Chapter 22 - There's Something Strange About This Place

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“This place is a bit strange!”

Wu Feng casually tossed aside the corpse of a wild wolf and cautiously surveyed his surroundings. Ever since he had been attacked by the first wave of wild wolves, all kinds of creatures had been attacking him non-stop. Especially the wild wolves that had dispersed earlier, they had attacked Wu Feng once more. However, each time, they were easily resolved by Wu Feng.

“It should be here. Why isn’t it here?”

It was because he sensed that on the entire mountain, only this place had the densest spirit qi. This was precisely the spirit qi ‘spring source’ he sensed earlier.

“That’s not right. The place with the densest Spirit Qi. Did I sense wrongly?” In front of Wu Feng was a cliff.

This time, Wu Feng closed his eyes and concentrated on sensing. “Could it be under the cliff?” Wu Feng slowly opened his eyes and came to the edge of the cliff to observe carefully. He suddenly discovered that about two meters below the cliff, there seemed to be a cave in a hidden corner.

“No wonder the novels say that one would have a fortuitous encounter after jumping off a cliff.” Wu Feng laughed self-deprecatingly. He jumped down and steadily landed in the cave.

…

“Be careful, there might be a pack of wolves nearby. This is!!!”

It turned out that the old professor was slowly catching up with the expedition team. Naturally, they could not catch up to Wu Feng’s speed. However, they still managed to find the correct path from the traces on the road.

Hearing someone scream, everyone quickly gathered around the old professor.

“What happened?!” They were all shocked when they looked at the professor’s finger.

A headless bear corpse. A wild wolf with half its head broken. In the distance, there was a blood-stained tree with a group of large birds hanging from it.

There was blood all over the ground, but there was no smell of blood in the air. It was probably because the surroundings were too cold that the blood had frozen. But the more it was like this, the more terrifying it was!

“This savage’s combat power is too strong!” Everyone in the team could not help but shudder.

“There are no external injuries on the grizzly bear’s body! It was directly beheaded!”

“There are no external injuries on this wild wolf’s body! It’s also a fatal blow!”

“Is this still a living creature???”

“Could it be an alien species?!”

“This savage should be standing at the top of this mountain’s biological chain.”

Then, they continued walking forward. Anacondas! Wild boars! Wild bulls! A bunch of rabbits! Their warm blood had all cooled down!

This savage’s combat power was too strong. Furthermore, he had even killed a rabbit, and seemed to be a bloodthirsty person. They did not think that they could run faster than those wild beasts, and could withstand a beating! If they really encountered a savage, would they be able to survive?!

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even though my life is in danger, I don’t want to give up. If someone wants to leave, I won’t object!” The old man took a deep breath and said slowly.

“This time, I might be able to discover a history that will shock the world. I will definitely not leave!”

…

Inside the cave, it was a dry and silent cave. The tunnel under the darkness could accommodate four or five people walking side by side. The air was filled with a strong smell of rust.

Wu Feng was a little puzzled. Normally, shouldn’t mystic realms be filled with both danger and opportunity? Just as Wu Feng was feeling puzzled, he saw a light spot appear in the distance.

“I reached the exit so smoothly?”

Taking a deep breath, Wu Feng slowly covered his entire body with spirit qi and walked towards the light.

This was a strange space, as if it were a world of its own. There was a huge borderless world, and one could see an ancient village in the distance. The village was surrounded by vast fields.

In the spring breeze, smoke rose from the kitchen chimneys. A hunter brought home the prey he had just hunted. His wife went up to him and embraced him affectionately, celebrating the hunter’s safe return from another hunt. A farmer who had just turned over the land sat in the ditch and ate the lunch his wife had sent him. A woodsman carried a bundle of firewood and returned from afar.

The children who played games and laughed, the village women who washed the muslin by the river, everything seemed so peaceful. If the strong smell of bronze rust did not fill the air.

“This? What’s going on…”

The scene here was too abnormal.

Why was there such a spacious and bright place in the sealed cave? It was clearly a world of ice and snow outside, but why was there a village here and why was there a spring breeze?

Wu Feng involuntarily shivered. Was it a mystic realm? Or an illusion?

Crack! A sound was heard. Wu Feng turned around and punched the air.

Wu Feng was shocked because there was nothing behind him. There was no one and nothing. Similarly, there was no cave that he had passed earlier.

“! Where did the cave go!”

Wu Feng felt his scalp go numb! A gust of wind blew past, and only then did Wu Feng realize that the clothes on his back were already drenched in cold sweat.

Where was the cave? Why was it gone? Why was it empty? This situation was too terrifying.

One had to know that Wu Feng’s five senses were sharp now. Previously, the feeling in the cave was so real, Wu Feng would not have been wrong. But now…

Wu Feng was even more terrified in his heart. He gathered all the spirit energy in his body, wanting to break the illusion with a punch.

“Big brother, are you lost?” A little girl bounced to his side and asked in a childish tone.

Could the people here communicate with him? Was it not an illusion? Wu Feng was about to answer, but before he could open his mouth, he saw a young man running out from behind the little girl.

“Slow down, sister.”

Wu Feng carefully sized up the two of them. The two of them seemed to be extremely poor. Their bodies were frail and their clothes, which were washed so much that it was impossible to tell their original color, were filled with patches.

However, he could not see his face clearly. He could only vaguely see that there seemed to be a ghost mask on the young man’s face. He seemed to be crying and laughing, as if he was hiding endless sadness.

Wu Feng couldn’t see the girl’s face, but he could tell that she wasn’t wearing a mask. There was a rough bronze ring on her left hand, as if someone had just polished it..