Chapter 137 - 90: Battle Royale, Zhao Ci 1v99

Chapter 137: Chapter 90: Battle Royale, Zhao Ci 1v99

The entrance to the relic appeared without warning.

Zhao Ci didn’t think much of it at first. He just assumed the relic entrance was somewhere nearby, so it was normal for the weather to turn gloomy. He never expected the giant eye to open directly above his head.

How was anyone supposed to deal with that?

Still, his basic survival instincts kicked in. The moment the sky darkened, he instinctively ran for his longspear, which was propped up nearby.

The instant a terrifyingly powerful suction force took hold, he felt like his entire body was about to be lifted into the sky. He fought against it for a moment and finally managed to grab the spear’s shaft.

The suction was strange. It didn’t seem to matter how much he weighed; nothing could stop it from pulling him up.

But no matter. At least he had his spear.

It was his most reliable asset in a fight.

He shot upward.

The giant eye in the sky grew larger and larger in his vision, like a black hole about to swallow him completely.

Many others were being pulled into the sky with him, most with looks of terror on their faces. One by one, the crowd was flung into the giant mouth in the night sky like a handful of jellybeans.

WHUM!

The moment he was swallowed, Zhao Ci’s head buzzed.

He felt the space and time around him distort. His body seemed to be caught in a whirlpool, spiraling downward through churning water, and he nearly threw up.

Then, just as suddenly, all sensation vanished. He was weightless, plummeting downward.

His vision cleared for a moment, and he saw that he had appeared in a completely different world.

Below him was a boundless black forest.

"This is..."

Before Zhao Ci could process it, a dense bank of black clouds rushed up to meet him.

He had no way to resist and plunged straight into the clouds. Only then did he discover they were incredibly viscous.

It was like falling into a bog.

A suffocating feeling enveloped him, and his consciousness began to fade.

And then, for a moment, he blacked out completely.

「An unknown amount of time later.」

HISS!

Zhao Ci shot upright, quickly checking his condition.

’Body, normal. No visible injuries.’

’Spear’s still here, gripped tightly in my hand.’

’The True Qi in my meridians is circulating normally.’

"Phew..."

Zhao Ci finally let out a breath he’d been holding. A sense of calm settled over him; this was exactly as it had been described.

’If that’s the case, then there’s no problem.’

’After all, I have a First-Grade Flesh Soul and have even formed the Celestial Demon Body. Even though I haven’t undergone Muscle and Bone Refining, there aren’t many people below the Physical Body Realm who can pose a threat to me.’

And this Black Fog Space was created for the very purpose of containing and protecting Cultivators below the Physical Body Realm.

’Besides, if I saw correctly, quite a few low-ranking Junior Officials were pulled in here with me.’

’I’m not saying all of them, but as long as some of them are willing to protect me, there’s no way anything will happen to me.’

Zhao Ci got to his feet and scanned his surroundings. He found himself in a ravine, flanked by towering cliffs with a dense forest running through the middle.

The trees in the forest were all bizarrely shaped with black leaves, much like the one he had nearly crashed into.

However, it didn’t give off the same savage, dangerous feeling.

’It seems this really is a small space that was splintered off from the Relic Space.’

’To think someone could actually peel off an entire world.’

’Just what kind of Divine Techniques did the Kan Family’s ancestor possess?’

Lost in thought, Zhao Ci began to explore the forest.

Although this space was supposedly safe, you could never be sure. It was best to find a secure location.

He needed somewhere easily defensible, preferably with high ground.

If something unexpected happened, it was best to be prepared.

The first place he set his sights on was a small ledge on the cliff face.

The ledge was about seventy or eighty feet up. If he could secure that spot, he’d be safe. He could just wait there peacefully for the Black Fog Space to dissipate.

Without a second thought, he headed straight for the cliff.

On the way, he came across several people wearing the Official Uniforms of Qingyang County. Although their low status kept them from the farewell banquet, they had been on patrol or on duty near the armory. A good number of them must have been sucked in.

However... they were all still unconscious.

’Something’s not right!’

Zhao Ci’s expression tightened. He was extremely paranoid by nature, so even though he’d been certain the relic entrance wouldn’t appear in Qingyang County, he had still gathered a lot of information about the Black Fog Space just in case.

Normally, anyone who wasn’t an ordinary person with zero cultivation foundation should wake up within ten breaths of entering the Black Fog Space.

’Who knows how much time has passed, yet not a single one of these Junior Officials has woken up.’

’When something is this abnormal, there’s bound to be trouble.’

’I have to hurry!’

Zhao Ci instinctively quickened his pace toward the cliff, but as he walked, he began to feel that something was wrong.

He was walking continuously, yet the distance to the cliff didn’t seem to shrink at all.

It was as if he were just walking in circles.

No!

It wasn’t even that he was walking in circles.

This entire space was in chaos.

Taking one step forward on the path...

...could, in the next instant, place him in a tree.

At other times, his direction would be completely reversed, as if he’d been twisted a hundred and eighty degrees out of thin air.

It was as if some fourth-dimensional force had shattered this space and then haphazardly glued the pieces back together.

It wasn’t ’as if.’

It was exactly that!

Except this space had crumbled on its own from the relic, and the Kan Family’s ancestor was the one who had glued it back together.