Chapter 280: Chapter 181: The Ancient Demon at the Bottom of the Abyss_1
After a long time, he returned to the initial fork in the cave.
Only the passage on the very right remained unexplored of the three left, middle, and right ones.
As for heading to the Hermit Canyon, there was no need to rush.
Undoubtedly, the ’Hermit Canyon’ is an extremely difficult map, the optimal solution before going there was to completely exploit the existing resources and enhance his power.
[Compared to the left and middle pathways, the right fork doesn’t seem to have any special significance.]
[Do you want to enter the right passage, or leave the cave?]
[You step into the right passageway...]
[The passage is narrow and dark, winding and turning; as you go deeper, there is no other sound save for the footsteps on the limestone,]
[In the absolute quiet, only your footsteps echo, and you slowly start to feel uneasy. ]
Lin Xun is on guard at all times, wary of an unexpected appearance of the ’Underworld Shadow Demon’.
Injury and fatigue in the trial illusion will not carry over beyond the illusion.
At this moment, the Earth Giant was still in a full health and energy state.
[...]
[The anticipated attack didn’t come. You passed through the long corridor and reached the end.]
[Before your eyes, the corridor ends to reveal a cliff. Beneath the cliff is a dark, endless abyss.]
[The chilling wind arising from the abyss, like the roar of a demon, caused you on the edge of the cliff to sway, as if one wrong step could make you lose your footing and plunge into the eternal darkness.]
[Suddenly you notice a body lying not far from you, do you want to check it out?]
[You step forward and have a closer look at the body...]
[It’s a decaying corpse with only the upper part of the body remaining. It is clothed in a ragged black robe with gilded edges and the logo of the ’Polyvision School Association’, a multi-eyed emblem, embroidered on the chest.]
[You felt around the body and found a few items left by the deceased: a yellowed sheepskin scroll, a glowing book, and an old notebook.]
[You’ve obtained the ’Chasing Star Corridor’s Portal Scroll’ (Special Item).]
[You’ve obtained the ’Book of Symbols’ (Item).]
[You’ve obtained the ’Memoirs of the Polyvision School Association’s Scholar’ (Data Item).]
The corpse by the cliff must be the scholar named ’Maguire’, who worked for the head of the Multivision Association.
He found the ancient Abyss Demon in the cave and managed to get a message to the head of the Multivision Association before his death, then spent an eternity in this pitch-black cave.
Lin Xun opened his inventory to check the items.
[’Chasing Star Corridor’s Portal Scroll’ (Special Item). On the yellowed sheepskin scroll is an illustration of a corridor made of countless stars. The overlapping elements of the corridor can make one’s head spin.]
[Using this item, you will be teleported to a place called the ’Chasing Star Corridor’.]
Chasing Star Corridor?
Lin Xun had not gathered any information about this location from previous materials.
"Just by its name, it doesn’t sound like a good place."
He looked at the next item.
[’Book of Symbols’ (Item). A glowing book. The pages are filled with densely packed symbols. They seem to be arranged according to some special pattern, the entire book is filled with a peculiar power.]
[Using this item, you will be able to awaken an unknown creature sleeping in the abyss.]
The item is one-of-a-kind, which probably means that he would only have one chance to challenge the Abyss Demon.
If he fails, the grand reward of the BOSS will bid him goodbye.
Lin Xun furrowed his brows as he checked the last data item.
[’Memoirs of the Polyvision School’s Scholar’ (Data Item).]
[Praise the ’Bright Stars’!]
[I’ve finally found the path to chasing the stars!]
[Just as I was about to teleport sneakily to the ’Chasing Star Corridor’, I received an urging note from the chairman again, asking me to hurriedly explore a hidden Abyss Cave.]
[The chairman is being secretive. He refuses to tell me the real method to becoming a deity but time and again asks me to risk my life in search of the demon’s Shell.]
[Humph, do I look like a fool as the scholar?]
[The chairman’s sudden change from a follower of ’Almighty True Knowledge’ to a supporter of the ’Bright Stars’, frequently sending us scholars on missions to find the demon’s Shell for him.]
[The methodology to become a deity must be somehow relating to both matters.]
[Even though I am in awe of the divine power of looking up to the stars, led by him, and have changed my faith...]
[But that’s not the point. The key thing is, by a stroke of luck, I learned about the chairman’s ’Abyss Demon Completion Project’!]
[As I expected, the path to deity is a combination of the two.]
[Due to the last-minute urging from the chairman, the plan to go to ’Chasing Star Corridor’ had to be postponed.]
[Heh, since he will not share the path towards becoming a deity, I will take the demon Shell for myself.]
[By following the ’Abyss Demon Completion Project’, once I acquire the demon’s Shell, going to the ’Chasing Star Corridor’ will surely help me step into the path of becoming a deity.]
[All of it is the ’Bright Stars’ wonderful plan!]
[Praise the great ’Bright Stars’!]
[By the way, the ’Book of Symbols’ used to awaken the Abyss Demon is exhausted, I have to go get some more from the chairman.]
[Don’t forget about this tomorrow.]
[Remember, remember!]
Having read the information, Lin Xun furrowed his brows. The situation seemed to be complicated.
It was clear that Maguire perished in a straight-frontal confrontation with the Abyss Demon.
From the previous information obtained, it was known that, before his death, Maguire managed to send a message to the head of the Multivision Association, stating that the power of the Abyss Demon was evenly matched with the chairman’s.
