"This is the Deep Abyss Cave!"
On one side of the True Martial School's Cultivation Mountain, there was a huge cave in the depths of the greenery. It looked like the entrance of an underground train. It was pitch-black and bottomless.
Outside the cave, eight guards were stationed in front of the entrance. Seven of them were standing straight, while the last one was sitting on a coarse boulder beside the cave entrance with a weed in his mouth. He looked a little lazy, and from time to time, he would drink a little wine.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures whizzed down from the sky and landed in front of the cave. They were Yun Wanli and Su Ping.
"Dean?"
"Dean!"
When the guards outside the cave saw Yun Wanli, they were all stunned. The middle-aged man who was sitting and drinking was also startled. He quickly jumped down from the rock and hid the wine jug behind his back. He spat out the wild grass in his mouth and jumped in front of Yun Wanli. He respectfully said, "Headmaster, why have you come?"
"Feng Xiu, you have been guarding this place. Did you see any students enter this place a week ago?"
Yun Wanli looked at the middle-aged man with a serious and cold gaze.
The middle-aged man called Feng Xiu was taken aback. His expression changed slightly as he forced a smile and said, "Dean, you must be joking. This is a forbidden area. How could I let those little brats enter? Even if they came close, I would have shouted at them to leave."
"Shut up!"
Yun Wanli shouted angrily. "A week ago, did someone enter from here?"
Feng Xiu was shocked by the angry shout. He saw Yun Wanli's angry eyes and was a little flustered. He quickly knelt down and said, "Dean, please forgive me. I did not guard this place well. A week ago, I had something to do and left for a while. When I came back, I heard that someone had barged in. I did not dare to chase …"
Yun Wanli's face turned ugly. He said, "Was it a female student?"
"Yes." Feng Xiu lowered his head even more.
"Then why didn't you report it?"
Yun Wanli said angrily. "Do you know what kind of place this is? If a student barged in, wouldn't he be courting death?"
"I, I was afraid that you would blame me …" Feng Xiu said weakly. His head hit the ground.
The seven guards behind Feng Xiu dropped to their knees in a hurry. They kept their heads low and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Even Feng Xiu, a titled battle pet warrior, was scared. The guards were even more scared.
Everyone in the Valiant Academy knew that the Principal was a legendary battle pet warrior who had surpassed the titled rank. He was one of the most powerful people in the world with unfathomable powers.
"You were afraid that I would blame you …" Yun Wanli was about to explode.
Apart from anger, he was also powerless.
If he could have reported it in time, he would have been informed and could have gone in to search for Su Ping. That way, the chances of Su Ping's sister surviving would have been much higher. However, a week had passed. He was willing to go in with Su Ping to find a ransom, but deep down, he knew that Su Ping's sister had probably turned into a pile of bones.
.................
Su Ping darted a look at Feng Xiu who was kneeling on the ground. Killing intent surged in Su Ping's eyes, but he restrained himself. He looked at the cave and asked Yun Wanli, "Is this the Deep Caves?"
Yun Wanli heard Su Ping's question. He turned around and nodded. "Yes. This is one of the entrances to the Deep Caves. The Valiant Academy has been guarding this place for generations. Of course, we are only guarding this entrance. The ones guarding the entrances are the legendary battle pet warriors from the Tower who are willing to sacrifice themselves."
Su Ping nodded and stepped inside.
Feng Xiu was surprised to hear the conversation. Who is this person who can talk to the Dean like that?
Is he a legendary battle pet warrior from the Tower?
He didn't dare to raise his head. When he felt someone pass by, his heart that was in his throat slowly returned to his chest. He looked back and saw the dean and a young man walking side by side into the abyss. He hurriedly asked, "Dean, are you going in?"
Yun Wanli said without turning his head, "Stay here. I will deal with you when I come back."
Feng Xiu didn't dare to say another word.
The seven guards at the entrance lowered their heads. They were sweating profusely.
Su Ping darted a look at the seven guards. They seemed to be overly nervous. But he didn't think too much about it. His priority was to find Su Lingyue who had entered the Deep Caves.
If she was alive, he had to see her. If she was dead, he had to see her body.
The killing intent in Su Ping's eyes grew stronger.
"Renegade Su, be careful. Most of the creatures in the Deep Caves are ferocious beast kings."
Yun Wanli walked side by side with Su Ping into the dark cave. Yun Wanli flipped his hand and a glowing white crystal appeared in his palm, lighting up the cave.
The cave was large and extended to the depths. The walls were full of bumps and hollows. Occasionally, there would be claw marks that were seven or eight meters long. Judging by the length of the claw marks, it wasn't hard to imagine what kind of creature had left those marks.
The air was moist and muddy, but there was no other smell.
"The demon beasts of the Deep Abyss Cave are all suppressed in the Deep Abyss Tunnel. There are no demon beasts around here, but occasionally there are some that slip through the net, but the number is very small. Let's go to the border of the Deep Abyss Tunnel and ask the seniors guarding there if they have seen your sister."
Yun Wanli said to Su Ping as he led the way.
Su Ping asked, "How many entrances are there to the Deep Caves?"
"More than a dozen, scattered around the world. Some entrances are in the depths of the ocean. Those entrances have been filled in by legendary battle pet warriors. After all, we can't send people to guard the ocean all the time. There are more beast kings in the ocean than on land. Not even legendary battle pet warriors can protect the ocean."
Yun Wanli continued, "There are five entrances to the Deep Caves in the Subcontinent District. The Valiant Academy is one of them. The distance from the entrance to the tunnels is about two hundred miles."
Su Ping frowned as he looked at the cave that was constantly pouring downward. More than two hundred kilometers down?
"How did the Deep Caves come into being?" Su Ping asked.
Yun Wanli shook his head. "That is something that happened a long time ago. I heard that the Astral Pets had been around since the beginning of the Astral Pets era. Rumor has it that the battle pet warriors who had awakened in the early days drove all the powerful beasts above ground to the Deep Caves. Another rumor has it that the Deep Caves have existed for a long time and all the beasts were born in the Deep Caves. As for which species, no one can tell and there is no need to tell."
Su Ping frowned and fell into silence.
Only the echoes of their footsteps could be heard in the spacious cave.
The light from the crystal in Yun Wanli's hand kept moving forward. The two of them walked down the steep slope and went deeper into the cave.
Dozens of miles later, Su Ping's nose twitched. He smelled blood.
He said in a low voice, "I smell blood."
Yun Wanli was startled. All of a sudden, a swirl appeared behind him and a figure that was seven or eight meters tall flew out. It was a beast king pet of the demon family.
That height of seven or eight meters might seem huge, but among beast kings, that beast king was small.
Su Ping was familiar with pets of the undead family and the demon family. He could tell at once that this was a Ghost Eye with a bloodline of the Void State. This beast king had yet to reach its prime, merely at the Ocean State.
A Ghost Eye at its prime would be ten meters tall and would be good at close combat.
For a beast king to reach its peak, it couldn't rely on eating and sleeping. It had to be supplemented with some precious pet food. Otherwise, when the beast king reached its prime, it would fall into a decline before it reached the peak of its life energy. Its combat strength would decline day by day.
"Go."
Yun Wanli whispered.
Whoosh!
Following his command, the Ghost Mist Eye Beast's body suddenly floated, transforming into a dark mist that dissipated within the cave. It flew towards the depths of the cave and merged with the surrounding pitch-black environment.
Su Ping knew that Yun Wanli had sent the Ghost Eye to explore the way.
"Let's go."
Yun Wanli said to Su Ping.
Su Ping nodded and pressed on.
They walked for dozens of miles. In a corner of the cave, Su Ping and Yun Wanli saw several corpses of huge beasts. But the corpses had turned white. They must have died many years ago. Even their flesh and blood had rotted away.
The two of them pressed on. The closer they got, the heavier the smell of blood became.
All of a sudden, Yun Wanli stopped. He turned to Su Ping and said, "My beast is sending me a signal. There's danger up ahead!"
Su Ping frowned. "Didn't you say that this is just an entrance? The entrance to the Deep Caves is right in front of us. There are legendary battle pet warriors guarding it. How can there be danger?"
Yun Wanli was also surprised. Indeed, they would reach the entrance of a legendary battle pet warrior. Could it be that his pet had run into one of the legendary battle pet warriors guarding the entrance?
No, a legendary battle pet warrior wouldn't have sent such a signal.
After all, Yun Wanli's Ghost Eye was a beast king with high intelligence. It could tell the difference between humans and beasts.
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