Chapter 57: Secret Chamber? No! It’s an Underground Palace!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Darkness.
It was as dark as night! No, it was worse than dark! The place was so devoid of any traces of light that one could not even see his own fingers.
This was Qin Ruo’s first impression of the secret chamber on the third floor of Aricus Underground Ruins!
“It’s fortunate that the entrance of the secret chamber is very out-of-the-way. As long as you don’t walk more than fifty ters, you don’t need to worry about being attacked by monsters that guard the secret chamber,” Violet Orchid said. It was the best news she could give to them.
The six of them then entered the secret chamber. They remained motionless until the appearance of light orbs, which were green like fireflies. Gradually, they illuminated the dark room. The light grew stronger and brighter until the darkness was purged by the Illuminating Crystal in Violet Orchid’s palm. It was only then that Qin Ruo breathed a sigh of relief.
The Illuminating Crystal that Violet Orchid held was of a higher tier, the kind that could illuminate an area of up to fifty ters with a little magic. It was far better than Qin Ruo’s Illuminating Crystal!
However, Qin Ruo had no mood to envy that. When their surroundings beca visible, he instantly looked around the environnt.
He was totally amazed by the scene that he caught sight of.
There was an extrely magnificent and long, spacious corridor in front of him, which was about 30-m wide. Additionally, the corridor was also twenty ters in height! Both the start and end of the long corridor were covered in darkness. This revealed an abnormal silence and a mysterious atmosphere around them. Qin Ruo could pretty much sll the stench of danger.
It was hard to imagine that the secret chamber that everyone had been talking about was so huge. Besides... it was surprising that the residents of the Underearth race could build such a thing to store their treasures.
If Brother Da was there, he would have definitely wiped his nose and said, “Aweso!”
Of course, Qin Ruo was not Wang Da, thus the first thing he did was quickly check the degree of moisture in the underground palace. This had beco one of his habits. When he arrived at a new place, he had to check the humidity of the surrounding environnt. It was an index for him to cast Water Elent Magic, telling him if his affinity to the water elent needed to be increased or decreased.
By comparing it with Kane Jungle, the Ruin’s second floor and third floor...
The Water Elent on the Ruin’s lower second floor was the highest since there were water puddles everywhere. Besides, the Water Elent in the air was abundant and very active. It was a lot more effective to manipulate it compared to normal situations.
Kane Jungle was slightly inferior, but it was still an ideal battle place. Otherwise, Qin Ruo would not have been able to face a Galewind Wolf King alone.
The worst place was in the Ruin’s third floor... He could not get any aid from it. Otherwise, he would not have been in a tight spot when he was dealing with the Deathfiend Spider, and died once.
“Water, Condense!”
In the blink of an eye, an Aquarampart of more than ten centiters thick was successfully condensed in front of Qin Ruo.
Everyone looked at him strangely, wondering his purpose of condensing the Aquarampart. After seeing Qin Ruo’s movents as well as his speed, on Burning Rose seed stunned and enlightened.
“Fire! Ignite!”
Next, a fla ca into view on Burning Rose’s palm. It gradually grew, and a second later, it beca a considerably large fire pillar. The red fla of light rose up and looked extraordinary. As a result, the light suddenly illuminated a larger area.
When this fla grew, people on the spot instantly noticed sothing!
Both were also Tier 1 Elentalism, however Burning Rose’s condensing speed was obviously slower than Qin Ruo’s by at least half a second if not one. Although the fire cast by Burning Rose seed to have more grandeur, the Aquarampart, which was floating in front of Qin Ruo actually gave people an image that it could extinguish the fla in Burning Rose’s hand at any ti.
“Why is this so?”
Burning Rose could instinctively perceive the difference between the two. Thus, she inexplicably stared at Qin Ruo, wondering why the condensing speed of a Tier 4 Pyromancer was far slower than a Tier 3 Aquamancer. Furthermore, she was already wearing Pyromancy Bracers that increased her condensing speed by 8%. Yet, the different was still so big.
“This place is very humid, and it’s good for Aquamancers,” Qin Ruo replied. After that, he restored the Aquarampart back into the Water Elent. He turned around and saw Burning Rose still looking puzzled. He then explained again.
“There’s a certain amount of elents in the air. Elental Magic is ford by the resonance of it. If the amount of the elent in the air is higher, then it’s easier to condense its magic. For example, my Water Elent Magic is easier to cast in a humid environnt. In terms of speed and attack, both will also have so slight increases. On the other hand, it will be the other way around for you, as a Pyromancer. I think... dry and hot environnts will suit you better.”
“So, you an that the environnt has a great influence on Elentalists!” Slayer’s Heart chipped in.
Qin Ruo shrugged. “It’s not very big, but also not very small. For example, in Kane Jungle, it’s not a problem for to face a Galewind Wolf King alone.” Upon listening to this, a few of them tacitly exchanged shock looks.
“If on an ordinary open field, I would be torn apart even if there’s two of ,” Qin Ruo frankly answered as he continued to shrug. Next, he followed with, “Nevertheless, this place isn’t bad. It’s as good as the Ruin’s second floor, and in here my strength shouldn’t be worse than a normal Tier 4 Elentalist.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Burning Rose gave him a stern look and snorted. It seed like she had misunderstood the aning of Qin Ruo’s words.
Qin Ruo was completely drenched in sweat, and explained imdiately.
However, Burning Rose paid him no heed. With her head raised up, she said, “So you’re saying that the environnt here’s comparable with Kane Jungle’s. Does that an that you can encounter a monster that’s of the sa level as the Galewind Wolf King alone?”
“Ah...” Looking at Burning Rose who fell out with him, Qin Ruo speechlessly opened his mouth in a dumbfounded manner. He actually did not an that she was a normal Tier 4 Elentalist.
Fortunately, Slayer’s Heart and the others were not like Burning Rose. After Slayer’s Heart muttered to himself, he asked Qin Ruo, “If you say so, this ans you can bring into play a stronger power than when you were in the Ruin’s third floor?”
Feeling Burning Rose’s blazing eyes cool down slightly, Qin Ruo was instantly relieved and he nodded without any hesitation.
“Great!” Slayer’s Heart cheered up. “By the way, I could see earlier that your condensing speed of the Water Elent was faster than before. If you need to condense the Twelve Frostramparts Formation later, how long will it take?” After he listened to Violet Orchid’s story of her last encounter there with Scarlet Bauhinia, Qin Ruo knew that the Twelve Frortramparts Formation would co in handy.
However, this trump card would only be utilized when the six of them were in really deep sh*t.
Qin Ruo took a deep breath, and solemnly said, “If there’s no disruption, it’ll only take fifteen seconds...”
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