A Sorcerer’s Journey

Chapter 741: Chapter 741: Exiles (Part 2)

Three days later.

Suddenly, the Colorful Rooster struggled to stand up from the stone slab, its weakened state making it dizzy, leaning against the cave wall, slightly unstable, and anxiously scanning the surroundings.

Still within its own cave, the light was dim, a few crude stone tools were in place, growing some abyss plants, the continuous ”drip, drip, drip” of water into the stone slab’s groove filled a clear pool, the black lotus remained, and in the only lit area of the cave, stood the figure of the human wizard with his back towards it!

”You’re awake.”

Green didn’t turn his head, his voice indifferent as if he were speaking about something of no concern.

On Green’s shoulder, Xiao Ba turned his head, while the crystal ball’s light curtain in front of him displayed the Abyssal Holy Tower’s wanted notice for this Colorful Rooster.

”Cackle cackle, not bad, it took Master Eight three full days to find your wanted notice, oh, oh, turns out there’s a bounty of thirty Witch Essences on your head.”

Just as the Colorful Rooster struggled, preparing to engage battle mode again, Xiao Ba suddenly cackled loudly, and the crystal ball’s light curtain showed Green’s own fabricated wanted image.

”Cackle cackle cackle, but compared to my young master’s bounty of a thousand Witch Essences, you’re nothing!”

The image on the crystal ball was, of course, faked by Green.

A bounty of a thousand Witch Essences!?

Stunned, the Colorful Rooster paused for a moment, then, recalling the previous battle and seeing the precise bandaging on itself, realized that the Wizard’s frighteningly strong physique was not something it could defeat, and its body gradually relaxed.

”Why did you save me?”

Slowly, Green, still with his back to the Colorful Rooster, put down the experimental apparatus in his hand, turned around, and walked to the Colorful Rooster with a small dish of powdered glassware, extending his hand containing the powder towards it amid its tense alertness.

”Feel it.”

Suspiciously watching Green, the Colorful Rooster was full of doubt.

After a long while, Green chuckled self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

These passive-evolving, foolish alien creatures didn’t know the first thing about experimental research and natural observation, and here he was, trying to communicate with them like an Elemental Wizard.

”This is the bone powder from a powerful biological race known as the Nameless Ancient Demon. In the distant ages, they defeated the Wizard World and created this vast Underground Abyss World. They possess strength surpassing that of wizards, representing a more powerful civilization with superior evolutionary advantages.”

After Green’s explanation, the Colorful Rooster coldly retorted with disdain, ”So, there are indeed beings stronger than those evil wizards!”

The Colorful Rooster seemed to realize something inappropriate and chose not to continue on this topic, instead asking, ”Then, what’s your purpose in saving me?”

”To better adapt through you, to earlier locate information on the Nameless Ancient Demon, and obtain a more perfect evolutionary method to bring me greater power!”

Green’s words were filled with ambition and madness, looking at the Colorful Rooster with resentful eyes.

”Do you know? Those foolish ones, out of fear of the Nameless Ancient Demon, opted to avoid them, sealing away all information about them. To hide their fear, these cowardly reptiles wouldn’t even let others approach the truth, painting the Nameless Ancient Demon — which possesses higher evolutionary methods — as world-destroying evil devils, rather than humbly learning from them. What arrogant, short-sighted, cowardly fools they are!”

As Green spoke, his eyes were filled with unparalleled longing and madness as he looked at the Colorful Rooster.

”You will help me prove that the Nameless Ancient Demon is the higher-order being, won’t you?”

Xiao Ba perched on Green’s shoulder, said gloomily, ”Be careful with your words. Previously, it was because those foolish wizards denied the young master’s stance that they were slaughtered, and the Nameless Ancient Demon’s magic bone was taken, which led to the Holy Tower’s wanted notice.”

In the Underground Abyss World, the slaughter in the arena symbolized the blood and glory of the Gladiator Wizards, but outside the duel arena, mutual slaughter was strictly prohibited, a unique rule of the Abyssal Holy Tower that was completely opposite to the Wizard Continent, or perhaps even identical!

Gulp!

The Colorful Rooster swallowed secretly, gazing blankly at Green with eyes filled with madness.

This guy is a lunatic!

Perhaps, he would also be the lunatic to bring destruction to this Evil Sorcerer’s World, a lunatic that could avenge me. I should make good use of him.

At least... Survive first!

”I see! Previously, I thought you were a bounty hunter, which is why I mistakenly attacked you. Who would’ve thought you were a wizard with such grand ideals? You will surely prove your great vengeance, and those arrogant fools will pay a heavy price for their stupidity!”

The Colorful Rooster praised endlessly, a smile full of ambition appeared on Green’s face.

”So, you’ll help me?”

”Of course!”

The Colorful Rooster affirmed, ”However, the friend I know who can help you is currently in another distant abyss. I need time here to heal my injuries and wait for the Illusory Lotus to fully mature, then I can take you there.”

Immediately, the Colorful Rooster’s eyes shifted, ”By the way, do you intend to meet with the ’Abyssal King’ in this abyss? He’s a wizard exile like you.”

The Abyssal King of this small abyss?

Green looked interested and smiled, ”Sure.”

...

Ten years later.

The creatures that could reside long-term within this small abyss were powerful exiles, their number consistently around twenty. Among them, the Body Refining Sorcerer Goyou was the most formidable, revered as the ’Abyssal King,’ reportedly having a record of 574 consecutive victories in the two-star arena.

In the rules of the arena, even entering the teleportation array of escape, deducting one victory still allowed a Body-Cultivating Wizard to retain the qualification to continue accumulating consecutive victories until death.

Besides these permanently resident powerful beings, there were often exiles procuring survival resources visiting the abyss, occasional travelers traversing the Abyss Continent, as well as... bounty hunters.

Since the maturity of the Illusory Lotus still required about fifty years, and the injuries caused to the Colorful Rooster by Green also needed decades to heal, during this time, besides experimental research, Green frequently communicated with other exiles in this small abyss, hoping to obtain more information and thus locate any possible relics of the Nameless Ancient Demon.

One day, Green stepped through a hidden crevice in the rocks into a vast underground space.

This was Goyou the ’Abyssal King’s’ underground palace, raising a multitude of abyssal creatures, the location of the richest sources of survival materials in this small abyss. Over ten years of interactions had left Green and Goyou on marginally cordial terms.

Hmm!?

Having just entered this underground space, Green sensed something amiss, the sounds of fighting, roaring, and growling faintly emerging from the depths of the space.

A moment later, under the assault of a Body Refining Sorcerer standing on a twenty-meter Abyssal Dragon, the completely exhausted Goyou cheerfully roared, ”Shadow of Despair, join hands with me to kill this bounty hunter, and I’ll give you half the fortune here!”

The bounty hunter looked at Green in surprise, ”Hmm? Wizard World will, you—”

Goyou’s pupils shrank, filled with suspicion as he looked at Green, the atmosphere growing slightly cold.

”Damn, young master, what now?”

Green sighed, helplessly saying, ”No choice, painstakingly obtaining a clue from the Colorful Rooster, we can’t let a decade of effort go to waste, so you’ll both have to stay here!” (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian () to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m. to read.)