Xiao Chen was indeed not dead. In fact, he was alive and well. However, he had fallen into a small cave. Thankfully, the cave was not very deep, or he might have fallen to his death. Now, he felt a slight pain in his body, but it was not a hindrance.
"Ha!"
"Clang!"
The moment his body landed, Xiao Chen instinctively stood up. He quickly pulled out the wooden sword on his back and looked around to see if there was any danger in the cave.
What surprised Xiao Chen was that there were no wild beasts or desolate beasts in the cave, nor was there a human figure. All he could see were some stalactites. The cave was not very big, about the size of a few rooms. There was not a sliver of light in the cave. Thankfully, Xiao Chen was a strong warrior, so he could see clearly in the dark.
"Phew!"
Xiao Chen let out a long sigh of relief when he didn't see the Cockscomb Serpent Emperor. His nervous heart had also calmed down quite a bit. Just now, when he was sucked into the energy barrier, he thought that he was going to lose his life. Now that he was safe and sound, he thought of the energy barrier. He suddenly turned around and looked up at the energy barrier above the stone wall.
Xiao Chen estimated the distance between the ground and the energy barrier. It was about fifteen feet. Jumping up wouldn't be a problem. The problem was that the stone wall was extremely slippery, and there was no place for his feet to land on. Was he supposed to jump straight into the energy barrier?
Once bitten, twice shy!
Xiao Chen had fallen into the energy barrier's trap. Although he was not injured, he was extremely afraid of the energy barrier. He was curious why the Lion King and the Fengsha Sword had both touched the energy barrier, but only he had been sucked into the cave. There was something fishy about this matter.
"Bang!"
Even if there was something fishy, he had to test it out. Xiao Chen picked up a fist-sized rock from the ground and threw it at the energy barrier. When the rock hit the energy barrier, it instantly exploded into dust. Clearly, the energy barrier had terrifying offensive power.
"This …" Although Xiao Chen had mentally prepared himself, he was still taken aback. He was secretly glad that he had not jumped onto the energy barrier. Otherwise, he would have ended up just like Shitou. It would appear that there was no way to get out from the energy barrier. He would have to find another way out.
"Da Huang and Xiao Sha must be extremely worried about me. I'm guessing they're frantically attacking the energy barrier right now. But why can't I hear anything? Could it be that we can't hear anything from the outside? That's not good. "
Xiao Chen suddenly thought of this serious problem, so he tried to transmit his voice to the Lion King and the Fengsha Sword, "Da Huang, Xiao Sha, can you hear me?"
However, Xiao Chen was disappointed. The anticipated voices of the Lion King and the Fengsha Sword did not ring in his mind. He was somewhat indignant, so he tried a few times to no avail. He could only give up helplessly. At this moment, he realized that the stone mountain was extremely mysterious and not simple. It could be said to be a miracle.
There was no point in thinking too much. Since it had already happened, there was no point in regretting it. Since he was already here, he might as well take things as they came. Xiao Chen calmed his emotions and decided to explore the cave alone. He had an intuition that this cave was definitely not the only cave on the stone mountain. It was very likely that there was a passageway that connected to the other caves.
"Da Da Da."
Xiao Chen began to search the small cave. He had long released the Demonic Bestow. With the Power of Desolates armor on his body and the wooden sword in hand, he was ready to deal with any danger that might happen.
It was so quiet in the cave that Xiao Chen could hear his own footsteps and even the sound of his own breathing. Such a quiet atmosphere and the darkness of the cave made him feel oppressed. Fortunately, he had a strong mind and adaptability, so he was not affected by being alone in the cave.
"There is indeed a next level."
The cave was not big. Xiao Chen quickly discovered a passageway in the cave wall behind a boulder. This passageway was natural and there were no signs of it being man-made. It was very different from the passageway in front of the energy barrier.
"I'm in!" Looking into the dark passageway, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and entered the passageway. Since he could not leave through the energy barrier, he could only enter the passageway to explore. He might be able to reap great rewards and find a way out.
After successfully passing through the long passageway, Xiao Chen entered another cave. There was nothing in the second cave other than rocks. There were not even any spiritual herbs that were commonly seen outside. However, Xiao Chen could clearly feel the rich Heaven Earth spiritual energy in the cave.
It seemed that the stone mountain was not suitable for the growth of spiritual herbs. Xiao Chen thought so. However, he did not care whether there were spiritual herbs or not. He just wanted to explore the secret of the stone mountain and then find a way to escape. He did not want to be trapped in the stone mountain for the rest of his life. If he left the stone mountain, it would be a tragedy.
The stone mountain had become a tomb. Xiao Chen was not going to let that happen. He still had three beautiful women waiting for him to go home. There was also a woman waiting for him to find. There was also a kind grandfather waiting for him to rescue. He could not be trapped in the stone mountain. Even if he had to break the stone mountain, he had to escape.
"There is another passageway …" Xiao Chen discovered that the second cave led to the next passageway deeper inside the stone mountain. This was not strange. After all, the terrain of caves within caves was very common. Therefore, he did not think about it and directly went into the next passageway.
Next, the third cave, the fourth cave, the fifth cave … It seemed that the caves and passageways were endless. Xiao Chen was shocked. He felt that these caves and passageways were not connected in a straight line. Instead, they were similar to a circular arc.
"Could it be that I have to go around these caves and passageways to reach the final place?" Xiao Chen understood in his heart. He secretly sighed at the strange terrain inside the stone mountain. The caves were obviously not man-made. As for the passageways, except for the first passageway, the other passageways were naturally formed. They were not as smooth as the first passageway.
In other words, except for the first passageway outside the energy barrier, the things inside the stone mountain and the passageways all existed naturally. This was the miraculous creation of the Creator.
He continued to go deeper into the caves and passageways. The fifth cave, the sixth cave, the seventh cave … The eighth cave. At this time, Xiao Chen had already reached the eighth cave. If he felt the light in front of him, there was actually light in the eighth cave!
When Xiao Chen realized that the source of the light was the ninth passageway, he could not help but feel excited. However, he also became a little nervous. His intuition told him that he should be able to see something other than rocks in the ninth cave behind the ninth passageway.
It could be the Cockscomb Serpent Emperor, it could be other powerful existences, it could be a treasure, it could be a spiritual weapon or a divine weapon. It could even be that there was nothing inside and it was just a passageway leading to the outside.
"Nine usually represents the peak of something. Desolate beasts only have nine grades. Those that exceed nine grades are sacred beasts. Desolate weapons only have nine grades. Those that exceed nine grades are spiritual weapons. Desolate techniques and desolate skills are the same. Could the number of caves in the stone mountain also be nine?"
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