Chapter 682 Wooden Puppets (1/2)

Chapter 682 Wooden Puppets

“It’s done!”

Adam’s voice rang out from beyond the screen. At the same time, an image appeared over the indistinct screen.

A small and solitary door stood amid a pure white expanse of Heaven and Earth.

Shen smiled and nodded with satisfaction before moving forward.

The moment his body made contact with the screen, a ripple appeared on the surface of the screen. This time, however, the result was completely different from earlier with Adam.

After stepping past the screen, his body did not disappear. Instead, it appeared as though he had simply stepped past a curtain of water to appear on the other side of the screen.

“How is it? Am I not powerful?!”

After Shen made his way across the screen, Adam took the initiative to reach out to grab Shen’s hand. The look on his face was that of one waiting to be praised.

“Indeed. You were faster than I had expected. Those guys from Zero City did well,” said Shen as he patted Adam’s head. “However, they would never have expected that the first thing you did, you, a product that had taken them so much effort, will be to break Zero City’s core protection for me.”

“It is the second!” Adam pouted with a dissatisfied expression. “I had helped Gibbs calculate out the timing and positions of the exit portals before this!”

“So, that was you?” Shen was slightly shocked. However, he was quick to recollect himself. “Fine, it’s fine even if this is your second completed task. Let’s head in.”

“Mm!” Adam jumped forward with excitement and reached out with his hand to pull open the door. Then, he turned to Shen and beckoned to him. “Hurry up, let’s enter!”

Shen followed Adam through the door.

Darkness surrounded them. Before Shen could get a clear view of his surroundings, a chilling claw had descended upon his face.

At the same time, countless mournful wails reverberated forward from all around him.

Just as the claw was about to make contact with Shen’s face, it suddenly came to a halt, stopping in the middle of the air.

One of Shen’s fingers was extended before him and it blocked the wrist of the claw.

A savage-looking evil spirit howled out and swung its limbs about. However, no matter how hard it tried, it could not make contact with Shen’s body.

“What a terrible taste. This stage… … was set by Gabriel, right?” Shen frowned as he looked around.

Their surroundings appeared very gloomy. However, it was not utterly devoid of light.

There before the two of them was a tall and jagged mountain. A red light was dimly but continuously flashing from the top of the mountain.

Countless shadows could be seen flitting about, from the bottom of the mountain all the way to the top of the mountain.

They were evil spirits, rotting zombies, incorporeal-looking Hellish phantasms that drifted through the air.

There were also ghastly flames floating about amid the other shadows.

“A very direct one.” Looking at the red light flashing from the top of the mountain, Shen smiled and said, “Never one to beat around the bush, eh? As long as I can reach the top of the mountain, I can get the key. It seems this stage was really set by Gabriel.”

After saying that, he tapped lightly with his finger and the evil spirit before him was shattered apart by the resulting golden light. Only ashes remained of the evil spirit.

Next, Shen held Adam’s hand and walked toward the mountain, one step at a time.

The surrounding evil spirits and other dead apparitions became like sharks that had gotten a whiff of blood. They pounced upon Shen with a maddening fervour. However, the golden light enveloping Shen’s body rapidly expanded to form a sphere of pale golden shield around him.

When they were but five metres away from Shen, the evil spirits and other deathly apparitions made contact with the golden-coloured shield. Upon contact, they immediately screamed out in pain before dissipating into thin air.

Shen did not stop moving forward at all throughout the whole process. He led Adam along as they made their way to the foot of the mountain and began moving upward to the top.

There were no paths on the mountain at all. Only jagged and strange-looking rocks could be seen. However, whenever Shen stepped on them, it appeared as though he was simply walking on flat terrain.

“Are you afraid?” Shen turned around to look at Adam.

“Of course not,” replied Adam with a smile. “I know they cannot harm me. Why would I be afraid? Shen… … didn’t you know?”

“I had assumed that you would be like other little kids,” said Shen with a smile.

“I am not an ordinary little kid!” Adam pursed his lips to the side.

“Of course.” Shen nodded.

Before long, they were already halfway up the mountain. There was not much distance left between them and the mountaintop.

A shocking roar suddenly rang out and rocks were scattered about. A large hole burst into existence upon the mountain. A terrifying face and sharp fangs appeared before them as a gigantic beast, tens of metres in height, suddenly rose up from the mountainside. It clasped both palms together, crouched down, and sent a heavy strike down at Shen and Adam.

“Is this the final one? Interesting.” Shen revealed a faint smile. He ignored the incoming blow. Instead, he drew an arc before him with his right hand.

An arc of light cut the gigantic beast’s body, causing black-coloured blood to spill all over. The gigantic beast was not even capable of one final wail before falling heavily down on the mountainside. Its two separated bodies tumbled down onto the foot of the mountain.

“Let’s go get the keys.” With the final threat dealt with, Shen pulled Adam along with him and they made their way up to the mountaintop.

The red flashing light on top of the mountain came from a skull-sized crystal. It was perfectly round and translucent. There beneath the flashing red light, at the core of the crystal, was an ancient-looking key.

Shen extended a finger and lightly tapped the crystal, causing it to split from the middle down. The two halves fell down and the key slowly floated its way into Shen’s palm.

The moment Shen obtained the key, the evil spirits, Hellish apparitions, all of them disappeared without a trace. The mountaintop beneath their feet, as well, transformed into an endless expanse of whiteness.

Once again, a door appeared before them.

“Easy peasy.” Shen held up the key and gave a light whistle.

“All right! Let’s continue! Just two more doors and we can leave!” Adam cheered as he grabbed the doorknob.

Shen revealed a faint smile as he inserted the key into the door.

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“Finally… have we reached the end?”