During the Qin Dynasty, he was in charge of the net.

Seeing the fierce sword energy approaching, the Corpse-Driving Demon dared not be careless and hurriedly raised the bone staff in its hand.

Clang!

The bone staff collided with the sword energy, producing a sharp explosion. Although the Corpse-Driving Demon blocked the sword energy, he was still forced to retreat by the impact.

"Yan Lingji, why did you bring this madman here!" After stopping, the Corpse-Driving Demon said angrily to Yan Lingji beside him.

Yan Lingji looked at Li Ji, who was constantly rushing towards them, and said irritably, "This guy is like a persistent ghost, what can I do?"

"I told you before, don't mess with him, but you keep running into him again and again."

"Since you're so capable, then go and stop him."

Yan Lingji couldn't stand the Corpse-Driving Demon's sarcastic remarks afterward. She thought he was too selfish, always only thinking of himself when something happened.

The Corpse-Driving Demon's face turned ashen upon hearing this, but he knew this was not the time to argue. He forcibly suppressed his anger and asked:

"So what should we do next? Should we still open the royal tomb? Should we still retrieve the royal treasures?"

"Of course!" Yan Lingji said decisively. This royal treasure was related to the revival of Baiyue and the rescue of Crown Prince Tianze, so it could not be canceled.

"And what about him?" The Corpse-Driving Demon asked, pointing to Li Ji, who was ten feet away. At that distance, the other party would arrive in no more than three breaths.

"You guys hold him off for now. If he follows us in after the royal tomb is opened, find a chance to trap him inside."

"Fine, we'll do as you say." Having come this far, the Corpse-Driving Demon, though displeased, knew that this was the only option.

After saying that, Yan Lingji led Lingji to the southwest corner of the ruins and began to build an altar.

Meanwhile, the Corpse-Driving Demon, the King of a Hundred Poisons, and the Peerless Ghost surrounded Li Ji, who was about to arrive, from three directions.

"Corpse-driving demon, we meet again." Li Ji looked at the three people in front of him and slowed his pace.

"I didn't expect you to actually survive those soldiers. How did you find Yan Lingji?" The Corpse Demon was surprised that Li Ji had actually survived being surrounded by so many soldiers, and at the same time, he became even more wary of Li Ji.

"I think you don't need to think about those things. What you should be thinking about is how to survive my sword."

As soon as he finished speaking, a fierce glint flashed in Li Ji's eyes, and he launched the first attack on the Corpse-Driving Demon.

In Li Ji's view, although there were three people in front of him, only the Hundred Poison King was actually a strong fighter.

The corpses that the Corpse Demon had previously controlled had been mostly destroyed by him and were no longer a threat. Furthermore, the Peerless Ghost had been injured by him before, so his injuries were probably not fully healed.

Once he takes care of the Corpse-Driving Demon and the Peerless Ghost, the remaining Hundred Poison King will naturally be no match for him.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them were locked in combat.

Li Ji, dressed in a dark robe, moved so fast that he was just a blur, his long sword unleashing dark red sword energy repeatedly.

The sword energy was as dense as a net, enveloping the Corpse Demon, the King of a Hundred Poisons, and the Peerless Ghost.

Without the corpse puppets, the Corpse Demon was completely at a disadvantage and could only barely cope with the situation using the bone staff in his hand.

However, Li Ji would not let him have his way. Taking advantage of the Corpse Demon's unchanged moves, he stabbed at the Corpse Demon's neck from an extremely tricky angle.

The Corpse Demon dodged in a sorry state, and Li Ji took the opportunity to deliver a straight kick that sent it flying more than ten meters away.

The muscular Wushuang Gui, standing to the side, charged straight at Li Ji.

Wushuang Gui cultivated a secret physical technique from the Baiyue barbaric lineage, relying on his innate unique qualities and poisonous Gu to refine his body, making him impervious to swords and blades and possessing immense strength.

Seeing that Wushuang Gui was coming fiercely, Li Ji did not engage in a prolonged fight with him, but simply moved his feet lightly to dodge him.

Wushuang Gui roared and swung his heavy fist, the wind from which smashed the air buzzed, but every punch missed its mark.

Li Ji then circled around to his back and side, his long sword repeatedly drawing bloodstains of varying depths on his body.

The King of Poisons, with his body hunched over and surrounded by a pale green poisonous mist, continuously poured poison powder and needles at Li Ji from his fingertips.

The King of Poisons is skilled in using Gu poison techniques, and is best at killing people invisibly. However, if Li Ji is on guard at this moment, it will be difficult for him to succeed.

Li Ji's figure flickered, and he leaped up in the face of the attacking poisonous fog, his toes landing on the broken tiles of a nearby house. He dodged all the poisonous needles and fog with agility.

After several rounds of fighting, the Corpse-Driving Demon secretly groaned. If the fight continued like this, he feared he would die at the hands of this man before Yan Lingji could even open the altar.

Meanwhile, Yan Lingji had already set up the altar.

Ling Ji, who had lost a lot of blood, lay pale-faced to the side.

Once the altar was set up, Yan Lingji took out her Fire Spirit Hairpin, the Corpse-Driving Demon's Copper Bell, the Hundred Poison King's Gu Jade, and the Peerless Ghost's Bone Talisman and placed them in the four directions of the altar.

Finally, Yan Lingji took out an ancient-looking jade bottle from her bosom and poured the liquid inside into the center of the altar.

This liquid is the essence blood of Tianze, the deposed crown prince of Baiyue. Only with this royal blood can the altar be opened.

As time passed, when the moonlight shone on the center of the altar, a tremendous commotion suddenly occurred on the surrounding ground.

Boom!

The ground gradually collapsed, revealing a huge stone staircase.

Upon seeing this, Yan Lingji knew that the altar had been successfully opened, and below it was a former tomb of the ancient royal family of Baiyue.

Yan Lingji called out to the Corpse-Driving Demons and the others, then jumped in first.

The Poison King and the Corpse-Driving Demon had been keeping an eye on this place for a while, and when they saw the royal tomb open, they jumped into it one after another.

Only the peerless ghost, who stayed behind to cover the rear, took a sword strike from Li Ji before jumping down.

Watching the four people jump down one after another, Li Ji cautiously looked at the dark hole and did not jump down rashly.

As he was observing, Ling Ji, who was lying on the ground to the side, suddenly coughed and said:

"Help me to the altar; perhaps I can discover something there."

Li Ji then noticed that Ling Ji's face was as pale as snow, clearly indicating excessive blood loss.

He helped Ling Ji to the altar. Looking at the crooked and illegible Baiyue characters, Ling Ji spoke:

"This is an altar used to open the tomb of the ancient royal family of Baiyue, and that hole is the entrance to the royal tomb."

Upon hearing the words "Royal Tomb of the Baiyue Kingdom," a glint flashed in Li Ji's eyes. Perhaps the so-called Baiyue secret treasure was among them.

After thinking it over, Li Ji decided to leave Ling Ji behind and enter the royal mausoleum.

"Wait, you can't read Baiyue script, but I can help you."

After thinking for a moment, Li Ji carried Ling Ji into the royal mausoleum.

Upon entering the royal tomb, one sees that the rock walls are embedded with skeletons of all sizes, and there seems to be ghostly fire and eerie green light in the eye sockets of the skeletons.

The dome is engraved with the Baiyue star map and murals of shamanistic rituals, and bronze stone pillars stand around it, with snake and python totems coiled around them.

The stone slabs on the ground were bluish, and Li Ji could hear a slight buzzing sound when he stepped on them.

Upon seeing what appeared to be the figures of Yan Lingji and the four Corpse-Driving Demons in the passageway ahead, Li Ji immediately gave chase.

However, as soon as they entered a stone chamber, the surrounding passage suddenly shook, and the stone door crashed down, blocking their way out.