Warning! A hidden dragon has emerged!

Just moments before, everyone wanted to investigate further, but now they all felt a sense of retreat, and no one dared to touch the strange ancient coffin.

Qin Quan, however, had already made up his mind.

"It's alright."

He uttered two words calmly, and his spiritual energy surged suddenly, pouring into the Pure Yang Sword.

The golden sword light instantly illuminated the entire dark tomb chamber.

With a sudden flick of his wrist, the sword flashed through the air and slashed out!

Click!

The incredibly sturdy, thick bronze chain, covered with runes, snapped instantly, leaving a clean and sharp break.

Before anyone could react, Qin Quan unleashed three sword strikes in quick succession, each one precise and deadly.

Click! Click! Click!

The remaining three bronze chains broke completely and fell inch by inch.

Freed from its chains, the bronze coffin lost its balance and crashed heavily to the ground!

Boom!

The loud noise echoed throughout the tomb, dust flew up, and the ground trembled slightly.

At the same time, the golden cicada transformed into a streak of light and landed precisely on the groove in the center of the coffin lid.

Everyone stared intently, and their hearts trembled.

The size and curvature of the Gu King's body perfectly matched the groove, without the slightest discrepancy.

At that moment, they understood completely.

The legendary supreme Gu King is not a strange species born by chance, but the only key to unlock this ancient coffin.

Qin Quan stepped forward, his fingertips gripping the Golden Cicada Gu, and pressed it into the groove, then gently twisted it to the left.

Clang!

The heavy bronze coffin lid slowly opened.

A rich, refreshing fragrance, mixed with a light mist, gushed out from the coffin, instantly filling the entire tomb chamber.

As the white mist dissipated, everyone peered into the coffin.

The sight inside the coffin left everyone frozen in place, their minds blank.

Inside the bronze coffin, sealed for countless years, lay a young woman dressed in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe.

Her features were exquisite, and her skin was fair and firm, like a sleeping beauty, without the slightest sign of decay.

What's most astonishing is that incredibly beautiful face.

She looks exactly like Jiang Yao.

The two looked like they were cut from the same mold.

Qin Quan's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart skipped a beat.

He had seen all sorts of bizarre and outlandish things, but this was the first time he had ever encountered something so strange.

"She...she looks exactly like Sister Yao!"

Lin Wanrou and Jiang Yao quickly moved closer and saw that cold face. The two women were stunned and felt a chill run down their spines.

Jiang Yao trembled slightly as she stared intently at the woman in the coffin, her heart churning with turbulent emotions.

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"

Lin Wanrou shook her head repeatedly and murmured softly.

Let alone people who have been dead for thousands of years, even if they have been dead for three or five years, they would turn into a pile of bones if buried underground. How could they be so lifelike?

"Do you think we might be possessed?"

Lin Wanrou forcibly suppressed her fear and made wild guesses.

"Have we inhaled too much miasma, causing a collective hallucination?"

"It's not a hallucination."

Qin Quan focused his mind and carefully sensed the aura within the coffin. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a snow-white butterfly with translucent wings slowly flutter out of the ancient coffin, its movements light, ethereal, and eerie.

"Look, the female corpse has changed!"

Zhang Qingshun's pupils contracted, and his voice was filled with barely suppressed fear.

As white butterflies flew out of the bronze coffin, the once-glorious beauty of the female corpse inside decayed and collapsed at a visible speed.

Her once fair, plump, and delicate skin quickly became dull, dry, and shrunken, looking nothing like a human.

A lifelike beautiful body was transformed in an instant into a withered, blackened, thousand-year-old dried corpse.

The magnificent phoenix coronet and embroidered robes she wore could not withstand the ravages of time; pieces of silk and satin were weathered away, turning into dust that scattered in all directions with the slightest breeze.

The gemstones and medicinal herbs buried with the coffin had all lost their luster and spiritual energy, turning them into ordinary stones and decaying objects.

The entire tomb chamber fell into an instant of deathly silence, and a chilling coldness quietly spread.

The same question arose in everyone's mind.

Does this ancient coffin, thousands of years old, seal away the female corpse, or that seemingly light and harmless white butterfly?

Or is she Chi You's woman, Huan Die?

In just a few dozen seconds, a vibrant beauty was reduced to a withered corpse, her life force completely drained. This bizarre and illogical scene sent shivers down one's spine and made one's scalp tingle.

However, the changes did not stop there.

The pure white butterfly fluttered its wings and soared into the sky, then suddenly changed direction and flew straight towards Jiang Yao.

"Sister Yao, watch out!"

Qin Quan was deeply shaken, and a strong sense of crisis instantly gripped him.

The origin of this butterfly is unpredictable, and its fate is uncertain. Jiang Yao's current cultivation level is simply insufficient to withstand it.

Everyone's expression changed upon hearing this, their nerves on edge.

Zhang Qingshun reacted the fastest, flicking his whisk and moving with lightning speed to block Jiang Yao's path, shouting in a deep voice:

"Team Leader Jiang, I'll protect you!"

Whoosh!

As if sensing something, the white butterfly suddenly increased its speed, transforming into a white afterimage. It swept past Zhang Qingshun's defenses at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, landing precisely behind Jiang Yao's ear.

"hiss!"

A sharp pain pierced her skin, and Jiang Yao froze, unable to help but cry out in pain.

She instinctively reached out to grab the eerie butterfly, but her fingertips brushed against its skin and found nothing.

The white butterfly seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely disappearing into her subcutaneous tissue.

"Qin Quan, come help me quickly!"

Qin Quan was poised to act and had already made preparations.

In a flash, he teleported to her side and stared intently at her.

There was no trace of the butterfly left, only a naturally formed butterfly tattoo on Jiang Yao's fair earlobe.

It seems to be innate, perfectly integrated with the skin and flesh, without the slightest sense of incongruity.

Seeing this, Qin Quan finally felt relieved and laughed loudly, "I understand!"

"This is a butterfly-shaped Gu poison; it has willingly recognized you as its master!"

"real?!"

The panic in Jiang Yao's eyes faded away, replaced by an undisguised ecstasy.

She was born with an ordinary physique and mediocre talent, and was always overshadowed by Lin Wanrou's special physique.

Even though she and Qin Quan cultivated together every day, her cultivation level remained stuck at the ninth-grade Grandmaster level, and she was unable to step into the Martial King realm.

Now that the Butterfly Gu has taken the initiative to recognize its master, it is undoubtedly a stroke of good fortune, giving her the opportunity to overtake others and completely turn the tide.

This ecstasy lasted less than half a second before another unexpected event occurred.

Something's wrong, something's very wrong.

Jiang Yao's face turned deathly pale instantly, and her true energy surged wildly, creating a violent vortex around her. The raging wind made it impossible for everyone in the arena to open their eyes.

The powerful true energy surged uncontrollably through her limbs and bones.

The muscles, meridians, and skin of the whole body were forcibly stretched, and the whole person was like an inflated balloon, at risk of bursting at any time.

The excruciating pain, like my meridians were about to burst and my lower abdomen was about to swell, instantly swept over my entire body.

"Ah...it hurts so much! My body is about to burst! Qin Quan, come save me! What should I do now?"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the tomb.

The excruciating pain made Jiang Yao's eyes bloodshot, and she frantically clawed at herself. The extreme fear caused her to completely break down.