Chapter 311 — The Eerie Corridor
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Shen Mu at once became a black shadow that merged into the wall and traveled along its surface. Seeing this, Ban Gongcuo privately called him clever and hastily became shadow and merged into the wall as well. The two carefully avoided the imprints on the wall, and they had not gone far before they saw the source of the god's breath.
It was a divine corpse—the body of a god. His skull was burst open; half his body had turned to stone, and half was still flesh. He had not yet had time to petrify fully before the enemy killed him.
The savagery of the fighting in this corridor exceeded their expectations.
They traveled along the wall surface, keeping pace with the old man in the painting, and after another few dozen zhang came upon a second divine corpse, then a third, a fourth...
Shen Mu and Ban Gongcuo, hearts pounding, walked on in fear and trembling—until at last they came to the end of the corridor, where a doorway stood.
The doorway suddenly opened of itself, creaking and groaning.
Shen Mu hesitated, then stepped down from the wall and passed into the doorway.
Ban Gongcuo hung back half a step, meaning to let Shen Mu go first and test whether danger lurked within. When Shen Mu went in and seemed to meet with none, he too came down from the wall. He was just about to step through when the door, with a creak, shut fast and left him outside.
Ban Gongcuo flung himself at the door, but he could not budge it however he tried. Only then did it occur to him that he should pull it open instead; the door opened at a pull, and he hastily forced his way in. He looked up, and his heart turned to ice; cold sweat poured down his brow.
Beyond lay a dark world of the underworld; far off, motes of light drifted to and fro in the air like stars in the heavens.
He was standing now on the deck of the treasure ship, and Shen Mu and the old man in the painting had both vanished!
Plainly, once that doorway had closed and opened again, the art of spatial alignment had shifted the space—it was no longer the room Shen Mu had entered!
"Damn it!"
Enraged, Ban Gongcuo turned and opened the door. Beyond it was no longer that eerie corridor, but a new room.