Chapter 2548 Secret Realm Gate

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"You thought my name was Bai Qi's..."

Pang Sihai expressed with great pride, his face showing a sly smile.

As for Qin Fang's disloyal act of ditching him to escape, he wasn't particularly angry, because he himself did the same; in such perilous times, one would naturally prioritize their own escape... His relationship with Qin Fang wasn't that close anyway.

As soon as he entered the water, he used some kind of secret technique to easily evade the pursuit of the Teng Jiao. Being an expert in poisons, he detected the threat of those eerie piranhas and immediately used medicine to drive them away, quickly finding this path...

He had already experienced the terror of the piranhas, and his poisons almost didn't work...

Even before he entered this cavern, he witnessed Qin Fang being surrounded by countless piranhas... He thought Qin Fang would use the Passage Jade Token in helplessness, but he didn't expect Qin Fang to break out from such a swarm.

"What is this place?"

Both were safe now, and Qin Fang was too lazy to fuss about so much, but instead, he became curious about this cavern.

Earlier, they plunged into the lake, and Qin Fang was certain he dove at least fifty meters underwater... because he almost slid slowly from the end of the Teng Jiao's body to its tail, then dove down a bit more, encountering the piranha swarm.

He broke out from the piranha swarm and found this cavern almost in a horizontal direction...

Entering the cavern and reaching here, out of the water, Qin Fang didn't calculate meticulously, but the vertical drop wasn't more than ten meters... This shouldn't have emerged from the water, unless there was something fishy here.

"Let me take you to see..."

Pang Sihai hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said.

Qin Fang noticed his reaction, which seemed quite strange, but he followed him deeper into the cave...

Actually, saying deeper is just a distance of a few dozen meters.

The two of them arrived at their destination, a place resembling a cliff... In front was a gigantic limestone cave, and the cave they were in was merely a natural passage leading to this massive limestone cave.

Standing at the mouth of this cave, the position was quite high, at least seventy or eighty meters from the bottom of the limestone cave, possibly even higher... But such a distance was nothing relative to this enormous limestone cave.

The limestone cave itself had nothing, except a huge pit at a corner of the cave, which seemed to be nothing special... That pit was very large, very round, and the surrounding stones were quite smooth, worn out by some creature staying there over time.

Beside this pit was a not-so-small spring, beside flowing spring water occasionally, some thousand-year-old stone essence and the like spiritual substances flowed down... Flowing into a stone basin beside the spring pool, more than half a basin has been stored now.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the lair of that big guy we saw just now..."

Pang Sihai pointed at the huge pit and said.

"That's the Teng Jiao... an exotic beast with extremely rich Teng Snake bloodline, terrifyingly powerful!"

Qin Fang nodded, recalling the massive body of the Teng Jiao, it seemed only it could dominate such a large territory... Even the massive body of a Crocogator would appear tiny when thrown into this pit.

"Look behind that pit..."

But Pang Sihai obviously didn't want Qin Fang to focus on the pit, he pointed again behind the pit... From their angle, it was slightly off, but carefully observing, it was still visible.

"Hiss~~~"

Qin Fang had already felt Pang Sihai's reaction was somewhat strange, so he was also observing very carefully... But then his expression changed, he couldn't help but gasp, as if discovering something extremely terrifying.

Even when he saw the incredibly powerful Teng Jiao before, Qin Fang's reaction wasn't this much.

Could it be he discovered a second Teng Jiao?

Obviously not!

"That's... the Netherworld Gate?"

Qin Fang couldn't help asking with a strange expression.

Originally, he didn't really believe in these things, but in this Barbaric Wilderness Mini Secret Realm, he first found the Nine Serenities Forbidden Lands, then saw the Nine Serenities Netherworld, even encountered the Jiu You Spirit... and even got something from the Jiu You Spirit.

Behind the Teng Jiao's lair, that is, behind the pit, Qin Fang unexpectedly saw an incomparably massive stone door... perhaps a gigantic portal made of some mysterious metal.

With a rough estimate, the height of that portal was about over forty meters, with a width of over twenty meters, if this portal was fully opened, even a body as huge as the Vine Armor could squeeze through.

Just such a door alone, of course, wouldn't be enough to make Qin Fang lose his composure.

What truly shocks people is that this gate is not simply standing there; it should be secured with some very powerful and mysterious prohibition, and the entire gate is covered with a mysterious Yin fire that only exists in legend, you could even say it's burning fiercely.

This Yin fire is extremely malicious, and if anyone accidentally touches it, it will immediately invade the body, savagely burning all Yang Qi within, and once the Yang Qi is completely depleted, the body will essentially perish.

Except for those with a pure Yin constitution who can withstand such a Yin fire burning, no other person or Spiritual Beast can withstand its invasion...

As the saying goes, solitary Yin does not create life, solitary Yang does not grow...

Everything in this world, nearly survives by achieving a certain degree of Yin-Yang harmony... Whether pure Yin or pure Yang, they almost cannot live long!

It is precisely these sinister Yin fires that cover this eerie gate, leading Qin Fang to involuntarily think of the Netherworld Gate...

"This is not any Netherworld Gate..."

Pang Sihai smiled wryly,

"I originally shouldn't tell you these things, but... you better see for yourself!"

Then, Pang Sihai took a piece of paper from his pouch and handed it to Qin Fang...

Qin Fang was also somewhat strangely looking at Pang Sihai, then took the paper and glanced at it briefly, immediately stunned...

"This is... the passage to the Savage Secret Realm?"

Qin Fang was also horrified to exclaim...

He knew that the Evil Sect and Demon Sect spent a great price to enter the Barbaric Wilderness Mini Secret Realm because they each held a part of the Secret Realm Map, which led them here to find the true road to the Savage Secret Realm.

Qin Fang had already gotten hold of the Demon Sect's map, but unfortunately, aside from some mountains and rivers, no particularly distinct markers were found. Although this Barbaric Wilderness Mini Secret Realm is very small compared to the real Savage Secret Realm, it is still exceptionally vast for beings like Qin Fang and the other humans.

Therefore, even though Qin Fang obtained the map, he still couldn't find any clues...

As for the Evil Sect's map, Qin Fang originally planned to kill Pang Sihai and seize it, but later changed his mind and didn't continue with that thought... Unexpectedly, Pang Sihai brought out the map himself.

More bizarrely, the two of them managed to stumble upon the location marked on the map as the passage to the Savage Secret Realm...

But...

"Don't expect it, with just the two of us... Not to mention passing through that gate, we can't even approach within a hundred meters of it!"

Qin Fang returned the map to Pang Sihai, expressing helplessly.

He was not being modest; it was a fact...

The gate is not far from them; in a straight-line distance, it's estimated to only be two or three hundred meters.

Yet, this gate poses an insurmountable obstacle for them...

Originally, Qin Fang was puzzled about why Teng Jiao would nest here...

Now it seems, it's nothing more than two possibilities...

Either it's responsible for guarding this gate, prohibiting other humans or Spiritual Beasts from attacking it, or it wants to pass through this gate itself, returning to the true Savage Secret Realm.

Regardless of which possibility, it sets an insurmountable gulf...

If Teng Jiao is the guardian of this Secret Realm Gate, anyone wishing to attack it must first deal with Teng Jiao... at the very least, distract it.

If Teng Jiao also wants to pass through the gate, it shows even such colossal powerhouses cannot break the prohibition, much less the human race whose strongest only reach the Supreme Realm Late-Stage Peak.

Even if all Four Emperors were present, coupled with all Supreme Realm Powerhouses, they still wouldn't suffice to slip past Teng Jiao... let alone breach the prohibitive barrier of the gate.

As for Qin Fang and Pang Sihai, combined they barely count as a Half-Step Supreme; even if Teng Jiao is absent now, they cannot approach within a hundred meters of this Secret Realm Gate... The terrifying Yin fire would kill them!

"To break through is definitely out of the question... We're better off devising a plan on how to leave here!"

Qin Fang would not entertain the idea of attempting the Secret Realm Gate unless he's tired of living.

Though the Savage Secret Realm is enticing, it's too early for him, given his current Great Grandmaster Level Cultivation... at least until he attains the Cultivation of the "Four Emperors," could he worry about such affairs.

Moreover, the Savage Secret Realm is the strongest and most perilous among the Three Great Secret Realms...

Instead of expending all efforts on a practically unbreakable Secret Realm Gate, it's better to devise plans to explore other Secret Realm whereabouts... At least Qin Fang already has some pieces of the Penglai Secret Realm Map, piecing it together won't be difficult! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendations or monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)