With the help of the Earth Eye Skill and the Eye of the Ghostdom Ancestor, Austin saw a large group of divine gods that were
trapped in every land of death.
In particular, he found more than ten premium-grade divine gods that were stuck in a terrain called the Blood Pool.
He assumed that every single one of those premium-grade divine gods were big shots that most likely ruled several universe
communities in the Sea of Chaos. However, they had all ended up like that with no hope of escape.
On the way, Otis and the others trembled with fear as Austin introduced them to the lands of death in the Fallen Divine Valley.
Those lands of death were filled with booby traps. Once a cultivator set foot on it, it would be impossible for him to make it out of
there no matter how powerful he was.
Tpassed quickly. In the blink of an eye, a couple of months had gone by.
Austin and his companions advanced slowly for two reasons.
First of all, they knew little about the Fallen Divine Valley. Secondly, their spiritual senses didn't work in the valley. As a result,
Austin had to use the Earth Exploring Technique to avoid the land of the death while they advanced.
One day, Austin stopped in his tracks.
"Wait!
Something is going on over there. Keep your eyes wide open," he reminded his companions.
His gut told him that the place ahead of them was another land of death.
Recently, Austin had been unleashing the Earth Exploring Technique every day, and had made great progress in its cultivation.
Thus, he had made rapid proficiency in that particular technique.
There was no other place in the world with so many lands of death except for the Fallen Divine Valley. Therefore, Austin had made
the most out of it to hone his Earth Exploring Technique.
"There is a blood-red cliff over there,"
Otis said as he looked into the distance.
"Con, but be careful. We will have to take a detour," Austin said as he led the way.
Instead of going straight ahead, he changed the route to get past the cliff.
When they got closer, they caught a glimpse of countless of red mountain ranges. They looked magnificent and imposing.
Each mountain was as red as blood, and was covered with dense, primitive forests. Austin had discerned that there were over fifty
mountains in that area.
"Austin, what is this land of death called? Do you know anything about it?"
Otis asked curiously.
Austin activated the Earth Eye Skill to communicate with the Earth Energy, and opened the Eye of the Ghostdom Ancestor. He
stared at the mountains for a long time, but he failed to recognize it. "Well...
This is indeed a land of death. However, I've never seen this place before..." Austin replied with a frown.
"What? Even you don't know anything about this place?"
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Magee asked Austin as he gaped at the mountains.
The others gasped in astonishment.
‘Austin is good at Earth Exploring Technique. Thanks to him, we have avoided so many lands of death.
He even knows the story of the Blood Pool that traps many premium-grade divine gods.
Now, we have encountered a possible land of death that even he can't identify!" they all thought in shock.
"Austin, just forget it. There is no need to figure out more about this place.
Let's get out of here as soon as possible. | have a bad feeling about this place,"
Magee urged Austin.
"Yes, he is right. | saw a red mountain that suddenly turn into a woman in red. She drew a creepy smile with blood on the corner of
her mouth. She was even waving at me.
It's so terrifying. | think we'd better leave this place now,"
a medium-grade divine god cut in.
Aside from Otis, Bernie and Magee, there were four more medium-grade divine gods with them. They made acquaintance with
each other in the mountain range where they had been trapped before.
"Wait. Sir, are you saying that you saw her waving to you?"
Austin said to the medium-grade divine god as his eyes widened in shock.
'Although he is powerful, he knows nothing about the Earth Exploring Technique. It's impossible for him to know what is happening
around here.
However, he saw it.
That only means one thing.
Something in the land of death had its eyes on him, or even all of us, ' Austin thought as his heart shrank from fear.
"Oh no. This is not good! We should be moving now!" Austin shouted abruptly.
He unleashed the Omnipotent Lightness and the Distance-shortening Technique, and in an instant, he was nowhere to be seen.
Upon hearing this, his companions were alerted and terrified.
They activated their bodily movement skills and followed Austin.
Just then, a burst of eerie laughter echoed throughout the space.
In the next moment, another miserable howl cfrom afar.
It sounded shrill and sinister.
Several old crows suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
They flapped their wings without feathers and made endless ear-piercing shrieks.
"| feel like something bad is about to happen!
Run faster!" Magee shouted in horror.
Although he was tall and strong, he was a little timid.
Austin and the others also felt a chill run down their spines.
"Wait! Stop! Stop running!"
Austin shouted and paused immediately.
"What? Why?"
Austin's companions were stunned. They turned to look at Austin with surprise and confusion all over their faces. 'Shouldn't we run
as fast as we could to stay away from those red mountains?’ they all thought.
"It's useless to run now.
We have fallen into a land of death."
Austin, who was in the front, let out a deep sigh.
"What? Are you serious? We are struck in this land of death?"
The divine gods stood closely behind Austin and stared at him in disbelief.
"Look!"
Austin said as he pointed his finger forward.
In front of them, there were innumerable towering blood-red mountains, which gave off a strong sense of oppression.
What was worse, Austin and his companions found themselves on the hillside of one of the blood-red mountains.
"How could this be?"
Everyone felt their hair stand on end as if someone had poured a bucket of freezing water on their heads.
'It doesn't make any sense. We ran at the opposite direction from those blood-red mountains.
How did we end up here?’ they thought in utter puzzlement.
"Austin, what's going on? Are we really trapped in a land of death?"
Otis asked as he rested his eyes on Austin.
"Yes, we are trapped in a land of death,"
Austin answered slowly.
His companions' hearts sank when they heard his response.
All of the divine gods collapsed to the ground and sat still in frustration. They could not accept the fact that they might be stuck in
a land of death for the rest of their lives.
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"We did run in the opposite direction of these red mountains. However, we ran into a Maze of Ghost. So here we are,"
Austin said with a disappointing face.
"What is the Maze of Ghost?" Otis asked.
All of them stared at Austin and waited for an explanation.
"According to sancient books on geomancy, there is a very strange terrain called the Maze of Ghost.
The Maze of Ghost in the Earth Exploring Technique is different from the ones that were created by ghosts or other dead things
through illusions.
The Maze of Ghost in the Earth Exploring Technique is much more terrifying.
Creatures that are trapped in this kind of terrain would not be able to navigate direction. If they intend to walk forward, they would
instead move backward. If they plan to head to the left, they would go right instead.
In fact, before we ran away, we were already in the Maze of Ghost.
We got affected by it, so we ran towards the mountains.
As a result, we are in another land of death,"
Austin explained with a sigh.
"Austin, does that mean that we have encountered two lands of death? One is the Maze of Ghost and the other is those blood-red
mountains?"
Otis asked.
"That's right.
We are out of luck this time,"
Austin answered in a low voice as he nodded his head in confirmation.
"It's over. We're trapped again. | don't know how long we'll be stuck here this time. One million years, two million years, or three
million years...
If only | knew this would happen, | wouldn't have broken into the Fallen Divine Valley,"
Magee whined desperately as he sat on the ground.
"What?
Look, there are swords over there.
It looks like it was written by Frost,"
Tyrone shouted as he pointed his finger.
"What? Frost's handwriting?"
Upon hearing this, the other people jumped up. Austin and his companions looked in the direction that Tyrone was pointing at.