Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 443: Floating Red Bead

The area turned tense for a few seconds with both parties staring at each other, well, the group was winning the staring contest since they had more people, and they were all glaring furiously at Grey.

If looks could kill someone, then Grey would’ve died a couple of times over already.

“Enough, I’ll advise you to keep moving,” The old man stepped between the group and Grey before saying.

“That’s impossible, either we move together or you guys go on ahead,” Grey said.

The old man thought about it for a while before nodding his head, “Fine, we don’t have all day,”

“Sir!”

The others in the group called out to the old man, giving him a questioning look.

“Don’t worry, he has his use. Either him, or one of you?” The old man whispered to the others.

On hearing his question, they could tell whatever uses Grey had wasn’t something that would benefit him. What they found more alarming was when the old man asked either Grey or one of them. This meant that had Grey not come into the picture, then one of them would’ve been used as a sacrificial lamb.

They all looked at Grey with gleaming eyes, it was as if they were staring at their savior.

On seeing their gazes, Grey couldn’t help but shudder at the thought of why they were looking at him like that.

He didn’t think the old man would agree to his request that easily, this made him feel he probably had something planned for him. If not for the fact that fighting against this group would be a little stressful, and that he needed them to guide him to whatever they were targeting, he would’ve killed them already.

With the space element, it’s impossible for any of these people in the Azure continent to fight against him. Even Ellis who was familiar with the space element said it was difficult to fight against Space Elementalists.

His switch skill made him even more overpowered, compared to other Space Elementalists.

‘Whoever made that technique must be a true genius. Luckily, I managed to acquire it.’ He thought.

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Grey and the group soon started walking forward, he moved so nonchalantly that the group couldn’t help but wonder if he was alright upstairs.

A normal person wouldn’t try to pick a fight against a group of nine, nor would they travel with the same group he wanted to fight with. They all had the same thoughts when looking at Grey, either he was very confident in his abilities, or he was a complete psycho who didn’t give a damn about his own life.

On the way, they soon got to a new divided path.

Grey watched the old man, and he saw him taking out something from his clothes. Within a few seconds, he walked towards one of the paths.

‘Who the hell even made this place?’ He asked, a little tired of the long walk.

He didn’t understand why people would set these death traps if they actually wanted people to obtain what they left in the cave. But he found the first cave he entered to be better since it didn’t take this long to get to where the treasure was located.

The old man also easily deactivated all the traps in front of them. He couldn’t help but think if the old man had come here before, or if he got information about this place from whoever made it.

Thinking up to this part, Grey couldn’t help but look forward to what might happen.

‘It’s definitely a trap!’ He concluded.

Given the intricacy of this place, it was impossible to move through it without the help of the person who made it.

After almost one hour of moving, they soon got to the end of the cave. A hair-raising chill went through the body of everyone who walked into the final part of the cave.

Lava was flowing through the ground, at the center of the open space was what looked to be a temple, chains and skeletons could be seen all around. There was also a red orb suspended in the middle of the temple, giving off an eerie but hot feeling.

“We’re here!” The old man said to the others.

“What’s that?” One of the ladies in the group stepped forward to ask.

“It’s something very special, come on, let’s keep going,” The old man said before jumping over the lava, onto the temple.

Grey looked at the orb and couldn’t help but find it very familiar.

The people in the group exchanged glances before jumping onto the temple as well. Since they’ve already gotten here, what’s the use of hesitating.

Just as Grey was about to follow them, he caught sight of something. A thin red line that ran from the walls of the cave, moving into the temple. Looking at it properly, he caught a scent of something he was familiar with, blood.

‘A blood sacrifice?’ He asked.

He looked at the temple and realized the thin line ended under the floating red orb.

‘That’s it, it’s an origin bead!’ He almost lost his footing when he realized what the orb was.

Only an Overlord Plane expert can create an origin bead. What’s worth mentioning is that although some experts decide to leave their origin beads when they die, most would prefer it dies with them since they didn’t want others to benefit from their years of cultivation.

If an Arcane Plane Elementalists were to absorb this origin bead, then he would most certainly break through to the Overlord Plane in no longer than a year. Some people would break through to the Overlord Plane in three months even.

This bead could be said to be a priceless treasure, yet, one is right in front of him. But Grey didn’t get greedy in trying to steal, rather, he sat down crossed legs with eyes glued to the temple.

After the others stepped into the temple, they all walked towards the origin bead, after all, other than the skeletons, it was the only thing there.

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