"Chen Zhufeng won't die? Hehe… I have never thought that Faction Leader Long actually knows how to tell a good joke! Have you not seen how powerful the walking dead armieswere ?" asked Zhou Daoxian with his eyes squinted.
"Chen Zhufeng is not as simple as you thought he is!" said Long Zishan.
"Yes. He is no ordinary man. I know he has someone extremely powerful supporting him from the back! This person is surely better than you and me! Unfortunately, that person is not here today! Even his beloved brothers have abandoned him! Just like what Lady Fang said earlier, he will die even if he has 10,000 lives!"
"Let's just wait and see!"
"This is really weird. Don't you wish for Chen Zhufeng to die? The Anti-Bei Alliance has found out that Liu Xuanxin and Chen Zhufeng are really close to each other! If Chen Xiaobei is not dead, I'm afraid we'll have to borrow your precious Little Qi!"
"I dare you!"
Immediately, Long Zishan was filled with anger. She would never allow anyone to lay their finger on Liu Xuanxin. At the same time, the other five elites including Feng Aotian that came from Five Swords Mountain Alliance stepped forward towards Long Zishan. It was as if they were warning Long Zishan that they would attack her if she dared to hurt anyone here.
"Everyone! Please calm down! I'm merely making a deduction here! We will need to take Liu Xuanxin hostage if Chen Zhufeng is not dead! However, I don't think he will be able to survive in that tomb! It's not necessary for us to make Faction Leader Long our enemy for a dead man!" said Zhou Daoxian.
Upon hearing that, all those elites put on a smile and took a step back. Clearly, everyone thought that Chen Xiaobei would surely be dead.
"There's no sound at all… So quiet…"
Liu Xuanxin was staring at the passage and her face turned dark under the mask.
"What… What should we do now…"
Xiangyu and the rest of them had lost all hope. They all knew that all those zombies would stop attacking when they had eliminated all intruders. In other words, Chen Xiaobei should be dead if the tomb was in drop-dead silence. Filled with despair, Liu Xuanxin, Xiangyu, and the rest of the people could feel the sky crashing down on them.
"He is finally dead! A good death indeed! Hahaha…"
Every single member of Anti-Bei Alliance were rejoicing. Some of them were even dancing and clapping their hands.
….
Inside the passage.
The zombie mountain on top of Chen Xiaobei was slowly dissipating. One by one, the zombies returned to where they came from. To most of them, they figured out that the zombies decided to leave him alone because he was dead.
However!
There was not a single drop of blood around Chen Xiaobei's body!
There was a green gourd at where the zombie mountain was.
And that was the Verdant Emperor Divine Gourd!
Just before the horde of zombies charged at him, Chen Xiaobei figured out a way to deal with them.
All he needed to do was to hide inside the gourd first and he would not need to fight them at all.
"Master! Why are you here? When can I go out to help you?" asked Osnur.
This demigod was Chen Xiaobei's trump card. For now, he would keep him inside the gourd and would only release him during the critical moment.
"No time to explain now. This is not the time for you to come out just yet! Go and have fun on your own!"
While talking, Chen Xiaobei took out the Green Jade Cauldron. Inside the cauldron lay a pot of newly concoted Skybreaking Cultivation Pills. Immediately, he opened the lid and checked the amount of pills he got this time.
"18! That means I'm still as skillful as I used to be!"
Chen Xiaobei then took one of them out and used his Dragon's Edge to cut it into half.
"Master, what is that?" asked Osnur in a curious manner.
"This is a Skybreaking Cultivation Pill. I'll need to eat half of it and I will be able to breakthrough my current cultivation!"
"How… How is that even possible?! I have lived for so long and I have never heard about this kind of pill before! Also, why only consume half of it? Will it really work?"
"Taking an entire pill will allow an elite with pinnacle phase of Ethereal cultivation to become a demigod! My current cultivation is Celestial. Half of it is more than enough for me!"
"This… This is really unbelievable…"
After all, Osnur had already spent hundreds of years to become a demigod. He had never dreamt that a single pill would help with cultivation breakthrough.
Swoosh…
Seconds later, the True Qi within Chen Xiaobei's body started to create a great stir. Initially, half of his True Qi had been spent to deal with the zombies. The True Qi that was rushing in his body right now was richer and better than his perfect form earlier. Right after that, the True Qi that came out from his body turned into a scared white and black light. Chen Xiaobei was awash with it and was covered by them.
"Oh my god… This… This is real… I can sense that he's about to have a cultivation breakthrough! And what are these white and black Qi? I have never seen it in my life before!"
One should know that an ordinary person's True Qi was associated with one of the five elements and each element was represented by a different color. Soon after that, something even more baffling was presented in front of Osnur. The black and white True Qi started to spin really fast and they fused together and turned into grey Qi!
Different colors and attributes of True Qi were being unleashed from the grey pandemonium.
"Oh my god… What… What the hell is going on?" exclaimed Osnur.
"Chaos! Join! Invisible! Formless! Chaos! Open! Evolution!"
A burst of light exploded from Chen Xiaobei's body. Ethereal Forces of every hue began to undergo a rapid transformation around his body.
The amazing sight had Osnur completely flabbergasted.
"Chaotic Force in a single will! Ten folds of Ethereal Force brings out a Chaotic Force!"
Chen Xiaobei stood on the ground where thunder, flames in the sky and strong gusts of winds started appearing at the same time. The elements of nature had just synchronized with Chen Xiaobei's ten elements of True Qi. When the fusion was completed, the True Qi in his body would evolve to Ethereal Force! There were a few major stages in the world of cultivation. During the Qi refining stage, one would focus on strengthening the Qi within the person's body. During True Nirvana cultivation, the person could transform their True Qi into True Kang. Finally, during the phase of Celestial Cultivation, one could use thier True Kang to communicate with nature to trigger a Celestial Event, aiding the person in battle.
As for Ethereal Force, it was similar to True Kang but it was way more powerful and better at defence than True Kang. The most important thing was when the Ethereal Cultivated elite would have figured out the quintessence of their True Kang's element. Not only they could they trigger a Celestial Event but also possess the ability to borrow the force of nature!
This was the signature ability of Ethereal Cultivation! Right at this moment, all of Chen Xiaobei's ten elements of True Qi was slowly transforming into ten elements of Ethereal Force! Once the process was complete, Chen Xiaobei would be officially recognized as an Ethereal Cultivated elite! To ordinary people, this might be something that was almost impossible to achieve. It was however, not impossible for Chen Xiaobei! With the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill, he could complete the whole transformation in a short period of time!
Osnur was having a hard believing the things that he just saw right before his eyes. However, the thing that shocked him the most were the ten elements of Ethereal Force! The reason why Chen Xiaobei could possess more than one Element was because of the Scripture of Heaven and Earth! After venturing into Jianghu for so long, this was the first time he had witnessed such a unique ability.
"Chaotic Ethereal Force! Break!"
After a moment, Chen Xiaobei shouted out loud. Immediately, all the True Qi around him started to transform into Ethereal Force which circled around his body. Ten attributes and elements fused with each other and formed a Chaotic Force right after that. The cacophony of forces then ended in Chen Xiaobei's Dantian!
It was done!
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of Ethereal Cultivation; Lifespan: 2,470 years; Health: 180,000; Combat power: 180,000]
With his Netherspirit Battlescouter, Chen Xiaobei saw that his combat power and health had broken through the limit, and reached the predicted 180,000.
Chen Xiaobei was clearly estactic and excited.
"The last time I used the Daylight Cache for seven minutes, my lifespan was 2,370 years but it has now increased by 100 years! It may not be much but it's still a good sign!"
"Master, you can see a person's lifespan?" Osnur asked. "Can you take a look at mine?"
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God Ascending Stage; Lifespan: 1,103 years; Health: 500,000; Combat power: 500,000]
(PS: Demigods, Earthgods, and Sky Ninjas are considered to be at a God Ascending Stage!)
"Wow! Your lifespan is 1,103 years!" Chen Xiaobei's eyes lit up. "Based on your age, when you broke through God Ascending Stage, your lifespan had increased by 1,000 years! Based on that principle, when you break through to the Earth God Stage, then that would mean a 10,000 year increase in your lifespan!"
"Probably. I've never really seen an Earth God before. I'm not too sure…" Osnur stammered.
"Mm, whether it's God Ascending Stage or Earth God Stage, it's still too far for me to talk about it!" Chen Xiaobei set those thoughts aside, and prepared to charge out of the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd. "My main goal now is to get rid of that zombie legion!"
"Zombies? Legion? Do you need my help?" Osnur asked.
"No need!" Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "Your energy is too strong. If you attack, the people outside the tunnel will know! I don't want expose my trump card so you have to stay here!"
"You're going to fight that horde of zombies on your own? Are you sure you can do it?"
"Not previousy, as there was a limit to my ethereal force. I could have killed them but I could not afford to exhaust my Ethereal Force dry… although, I have a new Red Envelope with me that can help me kill all the zombies without a problem!"
"Red Envelope? What Red Envelope?" Osnur's eyes widened.
Ding!
[Zhenwu Ethereal Pill: Handcrafted by Emperor Zhenwu, One-star Divine Pill. You can rejuvenate a portion of your Ethereal Force after consuming it! Do you want to withdraw it?]
"Retrieve!" Chen Xiaobei made the order with his mind. A silver-white pill appeared in his palm, which he quickly swallowed.
Phissh!
Suddenly, the Ethereal Force within Chen Xiaobei's body increased tremendously all of a sudden! It burst right out from his Dantian and he could not even hold them in any longer.
"Master, what are you doing? The war is here and you are wasting such a huge amount of Ethereal Force! How dare you going to win this battle?!"
Osnur was shocked.
"Hehe! The pill I had just taken is called a Zhenwu Ethereal Pill. It's used to replenish Ethereal Force for a deity!" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "To a deity, this would be considered a small amount but to me, it's plenty! Right now, I cannot afford not to waste any Ethereal Force or my Dantian won't be able to handle it and it might explode!"
This Zhenwu Ethereal Pill was very much like the Hundred Herbs Potion.
The potion could only inflict a very weak healing effect on deities, but it could cure almost every illness on a common person.
Chen Xiaobei said nothing more and made his way out of the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Chen Xiaobei had just appeared in the passage when a violent trembling earthquake came from the end of the passage.
The protective formation detected the presence of an intruder and had once again sent the legion of zombies attacking.
"Come on! Time to kill!"
Glaring at the zombies with flame-like eyes, Chen Xiaobei was like a mad dragon that was filled with intense amount of battle spirit!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
A roaring commotion was approaching, and more zombies were charging at Chen Xiaobei.
Swish!
With his hands swinging, Chen Xiaobei summoned his Chaos Blood Sword from his palm. Immediately, the entire area was turned into crimson purgatory. It was as if ancient demons were about to descend to massacre all those mindless zombies. At the same time, Chen Xiaobei channelled a huge amount of Ethereal Force to his sword to trigger an even more massive destructive attack. This attack was known as the Limitless Sword Strike!
Swish!
The Chaos Blood Sword was unleashed like a crimson bolt of lightning. Its powerful presence had suffocated every living being around it. The power and speed of this attack had been upgraded to a whole new different level. A dozen zombies were sliced into half wherever the sword went. The entire zombie legion looked like an ironing board being cut from the middle.
"King! Strip the armor!"
Chen Xiaobei let out a loud roar and charged into the opening that he just created with his Dragon's Edge. Just like earlier on, Chen Xiaobei had no regard of whatever Ethereal Force that he had left. All he did was crank up his Ethereal Force to the max and channeled it to his Dragon's Edge.
"Helm!"
With both his hands gripping the saber, Chen Xiaobei aimed at a zombie that stood in front of him and landed a strike on it.
Phissh…
Just as he expected, the zombie was sliced cleanly into half! Yet the Sword Qi was not gone! The ability of Reverse Blade Spiritual Jade was triggered by Chen Xiaobei's Ethereal Force and it was hidden within the Sword Qi. He could not help but notice that the Sword Qi was billowing out from the black saber like the breath from a black dragon. Its powerful force continued to slaughter more zombies behind the dead zombie. From the surface, the black Sword Qi might have looked harmless, but it actually contained the powerful wind element!
The most important thing was that Chen Xiaobei's Ethereal Force could be considered as a Chaotic Ethereal Force! That would mean it could employ the power of different kind of elements according to his wishes. Also, the Wind Force that he borrowed matched perfectly with the attribute of Reverse Blade Spiritual Jade. In other words, he would receive a boost of combat power to his already whopping 180,000 combat power.
Klak!
Klak!
Klak!
Whenever the black Sword Qi swept through the horde of zombies, their bodies and bones would be sliced into pieces, dropping onto the ground like coins.
"One single strike and thousands of zombies are killed in front of me! This is awesome!"
Burning with a raging battle intent, Chen Xiaobei had not experienced such killing joy for a very long time.
Swish!
Seconds later, Chen Xiaobei channeled his Ethereal Force to the saber through the air. This was to maneuver the sword to come back to him.
"Armor!"
At the same time, Chen Xiaobei swung his Dragon's Edge once again and he managed to unleash a powerful Limitless Sword Qi onto his enemies. With the crimson lightning attack charging backwards and black dragon's breath charging forward, a parallel attack was formed! Thousands of zombies were killed again and again.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
"Shoulder! Legs! Feet!"
Considering that he had just recharged his Ethereal Force, Chen Xiaobei did not need to worry about draining it. He could fully unleash the potential of his sword and saber!
"This is awesome! Unlimited Ethereal Force! It's like cheating in game!"
The more Chen Xiaobei killed, the more excited he got. The result of both weapons killing at the same time had exceeded his expectation. With the skill 'Strip the King' combined with 'Chaos Blood Sword', he had managed to slaughter nearly 1,000 zombies in one go. At the same time, Chen Xiaobei moved forward another couple of hundred meters to increase the killing speed.
"Swords and sabers are after all short-distance melee weapons. They are not as effective. Next, I would like to try using a weapon with more killing power!"
Chen Xiaobei then put away his Dragon's Edge and kept the Chaos Blood Sword with him. Next, he took out a yellow gourd from his Infinite Space Ring. This was the Quicksand Gourd that he received from Sha Wujing. A short pause from his attack had allowed more zombies to come charging at him like a tsunami.
"Thousand tons of sand! Be my weapon!" mumbled Chen Xiaobei in a calm manner.
Swoosh…
Seconds later, a huge amount of sand started to pour out from the gourd and filled up the entire path. Facing the river of sand, the zombies in front of Chen Xiaobei were just like an army of weak ants drowning in a tide of unstoppable water.
Rumble…
Only a few seconds later, the tons of sand had managed to bury all the zombies.
"Awesome! I don't even need Spiritual Qi to activate the Quicksand Gourd! This is the kind of thing that I would have never imagined in a million years!" said Chen Xiaobei with a smile on his face.
There were two ways to activate a Spiritual Item. First, one could use Spiritual Qi from Spiritual Stones to activate it. Second, if the level of the person's cultivation was similar to the item, the person could use their Ethereal Force to power it! Just like the Chaos Blood Sword, Chen Xiaobei had to use True Qi as fuel to power it when his cultivation was not powerful enough. Taking a look at another example, Jingu Bang was a Divine Item and Chen Xiaobei was not powerful enough to wield it. So, he had to use a huge amount of Spiritual Stones to power it.
The Quicksand Gourd was a Six-star Spiritual Item. All these while, its level was higher than Chen Xiaobei's cultivation level. So, he had to use a huge amount of Spiritual Stones to trigger its ability. Right now, Chen Xiaobei had achieved Ethereal cultivation and he was powerful enough to wield a Seven-star Spiritual item.
"If I can overcome this predicament and become a deity, that would mean I will be able to use any Divine Item freely! This is awesome!"
Just when Chen Xiaobei started to indulge in his new-found happiness, he noticed something odd.
"Eh? Has the sand reached the end of the path?"
Swoosh…
Swoosh…
Suddenly, the zombies that were buried in the sand started to dig their way out. According to the rules of the formation, the legion of zombies would not stop as long as the intruders were still in the tomb. Seeing that more and more zombies were climbing out of the sand, Chen Xiaobei put on a smile instead of letting panic overwhelm him.
"All the Ethereal Force that I rejuvenated earlier cannot be kept for long! It will be a waste if I don't use it! Since the sand has reached the end of the path, let me take care of all the zombies in one go!" said Chen Xiaobei while looking at his Chaos Blood Sword.
Shinng!
Suddenly, the Chaos Blood Sword let out a sharp shrill sound. A platinum divine rune appeared on the body of the Chaos Blood Sword and flooded the area with bright light.
Shinng!
Shinng!
Shinng!
Seconds later, countless swords that were made of sand floated into the air!
10,000!
100,000!
1,000,000!
Millions of sand swords were now pointing at the legion of zombies.
"I have one sword that allows me to fight against an army!"
Chen Xiaobei then swung the Chaos Blood Sword in his hand like a general commanding his armies to charge at his enemies.
At Chen Xiaobei's roar, millions of Sand Swords were boosted with Ethereal Force and the Force of Nature.
He had employed the powers of Earth Attribute Ethereal Force and had borrowed it's Earth Force. Every single Sand Sword was boosted to it's max.
Zing!
Zing!
Zing!
Seconds later, the Sand Swords charged at the zombies like a rain of flying arrows.
Each of these swords were formed by sand, but they were sharper than a sword made of metal. Each one of them were twice as deadly!
The river of quicksand reached the end of the passage, and so did the one million Sand Swords which now covered the entire passage.
All the swords launched into the air, and came raining down like a hailstorm towards the zombies!
Zing! Zing! Zing!
The swords rained down from the sky, and being zombies, they did not know how to dodge. Rendered defenceless, they were all eventually slaughtered.
Basically, each zombie was being attacked by 20 to 30 razor sharp swords. Their brains, chest, stomach, throat and even limbs were skewered as they split into tiny pieces.
In a blink of an eye, dozens of Sand Swords pierced through the body of every single zombie, making them look like porcupines with spines!
From where Chen Xiaobei was standing, the entire area until the end of the tunnel was now a deathly silence. Not a single zombie was able to continue attacking!
"Wow! One strike and the entire army of zombies have been eliminated! Phew! That was fun!" Chen Xiaobei was practically leaping in excitement. "Next, I just need to use my Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes to look for the hidden treasure and break the formation! At the same time, I can also confirm if the item has something do with the Chaos Blood Sword's evolution."
Chen Xiaobei activated his Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes and bolted towards the end of the passage!
As he was running, Chen Xiaobei collected the sand that had been poured along the way using the Quicksand Gourd, leaving no trace behind.
The Ethereal Force in Chen Xiaobei's Dantian no longer leaked out.
This indicated that the Ethereal Force replenished by the Zhenwu Ethereal Pill had been completely used up. Right now, all that was left in Chen Xiaobei's Dantian was his own Ethereal Force.
Luckily, there were still two more Zhenwu Ethereal Pills in his Infinite Space Ring. He could still use them for two more occasions.
He steamed forward all the way.
When he reached the end of the tunnel, there was another giant jade door.
"We've already been flagged as intruders. The Orochi Scales are not going to work. So, the method of opening the jade door should have changed too!"
Chen Xiaobei stood in front of the jade door and thought, "The jade door cannot be destroyed because the protective formation provides energy which creates a formless barrier that protects the door! I'll just need to break the formation, then the jade door will lose the barrier and become a regular door made of jade. Then I shall be able to break it open! But where are the formation cores? It'll be very troublesome if it's behind the door."
Chen Xiaobei focused his attention and began to search the area, not leaving a single corner unchecked.
He made a full circle but found nothing special in particular.
"Could the formation cores be really behind the door?" Chen Xiaobei began to panic. "Even a demigod cannot break open the door. If the formation cores really are behind the door, then this mission is over. The people outside would probably catch up real soon! Then I'll be stuck in a literal dead end!"
Chen Xiaobei suddenly felt a great danger approaching him.
The racket caused the battle earlier was quite a daunting one. The people of the Anti-Bei Alliance would have probably already re-entered the passage by now.
If they got here finding the the jade door would not open, and instead, standing in front of the door was the Chen Xiaobei that they loathed – one could only imagine the thing that would happen!
The forces would surely surround him and use the most savage way to do away with him.
"F*ck! This really is not a joke! I need to find the formation cores as quickly as possible or I'm dead meat!"
Chen Xiaobei combed the place again, searching every corner with greater scrutiny.
Still, he found nothing after an intense search.
"Damn it! I'm dead this time!" Chen Xiaobei was starting to sweat. He had just defeated the zombie legion with great difficulty and now, he was stuck in a sticky situation.
Ding!
Chen Xiaobei's phone buzzed. It was Liu Xuanxin texting him.
Liu Xuanxin: Xiaobei! Are you alright? There were fighting noises coming from the passage just now, and now it's gone quiet. Are you alright?
Chen Xiaobei: I'm fine but don't tell anyone!
Liu Xuanxin: That's great! That's great! I knew it! You're the best! You'll always be fine!
Chen Xiaobei: Don't get too excited. They can't know that I'm alive!
Liu Xuanxin: Don't wory! I'm wearing a mask, so no one can see my expression! I won't let your enemies know!
Chen Xiaobei: Mm, good. Follow your Sifu closely, and take care of yourself!"
Liu Xuanxin: I know what to do! By the way, the passage has been quiet for some time now. The group is getting ready to re-enter! You better hide. You must not let your enemies see you!
Chen Xiaobei: Understood! I got to go! I cannot delay anymore!
After he sent the last message, Chen Xiaobei quickly put his phone away.
The enemies were already on the move. If he did not find a way to get out and quickly, Chen Xiaobei was going to be in serious trouble!
"Huh?!"
As he was putting his phone away, the noticed something unusual with his Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes!
"Wow! Wow! Wow! Hang on!" Chen Xiaobei exclaimed. "Incredible! My Lucky Goddess! I found the formation cores just by texting her! This is unbelievable!"
That's right! Chen Xiaobei found the location of the formation cores!
Since he was looking down at his phone texting, he spotted something at his feet from the corner of his eyes as he put his phone away!
He had searched the whole place carefully but he had forgotten to search the very place he was standing on!
The very crucial formation core was right underneath his feet! He was standing right on it!
Whoosh!
Chen Xiaobei did not think twice and instantly activated his Chaotic Blood Sword, swinging it down onto the ground beneath him.
After digging about 10 meters deep into the rocks and soil, Chen Xiaobei finally dug out the item!
"A Blood-red orb!"
Chen Xiaobei held up a blood-red pearl, which was extremely smooth and round. It was exactly the same as the one that he found when he was underwater!
The last time, an orb of the same fashion helped his Chaos Blood Sword to level up.
This confirmed that this was indeed the material that helped with the evolution.
"Last time, it took only one orb to level up it.
But now that the Chaos Blood Sword's rank is higher, I'm afraid one is not going to be enough!" Chen Xiaobei furrowed his brows. "Ah, forget it. I need to open the door first and get away from the enemies behind me!"
Chen Xiaobei stowed the blood-red orb away and walked to the jade door.
"Phew!" Chen Xiaobei let out a sigh instead of rushing to destroy the door.
Since the Orochi Scales were now void, Chen Xiaobei was now identified as an intruder in the mausoleum!
If he destroyed the door, there was high chance that some sort of danger similar to the zombie legion would appear!
"For insurance sake, I better use my Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes first!"
Chen Xiaobei focused as he used his Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes to first spy on the situation behind the door.
When he blinked, the jade door turned translucent and Chen Xiaobei could see through it.
"What in the world! This… this thing is inside Emperor Qin's tomb…" Chen Xiaobei drew in a deep breath of cold air. "Luckily, I'm being careful enough. Had I broken the door and entered, I'd be dead already!"
Behind the door was something very scary – enough to kill him ten times over. That meant that this thing was far more dangerous than the zombie legion.
"If I destroy the door, I'll die. If I don't break the door, my enemies will come and I'll be dead too. What should I do?" Chen Xiaobei could feel a trickle of cold sweat run down his back.
It hadn't been easy getting rid of all that zombies, and finding the formation core was equally difficult as well but in the end, he would still end up dead?
Could he really be that unlucky?
At the other end of the passage, the group had already began making their way through.
"My god… This…" When he saw the hacked bodies strewn across the floor, Feng Buchun could not help but gulp. "All 10,000 zombies… are dead… How did this happen…"
Fang Ying was just as shocked. "Seven demigods can't even deal with so many zombies. Could there be an Earth God here? How did he wipe out this zombie legion in such a short time?"
The hundreds of people were all flabbergasted. Some of the more cowardly people were so frightened that they began to tremble.
"Is Chen Zhufeng really an Earth God? My god. He's so young! How could he be so powerful?"
"If he's not an Earth God, then how did he kill all these zombies?"
"Could Chen Zhufeng be waiting for us at the door ahead? I… I don't dare to go in there…"
"You… Don't hide behind me! I don't dare to go as well…"
"Pfft…" When she heard the frightened rantings of the people, Liu Xuanxin could not help but chuckle softly.
It was only a very slight movement but Long Zishan, Xiang Yu, Six-Eared Macaque, and Li Xiang noticed it.
Four pairs of eyes turned to look at her. They could not understand why Liu Xuanxin, who was worrying her head silly just few minutes ago was suddenly laughing now.
That was just strange.
Liu Xuanxin blushed when she noticed that they were staring at her.
"Little Qi, what are you laughing about?" Long Zishan asked.
"I… I cannot say.." Liu Xuanxin shook her head. She never liked lying.
Long Zishan was a maestro who had been around for 400 years. She could read Liu Xuanxun like an open book.
"Mr. Chen is a godlike individual." Long Zishan exclaimed, wearing a complicated expression on her face.
Xiangyu and the others understood what she meant, and were momentarily excited.
Very quickly, their faces fell as quickly as their smiles appeared.
This was because if Chen Xiaobei was not dead, the hundreds of Anti-Bei Alliance members would not let Chen Xiaobei get away! Liu Xuanxin might even get herself dragged into this!
"This is all the work of an Earth God? That's impossible." Xu Shiqiu gulped. "Everyone had seen that only that prick Chen Zhufeng remained in the passage! How could there be an Earth God?"
"Could… Could Chen Zhufeng be a demigod rank elite?" Ding Xiadong asked.
"Faction leader! Did you suffer a blow to your head?" Zhuo Daoxian rolled his eyes at him. "If Chen Zhufeng is a demigod, then why are we still alive?"
"Oh, yeah!" Ding Xiadong nodded. "But if it was not an Earth God, and even if Chen Zhufeng was a demigod, he can't possibly kill all these zombies!"
Zhou Daoxian frowned. "It is undeniable that Chen Zhufeng is a very extraordinary person! He has many inconceivable trump cards that allow him the ability to acheive impossible things!"
The faces of the people of Anti-Bei Alliance turned gloomy, silently agreeing with Zhou Daoxian.
"He may be extraordinary but we are not afraid of him at all!" Zhou Daoxian changed his tone suddenly. "Because although his trump cards are obscure, they are not enough to defeat us. Otherwise, he would have already attacked us. Why else would he be hiding from us?"
"You're right! Chen Zhufeng may be good, but he's no match for us!" Xu Shiqiu nodded.
"Yes! We just have to stick together then we don't have to worry about not being able to handle Chen Zhufeng!" The Anti-Bei Alliance shouted.
Feng Buchun even added, "If Chen Zhufeng dares resist, we can always capture that masked woman! Hehe!"
The people of the Anti-Bei Alliance laughed along maniacally.
"Zhou Aotian, is this the son you've raised?" Long Zishan's expressions were frosty. "If even a hair on my disciple is missing, I will make sure that your son pays with his life!"
Obviously, Long Zishan had only contempt for what Feng Buchun, and she directly threatened his old man.
She made it plain and simple that if anything did happen to Liu Xuanxin, Long Zishan would kill Feng Buchun without a second thought.
"Fac… Faction Leader Long… Please calm down." Feng Aoyi furrowed his brows. "My dog of a son is just making a hypothesis. He was assuming that only if the Anti-Bei Alliance fails, would we resort to capturing your disciple though, we are all well-trained and powerful enough. How could we possibly fail?"
"Yeah! There's no way we'd lose to an asshat like that Chen Xiaobei!" Ding Xiadong said proudly.
"Hmph! Who knows, all of you might just fall into Faction Leader Chen's hands!" Long Zishan looked away, and did not bother to argue with them.
"Alright! We can confirm that the zombie legion is completely destroyed!" Zhou Daoxian raised an arm and instructed, "Members of the Anti-Bei Alliance, prepare your weapons, and charge at full speed! Kill Chen Xiaobei on sight!"
"Yes, sir!" Hundreds of voices responded.
Under the lead of the seven leaders, they ran towards the end of the passage.
"Let's go! We can give Xiaobei a hand if he needs it!" Xiangyu said, lowering his voice, and began to leave.
"Stay there!" Long Zishan instructed. "Faction leader Chen put me in charge of your safety! I cannot stand here and watch you die!"
"We…" Xiangyu and the others stopped in their tracks.
Although what Long Zishan said was unpleasant to hear, it made a lot of sense.
With their strengths, not only would getting involved be useless, but they might even die!
"So, we should wait here standing by while Chen Xiaobei is surrounded by the enemy?" Xiangyu frowned.
"We don't have to wait." Long Zishan shook her head. "With their speed, Zhou Daoxian and his people have probably already arrived at the end of the passage. Faction leader Chen has either already left or is being surrounded."
Everyone was shocked to hear this.
If Chen Xiaobei was at the end to the passage, then, he was surely about to be killed mercilessly!
The outcome would be too ghastly to even imagine!
"Huh? Where did Chen Zhufeng go?"
The people of Anti-Bei Alliance had arrived at the end of the passage but found no one there.
Zhou Daoxian narrowed his eyes studying the cavity in the floor, then the jade door up in front. "The hole is too small for Chen Zhufeng to crawl through. However, this door is perfectly intact. There's no way he has the ability to go through walls. So, where did he go?"
When the group heard this, their brows furrowed in frustration. Along the way there, they did not see Chen Xiaobei, nor did they see his body.
It was as if Chen Xiaobei had just evaporated and completely disappeared from the passage.
"Everyone, split up! Do a thorough sweep! Don't miss a single corner!" Chen Daoxian shouted.
Immediately, the hundreds of people got to work, and began the search for Chen Xiaobei.
They went from the end of the passage to the entrance of the passage. Not only did they look into every nook and cranny, they even made sure to examine each and every one of the slashed corpses.
Alas, at the end of the day, they found nothing. Not even a single trail that could lead them to the whereabouts of Chen Xiaobei.
The hundreds of men returned.
"Reporting, Faction leader. We didn't find anything.
"Nothing."
"We found nothing on our side either."
The leaders began to feel uneasy.
"That's strange? Could Chen Zhufeng have really simply evaporated into thin air?" Ding Xiadong asked.
"This is very strange indeed." Feng Aotian frowned. "A perfectly intact living person vanished just like that?"
"Search again! There's no way he could have just disappeared!" Zhou Daoxian shouted.
The people split up and once again, they carefully combed the entire passage.
By this time, Long Zishan and the others had already made their way to the end of the passage.
Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin were shocked to hear that Chen Xiaobei had disappeared without a trace.
Xiangyu and Six-Eared Macaque on the other hand looked at each other, a delighted smile on each of their faces.
Clearly, Chen Xiaobei's disappearance must have had something to do with the Three Realms Red Envelope group, and the both of them had an idea as to what had happened!
Since it was day, the Nightstalker Outfit was useless.
The Anti-Bei Alliance had searched everywhere, but even the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd was nowhere to be found.
This meant that in order for Chen Xiaobei to hide, there was only one option left – High-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur!
That's right! When Chen Xiaobei found himself in a tight corner just now, a brilliant idea popped into his head – make use of the last High-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur and transform into a teeny-weeny little flying insect.
Right now, Chen Xiaobei was hiding on the ceiling of the passage. The Anti-Bei Alliance could scour the entire place all they want, but they would never be able to find him.
"The High-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur is really useful but sadly, I didn't get it during the Kings of Glory competition. I need to ask Monkey King for a few more!"
Chen Xiaobei was hiding between the cracks of the rocks, observing the whole situation high from above. "Right now, I just need to wait for these idiots to break open the jade door, and fight to the death with whatever is behind the door! Then, I can just reap the harvest they've left behind. Hahaha!"
Before this, Chen Xiaobei had used his strength to fight the zombie legion. Right now, Chen Xiaobei was using his pure wits to gain victory – he was going to sit on top of the mountain and watch the tigers fight. He would watch in safety whilst the others fought, and then reap the rewards when both sides were exhausted.
Everything was unfolding as Chen Xiaobei had predicted.
"Faction Leader Zhou, we can't find Chen Zhufeng. What should we do?" Ding Xiadong looked confused.
"There's nothing we can do about it." Zhou Daoxian shook his head. "Let's continue to explore the tomb. Chen Zhufeng may be gone but we cannot give up on finding the treasures in Emperor Qin's mausoleum!"
Xu Shiqiu whispered, "Should we take Liu Xuanxin prisoner first? We can keep her for later use to threaten Chen Zhufeng."
"No!" Zhou Daoxian shook his head. "We have only just started the search. If we start a war with Long Zishan now, we will lose a lot of our people. It won't benefit us in the big picture. What's more important now is for us to search the tomb. We'll think about catching Liu Xuanxin at the end!"
"Faction Leader Zhuo is indeed the wisest! We'll do as you say!" Ding Xiadong and Zu Shiqiu nodded.
"The problem right now is how we are going to open this door." Zhou Daoxian narrowed his eyes. "Without Chen Zhufeng, we are two Orochi Scales short. There's no way we can break this door open with our level of strength!"
Clearly, Chen Xiaobei's understanding of the tomb was deeper than the others'.
Chen Xiaobei had already anticipated that the Orochi Scales were void, but that thought had not come across Zhou Daoxian's mind.
"If the worse comes to worst, all of us will work together and force the door open!" Ding Xiadong said.
Xu Shiqiu nodded. "Yeah! If we can't open the door even if we all work together, then we can all just go home!"
"Mmm, there'd be no point continuing if it comes to that. It looks like we'll have to give it all we got!"
Zhou Daoxian nodded.
"Come here! Everyone, please gather around!" Ding Xiadong ordered, assembling all the people of the Anti-Bei Alliance before the jade door.
Initially, there were only six forces in the Anti-Bei Alliance. But the Five Mountains Swords had also joined them, so now there were seven.
So, all seven demigod leaders stood in front of their troops.
"Do the three of you understand Mandarin?" Zhou Daoxian looked at the three American forces.
The Blood Emperor, Sequinn nodded, and replied in choppy mandarin, "We've been around for hundreds of years. Of course, we'd know a little bit of it!"
The two people next to him nodded, indicating that they too understood the Mandarin language.
These two people had yet to be introduced: they were the Grand Pope from the Vatican, Schudean, and the Holy Mage from the Wizarding School, Betadalf!
"Good! If that's that case, then listen for our signal. We'll attack will this door with all our strength!" Zhou Daoxian said. "We have to break this door in order to continue moving forward! If we fail, we will have to return with empty pockets! That's why, I hope that everyone would not hold back but use everything you've got!"
"Understood! We will definitely do out best!" The people around him agreed, and then mustered all of their True Qi and Ethereal Forces while waiting for Zhou Daoxian's signal to attack the door.
"Ready!" Zhou Daoxian took in a deep breath, and then shouted, "Blast it!"
BAM!
BAM!
BAM!
The seven leaders, including their hundreds of followers attacked with full force at the same time.
However, what they did not know was that this particular jade door was frail and in a bad shape. It only took one strike to send the door crumbling.
They did not expect that something was standing behind the door. The creature was gigantic! It seemed like its height could reach heaven and its presence was absolutely terrifying.
All seven leaders and their followers were confounded!
They had just broken the jade door open, and did not even have a chance to rejoice for what they saw shocked them all silly.
The creature thagt lurked behind the door was at least a hundred meters tall!
Now what would a hundred meters be like? That would be the height of a 30-storey building!
What was more mind-boggling was that the hundred meters was only the upper half of the creature's body! Its entire body was a mind-boggling 300 meters in length!
Everyone, including the seven leaders, felt puny before this giant, towering creature.
They were so overwhelmed by fear that none of them could move a muscle.
These cowards were all shaking and their knees turned into jelly, drenched in cold sweat as if they were running a high fever. They also felt sick to their stomach.
"What… what the hell is this thing…" Feng Buchun exclaimed in a shaky voice as if he had just seen a ghost.
"Roar!!!"
The pillar of a creature suddenly leaned down, and thundered into the faces of the people.
Thanks to the light of the oil lamps, they were able to see very clearly a creature, one that they would never forget for the rest of their entire lives.
It was a behemoth of a black snake!
It was rearing up while standing at 100 meters which made up half of its body, and the rest was coiled into a dark mass of a hill beneath it.
Its head itself was as big as a car. It's cold blue eyes stared into the souls of each person, raising the hairs on their backs, and sending paralyzing chills down their spine.
The giant reptile's body was as thick as the trunk of a giant redwood tree, and each of the scales lining its body was as thick as an adult's palm.
The people standing before this creature were the cream of the Jianghu crop with up to a hundred years of Jianghu experience under their belts. But never had they in their lives, ever seen such a frightening giant snake such as this one! Heck, they had never even heard of anything like this!
"Look, its scales are the size of our hands." Zhou Daoxian frowned. "Could this be the legendary Yamata no Orochi?"
"Roaaaaaaar!!!"
The giant snake roared in protest, but the people did not understand what it was trying to say. Among all of them, only Chen Xiaobei understood it's meaning.
The giant snake was telling them that it was not some 'Yamata no Orochi', but rather a Blackwater Mystical Snake!
The Yamata no Orochi was a made-up name from Japanese Legends. Japan in turn, was a country made up of people that Xu Fu brought over from China.
That was to say that before the Blackwater Mystical Snake was inducted into the literature of Japan, it was already in existence. The Yamata no Orochi was just something the Japanese made up, a nickname of sorts.
"Shit!" Zhou Daoxian suddenly shouted. "Retreat! Everyone! Retreat!"
The leaders were quick to react and were equally quick in retreating.
On their way backwards, they even dragged their people along with them.
In a blink of an eye, the Blackwater Mystical Snake had already made its way on them, its giant mouth gaping open which snapped down hard on the people.
Although the leaders were fast, there were still quite a few people left behind who were not as fast and were unable to outrun the virulent serpent.
The snake had bitten down on five people in one go, chomping down hard which it then swallowed the top half of their severed bodies, leaving the other half falling to the ground.
Other than those who were consumed, eight other people were also squashed under the weight of the snake as it quickly slid across the ground and pinning them swiftly.
"My god!" Feng Buchun squealed like a pig in a slaughterhouse. He felt as if his heart was going to explode.
The thirteen people who were killed were all core disciples and elders of top-tier ancient factions! They were either Celestial or Ethereal Cultivation elites!
Even they did not stand a chance against the behemoth of a creature!
The Blackwater Mystical Snake's was incredibly strong and had overwhelmed everyone with its sheer might and size!
"Withdraw! Other than the demigods, everyone else retreat at least 300 meters! Leave now!" Zhou Daoxian shouted above the panicked shouts and screams.
The core disciples and elders ran for their lives.
Zhou Daoxian was publicly recognized as the strongest elite on Earth.
When the hundreds of people saw that even Zhou Daoxian was so scared, none of them dared to stay back and fight.
They ran towards where they came from as fast as their legs could carry them.
Long Zishan did not dare take the risk either. "Let's leave too!"
"Faction Leader Long! You have to stay back and help us!" Zhou Daoxian said. "All of us came here to explore the mausoleum! If you don't help out, you have no right to be part of the rest of the expedition!"
Long Zishan frowned. She looked around and saw that Wolf Emperor, Dio had stayed.
Clearly, if they did not help fight the Blackwater Mystical Snake, the Anti-Bei Alliance would not allow Long Zishan and Dio to have a share of the fruits.
"Alright! I won't leave!" Long Zishan nodded, and then turned to Liu Xuanxin. "You should all retreat! If anything happens, just scream as loud as you can. I will come help you immediately!"
"Okay. Sifu, you have to be careful!" Liu Xuanxin nodded and ran without another word. Under dire circumstances such as this one, they could not afford to waste a single second.
The seven Anti-Bei Alliance leaders, joined by Long Zishan and Theodore, made up the nine demigod ranked Superelites in total. All of them had their weapons drawn. With Ethereal Force at the ready, they were standing in a battle line, and was ready to fight the Blackwater Mystical Snake head on.
Before Xu Fu built the mausoleum, the Blackwater Mystical Snake had already reached demigod cultivation.
During these thousands of years, while the viper hibernated in the underground palace, its cultivation still increased bit by bit.
Combined with its natural talent, its cultivation alone was enough to make all nine powerful leaders to go all out to take it on.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God Ascension; Lifespan: 1,029 years; Health: 650,000; Combat power: 650,000]
As the fight was about the begin, Chen Xiaobei used his Netherspirit Battlescouter to scan everyone.
According to the Battlescouter, the strongest of the nine leaders, Zhou Daoxian, had 650,000 combat power.
Long Zishan was close behind with 630,000.
Blood Emperor, Sequinn, and Wolf Emperor, Dio, came in third with 600,000 combat power.
Ding Xiadong, Xu Shiqiu, and Feng Aotian on the other hand, had a similar 550,000 combat power each.
The weakest among them was Schudean and Betadalf, each posessing 500,000 combat power!
You could say that the nine of them were the strongest people on Earth at the moment.
Right now, they were working hand-in-hand to defeat this Blackwater Mystical Snake which had been asleep for thousands of years underground.
"What is the Blackwater Mystical Snake's combat power?"
Chen Xiaobei turned to look at the viper, and used his Netherspirit Battlescouter to check its combat power.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of God Ascension; Lifespan: 2,018years; Health: 650,000; Combat power: 650,000]
Chen Xiaobei saw everything with one sweep using the Netherspirit Battlescouter.
"The Blackwater Mystical Snake's combat power is the same as Zhou Daoxian's. But the creature's natural born talents would give it a huge edge over it's opponents during a battle. The Black Water Mystical Snake can easily beat Zhou Daoxian, hands down." Chen Xiaobei muttered. "Right now, the biggest problem is that other than Zhou Daoxian, the other eight leaders are doing nothing but standing watch. If they find a chance to sneak up and attack the viper successfully, it will surely lose!"
Chen Xiaobei knew the snake's strength but the nine leaders below were completely unaware.
"Everyone! Please bring out your most powerful trump cards! If we want to find the treasure in the tomb, we have to do it over this creature's dead body!" Zhou Daoxian roared, a seal carved from white jade appeared in his hands as he charged forward.
His seal was called Heaven Tumbling Seal. It was said to be made by an ancient Taoist. A Seven-star Spiritual Instrument, it was considered the highest-ranking Spiritual Instrument on Earth.
Hwaaaaaaa…
Zhou Daoxian waved his hand, and thick, heavy Ethereal Force rolled into his Heaven Tumbling Seal.
The seal was only about the size of a teacup, but after it was reinforced with Ethereal Force, it grew until it was almost the size of the Blackwater Mystical Snake's head.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Then, the Heaven Tumbling Seal attacked the snake's head with all its force.
The snake was fierce and robust, and it did not dodge the attack but used its head to meet the blow point blank.
There was a violent clash as the Heaven Tumbling Seal collided with the snake's head like the impact of a comet crashing into earth.
The collision sent shockwaves of tremors vibrating through the air. One could only imagine the amount of force generated by the collision.
The next second, the Heaven Tumbling Seal was seen bouncing off the snake which was still standing upright. It was unscathed and completely unharmed!
"So scary! What strength! What a powerful defense!" Zhou Daoxian frowned. Panic began to set in.
Zhou Daoxian's 650,000 combat power Ethereal Force was all channelled to his Heaven Tumbling Seal during that strike.
It was worth mentioning that the Heaven Tumbling Seal's Special Ability was boosting combat power, which meant that that strike actually produced 680,000 combat power.
However, as the Heaven Tumbling Seal bounced off, the Blackwater Mystical Snake's strength must have been at least 700,000 combat power!
The viper was uninjured at all, which could only mean that its health was also about 700,000!
"That's strange. Is something wrong with my Netherspirit Battlescouter?" On the ceiling, Chen Xiaobei paid close attention to everything that was happening. "Even if the Blackwater Mystical Snake has a talent in boosting its health and combat power, it's impossible that it could give itself such a huge boost! 700,000 combat power and health! That's the a middle-phase God Ascension level!"
"My Netherspirit Battlescouter cannot possibly be wrong!" Chen Xiaobei studied the second jade door. "If I'm not mistaken, there's another Formation where the Blackwater Mystical Snake is! I'm pretty sure this Formation adds additional energy to it!"
"Roar!!!!"
While Chen Xiaobei was busy trying to figure things out, the snake had already launched it's second wave of attack. It charged the nine leaders with all its might. They could feel a giant mountain crushing upon them.
"Everyone, don't hesitate! Let's do this together! This strange snake might be strong, but if we work together, we'll be able to take it down!" Zhou Daoxian calmed himself down and encouraged the others.
The other eight leaders were shell shocked but they were not about to give up so easily. After all, if they did not defeat the snake, they would have to return from this expedition empty-handed!
"Faction Leader Long! You and I will attack the snake's head! The others move to the snake's blind spots, and do as much damage as you can! You don't have to kill it with one strike. We'll just need to increase the damage we inflict on it. We'll torture it, make it go die a slow death!"
Zhou Daoxian lived up to his reputation as the strongest elite on earth. He was very calm and reasonable in his strategy planning, a very practical man.
Immediately, the Heaven Tumbling Seal struck again and Long Zishan brought out her purple Moon Blade to attack the snake's head with Zhou Daoxian.
At the same time, the rest of the eight people brought out their most powerful trump card to attack the snake from all directions.
"Sword Qi Heavenly Slashing Strike!"
Feng Aotian barked and channelled all his Ethereal Force to his Dragonrise Sword.
"Shu Moon Divine Slash!"
Xu Shiqiu too, brought out his crimson long sword and channelled all his Ethereal Force into it.
"Xingxiu Poisoned Claws!"
Ding Xiadong was wearing a pair of metal claws with scarlet-poisoned Ethereal Force being added to it.
Hundreds of people was shocked to see what was going on with their leaders.
"Look over there! Three of the leaders are fighting! What a scary wave of Ethereal Force! They really are super elites!"
"With the three of them attacking at the same time, the snake would be caught off-guard, and it will be severely injured!"
"Of course that would happen! Demigods are powerful enough to cut an entire mountain into half! Three demigods can definitely rip the snake's tail apart!"
Swish!
Swash!
Swish!
Seconds later, all three elites launched their attack on the Black Water Mystical Snake's body all at the same time.
From every angle, it looked to be that the Blackwater Mystical Snake was going to be seriously maimed.
However!
Chen Xiaobei gasped, "The Blackwater Mystical Snake's combat power and health are boosted again!"
Crack!
Crack!
Feng Aotian and Xu Shiqiu's swords came striking down on the snake's body, looking as if they was going to cut through the seams in the snake's scales, and cut the Blackwater Mystical Snake in half!
But upon contact, the giant swords were stuck in the scales, unable to penetrate any further.
Swish! Swash!
Ding Xiadong swung his claws and swiped the viper with them.
This attack was injected with 550,000 combat power of maximised Ethereal Force. A steel of the same thickness would be halved instantly!
But when Ding Xiadong swept past, there were only sparks but not a single mark could be seen on the viper's scales.
"How… how… This snake's health… it cannot possibly be so strong!" Ding Xiadong gasped in fear.
Swoosh!
The Blackwater Mystical Snake shook its body, and swung its tail.
"Oh god… Dodge now…"
Three powerful elites let out a terrifying scream and came up with all their strength to dodge the attack. As for Feng Aotian and Xu Shiqiu, they somehow managed to dodge the attack completely because they were using swords to attack it. In other words, there was still a decent distance between them and the Black Water Mystical Snake.
Among them, Ding Xiadong was not as fortunate. This old man's weapon were simply a pair of claws and he had to get as close as possible to land his attack on it. Besides, he had just suffered a great deal of injuries – causing him to have difficulty in moving around. The moment the Black Water Mystical Snake swung its tail at them, Ding Xiadong knew that it was impossible for him to dodge the attack even if he wanted to do so.
BAM!
Like a giant metal whip, the tail landed on Ding Xiadong.
Blarggh!
Screaming in agony, Ding Xiadong was sent flying away by the tremendous force generated by the tailswipe. He coughed out blood as he was sent midair.
BAM!
Ding Xiadong landed at the wall that was located at around ten meters away. The landing force was so hard it blew a hole in the wall. Lying in the debris, Ding Xiadong soon fell unconscious with his eyes rolled backwards. Who would have thought that a 550,000 combat power elite with God Ascending Cultivation would defeated by a Black Water Mystical Snake with only one hit!
"What… What should we do now?"
Feng Aotian was so afraid that cold sweat started to drip down from his brow. He was worried that he too might end up like Ding Xiadong.
"Don't be afraid… Ding Xiadong was injured by Long Zishan earlier. With that kind of injuries, it is understandable that he was so easily defeated by the snake! Just be careful! Go team up with the Americans and attack the damn snake!" said Xu Shiqiu.
"Alright…" replied Feng Aotian with his head nodded.
At the same time, the Americans were prepeared to launch their attack. The Grand Pope from Vatican, Skudian unleashed his Grand Holy Light skill and an apparition of an angel was summoned which recessed on his back.
The Holy Mage from the sorcerer school, Betadalf chanted a series of Black Magic Spells and a giant sun-like fireball was summoned on his back.
The Blood King, Sequinn went through a huge transformation. His hair, wings, and eyes had turned into a golden-purplish hue and his body was burning with a blood-colored flame.
The Wolf King, Dio quickly changed to his true form as well. His head morphed into a ferocious wolf's head and the muscles on his body went through rapid growth as well. It grew so huge that it ripped his shirt open. Fur started to sprout on his body and all his ten fingers transformed into wolf's claws as well.
It seemed like all these powerful creatures were about to attack the snake together. On the other hand, Feng Aotian and Xu Shiqiu had already made their way to them.
"Seemingly, this monstrosity is hiding its true power from us! Faction Leader Ding has been defeated by him! The six of us have to work together to defeat him, and if we fail to do so, we have to run for our lives!" shouted Xu Shiqiu.
He wanted everyone to know what to expect at the end of this fight.
"Understood! Let's come up with all our strength to defeat this snake! I don't want our trip to be wasted!"
All five powerful elites shouted at the same time. With their battle spirits fully charged, they were ready to launch their most powerful attack on the Black Water Mystical Snake. On the roof, Chen Xiaobei was observing the whole thing quietly.
"I hope these few guys are powerful enough to land a critical blow on this snake! If not, Long Zishan will be left in grave danger!"
After receiving an extra boost of power, the Black Water Mystical Snake had become even more powerful than before. The most powerful elites here were Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan and even they had to work together to stop a single attack from the snake. If the six of them failed to hurt it, the snake would charge forward to attack Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan without any worries. By that time, there was a high chance that the two of them would die here.
Upon thinking about that, Chen Xiaobei started to pray for his enemies so that they could really defeat the snake. The moment they succeeded in destroying its protective scales, they would then be able to hurt it.
BAM!!!
Betadalf first swung his wand and a giant fireball was being launched at the snake. After that, the rest of the five elites came up with all their trump cards to attack at the same spot where the fireball was going to land. Supposedly, they had an idea it was going to be easier for them to land a successful attack on it's body once the fireball had weakened it's scales.
One had to say that they were actually pretty smart when it came to coordinated attacks.
Unfortunately!
The Black Water Mystical Snake was not as simple to defeat as they thought it should be. They thought they had outsmarted the snake by attacking its blind spot. Unfortunately, it had already figured out that they were going to attack it.
Swoosh!
BAM!!
Immediately, the Black Water Mystical Snake swept its tail to counteract the incoming fireball. Hence, the fireball exploded when it came contact with the tail. The flames blew up to the sky in a huge mushroom and slowly fell down in sparks to it's surroundings.
"Shit!"
All five elites shouted at the same time. Initially, they thought that the fireball was going to make the snake become more vulnerable to their attacks. Now, cinders that fell from the sky like rain had blinded their vision and might even injure them.
Swoosh!
Seconds later, they could hear a gust of wind sweep past them. Before they could realize it, the tail was being swung at them again.
"No! Dodge!"
Blargghh…
Xu Shiqiu shouted out loud to warn everyone. He did not expect that his chest would be first hit by the tail. His ribcage broke and his heart and lungs were critically damaged. He was sent flying away with blood pouring out from his mouth.
"Run… Run for your lives!"
The rest of the five elites screamed at the same time. The Holy Mage, Betadalf dropped everything and started to run as fast as he could even though he stood the furthest away from the snake. The remaining four elites were not as fortunate as him.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
The four were hit by the tail and were sent flying away. Luckily, their cultivation was powerful enough to protect them from losing their lives. Though they had suffered major injuries, they would eventually live to see another day. However, that would have also meant they had lost their strength to continue the battle. At the same time, Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan were still fighting with the snake's head. Considering that the snake was more powerful than them, both of them had suffered a certain extent of injuries after the long fight.
Swoosh!
The thing that Chen Xiaobei worried the most finally happened!
This time, the snake swung its tail at Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan.
"Shit… Bro Yu and Lucky Goddess will be greeted with grave danger if the two of them fail to hold off the attack!"
Chen Xiaobei's heart seized.
He had planned to sit on the sidelines and watch Anti-Bei Alliance and the Blackwater Mystical Snake pummel each other to death; not expecting the Blackwater Mystical Snake to have a formation bolstering it and was able to take out nine demigods in less than half a minute!
The tail of the snake was incoming. If Long Zishan and Zhou Daoxian could not fight it off, it would all be over for everyone.
Everything was happening so quickly that even if Chen Xiaobei wanted to get involved, it was too late.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The snake's head was pinned down and the middle part of its tail was being attacked unsuspectingly; looking as if this attack was going to be deadly.
Lo and behold!
The viper suddenly evaded the Heaven Tumbling Seal, and charged towards Zhou Daoxian like a missile.
The tail of the snake, at the same time swept towards Long Zishan from the side.
Whoop!
"Argh!"
Zhou Daoxian could not dodge in time and received the brunt of the blow squarely on his chest, sending blood gushing from his mouth.
Of course, Zhou Daoxian was the publicly recognized strongest elite on earth, with a shockingly vast health of 650,000.
Although he was throwing up blood, he was in a better shape than the others. At least he was still standing even after being pushed 10 meters back. He still had some fight left in him.
Bam!
"Ooof!"
On the other end, Long Zishan had used her Moon Blade to block the attack. Whilst able to block the viper's tail, the force of it was so strong she was sent flying across the room.
Long Zishan was slightly weaker than Zhou Daoxian; she wobbled a little but managed to stand on her feet.
Chewing on her lips, she did not throw up but had clearly had suffered some internal injuries, severe enough that blood was streaking down the side of her lips.
"Sifu!" Liu Xuanxin screamed from afar, and quickly darted towards Long Zishan.
"Don't come over! Run! Get out of this place and never come back!" Long Zishan shouted. When she opened her mouth, even more blood could be seen flowing out.
Although she was still standing, it was obvious that the injuries she suffered were pretty severe.
Also, what Long Zishan said sounded like a farewell to Liu Xuanxin. Clearly, Long Zishan had no hope of winning this fight and had no guarantee that she would be able to escape from this place.
If she did try to run for her life, the Blackwater Mystical Snake would surely pursue her.
With the Blackwater Mystical Snake's superior speed, no one could ever escape from the tomb. In an attempt to escape, they would most likely be killed.
"Faction leader Long! Your disciples and my disciples are behind!" Zhou Daoxian said. "Right now, this fight is a matter of life and death! I hope that you can go all out with me, and try to buy more time for our juniors to escape!"
"Alright! I'm willing to fight to the death next to you, Faction Leader Zhou!" Long Zishan decided she was ready to fight to her death in order to give Liu Xuanxin and the others enough time for a chance to run for their lives."
"Everyone, listen up! Get out of the tomb now!" Zhou Daoxian ordered.
The people immediately began to move, taking their injured leaders with them as they started running towards the door at the other end of the passage.
"Roar!!!"
When it saw its prey running, the Blackwater Mystical Snake roared in disgruntlement.
The people did not understand what the Blackwater Mystical Snake was saying but Chen Xiaobei somehow understood. It was saying that no one was going to leave this place alive!
Swoosh!
What happened next was completely unexpected.
Blackwater Mystical Snake left Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan behind, and sprung like a coil towards the stone wall on the side of the passage.
Rumble!
The movement of the snake caused the earth to tremble so violently, it was as if the entire Mount Li was going to collapse.
The stone wall caved in while rocks began falling down, blocking the passage and preventing the people from escaping.
"It's over. We're all dead this time."
There were cries of despair as the hundreds of people began to be consumed by feelings of hopelessness.
It was without a doubt that Zhou Daoxian and Long Zishan's defeat was imminent and was just a matter of time. If the people were unable to get out of the mausoleum, they only end waiting for them was a grisly death.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake raised its head and roared proudly.
Chen Xiaobei knew that the snake was mocking them. Stupid humans, weak humans, you are all going to die! This is the price to pay for raiding the tomb! As long as I, the Blackwater Mystical Snake am here, no one on earth would be able to enter the tomb!
When they heard the ghastly roars of the snake, everyone, including Long Zishan and Zhou Daoxian, felt unequivocally defeated.
They could neither fight nor flee. Other than die, there was nothing else that they could do! Nothing would be more painful than a situation like this in life!
"Roaaaarrrr!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake narrowed its eyes, scouring the crowd asking 'Who should I kill first? After being so bored for thousands of years, it's time to have some fun.'
"Sifu!" Liu Xuanxin ran towards Long Zishan and latched on to her arm.
"Why did you come?" Long Zishan asked worriedly.
"I can't escape anyway. Since we're all going to die, I want to die with you!" Liu Xuanxin said, her eyes reddening.
"Silly girl," Long Zishan sighed. She did not know what to say. With no hope of escaping, dying together seemed like a pretty good option.
"Roooar!!!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake turned around, and locked its gaze on Liu Xuanxin .
Its roar meant, 'Huh? There's a strange and unusual aura on this girl. Is that a monster's aura or is that more like Spiritual Qi? Could she be the one that has the legendary body type?"
"You beast! If you want my disciple, you have to get over my dead body first!" Long Zishan noticed the snake checking her disciple out and protectively pulled Liu Xuanxin behind her.
"Roaaaaaa!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake looked down at her in contempt and sneered, 'Just die already! I will start with the both of you then! I will eat you first, old woman, and then slowly devour that girl!"
"Sifu!" Being scrutinized under the predatory gaze of the Blackwater Mystical Snake sent shivers down Liu Xuanxin's spine. Her heart was beating uncontrollably.
"Don't be afraid. We'll die together alright?" Long Zishan held Liu Xuanxin's little hand in hers, keeping Liu Xuanxin protectively behind her.
"Rooooar!!!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake was not joking.
With a loud roar, it dropped to the ground, and made its way towards Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin with its mouth wide open; so wide, it could swallow the both of them whole!
"We're dead! We're dead this time!" Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin squeezed their eyes shut, waiting for death to come knocking on their doors.
Swish!
The Blackwater Mystical Snake and its big, bloody-red mouth was approaching.
There was no escape in the face of death.
Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin had their eyes closed, for they could do nothing but accept this their unchangeable fate.
The rest of the group were in despair as well. Although it was Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin who were the ones about to die, the passage was blocked enabling nobody from escaping as well. This would cause them to also share a similar fate.
"Huh?"
But something completely unexpected happened.
The Blackwater Mystical Snake's opened it's mouth and stopped abruptly jsut as it was above Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin's head. It's mouth suddenly snapped shut. The viper then turned away and slid to the space behind the jade door where it came from.
"Wh… What happened?"
Everyone was stumped. Had the Blackwater Mystical Snake gone insane? One moment it was trying to kill everyone, and the next, it turned around and left them alone.
"Could there be something behind the jade doors that's important to the Blackwater Mystical Snake?" Zhou Daoxian guessed.
No one replied because the rest of the group were still in shock.
Long Zishan muttered, a furrow in her brows, "Could it be Chen Zhufeng?"
"Sifu, what are you talking about? What happened to Chen Xiaobei anyway?" Liu Xuanxin asked worriedly.
Long Zishan said nothing, her feisty eyes scanning the darkness behind the jade doors.
That was the place where the Blackwater Mystical Snake hibernated. Perhaps there was something in there that was especially important to it!
Perhaps it was due to that thing being disturbed, that the snake gave up the fight on this side and rushed back through the jade door.
As for who might be the one disrupting that important thing, Long Zishan's mind went straight to Chen Xiaobei.
In the space behind the jade door, it was exactly as Long Zishan had predicted.
The Blackwater Mystical Snake had a reinforced power, and was unleashing an unsurpassably frightening energy. If Chen Xiaobei had just sat, watched, and did nothing, Liu Xuanxin, Xiang Yu and the others would die.
That was why he deiced to take action and fly into the jade doors.
"I found it! There is a formation after all! It's giving the Blackwater Mystical Snake a boost of strength!"
With the help of the Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes, Chen Xiaobei was able to locate the formation.
"I just need to destroy the formation core, break the formation and the Blackwater Mystical Snake's strength will plummet. Then, when the leaders fight the viper again, they will be able to beat it!"
Chen Xiaobei was very calm as he searched the place. He found, in the darkness, a third jade door, and the formation core nearby it!
"Break!"
Chen Xiaobei transformed back into human form, and used the Chaos Blood Sword to stab the formation core!
"Awesome! Another blood-red orb!" He extracted the orb, eyes bright with excitement. "It looks like there might to be more of these blood-red orbs in the other parts of the tomb. If I'm lucky, both my Chaos Blood Sword and Blood God's Deity-killing painting can evolve!"
"Roaaarrr!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake had already made its way into the room, and when it saw Chen Xiaobei holding the blood-red orb, it panicked. "Stupid human! Put that thing in your hand back where it belongs!"
Chen Xiaobei ignored the viper and pocketed the blood-red orb. "Hehe, are you lying to yourself? I've already shoved the formation core in! Even if I put it back, you won't be able to get that extra boost of power!"
"Huh? You speak my language?!" The Blackwater Mystical Snake roared. "You piece of shit! How dare you destroy my source of power?! I will tear you into pieces!"
"Before you kill me, you better think of an exit plan for yourself!" Chen Xiaobei was unafraid. "Without the extra power, your combat power won't be enough to allow you to take control of the situation! If I shout, the people outside will charge in. I'm afraid you might have to die with me!"
"Tha…" The massive snake was at lost for words.
The leaders outside may be injured but they were not completely impaired, nor were they dead.
If they fought the Blackwater Mystical Snake with all they had, there was no saying if the viper would be able to win.
"It looks like you don't want to die!" Chen Xiaobei said. "Would you like me to give you a suggestion that can guarantee the safety of your life?"
"What suggestion?" The Blackwater Mystical Snake asked.
"I have a very delicious biscuit. If you eat it, I can guarantee that nothing will happen to you!"
"Biscuit? What is it?" The Blackwater Mystical Snake looked suspicious. "Do I look stupid to you? If you're giving it to me, it must be poison! I won't believe you!"
"If you don't believe me, then you better pray for yourself! The people outside will be coming in!" Chen Xiaobei gave the snake a threatening look.
Actually, most of the people outside were Chen Xiaobei's enemies, but the Blackwater Mystical Snake did not know that.
Chen Xiaobei twisted the truth just enough to frighten the Blackwater Mystical Snake. If it ate the Heavenly Dog Biscuit, it would be a great help to Chen Xiaobei. Then he would be able to control the snake. Then, by utilizing the snake, Osnur and the help of Long Zishan, he could defeat the Anti-Bei Alliance easily.
Of course, that was the ideal outcome but the reality was not that simple.
"You twat! You think I'm that afraid? Even if they do come in, I won't be afraid!" The Blackwater Mystical Snake said, "Don't you forget that this is Emperor Qin's tomb! You will never be able to infiltrate all the secrets in this place!"
"You mean that you can use these 'secrets' to escape?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
The Blackwater Mystical Snake said icily, "You were able to destroy the formation because I was careless! Even if I failed to guard this place, you will never be able to slip through the other obstacles! Roaaaaaar!!!"
The Blackwater Mystical Snake roared, dropped to ground and charged towards Chen Xiaobei like a black-and-red arrow.
"Crap!' Chen Xiaobei was suddenly nervous.
"I will be waiting for your friends behind the third jade door; you, on the other hand…" the Blackwater Mystical Snake was moving towards Chen Xiaobei, fierce and unyielding, "can die right now!"
Chen Xiaobei was standing in front of the jade door. The snake had planned to charge forward, and break the third jade door killing Chen Xiaobei with one bite!
This snake was also at the early phase of God Ascension, with 650,000 combat power.
It was moving so fast, Chen Xiaobei could not see it. Before he could realize it, the snake was about to devour him whole.
Swoosh…
The Black Water Mystical Snake charged at Chen Xiaobei. The force that came from the attack was so huge that it dug a huge hole on the ground. Its moving body even crushed the jade doors that was located not far from it.
"Eh? Why did I fail to land a bite on that bastard? It's not possible that he can move faster than me! How is that even possible…"
Though the Black Water Mystical Snake failed to injure Chen Xiaobei, it did not turn around. After seeing how fast Chen Xiaobei could move, it began to worry that his cultivation might be more powerful than it. Also, if it spent too much time fighting with Chen Xiaobei, more people might come here.
In the end, it decided to retreat to the third jade doors with lightning speed. At the same time, Chen Xiaobei was standing not too far from it. A layer of golden purple dragon scales was slowly fading off his feet. The shoes that he wore with him was long gone by now. Clearly, the reason why he managed to dodge the Black Water Mystical Snake's attack was because he had triggered the third transformation of Witch Dragon Skill, Penetrate the Heaven. Once this ability was activated, it would allow him to teleport within a small area.
"Luckily, I have a lot of Spiritual Stones with me. If not, I would not have been able to dodge the attack just now…" said Chen Xiaobei with a sigh of relief.
Chen Xiaobei had got his hands on 500 million low-grade Spiritual Stones from the Chamber of Commerce during his last trip to the Northern Wilderness Starfield. Though he had just spent 300 million of it to purchase materials to fix the portal, he still had 200 million low-grade Spiritual Stones left, and that was an obscene amount of wealth.
In total, he had spent 2,000 Spiritual Stones on triggering the skill just now. The old him would definitely feel that he had just lost a huge of portion of his wealth. Now, 2,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones was nothing to him.
Earlier, he had just consumed 50,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones. Logically speaking, his Dantian would not be able to contain so much Spiritual Qi, but the Witch Dragon's blood had allowed him to do so. Since all those Spiritual Qi that he consumed had fused with the blood, he could trigger the Witch Dragon Transformation Skill whenever he wanted to.
"Now, I think I should enter the third jade doors as well… bad things usually happen after the third attempt… I think something more terrifying is about to happen behind this jade door!"
Chen Xiaobei then calmed himself down and took a peek inside. To his surprise, he saw something that he had not expected. It was a tiny octagonal space which was no where near big enough to fit a creature the size of the Black Water Mystical Snake. Staring at the empty space, the Black Water Mystical Snake was long gone.
"This is weird… The forth jade doors do not exist here. Judging from the perfect condition of the floor and wall, how was it possible that a humungous creature like the Black Water Mystical Snake could have disappeared into thin air?!" wondered Chen Xiaobei while walked cautiously into the space.
After spending some time scanning around, he found nothing special. Immediately, he activated his Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes and true enough, he found something this time.
"There… There is a portal here…"
Chen Xiaobei had his eyes fixed on the wall. Using only ordinary eyes to look at it, the wall that he was staring at was no different than the other walls around him. The truth was, that it was just an illusion. After he walked through the wall, he saw a silver portal. In other words, the Black Water Mystical Snake had used this portal to escape him.
"Now that everyone's here, the snake is gone…"
Soon after that, everyone started to gather around and slowly walked to where Chen Xiaobei was.
"They will be here soon… I will have to enter this portal regardless of what's behind it!"
Without any hesitation, Chen Xiaobei leapt into the portal.
"What's going on? Where is the damn snake? It was at an advantage earlier! Why would it run away from this place?" said Zhou Daoxian after spending some time looking around.
"Faction Leader Zhou! I saw someone walk through this wall just now and the person looked just like… Chen Zhufeng!" said Feng Bucun while pointing at the wall.
Everyone was awestruck when they heard the statement. They were wondering if Chen Zhufeng had actually managed to defeat the legion of zombies and the Black Water Mystical Snake. Liu Xuanxin, Long Zishan, and the rest of the people could not help but feel baffled. Considering that even the nine demigods could do nothing about it, they were having a hard time figuring out on how Chen Xiaobei managed to complete this impossible feat.
"Are you sure that you saw someone walking through the wall?"
Zhou Daoxian frowned as he could not figure what was so special about the wall.
"I'm positive! Let's try it if you want to know whether I'm telling the truth!"
Feng Bucun then walked towards the wall and used his sword to poke at it.
Swoosh!
The sword penetrated the wall without any resistance. Instead, there was some kind of force trying to pull him into it.
"This… How is this even possible?"
Upon seeing that, the hundreds of people present were left in shock.
"Bucun! Bucun! Can you hear me? Reply me!" shouted Feng Aotian at the wall.
"Alliance Leader Feng, you don't have to shout anymore! If I'm not mistaken, there should be a portal behind the wall, and Bucun has been teleported to another dimension!" said Zhou Daoxian.
"This… Bucun is my one and only son! I have to go rescue him! All members of Five Swords Mountain Alliance, listen to my orders! Charge forward now!" said Feng Aotian.
Though Feng Aotian was still suffering from severe injuries, he knew that his son's life was more important to him than anything else in this world. Immediately, he took the lead in bringing his allies to enter the wall.
"I'm afraid Xingxiu Faction is going to end our journey here… We shall meet again soon…"
Amongst them, Dong Xiadong suffered the most serious injuries. It was so bad he needed someone to support him while he stood up. He would never dare continue the journey anymore.
"Faction Leader Ding, please hold on! The returning path is being blocked by stones and mud. You would need at least ten to fifteen days to clear the rubble, and you might risk more rocks and mud crumbling down on you if you try to clear the path with brute force! Have you thought about the consequences?" said Zhou Daoxian.
"Si…"
Dong Xiadong took in a deep breath and gulped. Time was not the issue here. Everyone would be buried alive if the foundations of this place was severely damaged.
"My advice is for you to continue moving forward! Chen Zhufeng is not an ordinary person! He will never place himself in unnecessary danger! I'm pretty sure he has figured out a way to get out from this place since he dared to enter it anyway! Let's follow him and who knows, we might stand a chance to leave the place alive as well!" said Zhou Daoxian.
"Huh? What is this place?"
When Chen Xiaobei stepped through the wall, the entire scenery had changed. It was like he stepped into a different world, back to the ancient times.
The eerie dark forest and cold cavern had suddenly turned into clear blue skies dotted with puffy white clouds! Under his feet were a neatly laid green brick pavement, and surrounding him was a magnificent ancient palace.
The palace was humongous – it was 50 steps to the next floor and there was a pavilion every 10 steps, going as far as a hundred miles. It was impossible to see the where it started and where it ended.
"Wow! Don't tell me that I've travelled to the ancient times like those cliché novels."
Chen Xiaobei frowned. The place was so big that he dared not believe that it was part of Emperor Qin's tomb.
"Where did the Blackwater Mystical Snake go? There's no evidence that it's been here."
The more Chen Xiaobei thought about it, the stranger it seemed. The Blackwater Mystical Snake was a mammoth sized beast. If it did come through here, it would have left a dent in the ground, and would have crushed a few of the pavilions.
However, everything was pristine.
Could the Blackwater Mystical Snake have gone to another place?
"Ah, forget it. I better leave this place before my enemies get here."
Chen Xiaobei kept moving forward.
As he walked, he took out his phone to send Liu Xuanxin a message, but there was no signal in there.
"No, I can't go too far. I won't be able to contact them. I better find a place to hide nearby in case my Goddess of Luck and the others need my help. I have to find out what's happening first!"
He walked into the nearest three-storey pavilion.
Stepping through the door, he was shocked by what he saw.
The building was filled with piles of treasure of silver and gold, pearls and precious stones in all colors, shapes and sizes. It was impossible to tell how much of it there was.
And that was just one building!
There were countless pavilions out there! If there were just as much treasure in each house, there would enough of it to form mountains!
"Could… Could these be the Emperor Qin's actual burial objects? This amount is just bewildering!" Chen Xiaobei exclaimed.
Of course, he was merely expressing surprise. All these earthly riches meant nothing to him!
Had these treasures been Spiritual Items, he might have been excited.
These piles of common gold and silver were worthless to him. He could not be bothered to collect them.
"I have more important things to attend to! I cannot waste time!" Chen Xiaobei quickly ascended the steps to the top floor.
The cracked opened a window and looked down from above to observe the situation below.
Very soon, one by one, shadows appeared on the surrounding streets.
"What… What is this place?" Feng Bucun stared at his surroundings in surprise.
"Bucun! Are you alright?" Feng Aotian had arrived with his men.
"I'm fine! There is no danger nearby!" Feng Bucun went to meet him. "Father, your wounds have not healed yet. Go take a rest first!"
"Mm, alright." Feng Aotian nodded. The Blackwater Mystical Snake had injured him pretty badly; this was a good chance to tend to his injuries.
Feng Aotian swallowed some pills, sat cross-legged on the ground and began to channel Ethereal Force to unclog his veins and heal his wounds.
The rest of the group arrived soon after.
After a series of exclamations, the leaders of the group imitated Feng Aotian's example, and began to tend to their wounds as well.
The disciples and elders of these leaders did not sustain any injuries, so they split up and explored the place to familiarize themselves with the environment and to detect any early warnings so that they would be prepared in case of any danger.
"Young Lady Liu, we're going to walk around and see if we can find Xiaobei. Would you like to join us?" Xiangyu asked.
"No, I'll stay and accompany Sifu." Liu Xuanxin shook her head. "If you have any news about Chen Xiaobei, remember to come and tell me immediately!"
"Alright!" Xiangyu nodded, then left with Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque to the street where it was less crowded.
After a quick stroll, Xiang Yu came up with a conclusion. "This is Epang Palace! It's exactly the same as the one I burnt down many years ago!"
"Tha… That's impossible, right?" Six-Eared Macaque said. "If you've already burnt the place down, why would there be one that is exactly the same?"
Xiangyu shook his head. "I don't know for sure. It's probably because Emperor Qin wanted to remain as Emperor even after his death, and asked Xu Fu to build the Epang Palace in exactly the same fashion!"
"After he died, he did not enter Earth God Realm!" Six-Eared Macaque asked. "If it's like what you said, then could he have become an evil spirit and stayed here as it's emperor?"
"There is a possibility." Xiangyu nodded.
"Evil spirits are different from Yin spirits. Yin spirits cultivate their merit points in the underworld, and Evil Spirits cultivate ghost powers in the human world!"
Six-Eared Macaque asked, "After thousands of years, what cultivation would the Emperor be at today?"
Xiangyu replied, "That's hard to tell. It's possible that Emperor Qin has become an Earth God at the level of 'Ghost Emperor', but there's also a chance that his soul has been destroyed!"
"Soul is destroyed? Why is that?" Li Xiang asked.
"Because of Xu Fu!" Xiangyu said. "Since Xu Fu left his descendants a backdoor to rob the tomb, why would he allow Emperor Qin's spirit to stay? That would like sending his descendants here to die!"
"That makes sense!" Six-Eared Macaque nodded. "Xu Fu is not a good person as well. He betrayed the Great Qin, became a Japanese and destroyed Emperor Qin's soul! So disloyal and treacherous! So ruthless!"
"That's just a speculation," Xiangyu said. "Emperor Qin is rare individual in the three realms! Even if Xu Fu planned it, he might not have been able to get what he wanted!"
"In fact, before Emperor Qin's demise, he had already sent Xu Fu far away! The funeral procession was managed by the Emperor's most trusted servant. Something unexpected happened back then! Anyway, before we know the full truth, Emperor Qin could be a Ghost Emperor, or could have already gone for good, completely vanishing from the three realms!"
Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang nodded in agreement.
"The building in front looks like a bedroom, let's go in and take a look!" Xiangyu pointed in front.
The three of them headed towards the building.
Zing!
But just as they were about to push the door open, they heard the sharp slashing sound of a sword behind them!
Swoosh!
Xiangyu reacted quickly, and stabbed his Zhenwu Combat Spear into his attacker behind him with one arm.
Some time ago, when Chen Xiaobei returned to the secret space, he helped Xiangyu break through to Ethereal Cultivation. With 180,000 combat power, Xiangyu's metal-attribute Ethereal Force transformed into a golden tiger and charged at the enemy which attacked him from the back.
"Huh? Chen Zhufeng brought an Ethereal Cultivation elite with him?! It looks like I underestimated my enemy!" The attacker said in a calm, unworried tone. The longsword in his hand was infused with wind-attribute Ethereal Force as well. A cyclone brewed up when he swung the sword in his hand, and it rushed to the golden tiger with no hesitation.
Shinng!
Two terrifying forces collided with each other!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Xiangyu and the enemy were forced to take three steps back. Seemingly, their combat powers were extremely similar.
"Feng Bucun! What are you doing?!" Li Xiang pointed at the person.
The attacker with the Tremor Sword was none other than the young alliance master of Five Mountain Sword, Feng Bucun!
Next to him were his five fangirls, which included Fang Ying and five young Five Mountain Sword core disciples.
"What am I doing?" Feng Bucun repeated. "Chen Zhufeng is Chen Xiaobei. Our faction has already joined the Anti-Bei Alliance. What do you think I'm doing?"
"You want to kill us?" Xiangyu had a murderous look in his eyes.
Like Chen Xiaobei, Xiangyu upheld the 'don't attack unless being attacked first' principle. He would never kill unless the enemy made the first move – then Chen Xiaobei and Xiangyu could kill each other mercilessly!
"That's right! I've come to kill you!" Feng Bucun did not even bother to hide his intention. "Chen Xiaobei caused my father to fall down earlier at the first jade door! This debt must be paid! But since I can't find Chen Xiaobei, then I'll just kill you to vent my anger!"
"Do you think that you can kill us?" Xiangyu lifted up his Zhenwu Combat Spear, and stood protectively in front of Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang.
Xiangyu was at the early phase of Ethereal Cultivation with 180,000 combat power.
Six-Eared Macaque however, was only at the peak of Celestial Cultivation with 130,000 combat power. Because Li Xiang did not have time to cultivate, his cultivation was stagnant at only 30,000 combat power.
Xiangyu was the only who could fight Feng Bucun and his people.
Feng Bucun knew that, so he chuckled. "Among the three of you, only you can fight me! But I can pin you down on my own! My Shixiong and Shidi can then use the two of your friends as hostage! There's no way that you can survive this fight!"
"You…" Xiangyu frowned.
If Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang were captured, Xiangyu's hands would be tied. In the end, the three of them would not be able to escape the fate of being tortured and killed.
"If you're a real man, then fight! What's so great about using them hostage to threaten me?!" Xiangyu shouted.
"Hehehe…" Feng Bucun laughed mockingly. "This is a battle to the death! This is not a sports day event! Would I get a medal for being upright? Remember, there are only losers and winners here!"
Xiangyu's expression darkened, and his tone deepened. "I will hold them off! The two of you get to faction leader Long!"
"No! We won't run off!" Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang were adamant. "If we leave you here, you'll die! You won't be able to fight all of them!"
"Nonsense!" Xiangyu barked. "You won't be of much help even if you stay! Go and get faction leader Long! I might have a chance at surviving this!"
"Alright! That's it then!" Six-Eared Macaque could see the bigger picture so he said, "Li Xiang, get ready to transform. Once Xiangyu charges, we'll escape by air!"
"Alright!" Li Xiang prepared himself.
"Caldron Breaking Strike!" Xiangyu suddenly roared. He held the Zhenwu Combat Spear in both hands and stormed forward with every ounce of energy in his body.
Xiangyu was employing his maximum Ethereal Force with this attack.
A bright golden light lit up the place, and the force of gold came down and blanketed the place.
The golden light moved with the Zhenwu Combat Spear, and formed an illusion of thousands of soldiers with horses.
"That's quite something! But I, Feng Bucun, am not be trifled with either!"
Feng Bucun pointed his Tremor Sword to the sky and borrowed the force of wind. Immediately, countless of Wind Blades were formed in the sky that were ready to destroy everything that stood in their path.
"No!" Xiangyu roared as he exploded forward.
At the same time, Li Xiang transformed into his Blood Descendant form, carrying Six-Eared Macaque in one hand, spread his wings, and flew into the air.
Right now, their plan was going well. Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque only needed to get Long Zishan to come back in time to save Xiangyu.
But no matter how much they had planned things out, The Five Mountain Sword faction were not the only members of Anti-Bei Alliance!
Boom!
There was a deafening sound of an explosion, and Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque came tumbling down.
Because Li Xiang's cultivation was very low, he was severely injured, and was throwing up blood.
Six-Eared Macaque's cultivation was slightly higher, but it was still not enough to hold off his opponent's powerful attack. Blood was also pouring from his mouth, draining him of all energy to fight.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The true from of Blood Descendants appeared in the sky.
They looked quite young – probably core disciples of the Blood Descendants.
These people were led by someone who looked very much like Sequinn's only son, the prince of the Blood Descendants, Goodman!
"I've controlled the sky! You can't go anywhere!" Goodman sniggered, a deep-seated hatred set in his eyes.
"Are you guys alright?"
Xiangyu abandoned the attack and ran to Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque.
"We're done! This time, we really can't get out of this…" Six-Eared Macaque sounded exhausted, and was throwing up blood as he spoke.
Li Xiang's injuries were even more severe – he could not even speak. He looked devastatingly ill and was not moving.
"Hang in there guys! I will get you out of here no matter what!" Xiangyu shouted through gritted teeth.
"Get to where? Are you dreaming?"
The other five leaders of the Anti-Bei Alliance and their hundreds of young core disciples had all gathered around them!
"Why don't you try and get out for me to see?!" Feng Bucun sneered.
"You…"
Xiangyu's face was ashen.
Suddenly, a shadow jumped down from the pavilion, and stood protectively in front of Xiangyu, shouting at the crowd of people, "Those who hurt my brothers will pay dearly!"