When I first entered, I had been chatting with them. But later, I grew tired and was also paying close attention to my surroundings, so I gradually ignored them.
I didn't expect them to disappear at this moment!
As I came all the way here, I saw only one path. If they knew the situation, they would have kept walking forward.
However, there are too many twists and turns here, and their visibility is poor under these circumstances.
It's possible that something else might happen due to fear.
The thought of this immediately made my mood heavy.
"Perhaps I should go back and check..." I frowned and turned to leave. But after only a few steps, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
I found that my body hadn't moved an inch.
"What's going on?" My expression changed. I clearly felt I was walking, but the surrounding scenery hadn't changed at all!
"An illusion? Or a ghost blocking the way?" I looked around, as if an invisible membrane enveloped me, and I couldn't step back no matter how hard I tried.
"It seems they don't want me to leave?" I frowned. My Shepherd God power condensed on my fist, and I punched forward fiercely.
I felt my fist hit something, but the sensation was extremely uncomfortable.
It was soft, like punching into cotton, completely unreal.
Most importantly, this punch produced no fluctuation at all.
It was like a mud ox entering the sea, without even a ripple.
"It seems I can only keep going forward..." Though I felt unwilling, I knew I couldn't break this situation.
Since that energy could lead me to this place, it must mean there's something I need here, or something important to me.
Number one and Number four are in an unknown state. If I resolve the problem quickly, I can find them sooner.
Thinking of this, I took a drink of the Water of Life and rushed forward without hesitation.
I continued to run for nearly half an hour. The path was winding, with stairs going up and down, until finally, I lost my basic sense of direction.
The surroundings were still filled with a comfortable faint green light, but I couldn't see the end.
Even under these circumstances, my Thousand-Mile Eyes were useless; I couldn't sense any changes in my surroundings.
I slowed my pace and walked forward, my mind constantly replaying what I had seen along the way.
The walls around were clearly not naturally formed, and they had some patterns that were not very different from each other.
I recalled them carefully.
My memory now far surpassed that of a normal person, almost reaching the realm of photographic memory.
From the moment I entered until now, I could remember almost all the patterns clearly.
The patterns flashed through my mind. At a certain moment, I suddenly realized that these were patterns that were slowly changing.
Although the difference was not significant over short distances, compared to the first pattern, the current patterns had undergone earth-shattering changes.
In my mind, connecting these patterns together, they actually formed a complete animated image.
Before I could examine it closely, I suddenly felt the Shepherd God power in my body begin to surge.
Then, the Shepherd God power circulated constantly within my body. I felt as if I were in a hot spring, a burning sensation spreading to every corner of my body.
I immediately sat down on the ground and began to run the Shepherd God Art.
Based on past experience, as long as I could run the Shepherd God Art at the first opportunity, I could reduce the burning pain.
But this time, it seemed to have no effect!
The burning sensation intensified. At this moment, I couldn't care less about anything else.
I frantically mobilized the Shepherd God power in my body.
As the Shepherd God power pressed down, I could feel the burning sensation being suppressed.
A flicker of joy, I continued to mobilize the Shepherd God power, pressing down wildly.
Although I didn't know when the end would be, it was much better than enduring this pain.
Once the Shepherd God power I used for suppression decreased, the burning sensation would become even more ferocious.
That intense pain was more severe than any I had endured before.
Under these circumstances, I dared not be careless and could only continuously call upon the Shepherd God power.
In this situation, I couldn't care about anything else; the Shepherd God power pressed down unceasingly.
I don't know how long this process lasted, but at some point, I suddenly panicked!