Chapter 3302 The Light

A cool breeze swept over the ravine, brushing Elvinia's cheeks. She shivered violently.

Leaning against Zen, her Soul of Light trembled slightly as she gazed into the depths of the ravine. "Zen... What were those just now?"

"They must've been the tentacles of some monster," Zen replied.

"Then, why didn't they take us away?" she asked weakly.

Her voice shook as she spoke. Zen felt somewhat bad for her; even when she was in danger on the wooden bridge, Elvinia never showed emotion. Now, it seemed she was truly scared, like a small child trembling beside him.

"I don't know," Zen said carefully. "Maybe they didn't like us."

Zen had stared danger in the face countless times before, so he was able to stay calm despite the circumstances. Elvinia, on the other hand, was obviously overwhelmed.

"Let's get out of here," pleaded Elvinia. "I can't stay here any longer!"

"What about the black monkeys outside? Are they gone already?" Zen asked.

Elvinia turned to look, and then shook her head in disappointment. "No, they're still there."

"We can't leave then."

Zen struggled to get on his feet.

After having rested for a bit, he felt a little stronger. At the very least, he could stand up.

"Have you recovered already?" Elvinia asked in surprise.

Having seen Zen fall, she had been at a loss. Now that Zen was trying to get up, she felt a glimmer of hope.

While Elvinia might've come off as cold and independent, secretly, she was the opposite. She had just chosen to never show such weakness back in the Oneness Sky Palace.

"Can... Can you help me up?" Zen asked helplessly.

Elvinia hurried to help him up.

Zen eyed the ravine. Then, he staggered to the mountainside and leaned against it.

The situation wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was good news that whatever was lurking in the depths of the ravine wasn't attacking them.

Their most pressing problem was those black monkeys, persistently waiting for them.

Around eight hours later, Zen noticed the surrounding area gradually turning darker. "The effect of the Darkness Fruit is weakening," he muttered under his breath.

He had tested the Darkness Fruit before; while the ti

could adapt to the environment of the Dark Region only by absorbing the energy of the Darkness Fruits.

The tentacles must have sensed something, but couldn't confirm what it was.

Zen patted Elvinia's shoulder, encouraging her to keep moving forward. As long as they didn't make a sound, they should be safe.

After inching a bit further along the ravine, Zen noticed there were more triangular caves.

It seemed, every five to six hundred feet, there was a triangular cave. From each cave, countless black tentacles hung lazily. Other than the tentacles, it didn't look as though anything else lurked here.

As Zen carefully observed the walls, Elvinia suddenly pointed towards the front.

Turning to where she was pointing, he saw there was a round valley on the other side.

There were also huge Sanskrit words engraved on the wall of the valley. The wall was covered with densely packed triangular caves as well, and again, huge tentacles hung from the cave entrances.

However, Zen's gaze was fixed on the center of the valley, where the darkness had disappeared

A gentle ray of light pierced through the darkness like a sharp blade. The ring of light covered a range of no more than ten feet. At the center of the ring was a tombstone, basking in the ray of light.

Although Zen didn't know where the light was coming from and why it appeared in the Dark Region, he was sure that the space it illuminated didn't belong to the Dark Region.