Playboy: Medical and Martial Master-Chapter 336 - 331: Forced Entry

Seeing Yao Yuelong take action in time to restrain Sun Zhe, Yao Xiong and the several Elders below the ritual platform all let out a long sigh of relief and then began to try and persuade him.

On the ritual platform.

Yao Yuelong grasped a silk ribbon with one hand and, with a casual tug, pulled Sun Zhe in front of her. In the process, the ribbon wrapped around him several times. By the time he stood before her, his entire body was trussed up, with only his head exposed.

"Are you crazy?" Yao Yuelong's beautiful eyes were filled with resentment, her tone dripping with reproach.

"You're the one who's too superstitious," Sun Zhe said.

"This isn't superstition. This ritual platform was built by our ancestor. A remnant of his Divine Sense remains within it, and this was indeed his instruction."

Sun Zhe secretly circulated his True Qi. "I don't care about that. I promised I would bring Nanzhi home safely."

"Her divination was auspicious," Yao Yuelong said.

"Auspicious or not, I don't believe your ancestor could predict it accurately," Sun Zhe retorted. "Besides, I heard from Yao Xiong before that even with an auspicious sign, entering means a one-in-ten chance of survival."

Yao Yuelong's expression darkened slightly. "I don't care about that, either. Regardless, I can't let you go in there to die."

Sun Zhe gazed at her and said earnestly, "If you were the one in danger, I would do anything to save you."

Hearing this, Yao Yuelong's beautiful eyes trembled, and she swallowed the words she was about to say.

Just as she was distracted, the sound of tearing silk suddenly arose.

Sun Zhe had used his Yin Yang Wings to cut through the silk ribbon wrapping him. Breaking free from his restraints, he spread his wings and flew toward the dark canyon ahead.

To prevent Yao Yuelong from acting again, this time Sun Zhe pushed his speed to the absolute limit, giving her no chance to react.

"Priest Yao, my apologies! We can fight or you can yell at me when I get back!"

Back on the altar, Yao Yuelong sighed softly, watching Sun Zhe's figure disappear at the canyon's entrance, her heart filled with worry.

Sun Zhe, I hope you can return safely.

...

「In the dimly lit canyon.」

After confirming that no one was chasing him, Sun Zhe retracted his wings and landed, then proceeded cautiously.

He surveyed his surroundings and found steep, smooth cliff walls on both sides. Their height was unknown; he couldn't see the top even when he looked up. The path ahead sloped downward, growing darker the further he went. It gave him a feeling of oppression, as if this were a road leading to the Underworld.

I really don't know where Nanzhi got the courage. A girl like her, daring to come to a place like this alone.

Sun Zhe slowed his pace, staying alert. He took out a powerful flashlight from the small bag at his waist.

Unexpectedly, a foul, coppery wind suddenly rushed toward him, making him nauseous!

He looked up, and his scalp instantly went numb with fright!

A pair of glowing red eyes on an ugly, human-like face rushed straight at him, accompanied by jarring, high-pitched screeches that grated on his nerves.

"Damn it! What is that thing!" Sun Zhe yelled, twisting his body to dodge the oncoming ugly face. He glanced up and was horrified to see more ugly faces hurtling toward him out of the darkness.

When he switched on his flashlight and shone it at them, he realized they were giant bats.

These bats were massive, even larger than the tropical fruit bats he had seen on 'Animal World.' They were ferocious and hideous, and their calls were grating and shrill.

Unsure if these giant bats carried any diseases, Sun Zhe didn't dare make physical contact. He could only activate his True Qi Thunder Transformation, giving the bats a harsh lesson with a blast of lightning.

Lightning instantly shattered the darkness. After a series of crackling sounds, the thick smell of burnt flesh filled the air.

Sun Zhe kicked away the electrocuted bats on the ground and looked up, shining his flashlight toward the ceiling. The sight made goosebumps break out all over his skin.

Countless stalactites of varying shapes and sizes hung from the stone ceiling. The giant bats were nesting among them. The remains of livestock like cattle and sheep were hanging there as well, looking like air-dried cured meat. To his horror, there were even the corpses of several children, making for an extremely gruesome scene.

"What the hell kind of bats are these? They even prey on children!"

"If I weren't in a hurry, I'd at least send these monsters to their final rest."

...

Sun Zhe muttered and cursed a few more times but didn't linger. He continued forward, flashlight in hand.

As he continued, the narrow canyon path gradually widened, though the terrain kept sloping downward.

Sun Zhe suddenly recalled what Yao Xiong had said: the Dragon Prison Abyss was a very deep underground cavern.

The cavern had formed millions of years ago during tectonic movement. No one knew its true depth, but the ancestors all said it connected to the Yellow Springs Hell. Once ordinary people descended to a certain depth, they could never come back out. However, the place didn't just connect to the so-called Yellow Springs Hell; it also led to a hidden Immortal Realm.

That Immortal Realm existed underground, isolated from the rest of the world, and it was filled with countless treasures.

To reach that Immortal Realm, one first had to find the underground river. Then, you had to follow it downstream until you reached a fork in the path. Taking the left path would lead to the Immortal Realm.

However, everything Yao Xiong had said was just stories passed down from the ancestors. He couldn't be sure if they were true.

「In the cave.」

Holding his flashlight, Sun Zhe advanced cautiously. He was awed by the strange and magnificent stalactites all around him. Minerals and gems like mica and agate were visible everywhere, and there were even emeralds.

But he wasn't here to sightsee or hunt for gems. After following the sound of water to find the underground river Yao Xiong had mentioned, he jumped in and let the current carry him downstream.

He remembered Yao Xiong saying that this underground river was generally shallow, at most reaching his waist. However, he needed to be careful around deeper pools, because they might be home to some kind of aquatic monster that attacked people.

Time passed bit by bit.

Nearly two hours later, Sun Zhe saw the fork in the path that Yao Xiong had described.

But before the fork, a large pool of water blocked his way.

The pool was dark and cold. Despite its seemingly calm surface, it radiated a dangerous aura, as if something could emerge from its depths at any moment.

Sun Zhe stopped and swam to the bank. He found a protruding rock to stand on and shone his flashlight over the pool ahead, hesitating.

He didn't have the courage to swim in a pool of unknown depth located this far underground.

However, to conserve his True Qi, he ultimately decided to swim across rather than fly over with his Yin Yang Wings.

But before swimming across, he wanted to see if there was anything in the pool.

So, he took a slow breath and quietly activated his Yin Yang X-ray Vision.

The pool was very deep. Even with his Yin Yang X-ray Vision, Sun Zhe could barely make out the bottom.

Damn, this has to be at least seventy or eighty meters deep. And it's a downward slope, so the deepest part is probably over a hundred meters.

But other than some small fish and shrimp, there doesn't seem to be anything else.

It should be fine... Whatever, I'll just swim!

With that thought, Sun Zhe prepared to jump into the water. But in the next moment, he suddenly froze. His eyes widened, and his body went rigid, as if he had seen something terrifying at the bottom of the pool.

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