Chapter 00246: Falling into the Depths of the Earth
# Falling into the Depths of the Earth
Chapter 246
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 246 Falling into the Depths of the Earth
Although she had momentarily gained a small advantage, the situation remained far from optimistic.
Judging from her five-dimensional attributes, the Wolf Envoy was about on par with Yang Yiyi's master, Tian Jing.
However, Yang Yiyi had only managed to defeat her master because Tian Jing had the debuff of an internal injury.
This time, she had no such advantage.
Her opponent only had superficial wounds and might not have even used her full strength, whereas Yang Yiyi had not only gone all out, but even her external aid had entered the fray.
What's more, a circle of soldiers was watching her intently.
Forget about protecting her immobile martial world comrades, even fighting her way out to save herself seemed nearly impossible.
Yang Yiyi's skill level was just as Li Chengxi had estimated.
Against common soldiers, she could take them down with a single punch, but when she encountered a slightly stronger master, she was at a complete loss.
There were two reasons for this situation.
First, Yang Yiyi had been practicing martial arts for a relatively short time.
The ten years she had trained were all spent on fundamentals, and she had only recently come into contact with true martial techniques.
She needed time to fully grasp and integrate them.
Second, her foundation was too poor.
She needed a large amount of Sky-Upholding Stones for a thorough marrow cleansing.
That being said, he had initially thought the dangers of Thunder Mountain were mainly from the natural environment.
Who could have expected a group of troublemakers to suddenly pop up?
Li Chengxi stared at Yang Yiyi's character attribute panel, his mind constantly pondering how to combine different moves to break the stalemate.
He felt that even if he were to literally intervene personally today, it would be difficult for her to escape.
But perhaps heaven never seals off all paths.
Just then, a cacophony of sounds came from the passage behind the Wolf Envoy, as if people were fighting.
Soon, a subordinate ran up behind the Wolf Envoy and said:
"My Lord, a disciple from the Heavenly Absolute Palace has fought her way in! The brothers can't stop her. We implore you to act!"
Upon hearing it was a disciple of the Heavenly Absolute Palace, the Wolf Envoy clearly frowned.
They were causing trouble on Thunder Mountain precisely to make the Heavenly Absolute Palace lose face.
But since they were on its territory, they still had to avoid the disciples of the Heavenly Absolute Palace.
To the Heavenly Absolute Palace, Thunder Mountain was also a trial ground that every disciple had to enter once.
And most disciples, because they had maps, would aim for the secret manuals or heavenly materials and earthly treasures located halfway up or near the summit.
Several days had passed since Thunder Mountain opened.
The Heavenly Absolute Palace disciples should have already headed up the mountain long ago, so the probability of encountering them at the foot of the mountain was very small.
However, since they had run into one, they naturally couldn't let her go.
If word got out and the Heavenly Absolute Palace sent an elder in, that would be a huge problem.
"You all hold her back. I'll go and witness the profound techniques of the Heavenly Absolute Palace."
Dealing with Yang Yiyi was merely a diversion, a whim born from seeing a worthy opponent.
With real business at hand, the Wolf Envoy didn't even glance at Yang Yiyi's reaction before turning and ducking back into the passage behind her.
The remaining people surrounded Yang Yiyi once again.
But perhaps because they had witnessed her ferocity earlier, this time no one dared to rashly step forward.
The sounds of fighting from that passage grew clearer and clearer.
Yang Yiyi then heard Li Chengxi say:
"Take this chance to fight your way out and meet up with the person from the Heavenly Absolute Palace."
"But..."
"You can't worry about others now. Do you want to die here right now?"
Yang Yiyi was still worried about her immobile martial world comrades on the ground, but she truly lacked the ability to help them now.
Hearing the apparent anger in Li Chengxi's voice, Yang Yiyi gritted her teeth, snatched up a weapon from the ground, and charged toward the passage.
This group of troublemakers really seemed to be from the Heavenly Wolf Cult.
Li Chengxi saw them on the screen chanting things like 'Sirius appears, the Patriarch is invincible, the blazing holy fire, the eternal star.' It didn't sound very reliable.
He felt that even his Demon King Divine Cult had more positive energy.
Perhaps because the space was rather narrow, it restricted the encirclement by the Heavenly Wolf Cult members.
Coupled with the absence of the Wolf Envoy, it wasn't a major problem for Yang Yiyi to fight her way out on her own.
She could take down a soldier blocking her path in two or three moves.
Li Chengxi would occasionally remind her from his god's-eye view if someone was launching a sneak attack.
In just a few moments, Yang Yiyi leaped up and kicked away a soldier blocking her path, fighting her way into the cave.
At this moment, she could feel a faint, gentle breeze blowing through the passage.
Although she couldn't see where the exit was, it was clear that she was not far from it.
But there were really a lot of people here.
They weren't exactly packed together, but there was definitely someone every two or three meters.
With more people chasing from behind, it was still not a time to relax her guard.
Just as Yang Yiyi slapped a soldier blocking her path against the wall and was about to press forward, she saw the Heavenly Wolf Cult members ahead in the passage, holding torches, looking panicked.
Many of them simply turned and ran back.
Weren't they pretty fierce just now when they were sacrificing themselves for their cause?
Why do they look like dogs with their tails between their legs now?
Could it be that they're scared of this heroine?
Just as these questions popped into Yang Yiyi's mind, she heard a huge booming sound from up ahead in the passage, as if another gunpowder barrel had exploded.
Along with the tremor, a powerful shockwave shot along the rock wall at high speed, striking Yang Yiyi directly in the face.
This could be described as being caught completely off guard.
Yang Yiyi felt her breath stop for a moment.
Her body flew into the air, and her mind went blank.
Yang Yiyi was dazed by the sudden shockwave, but Li Chengxi saw it very clearly.
Yang Yiyi and the group of Heavenly Wolf Cult members chasing her were all sent flying backward, as if they had been swung at with a club by an invisible person.
The Heavenly Wolf Cult members were perhaps lucky, or maybe it was because Yang Yiyi had blocked a large part of the shockwave.
They were only sent tumbling like gourds, getting stuck on the uneven cave floor.
Yang Yiyi, on the other hand, flew backward in a textbook-perfect arc and slammed with a thud against the rearmost rock wall.
It was a good thing she had practiced the Iron Head Skill; otherwise, her head might have been smashed into eight pieces.
But even with the Iron Head Skill, Yang Yiyi was still knocked unconscious by the impact.
Li Chengxi called out to her several times through the microphone, but there was no response.
Almost at the same moment Yang Yiyi was sent flying, the screen began to shake as if a chain reaction had been triggered.
Large chunks of rock continuously fell to the ground, and some Heavenly Wolf Cult members who couldn't escape in time were instantly crushed, their brains splattering.
Li Chengxi had already reached out, intending to pull the unconscious Yang Yiyi out, when he saw cracks appearing on the rock she was leaning against.
These cracks might have been created by Yang Yiyi's impact or by the shockwave from the gunpowder barrel.
Whatever the reason, they were rapidly expanding.
Li Chengxi quickly reached out to grab her.
He could already feel his touch on Yang Yiyi's fingers, but he was still a step too late.
On the screen, Yang Yiyi fell into a pitch-black cave that had opened up behind her.
Since the camera view followed the Jade Tablet, and the Jade Tablet was on Yang Yiyi, the screen instantly turned completely dark.
Li Chengxi couldn't see where she had gone at all.
An unknown amount of time passed.
When Yang Yiyi regained consciousness, the shaking had stopped.
Forcing her eyes open, Yang Yiyi vaguely saw a ball of light nearby.
For a moment, she thought she was outdoors and that the light was the sun.
But when she fully opened her eyes, she discovered the light was actually coming from an emergency lamp.
Above the emergency lamp, the Jade Tablet was floating, and from it came Li Chengxi's voice:
"You're awake? How do you feel?"
"It hurts. Everywhere hurts."
This feeling reminded Yang Yiyi of her experience jumping off the cliff.
"If you can feel the pain, it should be nothing serious. Can you sit up?"
Compared to when she jumped off the cliff, Yang Yiyi's physique attribute was much higher now.
Plus, she had the Light Body Fall to reduce fall damage, so her injuries weren't severe.
Yang Yiyi managed to prop herself up into a sitting position with great difficulty, grimacing in pain.
"Good, it seems you're really not badly hurt. Sit tight. About you not listening to me, we need to have a serious talk."
"Uh..."
Yang Yiyi suddenly felt that it didn't hurt that much anymore.
(End of this chapter)