Chapter 1752: Chapter 1753: Acting Alone! (Part 2)

"The ruins have opened! Get in there, quick!"

No one knew who shouted first, but the next instant everyone seemed to get worked up.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

One figure after another shot into the sky, streaking toward the depths of the valley like arrows.

Ling Feng, Xiao Juanyun and the others exchanged a glance, then stopped holding back. They used their high-level movement techniques and quickly rushed into the valley.

"We’re here!"

With that shout, everyone halted. The man at the very front was a Disciple from Tianchuan Sword Mansion, apparently named Yie Ming.

Quite a few Martial Artists around them immediately grew excited.

"Go in!"

Without a second thought, Yie Ming flew straight in.

"Let’s go."

Martial Artists from one faction after another scrambled to be first, as if just being at the very front would let them seize the initiative and obtain the inheritance Treasures ahead of everyone else.

"Your name’s Ling Feng, right?"

Just then, a cold, sinister voice rang by his ear. Ling Feng turned his head and saw that it was Han Su from Dragon Sword Mansion.

Han Su used Divine Sense Transmission; only Ling Feng could hear him.

"Brat, I’ve got you memorized. You’d better pray we don’t bump into each other inside. Jie jie jie..."

With that said, Han Su’s figure flickered and he too slipped into the Light Gate of the ruins.

"Let’s go in as well."

Xiao Juanyun took a deep breath. Ling Feng moved at the same time, walking side by side with Luo Hanzhou as they led over a dozen Eastern Spirit Domain Disciples into the ruins.

... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

His vision went dark for a moment, then light returned in an instant. It came from torches—their Fire Light danced, swaying within a strand of Gui Yi airflow. The flickering Fire Light cast Shadows onto the surrounding rock walls, stretching them out and warping them into all kinds of eerie silhouettes, like one ferocious Evil Ghost after another.

Some Martial Artists carrying exotic treasures directly summoned their flying swords or Magic Treasures. Multicolored radiance flared in this pitch-black space, at least illuminating the surroundings in rough outline.

It was a cavern that looked extremely spacious. Inside, passages ran in all directions, as if there were countless branches.

Suddenly, cries of surprise came from up ahead.

"What’s going on?"

"Why does the Sword Essence in my body feel like it’s..."

Soon, other Martial Artists started reacting as well. The Sword Essence of Martial Artists from West Sword Domain was imprisoned, the Elemental Power of Eastern Spirit Domain Martial Artists was imprisoned, and the Martial Artists from Beihai Domain found their entire Qi Blood Power locked down too.

In short, the moment they entered this place, the Strength these Martial Artists relied on was bizarrely sealed by some sort of special Prohibition.

Ling Feng narrowed his eyes. His situation was even worse. Not only were his Elemental Power and Qi Blood Power imprisoned, even his Divine Power suffered the same level of suppression.

He cultivated all three paths, and now all three types of Strength were suppressed. Who the hell was he supposed to complain to!

"Damn, what kind of ghost place is this!"

"Fuck, how are we supposed to survive like this? If we run into some Fierce Beast inside, aren’t we dead for sure?"

More and more people were discovering that all sorts of their abilities were imprisoned. What remained was basically only their Martial Techniques, swordsmanship, Fist techniques, and movement techniques.

Ling Feng glanced back at Xiao Juanyun and found that he didn’t look particularly surprised. Thinking back to that tea party he held earlier, where he had everyone restrain their own Elemental Power, it was obvious he knew something.

"In the Great Wilderness Ruins, all kinds of abilities do get imprisoned. That’s not exactly a secret. Most of the people acting shocked may not actually be ignorant of this. They’re just putting on a panicked act to scare off some clueless folks, make them feel afraid, and naturally lessen the competition a bit."

Xiao Juanyun smiled faintly. Sure enough, Ling Feng saw quite a few Martial Artists hesitating at the entrance. They didn’t want to waste this opportunity, but they didn’t dare take the risk so easily either.

"What a bunch of drama kings."

Ling Feng shook his head. Life really was like a play, and it all came down to acting skills. No wonder the expressions on so many Martial Artists’ faces looked so exaggerated.

"At best, those people will only make it through the outer few layers. Let’s go, no need to waste time."

Xiao Juanyun spread out the map in his hand and strode toward the cave directly ahead.

"Then I’ll take this path on the left."

Ling Feng smiled slightly. According to the map, even though the outer caves were extremely complex, every entrance ultimately led toward the core region. There was no such thing as a ’correct route.’

If you’re hunting for fortuitous encounters, there’s no need to move around in a group.

"Alright then. Since you’ve decided to act alone, Brother Ling, just be careful."

Xiao Juanyun didn’t say anything more. Sometimes, moving as a group wasn’t actually a good thing. Acting alone, if you came across any opportunities on the way, you’d at least avoid any conflict over how to divide them.

Luo Hanzhou gave Ling Feng a look, then casually picked a cave and walked off. He didn’t stay by Ling Feng’s side.

"Senior Brother Shi, Brother Ao Jue, Senior Sister Yuee, everyone—let’s all act on our own then."

Ling Feng looked back at the Eastern Spirit Domain crowd. On the road ahead, he couldn’t very well play the mother hen protecting her chicks and just tag along next to them.

That was unrealistic!

Since they had chosen the path of Martial Arts, they had to be prepared to face danger and death. Otherwise, they might as well go home and farm.

Ling Feng cupped his fist to everyone, then turned and walked into one of the caves.

The other Eastern Spirit Domain Martial Artists watched Ling Feng’s back as he left. Previously, Ling Feng had handed out copies of the route map he’d gotten from Xiao Juanyun; everyone had one in hand. Compared to those who didn’t even have a map, they already had a huge advantage.

...

After randomly choosing a direction, Ling Feng strode forward.

Divine Sense, Elemental Power, Qi Blood Power—all were suppressed. Even Unlimited Vision was basically half-crippled. Ling Feng could only take out a Luminous Pearl for illumination.

The dim glow let him barely see about ten meters ahead. The narrow, winding cave presented a three-way fork every short distance he walked.

Fortunately, Ling Feng didn’t suffer from any so-called ’choice phobia,’ or he’d probably be driven to death in here.