After that battle, everyone had a better understanding of each other, and conversations started flowing as we continued on our journey. The topic that came up most frequently was the curiosity of many students about Mr. Gongxi and Mr. Haidao's skills.

According to Mr. Gongxi, he is a wandering cultivator who practices the Tianxin Swordsmanship within the Sword Arts. It's probably...similar to the swords seen in fairy swordsmanship stories. Of course, despite the similarities in appearance, there are still many differences, considering that the worldviews are completely different. If I were to see an image of the Daoist Supreme of the Highest Clarity here, my jaw would probably drop.

If I came across a picture of Li Xiaoyao, I might just eat my keyboard, but alas, there are no keyboards in this world. As for Mr. Haidao, it is said that he inherited his family business, specializing in resolving troubles for people such as handling tricky monster encounters. Though it sounds quite peculiar, isn't it just like a mercenary? However, he has studied various swordplay styles, similar to Bai Yueguang, basically selecting a few favorite techniques from each style to learn while disregarding the rest.

Honestly, look at me, I would just learn any rubbish skill first; who knows when it might come in handy, right?

As we walked, we arrived at the spot where Mr. Nat had let out a dreadful scream earlier. How did I confirm it was this place? Because the ground here had formed a hole by itself.

Isn't this ironic? I create a hole, and you fill it back up, only for you to open another hole here? Is this your way of expressing creativity?

I stepped up to the edge of the hole and peered inside, but oh my, it was pitch black; nothing was visible at all. With a wave of my hand, a light orb floated down through the hole.

Gradually, the light from the orb faded, disappearing completely into the darkness.

Goodness, how deep does this go?

Glancing at the others around me, all their faces wore grim expressions.

"Could it be that Nat fell into this?" Haidao remarked, eyeing the hole.

"It's quite possible. This explains why he screamed in agony and then vanished, yet the Dragon Lion Scorpion didn't devour him. Perhaps the creature found it too troublesome to fly down and check on him, or assumed he must have died from the fall and planned to return for a meal later."

"True... But what did my Ice Totem actually hit?"

Surveying the area, the shattered Ice Totem indeed extended toward the edge of the hole, indicating it had bumped into something on top.

"Perhaps..." Mr. Gongxi gazed at the hole, rubbing his chin in thought.

"This hole is constantly changing its structure."

"Changing its structure by itself?"

"Exactly. Earlier, this place wasn't like this; it had a different appearance, and Nat happened to come at the time of its transformation, thus falling in."

"And the Dragon Lion Scorpion?"

"I do not know. I am not someone well-versed in divination techniques. I cannot peek into the events that occurred here before. "

"That's true..."

Who would have thought that divination existed in this world too? I wonder if they have lottery predictions as well; combining these is simply genius.

Ahem, let's return to the current issue.

"Well then, it seems this cave is indeed changing on its own. So what's next? What should we do?"

"We wait," Mr. Gongxi smiled.

"The entrance we came through has vanished, and the magical beast above will likely impede anyone else's footsteps. I believe we can wait here for a bit, take a breather, and it wouldn't do us any harm."

"Sounds good."

I glanced at the students and continued, "Everyone take a break for now, assess the situation, but stay prepared with your weapons at all times. You all saw the Dragon Lion Scorpion just now; if a few more of them show up, we'll definitely be overwhelmed. And considering we need to protect you all, it's best if you have the ability to defend yourselves."

As I finished speaking, everyone took out their gas masks and hung them around their necks, then retrieved their weapons.

I glanced at Alexia, who wore a smug expression as if to say 'watch me shine.'

To that, all I could do was silently think to myself, 'No, not really.'

Suddenly, Alexia's eyes lit up, she looked around and muttered to herself, "I have a feeling someone nearby is telling dirty jokes... strange..."

Damn, is she a woman born with a radar?

Next, we all began to wait in place, but everyone kept their distance from the pit, probably out of fear of falling in.

"Lin Laoshi, have you been to a place like this before?" Samehi suddenly asked.

"When I was in the mercenary group, the most I went to were maybe the dens of Storm Wolves, and even then, I found it quite frightening."

"Well..." I pondered before saying, "Although I haven't been to places like the Dragon's Tomb before, I have visited a few ancient ruins. The underground of the Eastern Continent is quite chaotic; various ruins are intricately intertwined. You could be in an ancient ruin one moment and stumble into someone's tomb the next."

"Ancient ruins! Teacher, you've been to such impressive places!" Alexia exclaimed.

"That guy probably went to almost every kind of place, right?"

"That's right," the two princesses beside her laughed.

"Despite how strong he is now, back when he was at Gray Academy, he was just known for causing trouble and not paying attention in class. But following him was definitely fun."

"Hey hey hey, you can keep those things to yourselves. Why say it out loud?"

"Well~ what's wrong with that?"

"Well, at least now, I am your teacher, so have some respect~"

Upon hearing that, everyone chuckled.

"Come on, teacher, you can only teach combat skills at most. Your foundation in magic is still substandard, right?"

"Can you defeat me though?"

"... Probably not, but can we gang up on you?"

I looked at the students in class, shrugged my shoulders.

"Taking down those few who are overpowered, no problem."

Come on, there are the Dark Elf Queen who pretends to be weak every day, the musician possessed by demons, the painter who sees through everything, the girl inheriting the Sword Saint's swordsmanship, and a strange nun who can absorb others' abilities while using light magic. Oh, and let's not forget about Ona who's always just tagging along. These overpowered individuals already make up half the class, what am I supposed to do?

"Hmph! Our class is a whole unit, how can we just separate like that?"

Stop standing there talking nonsense. I know, if a real fight breaks out, you'll definitely be the one hiding at the back shouting encouragement.

"Look!"

Suddenly, Samehi's eyes widened, pointing behind us. I turned around and was shocked to see that where there was once just a pit, a large pillar had silently grown out of the ground!

"Let's go..."

Before I could finish my sentence, I suddenly felt my foot stepping on air. I looked down and saw that the ground near us had split into several pieces and began to descend!

"Quick, jump out of the way!"

I probably shouldn't have spread my wings at that moment, so I pulled out my knife and stabbed it into the wall.

Unexpectedly, the wall started to descend rapidly. As I was still in shock, the light from the exit above had dwindled down to just a tiny speck.

"Damn it!"

I couldn't afford to think too much about it. No one would see me in this dark abyss anyway, so I decided I would just extinguish the light on my way up.

With that in mind, I was about to unfurl my wings.

But...

Space constraints, unable to fly.

Are you kidding me?