target to attack.
The statues immediately became chaotic.
Four or five great swords and giant axes that had been slashing above Ice Storm’s head and limbs fell behind her, tearing a non-existent intruder into pieces.
Ice Storm seized the opportunity and leaped like a fish, rushing across the finish line.
Meng Chao immediately stood between her and the gallery. He threw punches with both fists, blasting out two storms and exploding four or five arrows that were aimed at her.
Soon, the gallery regained its peace.
Ice Storm was still in shock.
Her heartbeat and breathing were like springs that had been compressed to the extreme before being released all of a sudden. The feeling was extremely intense.
She panted for a long time with her face and ears looking flushed. Her eyes were still filled with disbelief and shock as she fixed her eyes on Meng Chao.
Meng Chao had already pushed open the second bronze door in front of him.
The door was engraved with a large number of patterns that seemed to be shining like the stars.
However, when the door slowly opened and the two of them quickly walked in, an endless abyss appeared before them!
That’s right, behind the door was a small, sloping cliff. It resembled a high protruding fang.
Around the cliff, there was an endless void. It was covered by black fog that kept rolling. It was impossible to see how high, deep, and wide the abyss was.
Standing at the tip of the fang, Meng Chao and Ice storm were akin to two tiny ants facing an endless black ocean.
Only the gales that kept surging up from the abyss reminded them that if they fell, their bodies would be shattered into pieces.
Both Meng Chao and Ice Storm had mastered the ability to use the spirit magnetic field to resist gravity and float in the air.
Despite that, judging from the huge roaring wind, the intense airflow spurting out from the bottom of the abyss had obviously formed countless invisible swirls that contained extremely violent spirit energy.
In such a special environment, even if they had the ability to float in the air, it might not work.
If it did work, it would not last long enough to help them fly to the next exit deep inside the black fog either.
“How is this possible?”
Ice Storm cried out, “How can there be such a large abyss under Blood Skull Temple?”
It was indeed a rather incredible thing, because although Blood Skull Temple’s overall structure was located underground, it was not too deep.
Based on the angle and distance they had covered, the place was at most ten to twenty arms underground, not more than twenty to thirty arms deep.
Moreover, Blood Skull Temple could not be too big.
After all, they were surrounded by the Blood Skull Arena’s territory, and the arena itself had a huge underground space. It was used to imprison totem beasts and rat people had just been captured.
Looking up, the cliff above them was at least a few hundred arms away.
Looking to the left and right before they were swallowed by the black fog, their vision seemed to extend to a few hundred arms as well.
If there was a huge underground space under Blood Skull Temple with an area of several hundred arms multiplied by several hundred arms…
Forget the entire Blood Skull Arena being swallowed by the abyss, even half of Black-corner City would soon sink underground!
“What the hell is this…” Ice Storm’s thoughts were a little all over the place.
“This is an illusion.”
Meng Chao closed his eyes and curled his lips slightly. “Everything in front of us is an illusion.”
“What?!” Ice Storm was shocked.