The Eternal battle - Chapter 315

After crossing the passage, Shi Tu walked through a small tunnel before finding a giant lake. The sea is completely clear without any ripples and the water is so clear that even the bottom of the lake and everything inside can be seen. It seems that the floor of the lake in its depths is made of the finest pure jade to preserve the Purity of water for ages.

Shi Tu looked up and saw several pointed stalactites that looked just like eagle spears ready to inflict punishment on anyone who dared to disturb this lake.

Other than that, this seemed to be a picturesque landscape and no danger at all could be observed.

“So it’s the seventh cave, huh, I remember placing it in the Abandoned Ground of the Thirtieth Heaven, this would be very difficult even with the restriction of the Yin-Yang World.”

Although Shi Tu has made many of these caves, he did not adopt the same design in each cave but rather uniquely built each cave, and there is no similarity between the traps inside, except for the basic things such as the entrance, loops, and the previous passage.

“Jadar, can you check if the restriction of the Yin-Yang World has been applied to the Earth and Heaven Plundeer Cave?”

“Touch anything”

Shi Tu put his hand on the wall and felt that the Dark Seal was absorbing the energy of the cave, not only that, it seemed like a bond of some kind had been created between the Earth and Heaven Plunder Cave and the Darkness Ring.

Jadar soon replied, ” Yes, the restriction works fine.”

” Okay ”

Shi Tu nodded but thought in his heart, ‘It seems that the Nine Judges have the powers to independently use the Darkness Ring’s power without my permission, not only that, they can use the Soul Power stored too.’

This confirmed some of Shi Tu’s speculations but this was not the time to think deeply about this.

Shi Tu closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them.

“If I remember and know everything here, how is this a test of my current abilities?”

Shi Tu had temporarily sealed all his memories of the Earth and Heaven Plunder Cave so that he could enjoy the experience. Not only that, he completely restricted his senses so that he could not sense anything using his spiritual sense.

Currently, Shi Tu was no different from anyone who came to explore, even worse than them. Currently, all Shi Tu could count on was his naked eye, his instinct polished with countless trials, and his own strength to overcome obstacles. It can be said to some extent that Shi Tu presented himself with a huge handicap and perhaps even the Thieves Emperor would mock him if he was an independent person because he designed this place to kill everyone without exception and without some special knowledge and shortcuts. Even Shi Tu without the cheating of Primordial Energy and his abnormal spiritual sense, it is impossible to get past all the obstacles.

But this is what is required, beyond the impossible.

“Now let’s have fun trying to outdo me.”

Without hesitation, Shi Tu jumped towards the lake. Step by step, Shi Tu quietly walked on the surface of the water while keeping all of his senses awake.

Since Earth and Heaven Plunder Cave is a place that exists only for robbery, the first step must be to block the path of retreat while at the same time draining stamina.

The purpose of the formerly straight path is to make the prey vigilant of potential traps and array and this will be a great mental burden.

The second step is to check the capabilities of the prey.

Often, all those who are brought down this path are the elite among the elite. Sometimes the prey is self-deprecating so she may fall due to the array in the straight path.

Since the prey has crossed the array and reached here it is perfectly worthy of being here, it is unreasonable to expect the prey to fall easily and it is also unreasonable to use full force, so the purpose of this lake should be to examine the combat capabilities of the prey.

As expected, once Shi Tu reached the middle of the lake, the light ripples he made on the lake’s calm surface had reached the edges. This seemed to be the activation button as the pointed rocks began to fall on Shi Tu like the spears of an eagle.

Shi Tu simply tried to avoid the rocks, but every time he avoided a rock, he found himself approaching another rock.

‘The law of gravity and Void, huh….’

After some attempts, Shi Tu discovered that the laws of Void and gravity had been distorted by the pointed rocks falling on Shi Tu. The rocks would disappear as soon as they touched the surface of the lake without causing any ripples for fear of angering the lake, which made Shi Tu the only cause of ripples on the surface of the lake, thus the target of all the rocks.

Shi Tu hit the surface of the lake violently, making a ripple more intense than before. Once this ripple reached the edges of the lake, the velocity of the rocks falling seemed to increase and the distortion in gravity and Void also increased.

With this, Shi Tu was able to figure out how to conquer this lake, all he had to do was walk on the lake without making any ripples to be able to cross. This may be as difficult as going up to the sky for others because the waters of this lake are very special and sensitive to the slightest ripple, even the slightest breeze of air can make ripples on the surface of the lake let alone a person walking. But for what? This is very easy thanks to the Shadow Star Steps.

“Hey, your comrades are not so weak so why rush to cross?”

Mu’s voice rang in Shi Too’s mind, “Isn’t these Void Core Rocks? They have been imbued with the laws of Void and Gravity and their quality is very good. It is a perfect opportunity for you to try to understand the Laws of Gravity and further your understanding of the Laws of Void. Have you forgotten what kind of cultivation path you want to take? You have to understand all three thousand great laws.” ”

“Mu, why are you helping him? Leave him alone.” Rai expressed his dissatisfaction with Mu’s interference.

For some reason, Rai never wanted to see Shi Tu’s development and might even wish him a failure.

Mu answered with a dissatisfied expression, “What is interference? I like it and I only gave him a little advice, what’s wrong with that? Rai, don’t be biased. Why didn’t you speak up when Jadar helped him earlier?”

Rai was embarrassed and tried to argue.

“What Jadar did doesn’t affect the big picture but what you did was a direct intervention in the result. This and that are different.”

“Heh, Rai, looks like you’ve made a breakthrough in the art of thickening the face. The man who gave the half-cooked gift dares to speak up? Alright then. Guys, let’s vote and see which one of us is right.”

Since the rest of the judges were bored, they didn’t mind participating in the fun and voted.

In the end, Mu won by a landslide fifteen votes to one.

Of course, this all happened without Shi Tu’s knowledge because the rest of the judges wouldn’t allow Shi Tu to see such a shameful thing and it wasn’t that Shi Tu cared but he might use this to poke fun at the loser for a long time so everyone tacitly agreed not to prevent Shi Tu from hearing their normal conversations.

Returning to Shi Tu, he thought for a while about Mu’s words and found them to be logical and reasonable. The rest wouldn’t have much trouble, maybe Sun Chiwei and Feng Xiaoxiao might die but he didn’t care about them, he wouldn’t waste such an opportunity for them and if they died it simply meant that they weren’t worth his time and effort anyway.

Shi Tu also felt a little surprised. According to his interpretation, the lake should be a place to test combat abilities, so how did it turn out to be the place to test the comprehension of the Laws? Since this was a place to robbery, Shi Tu didn’t think that his former self could put something like that even for cover, after all, there was no point in claiming anything.

‘ Has the cave been tampered with? But who can mess with the cave I made? ‘

Shi Tu made up his mind and instead of trying to get away from the falling rocks and stop until all the ripples had disappeared, Shi Tu decided to get close to one of them. This time, instead of finding himself getting closer, he found that he had moved away from the rocks in the opposite direction from the direction he came.