Chapter 96: The Entrance that Disappeared

Chapter 96.1: The Entrance that Disappeared

Because of what Qing Bei said, Yan Xi Rou found everything she ate tasteless for the next several days.

Towards that, Qing Yu was also rather helpless and could not do anything else but to stuff the remaining Great Spiked Hog meat into the dimensional space she carried with her.

At that moment, the tiny little beast was also inside snoring roaringly and upon smelling the meat’s fragrance, it shivered and came awake, its eyes shining brightly. After getting Qing Yu’s permission, the little beast then physically proved one thing to her.

To never be deceived by a person’s outer appearance, and the exact same thing applied to beasts as well.

Qing Yu stared with eyes wide and mouth agape when she saw the little thing completely inhale a spirit beast that was several hundred times bigger than itself. Its stomach did not show the slightest sign of bloating at all and it looked like it could really still eat.

Qing Yu did not know what to say. “…..” [That‘s a bottomless pit there.]

She was suddenly feeling regret. [Is she supposed to hunt a spirit beast everyday from now on for the little fella? Fortunately they were only going to be staying in here for ten days. If it was for months, she was afraid that there might not be enough spirit beasts in the Hades’ Canyon to feed the little beast…..

No wonder it’s called Meatball. It’s a total carnivore! And its Mistress didn’t know it well at all.

On the other side, at the fringe of Hades’ Canyon, quite a number of people had gathered there and were currently discussing about something in low voices.

It was not known what a burly and towering man among them heard when he fell to the ground with a sorrowful expression. “Heavens! How could something like this happen? I have just this one child. If I had known, I would not have allowed him to wilfully go with the others for rigorous training.”

“My younger brother is still in there! Are we really unable to get in?”

“You can see that we are not even able to find the entrance, how are we going to get inside…..”

All these people lived in places not too far away from the Hades’ Canyon and someone heard a great commotion from inside during the night and he had all come running to check the situation out. In the end, his soul was almost frightened right out of his body when he saw the scene and he quickly went running back to gather more people.

The Hades’ Canyon’s entrance was a tall and large hole formed from the trees and the entire place was filled with many gigantic ancient trees, twisted in many strange and unusual shapes. The entrance was almost shrouded in a persistent and impenetrable fog that would only dissipate at the Mao hour, which would gather again when the sky turned bright, a highly amazing phenomenon.

And the sky had already brightened at that moment with the sun about to rise, but the always present fog was nowhere in sight and the hole in the trees that was the entrance was gone. There wasn’t even any sign of the gigantic trees and in their place, it was just flat and even ground, completely smooth.

It was as if they had disappeared into thin air, without any warning.

“What are we supposed to do now? Who can save my son~~” The burly man buried his face in his hands and cried without restraint, the pain in his cries causing the hearts of everyone around to wince.

The man was really rather pitiful. His wife had died from complications during labour and he played both a father and a mother to his son while bringing him up to such a age. Fortunately his son had displayed significant talents and stood a good chance of being accepted into the Three Great Sects, but now, he was to come receive such horrendous news.

No one knew how to comfort him but no matter what they said, his son would not come back.

Right at that moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded and everyone turned to look. Could it be another group of youngsters coming here to the Hades’ Canyon for training?

They saw two tall male figures walking towards them from afar, one wearing red with devilishly handsome looks, his upslanted and expressive peach blossom like eyes dazzling to see, so beautiful he did not look mortal.

The other man looked highly mysterious dressed in a lavish and noble purple robe, the exquisite features of his countenance so elegant he looked like he had fully received the favour of the Creator himself. His pair of violet eyes were like the most pure and precious purple gems, the slightest ripple from them able to capture a person’s very soul in an instant. His lips were curled up into a faint smiling arc but the compelling aura around his body made people not dare to go close.

Chapter 96.2: The Entrance that Disappeared

For two such young and outstanding looking men to be coming to Hades’ Canyon at this time, the people there could roughly guess their intentions.

Although the men looked like people not to be trifled with, one of them still came to say very cautiously: “Young men, are you intending to go into Hades’ Canyon? No matter what you came for, it’s better that you leave quickly!”

Those two men who just arrived, were Lou Jun Yao and Bai Zhi Yan.

When he heard that Bai Zhi Yan had hidden the level eleven Lightning Blaze Unicorn inside Hades’ Canyon and that Qing Yu was undergoing rigorous training in there, Lou Jun Yao immediately became highly restless.

What a joke! A level eleven spirit beast. No, it could be termed to be a Divine Beast already.

Not only would it possess exceptional intelligence, it would also be able to instantaneously kill a top skilled expert from the mid level realm. The Lightning Blaze Unicorn is capable of wielding both the lightning and fire elements and as its powerful bloodline runs within its body, it will be able to transform into human form when it advances to the twelve level, unlike regular spirit beasts who would need to wait till they reach level fifteen.

If Qing Yu and her group were to encounter it, that would purely be sending themselves to their deaths.

When he heard those words of advice being said to them, Bai Zhi Yan immediately raised an eyebrow and enquired: “Why?”

Because quite a number of people were gathered at that place and they were blocking the view, Bai Zhi Yan could not see anything in front. Hence, he was naturally unaware of the situation. When the people saw that his demeanor looked rather insistent, they all then shook their heads with a sigh and parted to make way for him.

Bai Zhi Yan was immediately stunned, his beautiful peach blossom like eyes staring in shock. “What….. What is going on here?”

[Where’s the hole?]

[How did it turn into this flat and bare land? ?]

It was Lou Jun Yao’s first time here and he was naturally unaware of the reason Bai Zhi Yan was so shocked. He then went on to ask indifferently: “What?”

“The hole into Hades’ Canyon….. has disappeared.” A corner of Bai Zhi Yan’s lips twitched. [Not only has it disappeared, the entire place has turned into flat and bare land, and there wasn’t a single sign of the place left behind.]

“What do you mean the hold disappeared?” Lou Jun Yao cast his glance upon him, “Would it grow legs and go running off?”

“I would really like to know as well.” Bai Zhi Yan said feeling helpless. He then turned to the people gathered there. “When did the entry hole become like this?”

“Just last night. I heard the commotion coming from here as I live the closest and by the time I came running, the hole was already gone.” A short statured man said.

Bai Zhi Yan’s eyes narrowed and an idea of what might have happened popped into his head, but he quickly brushed it off. [That cannot be possible right…..]

“What are you thinking?” Beside him, Lou Jun Yao could not help but ask when he saw Bai Zhi Yan shaking his head in disbelief.

“Jun Yao, I don’t know if you have heard of this before. When a Divine Beast undergoes a change in form, it is a transformation that is equivalent to being completely reborn, and their powers would increase exponentially, which could directly cause its surroundings to change as well.” Bai Zhi Yan explained worriedly, and the emotion in his eyes looked rather complicated. “But….. that fella just advanced to the eleventh level barely two months ago, so how could it possibly advance in level again so quickly….. That would really be quite scary.”

It must be known that it was a lot more difficult for spirit beasts to advance a level, where they might even not be able to advance once in several years. But if this had really been brought upon by that fella advancing into the next level which caused Hades’ Canyon to change as well….. That would really be some rather maniacal progression there!

Chapter 96.3: The Entrance that Disappeared

Lou Jun Yao’s eyes flashed sharply. “You are saying….. That thing advanced another level?”

“Highly possible.” Bai Zhi Yan nodded like he was in pain.

“Whether that is true or not, we’ll know once we go take a look.” Lou Jun Yao snorted lightly in derision, and his slender fingers immediately pulled at the air in front of him, to tear a dimensional hole right in front of him, that formed into a black vortex.

Bai Zhi Yan subconsciously gulped. [You dare to do something so strange and unusual right in front of so many people, aren’t you afraid that you’ll be seen?]

Seeing that Lou Jun Yao’s body had already disappeared into the black hole, Bai Zhi Yan quickly gathered back his thoughts and followed him inside. The next second, the vortex in the black hole then immediately shrank, gradually closing up completely.

Everyone there was speechless. “…..”

[What just happened?]

[Where did those two demons come from?]

On the other side, Qing Yu and her group continued to make their way forward in Hades’ Canyon.

This was indeed one of the most dangerous and mysterious places around. When they had been making their way forward earlier, they saw that they were in a dark forest, and there were gigantic trees with thick and prickly branches everywhere. But after walking for a period of time, all the trees had suddenly disappeared, to be replaced by boundless and barren plains.

The soil under their feet was not moist and soft like before, but had become exceptionally hard, like it had not been nourished by rain for a very long time, so dry that the ground was filled with a dense maze of crack lines. The cracks were so wide that a careless step might have them get their feet stuck in them.

It was not known how long they had walked when they saw that the dark sky was slowly turning bright, allowing them to see that the barren plains were littered with many boulders. At a glance, it seemed like only towering boulders stood upon the plains and there were no other living things around.

Yan Xi Rou suddenly stumbled and twisted her foot slightly, immediately letting out a cry in pain. “Sheesh! What kind of a damned place is this!”

The few of them paused in their steps to look at her. Seeing her seated on the ground and about to remove her shoe and sock to check on her injury, Qing Yu raised an eyebrow and said in a rather chill voice: “Better not look at it and just continue walking. If something comes burrowing out from underground suddenly, it would be too late even if you run.”

The moment Yan Xi Rou heard that something might just burrow itself out from underground, she quickly got to her feet kept staring into the crack with trepidation.

Qing Yu laughed softly and then turned around to continue to lead the way forward, her gaze surveying the surroundings on all sides. Looking at it, something did not feel right about the place. She did not even see a single blade of grass but just so many large rocks blocking their way.

She was deep in thought when her body suddenly paused and she suddenly halted her footsteps.

“Sis, what’s wrong?” Qing Bei was right behind her and seeing her stop, he asked in bewilderment.

Qing Yu’s eyes slowly narrowed up and she turned her body to stare at a slim shaped boulder behind them, the corners of her lips rising up slightly. “Do you see that piece of boulder there?”

Hearing that, the few of them then followed her gaze and looked, but did not understand what she was talking about. [What is wrong with that piece of rock? There are so many pieces of rocks just like that everywhere!]

“It has followed us for quite a distance, from the moment we stepped onto these plains, it had always been around.” Qing Yu said in a soft voice.

Hearing what she said, Yan Xi Rou then felt a chill run up her spine and she then said weakly. “No, you can’t be serious! Could you….. have been mistaken?”

“You can trust the memory I possess.” Qing Yu said, throwing her an indifferent glance. She then made a signal with her eyes to the youth. [It was time for him to make a move.]

Qing Bei immediately understood. His Lightning Summoning Palm had improved very rapidly over the recent period and this would be the best time for him to test its power.

With that thought, Qing Bei’s eyes grew dark and he transformed his hand into a blade that was imbued with dark purple electrifying light. He slashed his hand viciously towards the boulder and a loud explosion burst out immediately. The boulder exploded and a shadow inside pounced straight at Qing Bei.