Chapter 462 - 429: Stone House Tribe (2)
Chapter 462: Chapter 429: Stone House Tribe (2)
"You’re the Cultivation College’s most precious treasure. If anything happened to you, I don’t know how I’d explain it to your Dean Fei and Principal Park."
Li Qian wasn’t anxious. Instead, he calmly and unhurriedly stated his reasons. "Teacher Liang, please hear me out. My reason for volunteering to enter this Dimensional Rift isn’t blind confidence, nor is it reckless bravado."
"I have my own considerations. First, there’s my strength. As you’ve seen, I have a Dominator Level Tidal Sea Spirit, and my other Pet Beasts are all at least Commander Level."
"Second are my various life-saving trump cards, both active and passive. All told, I have the ability to protect myself even against a Saint Spirit Level entity."
The reason he hadn’t used it earlier was because the life-saving trump card Principal Park had given him was a passive one.
It could only passively protect him; it couldn’t be used to attack. Otherwise, Teacher Liang and the other two wouldn’t have had such a miserable time resisting.
"Finally, there’s the level of danger. I trust your judgment, Teacher Liang. Most of the danger within this sealed Dimensional Rift should have already been released. From here on, even if there are still dangers, they shouldn’t be significant."
Seeing Teacher Liang still hesitating, Li Qian added more fuel to the fire.
"Considering the current situation—our students are seriously injured and won’t recover anytime soon, while the Demon Realm Three-headed Dog is outside, eyeing us like prey."
"Who knows how long it will take for the spatial Vortex to completely subside, or what other mishaps might occur in the meantime."
"For so many of us to be cooped up here in Luoying City without an escape route is actually extremely dangerous."
Li Qian had made his case very clearly. He believed he should be able to convince Teacher Liang.
And the result was just as he’d expected. After a moment of hesitation, Teacher Liang finally nodded and agreed to Li Qian’s proposal.
"Alright!"
After agreeing, Teacher Liang immediately cautioned him, "But you must be extremely careful after you go in. If you encounter any unexpected situation you can’t handle, retreat immediately. Don’t try to act tough."
"I will maintain the Energy input here. The Dimensional Rift will remain open for you."
Li Qian nodded upon hearing this.
In truth, he would have done so even if Teacher Liang hadn’t said anything.
He was only going in to look for another way out; he had no intention of training or adventuring inside.
After all, just as he’d said, it was extremely dangerous for so many people to be trapped in Luoying City without an escape route.
And even if he couldn’t find another way out inside the Dimensional Rift, as long as he could confirm there was no danger, or that the danger was minimal, it could serve as an escape route.
This was also a very important reason why Teacher Liang had agreed to let Li Qian enter.
"Then there’s no time to lose. Let’s get started!" Having made his decision, Li Qian didn’t hesitate and spoke directly.
Teacher Liang was a decisive person as well. Without any delay, she immediately gave a command to her Time Spirit.
As the Time Spirit began to emit a faint, fluorescent glow, the Array Map of the Sealing Array on the ground began to flash with a dazzling light.
HUMMMMM...
The dazzling light vanished in a flash.
Immediately after, it dispersed into a misty sheen of light.
The misty light enveloped the entire stone chamber. Within the glow, as if ripples were spreading on water, a Dimensional Rift approximately three meters high and two meters wide slowly tore open on one of the stone walls.
The size and shape of this Dimensional Rift resembled a doorway.
"Wait a moment," Teacher Liang said immediately upon seeing the Dimensional Rift appear.
In reality, even without Teacher Liang’s reminder, Li Qian wouldn’t have rushed in just yet.
He had to assess the situation first.
The Dimensional Rift gaped open, pitch-black, making it impossible to see the other side.
The two of them stood there quietly, waiting in the stone chamber.
While they waited, Li Qian had already summoned his Tidal Sea Spirit.
This was to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.
It was also a way to show Teacher Liang his capabilities.
’If I can’t even handle a small incident like this, then there’s no point in entering the Dimensional Rift.’
At a certain moment, a dark shadow suddenly shot out from the Dimensional Rift.
Receiving Li Qian’s command, the Tidal Sea Spirit instantly condensed a Water Arrow and shot it forward.
SQUELCH!
The Water Arrow was unerringly accurate, piercing the dark shadow!
The shadow’s body was pierced straight through, and it tumbled to the ground.
Looking closer, he discovered that the dark shadow was a brown-furred hound.
It was an Ordinary Element type, with power at the Elite Peak.
To Li Qian, it was no different from an ant.
After severely injuring the brown hound with a single blow, Li Qian tossed out a Beast Taming Ball, captured it, and then resumed his silent wait.
The two of them stood like that for about half an hour.
During that time, besides the brown hound, three more dog-like Pet Beasts charged out of the Dimensional Rift.
However, none of them fared well against Li Qian.
They were dealt with by Li Qian’s Tidal Sea Spirit almost instantly.
"That should be about it, right?" Feeling the time was right, Li Qian prepared to make his move. Even if a few more dog-like Pet Beasts charged out later, they wouldn’t pose any real threat.
"You can go in now," Teacher Liang said with a nod.
After getting Teacher Liang’s approval, Li Qian immediately took action.
To ensure the safety of this operation, he also summoned the Six-tailed Cat that had just finished evolving.
Neither of the two Pet Beasts had an exaggeratedly large size.
They were a relatively portable type.
Just like that, with his two Pet Beasts in tow, Li Qian stepped directly into the Dimensional Rift.
Light and shadows shifted. In the blink of an eye, the world changed, and everything was different.
Li Qian’s figure appeared in another space.
"Looks like a tribe..." The moment he entered, a look of surprise appeared on Li Qian’s face as he scanned his surroundings.
This place was completely different from the scenes within Luoying City.
It was a rather desolate hillside.
All sorts of trees grew on the slope.
These trees all shot straight up toward the sky like iron rods, with very few branches.
Amidst the scattered, straight trees on the hillside stood rows of stone houses.
These stone houses were all roughly the same height.
About five or six stories tall.
But their shape was very peculiar.
They were mostly cylindrical, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a conical roof, resembling bamboo shoots.
CRUNCH... CRUNCH...
Stepping on dry twigs and decaying leaves, Li Qian began to walk.
His gaze was focused as he scanned his surroundings, not daring to miss any abnormalities.
The Stone House Tribe was very desolate, with almost no sound.
But Li Qian knew this was just an illusion; this Stone House Tribe was surely hiding many dog-like Pet Beasts.
Li Qian walked slowly, glancing back at the location of the Dimensional Rift.
The Dimensional Rift was suspended over a flat area on the hillside.
’Looks like a small plaza, probably for sacrificial rituals.’
After muttering to himself, Li Qian soon discovered a place that was quite similar to the temple complex in Luoying City.
At the highest point of the slope, there were also stone houses, but they were clearly a cut above the others in height.
They were about ten stories tall.
Li Qian thought for a moment. ’That place must be special, too.’
’It might be hiding some valuable information.’
With these thoughts in mind, he began to walk slowly in that direction.
As he walked, Li Qian continued to survey his surroundings.
Soon, he discovered another similarity to Luoying City.
Within this Stone House Tribe, there were also many statues.
But unlike in Luoying City, these statues were all of dog-like Pet Beasts, not cat-like ones.
Seeing this, Li Qian couldn’t help but scratch his head.
’It’s obvious that the dog-like Pet Beasts from before escaped from here.’
’If this Stone House Tribe has so many dog-like Pet Beasts, then where did the cat-like Pet Beasts from Luoying City go?’
’Why are all the ones that escaped to the outside world rat-like Pet Beasts?’
’Could they have been wiped out by those rat-like Pet Beasts?’
Unable to figure it out, Li Qian decided not to dwell on it.
’For now, the most important thing is to determine how dangerous this place is.’
’And to check out those taller stone buildings to see if there’s a place similar to the temple complex in Luoying City.’