Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 274: Nether Canyon

The sky shook and the earth trembled as the terrifying auras collided against each other in mid-air, making the three on the side to think that if just the God rank presence alone of the two made such a chaotic sight, then what would happen if they decided to fight?

Eliana on the side watched this with a rather nonchalant face, but deep inside her heart she was shocked; shocked to the point where her small eyes flashed with gentle light from time to time.

It was apparent that she wouldn't have thought Greg would do such a thing as to challenge the strongest human being on the God rank and it made her a bit surprised. But what made her feel uneasy wasn't that, but the fact that Greg had a presence that was on pair with Zane's! A boy who wasn't even on the God rank for a few weeks reached such a frightening presence under a few weeks... Just what kind of terrifying power could he hold?

"You should end this here and now." closed Eliana her eyes gently as she told that, making the two before her halt their movement as they were ready to fight.

"She is right. If you want to fight so much fight somewhere else. As you can see, we are trying to do our work here." nodded Russ firmly with an agreement and patted the Magic Array on his side. 

Upon hearing this, Zane who was ready to teach Greg a lesson glanced at Russ then at Wayne and snorted a small while later.

"You are lucky." was the only thing he could say and retracted his presence as he turned around.

"..."

Greg did the same, but the mixture of anger and disappointment in his eyes never left. He was furious because of the way Zane tried to act with him, but also, he was disappointed that he didn't have the chance to fight with him. Not everyone had the opportunity to fight against an expert, especially if that one was a white Soul Stone holder. Also, he wanted to crush Zane's ego, showing that he was nothing special at all, but it seems he needs to wait for that to happen.

But knowing it would be truly just a waste of time, Greg sighed and turned his gaze at Eliana.

"So? Where did you find the last temple?" asked with curiosity Greg. Ever since Alice told him that the Temple of Void was in a place where humans could hardly find it, he was thinking all the time.

There were hundreds of places all around the world that were as frighteningly dangerous as the Forbidden Lands or the Flake Zone, but none of them were impossible to explore. 

"It was quite hard and tricky to discover its location, but by accident we found it. It's in the deepest part of Nether Canyon."

"!?"

The word Nether Canyon made not only Greg, but even the two powerful experts on the side to stiffen up with fear.

In this world, there were hundreds if not thousands of places where one could die relatively easily, but none of them were as scary as the Nether Canyon. Rumors said that once someone enters the Nether Canyon would never come back, but even if they did, they became mentally crippled. Every soul that entered and somehow returned with a safe body would scream in pure fear and agony until the very end of their lives.

"The Nether Canyon that turned a powerful expert into a serial killer, resulting in losing thousands of lives under a single day?" asked Greg as he looked at Eliana with a serious face.

"Yes." nodded Eliana seriously knowing the weight of this matter.

Even a strong expert who was famous from his rock solid willpower turned into a mentally crippled maniac, so how would Greg have even a chance? Maybe the Blessing he had could help him protect himself, but that was not life insurance and it was very risky to enter not only alone but even in groups!

"And even after knowing this, he wanted to throw me there right away." as the sudden realization hit him, how hard Zane wanted to go and obtain the key, the hatred inside Greg's eyes deepened several levels and glanced at Zane.

However, Zane just simply looked at the side with an expressionless, but kind of annoying face. It was visible he hated Greg, but the feeling was mutual.

"So? What is the plan then? I told you this, but the Blessing won't help me in this matter. It only helps me obtain the key and nothing more."

"I know." nodded Eliana, "And that is why I brought this with me."

Taking out something from her pocket, Eliana raised her hand holding a small pill. It had a red shade with tiny black marbles in it rolling here and there.

"Flame Pill?" asked Russ on the side as his eyes brightened with surprise.

"Flame Pill?" knitted his eyebrows Greg by the foreign name as he looked at the pill on Eliana's palm.

"Flame Pills are a very hard and difficult medicine to create. It uses hundreds of different herbs as its basic commodity so even the slightest error could make the process to fail; but naturally not for me. I have created hundreds of such pills and I can create one under a single hour." explained Russ with beaming pride.

Ignoring Russ's bragging of his superior pharmacy skills, Greg glanced at Eliana and asked, "And what can it do?"

"It c-."

"It is able to improve one brain functions for a limited time while also give protection against mental curses." said Russ with excitement, cutting into Eliana's words.

"..."

Both Eliana and Greg glanced at Russ in silence, not knowing what to say. This guy right now was shining with such a happy presence like a grade-schooler who told their parents that they got an A on their test.

Silence filled the whole surroundings but Russ still grinned like an idiot making Greg and Eliana to give up with a sigh.

"How long does the time limit last?" 

"Around 3 to 4 hours. Do you think under that time you can obtain the key?" asked Eliana with a tingle of worry present in her tone.

"I don't know. The last time I needed 3 days to obtain the key so compared to that, 3 hours is a very small amount of time." said Greg as he pondered, "Do you have more of these Flame Pills?"

"Unfortunately not. I don't have." shook her head gently Eliana.

As Greg heard this, his heart chilled a bit, but the next second his eyes brightened.

"Can't you help us make a few more?" asked from Russ with a hopeful glance, but his expectation was shattered the very next second.

"That is impossible."

"Why?" asked Greg as he felt almost like crying.

"Because as I said, Flame Pills needs hundreds of basic components like rare herbs, high-quality potions, animal parts and so much more. So no matter how much I wanted to help you I can't. I need at least 2 weeks to gather the ingredients if not an entire month!"

"Well... That is true." nodded Greg as he thought about it, but still sighed with dissatisfaction. To enter the Nether Canyon with only 3 hours of protection, he didn't know if it was either a foolish act or just simple a suicide move.

"What should we do?" pondered Greg as he closed his eyes tightly.

"Nothing. You will have no problem by entering that place until you follow my orders." sounded Alice's calm voice inside Greg, making his eyes open wide instantly.

"Yeah, that is true. You were the one who helped me every time, so if you are with me there won't be a problem." smiled Greg and turned his gaze at Eliana.

"Then let's go. I think with that single pill everything will be perfectly fine."

Although surprised by the sudden decision of his, Eliana still nodded and glanced at Zane, "Let's get going."

"Sure."

With a finally happy face, Zane walked up to Eliana's and Greg's side, and putting his hand onto their shoulder, they flashed away with a silver light.

Russ and Wayne who was left behind looked at each other in silence and only a small while later did they move.

"Then I guess, let's take a break. Without him we can't really proceed on." said Wayne, but suddenly Russ shook his head.

"No, we can."

"How?" asked Wayne, but the next second he realized what Russ meant.

"Oh, so you want to use Mila's and Joe's power too?" 

"Yes" nodded Russ and said, "Maybe their power won't be as powerful as his, but considering their elements, it could come in handy. Adding lightning and purple flames next to the other 6 elements will make this huge array system even stronger."

"I see. The more the merrier, huh?" laughed Wayne gently as he followed Russ back to the Eternal Kingdom.