Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 325: Black Fog Effect

Alina blushed. She said with playful annoyance, "You are always teasing me." But she still felt happy whenever she heard him praise her for being pretty.

In truth, many people had used even prettier words than Sharky in describing her beauty, such as calling her the most splendid flower. However, even though she always replied with a smile, she usually didn’t feel anything inside. It had reached a point where she had even been a bit unhappy with her appearance, because it brought her too many unnecessary troubles and difficulties.

But whenever she heard Sharky praise her, she always felt so happy. She had been an incredible beauty to begin with, but now that she was showing her bashful side, she was even more charming.

Alina also noticed his scorching hot gaze. While she felt shy, she also felt a hint of happiness. She said, "Am I pretty?"

Sharky nodded and said with a smile, "You are." He wanted to use some fancier words to describe her, but when their eyes met, he instead felt that they were all unnecessary. It was instead the purest and truest feelings that were best.

Alina’s smile seemed to make the entire black cavern become a bit brighter. She said, "You can look at me as long as you want."

She wasn’t a little maiden who didn’t know about worldly matters. She didn’t have to mince words and hide her own thoughts. She had had favorable feelings for him to begin with. And after all, he is her husband, so it was natural that he could look at her in whatever way he liked.

"What there is to think about it, you are always mine, so of course I will look as long as I want," Sharky replied while caressing his cheek.

"Mm," Alina giggled and nodded. After she spoke, she quickly placed her arms around Sharky’s neck, kissing him with her red lips.

Sharky also cooperated with her, he held her waist while kissing.

After a while, their lips separated again. Sharky only remembered that her lips were extremely soft, and also extremely sweet.

Alina’s face was already completely red, but she still said with a shy smile, "You’re always such a sweet guy. But you also turn into a stiff and pure man sometimes."

What?! Are you kidding me right now? Sharky thought. How could he still hold back? He grabbed her wrist and pushed her against the wall next to them. Then, he lowered his head and kissed her.

When she felt the masculine pressure from Sharky’s rough actions, Alina was stunned at first. However, she reacted soon afterward, feeling that her words must have incited him. Her heart pounded crazily. She slowly closed her eyes, letting him do what he wanted.

Although, she has already experienced many times with Sharkyz but still she was not able to match him. Under his ministrations, her entire body quickly softened like melted candy.

Sharky felt himself become incredibly hard when he sensed how soft she had become. He was soon no longer satisfied with just kissing. Alina’s breath quickened more and more when she sensed him invade her personal space further. However, she only opened her eyes and gave him a resentful look, but didn’t stop him.

Sharky embraced her waist. He was just about to go a step further when a strange, ominous roar rang out. The cave around them rocked back and forth, and chunks of rock began to fall from above.

The two of them were shocked. That sound had emerged from the distance. They saw some black fog gradually closing in from the long, pitch-black tunnel, obscuring everything in its path.

"I think something was crying out just now," Alina said. Her entire face was red. She was leaning against Sharky as if she didn’t have a bone in her body. If Sharky hadn’t been holding her, she might have fallen to the ground.

"We heard that when we first jumped down here too," Sharky said, his expression serious. He had thought that it might have been the wind or an earthquake, and that it had only become so loud after being amplified by the huge mine pit.

Now that they were farther inside, he realized it was a living creature’s roar. Its voice carried a terrifying pressure that made both of them feel as if they were facing a great enemy.

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Meanwhile, Charlotte and Diana’s battle was reaching its climax. But when they heard the terrifying noise, both of them agreed to stop.

"What’s that sound?" Diana remarked with a frown. As a grandmaster, she could tell that the entity that had made the noise wasn’t something they should provoke.

"I do not know. I heard it earlier when I was descending into the mines. It is probably a kind of beast," Charlotte replied. At the same time, her brows furrowed slightly. Sharky didn’t run into that terrifying creature, did he?

Diana frowned, remarking, "What kind of beast has this kind of terrifying pressure?"

"The world is big; nothing is too bizarre. We should treat it with reverence," Charlotte said. "How about we just end things here? That creature is no weaker than us. If we fought until both of us were exhausted, it would be bad if the creature took advantage of our weakness then."

She recalled the result of ’great danger’ when she had used her divination circle earlier. Back then, she had been quite curious as to how, even with her incredible cultivation, there could be anything that dangerous to her.

At first, she had thought that it was Sharky’s pitch-black dagger, but now, she realized that the great danger probably came from Diana or that unknown terrifying creature. She obviously didn’t want to keep fighting at that point.

Diana sneered and replied, "It’s just a trifling unknown creature, and yet it’s already made our honorable White Jade Sect Master scared? In that case, just hand over your life sooner!"

She came from the Devil Sect, and her presence carried a natural ferocity. She immediately surged with power when she sensed Charlotte’s intent to withdraw. This is the perfect chance to get revenge for Sharky!

When she recalled Sharky’s appearance, her aura became even more vicious. She took out the Empress Lantern, and the dark cave immediately became enveloped in golden light.

"Crazy woman!" Charlotte exclaimed. She obviously knew how powerful the Empress Lantern was! She didn’t dare to underestimate it and quickly used her domain of Absolute Cold.

Both of them had been adversaries for many years. Even after all those years, a victory had never been determined. Now, however, she keenly sensed Diana’s killing intent, realizing that there was something wrong with her mood. If the situation continued, she really might suffer grievously. As such, she no longer held back and planned to deal with the woman before her first. Even though the wounds from her battle against Sharky and Alina weren’t light, Diana was also wounded. There was no reason for her to be scared.

The two grandmasters’ domains began to clash. The interfering laws caused areas to explode one after another. The entire mine began to tremble as if a huge earthquake had occurred. But neither of them could be bothered to worry about that. They now fought seriously, neither side holding back at all. At their level, whichever side held back would be seriously injured.

Meanwhile, Sharky and Alina sensed the mines shaking slightly, and the rumbling continued. They couldn’t help but look at each other in dismay.

"Don’t tell me Charlotte and that roaring beast are fighting?" Sharky remarked somewhat uneasily. He didn’t know where the mysterious creature had come from.

Would Charlotte be in danger? She was Isabelle’s master after all, he thought of returning and checking on her.

But he quickly laughed that thought off. She was a powerful grandmaster, someone who could freely roam the world unworried. She was a human-shaped T-rex. The mysterious creature might even be scared if it saw her.

"Let’s go and find Maid Soni’s group first. I can’t help but feel a bit uneasy about this," Alina said while blushing, emerging from his embrace and sorting out her messy clothes.

"Okay," Sharky replied. However, cursed that mysterious creature to death inwardly. Can’t you shout some other time? I was almost there!

The mood had already been right there, with both of them unable to hold back their emotions anymore, and yet they were suddenly interrupted. The mood was now completely gone and they obviously couldn’t continue.

The two entered the pitch-black cave. Because of what had just happened, Alina’s face was red and she spoke much less.

Sharky suddenly noticed something, however. He exclaimed, "Huh? There seems to be something over there." He quickly walked over and picked up an item that resembled a palm-sized notebook.

Alina followed him over. She cried out in alarm, "This is the memo book of a Frost Clan guard!"

Sharky was stunned, saying, "Your clan’s guards really are scholarly too."

Alina explained, "The reason they carry these is because the Frost Clan’s guards often need to work in these mines. The mines are full of dangers, and unexpected things happen every day. If the cave collapsed, there might not necessarily be anyone who could provide aid immediately.

"That’s why every single Frost Clan guard was eventually assigned a memo book. They would write about their usual missions, and if something happened, it would serve as a keepsake for their clans."

Her expression became somewhat grim as she spoke. Such things had clearly happened quite often over the years. Each time, she had personally delivered the leftover items to their families. However, even though she always gave them generous compensation, whenever she saw an elderly couple who had lost their son, a young wife who had lost her husband, or a younger child wailing in despair after being orphaned, she felt truly awful.

Sharky had already opened up the booklet. There were quite a few things written inside, but the oldest entries just described ordinary missions. There wasn’t anything really worth paying attention to in them.

But when he read the most recent recordings, he discovered some useful information. He read out, "...The cave seemed to be shaking, but then everything quickly returned to normal. No one treated it as a big deal... A strange black fog has appeared. We don’t know where it came from, but it’s all over the mines... We couldn’t get rid of it even after using all sorts of methods..."

"The black fog has corrosive properties. Normal soldiers’ bodies begin rotting on contact, and not even we, the guards, can hold on. However, it seems that some senior officers with higher cultivation ranks can hold on for a short amount of time.

"We quickly discovered that the black fog has hallucinogenic effects. Many workers and guards who went into the black fog started to hallucinate. They all became crazier and crazier.

"The work in the mines clearly can’t continue. We’ve contacted all of the miners to move toward the surface... But this black fog is everywhere, so we aren’t sure whether everyone has evacuated successfully.

"Our mission is to search for anyone who might still be down here. A long time ago, the madam said we couldn’t abandon anyone trapped in the mines, so we can’t bring shame to the madam and the Frost Clan."

Sharky couldn’t help but give Alina a look when he saw that. Alina didn’t feel proud at all, and her expression was filled with grief. Sharky held her ice-cold hand, then continued reading. The later entries became more and more illegible and intermittent.

"...Bad news today. Black fog has appeared in the middle of our path. We can’t return..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"But we can’t give up on our mission. We’re going to look around first and gather all the trapped workers. Captain Ding told us that Cloudcenter City has already been informed about what happened here. Madam will send people to save us. The Frost Clan won’t abandon a single person; I trust the madam..."