“Your Highness, it’s almost time. Let’s take everyone down, and be careful!”
Soon, the elder from the Crimson Flame Empire looked to Abram Guthrie beside him and spoke.
“Alright!” Abram Guthrie responded before turning to the people behind him. “Let’s go!”
With that, they flew towards the entrance of the cave, with others following closely behind.
Shortly after, two hundred people from the Ice Cloud Empire and Sheardal Empire also flew towards the entrance.
“Princes, please go in too!” The leading elder of the Rainbow Moon Empire in black addressed Christopher Morris and his brother.
“Yes!” The two nodded.
“Prince Nelson, be careful!” Hank Cantu said to Nelson Morris before turning to Billy and bowing. “Mr Billy, please help protect Prince Nelson!”
“Sure!” Billy replied.
Then, everyone flew into the air.
“Darn it, it’s so dark in here! What kind of place is this?”
Judge couldn’t help but curse as they entered the cave entrance.
At first, there was still some light filtering down from above, but after passing through two bends, it was pitch black, and you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.
It was fortunate that the passage was wide enough; otherwise, there might have been a stampede.
The oppressive atmosphere inside was undoubtedly much stronger than above, but it didn’t pose too much pressure on everyone.
What was frustrating, though, was that even after flying for nearly a dozen minutes, covering tens of kilometers, they still hadn’t reached the end.
“Honey, there’s light ahead. We should be close!”
After a while, Harleen pointed forward and said.
“Stay alert, everyone!” Billy instructed.
“Got it!” Casey and the others responded simultaneously.
A few minutes later, they finally passed through the long, dark passage.
Then, they landed on a flat ground, facing a vast space.
The light inside was dim, with mist, and even with their cultivation, visibility was only about three to four kilometers.
Within their sight, they could see hills of various sizes not far away, with many rocks on the ground.
Moreover, there were two small forests nearby, with birds and beasts moving around in them.
Underneath the cave entrance where they came out, there was an underground river. Most likely, the water from the previous lakes flowed into this river.
As for how high the space was, it was unknown because above their heads was a hazy area, obscuring the specifics.
“Boss, our spiritual power is greatly restricted here!” Casey frowned slightly and spoke up.
“Yeah!” Billy nodded in response.
He had just tested it.
“Because of the array, not only is spiritual power restricted here, but flying is also difficult. We can only fly slowly and at low altitudes.” Nelson Morris explained beside them.
“Really?” Soul Chaser said, “Let me try!”
With that, he flew upwards. Soon, he realized that the gravitational force on the ground was several times stronger than outside.
No matter how hard he tried, he could only rise to a height of about twenty meters before he could no longer do anything, and his speed was not much faster than running.
“This array is truly incredible!” Soul Chaser exclaimed after landing on the ground.
While they were chatting, the chosen people from the other three empires walked in three different directions and soon disappeared from Billy’s group’s sight.
“Your Highness, which way should we go?” a man from the Rainbow Moon Empire asked.
“Let’s go forward and see,” Christopher Morris said solemnly before walking straight ahead.
“Mr Billy, shall we go too?” Nelson Morris asked Billy.
“Sure!” Billy nodded, then turned to Casey and the others. “Follow me and don’t get separated!”
“Got it!” Everyone nodded in response.
Then, they proceeded forward.
A few minutes later, the crowd arrived at the edge of a small grove. The mist inside the grove was thicker than in the open, making it difficult to see clearly inside, only faintly hearing the sounds of wild beasts.
Since they were close by, their spiritual power could cover the entire grove, and they found that there were only common wild animals inside. As they entered the grove, they occasionally saw small wild animals running around, probably intimidated by everyone’s presence.
After passing through the grove, they could occasionally see a couple of ponds within their line of sight, besides the hills and trees.
Continuing on, not long after, a dark shadow flew towards them from a distance, diving straight towards the man in the front.
Everyone looked and saw a bird of prey, similar to a vulture but not too big, with wings spread out to about five or six meters.
“Be careful!” A woman behind the man shouted.
“You’re asking for death!” The man shouted, raising his hand to send a powerful strike towards the bird of prey.
The man possessed first-rank Divine Realm cultivation, while the bird of prey was only a second-rank spirit beast, so it was no match for him.
Thud!
After a muffled sound, the bird of prey was directly blasted into a mist of blood.
“Look over there!”
At that moment, another woman pointed to the right side of the sky and exclaimed in shock.
Everyone looked and their faces changed immediately.
They saw hundreds of those birds of prey flying towards them at low altitude.
Covering the sky, the birds arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, among the group of birds, some were already high-rank spirit beasts, so with their large numbers, their formation was quite imposing.
“Attack!” Christopher Morris said in a deep voice, raising his hand to strike at the sky.
The others also attacked simultaneously, with strong air waves sweeping through the sky.
Although there were many birds, they were only spirit beasts. Under the attack of everyone, they were easily defeated.
After a few minutes, all the birds were wiped out, leaving only scattered bloodstains on the ground.
Among the crowd, a few men and women with lower cultivation levels had some minor injuries, but nothing serious.
“It’s just the beginning, and we’ve encountered so many spirit beasts. It looks like this place is dangerous!” White Tiger couldn’t help but sigh.
“And we were just passing through here without provoking them, yet we were attacked,” Stout clicked his tongue.
“If we want to get the treasures in here, it will be even more troublesome!”
His purpose in coming here was clear: he had to find a way to get some spirit fruits and beast cores out, otherwise, it would be a wasted trip.
After walking for another half an hour, the group arrived at a pond that was about seven to eight hundred meters wide.
The water surface was calm, but the water was murky, making it impossible to see inside.
In the middle of the pond, there was a small patch of grass that protruded from the water.
On the grass, there was a fruit tree with about twenty to thirty bright yellow fruits, very tempting.
“Good stuff!” Stout’s eyes lit up as he looked at the fruits.