The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 488 - 303 Long Xun: I'll tell you a secret, I'm not an ordinary person_2

"Wait, there's something stirring!"

Suddenly,

From the surrounding cliffs, various red stones began to converge, as if sensing someone entering a forbidden area.

One by one, creatures formed by the red stones appeared in their line of sight.

"I expected creatures, but I never thought they would be of this kind," Jiang Zhi tightened his grip on his weapon.

"...They don't seem like creatures," Long Xun frowned, "They're more like guardians bestowed with life and strength... In that era, there were such ancient rituals, usually utilized to protect extraordinary...."

Long Xun suddenly paused, realizing he had said too much, and as he saw everyone's gaze on him, he hurriedly touched his head, "I also heard about this in the present world."

Jiang Zhi nodded, while Bai Yilin seemed thoughtful.

Su Qi gave a thumbs up and praised, "Brother Long is truly knowledgeable."

Stop pretending, brother, if you can't lie, you don't have to.

Having this much knowledge of the Land of Extreme Evil is explainable, but being so familiar with the Ancient World and so forth isn't something you can just inquire about.

Su Qi actually had an uncertain, but reasonable guess.

That is...

Long Xun is a person awakened from the Ancient World, within the Dark Zone...

"However, if there are guardians, doesn't that also suggest that there are advantages here?" Jiang Zhi's eyes lit up, looking around, "And from the momentum here, I feel there's something of extraordinary value."

But Long Xun shook his head, "Forget it, it's extremely dangerous here, not as simple as we imagine. I advise you guys not to think about this place and just take the key and leave."

At that moment,

The red stone creatures, engulfed in flames, charged towards them.

Don't be fooled by their number, just over a dozen, but each one was incredibly fast, their bodies emitting astonishing flames and high temperatures.

"Then you guys hold them off," Su Qi said, "I'll go get the key first."

He was intrigued by this place; no ancient world was ever simple.

"Wait, can we even hold them off?"

Jiang Zhi widened his eyes.

"The Sect Hierarch said if you can, you can."

Su Qi suddenly leaped forward, soaring toward the ore like a bird.

The next moment,

The other red stone creatures also reacted violently, trying to intercept Su Qi, although some were stopped.

But most of them still thunderously charged towards Su Qi, their mouths wide open...red high-energy magma spurted out!

Su Qi swiftly navigated through them, quickly dodging the high-temperature magma attacks and other bursting rocks, which he knocked away with force.

He also rapidly closed in on the giant mineral placed above the magma, akin to the core of a volcano's heart.

It exhibited astonishing energy fluctuations, similar to the key in the previous world except for the difference in magnitude.

But,

Su Qi kicked away a huge stone thrown by a red stone creature and bizarrely said, "Be careful."

"Do we need reminders about this when we're already fighting?"

"What I mean is... be careful of other people."

Su Qi softly said, "This thing has been tampered with, though not successfully."

"And... do you remember when we landed, I talked about the traces of a battle?"

"There are other people wanting to contend for it."

Long Xun said in a deep voice, "No wonder I felt something was off... I sensed blood not belonging to these creatures."

"Brother Su, should we back off?"

"Can we get the key?"

They seemed to also feel the peeping eyes, their expressions somber.

If others had been here but didn't take the key, that indicated this thing was not simple.

"It's indeed a bit challenging."

Su Qi stroked his chin, the entire massive mineral's material had an extremely strong hardness, those who had tested this place had at least Seventh Rank strength.

"But it's not a big problem."

He activated the power of the Holy Light Angel, the Indomitable effect directly enhanced the Dark Star.

It pierced right through!

The next moment,

The extremely hard mineral was effortlessly sliced open!

The explosively breaking mineral scattered around, and within it, a peculiar red fragment...

It was pulsating, containing even more powerful energy than anticipated.

"Is this the key?"

Su Qi muttered to himself.

Wondering why he felt a strange aura.

As the minerals were cut open, the peeping eyes around instantly turned a bit shocked and surprised.

The next moment,

there were optical changes and figures began to appear from the surroundings, bringing with them a powerful aura.

"Kill!"

"Take the key!"

Jiang Zhi's eyes widened, "Holy shit, there are so many people!"

A team of nearly a dozen people, with a ferocious killing intent, charged directly!

"Is it a small group or what?"

Su Qi, however, ignored the people rushing towards him and reached out to hold the red gemstone, contemplative.

"Could it be that there are other extraordinary items here."

Because what he saw in this gemstone... seemed not to be a mineral or anything else, but just a drop of blood.

Other people growled as they charged towards Su Qi.

Long Xun tried to stop them but was blocked by other red creatures.

Bai Yilin and Jiang Zhi, however, did not move. The strength of this group was not as high as expected, although their stealth just now had been excellent, and even they hadn't noticed the slightest.

Everybody's attacks came crashing down!

But when Su Qi raised his hand, the surrounding heat waves suddenly began to swirl. The space Rubik's Cube turned, and the "Silence of All Things" also activated.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Lava burst forth, accompanied by astonishing heat and a crushing force!

It swept everyone directly up!

Their expressions turned doubtful, and they screamed out.

"What kind of strength is this!"

"Why can't I use my abilities."

"Damn it!"

Su Qi discovered that the "Silence of All Things", a skill of silent range, was more useful in facing a large ambush than he expected.

It could silence irrespective of the number of people, and only those with strong strength could break free from the restriction.

And among these people, there was only one.

He had fierce scars on his face, a cold expression, and held a long spike full of iron nails!

"No matter what tricks you have, just die!"

Terrifying strength burst out instantly, and the surrounding air was covered by spiritual energy!

Attacks surged from all directions toward Su Qi!

"Snap!"

Su Qi fiercely kicked out, sending a figure flying straight into the rocks, smashing the stones into splinters!

Su Qi said to himself,

"To be honest,"

"I've got the key, can't we all just share it happily without resorting to fighting?"

"It reminds me of my former ship captain."

Although this group had been lurking here, and their numbers weren't small—another team arriving here might very well have been killed and looted of everything valuable—

unfortunately, they had encountered the Sect Hierarch of the Hustlers.

A Sect Hierarch could hardly be called nice... ah no, could hardly be called ordinary, right?

Ten minutes later,

they had escaped the pursuit of the red creatures and retreated to a safe place outside the volcano.

Long Xun held the strongest Bald Guardian.

Jiang Zhi puzzledly said, "Why did you bring him along?"

Looking at the pattern on the opponent's uniform, Long Xun said gravely, "Because they are not ordinary people; they are from the Star Raider Force."

Jiang Zhi blinked, "Star Raider?"

"That sounds familiar."

Bai Yilin slowly said, "I've heard that the Star Raiders are a Constant Star Level force, utterly malevolent and vile."

A so-called Constant Star Level involves a force controlling at least ten worlds or more, and at the very least possessing a Seventh Rank entity.

"Why, Brother Long, would you know about this Star Raider..."

Long Xun's expression was grave, he hesitated slightly but ultimately sighed. He looked at Su Qi and the others:

"I wasn't originally planning to tell you guys."

"But... I truly didn't expect to encounter their force here."

Long Xun said solemnly, "Now hiding it will only drag you down, I need to tell you something."

"I am a wanted person on the Sequence List, and my ranking... is very high."

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