Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 171: Changes In Dungeon 3

Sharky explained, "The reason he isn’t leaving is because he’s recognized that two dungeons are merging right now. This represents a tremendous opportunity, so how can he miss out on this chance?"

Sharky wanted to explain more, but the world around him suddenly spun and he was instantly flipped upside down. "What the hell is going on?!" he exclaimed, horrified. He heard the surrounding deathsworn soldiers scream miserably. Many people fell from the tree they were clinging to because they were caught unprepared.

It really was strange. Normally speaking, one would fall to the ground if one dropped from a tree, they were falling toward the sky! However, the sky and earth both became distorted. The sky was now below them, and the ground above.

This sudden change left even the seemingly unperturbed Zhao Ruizhi in a sorry state. There were several times where he couldn’t remain still, and everyone around him saw him that way. Just as he was about to erupt in anger, his expression changed.

He noticed that he could no longer remain flying, as he began to fall toward the sky beneath his feet. Those from King George Manor were even worse off. They screamed as they fell toward the sky.

Sharky’s expression changed. He had one arm around Catherine, his other arm doing everything it could to cling to the tree next to him. Unfortunately, that tree wasn’t able to last much longer and was uprooted. The entire tree fell toward the sky together with the dirt attached to it.

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Principal Scarlett, who was currently secluded in her residence in the academy’s rear mountain, suddenly opened her eyes. A look of shock appeared on her usually calm face. "Heaven and earth have reversed, and the world has inverted?" She stood up and took a step forward. The next second, she was in front of the dungeon entrance.

Principal Scarlett rarely showed herself. Whenever she did appear, it would cause a huge commotion among the people around her.

But Qi Yaoguang didn’t have such misgivings. She skipped over to the Principal’s side and asked, "Teacher, what are you doing here?" She was in charge of opening and closing this dungeon, so she had to remain present the entire time.

"Teacher!" Liana was also present. She had spent the past few days chatting with Qi Yaoguang to relieve her boredom.

After some hesitation, Principal Scarlett said, "I’ve sensed a great change in the dungeon. And Sharky was still inside, I am feeling something is going to happen to him."

Qi Yaoguang was shocked. She quickly brought out her divination wheel, and her fingers drew patterns in the air. The divination wheel’s star spun quickly. A moment later, she exclaimed, "It’s really bad!"

Jiang Luofu cried out in alarm. "What does that mean?"

Qi Yaoguang explained, "I sense that the space in the dungeon is extremely unstable, as if it’s about to collapse!" Even though she was the closest to the dungeon entrance, her cultivation wasn’t as great as Principal Scarlett’s. Only now did she sense that something was off.

"What? Sharky was still inside!" Even Liana is alarmed.

But the activity still alarmed many people. Whether it was King George Manor or the crown prince’s faction, they all walked toward Principal Scarlett and asked, "Miss Principal, what’s happening inside?"

Principal Scarlett looked at the dungeon entrance. "I don’t know. I’ve only sensed that the elements in the dungeon seem to have become chaotic, to the point where the world inside has reversed. But how can this be...?"

She was a bit puzzled. Not even someone with her level of knowledge had ever experienced something like this before. It was to the extent where she wondered if there was a mistake in her own deduction.

Eventually, Zhuxie Chixin arrived as well. He had always been in the surroundings to prevent anyone from King George Manor from sneaking inside. At first, he had only watched when he noticed the activity.

He’d thought that it might have been one of the King George faction’s schemes, but didn’t dare to leave his position without permission. But when he heard Principal Scarlett speak so seriously, he finally couldn’t sit still anymore and quickly walked over to inquire about what was happening.

Principal Scarlett shook his head. "I don’t know what is happening inside either. We can only find out if we send some people inside to investigate."

Zhuxie Chixin was quite troubled when he heard the response, worried that Principal Scarlett might be colluding with King George, thinking that he wanted to go inside and ruin the crown prince’s exam.

Suddenly, a great shockwave erupted from the dungeon entrance. The nearest guards swayed from side to side; all of them were horrified as they looked at the dungeon entrance. The disturbance inside was so great that the berserk spatial force had even spilled out. It was easy to imagine just how bad things were inside.

Zhuxie Chuxin wanted to go inside and check it, but Qi Yaoguang stopped him and spoke just then.

"Stop. The spatial elements in the dungeon are extremely messy, so you can’t even go inside. Anyone who enters will be ripped to pieces by the berserk spatial storm." She had been researching the dungeon entrance the entire time, and gave her conclusion.

"What?" Zhuxie Chixin’s face paled. He removed a blade from a guard next to him, inserted it through the dungeon entrance, and quickly pulled it back. The weapon’s blade was already nowhere to be seen, the cut extremely smooth. It wasn’t something any known weapon could cause.

"A spatial storm!"

The expressions of those present changed. There were many secret dungeons in this world, but not all secret dungeons were suitable for people to enter.

Most of them had harsh environments that ripped one to pieces the moment they entered. That lesson had been learned through countless bloody experiences. Could the academy’s dungeon also have become that way?

Some clans were happy, while others became dejected. King George Manor’s people were obviously elated. They wouldn’t mind even if the entire dungeon were destroyed, as that would mean the crown prince could never come back out. Once that happened, King George would become the sole worthy successor to the emperor.

But everyone from the crown prince’s faction was worried. There were even many from the academy who had dispirited looks. After all, the dungeon represented endless resources, a place where they trained their disciples for many years. Without it, the academy would lose a lot of its strength and resources.

A flash of golden light suddenly appeared in the skies, and the emperor’s image condensed in the clouds. He asked in a dignified voice, "What happened?"

Zhuxie Chixin quickly reported the events that had transpired to the emperor.

"The world has inverted?" The emperor looked at Principal Scarlett. "Will this dungeon be completely destroyed?"

Principal Scarlett shook his head. "Even though the elements of the world inside are chaotic, I can sense a new set of laws within everything. I don’t believe that it will be destroyed."

"Then we’ll just continue to wait!" The emperor’s figure in the clouds scattered after he spoke, leaving Zhuxie Chixin and the others in dismay. What in the world did the emperor mean by that? Was he not worried for the crown prince’s safety at all? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

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Meanwhile, inside the imperial palace, the emperor opened his eyes. There was a portion of his soul in the crown prince, so it was fine as long as the world wasn’t destroyed. He trusted that his other self could deal with any situation. This was the perfect chance to inform the world that the crown prince was blessed by the heavens.

But how could he have imagined that his other self was in such a sorry state inside the dungeon? Zhao Ruizhi couldn’t even float steadily in the air. As he fell toward the sky, his limbs faced the opposite direction.

The same thing was happening to Sharky. Since the world had inverted and even the laws of the world had changed, he couldn’t fly anymore. He could only watch as he continued to plummet.

That giant red crack in the sky below was like a giant mouth, waiting to devour everything. If it weren’t for his special aptitude, he might’ve already fainted.

He suddenly saw that there was a small island next to him that wasn’t falling as quickly, but rather floating in the sky. He quickly used the Buzzshock ability and carried Catherine with him, quickly moving onto the island. The two of them had never expected that having level ground to stand on would actually be such a blessing.

"Will we fall again from here?" Catherine’s face was incredibly pale. She definitely didn’t want to go through that again.

"I think we’re okay for now." Sharky looked at the floating island around him. It wasn’t that large, only a thousand square meters or so in size. There were rocks and trees present, and the whole island floated in midair.

He had seen similar landforms in the games he played, so he didn’t find it all that strange. He just couldn’t figure out how it was floating in the sky. Everything else was clearly falling downward.

Meanwhile, the skies below had already turned into a thick layer of black clouds. The red crack was already starting to become unclear. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled within the black clouds. A lot of electricity seemed to be surging through them.

"The clouds are growing larger and larger... I think they’re actually rising upward?" Catherine mused, but she was interrupted as a giant flaming meteor suddenly fell down from above them.

"Be careful!" Sharky quickly pulled her behind him.

The giant ball of flames brushed past the edge of their floating island. Even though it only touched the edge, the areas they had just been standing on broke apart. Nearly half of the floating island broke off and fell into the clouds.

The entire island trembled, as if it might crumble at a moment’s notice. Sensing that it was becoming unstable, Sharky quickly brought Catherine to the center of the island.

"Are we going to die?" Catherine held tightly onto his arm. Judging from how the island was shaking, she knew that once it broke apart and they dropped down, there would be no hope of survival left.

"Don’t worry. My fortune teller told me I’ll have ten wives. I’m still far from that. How can we die that easily?" Sharky replied with a consoling smile.

"Hmph, that fortune teller is no good." Catherine harrumphed with a blush. This guy really was a pervert. What kind of situation were they in now? Despite that, he was still in the mood to joke around!

At that moment, a voice that was clearly holding back great anger yelled from the distance, "How long do you two plan on holding each other for?!"

The two of them turned around. They saw that Zhao Ruizhi was currently standing on another floating island, flames rushing out of his eyes as he glared at the two of them. He hadn’t fallen into the ’sky abyss’ below just then, and had instead also found a floating island.

The floating island he was on was far larger than the one Sharky and Catherine were on; its landmass resembled a small mountain. He Li and the remaining King George Manor servants were practically all on that island. They could even vaguely make out quite a few beasts in the forest. However, the beasts were all looking around in alarm, not in any mood for fighting.

Catherine’s face paled when she saw those murderous eyes. The emperor’s power had already left an inextinguishable shadow in her heart after all these years. Knowing that they really might not make it this time, she got on her tiptoes and gave Sharky a kiss, not knowing where she got the courage to do so from.

Sharky was stunned. He never would have thought that she would do something like this. The ones in the distance were also stunned, thinking what is the crown princess...

Only He Li cried out to stir up more drama, and then he secretly moved backward. He hadn’t died even after experiencing that world upheaval, so he definitely didn’t want to die now just because he got caught up in the emperor’s wrath.

"Very good, you’ve done very well!" Zhao Ruizhi was so angry he laughed instead. "Die!" He flew over as soon as he spoke. Even though they were a couple hundred meters from each other, that much distance wasn’t a big deal for him at all.