Chapter 223 222: Location of the Portal
Just like before, Corey found himself in a dark space, and despite the environment being somewhat ominous, Corey found a particular part of him comfortable. And his body also absorbed a specific type of energy, which he called spatial energy.
'Should I use one of my eyes to observe this place?'
Corey thought, but a few seconds later, he shook his head and decided not to take such a risk. He didn't know what he might see or, worse, attract. He was still weak and ignorant of a lot of things.
His encounter with the void and creatures of the void was something that told him how dangerous it was for a mortal like him to see things that were not meant to be seen as a mortal.
Besides, he knew that as long as he didn't die, he would eventually learn more about portals and precisely what this space was.
All he needed was to be patient and also survive.
Corey sighed, and just as he did, a flash of light abruptly appeared in his eyes. He closed his eyes, and a few seconds later, he opened his eyes only to see an incredibly vast desert. A thought came to his mind, and he looked behind him, only to see the portal close at a moderate speed.
'It's closing?... Are we the last to cross the portal?'
"Woah. This place is huge. But…"
Fatty Black Bonez exclaimed, and Corey's eyes darkened as a thought came to his mind.
"...How do we know where to go? I mean, where's the portal?"
Fatty Black Bonez questioned while looking at Rosa, Divine, and Corey, who all had dark expressions.
"Cap? Does Racing Wolf have something that can tell us where the portal is?"
Fatty Black Bonez asked with a lighthearted tone, and Divine shook his head with a dark expression.
"Oh. So this place is going to be our burial grounds. Wonderful! At least there's enough sand to bury each of us. Just remains the coffins."
Fatty Black Bonez spoke with an expression of despair and slumped into his chair.
Divine fell into deep thoughts as he tried to think of how they could find the portal. This was a miscalculation on his part, and he hated the fact that he didn't think they would encounter a problem like this.
Although it wasn't his fault, he knew The Clown better than most could ever imagine, but he never expected The Clown to do something like this.
'Fuck!'
Just as Divine was getting frustrated due to his inability to find a solution to their predicament, he heard a familiar voice.
"I should be able to locate the portal."
Divine looked at Corey with surprise, and with a skeptical tone, he spoke:
"Are you sure?"
"70% sure."
Corey nodded as he said, and Divine released a soft sigh.
"At least it's better than nothing."
Divine did not bother asking how Corey planned on locating the portal because he knew that everybody had their secrets, just like he had his and his other teammates had theirs.
Also, he was not interested in finding out since it was not really his business or his style to know all the abilities of his teammates, and he probably knew that Rosa and Fatty Black Bonez were most likely not interested in finding out about Corey's entire skill set just like he was.
'He probably has a high affinity to space.'
lightsnοvεl.cοm Divine thought as he gazed at the extremely calm and ominous desert of mysteries.
'I wonder what that bastard planned for this zone.'
Despite the thoughts of Divine and his teammates, Corey closed his eyes as he tried to focus on the direction with the highest amount of spatial energy.
Ever since Corey absorbed the spatial energy from the second portal and appeared in the Desert of Mysteries, he felt his connection to space increase. Although he knew his Paragon Body had the potential to give him an almost unparalleled talent in terms of space and time, he had yet to unlock it. His sudden increase in his connection to space was very much welcomed.
His eyes remained closed, but a few seconds later, his expression changed slightly before returning to normal.
An entire minute passed, and Corey's eyes remained closed as he tried to accurately sense the location of the portal, which was much farther than he expected.
A few seconds later, Fatty Black Bonez finally spoke up since he knew they were wasting time just staying in one place.
"Hey, Smile Reaper. How long do you need before you locate the portal?"
Although he somewhat trusted in Corey's abilities because Divine chose him, and none of the people selected by Divine was normal, he didn't want them to waste their entire time in one place.
Who knows what danger would befall them if they decided to stay in one place?
The memories of the numerous dangers of the Mountains of Soundless Death emerged in his mind, and he knew that no matter how peaceful the Desert of Mysteries seemed, it was all but an illusion.
The Clown could never make a zone free of danger in the Death Race.
"I just located the portal. It's farther than I expected, so it took longer for me to locate it."
The eyes of Rosa, Fatty, and Divine landed on him as they waited for him to point in a direction, and to their surprise, he pointed behind them.
"Wait?... Do you mean the portal is behind us? Not in front of us?"
Fatty Black Bonez exclaimed with an expression of disbelief as he looked at Corey. Divine, Rosa, and Fatty tried to figure out if Corey was just playing with them, but to their surprise, they could see nor sense any sign of lies from Corey's expression and tone.
"What the."
"As expected from that bastard."
Fatty Black Bonez still had an expression of surprise as he gazed behind him, and even Divine had a frown on his face as he cursed The Clown with an extremely low voice that none could hear.
Rosa's expression changed back to her regular expression, which was mainly indifference. Although, she was also shocked by the fact that the portal to the next zone was behind them and not in front of them, nor was it to their right or left.
Meanwhile, Corey gazed at the ground, which had tire marks from the vehicles of the remaining contestants.
He could see that most had gone to the front while some went to the right and the left. He didn't know what would happen to those individuals, but he was at least 80% sure that the portal to the next zone was not in any of those directions.
He looked in the direction of the portal, and a few seconds later, his eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the ground.
He could see a set of prints on the ground.
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