Chapter 4571 — Afraid to Go Up
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"It's fine. Who'd have guessed the two of us would end up such brothers in misfortune? I'll think of a way out on my own." Wei Zhao waved a hand with a smile. A living man could hardly be choked to death by his own piss; so long as he was willing to put his mind to it, he believed a way could always be found.
"Roar, roar. I can't go up there and kill that West Mountain Old Sect for you directly, but if all you want is to get out, then a way may not be entirely out of the question." The Five-Bane Dragon suddenly laughed, putting on a mysterious air. "You probably don't know this yet, but the space we're in now doesn't actually have the Five-Venom Swamp as its only exit!"
"You mean there's a second exit?" Wei Zhao was startled and delighted at once. Whether or not the West Mountain Old Sect was killed was secondary; if there really was a second exit that could get him past the West Mountain Old Sect's surveillance, then everything else would be easy to settle.
"That's right. As far as I know, there is indeed a second exit," the Five-Bane Dragon said with a confident nod. "You see all this five-element killing aura packed across the ceiling, but in truth many places aren't part of the Five-Venom Swamp at all. Go further up and you'll find it sealed off from the surface—no passage through. So to get in or out of here, you have to use an entrance. The Five-Venom Swamp you came in through is only one of them; there's another place that also gives access to this space."
"Really? That's wonderful—please take me there right now and show me!" Wei Zhao said quickly. Time was somewhat tight against the mission deadline, but so long as he could get out successfully, he believed he could still make it back to North Island in time. After all, the spirit bird was now a Nascent Soul-stage spirit beast, and its flying speed was far greater than when they had first come!
The West Mountain Old Sect would surely only be keeping watch on the Five-Venom Swamp side. Never mind a second exit—he probably did not even know there was such a mysterious, vast space down here. So long as Wei Zhao left by the second exit the Five-Bane Dragon spoke of, he would certainly shake off the West Mountain Old Sect without anyone being the wiser.
"All right. This second exit will shake off that West Mountain Old Sect well enough, but..." The Five-Bane Dragon suddenly broke off, as if hesitant to go on.
"But what?" Wei Zhao pressed at once.
"But this second exit isn't like the Five-Venom Swamp here. The five-element killing aura is packed all across it too, and you'll certainly be able to get out—but it depends on whether you have the guts for it," the Five-Bane Dragon said, looking at Wei Zhao.
"What? Is there danger outside?" Wei Zhao's heart tightened at once. He had finally found a way out, and he had no wish to have cold water thrown over him again.
"Danger—well, you couldn't call it much danger. But just like the Five-Venom Swamp side, there's a surveillance formation there aimed specifically at my master. You don't carry any dragon-clan aura, so going up won't trigger much of a reaction from the formation, but you'll still be noticed for certain," the Five-Bane Dragon explained.
"Ugh. Vermilion Bird and the others even know about this? Remarkable!" Wei Zhao could not help but sigh at the news. To investigate the Five-Venom Swamp, even the Ghost Thing in his prime had spent a vast amount of effort, and in the end had only been able to guess at the general picture—he had had no idea at all that this space connected to a second exit. Yet Vermilion Bird and the others knew even this. Clearly this ambitious top elder was not to be underestimated in either strength or ability. (To be continued...)