I wasn't worried about myself; if Zhang Heng and the others had been caught between those creatures in such a narrow alley, they might actually have been in danger... It seems the power tier in this Dragon Rider horror movie world isn't as weak as it appears on the surface.

Yet, as Zheng Zha thought, his movements didn't pause for an instant. Because the previous punch had returned without effect, he deliberately increased his force, even circulating a bit of internal energy. Every punch, every kick seemed to carry the sound of wind and thunder. As he stomped down, the ground cracked open, and the helmet of a Black Knight directly in front of him flew off. Zheng Zha struck the Black Knight with a speed invisible to the naked eye, but what surprised him was that beneath the helmet, there was no flesh. To be precise, the Black Knight was only armor; the thing he was fighting was purely the suit of steel. No wonder the punch did absolutely nothing.

"Oh, so that's how it is. That makes things considerably trickier..." Several minutes later, the passageway was littered with heaps of compressed metal pancakes.

Even their heavy double-bladed swords were flattened into solid disks along with the armor. Now, the Black Knights could no longer move at all.

Although the Black Knights couldn't harm or even impede Zheng Zha, the sheer number of them on Sub-Level Three was overwhelming. Zheng Zha had been locked in continuous combat with them all the way through, having pressed hundreds of metal pancakes underfoot, and it still wasn't over. It seemed the number of Black Knights on this floor was endless, especially as he headed in one specific direction, where the concentration of them grew denser.

Zheng Zha spent several tens of minutes consumed by this slow pace.

Previously, to avoid any powerful creatures lurking below, he had carefully conserved his internal energy and Vampire energy, even during combat.

Now, he finally unleashed "Explosion," transforming himself into a veritable hurricane.

A figure flashed past, and the Black Knights in the corridor were instantly blasted against the surrounding walls, embedding deeply into the stone, struggling uselessly. Zheng Zha continued to charge forward as if untouched until he burst into a brightly lit area, where he deactivated "Explosion" and stopped.

This was a rare spot of illumination on Sub-Level Three.

While other areas also featured torches affixed to the walls, they remained dim and carried a chilling aura. Only this spot suddenly emitted the light of a daylight lamp. It was an unremarkable room, yet the doorway was densely carved with countless magical runes.

It was precisely these runes that generated the intense light.

"Legendary magic items, perhaps? I wonder if I can take whatever is inside. This is truly fascinating; I didn't expect Dragon Rider to offer extra rewards like in The Lord of the Rings... Speaking of which, perhaps the documents detailing the truth revealed by the Saints and Cultivators are in there, much like the last testament left by that Saint Anubis..." Zheng Zha muttered to himself, growing more excited the longer he thought. He immediately lifted his foot and strode toward the room, but as he reached the point of the magical runes, he encountered an invisible protective layer. He dared not use brute force; after all, if this layer was not purely defensive but also possessed an offensive attribute, forcibly breaking through might destroy the entire room. Setting aside whether information left by Saints or Cultivators was inside, the mere presence of the Elven Princess, Enya, lying within made him hesitant to act recklessly.

"Little Ding-Dong, I've found something interesting. How about it? Want to come down and take a look? You've studied Cultivation techniques for so long, and you have all that information left by the Cultivators and Saints—surely you can deal with these magic runes?" Zheng Zha mused, then pulled out the silver metal shard to contact Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan responded immediately: "I saw it a while ago... Not bad, a mechanism involving Legendary Magic. Fine, I'll come down."

"...Chu Xuan! Don't tell me you've been monitoring us through that silver metal shard this whole time? Damn it, why doesn't my silver metal shard have that function?" Zheng Zha burst out cursing. He suddenly recalled a long time ago, during the Ju-On horror movie, Chu Xuan had fashioned a communication device for them, while his own was a 'mother unit' capable of listening to the conversations of others using their communicators.

Chu Xuan replied nonchalantly, "It's not the silver metal shard. The one I made for you is the same product as yours... It's something else."

As he spoke, a faint, almost imperceptible electric light flickered in Chu Xuan's left eye. If one looked closely, strange, bizarre runic diagrams could be seen within it, bearing a strong resemblance—about eighty to ninety percent—to the characters in the Cultivation techniques within the documents he held.

"Forget it, I don't care what you did, you never tell us anything about yourself anyway... Right, since you can see me, you can see the situation downstairs too, can't you? Help me see what’s down there."

Zheng Zha sighed, unwilling to waste energy being angry at that fellow Chu Xuan, and simply made his request.

Chu Xuan said nothing more. The runic patterns in his left eye began to cycle again. From his perspective, the entire world transformed into a purely energetic plane. For instance, the energy signature of the Green Goblin Glider beneath his feet was significantly higher than the surrounding space, and his own energy was more than a hundred times greater than that of the glider. On the ground, there were dense clusters of energy, symbolizing individual life forms. Among them, several thousand energy clusters around the Royal City were clearly several times stronger than the energy clusters of the villagers in the surrounding hamlets. Within this dense mass, the energy signatures of Imhotep and Zhao Yingkong shone as brightly as moons.

Looking further down, the energy signature representing Zheng Zha was like a sun, so intense that the naked eye would feel strained. Its power surpassed that of every other living being present, exceeding even Chu Xuan's own. He truly had become exceptionally powerful...

"...There are five levels in total. King Gobarth is on the level just below this one. And yes, he has a great dragon with him... The passage downward is behind him and the dragon. I cannot see the fifth level... I cannot see anything below that..." Chu Xuan spoke while returning his left eye to normal. After finishing his report, he immediately began panting heavily.

Zheng Zha was unaware of Chu Xuan's condition. He pondered silently for a moment before stating, "Then I leave the magic runes on the third level to you. I want to scout the fifth level; the rumors about 'Hell' really interest me... Should I deal with King Gobarth on the way?" After catching his breath for a moment, Chu Xuan replied calmly, "No need. It's best to avoid harming him and the dragon if possible. First, Enya still hasn't been rescued, and we can't confirm if there's a side quest. Second, the rooms on Sub-Level Three might be damaged by your fighting, so it's best to reach the fifth level without harming them."

"That's quite a difficult request," Zheng Zha remarked with a wry smile. "Alright, let's stick to that plan. I'll go meet King Gobarth and see how strong this final boss, who never appeared in the movie, really is, and take a tour of 'Hell' while I'm at it!"

"...Remember to bring back some 'Hell' souvenirs."

Under Chu Xuan's casual remark, Zheng Zha walked down to Sub-Level Four with a hint of indignation, still pondering what method Chu Xuan used for his clairvoyance. Did he implant some kind of tracking device on him? As he contemplated this, he reached the bottom of the stairs and arrived on the fourth level.

The moment Zheng Zha stepped onto the fourth level, the pervasive chilling atmosphere he had felt moments before vanished abruptly, replaced by intense waves of heat, as if he were standing at the mouth of a volcano's magma vent. This fourth level was entirely different from the three above it; there were no corridors or rooms for floors. This place was purely a vast, natural underground cavern. At a glance, Zheng Zha couldn't even see the edges. In terms of area, this level was almost equivalent to the entire mountain range above it.

"That's exaggerated... But what's even more exaggerated is, Chu Xuan, you idiot, that dragon was merely a 'great dragon'?" Zheng Zha felt a genuine surge of fury. The dragon before him truly deserved the title of colossal dragon. How large was it? Using the man on its back as a comparison, this giant dragon was about a hundred meters long, stood over forty meters high when rearing up, and its wingspan stretched over a hundred meters wide. Its size surpassed even the one Zheng Zha had seen in Jurassic Park—a dragon larger and more powerful than the adult form of the hatchling he had brought with him!

"Uh, the reason I called it a 'great dragon' is that it only has great volume. If we compare by energy, ten of those dragons wouldn't match your energy level. So, you really don't need to worry..." Chu Xuan stated calmly.

"Don't need to worry my foot! Damn it, the passage is behind that giant dragon! How am I supposed to get to the fifth level?" Zheng Zha roared almost hysterically.

"Uh... That's your problem."

"But I can't think of a way, so I'm asking you!"

"Then that's my problem too..."

"...When I get out of here, I'm knocking out every one of your teeth!" Zheng Zha snarled through gritted teeth into the silver metal shard. He then looked toward the extreme distance, where, on a flat stretch of ground, lay an absurdly massive black dragon, and seated upon its back was a middle-aged man.

"Very well, let me test your combat power!" Zheng Zha dared not be careless. He immediately activated "Explosion," transforming his entire body into a phantom, and shot toward the distant black dragon at incredible speed.

He leaped toward...