Chapter 177: She disappeared Part1

Tang Yue and Charlotte continued walking down the winding tunnel for the next few hours without any rest.

On their route, they came across several low-leveled beasts, but Tang Yue was able to swiftly deal with almost all of those by herself.

Only once there was a group of six spiders that had abruptly landed in front of them and were attacking them both at the same time, which was slightly too much for Tang Yue to handle by herself.

However, Charlotte quickly intervened and helped the snake smoothly finish them off.

Once the poison which had seeped deep within Charlotte's body was cleared, she felt much better and was recovering very quickly.

She was now able to walk independently and even fight to a certain extent.

Just like this, the two women acted in silent understanding and cleared the low-leveled undead beasts as they progressed deeper and deeper within the labyrinth maze.

"Hey. Wait a minute." Charlotte mumbled and leaned against the wall to rest a while.

"Nothing creepy has shown up for a while. Do you feel as if something is wrong?" She asked.

Tang Yue paused walking as well and pondered by twirling her long black locks. "Maybe?"

"Or maybe we are just walking towards an exit?"

"Always the optimist, aren't you? Sigh." Charlotte shook her head and started walking again.

"Whatever. Let's continue." Tang Yue was tired of bickering with the elven beauty and didn't engage her.

The two walked for a few more miles when suddenly the light illuminating their horrendous never-ending cave tunnel slightly increased.

The path looked brighter and the stale air had a cool and crisp touch to it.

"What the heck? Are we really close to an exit?" Charlotte quickened her steps, unable to hide her delight.

She had had enough of this stupid labyrinth and was ready to go home. 

Her mind and heart, everything was muddled and she wanted to think through certain things.

Watching her run, Tang Yue quickly followed behind her to see if they had really found an exit to this miserable place.

She as well was slightly happy to see the sunlight again, but at the same time, they had not gained much, so she was a little bit disappointed as well.

But when the two women rushed out of the tunnel, their footsteps suddenly came to a halt.

Contrary to what they had expected, they hadn't really come across an exit.

Instead, they were standing at the entrance of a gigantic underground clearing.

A huge crystal lake with clear azure-colored water sprawled across in front of them, stretching endlessly within the depths of the cave.

The excess light was coming from the ceiling of the cave, where a million stars seemed to sparkle and shine brightly.

The duo gasped slightly as they squinted their eyes and looked closer.

What looked like a small opening of the cave at the top, allowing a vision of the night sky, was in reality the ceiling of the cave itself.

The brightly shining stars at the top were millions of minute glow worms illuminating the darkness and appearing as if they were the night sky.

They were still inescapably stuck, enclosed within the vast labyrinth.

Nevertheless, the view in front of them was utterly breathtaking.

The soft glowing light from the worms crawling on the ceiling danced on the still clear waters of the lake.

The air inside was cool and crisp and carried with it a refreshing feeling which soothed the mind and body, a delightful change compared to the dull and dark tunnels outside.

More importantly, the banks of this lake, half rocky and half-covered by coarse granular sand had numerous colorful plants growing on them.

The plant itself was very unique and had a peculiar pattern to it. 

Each of its leaves was a different color, making the plant at least 14 colored or 16 colored in total.

While Tang Yue was still enjoying this view, the system's old man voice shrieked inside her brain.

[That's an incandescent divine stalk. That's another one. That's another one.]

[Not only have they matured to their usual nine-colored pattern, but some of them even have more colors.]

[What the hell is this place? Stupid snake. Go Go. Run and pick it all up.]

[With these plants, your mental strength can shoot up to the Demi-God realm and even higher!]

[What incredible luck!]

Tang Yue blankly nodded. Demi-God realm huh?

The snake licked her lips and started carefully plucking the plants one by one.

If she could sit by this lake and calmly cultivate with these resources, she can definitely achieve a breakthrough, and then maybe she could deal with that high-grade lizard they had seen back in the other tunnel all by herself.

After all, high-grade beasts were very rare and she didn't want to waste a good opportunity.

Just from fighting that single monster, her strength can definitely upgrade several levels at once.

As her mind wandered, the snake plucked the plants one after the other and stored them in her space pearl.

Without her realizing she had come extremely close to the lake.

[Don't go near the water.] The system who had resumed its silent nature suddenly chimed again.

Tang Yue halted her steps and quickly backed away. "Is there something in the lake?" She curiously asked.

[I am not able to sense anything and that's what concerns me.] The elder answered her.

Oh. Tang Yue silently gasped. 

She hated it when the old man annoyed her with nonsensical answers, but it was even worse when he answered seriously. 

She couldn't help but shudder as a small ominous feeling crept up her heart.

While she cautiously moved back, her eyes landed on Charlotte's mesmerizing figure, which was elegantly peering over the lake.

"Hey. Step away from there." Tang Yue shouted.

"What? Why?" 

Charlotte absentmindedly answered her as she glanced at her beautiful reflection on the still azure waters of the lake.

A pair of familiar enchanting eyes stared back at her, a tinge of sadness hidden within them.