Chapter 216: Another Garden City in the Dark

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing this, Wang Xiao was suddenly stunned. When he reacted, his back was already covered in cold sweat!

This crack was less than half a meter wide. Even Wang Xiao had to tilt his body to enter. At that time, his chest and back would definitely rub against the rock walls on both sides, or rather, the [Poison Feather Thorn] hidden in the weeds…

Wang Xiao did not know what it was like to be poisoned by this poison, but from the last “suggestion” in the introduction, the feeling after being poisoned was definitely not very good!

“That was close!”

Wang Xiao thought to himself and turned to show the other two the [Poison

Feather Thorns]. “Senior Wu, looks like you have to take action.”

Seeing the poisonous thorns hidden in the weeds, Wu Yan and Tang Longji also revealed surprised expressions.

Wu Yan nodded and gestured for Wang Xiao to move aside. The crystal on his magic staff flickered a few times, and a dancing flame floated into the crack.

Then, it quickly spread into a raging fire and burned all the way into the crack!

The temperature suddenly rose, and everything in the crack was ignited.

Something burned and crackled, and then a faint purple smoke floated out.

“It’s poisonous smoke!”

Tang Longji covered his mouth and nose and shouted. The three of them immediately retreated far away. Only the [Silver Shadow Leopard] was still squatting by the crack. It tilted its head and looked at the three of them, as if it did not know what they were doing.

After another minute or two, the flames in the crack gradually extinguished. Without the weeds, the crack looked a little wider than before.

After the smoke dissipated, the three of them approached again.

It was pitch-black inside the crack. It seemed that there was no exit, but one could vaguely hear the sound of the wind coming from the depths.

The rock walls on both sides were filled with the carbonized outline of the [Poison Feather Thorns]. At first glance, they looked like the veins of a mountain.

Wang Xiao picked up a long stone and tapped it. He discovered that the [Poison Feather Thorns] had already completely carbonized under the high temperature and were shattered into pieces with a light touch.

“Looks like it’s fine!”

Wang Xiao threw away the stone and called out, “Then let’s set off!”

“Wait a minute!”

Wu Yan suddenly called out to the two of them. Then, he looked at Tang Longji and said, “Senior Tang, how about you stay outside?”

Tang Longji was stunned. “Why?”

“I don’t mean anything else. It’s just that your figure…”

Wu Yan deliberately did not finish his sentence, but the other two still understood what he meant—Tang Longji’s figure was too burly.

This crack was less than half a meter wide. Even if Tang Longji went in sideways, it would be very difficult. If he was stuck somewhere halfway, Wang Xiao and Wu Yan would have to think of a way to save him.

He was unwilling to be stuck at the entrance but in the end, he nodded helplessly and awkwardly. “Alright, I’ll go nearby to take a look. Be careful. Call me if anything happens.”

The two of them agreed and Wang Xiao entered the crack.

The [Silver Shadow Leopard] originally wanted to follow in, but its figure was even more burly than Tang Longji. It cried anxiously at the entrance and could only wait outside in the end.

The path in the crack was still relatively flat, but because there were the remains of plants that had been carbonized, Wang Xiao had to be as careful as possible when advancing, so his speed was not fast.

Five minutes later, Wang Xiao had only advanced less than ten meters. However, the crack began to widen a lot from here. He could already turn around and walk normally.

After taking a few steps forward, Wang Xiao suddenly thought of something and turned around to shout, “Senior Wu, this place has become much wider.

You can call Uncle Tang in!”

“Don’t be anxious. We still don’t know what’s going on ahead. Let’s take a walk and see.”

Wu Yan’s voice sounded from the darkness behind. Wang Xiao pondered for a moment and realized that this made sense, so he agreed and continued forward.

After walking for a few more meters, corners began to appear in the direction of the crack. From here, on average, a corner would appear every ten meters.

In the end, Wang Xiao had completely turned around. However, he did not discover any forks along the way, so he did not have to worry about getting lost.

After walking for nearly ten minutes, daylight finally appeared in front of him.

Wang Xiao was overjoyed and hurriedly informed Wu Yan of this situation. Then, he walked out quickly.

The moment he walked out of the cave, his surroundings suddenly became clear.

Wang Xiao narrowed his eyes and adapted to the light. He discovered that this was a canyon he had never been to before.

Although it was called a canyon, it was actually more like a long and narrow basin.

Standing at the entrance, one could see the end of the canyon on the left and right. The tall and extended rock walls were still ridiculously high. Bright sunlight shone down from the top of the canyon, making the flowers and brocades in the canyon look strange.

“Looks like I only explored a small portion previously…”

Wang Xiao muttered thoughtfully and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Previously, he had always felt that he had explored 80% of the [Thorn Canyon]. However, if there was such a secret garden city hidden behind every crack, he was afraid that he had not even explored 20% of it last time…

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard light footsteps approaching. Wang Xiao subconsciously turned around and saw Wu Yan walking out of the crack.

“Woah? A hidden world!”

Wu Yan looked around and sighed. Then, he looked at Wang Xiao and asked, “How is it? Are there mutated beasts here?”

Wang Xiao closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. “I don’t think so. I don’t

sense the aura of a mutated beast.”

“That’s good.”

Wu Yan nodded. After thinking for a moment, he instructed, “The area here is not small. It’ll be faster for us to split up. Go over there and call me if you find anything.”

“Ok!”

Wang Xiao agreed and walked in the direction pointed out by Wu Yan.

Looking at Wang Xiao’s departing figure, the expression on Wu Yan’s face gradually disappeared. Only his eyes revealed a puzzled expression, “Why is this kid so stunned? The rumors are indeed unreliable…

Outside the crack of the [Thorn Canyon], .

The [Silver Shadow Leopard lay on its side beside Tang Longji and turned to look into the crack from time to time. It was obvious that it was still thinking about how to enter.

Seeing the [Silver Shadow] Leopard like this, Tang Longji suddenly felt very curious.

Logically speaking, such wild mutated beasts would have natural hostility towards human lords. Wang Xiao had clearly not signed a contract with the [Silver Shadow Leopard]. Not only was the [Silver Shadow Leopard] abnormally concerned about him, but it had never taken the initiative to attack them… Wait!

Tang Longji’s expression suddenly changed. If the [Silver Shadow Leopard] never took the initiative to attack people, why would it suddenly attack Li Tongfu and use a killing move?

Previously, they thought that the [Silver Shadow Leopard] was protecting Wang Xiao. However, Tang Longji, who was so close at that time, did not sense any danger. How did the [Silver Shadow Leopard] know? Was it the intuition of a beast?

Thinking of this, Tang Longji hurriedly went to the side of the [Silver Shadow Leopard] and imitated Wang Xiao to probe, “Can I see your claws?

The [Silver Shadow Leopard] glanced at Tang Longji and silently raised its furry claws.

“It can understand me!”

Tang Longji’s pupils constricted. He said, “Excuse me,” and held the claws of the [Silver Shadow Leopard].. After carefully looking at them for a moment, his expression suddenly turned ugly!