Chapter 185 Gravity

Chapter 185 Gravity

After Lisa went through the gray door, she found herself suddenly appearing in the middle of a verdant rainforest.

The forest floor was damp with dense undergrowth. The trees were so tall that they appeared to pierce through the clouds. A faint mist lingered in the air, bringing with it the scent of earth after a heavy rainfall.

Everything appeared to be normal, except there weren't any sounds of animals or insects around. It was difficult to believe that such a lush forest wouldn't have any lifeforms in it.

Realizing this, Lisa's expression turned grim.

As she looked around, anxiety slowly gripping her heart, her gaze suddenly landed on an old, decrepit structure in the distance.

In the heart of this seemingly uncharted rainforest, lay an ancient temple.

Its walls had been deeply touched by the ravages of time. A mysterious aura surrounded this building, attracting anyone who laid their eyes on it.

Lisa squinted her eyes and muttered incredulously, "What is that?"

Involuntarily, she found herself slowly walking toward that temple. After all, in this rainforest she found herself in, where the silence was eerie and deafening, the temple appeared like a sanctuary to her.

As she got closer to the temple, she could see four towering stone pillars covered in vines, standing like silent guardians around the ancient structure.

The blonde youth couldn't help but become mesmerized by this scene.

But suddenly, her ears perked up and she instantly became alert. In this deathly silent forest, she heard the abrupt sound of rumbling coming from near her.

The next moment, a dozen figures tore through the damp forest floor and arose. They were two meters tall and had humanoid shapes. Their bodies were made entirely of wood.

One look at them and Lisa instantly understood what she was facing.

"Golems!"

The dozen wooden golems slowly surrounded her, however, they didn't attack her. Not yet. It seemed as if they were trying to prevent her from approaching the temple.

Lisa was certain that the reward that was waiting for her was somewhere inside the temple. Moreover, in order to get there, she would first have to defeat these golems.

The next moment, a simple-looking timber staff appeared in her hands and she got ready for battle.

The white lotus slowly began to rotate in Adam's spirit sea, allowing him to see through the false reality that he found himself in.

...

"It was an illusion?" Adam grunted in discomfort.

The suspension bridge, the clouds and the blue sky, the cliffs, everything dissipated into nothingness. Everything except the bronze pedestal and the book on top of it. Instead, he found himself in a large, dimly lit hall.

However, the increased gravity in this place was still present!

"What the hell is this damn place!" The youth struggled to get the words out. The gravity was really doing a number on him.

He took deep breaths to calm down. He got into a comfortable position once again. No matter what position he took, a few minutes later his body would start hurting because of the gravity. So he had to change positions every few minutes.

Adam looked at the bronze pedestal in the distance and then at the spacious hall around him. He couldn't help but break out into a chuckle.

"Hehehe... so that Magus who created this wanted to awe the participants, is that it? That's why he went so far as to incorporate an illusion formation."

In hindsight, that indeed seemed reasonable.

After all, if the Magus who created this secret plane had the power to teleport everyone who entered the House of Cards to different locations far away from each other, wouldn't that mean the Magus was simply too powerful?

Alternatively, having illusion formations in every room of the pyramid would also serve the same purpose.

But that didn't matter. After all, all that truly mattered was the reward in every room.

Adam deeply gazed at the ancient-looking book sitting on the pedestal. "So this is what I desire the most? A book?"

He looked around and continued, "Then there's this gravity increase... How is all of this related—ugh!"

Once again, his joints started to ache and he was forced to change his sitting posture. The next moment, his eyes narrowed as he gazed at the book again.

"So I just have to reach that pedestal and grab that book, huh?" He gritted his teeth and slowly tried to get to his feet.

"Fine! Challenge accep—Ackkk!" However, he was viciously pressed back on the ground. "Damn it!"nove(l)bi(n.)com