Chapter 1112: Chapter 1112: A Long Narrow Passage

The Dark Underground Palace wasn't considered a secret place in the Dark World.

Many creatures in the Dark World were also well aware that there was an underground palace here. However, in the last hundred thousand years, no one had been able to enter its mysterious depths.

Legend had it that a Supreme Lord in remote ages had once passed away in this place hundreds of millions of years ago.

Time was the most powerful opponent of all warriors. Even a Supreme Lord's lifespan was not without its limits. If a Supreme Lord was unable to become a True God, he or she would eventually encounter the Five Aging Processes and die. Immortality could not be achieved easily.

Therefore, the eternal life was also one of warriors' ultimate goals.

It was said that before this Supreme Lord from remote ages had passed away, he had used extremely special methods to set up an incomparably grand underground palace, and that he had left behind all of his knowledge and inheritances within it. It was rumored to be a treasure trove for any martial artist.

Each time the Dark Underground Palace was opened, the time and method required to open it were different.

In the endless years since it had first been established, there had been many warriors who had entered the underground palace and obtained great benefits from it. However, entering the underground palace was not something that any warrior could hope to accomplish.

Lavender had once entered the Dark Underground Palace. This was already ten thousand years ago when the underground palace had opened.

When Lavender had once been in the underground palace, she had also obtained a wealth of resources and benefits. Therefore, when she had heard that Lincoln had also found a way to enter the Dark Underground Palace, she immediately made Zen agree to accompany him. If she remembered correctly, the resources left behind in the underground palace would be of great help to Zen in his endeavors.

Following Lincoln's lead, they traversed through more than half of Auspice City and quickly found the entrance to the Dark Underground Palace.

The entrance to the underground palace was not hard to find. It was not hidden. However, after the last ten years of evolution, the entrance to the underground palace had actually become a place frequented by commoners. Of course, no commoner would dare to stop warriors as they passed through. They didn't meet any troubles before they stood in front of the Dark Underground Palace.

“This is the entrance to the underground palace,” Lincoln told Zen.

However, Adrian chuckled from behind them. “Everyone knows that this is the entrance to the underground palace. It's hardly a secret. It's just that no one knows how to explore it and find the treasures. We'll have to trouble you to lead the way, Lincoln, since you have found a way!”

As for the seven brothers who followed behind Adrian, their expressions were indifferent. Despite Adrian's constant reminders to be watchful of their manners, they could not hide the raw greed on their faces. They were little more than treasure hunters, and brought no respect to the time honored traditions of the warriors.

In their eyes, as long as Lincoln could successfully lead them to find the treasures, everyone else could then be killed, other than themselves, of course. As for Adrian, he was still quite useful to them, so they could temporarily spare his life. To these men, life held little value.

“Follow me.” A confident expression settled on Lincoln's face as he took the lead and entered the passage.

Zen, Freya, and the other warriors, who followed behind him, also entered the dark and forbidding passage.

This passage was incredibly long and sloped slightly downwards. Adrian and the seven brothers had collected a vast amount of information before they had come here, so they had formed a good understanding of the underground palace. They had already known that the passage into the underground palace was quite complicated, and its length would be astonishing to behold. But it was not until now that they began to realize how long it truly was.

This passage extended downwards and continued for an unknown distance. Without hesitation, they soon stepped into the passage.

At the start, everyone had proceeded forward on foot, but very quickly, they discovered that the passage was so long that they could not see the end of it, nor could they reach it easily. Everyone then started to fly to speed up their journey.

At the same time, something was happening in the western part of the Dark World. There was a sacred place named Magnolia Sacred Place there.

There were many races found in the entire Dark World. However, because this supreme world was situated at the junction of three great races, the three strongest races in this world were still the ogres, the human race, and the Demon Night race.

These three races had all established their own tenth-grade sacred places in the Dark World, but because of the geopolitical formalities, which they all observed, these three sacred places interacted extremely well with each other. There wasn't much competition among them, and they maintained trade relations with each other. So it could be said that these three sacred places were the windows through which the three races interacted with each other. However, in other supreme worlds, the three races still fought against each other and all kinds of conflicts never ended.

The Magnolia Sacred Place was a tenth-grade sacred place established by the human race.

In the center of this sacred place, there stood a towering palace that pierced the clouds. Two black-clothed warriors were rapidly entering the palace now. ṟÁΝȱΒË𝘚

“Saint Lord, a few warriors have entered the underground palace again today,” said one of the two black-robed warriors in a respectful tone.

Their leader, who sat enthroned in the palace, asked with an indifferent face, “Who are they? What is their race? Do you know their cultivation levels?”

“They are human warriors. There are only eleven of them in total. Seven people are at the Spirit Supreme Realm. The other four are all at the Soul Sea Realm,” the black-robed warrior again answered very respectfully.

The leader shook his head. “Every year, there are some overconfident warriors who enter the underground place, thinking that they can open it and find some treasures.”

“But, Saint Lord, the activation of this underground palace doesn't have any fixed pattern. Maybe they can succeed in opening it this time,” the black-robed warrior said.

The Saint Lord of the Magnolia Sacred Place smiled and said, “It doesn't matter. I've already set up a monitoring array in the underground palace. If the underground palace is opened, I'll receive the news immediately. If they really succeed in opening it, it would be the best news for us, and I can then send our disciples there.”

When Zen and the others had been walking in the passage leading to the underground palace, all three biggest sacred places in the Dark World had somehow received the news.

These sacred places had only paid attention to the movements of Zen and his companions. Other than that, they didn't do anything.

Every once in a while, warriors would seek to enter the underground palace for a variety of reasons. But the last time that the underground palace had opened was over a hundred thousand years ago. It had never been successfully reopened since then.

However, this did not mean that the three sacred places did not value this underground palace. It was a place of strategic importance and whichever warriors did make it into the palace would gain the upper hand in the current status quo among the three races.

This was, after all, the resting place of a Supreme Lord from remote ages. Although the underground palace had been opened so many times before, no one had managed to take out the most important secret treasures. The entire Dark World was still relatively barren compared to the other supreme worlds. If there was a chance to enter the underground palace again, how could the sacred places possibly let it go? This was a rare opportunity for the warriors who were all questing to their own personal betterment.

Therefore, every sacred place had secretly set up networks of spies, and had placed them at the entrance of the underground palace or perhaps even in the passage. And every time creatures had entered the hidden depths of the underground palace, these spies would closely observe them. Besides the three tenth-grade sacred places, there were also many seventh-grade and eighth-grade sacred places, and many sects that secretly observed everything that was happening in the entrance and passage of the underground palace.

It could be said that when Lincoln led Zen and the rest down the passage, their movements had already been observed by the many forces of the Dark World. If they really succeeded in opening the Dark Underground Palace, these forces would soon take actions.

“How long is this tunnel?” someone complained in frustration.

The person who had complained was called Coy Hou. The names of the seven brothers were very distinctive. The eldest was called Ab Hou, and the other six brothers were Baal Hou, Coy Hou... The youngest one was named Gil Hou. The first letters of their given names were A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Thus it was easy to remember their names. With their names, they could even easily figure out who was elder and who was younger among them.

“You should be a bit more patient, Coy. It is said that this underground palace is truly huge. Besides, it's only been four hours, and you can't take it anymore?” Ab Hou said indifferently and sneered.

“There must be a limit or end to this, no matter how long the passage is. We have already travelled hundreds of thousands of miles. When will this be the end?” Coy Hou continued to complain bitterly after his brother teased him.

Actually, not only Coy Hou, but the others were all muttering in their minds. Even flying at their current top speed, they could still not see the end of the passage. Indeed, they had never seen such a long passage before. It seemed to continue indefinitely.

“I heard that this underground palace was built by a Supreme Lord. Therefore, crossing through a supreme world would be quite normal here. This unit of length then is normal and acceptable. I'm just afraid that if we keep flying down there, we won't be able to reach the end in two or three months,” Baal Hou said and shook his head, not wanting to seem weak before his peers.

At that moment, Adrian, who was following after them, suddenly pointed ahead and said, “It seems like we have finally reached the end.”

Everyone's eyes immediately lit up as they looked towards the front. From the looks of it, there was no other way forward. Ahead of them was a solid wall. It seemed that they had indeed reached the end of the passage. But then, their faces were filled with disappointment. Stepping closer, they found that this was only a turn in the passage. After turning this corner, there was still an endless passage stretching ahead of them.

“Go on,” Ab Hou said helplessly. His brothers had become more and more impatient.

However, at this moment, Lincoln said, “Wait.”

Everyone's eyes focused on Lincoln. Ab Hou asked impatiently, “What is it?”

Lincoln couldn't be bothered to answer these brutish warriors. These seven brothers were only able to follow him into the underground palace because of Adrian. Completely ignoring them, Lincoln took out a divine texture from his space ring and pasted it onto the wall of the passage.

Afterwards, Lincoln concentrated and poured his life vitality into the divine texture. A faintly green light began to spread out, shining onto the wall in front of them.

With a grating sound of stone on stone, the wall slid to the side in a shower of dust and cobwebs. As the wall on the side of the passage opened up, another passage appeared before them.