322: If this doesn't work, let's learn martial arts...

"No, Big Brother Chen," Bai Jun leaned against the wall, his expression becoming extremely twisted.

He seemed to be fighting against that attraction.

"I can't go any further. If I keep going like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself."

"Me too. If I go any further, my mind will just run off on its own," Luo Shuo said, rubbing his temples.

"Then you two go back and wait for me at the previous fork. Don't run off," Chen Heng nodded, letting Bai Jun and Luo Shuo retreat first.

This attraction had no effect on him; he didn't even feel the slightest bit.

Their Divine Abilities and spells were extremely limited within this ruin, especially perception-type spells, which were completely useless.

If Chen Heng hadn't led the way, these two would have been trapped and died here ninety-nine percent of the time.

Chen Heng was different; he didn't know any messy spells, so there wasn't much difference from when he was outside.

"Alright," the two nodded and turned to walk back to the previous fork.

Chen Heng still trusted these two quite a bit; they were at least obedient, if nothing else.

Moreover, after Bai Jun and Luo Shuo left the team, Chen Heng could pick up his speed alone.

After the two left, Chen Heng continued towards the end of the passage.

However, his speed was much faster this time, as no one knew if this place had an end.

Calculating based on the three people's previous speed, they had walked at least a hundred li in this short amount of time, but the end of this ruin was still nowhere in sight.

"Is this place really man-made...?"

Chen Heng muttered to himself while observing the unchanging environment around him.

If it was truly man-made, the biggest possibility was that his Fellow Countryman did it.

Thinking of this, Chen Heng became even more curious about his Fellow Countryman and increased his speed again.

A few minutes later, another fork appeared in front of the long passage. Chen Heng glanced at the sign and then entered the third fork on the right.

"How many forks did this guy make?"

"Anyone who didn't know would think you were an ant spirit..."

...When Bai Jun and Luo Shuo returned to the previous fork, the attraction and calling sound finally disappeared from their minds.

The two let out a long breath and slowly sat down against the wall.

"This damn place, it really is..." Luo Shuo couldn't help but complain.

"Yeah, even though we knew that attraction and calling were wrong, we just wanted to go and see."

Bai Jun also sighed, patting his head in annoyance.

"We two are still too weak. Following Big Brother Chen out is just a hindrance."

"Especially in ruins like this, perception and detection spells are completely useless."

"You should be happy. This place has been around for a long time; otherwise, if something suddenly popped out, we'd be scared to death."

Luo Shuo rolled his eyes. In terms of strength, Bai Jun was even weaker than him.

"Who knows if something will suddenly pop out later? It's good to be careful."

Bai Jun spread his hands, adjusted his sitting posture, and began to regulate the Spiritual Qi within his body.

The Spiritual Qi in his body had once again reached a Bottleneck, a sign that he was about to Breakthrough to Soul Transformation.

But what was the use of Breaking through to Soul Transformation? He would still be a burden to Big Brother Chen.

"Alas, don't you think we should just follow Big Brother Chen and learn martial arts? I feel that martial artists are much stronger than Cultivators or demon Cultivators."

Luo Shuo poked Bai Jun, who was meditating.

"I think so too..." Bai Jun was truly starting to doubt the path of cultivation.

Big Brother Chen was about the same age as him, but their strengths were a world apart.

Aside from being a bit lacking in functionality, learning martial arts seemed to have all the benefits... "When we go back this time, let's discuss it with Big Brother Chen. If not, let's just practice martial arts."

But just as Luo Shuo was chattering away, the two of them completely failed to notice that the pocket, which originally contained that spherical object, was trembling.

Pfft!

The tremor lasted only a few minutes before a black viscous liquid spurted out of the pocket.

Not only did it spray out the viscous liquid, but the entire pocket also burst open, yet the item inside had vanished.

The dense black viscous liquid directly enveloped the two, and the Spiritual Qi and demonic Qi in their bodies rapidly drained away.

"What's going on!?" Luo Shuo struggled incessantly, but no matter how hard he tried, the viscous liquid remained unaffected.

"Isn't this the thing from just now?" Bai Jun pulled his head out of the viscous liquid, picked up the broken pocket, and looked at it.

"The Sleeve Universe is gone, and everything inside is gone too!"

"Could it be that it was all swallowed by this thing?"

"Don't worry about those trivial matters first; figure out how to escape!"

Luo Shuo grabbed the nearby wall with all his might, barely pulling himself out of the viscous liquid.

Bai Jun followed suit, securing himself to the wall.

After the two escaped the viscous liquid, the large mass of viscous liquid did not continue to attack them but instead left through a passage.

After a while longer, seeing that the viscous liquid indeed had no intention of returning, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo finally got down from the wall.

"You know, when I was just enveloped, I used at least seven spells."

"But they had no effect at all..."

Bai Jun's face was a bit pale. It was the first time he had seen an existence capable of immune to spells other than Chen Heng.

"Mhm, I tried too, no use," Luo Shuo also patted his chest with lingering fear.

"Hey, then do you think we two are in great danger right now?"

"..." Bai Jun.

"It seems really dangerous. If we encounter that thing again, we won't even have the ability to fight back."

Bai Jun felt this sense of powerlessness for the first time, a feeling of all strength being stripped away, returning to being a Mortal.

"Then what should we do, go after Big Brother Chen?" Luo Shuo rubbed his hands; he always felt that some terrifying things could appear in the several forks ahead at any moment.

"No, going after Big Brother Chen would not only cause him trouble, but we two would only be in more danger."

Bai Jun immediately rejected Luo Shuo's suggestion, frowning as he pondered a solution.

"Do you remember the way we came?"

"No, Big Brother Chen was leading the way the whole time," Luo Shuo shook his head as a matter of course. He had completely abandoned his brain when he was following Chen Heng.

"Then it's over; we two can only wait here," Bai Jun sighed, sitting down against the wall.

"Also, conserve your demonic Qi. Haven't you noticed that using a little here means having a little less?"

"Huh!?" If Bai Jun hadn't said anything, Luo Shuo really wouldn't have noticed this point.

If they were outside, even if their demonic Qi was used up, it would slowly recover.

But within this ruin, there wasn't a trace of Spiritual Qi. For them to recover demonic Qi or Spiritual Qi was a pipe dream.

"Alright, stop talking. If you say more, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist going to find Big Brother Chen..."

Luo Shuo shivered; he couldn't imagine what he would be like after using up all his demonic Qi.