Chapter 507 Another Crystal
Ethan's face changed, and he immediately warned the others, "Not good. This area has lost the energy support from the crystal. It's going to collapse, hurry back."
The group of four quickly dove into the passage they had entered from, returning to the white light screen.
Unlike the shaking ground in the gray mist area, everything here was as it was, with no abnormalities. Even the master-level aura from before had disappeared, leaving only the floating white light clusters above.
"The passage has disappeared too, but luckily, we came back quickly." Asura Bloodhand felt around for the passage but found no entrance to the gray mist area, speaking with lingering fear.
"It seems my judgment was correct. This place and the mist area are both part of the secret realm's defense mechanism. The rock outside isn't the entrance to the secret realm; it's just an exit formed after the defense mechanism was torn apart," Ethan reiterated his conclusion.
"So what now? Can you try using the same method to break this defense mechanism too?" Dorian tentatively asked.
"No, if we break this defense mechanism, this place will collapse as well. Then we'll have to leave through the original entrance," Elmer immediately reminded them.
"Exactly, this is our last chance. Only by passing through this defense mechanism can we find the correct passage into the secret realm. If we forcefully destroy it, we might never find the secret realm." Ethan nodded in agreement.
"You mean we need to find another passage besides the previous exit?" Dorian immediately understood.
"You've seen it too; there's still a powerful aura here. My Sea of Qi is sealed, and I can't handle it. If we encounter that shadow again, it might be the end for me." Asura Bloodhand's expression changed; he didn't want to stay here and wait for death.
"Did you forget? Ethan can easily break the defense mechanism. Why would he fear the monsters derived from it?" Dorian wasn't worried like Asura Bloodhand; instead, he smiled at Ethan.
"That's right. Since it's confirmed that both places are defense mechanisms, I'm confident I can break them." Ethan nodded and summoned the Sun and Moon Beads.
This time, with ease, Ethan controlled the Sun and Moon Beads to frantically absorb the surrounding aura, and the white light clusters uncontrollably rushed towards the beads.
The Sun and Moon Beads were like bottomless pits, greedily devouring all the aura in the area.
Soon, they noticed that the gray shadows from before were also among the aura, unable to resist being completely absorbed by the Sun and Moon Beads.
When the smart-level shadow reappeared, it startled Dorian and the others. But under the absorption of the Sun and Moon Beads, even the master-level shadow was directly absorbed.
Ethan felt the aura in the area was almost absorbed and immediately stopped the Sun and Moon Beads.
Now, there were no white light clusters or gray shadows in the white light screen, as if they had all been absorbed by the Sun and Moon Beads.
"Let's go. Find the core of the defense mechanism and determine the entrance to the secret realm through it," Ethan told Dorian and the others, leading them deeper into the white light screen.
"Oh no, I forgot to mention, you absorbed all the white light clusters, and now I can't find the way back," Asura Bloodhand suddenly realized and reminded Ethan.
Elmer and Dorian frowned at his words.
"As long as the crystal of the defense mechanism's core is still there, it will soon return to its original state. Your worry is unnecessary; I'm just making it easier for us to explore quickly," Ethan seriously reminded them.
Hearing this, they breathed a sigh of relief, realizing he was right. "Look, more light clusters are appearing!"
Soon, white light clusters reappeared in the void above, starting small but gradually increasing in number.
"Quick, head towards the area with the most light clusters; that's where the core of the defense mechanism must be," Elmer said, leading the way towards the area where the light clusters were most concentrated.
The group quickly reached the area with the most light clusters. From this core area, the light clusters and weak gray shadows radiated outward.
Occasionally, a few Half-Step Grandmaster gray shadows appeared, but they were easily dealt with by the group. With Ethan's Sun and Moon Beads, they weren't worried even if a master-level shadow appeared.
"Spread out and look for other exits," Ethan instructed, and they dispersed. With the light clusters as a guide, they weren't afraid of getting lost, as they could always return to the center. However, after searching and returning to the center, they found nothing.
"Strange, besides the entrance we came in and the exit to the mist area, there's no third passage." Dorian frowned.
"Could it be that these are just two connected defense mechanisms with no relation to the secret realm?" Elmer proposed another hypothesis.
"If that's the case, what do we do?" Ethan's heart sank; this was the result he least wanted to face.
At this moment, Asura Bloodhand interrupted Ethan, speaking with certainty, "No, there's definitely a secret realm here."
"Why are you so sure?" Dorian frowned.
"Because I found some elixirs here before. Without them, I couldn't have advanced to the grandmaster level so quickly. We must have missed something," Asura Bloodhand insisted.
"Right. I remember you mentioning that. But we searched everywhere and found nothing but light clusters and shadows of varying strength." Ethan frowned even more.
"How did you find the elixirs?" Dorian asked Asura Bloodhand.
Nobody wouldn't be tempted by elixirs that could advance them to the grandmaster level.
"In the light clusters, I found them by accident," Asura Bloodhand explained.
Ethan said, "I absorbed so many light clusters just now, but I didn't see a single elixir."
"I don't know why." Asura Bloodhand was also confused.
"Wait. You said the elixirs were in the light clusters. Where did the light clusters come from?" Elmer caught the key point and reminded everyone.
"The crystal of the defense mechanism's core." Ethan immediately understood Elmer's point.
"Why don't you give it a try?" Dorian suggested with a frown.
"We have no choice but to try. I can't waste too much time here." Ethan took a deep breath and decided to have a try.
Summoning the Sun and Moon Beads again, Ethan began to frantically absorb the surrounding aura in the core area of the defense mechanism.
With the previous experience, everyone was prepared. As the aura was almost completely absorbed by the Sun and Moon Beads, the ground trembled, and the core of the defense mechanism reappeared, still a red crystal.
"Found it!" Ethan immediately retracted the Sun and Moon Beads, but this time he didn't rush to take the crystal from the core of the defense mechanism.
"If you take it, will this place collapse like the mist area?" Dorian asked.
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