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"Uhh.. Master? What happened.." Di Rou whom was laying down in an unconscious state before finally woke up.
Huh? The overbearing presence is gone..
"W-We are still in the forest? Did we managed to get away safely master?" Di Rou turned her head towards her master that was currently sitting down cross-legged meditating and asked.
Duan Li opened his eyes, "En! We managed to escape somehow.. perhaps it was the presence of a powerful wild beast, but it disappeared soon after and did not chased us." he answered, choosing not to tell her the truth as the matter was quite personal for him.
Thinking about it for a while, she soon nodded.
And then, it was Duan Li"s turn to ask, "Di Rou, I was actually quite curious, how did you managed to enter the Eternal Maze along with me? In my knowledge, there hasn"t been any prior incident where two people that entered together managed to be in the same place.."
Duan Li recalled that time when he first entered the Eternal Maze along with Xiahou Yu, and they were separated by a huge distance between them!
Furthermore, Di Rou"s cultivation state was at the Pinnacle stage of the Core formation realm, so she should be in the Third region at least, not here..
Di Rou that listened to this quickly understood, "Ahh, so the Eternal Maze would teleport one according to their realm? In that case, its because the shadow dimension is actually a mirror of the real world, isolated yet connected."
"Even if there were no lights present, one would always have their shadow with them and I guess that the Eternal Maze"s detection system had identified this but could not separate us because the shadows and the hosts are practically inseparable." she explained.
"Oh? Then that means, as long as others entered my shadow, they are inseparable away from me?" Duan Li"s eyes brightened.
If that was the case, then he could one day bring everyone along with them to the Eternal Maze and clear it together!
Not only would it be beneficial for them, but also safer because he would be around to keep things in check!
However, he was about to be disappointed because Di Rou shook her head in response to his question.
"Yes.. but unfortunately, its not possible master for more than one person to enter.." she answered, as if reading her master"s train of thought.
She then continued, "The shadow realm or dimension, is only equal to the actual shape of the host. The reason why I could fit in was because I have a secret technique that could dislocate my body efficiently without any harm and rearrange my internal organs and bones position to fit inside your body shape, because normally, its not possible for everyone."
"Eh? What about Cucko then?" Duan Li inquiried as he shot a glance at Cucko whom was currently perching atop of Daelius"s head.
"Cucko is quite small, so he could fit in with me somewhere, but that"s already the maximum your shadow could store.." she replied.
"I see.." Duan Li couldn"t help but to ponder a bit where that "somewhere" was.
"Anyway, let"s continue on! Komodo, you take point again!"
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Pant.. pant..
"I made it.." Dugu Liubai sat down cross-legged in front of a small shrine and his breathing was haggard.
That was close!
To think that the ent.i.ty sealed underground would be able to let a sliver of its presence escape through a tiny gap in the seal!
How terrifying!
And yet, that mere sliver of presence, if exposed outside to the mortal world, would be enough to cause the total breakdown of society!
Just its commanding presence alone, would make most humans submit either through fear or reverence of its great, G.o.dlike power.
Evildoer would even want to worship it!
It was only fortunate that Duan Li, whom was affected directly by the presence of this ent.i.ty, has managed to remain sane.
"That fellow sure is something else.. even Nascent Soul realm experts would find themselves being beguiled if exposed directly by such a presence.."
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After quite a long walk towards the inner area, Duan Li finally found himself to be in a huge clearing with short gra.s.ses, right beneath the base of the volcano.
"There they are! I finally found them hahaha! Hey family!" Komodo roared out to call the herds of Molten Komodosaurus by the distance.
Roar?
The herds of Komodos that were busy socializing turned their head to look for the source of this call as they walked over.
But when they spotted Duan Li and Di Rou, as well as Daelius the young Fenrir whom emitted an aura of dominance, they halted their steps and roared out in wary.
Roar! Roar!
Cucko felt like these Komodos were afraid of him, thus it became proud and puffed out its chest with pride.
Komodo that heard this roars became a little bit emotional, "Guys, don"t worry! These humans and monsters are friends of mine!"
Roar?
The Komodos looked at each other before proceeding forward slowly.
"Eh, Junior Bulu? I haven"t seen you for years! Where have you been all these while?" one of them whom recognized Komodo spoke out.
Puu!!
Duan Li, Dilong, Zhulong, Daelius and Cucko choked on themselves when they heard this name, trying very hard to suppress their laughter.
Junior Bulu? What an interesting name! It sounds very tribal-like!
"Hmm?"
Di Rou, whom was the only one out of the loop because she can"t understand animal and monsters language, tilted her head and found the scene to be amusing, especially when those three choked at the same time.
"Maybe I should learn animal language from Master next time.."
Komodo Bulu whose name was called out by a Senior Komodo blushed in embarra.s.sment.
"Yes, I was trapped somewhere for a very long time, but long story short, this person, Duan Li, was the one whom eventually saved me!" Bulu explained.
"Speaking of which, where are the rest of the family? I don"t see Lulu and Pegu here.. could they be roaming out somewhere in the field?" he continued.
Hearing this, the Senior Komodo suddenly seemed to recall the two names being mentioned by Bulu. For a moment or so, it remained silent as if not knowing what to say towards the latter before letting out a huge sigh.
"Junior Bulu, let me tell you what had happened since you were gone.." the Senior Komodo began to retell the events a few years back.
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