Chapter 67: Stepping into the Abyss.
For Punk, the preparation required to enter the endless Abyss was actually not that complicated. He just made some low-level potions, These potions were more suitable for dealing with weaker demons, and their gentle effects wouldn't harm the bodies of those using them.
"Punk belonged to the neutral camp, and the spells he used had neutral properties. Therefore, in the Abyss, he aimed to use as few spells as he could to avoid attracting the attention of demons who were highly sensitive to magic."
These potions were very strong and could make most creatures who breathed them fall into a deep slumber within seconds. It was the sort of sleep where the person might not wake up even if they were poked with a knife. Additionally, he had around ten bottles of paralysis potions and five or six bottles of suffocation powder.
Although the effect of these potions would not be as powerful as the purest positive energy potions against the demons, on the one hand, Punk intended to capture some demons alive, and on the other hand, in endless Abyss, usage of positive energy would be too risky.
Finally, Punk checked the robe on his body. Actually, the usefulness of this robe to Punk was now negligible, as in front of the most official-level spell, short-range teleportation would have almost no effect. So he was planning to get a new official-level magic robe when he returned from this trip to the Abyss.
Punk put a layer of "protection from evil" on himself. In fact, in addition to this spell, he also wanted to cover himself with a layer of "protection against chaos" to be safer. After all, this kind of conceptual Advent defensive spell could sometimes yield unexpected results. Most of them also had a certain degree of offensive ability, which could be said to be an excellent means to deal with enemies of different camps.
But unfortunately, Punk could not use "Protection against Chaos" on himself.
It was not until ten minutes ago that he realized that he seemed to belong to the chaotic evil camp. As soon as he cast the protection from chaos, it began to treat Punk himself as the target and started a fierce counterattack. If Punk hadn't been covered himself with the mage armor, he would have been injured by his own spell.
Punk at that time was a little stunned for a while. He used to think in his heart that although he was a "little bit" unlawful and just a "little bit" of profit seeker, he still belonged to the Chaotic neutral camp. Now it seemed that deep in his heart, he was truly an unfettered existence.
But Punk didn't care much about these camp issues. Chaos had its own advantage, and it also meant that those boring rules could no longer restrain his actions.
Although Punk would lack some defense in this trip to the Abyss, this minor accident was not enough to shake Punk's decision. He filled his robe's pocket with prepared potions as planned and then took out a small piece of gem. Inside it, a lot of negative emotions such as resentment and hatred were sealed. Then he walked to the center of the hall, and precisely drew a spell formation that was filled with a lot of negative energy.
Punk stood on the edge of the circle and held the gem in the palm of his hand, then began to chant the spell in a fragmented and sharp tone. With the chanting of the incantation, the negative emotions sealed inside the gem slowly flew out and converged in the center of the magic formation that was shining with grays red light.
After waiting for a full fifteen seconds, the gem in Punk's hand turned into a brown powder and flew away with the wind. A small light spot appeared in the center of the magic formation. And as the light spot slowly expanded, a stench of blood filled the entire White Tower, and large patches of blood stained the hall's ground. The chaotic energy turned into a raging storm in the air, and flashes of lightning strike left burning scars on the surrounding ground.
The portal to the Abyss was open!
It was not too difficult for Punk to open this portal, as due to the chaotic nature of the Abyss, any portal that led to the Abyss did not require any approval from the will of the Abyss. It could even be said that it would actively weaken the plane barrier at the portal location to give one the green light. The Abyss welcomed any visitors regardless of their motive.
Because of it, mages were not supposed to open portals close to a city, although due to the limitations of the dimension wall of the Pheren plane, it was impossible for a mage to open the portal for a long time without any special means, and even if the portal was opened, only the creatures with the same strength as the opener could pass through it, and there were also restrictions on the number and volume, but despite all this, it was still very dangerous to open the portal carelessly. For ordinary people, the evil and chaotic demons were simply unreasonable killing machines; even one demon that successfully ran out of the portal could bring a huge disaster, but Punk obviously didn't care about these "little things."
Punk finally looked at the system prompt about the duration of time the portal would stay open. This portal, which needed almost half of his mana to open, would only last for three hours at most. Punk also set an alarm to remind him to return within this time frame because if he could not return, it was almost impossible to open another portal from the other side unless he was a legendary mage; even then, it was not easy to breach the rigid plane wall of Pheren.
Punk waved his hand displeasedly, trying to get rid of the foul bloody stench in the air. He patted the potion in the pocket of his robe to confirm that he hadn't forgotten anything and finally stepped into the portal.
Generally, before entering a portal, a mage would send a servant or a summoned creature through to check for any potential ambush on the other side. However, the portal to the Abyss didn't require such precautions. Even if demons were nearby, those frenzied creatures would have already charged to engage in battle. So, since there were no demons within the portal initially, it indicated that there were no demons near the portal's opening.
Deep down, Punk was secretly hoping for a scenario where a demon would burst out of the portal entrance. In this way, he wouldn't have to venture into the Abyss himself and take that risk. Plus, , if a group of official-level demons came out, he could have retreated, leaving that troubled mess here.
"I will have to do it myself then."
Punk felt a feeling of weightlessness during the transmission and muttered to himself indifferently.
The First Layer of the Abyss was called the Layer of ten thousand entrances.
The Layer of Ten Thousand Entrances was at the very top of the endless Abyss. It was a desolate place with no birds or plants, just a lot of sand. The whole layer was very hot because the red sun was always in the sky. In this empty place, there were three kinds of things: the ground had big cracks in it, there were heaps of dead bodies left by the big demons, and there was a dirty river called the Styx.
The big cracks on the top Layer were like doors to the lower Layers. If someone followed the right crack, they would get to the right Layers of lower abyss. But jumping into cracks that go to an unfamiliar place in this endless Abyss was very risky.
While many cracks had entrances in both directions, some were just one-way. Taking those one-way paths meant the traveler couldn't go back and got stuck in an unfamiliar layer.
The endless Abyss was considered infinite. So, even though people knew about up to six hundred and sixty-six levels, there were many more scary and unexplored deep levels waiting to be found.
Now, in the scorching heat of the blood-red sun, in this ancient chaotic land, a young mage had quietly set his foot!
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