Chapter 396

The Jinlian Taoist priest didn't look at it anymore. After he landed, he kicked Hengy Yuan, who was about to turn around to save him, and shouted, "Chu Yuanzhen, take Hengy Yuan away!

"The rest of you, leave the main tomb quickly."

Then, he turned around and stirred up a gust of wind, shaking off the spears that were thrown at him. Those spears wrapped in Yin energy exploded and eroded the Jinlian Taoist priest's body.

His face paled, and his body almost turned into an otherworldly item.

Taking advantage of this gap, the members of the Houtu Gang followed Chu Yuanzhen and Zhong Li out of the main tomb. Chu Yuanzhen sneak-attacked Hengy Yuan. His meridians were sealed and he was taken away by force.

The Jinlian Taoist priest didn't want to fight anymore. He left a shadow and escaped instantly.

Bang!

The stone door of the main tomb closed.

…

"You're not the Master. How dare you steal the Master's fate?"

The yellow-robed mummy raised its arms and lifted Xu Qi 'an in the air. Yin energy spurted out from its purple-black mouth.

The temperature in the tomb dropped sharply. The platform and the stone steps were covered with frost. With a cracking sound, the puddles on both sides of the passage froze.

The golden paint between Xu Qi 'an's eyebrows lit up and quickly covered his face. He wanted to go down, but the mummy grabbed his neck and blocked the golden paint. It couldn't cover his body and activate the Diamond Invincible Body.

"Lowly ant, you dare to steal the Master's fate. I'll make you never reincarnate. I'll swallow your flesh, chew your bones, and suppress your soul in the tomb.

"You'll suffer for all eternity."

The yellow-robed mummy was enraged. The flesh at the corner of its mouth cracked, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs.

Then, it bit Xu Qi 'an's neck.

Clang!

The sound of metal hitting metal was heard. The teeth that could easily crush steel couldn't pierce through Xu Qi 'an's flesh. No one knew when the golden paint broke through the shackles of his palm and dyed his neck golden.

The golden paint moved quickly and covered Xu Qi 'an's entire body.

A dazzling golden body appeared like the sun, its golden light illuminating every corner of the main tomb.

It was like a god descending.

"Little evil thing … How dare you act presumptuously in front of me."

The first half of the sentence was Xu Qi 'an's voice, but the second half was different. It was obvious that it came from someone else.

Like a god, Xu Qi 'an stretched out his hand and slowly pried open the yellow-robed corpse's fingers. He could have opened them with brute force, but he chose to use this slow, demonstrative method.

The corpse's arm shivered. His strength wasn't enough to compete with his opponent.

The corpse's arm trembled slightly.

The yellow-robed mummy's other hand stabbed into Xu Qi 'an's chest, but it still couldn't break through the golden body's defense. It suddenly clenched its hand into a fist and punched Xu Qi' an instead of stabbing. In the deafening explosion of Qi, Xu Qi 'an was sent flying.



The corpse opened its bloody mouth and turned into a deep whirlpool that could never be filled. The four corpses on the platform were pulled by the whirlpool and fell into its bloody mouth.

Then, the two rows of Yin soldiers on the platform flew into the air and fell into the corpse's mouth, forced or willing.

As it chewed, the yellow-robed corpse's body expanded. Its black fingernails grew longer, its shriveled flesh expanded, and armor-like keratin protruded and covered its entire body.

A dark green mane grew on its head.

It turned into a three-meter-tall humanoid monster.

The yellow-robed corpse, whose appearance had changed drastically, stood on the high platform. It raised its head to look at the dazzling golden body floating in midair.

It said in a muffled voice, "A lowly ant can steal luck. So there's a Warrior hiding in his body. Looks like I've been asleep for too long. Such a powerful body has appeared in the world. "

"It's the Golden Body of Buddhism," Shen Shu answered.

"Buddhism?" The monster tilted its head, its ferocious eyes scrutinizing the golden body.

"Oh, you don't know about Buddhism. It seems like it's been around for a long time," Shen Shu said faintly. "What a coincidence. I also hate Buddhism."

In the air, the golden airwaves exploded, and he fell like a meteorite.

Boom!

Their palms pressed against each other as they wrestled with each other on the platform. The platform that had been standing for so many years made cracking noises. Cracks spread and spread.

Finally, with a boom, the platform collapsed completely.

The golden body and the mummy fell at the same time. The mummy's head hit the forehead of the golden body. Golden sparks splashed everywhere, and the golden body was dizzy. Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang!

The mummy's punches were so fast that they left afterimages. It kept hitting the golden body's chest and forehead, creating pieces of golden sparks.

The golden body clamped the mummy's wrists and said painfully, "It hurts. It hurts so much, Master …"

Then, he answered his own question. "Yeah, this otherworldly item is really powerful. I'm going to counterattack …"

As soon as he finished speaking, the mummy kicked him up into the air.

The golden sparks turned into a beam of light and flew away. Then, they heard a rumbling noise. It seemed like the golden body had hit the ceiling of the chamber. Pieces of broken rocks fell down.

The mummy stood in the middle of the ruins, looking up at the ceiling. It lowered its knees as if it was accumulating energy.

Swoosh!

With a shrill whistle, the golden meteorite smashed down again.

The yellow-robed mummy was well-prepared. It punched the sky and collided with the golden body.

After a moment of silence, the crushed stones and muddy water on the ground swirled into the air. The fist force turned into a ripple-like strong wind, crashing into the stone walls on all sides of the tomb. Cracks appeared on the stone walls one after another, and huge stones rolled down.

The yellow-robed mummy's feet sank deep into the ground. The golden body seized the chance to punch again. The thunderous fist energy smashed the mummy into the hard rock.

"Master, take his head," Xu Qi 'an shouted.

As the golden body was about to step forward, the mummy's bloody mouth cracked open, turning into a vortex that could swallow everything.

Wisps of golden paint were sucked into its mouth. The golden body dimmed instantly.

At the critical moment, the golden body waved its hand. The black-gold long saber broke out of the murky water and hit the mummy's face. Its head shook slightly.

The golden body took the opportunity to escape the range of the vortex. It swept its leg and hit the back of the mummy's head. Golden sparks flew everywhere. The keratin armor on the back of the mummy's head cracked.

Bang! Bang!

Bang! The whip leg turned into a shadow and hit the back of the mummy's head. Air waves exploded and the keratin disintegrated and cracked.

At this moment, an image appeared in Xu Qi 'an's mind. A rusty ancient sword rushed out of the water and attacked his back.

Without hesitation, he retracted his whip leg and rolled to the side.

The next moment, a shrill whistle was heard. The ancient sword that had missed was held in the mummy's hand.

It was still rusty, but the evil aura emitted from the sword made the golden body's eyebrows twitch.

"This is an artifact left behind by the lord. It has absorbed the evil aura in the tomb for countless years. It is the most suitable to break your protective technique." The mummy's voice was low and hoarse.

As he spoke, wisps of pitch-black Yin Qi seeped out of the murky sewage and flowed into his body, repairing his cracked keratin.

"What should I do? This tomb is built on a treasured land. It is a natural formation. The mummy has the geographical advantage …" Xu Qi 'an's body was completely handed over to Monk Shen Shu, but his mind was clear. He began to analyze the situation subconsciously.

He thought about how he would deal with this evil thing if he was in his place.

Monk Shen Shu put his palms together and said in a compassionate voice, "Put down the butcher's knife and repent."

The voice contained some kind of irresistible power. The mummy's hand that was holding the sword suddenly trembled. It seemed to be unable to hold the weapon steadily. It changed to holding the sword with both hands.

While the mummy was resisting, the golden body flew into the air and floated above the mummy. It quickly formed a seal with its hands.

A metallic swastika materialized above the head of the Golden Body. More swastikas materialized in a circular formation, with the brilliant Golden Body in the center.

The golden body closed its eyes and continued forming the seal with its hands. Its movements were so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

Correspondingly, the swastika became brighter and brighter. It gave off a piercing golden Buddhist light and dyed the tomb with a layer of golden halo.

Suddenly, all the hand seals stopped and returned to the same place.

Boom!

There was a loud and dull sound in the air. A golden beam of light shot out from the swastika formation and enveloped the yellow-robed mummy.

"Hiss …"

As if water was poured into a pot of boiling oil, black smoke rose. The mummy that was enveloped in the golden light let out a shrill roar.

Before the golden light dispersed, Monk Shen Shu said leisurely, "Refrain from anger, refrain from fighting."

The golden beam of light dispersed. The mummy was covered in burn marks. Its keratin was cracked and black flesh was exposed.

However, he did not feel any anger or killing intent. He did not even want to continue fighting. He just wanted to keep the peace and make money peacefully.

Monk Shen Shu did not have such thoughts. He descended from the sky and killed him with a stroke on the head.

He pressed his palm on the top of the mummy's head. Amidst the explosion of Qi Ji, the hard hair on the mummy's head exploded. Its keratin was blasted to pieces, revealing a black brain that was beating like a heart.

At this moment, the mummy's eyes regained clarity. It broke free from the shackles on its body. "Crack …" Its skull regenerated. It reached out and grabbed the bronze sword that broke out of the water.

The sword was swung back.

"Pfft …" This bronze sword that was said to be left behind by the mummy's lord easily cut through Shen Shu's Vajra Body and left a deep wound on its chest.

What flowed out was not golden or red blood, but a black liquid that was as black as ink.

"Poisoned?!" Xu Qi 'an's heart sank. He felt dizzy.

Two powerful physical bodies were fighting in the spacious tomb chamber. Their fight caused crushed stones to roll and turbid waves to rise into the sky. The entire tomb was shaking and trembling.

In the process, Monk Shen Shu used Dharma to consume the mummy's Yin Qi, and the mummy used the bronze sword to corrode Monk Shen Shu's golden body.

The difference was that this was the mummy's territory, an underground tomb filled with dense Yin Qi. Monk Shen Shu was in a state of emptiness and could not be replenished.

"You are no match for me. Why don't you run?" The mummy pierced the golden body's chest and spoke in a thunderous voice.

"Since you have awakened, if I don't kill you, the living beings around you will not be able to escape," Monk Shen Shu replied.

"I do not want to destroy this tomb. Return the lord's fate, and I will let you go."

"I cannot." Monk Shen Shu shook his head regretfully.

"Then die!"

Just as he was about to crush the internal organs of the enemy in front of him, the sound of drumming suddenly came from the spacious tomb.

Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang!

The drumming became more and more intense, faster and faster.

The mummy suddenly felt its arm tremble. It turned out that the violent beating was the opponent's heart.

When the heartbeat reached a certain point, a fire-like demonic pattern appeared between its brows and burned with pitch-black flames.

Xu Qi 'an's body started to expand. His healthy bronze-colored skin turned dark black. Terrifying green blood vessels protruded from his body as if they were about to burst his skin.

In just a few seconds, he turned from a human into a humanoid monster.

This monster slowly stretched his body, and a cracking sound came from his body. He raised his head and revealed an intoxicated expression. "So comfortable …"

He raised his pitch-black hand, grabbed the sword, and lightly crushed it.

'Holy shit, I almost forgot about Monk Shen Shu's original body …' Seeing this, Xu Qi 'an's heart shuddered.

All this time, Monk Shen Shu had always been a gentle monk in front of him. Gradually, he even forgot about Heng Hui's demon-like appearance when she was possessed.

He forgot that the pitch-black and terrifying broken hand was filled with evil and terror.

"Actually, I don't want to reveal my indestructible body. To me, that would consume too much energy. I would need to consume the flesh and blood of living beings to replenish myself. But I hate killing. I hate it. "

Monk Shen Shu said calmly.

He looked at the dried corpse coldly. His eyes were full of majesty, as if an ancient king had awakened. Indifference, confidence, and disdain for the world.

"Who are you? No, what kind of monster are you?"

Seeing this scene, the mummy revealed an extremely terrified expression and roared in a threatening manner.

What answered him was Monk Shen Shu's palm, which slowly pressed toward the top of his head. The dried corpse quickly retreated, unwilling to wait for death.

But Monk Shen Shu seemed to ignore the distance. His palm was still slow but unstoppable as it pressed toward the top of his head, which was covered in thick hair.

Bang!

With a dull sound, the dried corpse's eyes glazed over. Its evil body went limp as if it had lost the support of its bones. It fell to the ground.

"My … my lord … I can't wait for you anymore," the dried corpse said with difficulty, full of unwillingness.

Monk Shen Shu forced out a drop of blood from his fingertip. He bent down and drew a reversed "swastika" character on the dried corpse's forehead.

The golden light flashed and sank into the dried corpse, making it unable to move.

Feeling the changes in its body, the dried corpse knew that it had been sealed. It showed a confused expression and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you kill me?"

Monk Shen Shu could no longer maintain the Indestructible Body. The flame demonic markings disappeared, and the darkness faded. He returned to the appearance of Xu Qi 'an.

The whole process only took a short ten seconds.

Monk Shen Shu said gently, "What's so hard about killing you? You're just a dead body.

"Who is your lord?"

…

They rushed out of the tomb, passed through the tunnel, and returned to the maze.

There were no signs of the nether soldiers chasing after them. This made everyone feel relieved. Chu Yuanzhen released Hengy Yuan's Jinluo with a heavy heart.

Bang!

The burly monk's fist the size of a clay pot smashed onto Chu Yuanzhen's face. After beating him up, he turned around without a word, planning to return to the main tomb.

The Jinlian Taoist priest stopped him and said in a low voice, "Are you going back to die?"

Hengy Yuan was expressionless. He said in a low voice, "Get out of my way!"

The Jinlian Taoist priest's face was as pale as a dead man's. His eyes were cloudy, and he was in a bad state. He shook his head and said, "We've already entered the maze. You can't go back."

Hengy Yuan clenched his fists so hard that the veins on the back of his hands bulged. He said bitterly, "Why did you bring me out? I owe him my life, I owe him my life …"

His voice gradually turned from bitter to choking.

No one would have thought that the eyes of this tough-looking warrior monk would turn red.

"Taoist priest, you shouldn't have brought him here." Hengy Yuan shook his head slowly.

"When we joined the Heaven & Earth Society, we promised to help each other. However, this has nothing to do with your excellency Xu. He's not a member of the Heaven & Earth Society. You shouldn't have asked him for help.

"He's always like this. In times of crisis, he always cares about others and sacrifices himself for others. But you can't treat his kindness as an obligation.

"Now we've found Number Five, and all the members of the Heaven & Earth Society are alive. But … how can we go back?

"Jinlian Taoist priest, I'm very disappointed in you. Very disappointed."

When he was in the capital, he learned through the fragments of the Book of the Earth that Xu Qi 'an died in Yunzhou. At that time, Hengy Yuan was meditating with his Buddhist beads in his hand. He crushed the Buddhist beads that had accompanied him for more than ten years.

But that happened in the distant Yunzhou after all. Apart from grief, there was nothing he could do.

This time, it was different. He had personally participated in this matter and witnessed everyone abandon Xu Qi 'an and run for their lives. Great sadness and anger filled his chest.

This made Hengy Yuan doubt himself and his companions.

The Jinlian Taoist priest wanted to say something but stopped. He wanted to explain himself, but when he thought of Xu Qi 'an's last push, he remained silent.

Chu Yuanzhen looked dejectedly at the two people arguing. The spirit of roaming the martial world with a sword was gone. He looked more like a stray dog.

The image of Xu Qi 'an alone in the tomb after the interruption kept flashing through his mind.

Although he hadn't known Xu Qi 'an for long, he admired this silver gong very much. Long before he met him, he had a deep understanding of this person from the internal letters of the Heaven & Earth Society.

Hengy Yuan said that he was a kind-hearted person. Number One said that he was a flirtatious person. Li Miaozhen said that he was a chivalrous person who didn't care about trivial matters.

In Chu Yuanzhen's opinion, Xu Qi 'an was a friend worth making. His character and morality were worthy of recognition.

Chu Yuanzhen felt that the biggest gain from this return to the capital was to make friends with Xu Qi 'an. He was an interesting and admirable friend.

Such a person, in order to save everyone, had stayed behind without hesitation.

That sounds like something you would do. How are we going to explain this to Number Three … Chu Yuanzhen's eyes were burning, and his vision was getting blurry.

"He saved my life, and I said that I would repay him …" Heng Yuan's face suddenly turned ferocious as he muttered to himself, "I'm so grateful to him …"

He muttered to himself, "How am I going to live? How am I going to live?"

"Oh no, his Buddhist heart is going to collapse." Jinlian's expression changed. He pointed his finger at Hengy Yuan's forehead, calming his violent thoughts and calming his Primordial Spirit.

Hengy Yuan's eyes regained some clarity. He violently slapped the Jinlian Taoist priest's hand away.

"Hengy Yuan, it's not what you think." The Jinlian Taoist priest shouted, "Actually, Xu Qi 'an is …"

He was about to tell him that Xu Ningyan was Number Three, the holder of the Earth Tome's fragment, and a member of the Heaven & Earth Society.

At that moment, the entire underground palace suddenly trembled. Rocks kept falling from the dome.

The Jinlian Taoist priest's voice stopped abruptly. He frowned and looked up, "The underground palace is going to collapse."

For some reason, the entire underground palace was on the verge of collapsing.

Zhong Li suddenly said, "There's a problem with the underground palace. The formation broke on its own. We, we can go out now …"

Then, she handed Lina to Hengy Yuan, "Help me carry her. Take her out."

Another boulder rolled down from the sky, heading straight for Zhong Li and Lina.

"Be careful!"

The thought of saving people overwhelmed his sadness. Hengy Yuan pulled the two girls away and took over Number Five. He said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll take her out."

Miss Zhong was plagued with bad luck. With the underground palace collapsing, it was indeed not suitable for her to carry Number Five.

The group ran all the way and did not lose their way again. Amidst the falling rocks, they returned to the tomb that was connected to the thief's cave.

Hengy Yuan, who felt that he had completed his mission, let out a sigh of relief. He stopped and turned around. He realized that Zhong Li did not follow him.

She, she went back … Hengy Yuan froze on the spot. He suddenly felt a heart-wrenching pain.