C34 Forbidden Ruins

Kyle was glad that he finally arrived after spending a couple of months of traveling in the Beast Plains. He forgot his body's fatigue and rushed towards the dark mist in a hurry.

Kyle was now just a few meters away from the mist. Now that he was closer to it, he could now finally feel the dread of how scary the dark mist really is.

He observed the mist for a few minutes.

He felt a deathly sensation that made him feel worried while he was looking at this mist, but at the same time, he was also getting excited.

During his life on earth when he was reading Xianxia novels daily. He had always read that when the protagonist of the story adventures to the forbidden places, most of them got lucky and met great fortune.

Of course, some of them met mishaps or died inside of it, But still... As an avid reader, Kyle's first reaction when seeing this kind of things was excitement and expectation.

He was excited by the treasures, or legacies that he could stumble upon. So after observing for a few more minutes. He decided to go inside the mist.

"There's no way I'm gonna turn away now after traveling for a couple of months." Kyle comforted himself and entered the dark mist.

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When Kyle passed through the mist, he felt that he was entering a new area.

All he could now see was foggy mists everywhere.

He cannot see the correct path to travel to, so he hardened himself and walk through a straight line.

He continued to walk for five minutes...

The mist was now getting clearer and was easier to see. Resulting on him finally be able to see some destroyed buildings and houses around the corner.

He guessed that there was a city that stood here before it got destroyed and be shrouded by the mist.

Kyle decided to enter those broken buildings and seek for treasures.

Unfortunately... Kyle came out minutes with a disappointed face after a few minutes.

All he had seen inside the destroyed buildings were destroyed pieces of furniture and empty spaces. The building was devoid of life and destitute.

Kyle returned to wandering around the mist to seek for treasures.

He continued to move forward until he chanced upon the edge of the path that was like a cliff.

He tried to look below the cliff to see what's under, but the dark mist prevented him from seeing what's beneath it.

He examined the cliff until he stumbled upon a wide bridge.

This bridge was made by stones just like the common bridges that you could see everywhere, but it was half-destroyed and had an ancient feeling on it.

Kyle couldn't see where the bridge was connected to since there was a dark mist shrouding all over the place.

Kyle pondered for a bit... He felt that there was danger ahead of him, but you know what they say. With danger comes with great fortune. So Kyle decided to continue and cross the bridge.

The bridge was quite dangerous to travel to since it was almost destroyed and had a lot of holes on it, but this didn't faze him and he continues to walk forward.

While walking on the bridge, Kyle felt an eerie sensation, especially below the bridge.

A few minutes passed and he can now hear some strange howling below him.

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The mist was still shrouding the place so he couldn't see the source of the howls, but judging by the pressure it emits, he could feel that the creatures below him weren't below Xiantian level.

This made Kyle feel despaired for a bit, but now that he already committed to brave the dangers ahead of him. He felt that it was a huge waste of time if he turns around and back away.

"no need to worry, at worst I could go all out and retreat" he comforted himself.

So Kyle steeled himself and continued to cross the bridge.

Moments later, Kyle could finally see the end of the bridge, but when he saw what was ahead of him, he got mesmerized.

Standing ahead of him was a wide, darkish transparent formation. Yes... A formation. It was like a barrier or something, but it had symbols written on it so he called it formation instead.

The formation was really huge, it encompasses the whole cliff, clearly trying to ward off illegal entries.

Kyle could see weird writings and symbols on the formation, he could also see five huge white spots that look like a blackhole that he had seen on the pictures back at Earth.

The blackholes were imprinted in an orderly fashion that made it look majestic.

He could also see a gate-like symbol at the entrance of where the bridge will end.

Kyle guessed that this was the entrance to the formation so he went near it and examined it.

He touched the formation with left hand to scope the feeling of the formation, But just as when his hands touched the formation. The gate-like symbol glowed and it sucked Kyle inside.

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The glow made Kyle's eyes harder to see, so he closed his eyes for a little bit.

A few seconds later, he felt something was off so he opened his eyes again.

The huge formation that encompassed the whole cliff was now gone. He looked back to see what's around him and the bridge and cliff were also now gone.

He deduced that the formation must have sucked him inside when he touched it with his hand.

It was a stupid mistake, but, since he had no knowledge about things like this, he could only grit his teeth and make a better follow-up plan after committing the mistake.

Kyle carefully observed his surroundings. There weren't any dark mists inside the formation, But Kyle could feel an ancient vibe around him.

He was now in a barren land that was filled with rocks and sands. He felt that he was stranded in a desert-like place.

Kyle was also surprised to see that there weren't any sun above. He could only see a plain sky that had a dull color that gave of a dry light.

Kyle wondered how could there be a light inside here if there weren't any sun. But then again... things like transmigrating to another world or formations were kinda weird too, so he was only surprised for a bit.pppppp

He was studying his surroundings when he saw a small dot that seems like a building a few kilometers away from where he is standing.

Since there weren't anywhere else he could go, he decided to head to the building a few kilometers away.

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Kyle was now only a few hundred meters away from the building. Well, now that he was closer to it, he could now see that the small dot wasn't a building, but a tower-like pagoda.

Kyle wondered why there aren't any windows or doors on this pagoda, so he inspected it carefully.

The pagoda was 30m tall, that's why Kyle called it like a tower. It wasn't anything fancy to look at.

It had a plain black color, and the design was kinda simple, but it had a primitive feeling on it.

The pagoda wasn't something that was built by a genius engineer, but Kyle didn't lower his guards when he saw this pagoda, because it was shrouded by a dark hue that was similar to the formations, but only minimal.

Kyle decided to inspect this dark hue. He felt that it was similar to the formation that he had seen at the bridge, but this time, there weren't any symbols or any blackholes on it.

Kyle carefully searched the area and what he saw behind the pagoda surprised him.

What was behind the pagoda was like a cemetery-like area.

It has gravestones and a deathly aura vibe all over it.

But what made Kyle surprised wasn't this, but the corpses hanging around all over.

There were numerous corpses loitering around the cemetery without being buried.

Kyle inspected the corpses and he noticed that the corpses died not too many weeks ago, since it still had their body intact. There were dead men and woman ranging from 17-30 years old.

The bodies weren't rotting or becoming like a skeleton. Kyle also wondered how these people died since there weren't any injuries or cut marks on them.

The corpse died fully intact, without any damages on their bodies. Kyle guessed that they must have died in a strange manner that he still hasn't yet to know about.

A dissatisfied look escaped Kyle's face. He Hated this kind of things, where he hadn't had any pieces of information.

He felt weak in these kind of situations since he could only depend his actions to luck and bravery.

Kyle also discovered some rings on the corpses, but they were very different from the one Ximen Tiaolong had.

These rings were damaged to the point of no recovery, so Kyle guessed that they were useless and broken.

But he still examined it anyway. Unfortunately... He was right.

The rings were really broken since nothing happened when he tried to drip his blood on them.

"Hmmm, maybe Ximen Tiaolong got lucky and found a undamaged ring here," Kyle guessed that This is the place where Tiaolong discovered the storage ring that he had on his own finger now.

Since there was nothing he could do, he left the cemetery and went back at the pagoda"

Kyle had been inspecting it all over and over again, but it was fruitless since he still couldn't find anything strange or any entrances inside. Kyle was left with no choice.

He tried to touch it again with his bare hands. The moment his hands touched the pagoda, it lit up and the strange symbols and blackholes appeared.

It didn't give Kyle any time to back off, and it suddenly sucked him inside again.