Chapter 820 - 818: Jumped Across
He had never tried jumping such a long distance before, and the opposite side only had a cave entrance, neither large nor high. If he didn’t jump accurately enough, or jumped too far, he risked falling to his death off the cliff below.
Should he move forward or retreat?
Just as Chen Tianlong was caught in indecision, suddenly a sound came from behind him.
"Quick, quick, quick, I see footprints! That kid must be right ahead!"
"Damn it, you gotta be kidding me!"
Chen Tianlong was puzzled; initially, he planned to give up and head back, but now he had no way out.
Thinking it over, Chen Tianlong gritted his teeth and turned around...
However, Chen Tianlong was not returning to meet his death; he intended to give himself enough distance to run up to the jump.
Yes!
He was going to jump across.
"I see him! There he is! Grab him," a burly man suddenly shouted.
Chen Tianlong quickly halted his steps, eyes fixed firmly on the cave entrance ahead, constantly calculating in his mind. He only had one chance; if the jump-off point was wrong, he might not make it across.
Not making it across meant falling off the cliff, which was as good as seeking death directly.
As the group closed in on him, Chen Tianlong suddenly crouched low and took a deep breath.
"Catch him!"
The voice this time belonged to none other than team leader Yang Pei, rough and forceful, causing the cave to tremble slightly. But just as his voice fell, Chen Tianlong moved.
Like an arrow released from a bow, Chen Tianlong sprinted swiftly towards the front...
Thud!
With a decisive step, putting all his strength into it, Chen Tianlong sprang forward, akin to a leopard after its prey, flying towards the opposite side.
Everyone was stunned.
Witnessing this unexpected scene, they momentarily forgot their task.
Boom!
Chen Tianlong landed accurately on the cave entrance on the ground, performing a diving move, rolled twice on the ground, then quickly stood up and gestured a thumb down towards them.
Shit!
Yang Pei, on the opposite side, gritted his teeth in frustration; it was a distance he dared not jump. One wrong move, and they’d all perish among the cliffs.
"Yang, what should we do?" the subordinates asked.
"Damn it, what else can we do? We’ll just have to stand guard outside. Are we really going back to get tools? The boss already instructed us that once we arrive, the Red-eyed Eagle will give the orders, and even if we dare to touch Chen Tianlong, the boss won’t agree because it would involve him," Yang Pei said with a sigh.
"Alright, then we’ll have to wait by the rabbit hole." The subordinates replied in unison.
Yang Pei looked at the disheartened group, took a deep breath, and said, "Hey, hey, hey, stop sighing. Who knows, maybe the cave has no other exit, and the guy will return himself once he’s exhausted?"
"Let’s hope so," answered the crowd, clinging to that hope.
On the other side of the cave.
Chen Tianlong looked back, knowing this group wouldn’t let things rest. Even if they couldn’t cross, they would stand guard at the cave entrance, meaning he couldn’t return the way he came.
Ah!
Sighing, Chen Tianlong dragged his weary self and continued forward.
He had only just come ashore today, with no time to rest, and was chased, fought a few rounds, depleted some energy, and frantically fled, lying in the woods for three hours, still unable to shake these people. Now, he found himself cornered in a cave with unknown exits.
Continuing through the cave, Chen Tianlong noticed a long tunnel appearing not far ahead. Strangely enough, the tunnel wasn’t dark but had bits of shimmering light, which puzzled Chen Tianlong.
Only upon entering did he realize there were some blood-red stones. Chen Tianlong had seen such stones before in flame regions of India, and if he guessed correctly, they should be the legendary Flame Stones.
"Wow, so beautiful, the light here must all come from these glowing Flame Stones." Seeing the hundred-meter-long tunnel illuminated by these red glows, Chen Tianlong was amazed; it was nothing short of a spectacle.
"Ah, too bad I’m fleeing for my life, or else I’d bring Qiuyan here someday to see this, wouldn’t that be nice?" Chen Tianlong sighed, unsure if he would survive to leave this place.
The road ahead was unknown, while returning was essentially impossible. Chen Tianlong suddenly felt bleak about his prospects.
He casually picked up three Flame Stones, put them in his pocket, took a deep breath, and continued moving forward.
Finally, Chen Tianlong reached the end of the tunnel, where appeared a spacious and bright cave, with the ground about twenty meters from the ceiling. In the upper right corner of the ceiling was a natural skylight.
When Chen Tianlong zoomed in closer, he realized this wasn’t natural but manmade.
Because the skylight was made of glass, it shouldn’t be ordinary glass; otherwise, a small rock from the mountain would shatter it. Yet after so many years, this glass remained intact, signifying it must be made of special materials.
Chen Tianlong reckoned it very likely resembled bulletproof glass.
If that’s the case, leaving from here would be truly challenging.
Thus, Chen Tianlong abandoned the idea of exiting here and instead glanced around. Apart from some weeds, it seemed there was nothing else, not even a large stone, which puzzled him.
"Damn it, what kind of place is this? Why is it so smooth?" Chen Tianlong grumbled.
After observing for a while, Chen Tianlong realized even the cave walls were smooth; this was clearly a place designed for trapping people. He increasingly felt he was stepping into someone’s trap.
But what Chen Tianlong didn’t know was that this was the Forbidden Land of the Black Alliance, and he unwittingly walked into the ancestral Forbidden Land of the Black Alliance, which had remained untouched by anyone for hundreds of years, whether it was fortune or misfortune.
Chen Tianlong’s keen mind soon noticed the discrepancies in this space.
Not only were the surroundings smooth, but the design of every direction was identical. Looking closely now, it was a perfect circular space.
In the center was an S-shaped raised area, which Chen Tianlong prodded several times with his foot to find it was composed of numerous Flame Stones.
Chen Tianlong suddenly looked up, realizing something.
"Not good!"
He followed the S-shaped curve forward until it disappeared near the cave wall; then he followed the other direction, with the same result.
Next, Chen Tianlong discovered two small circular altars, each with a radius of about a meter, on either side of this curve. One was made of Flame Stones, while the other was peculiarly made of Dark Crystal Stones.
"Qiankun Eight Trigrams Array!"
Suddenly, Chen Tianlong shot to his feet, surveying the place once more as he muttered the five words.
If he guessed correctly, he was now trapped in the Eight Trigrams Array. Everything before him wasn’t as it seemed; rather, there was another Life Gate.