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Chapter 705 - 705 372 Welcome to the World of Calamities (4200)_2

Chapter 705: 372 Welcome to the World of Calamities (4200)_2 Chapter 705: 372 Welcome to the World of Calamities (4200)_2 Once that danger erupts, it would be earth-shattering.

Even though the ghost man has confidence in his strength, honed through numerous life-or-death trials, he might still have to pay a heavy price. Therefore, he does not want to be completely at odds with Casio just yet.

Just like now.

Maintaining a delicate balance of mutual vigilance is enough.

The setting sun’s reddish-glow cast upon the treetops, and a cool mountain breeze rustled their clothing.

Though they had just launched fierce attacks at each other, peace returned to the woods as if their brief clash had never occurred. Their silhouettes gradually lengthened and blurred into the distance.

The sun finally set, merging with the shadows and darkness.

The last ray of sunlight on the horizon intertwined with the moonlight already hanging in the high altitude. When it shone on the vortex patterns at the base of the dead trees, something strange happened.

The stagnant patterns unexpectedly began to rotate, accelerating clockwise and forming a pitch-black spiral vortex. It was enveloped by a layer of hazy fog, like a dim waterfall.

In the boundary between day and night, a portal appeared.

Casio’s gaze hardened; he detected an airflow emitted from within the tunnel and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. It was similar to the eerie, decayed smell of Black Rain Villa, and slightly like the dark essence and disaster essence typically produced within a dark creature’s body.

“You first? Or should I?”

The ghost man spoke first, drawing his scythe from the ground.

“No need, I’ll go first.”

Stepping forward, the ghost man walked straight towards the tree-root vortex.

The moment he entered, he was swallowed by the fog.

Casio remained silent. After a careful minute of waiting, he took a step forwards, attempting to enter the tunnel.

As the grey fog spread, a chilling sensation enveloped him.

For a moment, he felt as if he’d been split into two, a new body leaving his physical form.

His footing faltered abruptly, and Casio left the tunnel.

As his vision cleared, his surroundings gradually brightened.

He opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings carefully.

Ruins — the black ruins — everywhere was ruined. The collapsed walls, the crumbled high-rise buildings, the shards of bricks, and tiles.

This was a city, a dead city.

Glancing up at the sky, it was gloomy as if a smudge of ink spread across the canvas of the heavens, the sun nowhere to be found. It seemed the lights were blocked by a mix of dark clouds and dense fog.

The visibility around him was even dimmer than a rainy day.

Black snowflakes fluttered down, thread by thread. Casio caught one and found that it wasn’t a snowflake but ash — the ash of something that had been burnt, still warm to the touch.

“Where on earth is this…”

Standing atop a small hill in the city, he found a circular white altar, heavily damaged. Some buildings had collapsed, their original appearances obscured.

Once he regained his composure, Casio checked his body, only to discover he was no longer in Bai Kui’s body!

He was in his own body from the real world!

Moreover, it was not a physical body but a spirit.

Recalling the earlier sensation of his being split, he understood.

His Qi and his physique had separated. His Qi had formed a new body and entered a bizarre realm.

Casio immediately composed himself and looked for the ghost man who had entered the tunnel with him, but he was nowhere to be found.

Boom! Suddenly, a powerful disturbance echoed from afar.

He turned to look. To his right, there seemed to be a violent explosion engulfing the ruins. Dirt was hurled into the sky and rained back down.

Next came flickers of firelight and gusts of wind.

Casio’s gaze flickered, preparing to head in that direction. Suddenly, a burning sensation surged from his chest — the Wisdom Rune!

Looking down, he saw the endless Ouroboros symbol spinning, consuming and recycling itself.

A glint that shimmered like a metallic scale flashed.

Suddenly, a vague guide appeared in Casio’s mind.

A location, resonating with the Wisdom Rune. It was in the direction of his left hand, and the location didn’t seem too far away.

“Otone?”

He muttered these two ancient syllables, pressing his right hand to his chest. Taking a deep breath, he went in the direction of his left hand.

A minute later, he was in the ruins of the city district.

A blurry figure quickly traversed like the wind.

Casio’s power had returned. The Qi of a top-notch fighter was detached from the frail body of Bai Kui and formed a body on its own. Rather than being constrained, his combat power had instantly recovered.

This was the only thing worth rejoicing about since he had landed in this weird and unknown situation. The return of his power also meant the return of his confidence. This would make him considerably composed while facing potential dangers.

“Tap Tap Tap…Tap Tap Tap…”

A series of footsteps darted across the damaged road, suddenly stopping at the corner. Casio’s pace faltered slightly then his black boots blurred. The ground exploded, creating a pit.

A red fog surged from his entire body, transforming into a blood-red silhouette. His arms widened as if they were two straight war blades. He went straight to meet the dried up bodies wrapped in dark red bandages.

This was a type of dark creature that Casio had never seen before. They looked like mummies, but between the gaps of the bandages were rows of jagged mouths or sinister eyes. The mouth would spit out black spiky tongues, each around seven to eight meters long. The speed of a powered spit was comparable to a bullet!

The eyes were strange too. The place it stared at would have a small red dot, like an infrared ray. Once multiple red dots appeared on the body, Casio’s actions would become slow and numb. Even the skin surface would itch, as if eyes were about to grow out.

However, although the abilities of this dark creature were novel, they couldn’t pose a threat to Casio who was regaining his strength.

Facing about twenty mummies on the road, Casio spent thirty seconds exploring the capabilities of these unfamiliar dark creatures. Then he only took ten seconds to chop these dried bodies into pieces.

The dark creature temporarily named as a mummy also had immortality, but the Deathfang Power was a perfect counter to this!

The cross-section of the mummies cut in half by Casio’s hand knife couldn’t heal. Instead, they crumbled and corroded due to the special force.

It was quite amazing. His body composed of Qi was identical to the physical body in the real world. All the twenty-plus acupuncture points of the Southern Dipper Fist had been opened, and the physical transformation of the demon idol was synchronized.

Therefore, Casio could use the Deathfang Power and the Echo Strength. He could also absorb the life vibration energy from these mummies and store it in his body made of Qi. The downside was that he couldn’t use the vibration energy.

Perhaps he had to return from the tunnel to restore the normal status.

After getting rid of the mummies, Casio headed in the direction of the guide. In a mere five minutes, he encountered seven or eight types of unfamiliar dark creatures. Their abilities were weird and they were numerous. Although he hadn’t encountered any individual who could compete with a fighter, these creatures were already dangerous enough for Casio who could only use Illusion Art.

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!

A series of explosions advanced rapidly within the tunnel.

The Echo Strength rippled in waves with occasional roaring sound guns ejected, causing the exploding air waves to shroud an area of ten meters.

Swarms of filthy insects were blown to death and green juice splashed on the walls. These maggots, magnified ten times, were still fearless. Their bodies curved upwards on the ground and then shot towards the charge coming their way like a spring, one after another.

Whoosh!

Casio broke through the encirclement and vanished at the end of the tunnel.

A few minutes later, he finally reached the destination guided by the Wisdom Rune. It was a tower, a white tower whose upper half was completely collapsed. It had circular metal patterns on the surface, but it was unclear whether they served a specific supernatural purpose or were just decorative.

Casio took a deep breath, shaking off the dirt from his body.

He walked straight into the entrance of the first floor of the white tower.

This was a metal door about two meters high, with an engraving in the shape of angel wings, quite exquisite. However, due to the passage of time, there was a layer of grey dirt on the surface, making it look quite vague. On the center of the door, there was a disc-shaped logo with a pentagram inside it.

Each point of the pentagram corresponded to a rune.

Among them, at the very bottom was the Wisdom Rune: ∞.

Casio pressed his hand onto it. Suddenly, the logo on the door and the Wisdom Rune on his chest resonated. The metal door opened.

A wave of murky air rushed towards his face, quite pungent.

With slight hesitation, he stepped in.

The metal door closed abruptly behind him, and a voice rang out.

“Welcome to the flip side of reality, the World of Calamities…”