Chapter 2908: Chapter 2908: The Civilization Artifact

In the light that Elvinia had released, Zen finally saw what was going on around him, surprised.

They were now stepping onto the floor that was made of a huge piece of jade.

“Is this whole floor paved with a single piece of cyan jade?” Zen muttered.

Elvinia seemed to know this and didn't react to Zen's question.

The jade floor at the bottom of the black pool was lined. Elvinia lowered her head to look closely at it. She walked along the patterns, as if she was looking for something.

The jade itself could not resist the light that Elvinia had released. Wherever the light passed through, the surface of the jade floor became corroded.

They walked for a dozen steps at the bottom of the pool when the jade under their feet lightened in color. It started to become transparent, allowing them to easily see through it.

“This is...”

Zen had previously noticed random lines on the jade floor. But as he looked more carefully, he found they weren't lines but Regal Jade Bugs that were embedded in the floor.

Did the Regal Jade Bugs in the black pool grow out of this?

A strange thought came to Zen's mind.

This place was full of wonders. Wilder guesses wouldn't feel wrong in this situation.

What he saw next proved him right. The Regal Jade Bugs under the jade floor moved suddenly and began to fly around within the jade, probably having been disturbed by Elvinia's light.

The hard jade was like water to the Regal Jade Bugs. They wandered freely within it.

These bugs would be safe as long as they didn't come out because the jade floor had blocked the light that was capable of eliminating them.

But it looked like they were courting death as they emerged from the floor and began to fly around.

They pointed the cyan needles that were in their mouth upward, and for some time, it looked like the floor was covered with needles.

“Watch out!”

Zen was not sure if Elvinia had the ability to resist the Regal Jade Poison. If she didn't, it would be a lot of trouble if she were to be bitten by these bugs.

Zen lifted Elvinia onto his shoulder.

Puff. Puff. Puff.

Moments later, Zen felt pain in his feet as the needles began to stab him. Groups of Regal Jade Bugs had gathered at his feet and were stabbing their needles into his soles.

Zen might not be afraid of the Regal Jade Poison, but being stabbed by the needles was still a painful experience.

The needles were densely packed before him and it looked like he was walking on a mountain formed by them.

He had barely taken a few steps before he had to stop because his feet had become a mass of flesh and blood, no thanks to the poisonous needles.

“Go!” Elvinia barked, perched on Zen's shoulder.

She waved a hand and released a ray of strong light that shot out towards Zen's feet, erasing the poisonous needles the moment they emerged from the jade floor. The light had now cleared a path for Zen. ŖΆΝǒ𝐛ЁṤ

The Regal Jade Bugs, on realizing that it was impossible to stop Zen, rushed with a mad buzz towards Elvinia instead.

“Humph!”

Elvinia snorted and smiled contemptuously.

A white circle of light spread out from her body. The Regal Jade Bugs found it impossible to go anywhere near Elvinia, because the moment they left the jade floor they were completely erased.

The suicide attacks of the Regal Jade Bugs had lasted for about three minutes before they finally stopped. No one knew how many Regal Jade Bugs had died in the light.

“Hoo...”

Zen breathed a sigh of relief.

They were lucky to get rid of the Regal Jade Bugs and he hoped they would not encounter the Regal Jade Beasts.

This thought had barely entered his mind when a pair of huge eyes loomed before him. It looked like a huge Regal Jade Beast was embedded under the floor.

The beast's eyes were wide open but lifeless.

“If this thing comes out, we'll be in so much trouble!” Zen murmured.

He was incapable of fighting against the Regal Jade Beast at the moment. Even Elvinia would have great difficulty in subduing it.

But Zen was worrying unnecessarily. The Regal Jade Beast didn't emerge from the jade floor.

They had walked some distance when Zen spotted more Regal Jade Beasts - about sixty of them - intertwined with each other.

And these were only the Regal Jade Beasts that were visible. God knew how much deeper this jade was. There were probably countless Regal Jade Beasts hiding in its depths.

If these Regal Jade Beasts were let out, they might easily flatten Stage Thirteen.

He walked a few hundred feet before the Regal Jade Beasts were left behind. The color of the jade floor under his feet had turned into a shade of dark green.

Zen had just begun to think that there was nothing underneath him when a ten-foot long cyan feather appeared out of nowhere.

“Such a huge feather!” Zen said, surprised.

“Finally found it!” Elvinia gasped, smiling, and jumped off Zen's shoulder.

She tiptoed towards the feather.

Zen followed close behind and as he looked down, he found that more and more feathers were appearing. A sudden thought flashed through his mind.

These feathers belonged to the wings of a giant bird! Was there a giant bird lurking underneath this jade floor?

He was proved right when he spotted the huge bird head some distance away.

Elvinia didn't stop running until after she had passed the bird's head.

Underneath the surface of the jade floor was a spiky ball in the shape of a diamond.

Elvinia looked at it for a while before kneeling down on the ground beside it.

She placed her hand on the floor above the diamond shaped spiky ball and released a bright light from her palm.

The jade floor melted quickly under the strong light, leaving a gaping hole in its wake and exposing the diamond-shaped spiky ball.

He didn't know what the ball was made of. The surface of the ball darkened under the strong light but it showed no signs of melting.

“What's this?” Zen asked.

“I don't know,” Elvinia answered.

She had come here driven by her memory to find the diamond shaped spiky ball. She didn't know what exactly it was or what it could be used for.

Zen was speechless. It was a long time later that he helplessly said, “You have looked for it for so long. And now you've found it and you're saying you don't know what it is!”

“Let me think,” Elvinia said. She searched her memory, head tilted and eyes narrowed at the ball. A few minutes later, she burst out, “Got it! It seems to be called the Civilization Artifact!”