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Chapter 698 Anyone who enters the underground palace will die! (4k, please subscribe)

However, the zombie guard in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm did not die so easily.

The moment his head was chopped off, the dark green corpse baby in his brain immediately escaped and pounced towards Chi Fengtai, who was closest to him, with its fangs and claws bared. Its speed was several times faster than the previous rigor mortis state, and it was difficult to capture any trace with the naked eye.

However, Qi Yaoxian and Lou Shiwang, who had experience in killing, were well prepared for this scene.

A red flame suddenly burst out from the mouth of the Lou Lion King, and grew in size against the wind, transforming into a fire dragon several dozen feet in size. It broke through the air and flew out, blocking Chi Fengtai.

At the same time, Qi Yaoxian pointed to several formation flags floating in front of her chest, and trapped the corpse baby that was blocked by the fire dragon within the formation formed by the flags.

At this time, Wei Tu also took the opportunity to shoot out a "Green Emperor's Life-Slaying Sword", leaving a wound on the corpse baby.

Soon, under the restraint of the formation, no matter how agile the corpse baby was, it could not escape, and soon it was killed under the siege of Wei Tu and the other four.

But the battle is far from over.

There was still one zombie guard guarding the entrance to the underground palace, and they were not completely killed.

Even though this zombie guard had already been badly wounded by the formations of the disciples of Xianlingdao and Jianhuo Palace and the siege of their four great gods, but... they only had less than half a day left.

If there is any mistake, I am afraid this expedition will fail.

"My fellow Taoists, now has come to this critical moment. I hope you and I will not hide anything and get rid of this zombie guard as soon as possible."

"This time, with Fellow Daoist Wen joining us, we have half a day more time than last time... but it's only half a day more time. If we don't seize the opportunity, it will probably take us fifty years to come again."

Qi Yaoxian turned around and glanced at Lou Shiwang, Chi Fengtai, and Wei Tu, and stated the interests at stake at the moment in a serious tone.

After three days of fighting, the mana of the four great gods could be replenished easily by meditating for a while. However, the materials for the formations set up by the Xianling Dao and Jianhuo Palace to restrain the zombie guards, as well as various attack and defense magic tools, talismans, etc., were difficult to replenish.

Not to mention, during this battle, some disciples from both factions were killed or injured.

But Wei Tu turned a deaf ear to this.

He did not act rashly and use his own wealth to deal with this last zombie guard.

This time, his joining was an unexpected factor for Lou Shiwang and Chi Fengtai.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happened, these two people and Qi Yaoxian should have already prepared ways to deal with the two zombie guards.

However, for the sake of the subsequent exploration of the underground palace, none of these three people wanted to use their trump cards in advance to reduce their chances of winning.

Now, it depends on who has better psychological stress resistance.

In a game of mutual competition, the first person to play a card does not necessarily mean he is out, but he is unlikely to be the one who has the last laugh.

Time passes slowly.

An hour.

Two hours...

The zombie guards suffered more and more injuries, but under conventional attacks, the remaining time was obviously not enough to completely eliminate them.

"Three Nine Heavenly Flames!"

Finally, King Lou Shi couldn't help it. He roared, pinched his hands together, and a cluster of dark blue flames emitting a terrifying aura floated in front of his chest.

As soon as it came out, the temperature around it rose sharply, and the air became scorching hot, just like the depths of a volcano.

This cluster of deep blue flames was somewhat similar to the fifth-level earth fire that Wei Tu had encountered in Xuanyan Market, but the power it contained was much higher than that of the fifth-level earth fire.

Then, King Lou Shi gave a cold shout, and a cluster of deep blue flames called "Sanjiu Tianyan" fell towards the corpse guards like arrows.

next moment.

The blue flames ignited instantly and enveloped the entire body of the zombie guard, burning him and making him scream miserably. Inch by inch of flesh and blood was gradually burned into nothingness, and yellow-green corpse fluid oozed from his body in an attempt to put out the fire.

But unfortunately, under the siege of Wei Tu and the other two, the zombie guards had no room to heal their wounds.

After a few moves, the corpse guard's body was in a terrible state.

Finally, under Qi Yaoxian's powerful attack, it was completely shattered into pieces, and even the corpse baby could not escape.

……

The two zombie guards were eliminated.

The bloody gate did not open, and the entrance was still filled with dense restrictions.

Fortunately, such difficulties did not stump the formation masters of the Xianlingdao and Jianhuo Palace sects.

It took about two days, and the restrictions at the entrance were removed one by one by the disciples of the two sects using the method of "breaking the formation with another formation".

only--

After the ban was completely removed.

In the center of the blood-red gate, a line of ancient characters shaped like bird seal script suddenly appeared.

This is the ancient character of the True Spirit. After the last "Sun Melting Refining Technique", Wei Tu has already recognized this kind of text.

"Those who enter the underground palace will die - the spirit zombies will survive."

After a moment, Wei Tu deciphered the meaning of this line of words by following the method of Zhenling ancient characters.

Seeing this, his expression became much more serious.

Before, he and Qi Yaoxian and others all believed that this "Lingjiang Palace" belonged to a secret realm of inheritance, but now it seems that this underground palace is more like the afterlife of Lingjiangzi, and outsiders are not allowed to disturb his soul after death.

If an ordinary person wrote this line of words in front of a tomb, not many people would care, but according to their calculations, Ling Jiangzi's realm before his death was at least the fusion realm.

Death threats from the combined overhaul...

No one would not care.

"But, I can't retreat now."

Wei Tu frowned, glanced at Qi Yaoxian, Lou Shiwang, and Chi Fengtai, who all had complicated expressions, and pondered in his heart.

At this moment, there was no regret in his heart. After all, opportunities and crises coexist in the world of cultivating immortals, and no one could know whether the road ahead would be a blessing or a curse.

But if he had a choice, he didn't want to enter this underground palace with a high risk of danger, and wanted to back out temporarily.

However, the current situation does not allow him to retreat.

Qi Yaoxian and the others would not sit back and watch him leave the underground palace and then leak the information to the outside world, or wait outside and reap the benefits...

"This line of words is Ling Jiangzi's warning to us. Although it looks scary, it is just scary. The human world... can hardly accommodate power above the level of God Transformation..."

"He's been dead for so many years."

After a while, Qi Yaoxian smiled slightly and said this.

His words showed his determination: he would not give up until he entered the underground palace.

"That's right! If Ling Jiangzi was alive or hundreds of years after his death, you and I would never dare to spy on the underground palace of this combined master after his death. But he has been dead for an unknown period of time. No matter how powerful he is, it is difficult for him to survive."

"As long as you and I are careful, even if there is danger, it may not be life-threatening."

Lou Shiwang's eyes narrowed slightly and he said in a deep voice.

Wei Tu and Chi Fengtai, as "self-cultivating practitioners at the level of the Spiritual Transformation", came to this underground palace, and the only cost they spent was time.

But they are different.

Since the discovery of the "Spiritual Zombie Palace", countless resources have been invested in this place without considering the gains and losses. No one would be willing to give up like this. In addition, although the two corpse guards have been eliminated, if this opportunity is abandoned, it is very likely that after a certain period of time, these two corpse guards will return to their original state...

Choosing to give up is certainly safe and without danger, but if they retreat like this, and wait until Wei Tu or Chi Fengtai join hands with other gods to break into the underground palace again and gain a great opportunity... then how should they deal with themselves?

It's a bit ridiculous to be frightened by a word from a dead person.

"Use puppets to explore the way first. If things are impossible, then make a decision..."

Seeing that the situation could not be resisted, Wei Tu pondered for a moment and put forward a more pertinent suggestion.

"good!"

"Let's use the puppet to explore the way first."

Hearing this, Chi Fengtai nodded happily and agreed.

Using puppets to explore the way first is a safe approach for most monks when exploring dangerous areas.

It's just that, as Divine Transformation cultivators, they have already reached the pinnacle of the world and are rarely so cautious.

"Okay." Hearing this, Qi Yaoxian and Lou Shiwang subconsciously looked at each other and nodded.

They had just made preparations for action in case Wei Tu and Chi Fengtai "rejected" them.

Now, using puppets to explore the way is also a compromise.

Seeing that Qi Yaoxian and others agreed, Wei Tu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he slapped his storage bag and took out a Nascent Soul human puppet. He used his spiritual sense to control it, letting it push open the bloody door of the underground palace and explore the way ahead.

Qi Yaoxian, Lou Shiwang and Chi Fengtai would not sit idly by and watch Wei Tu's human puppet take the lead and explore the information in the underground palace first. The three of them immediately waved their sleeves and released a Nascent Soul puppet each, which followed closely behind Wei Tu's human puppet.

After two breaths.

The heavy blood-red stone door, which was dozens of feet high, was slowly pushed open by Wei Tu's human puppet, revealing a narrow black stone path that continued to wind upwards with no end in sight.

The human puppet moved very carefully, exploring every inch.

However, the danger did not appear immediately. On both sides of the stone road, apart from the blood pool with the same aura as the zombie guards, there were no other special places or traps.

Climbing up step by step along the stone path, after walking about several hundred feet, Wei Tu, with the help of the human puppet's vision, saw an attic stuck in the stone path.

This attic has two floors and is antique. The door on the first floor is wide open, but there is no back door leading to the back of the attic on the first floor.

Arrived here.

The puppets of Qi Yaoxian and others did not follow Wei Tu's human puppet anymore. Instead, they suddenly had an idea and rushed to the second floor of the attic first.

There was also a restriction at the entrance of the stairs connecting the first and second floors of the attic, but under the bombardment of the Nascent Soul Puppet, this restriction was easily broken like thin paper.

As the door to the second floor opened.

What caught the eyes of the cultivators was a shrine more than two meters high, in which was enshrined a statue of a deity wearing a red robe and holding a corpse bell.

In front of the shrine is an altar with two fruit plates on them. On the plates are two fist-sized green spiritual fruits with copper coin patterns.

"Is this... Corpse God Fruit?"

King Lou Shi was excited and was the first to say the name of this green spiritual fruit.

"Corpse God Fruit?"

Wei Tu, a fourth-rank alchemist, was also familiar with this fruit, and was well aware that it was a spiritual fruit that was a specialty of the corpse-sinking evil land and could greatly enhance a cultivator's spiritual awareness.

However, he had never heard of a Corpse God Fruit this big.

The Corpse God Fruit described in historical records was at most the size of a date, and there had never been a Corpse God Fruit the size of a fist.

A Corpse God Fruit of this size would probably have a certain effect even on a Divine Transformation Master like him.

"I'll take one of these fruits first."

King Lou Shih chuckled and took the lead, asking his Nascent Soul Puppet to take the Corpse God Fruit on the fruit plate on the left.

But at the moment when the Nascent Soul puppet touched the fruit plate.

Blood-colored runes suddenly appeared on the wall of the second-floor attic, and a bright light flashed.

The next moment, the Lion King at the gate of the underground palace could not help but scream out miserably. It was his spiritual consciousness stored in the Nascent Soul puppet that was directly wiped out by the restrictions in the attic.

Next.

Qi Yaoxian and Chi Fengtai followed closely behind, their faces turning pale and they cried out in pain.

Only the human puppet controlled by Wei Tu escaped in time because it was the last one to fall behind, and thus avoided letting its master Wei Tu suffer the pain of having his spiritual consciousness wiped out.

However, this does not mean that Lou Shiwang and others are careless and not cautious, but that the three of them are not entering in real body at this moment, and the loss of one or two puppets will not cause any harm to them, so they will not mind whether they act rashly.

However, the restrictions in the attic this time were so terrifying that they directly wiped out the spiritual consciousness of the three men of Lou Shiwang, making the actions of the three men of Lou Shiwang seem a little stupid.

"Is that... the God Forbidden Array?"

After the cry of pain, Qi Yaoxian and the other two sent out their Nascent Soul puppets again and went back to the attic to examine the formation carved on the wall of the second floor.

But after watching for a while, the expressions of several people became much uglier.

The God Forbidden Formation itself is not scary for them who are in the process of becoming gods. They only need to protect their souls with their physical bodies and can easily break the formation with their magic power.

But the crux of the matter is.

They were afraid of the dangers in the underground palace and did not dare to enter in person, so they only dared to send puppets to explore.

And this formation is precisely the nemesis of puppets and other creatures.

Now, the choice comes.

They either give up controlling the puppets to explore and enter the underground palace in their real bodies, or they return home and no longer covet the "Spirit Zombie Palace".

"There is another way."

Qi Yaoxian turned around and looked at the Taoist master behind her, her eyes were deep and cold.

The "God Forbidden Formation" can kill the consciousness of a God Transformation Realm, so killing the consciousness of an Infant Nascent Soul Realm is naturally no problem.

Even with the protection of the physical body, a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot stay in the Forbidden God Array for long.

But what she wants is not that it cannot "last for a long time".

Just stop for a short time and destroy the runes on the wall.

"I, the ancestor, will not force you. As long as you do this job well, you can become the incarnation seed of my sect when you return and enjoy the resources for cultivation."

Qi Yaoxian narrowed her eyes and promised great benefits.

While speaking, Qi Yaoxian also sent a message to Wei Tu and Chi Fengtai, saying that the losses of breaking the formation would be shared by Xianlingdao and Jianhuo Palace, so the two Corpse God Fruits should naturally belong to the two factions.

More work, more reward.

Wei Tu had no objection to this arrangement and immediately nodded in agreement.

This is only the harvest from the first level of Lingjiang Palace. This underground palace definitely contains more than just two Corpse God Fruits. There is no need to haggle with Qi Yaoxian and Lou Shiwang at this time.

(End of this chapter)