Chapter 4038 The Broken Passageway

Once all three Treacherous Beings were killed, the stones stopped moving.

Though these stones were formed by the earth spirits, they remained as mere piles of dead things.

Zen cut the stones carefully and took out the Holy Stones within. These Holy Stones were about the size of a grain of sand.

He did not know just how many stones Element Spirit Civilization had but he considered them a rare treasure and they would be very useful if he encountered a large number of Treacherous Beings.

After he put the stones away, Zen and the others continued to venture into the depths of the cave.

The path was not complicated and all they needed to do was go down.

As they went deeper, the path got wider and there was a continuous draft that blew above their heads.

"It seems there is a hidden pool or river here in the cave," Eastern Emperor Taiyi told them.

Zen nodded at his observation. "There is indeed a pool at the end of the cave. Your real selves are trapped beside that pool."

Eastern Emperor Taiyi couldn't help but flinch when he heard the word "real'.

It wasn't long ago after he was rescued from the Divine River that he found out there was a "real" version of himself so he still wasn't that used to the concept.

Fuxi and the Snake Goddess had long since accepted the fact that they were their creators' avatars but it was going to take Eastern Emperor Taiyi a bit more time to do so.

Realizing the slip of his tongue, Zen quickly tried to correct his mistake. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Eastern Emperor Taiyi assured him with a smile. "I'd actually like to see what the real Eastern Emperor Taiyi looks like!"

Not long after, a pool appeared before them.

The water was so clear that they could see the bottom of the pool.

King Ieuan looked around. "I don't see any of the human heroes..."

"How can that be? This is a dead-end. There is no other way up ahead," the Snake Goddess seconded, walking around to search for the human heroes.

Zen also circled around the pool once and released his spiritual sense in an effort to find something like a hidden passage. Unfortunately, he came up with nothing.

Ever since the Primeval Lord of Heaven told him that he didn't sense the existence of the real human heroes through the Civilization Artifact, Zen had begun to mentally prepare himself for this sort of result. It didn't hurt any less, however, when he looked around and found nothing but an empty cave.

form they were heading to.

Nobody talked much, too focused on moving their limbs to swim their way up. They'd eventually reach their destination this way, right?

Wrong.

The group swam for quite a while but there was no indication that they were getting closer towards the Pure Sky Platform. Zen quickly surfaced and found himself in the middle of the passageway!

Splash! Splash! Splash...

Everyone looked around in confusion when they saw where they were.

King Ieuan was the first to speak. "We're still in the passageway?"

"Look!" the Snake Goddess exclaimed as she pointed upwards.

They originally swam upwards in an effort to reach the Pure Sky Platform.

However, when they looked up, they saw that the passageway was cut in half. They were in the lower half and the other half of the passageway hung above their heads.

"This passageway seems to have been intentionally destroyed by someone," Eastern Emperor Taiyi remarked in observation.

"Who?" King Ieuan asked. Just who would do such a thing?

"Maybe we're right and the real human heroes did arrive at the Pure Sky Platform," the Snake Goddess said as she continued to look up.

"Why do you think so?" Yasamin asked.

"If those real human heroes found this passageway then they would safely arrive at Pure Sky Platform. However, the Element Spirit Civilization would still be hot at their heels," the Snake Goddess stated with a smile. "If they truly wanted to escape then they had to make sure they couldn't be followed. Breaking the passageway was the best choice to make sure their pursuers would never be able to go the same way they did."