Chapter 150: Run!

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Hao Ren ran as fast as he could. However, the traps sent a chill directly to his soul. Within just the first corridor, there were spears, flames, and poison needles shooting at him from all directions. He did not dare to say that the worst was over cause it might jinx him. He ran without thinking about anything else. He did not have the luxury to think about anything else or it would be his death awaiting him. He ran with quick and light steps. The reason was to avoid tricking as many traps as possible. However, the pressure plates on the floor seemed to be hating him all their might. Everywhere he stepped it triggered a trap and to avoid it, Hao Ren had to jump ahead. Even if he wanted to find a place where their was no pressure plate he did not have any time to. While running he reached the end of the corridor and as soon as his foot landed on the ground, he saw a tile on the wall ahead of him slide up. His instincts wailed and he dived to the left, the only way that gave him some room to move. The next moment, a geyser of blue flames shot out of the wall and ran through the entire corridor where Hao Ren had been just now. The geyser stopped after five minutes, before Hao Ren could get up. The heat was so strong that it scalded the back of his hands. The young man was about to run once again, when he realized that there was no pressure plate under his feet. He was shocked and he looked ahead of him, and muttered, "Fuck!" Two meters away from where he stood was a pit at least twenty meters deep with stone spikes protruding from the ground. There did not seem to be any way to proceed. The passage was very nicely illuminated and Hao Ren did not even need to use his Yin and Yang eyes. Two hundred meters away stood a smooth two storey wall. Hao Ren was thinking of there was anyway for him to cover this distance. To take a closer look he leaned forward and a drop of sweat from his nose fell on the floor. Hao Ren heard a click and he leaned back quickly. The next moment grooves appeared in the walls on both sides and large axes began to oscillate between the walls at a high speed. Hao Ren counted seven of them. He was sure that the invaders would be torn to shreds. However, that was not all, above the death pits, many poles protruded from the wall and aligned with the ledge of the wall. Hao Ren calmed his mind and began to focus on the duration of the trap activation. From what he could gather after the dash in the earlier corridor, he found that the traps would only stay active for a certain duration and they will reset after the time is passed. They would run away as soon as a child wandered over to see the human kind. Pathetic." The people nodded and they began to talk about the old times when some of their children would disguise as snakes and move over to watch the humans, yet unable to control their skills they would appear to be gigantic cobras, scaring the shit out of the explorers. ... In Jade Capital, Hao Xinyuan was sitting in the balcony with a book in his hand. Tang Zen was also sitting beside him and asked, "How long do you think it would take for Hao Ren to learn about the essence of the spiritual energy?" Hao Xinyuan closed the book and looking at the horizon he said, "He should have managed to do it by now. Do not worry, I presume he must have been using the alone time to increase his cultivation base." Tang Zen nodded and sighed as she said, "I have been feeling a little uneasy since last night. You opened the portal by yourself, can't you go in and check on him?" Hao Xinyuan shook his head and said, "You should be aware that place is filled with Nagas. They do not like strong human cultivators. So let us not do something that might cause the DEHB to look into us again." Tang Zen nodded, and suddenly the doorbell rang. Han Lingshi had come home, and it was time for them to resume cultivation and cooking classes. ... Hao Ren regained his energy and sat back up before he took a deep breath and mumbled, "I wonder how much longer does this trail of corridor move along the pyramid."

Chapter 150: Run!

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