Chapter 3986 Towards The Eastern Edge

Chapter 3986 Towards The Eastern Edge

"If our goal is to hide the hostages inside a mini realm and conceal their location through our karmic abilities, I would want to go to the Voidshade Chasm. The darkness seeping there is a great place to hide almost anything, and if it is about the maddening whispers, it is either some kind of dark force like a curse or an illusion. We could ward such things with our abilities."

Mystic Diviner Hailac explained and paused slightly, "Of course, I'm saying that the darkness aids our concealment further, but it's only a recommendation from me. If even Autarchs can't survive near the Voidshade Chasm's Whispering Rift, then it doesn't matter if we keep them inside the rift or outside. We wouldn't be able to build a mini-realm in those conditions."

"..."

Davis and the others nodded.

They must first investigate the nature of the rift. If it turned out to be hostile, then there would be no point leaving the hostages there. They would just be devoured.

Otherwise, the darkness of the place couldn't be any more welcomed. It was perfect.

The Wailing Shroudveil Lake was also covered in darkness, but it was different from the air; it was water. That would interfere with the mini-realm's formation. Stella was a Void Dust Tree who was only proficient in building mini-realms in free space and not occupied space. Furthermore, the black monoliths were very suspicious. It was unknown if those monoliths truly existed, but if they did, they might be some kind of formation that disrupts almost anything in its range.

On this note, they felt that the Wailing Shroudveil Lake should be moved to last.

Tia opened her mouth, "I don't think the Demon Doomheart Forest is viable for our plan. If there is spatial freezing involved, Stella possibly can't use her spatial arts to create a new mini-realm."

"True." Stella agreed, "But if we could control the spatial freezing or even find a blindspot within the spatial freezing, it would be to our advantage. Seen from the outside, there would be no changes within since the space is frozen. Only if one enters it would they be able to see what is inside, but by then, they would be frozen."

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"What about the Abyssal Mountain Maze and the other danger zones?" Seeing there was no counter to her opinion, Stella asked.

"Well," Lea responded, "Mid Stage Autarchs cannot enter, which means there's a possibility Davis cannot enter since his prowess almost reaches that level. If it is specifically mentioned that even Early Stage Autarchs with the prowess of a Mid Stage Autarch can't enter, so I presume it would be useless."

"We don't want to waste our energy dealing with Vacuous Beasts, and more than anything, we can't get caught within distorted time. If we had spent a bit of time there, many years could've passed for us in an instant without our perception being able to figure it out like in the strange time valley Davis spent, losing thirty years. On the other hand, it is also possible we would be stuck within distorted space, and time passes naturally over hundreds and thousands of years. We can't risk it."

As they approached the Voidshade Chasm's cave, the world seemed to be still, the air growing unnaturally cold. The cave's entrance also loomed ominously, jagged rocks jutting out like the fangs of a great beast, the dark mists that rose from within swirling lazily, beckoning and taunting.

Even before entering, Davis could feel the faint whispers. It was certainly annoying at this point.

However, he saw the few Sovereigns who came with him and saw they were already shuddering a bit from fright. On the other hand, his women were all indifferent to it.

It made him smile before he led the way.

The first level of the Voidshade Chasm was eerily silent, except for the occasional distant echo. The walls were damp with condensation of heaven and earth energy of the darkness attribute, but it was also thick and suffocating. Strange markings were carved into the jutting stones, and ancient runes were barely visible in the dim light filtering from the exit.

The cave floor was uneven, littered with debris from crumbling rocks and withered vegetation that had long succumbed to the darkness.

It was pretty run down and excavated. Davis knew it was extremely hard to find treasures here as they would've already been cleared.

Davis wasn't interested in exploring and went straight toward the chasm leading to the second level.

As Davis descended deeper into the second level, the cave began to pulse with an unnatural energy. The light from the entrance faded, leaving only the faint glow of luminescent flora clinging to the cave walls. The atmosphere thickened further, and strange shadows flickered at the edges of his vision, though when he turned, they disappeared. The silence was occasionally broken by low, rumbling sounds as if something immense shifted far below.

It felt like he was stuck in some underground horror cavern.

Darkness attributed magical beasts and spirits can be seen here in more quantities than on the first level. However, he wasn't interested in killing any of them. They also retreated after sensing his might- no, the might of his women as he resumed his disguise.

It allowed him to easily reach the third level.

*Swissh~*

A breeze carrying a cold, teeth-clattering air from the chasm passed by them, making Mystic Diviner Hailac shiver. She knew from that moment on that retreat was extremely difficult for Immortal Emperors and Sovereigns since over seventy percent have gone missing from this point, which is what makes it extremely dangerous.

She was happy that Davis chose to come to the Voidshade Chasm first, as it was also her recommendation, but now, she hoped she was right.

The third level was already starting to feel extremely creepy, so she could only imagine what the seventh and last level would be like.