Grassroots Travel: The Star Lord of Another World

Chapter 67: Fight for the Secret Book

He walked for a long, long time, until his legs became weak and his lips became chapped, but he still did not see any hope. Just when he was about to despair, a ray of light appeared in front of him.

Gao Xingchen was delighted, thinking he saw hope, so he quickened his pace. However, when he got closer, he found that it was not hope, but an abyss of even greater despair.

It was a huge stone gate, carved with ancient and mysterious runes, emitting a frightening aura. Outside the stone gate was a void, nothing could be seen, as if it led to another world.

Gao Xingchen knew that this was the "glimmer of hope" that the voice had mentioned. However, how easy was it to open this stone door?

"What should we do? Are we really going to be trapped here and die?" Gao Xingchen's heart was filled with despair.

At this time, Nanli and Ling'er also arrived here. They also saw the stone gate and the frightening aura emanating from it.

"This... what is this place?" Ling'er asked with a pale face and a trembling voice.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be an ancient relic." Nan Li's face was solemn, and his tone became more serious than ever before, "And this stone door is the only exit to the outside world."

"But... this stone door looks so solid, how can we open it?" Ling'er asked in despair.

"Let me try." Gao Xingchen took a deep breath, mobilized all the spiritual power in his body, and launched an attack towards the stone gate.

However, the stone gate remained motionless, like an insurmountable mountain. Gao Xingchen's attack was nothing more than a trivial tickle to it.

"It's useless." Nan Li shook his head. "This stone door has a powerful restriction. With our current strength, we can't shake it at all."

"Are... we really going to be trapped here to death?" Gao Xingchen knelt weakly in front of the stone gate, his eyes filled with despair.

Nan Li felt a pain in her heart when she saw Gao Xingchen's dejected look. She knew better than anyone how much effort Gao Xingchen had put in to break this damn illusion and find a way to escape. Now, hope was within reach but out of reach. Such a blow was enough to crush anyone.

"Xingchen, don't give up, we will definitely find a way!" Nan Li walked forward, helped Gao Xingchen up, and said firmly. However, she also knew that these words were more like what she said to herself.

Ling'er was so anxious that she was running around in circles. Although she didn't have Nan Li's keen observation and calm mind, she could still feel the despair that permeated the surroundings. She kept pacing back and forth, trying to find a flaw, anything that could be used.

"There must be other ways, there must be..." Ling'er murmured to herself, but her eyes were fixed on the huge stone door, as if she wanted to see through it.

Suddenly, Ling'er noticed that there was a tiny crack at the bottom of the stone door, which was almost imperceptible. She was delighted and quickly pointed at the crack and shouted to Nanli and Gao Xingchen: "Look, there seems to be a crack there!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Xingchen and Nan Li hurriedly looked in the direction Ling'er pointed, and indeed found a tiny crack at the bottom of the stone door. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see it at all.

"Could it be..." Gao Xingchen felt a glimmer of hope, but it soon dimmed. "Such a small crack, even if we can pass through here, we can't open the stone door."

"How do you know if you don't try?" Nan Li said, and was about to go forward to check the crack.

However, at this moment, a strong repulsive force suddenly surged out from the stone door, and Nanli was violently bounced back. With a "bang", Nanli fell heavily to the ground, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Nanli!" Gao Xingchen's eyes were red with anger when he saw this. He rushed towards Nanli regardless of everything and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"I'm fine..." Nan Li shook his head weakly, with a trace of blood still at the corner of his mouth.

"It's already this time, and you're still trying to be stubborn!" Gao Xingchen looked at Nan Li with heartache, his tone full of self-blame and worry.

"I'm fine..." Nan Li tried to support himself and stand up, but found that he had no strength left.

"Don't move!" Gao Xingchen hugged Nan Li tightly, preventing her from moving.

Ling'er was extremely anxious. She knew that in their current state, they could not break through the stone door. The surrounding environment was becoming increasingly harsh, as if an invisible force was slowly swallowing them up...

The air around them seemed to freeze, and it was so oppressive that it was suffocating. Gao Xingchen hugged Nan Li tightly, feeling powerless. He had never longed for power as much as he did now, longing for the power to protect the one he loved.

"Cough cough..." Nan Li suddenly started coughing violently, with more and more blood at the corners of his mouth.

"Nanli, how are you?" Gao Xingchen was anxious but helpless.

"I... I'm fine..." Nan Li shook her head weakly and tried hard to force a smile, but it was uglier than crying.

At this moment, Lin Feng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly moved. A hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed at Gao Xingchen.

"Xingchen, be careful!" Ling'er exclaimed and wanted to step forward to stop it, but it was too late.

Gao Xingchen had always been on guard against the leader of the "Dark Alliance", but he never expected that the person who stabbed him in the back was actually his partner who once fought side by side with him!

"Puchi!" The sound of the dagger piercing flesh was particularly harsh in the silent space. Gao Xingchen groaned, looked down at the gleaming dagger on his chest, his eyes full of disbelief.

"You..." Gao Xingchen uttered a word with difficulty, but couldn't say any more.

“Hahaha…” Lin Feng laughed crazily, “Gao Xingchen, you have finally come to this day! This thing that originally belonged to me, I’m finally going to take it back!”

As he spoke, Lin Feng snatched the beast taming secret book from Gao Xingchen's hand, his eyes filled with greed and pride.

"Lin Feng, you despicable villain!" Ling'er was furious and wielded the whip in her hand and attacked Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was not afraid at all, and easily dodged Ling'er's attack. He sneered: "Just you? You don't know your own limitations!"

After saying that, Lin Feng turned around and was about to leave the illusion. He knew that as long as he got the secret book of animal taming, he would be able to become the most powerful animal tamer in the entire Nine Star Realm. At that time, the whole world would be his!

"Want to leave? Not that easy!" Gao Xingchen endured the severe pain, struggled to stand up, with rage burning in his eyes.

"Do you think you can still stop me?" Lin Feng snorted disdainfully and stabbed Gao Xingchen with the dagger in his hand again.

At this critical moment, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky and blocked Gao Xingchen.

With a loud "bang", Lin Feng was blown away by a powerful force and fell heavily to the ground.

"Who is it?!" Lin Feng raised his head in horror, only to see a mysterious man wearing a black cloak, whose face could not be seen clearly, standing in front of Gao Xingchen and protecting him behind him.

"Who are you? Why are you meddling in other people's business?!" Lin Feng was shocked and angry, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

The mysterious man ignored Lin Feng, just glanced at him coldly, then turned around and looked at Gao Xingchen.

"Are you okay?" The mysterious man's voice was low and hoarse, but it unexpectedly gave people a sense of security.

"I... I'm fine..." Gao Xingchen covered his chest and said weakly.

"How are you?" The mysterious man looked at Nan Li again, with a hint of concern in his tone.

"I'm fine..." Nan Li shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the mysterious man, full of confusion and vigilance.

"That's good." The mysterious man nodded, then turned around, faced the huge stone door, and slowly raised his hand...

"What are you going to do?!" Seeing this, Lin Feng suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart and shouted.

The mysterious man ignored Lin Feng and slowly placed his hand on the stone door.

"Om..."

The stone gate suddenly trembled violently, making bursts of rumbling sounds, as if something was about to break out of the ground...

At this moment, outside the illusion, the leader of the "Dark Alliance" was looking at the water mirror in front of him with pride. In the water mirror, Gao Xingchen and others were in a bitter battle and were about to be annihilated.

“Hahaha... Gao Xingchen, just accept your fate! You can't escape from this illusion no matter what!” The leader of the "Dark Alliance" laughed arrogantly, as if he had seen the dawn of victory.

However, his smile froze on his face before it could fully bloom.

Because he saw that the image in the water mirror suddenly changed...