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Chapter 437 - Another Cave Abode
Grey hastily left the area, heading in the direction Ellis was located. Since Ellis has the advantage of flight, then it was preferable to leave the search of the bamboo forest to him.
He would explore the forest while heading deeper into it. His present plan was to try to get to the Ninth stage of the Origin Plane, and the best way to do that was through battles or obtaining treasures. If not for the irregularities in the forest recently, then he would've been searching for beasts at the Peak of the Origin Plane to fight against.
'Looks like searching for a treasure is my best bet,' He decided.
He started slowly moving through the forest, dodging all the Overlord Plane beasts he sensed on the way while searching for treasures. Whenever he encounters any Origin Plane beasts in areas where he doesn't sense any Overlord Plane beast, who would go all out in fighting against it.
Later that day.
The sun had already set and Grey searched for a place to cultivate through the night.
He hasn't seen anything of interest since coming into the Magical Beasts' forest, and only fought against three beasts during the day since he couldn't stay for long.
He took out the crystal orb Ellis gave to him while sitting in the cave.
The orb soon gave off a dim light and Ellis' face appeared in it.
"Can I help you with anything?" Ellis asked.
"No, I wanted to see how your search is going," Grey asked.
Grey started moving forward once again. He couldn't stay in one place, and according to Ellis, he would be leaving the next day. If Ellis doesn't find the bamboo forest before then, he would be forced to continue the search on his own.
For some reasons though, he didn't feel too confident in being able to locate the bamboo forest. The reason he felt this way was because the forest was just too big. Even if he decided to dedicate his time to searching everywhere, it would take him countless years before he could travel around it.
'*Sigh* Void, it would be great if nothing happened to you.' He thought while walking away from where he passed the night.
After walking for a few hours, he encountered people. There was at least a group of six or so, and each group contained a minimum of seven people and a maximum of fifteen people. In front of them was a cave, just like the one he entered with Ellis and that group.
The people noticed him and looked in his direction. Luckily, he had his robe on so none of them knew what he looked like. If they knew he was a youngster, some of them might want to attack him or pressure him to leave the place, but now, they let him be.
He stared at the cave, although he couldn't really sense anything inside, he decided to wait here with the others. After all, all these people wouldn't stay here if there wasn't the chance of there being a treasure here. This cave was also relatively bigger than the one he entered previously.
What he noticed was that of the multiple people here, only two were in the Eighth stage of the Origin Plane, the rest were either in the Ninth stage or at the Peak of the Origin Plane.
'They must be the top people who explore this place, well, below the Overlord Plane.' He thought.
There are also groups in the Overlord Plane who come into the Magical Beasts' forest, but since Overlord Plane Elementalists aren't as many as those in the Origin Plane, it's difficult to encounter them.
Even with the beasts coming this far out, those groups would still venture deeper inside the forest.
After almost an hour, the first group walked into the cave.
The others stood up and followed behind them. Grey also didn't stay behind, walking at the back of the groups.
From their cautious looks, Grey knew none of them had entered the cave before, so they didn't know what to expect inside it.