Chapter 2898 - 1117: Ascending the Mountain!

Chapter 2898: Chapter 1117: Ascending the Mountain!

Ling Mountain.

This was the only name that appeared in Zheng Qing’s mind as he gazed at the massive, thriving figure before him. He felt like he was standing at the foot of Ling Mountain as a seeker of truth, looking up at the truth and singularity of the world.

The ’page’ torn by Elder Ruoyu slowly closed behind Zheng Qing and Korma, trapping the summer heat from Buji Island on the other side. Although there was no wind at the foot of the mountain, and only a Divine Thought was attached to the Alpha figure, Zheng Qing could still feel a thread of coolness flowing through the air.

This was not the chill brought by temperature change.

But the yin energy left in the world by a deceased legend.

As he experienced this unusual aura, Korma was already strolling forward, stepping onto that rugged ’mountain road’. Just as in the eyes of an ant, the rough skin of an elephant and the cracked land are indistinguishable, so in the eyes of ordinary wizards, the shell of a legendary wizard is a real stone mountain.

This upward ’mountain road’ was unclear whether it was traces left by wizards repairing the shell or the patterns on the robes of this legendary existence. In any case, it was very desolate; besides him and Korma, there were no other living creatures all the way.

The sides of the ’mountain road’ were rugged stones, arrayed like scales on a giant dragon’s back, not very tightly connected. Every so often, a fork would appear, with no difference in width or depth.

If Zheng Qing were to choose, he wouldn’t know which path to take.

But the witch leading the way never hesitated, continually advancing along the narrow, unmarked mountain road.

The witch’s strides seemed small, yet each step covered great distances. Given Alpha’s large stature, it wasn’t difficult to keep up, allowing Zheng Qing to occasionally gaze at the cloud sea growing ever nearer at the mountain road’s end.

He had seen the landscape above the cloud sea.

He had also seen the landscape below the cloud sea.

Soon enough, he might walk into the cloud sea itself, experiencing the scenery within.

Just the thought evoked a sense of perfect beauty.

As they ascended, the chill emanating from ’in the mountain’ intensified, and midway through, Zheng Qing suddenly uttered a small ’ah’, attracting the witch in front to stop and turn back.

"What’s going on?"

Her tone carried a degree of seriousness, given the special circumstances of the path and Zheng Qing’s unusual status.

The boy scratched his head - an action that might express apology for a normal person, yet seemed particularly creepy when performed by the sinister-looking Alpha. He felt a bit embarrassed: "Ah, nothing, nothing. I just realized why the school arranged for me to drive Alpha up the mountain."

The witch’s gaze fell on Alpha’s scale armor, already dusted with a thin layer of frost. She nodded slightly.

"Your level is too low."

She was blunt, offering her opinion without a hint of tact: "Even though your physical strength is high now, regarding your current understanding of magic, you probably can only rely on Alpha’s natural talent to withstand the magic radiation of the legendary wizard and approach the core area closely. You will eventually have to personally drive ’Taiyi’. The school will likely adapt a special model for you, solely for ascending the mountain."

"Isn’t there a battle dress?"

Zheng Qing remembered the dragon skin lining made by the elderly woman in Cloud Think Boutique.

"That’s for when you drive Him,"

The witch withdrew her gaze, lightly tapping a protruding green stone with her toe, moving effortlessly up a great distance. Her voice floated intermittently behind: "It’s not quite what you think. You’ll know the specifics when you get up there."

As their position rose higher.

Gradually, Zheng Qing found himself short of breath - a sensation particularly strange, theoretically, with just one thought on Alpha, he shouldn’t experience ’suffocation’. This feeling was like the concept of ’suffocation’ acting directly on his soul level.

Illusory, yet exceptionally real.

Further up, a faint mist began to appear all around. Zheng Qing considered looking back down, but with the surrounding mist growing thicker and Korma’s figure increasingly blurred, he had a strong impression that once the witch was out of sight, he would completely lose direction in this mist.

This made him more cautious, keeping his eyes glued to the figure leaping in front of him.

Until she stopped.

The surrounding mist seemed to have reached its densest.

"Here we are."

The witch spoke succinctly, raising her sleeve to gently sweep away the mist before her, clearing a small area of visibility and revealing a narrow stone crevice.

The stone crevice was short, no more than two meters, and narrow enough to only allow a person to pass through sideways.

Zheng Qing extended his hand, measuring the gap that wasn’t much longer than his hand.

"How do I get in?" he asked a very serious question.

"Walk in... like this."

The witch didn’t look back, merely inhaling lightly before stepping forward, her toe landing in the stone crevice. At that moment, the narrow crevice seemed stimulated, the stone walls flexing and rolling like clay, quickly expanding to fit the witch’s form: "This door’s setting is based on ’The Gate of the Mysterious Female’, the first defense measure of the external path to the ’Primordial’ core control area. Only permitted guests can pass through this gate. Without permission, one has to break the Primordial’s shell to attempt forceful entry... Well, I’ve never tried, so I’m not sure how strong the defense of this door is, but it probably can’t withstand your Blood Symbol Bullet."

There seemed to be a hint of encouraging Zheng Qing to try.

The boy ignored the witch’s instigation.

Instead, he followed behind her, cautiously extending a toe — the narrow stone crevice twisted again, rapidly opening to fit the entire Alpha — for some reason, Zheng Qing felt like it resembled a wide mouth, slowly devouring him.

Beyond the stone crevice was a corridor.

At the end of the corridor, Zheng Qing felt a sense of openness as a spacious hall suddenly appeared before him, instantly dispelling the oppressive atmosphere accumulating since stepping onto the path from the mountain foot.

Elder Ruoyu stood at the end of the corridor, with his back to the two young ones who had painstakingly climbed up.

"Entering the door is like climbing a mountain because His threshold is too high." The elder wizard did not turn back, his voice carrying some sentiment: "I can only bring you this far. Beyond here, different legends’ entangled energies would fall out of safe bounds and might cause unnecessary harm. Not even projections work. No legend would allow another legend to touch His heart."