Chapter 193: The human in the elven territory Part4

Tang Yue wiped the sweat off her forehead and continued walking forward.

She was in fact not sweating because of any vigorous physical activity, rather she was more tired out and drained from the paranoid scenarios her mind had cooked up.

She didn't even want to go any deeper into this mysterious place, but she was already on the 11th floor of the many 'layers of hell'.

So there was no point whatsoever in stopping now.

Just like the floors below, this floor also did not have any undead beasts or higher beings wandering on it.

That lone kobold that had waddled towards her was probably something that had somehow survived the decimating onslaught of the expert.

Other than that one undead, there was absolutely no sign of anything alive or dead on any of the other floors.

Just like this, Tang Yue's journey inside the so-called layers of hell was rather peaceful and serene. 

It might have as well been a walk in the park.

However, her haul so far had been pretty noteworthy. 

She had amassed a huge collection of high-grade beast meat, albeit the dead and decomposed version.

It might end up giving her diarrhea, but there was no doubt that she was going to gobble these up entirely the first chance she gets.

Tang Yue dragged her feet on the floor, as she reluctantly kept walking toward the end of the 11th floor.

There was just one more floor ahead of her and then she would be inevitably facing the mysterious expert! 

Someone who had literally slaughtered his way through these layers of hell!

She clicked her tongue and checked her system interface again, but only to find the Lucky sticker option in the shop feature still grayed out, implying that it was unavailable for purchase.

"Fuck." Tang Yue cursed her bad luck. 

She had definitely used the Lucky Sticker too soon!

After reaching the end of the tunnel, the snake's emerald eyes smiled bitterly as she gazed at the big shot who was lying dead this time around.

It was a bright yellow frog, with four bulging eyes on its body. Its super long tongue fell out of its mouth as the beast's head was cleanly severed from its torso.

This beast was clearly the "Four-Eyed Long Tongue", a rare grade frog beast!

"Heh. You should rejoice big guy. At least your body is intact after death… Ummm… after your second death?"

Just like the others, this beast in front of her was also an undead beast.

As Tang Yue carefully collected its body and scooped up everything inside her space pearl, she noticed the huge chunk of mass missing from underneath the beast's head.

There were definite symbols carved in the beast's flesh, that should have originally housed its mana core.

"Is this the runic language for controlling the higher beings?" Tang Yue panted as she shoved the rest of the beast inside as well.

But unfortunately, she had no knowledge of the runic language or anything related to runes. 

So she could only attempt to understand this later on.

The snake hissed and cleaned out everything in sight.

Now only the last floor, the 12th layer of hell was remaining!

Tang Yue flopped onto the ground and sat down with her arms around her knees.

Her gaze was fixated on the 12th floor entrance as she wobbled back and forth and tried to make a decision.

Even though she was trying hard to think about this choice, in reality, she had only one option.

She had to move forward and check if there was really someone else besides her in these tunnels.

If there was no one else, then all her worries would be for naught.

But just in case, there was someone else… then it was still better to keep the element of surprise in her hands and take a peek, rather than waiting in the darkness at the mercy of that person.

If they were powerful enough, which they clearly are, then he or she would be able to sense her presence in an instant just like the glow worm bastard.

So there was no difference between her waiting here or on the next floor or for that matter anywhere within these layers of hell.

Tang Yue shook her head, clutched her sword, and started walking forward. 

She mumbled "Hide" to blanket her presence, even though it was probably useless, and entered the 12th floor.

She had already dismissed Little Plum and was now moving slowly in the darkness.

Gudang! Her heart shuddered with every step she took.

Tang Yue slowly and steadily crossed the empty tunnels of the 12th floor and arrived closer and closer to the small cavern space at the end of the tunnel.

There seemed to be a torch on the ground, burning brightly and lighting up the entire cave and about half of the tunnel leading towards it.

This was it! She was almost here!

She had almost reached her final destination.

"Damn it." Tang Yue cursed under her breath and pushed herself to keep moving forward.

As she inched closer and closer, her heart was frantically beating, thumping loudly against her chest.

Buckets of sweat were pouring out of her body.

She fully expected her knees to wobble and shake, even collapse from this fear, but somehow she was holding herself together.

And soon… just like that… Tang Yue finally reached the end of the tunnel!

The snake patted her chest and slowly craned her neck to take a small peek inside…

"Fuck." The next instant she pulled her head back really fast, her entire figure drenched in shock and surprise.

She took a few deep breaths and again peeked inside, but everything was still the same…

The truth was glaring at her face, however impossible it might be...

"But… But how??" Tang Yue's emerald eyes looked absolutely bewildered. Her mind was in complete disarray.

From the beginning, she had expected someone very powerful and strong. 

Maybe another elf, or a fairy, or an orc, a dwarf, or even a dragon, but she had definitely not expected this!

"How the hell was a human being present in the elven lands??!!"