Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 135 Floating

The green boulder was like a beacon in a vast ocean, casting its light across the wide ground. The eerie green light shone on the five people, turning their skin green, making them look like frogs.

Ahead of them was a long, black shadow—the shadow left by the skeleton monster. It was running at full speed toward the green boulder in the middle, with the others following closely behind.

"Phew~"

In this mysterious place, Qin Xiaochuan finally felt the first gust of wind since entering the Land of Witches. The wind was quite strong, carrying a strong dampness that felt icy cold on his body.

As he ran, he suddenly realized that the ground beneath his feet seemed to be constantly closing in. What had been a wide expanse of green ground on both sides of them was now being swallowed up by endless darkness.

"What's going on over there?" Guo Shiyi asked in surprise as she ran.

Qin Xiaochuan glanced to both sides, and all he could see was black and ethereal green, making it impossible to distinguish any specific objects. In addition, he could hear a rapid whistling sound coming from beneath their feet, as if a large gust of air was swirling around the edge of a cliff.

"Could this be?" he thought in alarm, and quickly shouted to the others, "You must not go near that dark place!"

"What's wrong? What's that over there?" Guo Shiyi asked in surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be a cliff with a bottomless abyss below, which is why no light is reflected back. There's only a faint green light coming from the distant mountain wall. We'd better stay away from there," Qin Xiaochuan said cautiously.

"How could this be?" Guo Shiyi exclaimed in shock. "Isn't this place underground? Why are there cliffs and precipices here?"

"I don't know. This land of witches is full of strange things. We'd better be careful."

"Xiao Chuan is right. There should be a river below the cliff. I could hear the sound of flowing water in the wind," Zhou Bin said.

"Amazing!" Qin Xiaochuan exclaimed sincerely.

"The skeleton monster ahead seems to have stopped," Guo Shiyi said, pointing to the skeleton monster ahead.

The group hurriedly stopped in their tracks, only to discover that there was a cloud of white mist in front of the skeleton monster. The mist was churning and swirling, obscuring their view. It seemed that Kawamoto Taro had deliberately left it there to block the skeleton monster. The skeleton monster was clearly helpless against this ethereal mist and could only roar incessantly while shooting its own bones into the white mist.

"Damn it, it's that trick again! What on earth is this mist?" Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but exclaim angrily.

"Who cares what they are, just blow them away." Han Kexin said, throwing a hurricane blade.

The enormous wind blade left a deep crack in the ground, revealing the entire rock beneath. The white mist was blown away by the wind blade and then carried by the surrounding wind into the black abyss.

Before the fog had completely dissipated, the skeleton monster pushed off with its feet and charged forward. The five people quickly followed. When they passed through the white fog, they could finally see the green boulder clearly.

Qin Xiaochuan then noticed that their current location was a huge rock extending from the mountain wall at the entrance, which looked like a diving platform. The green stone stood at the very front of the platform, and in front of the boulder was a pitch-black abyss.

"Look, there seems to be something inside that rock?" Guo Shiyi said, frowning.

Qin Xiaochuan looked closely at the boulder and saw a black shadow hidden in the green stone. The shadow was at least two meters tall. Judging from its appearance, "it looks like a person, and... a member of the Wu Clan." Qin Xiaochuan's mouth was wide open, big enough to fit a light bulb.

"What?" Guo Shiyi exclaimed in surprise. "Could this seal be meant to imprison the person inside the stone? This person has been sealed for thousands of years, how come they're still alive?"

"Kawamoto Taro and the others have reached the bottom of the boulder," Han Kexin said worriedly. Because they were so close to the green rock, Kawamoto Taro and his group were almost completely engulfed by the green light, leaving them with only a blurry black silhouette.

"They caught up so quickly, that's really fast." Kawamoto Taro's sinister laughter came from within the green light.

"&$%&$%……" the skeleton monster responded with a roar.

"He seems quite angry, but it's no use being angry now, haha." Kawamoto Taro laughed smugly. "No one can stop me now, so let's all welcome the arrival of Lord Floating Spirit together, haha."

"What do you want to do?" Qin Xiaochuan asked him loudly, feeling a sudden unease for some reason.

"What are you doing?" Kawamoto's voice seemed to carry a hint of doubt, but it was actually mockery. "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to break this seal! You can't be so dense that you can't even see that, can you? Haha."

After laughing wildly twice, Kawamoto Taro continued, "Speaking of which, all of this is thanks to you. If it weren't for you helping us find the entrance to the Land of Witches and opening the switch to the dungeon, we wouldn't have found this place, hahaha."

After laughing wildly twice, Kawamoto Taro continued, "Speaking of which, all of this is thanks to you. If it weren't for you helping us find the entrance to the Land of Witches and opening the switch to the dungeon, we wouldn't have found this place, hahaha."

"He seemed to have mentioned Lord Floating earlier, what is that?" Guo Shiyi asked, puzzled.

"Plankton? Plankton? That can't be it. What is it then? I think I've heard that name before when I was studying my major." Qin Xiaochuan frowned, trying to recall something.

"&$%&$%……" the skeleton monster roared incessantly.

"Although I don't know how you defeated my men last time, now, I'll let you die in this hell, hahaha." Kawamoto Taro was still there, laughing triumphantly.

"Hell?" Guo Shiyi said in surprise.

"The concept of hell today may have originated from this ancient dungeon," Han Kexin explained calmly.

Green Light Nakagawa Taro spoke some words in Japanese again, and Han Kexin asked, "What did he say?"

Guo Shiyi translated from the side: "He said, 'I have finally completed the task assigned to me by the leader! Lord Floating Float, now you can vent your anger on these humans who framed you. For the freedom that has belonged to you for thousands of years, let them witness your ancient divine power.'"

Floating? Were they people from ancient times or...? Qin Xiaochuan racked his brains for the answer.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he blurted out, "Could it be?"

"What is it?" Han Kexin and Guo Shiyi asked in unison.

He frowned and said, "Legend has it that when Gonggong and Zhurong were vying for the throne, Gonggong had two infamous gods under his command. One of them had nine heads and was named Xiangliu, while the other looked fierce and was named Fuyou."

"Could it be that the person sealed in the stone is the ancient evil god you mentioned?" Guo Shiyi asked in shock.

"That's very likely, otherwise the ancient witch clan wouldn't have gone to such lengths to seal him away," Han Kexin said coldly.

"Not only that, there is another legend about Fuyou. It is said that after Gonggong angrily struck Buzhou Mountain, Fuyou committed suicide and then became an evil spirit that harmed the human world." Qin Xiaochuan said solemnly, no wonder he had such an uneasy feeling.

"An evil spirit?" Guo Shiyi stared at him in disbelief. "Isn't that just a ghost?"

"That's one way to put it," Qin Xiaochuan nodded.

"How could this happen?" Guo Shiyi looked somewhat frightened. "We have to stop him no matter what."

"It's too late," Han Kexin said coldly.

They were now less than ten meters away from the green stone. In the green light, they could clearly see Yoshida Takeki raise his powerful fist and then slam it down on the green stone.

"Come out, Lord Floating!" Kawamoto Taro raised his hands to the sky and shouted. Intense green light suddenly shone from the boulder, instantly engulfing those nearby. Kawamoto Taro's echoes continued to reverberate from the surrounding mountain walls.

"Master Floating...Master..."