LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 731: Chapter 694: Bottomless Pit

Upon discovering a vast number of Beastmen skeletons and the corpses of Demons, Rocky and his companions came upon an even larger pit.

This gigantic pit was located right at the center of the Dissolving Cave, with a diameter exceeding thirty meters. When Rocky and his team stood at the edge of the pit and shone light from their Armor into the depths, they saw that the beam of light ended in inky darkness; they couldn’t make out the bottom at all.

Why would there be a bottomless pit here?

Such a bottomless pit left Rocky and the three others dumbstruck since their current location was already beneath Red Water Lake and hundreds of meters below ground level. In their opinion, this Dissolving Cave should have been the deepest area of the Cave of Blood Cries, but the presence of the bottomless pit suggested that even deeper secrets lay hidden beneath.

What exactly is this place?

Gazing into the abyss of the pit, this question resurfaced in Rocky’s mind: what exactly was the Cave of Blood Cries, and what exactly was hidden there?

He had thought that by entering the Cave of Blood Cries he would find the answers, but to his surprise, there was this Dissolving Cave. And just when he believed the answers would be found within this cave, they stumbled upon the bottomless pit before them, leaving Rocky at a loss for words.

“Is there something… at the bottom of this pit?”

Standing at the edge and looking down, Dusa couldn’t help but ask. From her perspective, they were already hundreds of meters underground within a Dissolving Cave. How could there possibly be anything deeper?

“Perhaps it’s just a naturally formed pit.”

Looking into the pit as well, Liliya also spoke uncertainly. She didn’t know how to judge it either.

However, her point did have some merit. It was quite possible that the bottomless pit was a natural formation since they were hundreds of meters underground. Logically, there shouldn’t be anything deeper, and if there were, it was likely just natural, rendering any exploration unnecessary.

“I’m not so sure.”

He Nan, however, shook his head. Although his tone was uncertain, he seemed to disagree with Liliya’s view. He felt that regardless of whether the pit was naturally formed, it seemed rather unusual.

“Why don’t we… fly down and take a look?”

It was then that Rocky also spoke up. He, too, was unsure how to deal with the pit, but he felt uneasy about simply ignoring it; after all, he had come to uncover the secrets of Red Water Lake. It would be a great pity if the pit did have a connection to Red Water Lake and he just overlooked it.

Fortunately, all four of them were wearing Void Magic Armor. Even though He Nan’s Armor was the outdated fourth-generation type, flying was still no issue. So, they could fly into the pit to investigate.

Although the suggestion was feasible, it was undeniable that it also carried a higher level of danger. The bottomless pit seemingly defied everyone’s understanding in every conceivable way, meaning if they were to venture inside and truly encounter danger, they could be in big trouble, with their experience and knowledge rendered useless.

So when Rocky made the suggestion, both Liliya and He Nan furrowed their brows. A decision with such high stakes couldn’t be made on impulse; they needed a thorough discussion.

But clearly, the matter they faced left no room for discussion, as just as Rocky finished speaking, the Dissolving Cave began to tremble slightly.

Similar tremors had been experienced by Rocky and his group before, so they immediately became alert, and soon they realized that the current shaking wasn’t very strong, it was just a faint sensation.

However, as time passed, the tremors underfoot grew from weak to strong, not only becoming more noticeable but also more intense.

“Rocky, something’s coming up!”

As everyone increasingly felt that something was amiss, Liliya glanced unintentionally toward the bottomless pit and, although she saw nothing, discovered that the source of the tremor seemed to be from here!

In this situation, she quickly alerted everyone and, with her warning, Rocky, He Nan, and Dusa all looked towards the pit, and soon they saw something abnormal.

From the depths of the seemingly endless pit, it appeared that something was indeed climbing up; the vibrations they felt were coming from there. As they all focused their attention on the pit, Rocky and his group gradually saw a huge figure climbing out of the darkness of the pit!

It was those mantis-like demons! And not just one, but at least four or five were climbing up the pit!

These enormous demons used a pair of scythe-like forelimbs to fiercely stab into the sheer walls of the pit, each strike allowing the entire limb to sink completely into the stone, climbing up the nearly vertical pit bit by bit.

“Don’t let them up!”

Upon discovering these kinds of monsters crawling out of the pit, Rocky immediately shouted and then aimed his arm at the pit, firing a series of Magic Energy Bullets in quick succession.

After Rocky launched his attack, Liliya and He Nan also commenced their assault, standing next to the pit and trying to unload their Magic Energy Bullets on the Mantis Demons as much as possible, but unfortunately, not only their bullets but also the ones Rocky fired didn’t seem to have any effect on the demons.

These mantis-like demons were not only enormous in size, but their defensive power was also incredibly strong. A series of Magic Energy Bullets fell on these demons and were completely blocked by their hard exoskeleton, not even managing to knock them off, let alone injure these behemoths.

“Dusa, shoot them down!”

“Got it!”

In fact, Dusa had already drawn her Mana Bow as Rocky and the others began their attack, so as she acknowledged with an affirmation, she fired an arrow immediately.

This arrow, Dusa had fully taken into account the size of the Mantis Demons, as well as their hard exoskeletons, so this shot was actually charged up. Upon release, it whistled toward the Mantis Demon closest to the pit’s entrance, not only hitting the head but also having the Mana-formed Arrow Feather penetrate its brow.

With an arrow embedded in the Mantis Demon’s brow, the huge creature died instantly, and with its death, its body lost control and fell from the precipice of the pit in the blink of an eye.

As one Mantis Demon fell, Dusa swiftly followed with a second arrow, then a third and a fourth. With each arrow she fired, there would be another Mantis Demon meeting its end and tumbling down the cliffs. In less than a couple of minutes, all the massive climbers had fallen.

Seeing the Mantis Demons fall one by one, Rocky took a deep breath, but before he could catch it completely, even more Mantis Demons emerged from below the pit, and around these climbing demons appeared an even larger number of Beetles!

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