TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 48 An Exploration in Gloomy Dragon Pool

Splatter!

Boom.

At night, it rained heavily. The torrents of water flowing down along a steep mountain slope washed away stones and dust of the earth, as loud as thunder.

Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia, like sprites in the dark, ran and jumped to the deep mountain with agility. Moreover, Li Ping'an's legs were as powerful as a perpetual motion machine.

Half an hour later, they had gone over seven or eight steep mountains at least more than five kilometers above sea level. Finally, they went into the central area of the deep mountain.

Li Ping'an consumed a lot of energy. Thanks to the mysterious pool water, he didn't collapse. Otherwise, even if he were in the late of the Awakening Stage or beyond the Awakening Stage, he would be exhausted.

Luckily, it rained cats and dogs, so the beast tide, the most dangerous threat in the mountain, didn't appear.

If someone spent ten days or even half a month arriving at Gloomy Dragon Pool, his speed could be said fast enough.

Showered by the heavy rain, Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia rested on a big, steep, and firm rock.

It was impossible to take shelter from the rain in this dangerous situation.

After Li Ping'an fetched some clean rainwater with his water bottle and gulped it down, he passed the bottle to Lin Jianjia and said with a smile, "Captain, I wish your stomach were healthy enough, or you might be. Hehe."

Glowering at Lin Ping'an, Lin Jianjia ignored his strange words and took the water bottle. She pressed her lips on where Li Ping'an had touched with his mouth and drank mouthfuls of water. Suddenly, she chuckled and said, "When I started exploring the wilderness, you were still an obedient student."

"Ah."

Li Ping'an didn't expect that she had sneered at his shortage, so he became annoyed. He wanted to slap her on the hip to let her understand his annoyance.

However, he was speechless when looking into her cold and arrogant eyes.

Lin Jianjia was right. She had richer experience and was braver than him.

Of course, it was his previous strength.

If they had stood at the same starting line of the life track, Li Ping'an could have done better than Lin Jianjia.

However, he was touched by Lin Jianjia who had accompanied him to be here at the risk of her life, without any hesitation.

They didn't know each other for a long time, but the difficulties they had faced together were much more than those common people or generations of them had encountered.

Their perfect cooperation formed in the dangerous situation might be even better than a married couple.

Li Ping'an didn't retort her, which made Lin Jianjia grin.

She knew how to gain the upper hand of Li Ping'an. Although he was causal in words, he wanted to gratify his vanity by making her shy.

As long as she kept being aggressive, Li Daniu could not harass her.

Lin Jianjia certainly knew that Li Daniu had his bottom line.

She didn't doubt that he would try his best to protect her whenever something dangerous happened.

They stopped bickering and took a rest, they didn't bicker. Now, they regained their energy a lot.

Lin Jianjia looked at her watch, frowned, and whispered, "Daniu, it's about 4 o'clock now. We are a dozen kilometers away from our destination, so we should speed up. Otherwise, in daylight, it is more difficult for us to safely get there."

Li Ping'an became serious and heavily nodded in agreement.

There were many dens of the beasts nearby, including those places where odd melon existed, but they had no time to explore it.

"Jianjia, you'd better save your strength, because we should be prepared for the worst result."

Lin Jianjia was a little confused, but instantly she got it and nodded.

When Li Ping'an restarted running, with his arm around her waist, she whispered in his ear, "Daniu, you b*st*rd. You will not die."

He was slightly surprised by her words and then became happier. He caught her waist more tightly and dashed to Gloomy Dragon Pool as quickly as a leopard.

As he went closer to his destination, he increasingly found that the mountain was horrible and deep.

It was hard to describe that feeling.

The skeletons of beasts and humans were scattered everywhere across the ground. Faced with the great mountain, Li Ping'an felt that he was as weak as an ant.

On the way to Gloomy Dragon Pool, there were many dens of the beasts. Fortunately, it rained heavily now, so beasts didn't dare to come out, which helped Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia a lot.

At 4:20 a.m., Li Ping'an, with his arm around the waist of Lin Jianjia, climbed a steep mountain about six or seven kilometers above sea level again. Finally, they reached their destination, the Gloomy Dragon Pool.

When they got here, it was more horrible and oppressive than that in the picture, which made them hard to breathe.

Lin Jianjia whispered hoarsely, "Daniu, I'm not strong enough to get closer to the pool, so I have to wait for you here. You could only fetch odd melon at a proper time, or you shouldn't do anything impulsively. We are young and have many chances. We will be the strongest someday."

"Ok."

With a heavy nod, Li Ping'an didn't delay but started rushing to the forest after making an "Ok" sign to her.

"Daniu, you must be careful."

In the storm, Lin Jianjia hoarsely shouted.

However, Li Ping'an had no time to respond to her but kept his eyes on the big deep Gloomy Dragon Pool before him.

Swoosh.

After dozens of agile jumps, Li Ping'an was more than two kilometers away from Lin Jianjia. He arrived at the only faintly dark beach next to Gloomy Dragon Pool.

When he stepped onto the beach, he found something unusual on it.

When he casually rubbed his feet against the sand, bones appeared. However, he didn't know what he had seen was animal or human bones.

The unfamiliar non-smooth feelings and the thick white swells around clearly told Li Ping'an that the uneven ground must be scattered with more gray skeletons of humans or animals than Li Ping'an had imagined.

"Gloomy Dragon Pool is pretty weird."

When the raindrops, as big as soybeans, fell on Li Ping'an, he bent over to carefully observe the situation around Gloomy Dragon Pool with his eyes narrowed.

Li Ping'an thought that it should be called a lake rather than a pool.

It was too vast to see its end.

With his eyesight, he assumed that the beach where he stood should be at least three kilometers away from the end of the cliff.

He had acute eyesight. The current visibility was poor, so a common person was not able to see the cliff.

There were neither islands nor rocks in the pool, so Li Ping'an didn't have anywhere to stand on it.

He couldn't jump or stand afloat on the pool water to take an exploration.

"What the hell is it? I have to dive into the pool to survey it."

Li Ping'an looked around and started taking off his combat jacket given by Cui Chenggang.

The pool was different from that in the Scarp Swallow. He didn't know how long it would take him to swim in the pool.

In the pool, in order to be agile, he had to be equipped with the simplest things by taking off heavy equipment.

He had no other choices.

As a saying went, "You can't eat your cake and have it too."

He had to make a choice between being agile and defending himself.

Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia once had speculated in the Gloomy Dragon Pool there should be beasts like a snake.

When he battled with a snake, it was futile to wear a combat jacket.

He was likely to be swallowed by it, so being agile was more important.

It was easy for Li Ping'an to make a proper choice.

Except for underpants, the camail, knee pads, the racer, and elbow pads, he took off his clothes. He not only protected his crucial body parts but also carried some weapons with them.

After being well prepared, Li Ping'an took a deep breath and then slowly dived into the dark Gloomy Dragon Pool.

The pool water was as chill as he had expected. It was a little higher than the freezing temperature. After taking mysterious pool water, Li Ping'an became more accustomed to the cold water.

It rained hard, but he swam with agility. At the same time, he tried to sense the energy in the pool.

Li Ping'an was nearly at the center of Gloomy Dragon Pool. However, except the oppressive dullness, there was no trace of energy at all.

"Sh*t! Is it nominal? There are no treasures in it, right?"

Li Ping'an cursed it in mind.

Instantly, Li Ping'an found something strange.

"What does a dragon mean? It's superb. Residents here didn't call it Gloomy Dragon Pool out of nowhere."

"It's said that dragons like collecting treasures, but why don't I sense any trace of energy? Should I dive deeper?"

"Gloomy Dragon Pool is so big, but I can hold my breath for only five minutes, so how could I dive so deeper for exploration?"

Although he was calm and the pool water was icy, there was still sweat on his forehead because of unknown danger.

Now, he realized that he acted rashly.

Without full preparation, it was not wise to take an adventure in Gloomy Dragon Pool, a horrible place.

However, it was a rare chance that Li Ping'an could not easily meet.

He could not have smoothly got to Gloomy Dragon Pool, according to his strength.

Besides the giant financial groups, fierce beasts and other adventurer teams could have easily killed Li Ping'an in the wild. And he might have been one of the skeletons.

"Sh*t! Why should I think so much?"

"I have nothing to fear. I don't care if there is a snake or a dragon in Gloomy Dragon Pool. I would kill it!"

He gritted his teeth, and his expressions became fierce. After taking a deep breath, he dived headfirst into the pool again.

He must try his best to do it.

If he were always hesitant about everything, how could he have more chances?