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However, the saintly zombie then slowly stood up again, and some changes began to appear on its body.

His previously withered skin suddenly became plump and strong, and in just a few seconds, he transformed into a muscular and robust man.

If it weren't for those gleaming, golden eyes and that dead man's grey skin, he would really look like a robust warrior.

However, at this moment, the muscles of the Saint Zombie were not filled with flesh, but with a very abundant amount of energy.

"The second life has begun?"

Tsukikawa Shuu watched the mutated Saint Zombie with unhurried composure.

By this time, Hiratsuka Shizuka and the others had almost finished off the other elite skeleton monsters.

"Hoohoho!"

The Saint Zombie roared once more and charged towards Tsukikawa Hiiragi.

Previously, it lunged forward stiffly, but this time it moved its legs like a walking tank.

With each step I took, the earth trembled.

Previously, they would use weapons, but this time they came up to fight bare-handed.

Tsukikawa Shuu was still standing in the same spot.

"Legendary Sword Technique - Overturning the Sea!"

Tsukikawa Shu used the second move of the legendary sword technique, Overturning the Sea.

The move used this time was even more powerful.

The sword energy sliced ​​through the air and collided head-on with the Saint Zombie.

The Saint Zombie, with its arms crossed in front of it, continued its rampage.

However, he soon stopped walking.

Rumbling--

The earth trembled.

This sword technique was incredibly powerful. The entire ancient tomb shook.

The Saint Zombie's body crumbled rapidly upon contact with the sword energy, leaving only its two bare feet standing on the ground.

The entire body above the soles of the feet had been reduced to ashes.

Outside the ancient tomb, those who emerged from it all wore expressions of horror.

"earthquake!"

"Mom, why are there earthquakes during the opening of the ruins? Weren't the natural disasters in our previous secret realms resolved?"

"Ahhh! My leg, it was just set!"

……

Outside, people were wailing and howling.

Many people choose to quit because they are injured or afraid to continue.

They had just been resting outside the ruins, planning to go back later, when they were struck by this sudden earthquake.

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard.

Fortunately, the earthquake was short-lived and did not cause much damage or collapse of the ruins.

However, after this tremor, a few moments later, many players emerged from the ruins, panting heavily.

They were all players who hadn't gone deep enough, or who had already turned back.

When the earthquake struck, everyone feared they would be buried alive in the ruins and be buried with the saint, so they hurriedly evacuated as soon as the earthquake stopped.

"So what happened?"

They were all confused.

……

……

Left side of the fork in the road.

At this moment, Luo Wei and the others were still staring at the enormous creature in front of them.

This isn't a main burial chamber at all; it's clearly a dungeon!

And the colossal serpent before us is the monster imprisoned in the dungeon!

Around the pool in front of us, some broken railings remain, rusty and with uneven breaks, indicating damage over many years, which allowed the giant serpent to escape.

"What...what is this thing?!" Someone in the crowd collapsed to the ground, his crotch already wet.

The Sky-Piercing Serpent... one of the monsters captured by the Sage during his lifetime.

Its strength was extremely formidable. Even a saint could not defeat it in a direct confrontation, and in the end, a trap had to be set to capture this giant serpent.

Originally, the intention after capturing it was to tame it as a mount or war beast. However, this colossal serpent was completely unresponsive to taming. The saint tried for a long time, and even in death, he could not successfully tame it.

This is one of the pieces of information that Yukino Yukinoshita obtained while exploring this ruin.

I never thought I'd encounter something like this, but they just delivered it to my doorstep.

This thing is a boss, a boss no less powerful than a saint!

We didn't find the main tomb chamber, nor did we find the boss, but we encountered a monster here that looked just like the real boss!

Yukinoshita wanted to explain further, but it was clearly too late.

The player standing closest to it was still staring blankly at the giant snake when the colossal serpent suddenly crouched down and swallowed it whole.

"Ahhh!"

Only the player who had been swallowed was still shouting, but soon, after being slid into the intestines, there was no sound.

"Run!"

"Ahhh, help!"

Those who had been watching the pool from the bottom of the stairs panicked and frantically pushed their way back down the stairs. Some were frozen in place, terrified, while others collapsed to the ground, their pants soaked through.

"Don't push me, I'm going to fall!"

"If anyone's going to get off, it's you!"

"Ahhh! Don't leave me! Don't leave me!"

People pushed and shoved each other, and soon some were pushed off the stairs, falling to the ground, groaning in pain, their limbs broken. But even with broken bones, they continued to move towards the top of the stairs, enduring the pain.

Staying behind means certain death.

"Step aside!"

Lowell panicked too.

What a joke! How could I possibly handle such a monster!

Lowell once again ran with practiced ease, pulling off all his armor as he went, leaving him with only a greatsword—his weapon and a treasure he couldn't bear to part with.

The crowd in front was packed, and Lowell didn't hold back, charging straight into them.

Amidst cries of agony, the people crammed together on the stairs tumbled down, like a shower of petals, with a series of cracking sounds and the cracking of bones breaking. Those below fell into a heap, each clutching their fractured parts and groaning in pain.

Among them were passersby who had followed, their own little fans, and members who originally belonged to the team.

However, Lowell didn't care about any of that.

"No...no, don't come any closer!"

A man whose two legs were broken and deformed was desperately trying to move away from the giant serpent that had already spotted him.

But all of this was in vain. The giant, jet-black snake crouched down again, and the player lost his voice, leaving only a pool of blood from the bite.

Chapter 236 Sacrifice

Yukino was also terrified, staring blankly at the people below who had lost their ability to move but were still crawling towards the stairwell like worms.

Soon, the colossal serpent slowly turned its head, its eyes fixed on those who had lost their ability to move.

As the giant snake suddenly stretched out its head, all those people were swallowed up with screams and quickly lost their lives.

Yukinoshita finally snapped out of her daze and staggered as she followed the others up the stairs.

While devouring those who had lost their ability to move, the colossal serpent moved its dark body and suddenly darted toward the stairwell.

Every now and then, the screams of those being chased by the giant serpent could be heard from behind.

But Yukinoshita Haruno dared not look back and could only run desperately upwards.

But the giant serpent was extremely fast, and soon Yukinoshita could hear the rustling sound of its scales rubbing against the ground and walls.

This colossal serpent was a creature that the saint had attempted to tame during his lifetime, but he was unable to tame it until his death. So he imprisoned it at the bottom of the tomb to serve as a monster guarding the tomb.

Yukino Yukinoshita originally thought that this kind of monster would be guarding the main tomb chamber, but she didn't expect it to be suppressed in the water prison.

This colossal serpent hadn't eaten in who knows how long; the humans it had just swallowed were hardly enough to fill its teeth.