What do you mean I've traveled to worlds geared towards children?

"Watch out!"

His body moved faster than his mind; Ron instinctively reached out to grab Jiang Chen in front of him.

But the cracks spread faster than Ron had imagined. As Ron grabbed Jiang Chen, the ground beneath his feet shattered as the cracks widened!

Boom!!!

With a loud bang, the ground beneath everyone's feet completely collapsed. Not only Ron and Jiang Chen, but also An Yan and Chen Xiaolian were unable to escape falling down.

Within this collapse, red and blue lights flashed almost simultaneously.

An Yan and Ron both chose to transform!

Chapter 32 We will protect you

The feeling of falling down wasn't pleasant.

First comes the feeling of weightlessness, and second comes the adrenaline rush that comes with it.

But because there was nowhere to grab onto or 'escape,' I felt an indescribable discomfort all over my body.

It felt like every muscle in my body was tense.

That's how Jiang Chen felt; he even thought for a moment that he might die here.

Until someone hugged him.

"Are you okay?"

Ron, who had already transformed, was holding Jiang Chen in one arm.

They were still in the air, and it seemed that the collapsed underground cavity was deeper than they had imagined.

"No...it's okay, thank you."

Jiang Chen first expressed his gratitude.

Ron shook his head: "Don't thank me yet, we're not done yet... Also, hold on tight!"

Ron wasn't sure if he would be hurt if he fell like that, after all, the height was really frightening.

So, before they reached the bottom, and having caught Jiang Chen, Ron decisively used his skill, releasing ice downwards.

splash ...

The ice did not completely solidify, but was broken into extremely small snowflake ice crystals. Countless snowflake ice crystals piled up under Ron and Jiang Chen's feet, slowing down their downward momentum.

After using the skill, Ron and Jiang Chen crashed together into the falling snowdrift.

boom!

The snowdrift buried the two of them, but soon, the icy blue figure jumped out of the snowdrift with Jiang Chen.

Only then were they truly safe.

"There's such a deep pit here..."

After setting Jiang Chen down, Ron looked up at the sky.

The pit above their heads, where they had fallen, was now completely invisible; the entire cave was pitch black, and they could see nothing at all.

Faced with this situation, Ron had no choice but to raise his hand and unleash magic.

hum.

A pure white light burst forth in his hand and was tossed above Ron's head.

Apprentice-level magic: Light Spell.

As the white light shone down, the entire cavern was revealed to Ron and Jiang Chen.

The tunnels were winding and twisting, leading in all directions. It looked as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out by something. Apart from the ground beneath their feet, there were passages leading to unknown destinations in all directions, including the ground above, front, back, left, right, and above.

Just by looking at the different entrances to the passageways, Ron knew that they had probably fallen into an underground maze.

"This is troublesome... We've probably fallen into the lair of some kind of mythical beast."

Jiang Chen picked up the illustrated guide and started looking through it, while speaking to Ron.

But after waiting a while and not receiving a response from Ron, he turned his head to look:

“…Ron?”

"Ah..." Ron finally looked away from the light spell he had cast, and as if just realizing what he had done, he asked Jiang Chen:

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

"I said, it seems we've fallen into a phantom beast's lair."

Jiang Chen repeated it again.

"A nest... Can you tell what kind of mythical beast's nest it is?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "I didn't realize there were so many kinds of magical beasts that can burrow, and there aren't any signs here..."

Don't be fooled by the fact that Ron has only encountered a few mythical beasts in the past few days, as if there are only a handful with names and identities. In reality, the variety of mythical beasts on the entire mythical beast continent is countless.

In terms of the ability to 'dig holes' alone, insect-type mythical beasts can do it, and some rodent-type mythical beasts can also do it.

Even some fictional mythical beasts, such as the 'Drill Beast' and the 'Tomb Raider,' can do this.

Therefore, expecting Jiang Chen to identify the mythical beast that dug the cave based solely on the cave's traces is indeed asking too much of him.

Although Ron nicknamed Jiang Chen 'Beast Encyclopedia,' it doesn't mean that Jiang Chen is truly omniscient.

After all, Jiang Chen is only an eleven or twelve-year-old child.

While talking to Jiang Chen, Ron would occasionally look up at the sky and sometimes release a smaller version of the Light spell to explore the upper levels.

Seeing Ron's actions, Jiang Chen asked curiously:

"What are you looking at?"

"I'm seeing if we can go back the way we came, or... try to find An Yan and Chen Xiaolian first."

An Yan and Chen Xiaolian separated from the two during their fall, which means that they did not fall vertically all the way down, and there may have been some kind of fork in the road along the way.

This also means that simply returning the way we came is probably not feasible.

Ron's idea was to first find a way out with Jiang Chen, and then try to find An Yan and Chen Xiaolian to reunite with them.

"We can't see the end of the road; it seems we can't go back the way we came."

Realizing there was no way to return the way we came, Ron first said something to Jiang Chen, then transformed back into his original form.

Maintaining the form of a mythical beast warrior consumes a lot of stamina.

Just like Ultraman can't stay transformed forever, Ron also needs to return to his original form to rest.

As Ron returned to his original form, the enormous ball of light magic shrank to the size of a palm.

'As expected, the power of the phantom beast warriors has enhanced my magic.'

Looking at the light spell in his hand that had returned to its original size, Ron pondered.

He was stunned after casting the light spell because it was much larger than he had imagined.

The light spell growing larger was clearly not due to Ron's magic; it was the power of the phantom beast warriors.

After becoming a Phantom Beast Warrior, Ron's magic was also amplified, which surprised him quite a bit.

Can different world power systems actually amplify each other?

Or is this the power of the system?

"You... can use this power even without transforming..."

Jiang Chen was surprised to see the orb of light still being held by Ron.

Ron replied with a smile, "It's just a little trick; I only figured it out myself."

"That's wonderful..."

Jiang Chen had no doubts; he simply looked at the ball of light in Ron's hand with envy.

Ron casually remarked:

"Don't you also have the mark of a Beast Warrior on you? So you will become a Beast Warrior too."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing Ron's words, Jiang Chen lowered his head and whispered:

"I... probably can't do that kind of thing."

He crossed his arms and said to Ron in a very low voice:

“I… hate fighting, and I’m afraid of being beaten… so sometimes I wonder if… if the Beast Continent chose the wrong person, and I… I’m actually not suited to be a Beast Warrior at all.”

Ah, here it comes, the classic segment about feeling lost and having heart-to-heart talks.

But generally speaking, shouldn't the main character be the one doing this kind of thing?

Ron scratched his head and glanced at Jiang Chen, who was looking down at the pebbles on the ground, completely unaware of Ron's gaze.

After a brief silence, Ron finally spoke:

"I think the Beast Fantasy Continent won't have made the wrong choice."