Five days have passed...

Svein smoked irritably, cigarette butts littered around his feet.

Although his wounds had not healed yet, the more he smoked, the harder it was for them to heal, but right now, he had no idea what to do next.

Svein had sent people to inquire at Crimson No.2, confirming that Yan Luo had not returned to Crimson No.2, nor had he appeared at Crimson No.1 or Crimson No.3. So, where on earth was Yan Luo now?

Could it be that he's still in the Crimson Abyss?

Or perhaps Yan Luo encountered a City-breaking Level Demon and was killed by it?

Svein remembered that Yan Luo seemed to have the ability to attract City-breaking Level Demons. Not long ago, Crimson No.2 had relied on this characteristic of Yan Luo to mitigate the damage the demon tide did to the town.

If Yan Luo were dead, Svein would be happy, but his boss would be very unhappy.

Because his boss sent them to hunt down Yan Luo for a particular thing Yan Luo possessed.

If Yan Luo were killed by a City-breaking Level Demon and they did not know the location of Yan Luo's death, then they wouldn't be able to retrieve what the boss wanted. The boss would certainly blame them.

Thinking of this made Svein extremely upset.

They were able to spend money lavishly and enjoy life only because their boss was willing to pay them high wages. If they angered the boss, their salaries would definitely be decreased.

The monthly payments for their houses, cars, and equipment could not be cut off. If their salaries were reduced, they would have to cut back on other expenses, and how would that be acceptable?

Svein was not the only one feeling anxious about this. A teammate walked over and whispered, "Captain, should we... go out and look for him?"

Upon hearing this, Svein became furious. He extinguished the half-smoked cigarette on his exoskeleton and glared at his teammate. "Look for what? Where can we look? The Crimson Abyss is so big; do you know where Yan Luo is now? What if we leave and he comes back, and we miss him?"

This was exactly what annoyed Svein—the fear that Yan Luo might suddenly return if they left, yet staying here indefinitely was disheartening and annoying.

Truly a 'born Hunter,' that kid indeed had some remarkable skills!

Svein could only elevate Yan Luo's stature to comfort himself; otherwise, he couldn't console his own heart.

He lit another cigarette and, with the cigarette between his lips, Svein gazed into the distance with slight confusion.

Where on earth is that kid Yan Luo now?

......

Yan Luo was hunting.

He removed his exoskeleton and was engaged in close combat with a lethal-level vicious wolf.

His body had already been scratched and bitten by the wolf, leaving more than a dozen wounds, each a bloody, mangled mess. Yet Yan Luo showed no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, his eyes held a hint of excitement as he looked at the vicious wolf, a sinister smile on his face.

The gruesome wounds might seem terrifying, but their existence continued to enhance Yan Luo's regenerative ability.

Every time the wounds knit together, as soon as Yan Luo engaged in intense movement, they would tear apart again.

To restore his body to a complete state, magic power had to continuously enhance Yan Luo's regenerative ability and toughness.

In the course of the battle with the vicious wolf, the magic power stored within Yan Luo was constantly being consumed, continuously fortifying his physique.

The more he fought, the more vigorous and powerful Yan Luo became!

That was why, even when he had several opportunities to kill the vicious wolf earlier, Yan Luo refrained from delivering the fatal blow.

If he killed this demon, where else could he find such a suitable sparring partner?

Unfortunately, while Yan Luo did not feel exhaustion, the vicious wolf gradually grew weary from the prolonged battle.

Wolves generally do not have great endurance, and the longer the fight continued, the more advantageous it was for a human, a high-endurance creature.

Though it was regrettable, Yan Luo could only pin down the vicious wolf, tear its skin open, and consume its flesh and blood raw.

Before Yan Luo had consumed even a tenth of the wolf, it succumbed to its severe injuries and died.

After its death, the vicious wolf dropped a complete wolf pelt, which Yan Luo casually tossed into the Space Box.

At that moment, a magic crystal fell out from the wolf pelt.

"Hmm?"

Generally speaking, magic crystals are a byproduct of a demon's death, meaning that when a demon dies, in addition to dropping other materials, it may also drop a magic crystal as an extra.

Of course, if you're exceptionally unlucky, it's possible that after killing a demon, you might not get the usual materials but only a magic crystal.

Such extra drops of magic crystals are rare events. In all the time Yan Luo had been active in the Abyss, this was only the eighth time he had come across an extra magic crystal drop.

Taking a couple of glances at the magic crystal, Yan Luo then brought out the piece of jade.

Yan Luo had confirmed that the jade was indeed an engraving tool—

A few days ago, when Yan Luo killed an ordinary-level demon, he obtained a magic crystal and placed it into the jade, successfully lighting up the engravings within the jade.

However, it only lit up the engravings to some extent, not enough to fully activate the jade's engraving capability, and the magic crystal was completely consumed.

Since that day, Yan Luo had been frequently checking whether magic crystals were dropped after a demon's death.

Now the magic crystal he held in his hand had been produced by a lethal-level demon—shouldn't this be able to activate the jade?

Yan Luo placed the magic crystal into the jade. Subsequently, the engravings within the jade were lit up one by one, and the magic crystal was rapidly consumed, its volume shrinking swiftly.

Suddenly, Yan Luo's intuition kicked in. He raised his hand and pointed the jade toward the air in front of him.

Whoosh!

A beam of light shot out from the jade, but it didn't travel far. Instead, it extended in four directions from a short distance in front of Yan Luo.

Like a curtain being drawn, the space in front of Yan Luo was sliced open.

Yan Luo's eyes focused intently, his sight penetrating the spatial crack, and he saw the massive tree against a blue sky, the ships flying in the sky, and the figure not far from the rift.

The figure had its back to Yan Luo, standing on a branch of a big tree, with pointy ears, appearing quite similar to the humanoid illusions he had seen in the phantasmal palace!

As if sensing something, the figure turned to look in Yan Luo's direction.

At that moment, the magic within the crystal was depleted, the engravings in the jade dimmed instantly, and the light and shadow before Yan Luo disappeared.

"This..."

Even Yan Luo couldn't help but be flabbergasted at this moment.

Looking down at the jade in his hand, Yan Luo was at a loss for words for a long time.

After what felt like an eternity, Yan Luo finally broke free from his 'petrified' state and muttered, "… What was that just now?"

It seemed like an illusion, yet it also felt like a rift in space was opened.

Yan Luo really couldn't figure it out...

No, that was indeed a spatial rift!

Yan Luo bent down and picked up a rhombus-shaped leaf from the ground.

As he examined the leaf and felt its texture with his fingers, Yan Luo's heartbeat accelerated, and it just kept accelerating, faster and faster!

"This isn't something from the Abyss!" Yan Luo concluded.

There are indeed many species of trees with rhombus-shaped leaves in the Crimson Abyss, but the problem is, he was currently in the Rusty Iron Hills, a barren wasteland with not a single tree in sight. So where did this leaf come from?

This leaf had been blown over from the place he had just seen—the light from the jade had opened a spatial rift!

So the question now was, what is on the 'other side'? Why do seemingly mythological elf-like humanoid entities exist there? Why are there flying ships?

Yan Luo was very certain that it wasn't another Abyss because from eighty years ago to the present, none of the Abysses that appeared on Blue Star showed signs of 'civilization.'

Which means, just now, that was indeed another world?

In that instant, Yan Luo clutched the jade tightly.

He finally understood why the Abyssal Believers wanted this jade because it could open a passage to another world.

Wen Chongwu hadn't explained why the Abyssal Believers worshipped the Abyss, but Yan Luo thought that crazy group dared to let 40% of the Hunters die in a demon tide to worship the Abyss. So it's possible that they intended to use this jade, which can open a passage to other worlds, to lead the Abyss to another world!

'Abyss' is a kind of meme; as long as its existence is known, the Abyss will descend. After reaching another world, the Abyssal Believers wouldn't need to do much; they just need to inform that world's beings about the Abyss's existence to trigger its descent.

But then again, how did Wen Chongwu acquire this jade? How did he know it was important?

If Wen Chongwu knew the jade could open a path to another world, why didn't he use it to escape to another world?

Could it be that Wen Chongwu was so benevolent that he was willing to sacrifice his life to protect that other world?

Yan Luo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

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