Hao Ren ran as fast as he could. However, the traps sent a chill directly to his soul. Within just the first corridor, there were spears, flames, and poison needles shooting at him from all directions. He did not dare to say that the worst was over cause it might jinx him. He ran without thinking about anything else.
He did not have the luxury to think about anything else or it would be his death awaiting him.
He ran with quick and light steps. The reason was to avoid tricking as many traps as possible. However, the pressure plates on the floor seemed to be hating him all their might. Everywhere he stepped it triggered a trap and to avoid it, Hao Ren had to jump ahead.
Even if he wanted to find a place where their was no pressure plate he did not have any time to. While running he reached the end of the corridor and as soon as his foot landed on the ground, he saw a tile on the wall ahead of him slide up. His instincts wailed and he dived to the left, the only way that gave him some room to move.
The next moment, a geyser of blue flames shot out of the wall and ran through the entire corridor where Hao Ren had been just now. The geyser stopped after five minutes, before Hao Ren could get up. The heat was so strong that it scalded the back of his hands. The young man was about to run once again, when he realized that there was no pressure plate under his feet.
He was shocked and he looked ahead of him, and muttered, "Fuck!"
Two meters away from where he stood was a pit at least twenty meters deep with stone spikes protruding from the ground. There did not seem to be any way to proceed. The passage was very nicely illuminated and Hao Ren did not even need to use his Yin and Yang eyes. Two hundred meters away stood a smooth two storey wall.
Hao Ren was thinking of there was anyway for him to cover this distance. To take a closer look he leaned forward and a drop of sweat from his nose fell on the floor. Hao Ren heard a click and he leaned back quickly. The next moment grooves appeared in the walls on both sides and large axes began to oscillate between the walls at a high speed. Hao Ren counted seven of them.
He was sure that the invaders would be torn to shreds.
However, that was not all, above the death pits, many poles protruded from the wall and aligned with the ledge of the wall. Hao Ren calmed his mind and began to focus on the duration of the trap activation. From what he could gather after the dash in the earlier corridor, he found that the traps would only stay active for a certain duration and they will reset after the time is passed.
As he waited he figured out that the axes went back inside the grooves after five minutes. The same happened to the poles protruding from the walls as well. Looking at the situation, Hao Ren would need to trigger the trap and then hop from one pole to the other to travel the two hundred meters distance within five minutes.
Hao Ren spotted holes on the walls and then he made some calculations before he held his breath and threw a needle against the wall adjacent to the fire trap. After confirming there was no trap there, he took out his water bottle, and placed it where the drop of sweat fell. The trap was triggered and Hao Ren dashed at the wall behind him, using the same strategy like he did while entering the place.
He used the wall as a spring board, and leapt over the oscillating axe blades.
He reached out and grabbed the pole that protruded from the wall. Hao Ren was akin to a gymnast, he swung his body and using the movement he managed to position himself above the pole, and planted his feet on it while still holding the pole as if a monkey was sitting there.
Then he took a deep breath and jumped off the pole by pushing off his feet. Hao Ren was calm and he was repeating the process without looking down at the death pit, because he was afraid that it would effect him and could cause him to fail.
Hao Ren had to jump over twenty times, with each pole was located at a ten meter distance. Hao Ren felt as if his arms would fall off by the time he took the final jump and grabbed onto the ledge before pulling himself up. The fear and exhaustion did not come from the physical aspect but also the psychological aspect of the situation.
He lay on his back after climbing the ledge. His breath was all over the place. He raised his hand to take out a glass veil and use the spirit rejuvenation potion.
Ulupi was standing outside the pit with a few of her clansmen. One of them asked, "Your Highness, do you think that young man would be able to undo the seal?"
The lady nodded and confidently replied, "Yes, Veeral, the reason I am not so confident in him is because of his dragon providence. Although, Elder said that it is an immature providence, but it does exist. How rare is the chance for a human cultivator to come here and hold no discrimination against us? Don't you remember those archeologists?
They would run away as soon as a child wandered over to see the human kind. Pathetic."
The people nodded and they began to talk about the old times when some of their children would disguise as snakes and move over to watch the humans, yet unable to control their skills they would appear to be gigantic cobras, scaring the shit out of the explorers.
In Jade Capital, Hao Xinyuan was sitting in the balcony with a book in his hand. Tang Zen was also sitting beside him and asked, "How long do you think it would take for Hao Ren to learn about the essence of the spiritual energy?"
Hao Xinyuan closed the book and looking at the horizon he said, "He should have managed to do it by now. Do not worry, I presume he must have been using the alone time to increase his cultivation base."
Tang Zen nodded and sighed as she said, "I have been feeling a little uneasy since last night. You opened the portal by yourself, can't you go in and check on him?" Discover more novels at NoveI[F]ire.net
Hao Xinyuan shook his head and said, "You should be aware that place is filled with Nagas. They do not like strong human cultivators. So let us not do something that might cause the DEHB to look into us again."
Tang Zen nodded, and suddenly the doorbell rang. Han Lingshi had come home, and it was time for them to resume cultivation and cooking classes.
Hao Ren regained his energy and sat back up before he took a deep breath and mumbled, "I wonder how much longer does this trail of corridor move along the pyramid."