Chapter 357: In the caves again

After discussing various points with the mayor of Shanghai Yue Tianming, Xie Feng laid down on his bed and logged on to Samsara Online to continue his ride from where he had left off when he logged off last night.

After logging on, the first thing Xie Feng did was to summon Ling Long and Ferghana's horse.

After riding on the beast's back, a human and a small dragon moved at high speeds through the forest, leaving behind countless monsters of all kinds that tried to chase them fruitlessly. After all, even without using any movement skills to boost himself even further, the speed at which Xie Feng moved was a terrifying 202 points thanks to the 60 points of movement speed that Ferghana's horse passively gave him by riding it.

Such a movement speed was twice the movement speed of normal players at the current stage of the game and only a few monsters specializing in agility could reach it... Of course, this did not mean that Xie Feng could roam everywhere at will; monsters could still surround him or attack with multiple magic attacks in a wide area, thus enclosing his movements. The monsters could even hit him if they were lucky with a normal attack.

In fact, Xie Feng had to be very careful when passing through the territory of monsters that were called Flaming Bird of level thirty-five. These birds were not only fast, but also possessed ranged attacks, shooting out feathers surrounded by a strange flaming aura. If not for Xie Feng's swift maneuvering he would have already died several times along the way and even if he managed to survive the Ferghana horse would undoubtedly have become mutant bird food; after all, the Ferghana horse was a low health mount and it only took two or three attacks from such high-level monsters to send it into the embrace of its creator.

After a little over two hours of travel, at approximately 16 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Feng finally arrived at the place he was looking for.

This place was exactly the same place where Xie Feng had arrived earlier in search of the little prince of Eminentis City, the map was called Dark Forest.

The atmosphere of the place was really bad. Although it did not reach the level of being creepy for Xie Feng, many people would undoubtedly fled from here without daring to set foot here ever again.

The trees were over thirty meters tall, their dense leaves completely filled the tops of these trees, blocking practically all the rays of sunlight. This was the origin of the place's name, since no matter what time of the year, this forest was always partially dark as if night had descended upon it.

Xie Feng together with Ling Long caused a massacre as soon as they took their first step into these lands devoid of human life. The monsters in this area were good at camouflaging themselves with the environment, so unless they took the initiative to attack, it was considerably difficult to detect them. Fortunately the highest level monster they both encountered on the way was a type of monster called a twenty-eight level Fleeting Panther, so with Xie Feng and Ling Long's strength they had no problems.

After opening up a path of blood, Xie Feng finally arrived at the poisonous lake where Ling Long had fallen the first time they came to this place. In truth, if it hadn't been for that accident that ended up scaring little Ling Long horribly, Xie Feng probably couldn't have found this strange and mysterious lake that seemed to be covered by a matrix or illusory magic.

Xie Feng didn't even hesitate for a second when he jumped into the poisonous water. His HP began to drop rapidly. As he swam at full speed towards the bottom of the lake, Xie Feng kept calm, drinking the health potion he had put in his mouth in small gulps and thus regaining his health little by little.

As for Ling Long... She had returned to the pet space. Apparently, falling into this poisonous lake back then had left a deep impression in the little dragon. She wasn't even willing to dive into it even though her HP was more than double the amount Xie Feng had.

Soon, Xie Feng finally saw that small flash of light illuminating above his head and without hesitation began to swim in that direction at full speed. Fortunately there was no monster of any kind or otherwise things would be really difficult for Xie Feng. After all, humans were land creatures, in the water his combat power was incomparable to his battle power on land. Even if his physical attack power and magic attack power were not affected, his movement speed, attack speed, and agility to move would undoubtedly be negatively affected due to the water pressure.

A single level fifteen monster was enough for a normal player to feel pressure equivalent to facing a level twenty-five or even level thirty monster!

After leaving the poisonous lake with a splash, Xie Feng did not even pause for a moment as he began to walk forward in a straight line. Ling Long had also left the pet space under his permission and was following right beside him; her small dragon feet were moving swiftly like a baby learning to walk, it was extremely cute to look at.

Previously, Xie Feng only knew a little about this cave and had not even ventured deeper. After all, back then, the first time he had been to this place forgotten by everyone, his goal was to find the little prince of Eminentis City or, at the very least, to make sure whether the boy was alive or dead. Therefore, at that time Xie Feng simply proceeded as far as necessary and then retreated.

To the place Xie Feng had arrived the first time there were only two directions a person could go; backwards or forwards. Simple. Therefore, it was simply impossible to get lost temporarily.

After a few minutes, Xie Feng together with Ling Long finally saw a series of luminous stones embedded neatly along the length and breadth of the wall. Although the initial part of the cave was not exactly dark, from this place onwards the place was bright enough to see more than thirty meters away without any problems, unlike the back part where seeing even ten meters away was a challenge.

Xie Feng quietly took out the ancient map that King Hu Yi had given him in the past and inspected it for a moment. He held the map carefully, as if he was afraid of damaging it; after all, this was a map that was quite haggard due to the passing years. Who knew exactly how old this map was.

His gaze wandered between the initial part of the map and the walls of the place, looking for patterns that would help him identify if this was the right place. However, temporarily he could not be sure and the only thing he could do was to move forward to make absolutely sure.

Adastreia Continent was simply too big after all. Xie Feng had only covered an extremely pitiful distance compared to the total size of the land.

However, Xie Feng only knew of one place that matched the following requirements: hidden from sight, difficult to find, with subway caves, and with moonlight stones embedded in the walls to light the way.

Hidden from view, hard to find, and subway caves. This was a slightly similar description to the one the King of Eminentis City had given Xie Feng about the place that would lead him to the mysterious Heaven of Samsara.

As for the moonlight stones, Xie Feng remembered seeing them in the cave when he went out in search of the Fatal Poisonous Dragon's hideout back then and, after seeing those rocks on the ancient map, he decided to bet everything on these subway caves. It wasn't as if he had any other choice anyway. It was preferable to move on a clear path instead of moving all over the place like a headless fly.

Xie Feng and Ling Long had already walked for twenty minutes but neither of them looked too bored. Especially Ling Long; she looked at the beautiful view of the moonlight stones firmly attached to the walls with her two big blue eyes filled with curiosity. Occasionally she would also make one or two 'Puuh Puuh' sounds, which were so characteristic of her.

One thing Xie Feng noticed was that, while the place was very similar to the map, it also had slight differences. For example; according to the map, although there were moonlight stones back then, they were much less in quantity compared to the huge amount of rocks that were there now. However, this did not put Xie Feng off in the least.

After all, the description of the Moonlight Rock was that it needed 200 years to form in dark environments as well as other components... The map that King Hu Yi had given him should be at least a few centuries or even thousands of years old since its creation so it was perfectly normal for some small things in the drawn caves to be different from the past.

Xie Feng looked at Ling Long, hesitating about something. However, after a moment's consideration he decided to wait a little longer to do what he had in mind.

After walking for about twenty or thirty minutes or so more, Xie Feng finally saw a change in the route.