Through the gloomy mist and forest filled with gigantic ominous black trees, Michael followed her towards the teleportation array that was supposed to teleport them back to somewhere in the Ozer Continent.
The baby dragon was still asleep in Michael's arms having no ideas of the dangers around him. They both uttered no words as although they had the Demon Dragon heart's aura around them, they took no chance by chit-chatting. Therefore the journey was pretty gloomy and silent.
Eventually, after walking for several hours, they walked out of the forest in the middle region of the Treacherous Ocean. After walking out of the forest, they were welcomed by a narrow path between two gigantic mountains.
After pondering slightly, she said, "If I recall correctly, this path between the Ostium mountains will lead us to the Twilight ground, and from there we can go to the teleportation array. Remember it's extremely dangerous inside it. Many Soul Refining and even Fusion Stage mutated beings will be there"
"Ostium mountains?" he was slightly surprised to hear the name because Ostium ore was one of the requirements to upgrade the Dommbringer to level 2.
"Lady Lailah, is it possible for me to collect some Ostium ore here?"
After pondering slightly, she said, "Ostium ore should only exist in the Twilight ground, you can't mine these mountains, are you looking to forge a weapon?"
Michael nodded seeing her correctly guess his intention of seeking the Ostium ore. Since she didn't look too surprised he realized using Ostium to forge a weapon was not a rare thing in this world and it did make sense as it was required to upgrade the Doombringer to only level 2.
"Where is this Twilight ground?" he asked.
"The Twilight ground is not in the depths of the island but under an extremely hidden cliff in the middle region. It tunnels straight into the ground and is extremely deep,"
After wiggling through the narrow cliff for another hour, they finally found the entrance of the pit under a cliff according to the geography described by Lailah.
The entrance to the pit was a huge hole a hundred meters wide. The hole directly sunk into the earth and was pitch-black. When the duo stood at the edge of the unfathomably deep pit, they could sense a ghastly, bone-chilling wind from it.
He stood at the edge, staring into the darkness with curiosity and cautiousness. His eyebrows were furrowed and his calm expression instantly became rather stern. " When we go down, we should be cautious. I'll help you gather some ore but remember, you can't take too much of it as it might draw some unwanted attraction towards us"
"Understood, Lady Lailah,"
"Good, let's go down," she said confidently, before leaping down first. Following her, he jumped into the pitch-black hole, quickly descending into the darkness.
The Twilight ground was completely enshrouded in darkness, nothing could be seen. After falling for several hundred kilometers, some light gradually appeared beneath their feet. The light expanded in size as he quickly descended before it finally enveloped Michael. His vision was no longer pitch-black but filled with colorful light. It was extremely pretty as the light would glimmer from time to time. The glimmers of light were dense and they twinkled like the stars in the sky. The sight stunned Michael, he felt like he was swimming in outer space as he stared at the starry sky around him.
The two of them continued their descent down the pit at great speeds. They had no idea just how deep it was. They had fallen for at least a thousand kilometers, yet they had still not hit the bottom. Along the way, the two of them had also seen many mutated beings falling into the hole deeper and deeper but they did not detect the two of them.
With their constant descent, Michael slowly sensed that the hole seemed to be permeated with an odd energy. The temperature here would constantly change, sometimes bone-chillingly cold and other times scorching hot. It was as if they constantly traveled between two regions of opposite climates.
"What is this place?" He couldn't help but wonder after witnessing everything in this place.
"This hole doesn't seem to be naturally formed. Did this hole appear after the island changed? Also, this hole plunges in a straight path from the surface right into the earth. It's as if a massive object fell from the sky and carved this out."
"It's my thought too. This tunnel is just too straight. There are no bends at all, and images of the starry sky actually appear here. If you connect these facts, it's as if something from outer space had really collided with the island before creating such a deep crater." Lailah broke her silence and agreed with him. She too had a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
They continued their way down. Eventually, after falling for several hours, they finally hit solid ground. They had arrived at the bottom of the hole.
The pit still permeated with colorful nebulae. Starlight glimmered faintly as if they were each star that floated in space. They were innumerable, filling up the entire place.
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