Chapter 3293 Stealthy Communication

The mysterious black was deep and all around, blocking all eyes from seeing anything. Nothing but loneliness was left in the Dark Region.

Previously, the other disciples had been there with them, but even then, they had found it hard to resist this lonely and gloomy feeling. Now that Zen and Elvinia were left alone, the uncomfortable feeling overwhelmed them even further.

The huts had seemed mysterious and fascinating when they had seen them from the Other Shore. But once they were inside them, they knew they were nothing but candle workshops. This disappointing fact added to their depression, especially after they found that their freedom had been taken from them.

"The other disciples will return to the Oneness Sky Palace and report our situation to my mother... She is going to be so worried..." Elvinia murmured, staring at the flickering candlelight that was casting ghostly shadows around them.

"You are right, but her worries won't take us out of here," Zen remarked, shaking his head and heaving a sigh.

They had no way of leaving the Other Shore. The Illusion Breaking Rune had been rendered useless, and they couldn't be forcibly woken up by friends in the outside world, either.

And no matter how powerful Flamine was, she couldn't descend from the upper stages of the Other Shore to come to their rescue. In fact, even Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Yasamin couldn't find a way to help them at this point.

The Other Shore was a special type of place. Most of the time, it could be considered safer than most other places in the Source World. Almost all kinds of predicaments could be faced using the Illusion Breaking Rune only. However, if someone were unable to get out, then the Other Shore would become the most dangerous place.

"What if the three-eyed boy refuses to let us go?" Elvinia asked.

"Right now, I don't know," Zen replied briefly with a shrug.

If they continued with this topic, it was highly likely that Elvinia would mention the candles hidden in her space ring. Therefore, Zen decisively stopped the conversation.

They waited in front of the hut for another two hours.

Suddenly, the Blue Twin Stars emerged in the dark sky above them, and the ground beneath them began to shake.

"The giant ape is back now..." Zen muttered, his eyes flashing into alertness.

The first time they had seen the three-eyed boy, he and the giant ape had appeared together.

Going by that, the giant ape's return could be considered a sign of the three-eyed boy's return. Still, Zen was worried that the three-eyed boy would merely hide himself in the darkness around them, choosing to observe them without being noticed.

Several loud thuds resounded in the darkness as the ground continued to shake.

Before long, the sound ceased abruptly somewhere close to the hut.

A giant hairy hand stretched out from the darkness and spread

ndles Dorothy had handed over to her secretly. Elvinia had attempted to inquire about them, but had been interrupted by Zen every time. She understood that he wanted to conceal them from the three-eyed boy, and therefore, decided to ask about them cleverly.

Zen instantly understood the undertone of her words and replied, "Yes, I suppose so. We may give it a shot after the work is done. But there's no hurry for now. In any case, the three-eyed boy doesn't seem that bad. Maybe he'll let us go at the right time after we make enough candles for him."

"I agree," Elvinia nodded.

She was smart enough to get Zen's real meaning: the three candles from Dorothy could be lit up, but right now wasn't the time. They would light up the candles and escape only when the time was ripe.

Some distance away in the Dark Region, the three-eyed boy was sitting in the giant ape's palm and healing himself.

Beside him, a round black curtain was floating in the air gracefully. If creatures from outside the Dark Region looked into this curtain, they would see nothing. The curtain would just be that for them; a curtain. However, through this black curtain, the three-eye boy could see every movement of Zen and Elvinia, as well as hear their conversation.

"Let you go? Huh, in your dreams!" The three-eyed boy sneered and waved his hand. The round black curtain disappeared immediately.

The Burning Crystal mine had been taken over by the black monkeys. They were very strong creatures, and successfully plundering the Burning Crystals from them was no small achievement. The three-eyed boy had recently obtained a large amount of those Burning Crystals, but the price was that he had suffered a lot of injuries.

Fortunately, his candle workshop had already been on. The drudges he had found — a human male and a female — were quite efficient, therefore, he had decided on working hard to plunder more crystals now.