Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 940: The Bottomless Abyss

Chapter 940: Chapter 940: The Bottomless Abyss

"Going down the stone stairs is where the ’Martial Emperor’s Secret Treasure’ is located?"

"It should be. I was wondering what could be behind that grand door embedded in the ground... but I never expected it to be a solitary platform."

"We pass through the door, end up on the platform, and then keep going down the stone stairs... As for what lies at the end of the stairs, we have no idea."

"The unknown is the most terrifying... It seems that once we enter the ’Martial Emperor’s Secret Treasure,’ we must proceed with utmost caution."

...

Young disciples from various powerful factions discussed among themselves, most with a hint of trepidation in their eyes.

Some even began to entertain thoughts of retreat.

However, just as the idea of withdrawal surfaced, they remembered the many treasures within the ’Martial Emperor’s Secret Treasure’ and their spirits lifted, immediately dispelling any thoughts of backing down.

Fortune favors the bold!

If one lacks the courage to take risks, a life of mediocrity is all they can expect.

"As long as I can acquire more than two ’Inscription Fragments’, my rise will be unstoppable!"

Within the major factions, numerous young disciples murmured to themselves, uttering the same sentiment.

"It appears the distribution of ’Inscription Fragments’ is the same with other factions as with our Five Elements Sect."

Standing not far from Wyatt Barnes, Brady Yellow laughed.

"Of course! Otherwise, who would risk their lives for ’Inscription Fragments’?"

Wyatt Barnes was unfazed.

In his opinion, to motivate their disciples, all the major factions must naturally understand the importance of give and take.

"The door to the Martial Emperor’s Secret Treasure has been opened... Shouldn’t we go in now?"

Someone voiced out, not knowing who.

However, no one wanted to be the ’sacrificial lamb’.

All eyes fell on the semi-transparent barrier over the open door.

Ever since that secular disciple of Cloud Sky Temple exploded to death, this semi-transparent barrier had become a shadow in their hearts.

As long as the barrier didn’t disappear, they wouldn’t dare to cross the line.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a faint sound was heard.

Then, under the watchful eyes of all, the semi-transparent barrier disappeared into thin air, as if it had never been there.

"It’s finally gone."

"If it hadn’t disappeared, I’m afraid no one would have the courage to go in."

...

Seeing this, the young disciples of various factions sighed with relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

"Should we go in now?"

At the same time, many young disciples from the various factions looked towards the senior members of their factions with eyes full of questions.

Before the leaders of the factions could speak, another grey barrier suddenly appeared over the open door, causing everyone, except for Wyatt Barnes, to turn pale.

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Wyatt Barnes was somewhat at a loss for words.

"It’s just the ’Inscription Array’ that checks the age of those who enter... Is there a need for such an overreaction?" he thought to himself.

Right when the semi-transparent barrier vanished, he had sensed that another ’Inscription Array’ to check age had been activated.

"What in the world is going on?"

"The door is open, and the semi-transparent barrier has vanished... How come there’s now a grey barrier?"

"This grey barrier, it couldn’t also be like the semi-transparent one, where touching it means death, could it?"

...

The young disciples of various factions looked worried, with no one daring to test it.

Even the senior members of the factions mostly appeared wary.

"Let’s go."

Wyatt Barnes called out to Winnie Romero, Brady Yellow, Walter Simmons, and Brian Graham beside him, and then he stepped out into the air and headed straight for the grey barrier at great speed.

Within moments, Wyatt Barnes was near the grey barrier.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing Wyatt Barnes’ actions, both Marshall Tyler and Tatum Cruz’s lips curled with a hint of coldness; they both thought Wyatt Barnes was surely doomed.

"Wyatt Barnes!"

’Sorrow’ standing among Cloud Sky Temple’s group, and ’Flame Graham’ standing among Heartbreak Sect’s group, both arched their eyebrows, startled by Wyatt Barnes’ movements.

Except for Frank Field who appeared contemplative, other high-ranking members of Five Elements Sect turned pale.

"This lad is too reckless!"

Grini Clifford and Callen Spacewood looked grim. By then, Wyatt Barnes had already touched the grey barrier, and if there was indeed some problem with it, they would be too late to rescue him.

Just when most people thought Wyatt Barnes would be blasted to death, he passed through the grey barrier with ease, as if nothing was amiss.

Through the blood-like dying sun that scattered across the ground, everyone saw Wyatt Barnes’ ’shadow’ behind the grey barrier, landing steadily on the platform inside.

"Wyatt Barnes is actually unharmed!"

"It seems the grey barrier doesn’t have any killing power."

...

The disciples of various factions came to a sudden realization.

While others were still not fully aware, a figure swift as a fire sprite had followed in Wyatt Barnes’ footsteps, passing through the grey barrier and the door into the inside.

It was none other than ’Winnie Romero’!

While Walter Simmons, Brian Graham, and Brady Yellow were shocked by Wyatt Barnes’ actions, only Winnie Romero had followed him without hesitation, showing her unconditional trust in Wyatt Barnes.

"I really didn’t expect that a bunch of grown men like us would be outdone by a woman,"

Brady Yellow said with a bitter smile, shaking his head as he followed along.

Walter Simmons and Brian Graham exchanged glances, showing bitter smiles on their faces before they too walked through the grey light barrier to step onto the mysterious platform beneath the gate.

"I understand now!"

At this moment, Peak Master of the Earth Peak from Five Elements Sect, Frank Field, suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "This grey light barrier is the ’Inscription Array’ that tests the age of those who enter!"

As soon as Frank Field voiced this realization, a group of inscriptionists present had an epiphany.

At the same time, they couldn’t help but wonder how Wyatt Barnes knew that the grey light barrier wouldn’t harm him.

Could it be that he was also an inscriptionist?

If he really were an ’inscriptionist’, how profound must his expertise in the ’way of inscriptions’ be to be the first to react among all the inscriptionists present?

Whoosh!

Soon after, another person from the Five Elements Sect followed through the grey light barrier and entered. It was ’Jaxx Nangle’.

If Jaxx Nangle entered, naturally, Demetrius Nangle would not be far behind.

Subsequently, one by one, the disciples of the Five Elements Sect followed suit, entering in quick succession as if they were dropping dumplings into water.

"Hmph! Lucky him,"

Marshall Tyler stood behind the five great Vice Fort Masters of Grimm Wolf Fortress, his face gloomy and dark.

He had thought that Wyatt Barnes would be obliterated by the Inscription Array at the entrance of the ’Martial Emperor’s secret treasure’, but not only had Wyatt Barnes not been killed, but he had also become the first person to enter, stealing all the limelight.

"What’s the rush? If you go in now, why not just kill him directly?"

A gloomy, hoarse, and aged voice echoed in Marshall Tyler’s mind, tempting him.

Marshall Tyler’s eyes lit up upon hearing it.

"Kill!"

Without waiting for what the five great Vice Fort Masters of Grimm Wolf Fortress might say, Marshall Tyler flew out, disappearing into the grey light barrier and entering the ’Martial Emperor’s secret treasure’.

An astonishing killing intent enveloped him.

Below the grey light barrier, on the platform under the grandiose gate, a group of Five Elements Sect disciples led by Wyatt Barnes stood on the platform, curiously surveying their surroundings.

Winnie Romero, Walter Simmons, and Brian Graham were right beside Wyatt Barnes.

The platform was square-shaped, with three directions offering nothing but pitch blackness, a depth unbounded, appearing as an endless abyss.

Only the last direction had a staircase leading downward.

"This stone staircase, it seems endless at first glance... I wonder where it leads,"

Brady Yellow frowned, muttering to himself.

"Regardless of where it leads, we don’t have a choice... We can only follow it down,"

Wyatt Barnes said.

"Shall we try flying down the other three sides to see?"

Walter Simmons suggested.

"Fly?"

Upon hearing Walter Simmons’s words, Wyatt Barnes smiled bitterly. From the moment they set foot on the platform, they had been enveloped by the ’Air Restriction Array’.

Want to fly?

It was possible.

As long as you had the power equivalent to that of a ’Martial Emperor’.

Just as Wyatt Barnes was about to explain, his expression changed abruptly, as if he sensed something, and he suddenly looked up, gazing at a spot not far away in the air ahead.

There, a white figure appeared and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a white bolt of lightning that shot straight toward him.

"Marshall Tyler!"

Wyatt Barnes’s expression changed instantaneously upon recognizing the white-garbed young man charging at him—Marshall Tyler.

He had never expected Marshall Tyler to be so swift!

In a blink of an eye, he had reached in front of him.

Boom!

A blast like thunder erupted, and it was Marshall Tyler who had reached in front of Wyatt Barnes, throwing a punch with flames surging on his fist and an icy blue gale circulating, growing ever more potent.

His punch descended like a collapsing mountain, bearing down on Wyatt Barnes with such velocity that Wyatt Barnes barely had time to defend himself and could only instinctively leap back swiftly.

"Looking for death!"

Almost at the same moment, a sharp cry rang out. It was Winnie Romero in close proximity, springing into action.

She was enveloped in soaring flames, appearing like a true spirit of fire, darting toward Marshall Tyler who was in pursuit of Wyatt Barnes.

Whizz!

A long whip, resembling a red serpent, shot straight at Marshall Tyler’s punching hand.

And right at this moment, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Wyatt Barnes and Marshall Tyler, who had leaped from the platform, swayed uncontrollably and began hurtling downward rapidly, as if they were about to fall into the bottomless abyss.

At the same time, the long whip in Winnie Romero’s hand happened to miss its mark. The sudden drop of Marshall Tyler’s body caught her off guard.

"Brother Barnes!"

Winnie Romero, standing at the edge of the platform, watched as the purple figure gradually vanished into the ’bottomless abyss’, her complexion changed drastically, and without a second thought, she leaped down after.

It was only after she jumped that she realized why her Brother Barnes and that Marshall Tyler were uncontrollably plummeting downward.

It turned out that in this place, regardless of how one tried to harness the Origin Force, it wasn’t possible to achieve flight.

"Miss Winnie!"

Walter Simmons, Brian Graham, and Brady Yellow had their expressions drastically change. They stood on one side of the platform, watching as Winnie Romero followed suit into the fall, utterly clueless about what had happened.

"Eh? Why can’t we fly here?"

At the same time, a surprised voice reached their ears, striking them like lightning.