From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Zheng Zha clenched his fists, his eyes filled with rage.

“Zero, you are not suited for indoor combat. Under Zhan Lan’s mental shield, climb to the top of the pyramid. There is a scorpion sculpture there, which is larger than we imagined and can conceal your form.”

After saying that, Chu Xuan looked at Zhang Jie and said, "Zhang Jie, I have some guesses about your identity. I'll give you a task: protect Zhan Lan."

"Try your best."

Zhang Jie looked bitter.

Because of his special status—he was half-human and half-guide—he couldn't exert his full power, otherwise he would be warned by the main god! Therefore, he dared not speak his mind completely!

"Brother Jie, don't worry, you don't need to worry too much. After I returned last time, I exchanged for a protective item, the Five-Directional Wheel."

Zhan Lan took out a Five Directions Wheel from her storage ring. "When combined with the light spot given by Jiang Liu and the Dharani Mantra of the Secret Whole Body Relic Box of All Tathagatas, it can withstand a full-force attack from a third-order gene lock. Zheng Zha and I have tested it, and as long as it's not Zhao Zhuikong who attacks personally, it can completely resist the attacks of others."

"Then why didn't you take it out and use it before?" Xiao Honglu asked, puzzled.

"When used, connecting with one's mental energy will cause the Five Directions Buddha Wheel to float behind me and emit a dazzling golden Buddha light."

Zhan Lan sighed, "If I cultivate the Treasure Chest Seal Dharani Mantra to a high level, I can conceal the Buddha's light. However, the Main God doesn't have this enhancement or exchange; it's not about accumulating energy. I need to comprehend Bodhi myself..."

The Dharma gate created by the Buddha...

I must say, Jiang Liu really thinks highly of me!

Chu Xuan ignored this and continued to instruct: "The rest of you, Zhao Yingkong, O'Connor, Adez Bay, Qin Zhuiyu, Xiao Honglu, etc., will follow me into the pyramid to search for the Golden Book of the Sun. The mission of the veterans of the East Sea Team is unclear, but even if they want to use the Scorpion King to deal with us, they would never dare to rashly enter."

Furthermore, judging from Zhao Zhuikong's sneak attack on us, he must be cooperating with the Donghai team.

Implication:

It is safer inside the pyramids than outside the oasis.

As long as they don't trespass into the area where the Scorpion King is located, Xiao Honglu and Qin Zhuiyu won't need to confront the Scorpion King directly.

At least in Chu Xuan's eyes, Xiao Honglu was of considerable value, serving as the second wise man candidate and backup for the Central Continent Team, besides himself.

Furthermore.

He usually needs a smart assistant for his research, but Zheng Zha and others are only suitable to be the subjects of his research.

In theory, Chu Xuan's most desired research partner was Jiang Liu, but unfortunately, the other party would not enter the Main God Space. Therefore, he could only settle for second best and choose Xiao Honglu, a person with potential wisdom, as his assistant.

After entering the pyramid, Xiao Honglu, relying on his "aura observation" ability, which had been fully awakened after Jiang Liu forcibly stimulated his potential, "saw" the death aura flowing inside the pyramid. He then followed the direction where the death aura was weakest and led the way.

After passing through three secret rooms and three passages, Chu Xuan and his group arrived at a pool. The pool was square, and the water inside was black and extremely viscous.

In the center of the pool is a circular platform, upon which stands a square pillar about 1.4 to 1.5 meters high. The platform is surrounded by murals depicting the sun god. Directly above is a sloping surface with a rectangular groove on one side, upon which sits a large book made entirely of gold.

That is the Golden Book of the Sun!

Chu Xuan extended a magnetic field, and the instant he obtained the Solar Golden Scripture, he received a notification from the Supreme God:

[Acquire story item: Golden Book of the Sun. The holder can construct an energy field by reciting the incantation on it, consuming their own magic power, internal energy, chakra, primal force, life force, etc. When combined with the Black Book of the Dead, spells based on this energy field can be cast. It can be learned independently or enhanced and exchanged after returning to the Main God Space...]

"Put the book down!"

A loud shout rang out from one side of the passage.

immediately--

Snapped!

With a loud bang, Zhao Yingkong swung the iron rod in her hand, and the head of the person who had spoken exploded like a watermelon, revealing several white teeth.

"Don't kill me!"

Beside the headless corpse, the East Sea team rookie wearing the Death Bracelet collapsed to the ground in terror, his limbs trembling, his pants wet and emitting a foul odor.

Seeing this, Zhao Yingkong didn't finish him off. Instead, she took out two daggers, glanced at Xiao Honglu beside Chu Xuan, silently put one away, and handed the other to Qin Zhuiyu, saying, "Kill him."

"I?"

Qin Zhuiyu's eyes trembled as she took the dagger. "No...no, you can't kill anyone!"

"If you want to survive, you must learn to kill," Zhao Yingkong said.

“Hey, miss, I used to serve in the British Army. I don’t kill enemy soldiers who are helpless.” O’Connor had participated in wars and killed many people, but there are principles on the battlefield: do not kill prisoners of war or torture enemy soldiers.

Ades Bay, however, had a different opinion, saying, "To avoid the news being exposed, it is right to leave no survivors. As a Medgar warrior, one cannot be soft-hearted."

O'Connor: "..."

"You decide what to do."

Zhao Yingkong ignored Qin Zhuiyu's trembling fingers and asked Chu Xuan, who was holding the Golden Sutra of the Sun, "Can you open it?"

"A key is needed."

Chu Xuan pointed to the sun-patterned grooves on the Sun Sutra and shook his head, saying, "Unlike screwing in a screw, it's not something you can just unscrew with a matching tool; it's more like a combination lock."

However, it could be forcibly pried open, but this would likely damage its structure, causing the solar compass to malfunction.

# Chapter 553 Unexpected Changes

"So troublesome?"

Zhao Yingkong took the Golden Sun Scripture, supporting the groove on the front of the cover with her fingers, and carefully sensed it. She noticed the internal mechanisms and runes, and frowned. She realized that what Chu Xuan said was true. If she forced it open, even if she could decipher the text on it, she probably wouldn't be able to cast any spells.

Simply chanting incantations without resonating one's own energy with the energy field of heaven and earth is insufficient to unleash such large-scale magic.

So she put the Sun Sutra into her storage ring and prepared to go find Jiang Liu.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Honglu sensed the pervasive death aura around him and exclaimed, "The Scorpion King may have been resurrected! The Main God has changed the plot! This place originally had no death aura, but after the Sun Sutra was removed, the death aura has become increasingly dense! Damn it, shouldn't it be the Death God's Bracelet that opened the gate?"

"Walk."

Zhao Yingkong acted decisively, bypassing the newcomer from the East China Sea team and cutting off his arm adorned with the Death Bracelet, before running out of the pyramid first.

"Follow."

Chu Xuan gave a reminder and immediately ran out as well.

Xiao Honglu followed closely behind.

O'Connor and Adez Bay also stopped arguing and hurriedly followed.

"Wait for me!"

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Qin Zhuiyu pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and with bloodshot eyes, plunged the dagger in his hand into the throat of the East China Sea team rookie the moment he stood up.

Hiss!

The moment the dagger was drawn, it was stained red...

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Outside the pyramids.

Imhotep exhaled a gust of yellow wind, forming a sandstorm tornado with a diameter of over fifty meters, trapping Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and Zhang Jie inside.

Zheng Zha was certainly capable of breaking out, but he was worried about Zhan Lan's safety and dared not act rashly.

Due to the sandstorm, Zero Point, located at the top of the pyramid with a Gauss sniper rifle mounted, was difficult to observe. Furthermore, there was a mental interference among the members of the East China Sea team, making it impossible for Zhan Lan to accurately locate Zero Point.

"Now, the time has come to prove your loyalty."

As Imhotep finished speaking, he opened his mouth and blew out a gust of wind, which swept up Mitsuido, Prince Kamiya, Lu Jin, Duanmu Ying, and Ron into the sandstorm and sent them into the sandstorm where Zheng Zha and the others were.

At that moment, Zhao Yingkong was the first to run out of the pyramid. Upon seeing Imhotep, without saying a word, she took out a long staff from her storage ring, took quick steps, and swung the staff at the last second. Accompanied by the light of her mind, it was like a phoenix spreading its wings, scattering thousands of petals, and shattering most of Imhotep's body.

But Imhotep, with only his lower body remaining, did not shed a single drop of blood. The wind and sand gathered and formed Imhotep's complete body again, and even his shirt was intact.

"Not bad strength!"

Imhotep looked at him with admiration. "You were the one who fought me in the sandstorm last time, weren't you? Why don't you come work for me?"

Zhao Yingkong's response was a swift strike. Holding a staff in one hand, she launched a series of rapid thrusts with the other, like a raging storm, and with added force, sending Imhotep flying over a hundred meters away, where he disintegrated in mid-air, turning into a cloud of yellow sand.

But as the yellow sand gathered, it once again formed Imhotep's shape.

They were completely unharmed.

Without him.

Because Imhotep had already evolved real flesh and blood by borrowing the innate Qi of others, although he could no longer easily integrate into the Qi field as he had when he was half-resurrected, his cultivation was still extraordinary. He could achieve a form similar to gathering and dispersing Qi, turning himself into sand and dust, and becoming immune to all physical damage.

Moreover, because he was resurrected from the dead, he has an extra layer of innate Qi compared to ordinary people. This ability of "sandification" is passive, unlike Jiang Liu who has to actively chant incantations and hold hand seals to cultivate at all times.

"You can't kill me! Haha!"

Imhotep laughed, but did not linger in battle. He ordered the slaves in red robes to block Zhao Yingkong, while he himself transformed into sandstorm, carrying Rice and Evelyn into the pyramid passage to challenge the Scorpion King and obtain his undead army.

Facing those slaves who dared to shoot at him, Zhao Yingkong showed no mercy. With a sweeping motion of his staff, he unleashed a blade-shaped burst of energy that instantly slashed through their waists.

Apart from Benny, the guide who knelt down and lay prostrate on the ground with his head in his hands from the very beginning, and Isaac and Hermione who had infiltrated the group, everyone else was cut in half at the waist and died instantly.

Such power!

Hermione looked up at the slaves in front of her, their upper bodies gone, bleeding, their intestines spilling out, and then caught a glimpse of Zhao Yingkong's dashing and indifferent figure. As she trembled, a longing also surfaced in her heart.

Such power!

It's absolutely as good as firearms!

Within the tornado formed by the yellow sand, Lu Jin and Duanmu Ying betrayed their cause and, together with Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie, attacked the Sanjing Road and the palace below.

"Damn natives!"

Mitsui left a shadow clone behind to confuse the opponent, but under Lu Jin's mental power, the opponent had nowhere to hide.

With Qi flowing through his nine orifices and magnetic resonance through his eight meridians, Lu Jin's hair and beard stood on end, and a transparent Qi membrane surged from his body, like light and flame. He stepped in all directions, his waist reaching towards Mount Sumeru, and with a twist, he channeled his power into his fist and smashed it into the air to the side.

boom!

The air exploded, and a flower of blood bloomed out of thin air.

Mitsui-do's figure was revealed, his abdomen pierced, his spine broken, and the aftershocks of the Qi energy flowed through his entire body, turning his brain into a mess.

He was spitting blood and drooling from his nose; he had already died.

Upon seeing Mitsui's death, the God of the Palace realized that he too would not survive. Enraged, he wielded the swift Ghost Wind Scythe and attacked Ron.

The giant eagle, with its cutting power, instantly cleaved Ron in half.