Ye Chen, who had been maintaining the posture of wielding the sword, couldn't stand it any longer. This stream of sword Qi was connected with his own Zhen Qi, and every second, he would consume a great amount of Zhen Qi. Of course, if he and that martial zombie were the only ones here, he would be able to kill that martial zombie at one go. But sadly, he was not. He couldn't guarantee that no accidents would happen when he ran out of Zhen Qi.
Ye Chen took back the Hidden Cloud Sword, and the mountain-like stream of sword Qi finally disappeared.
The martial zombie, which had been squeezed into the wall, was in an extremely miserable state. Its body was nearly cut into two by the sword Qi, and its pitch-black internal organs and spine were clearly visible.
Aooo!
The martial zombie let out a shrill roar, and streams of green airflow burst out from its pitch-black bones and muscles, trying its best to close and reconnect its broken chest.
"How can I let you get what you want?"
Ye Chen took out the iron spear from his back, then stomped his foot against the ground and darted out, transforming into a blood-red stream of light.
Boom!
The spear directly nailed on the broken chest of the martial zombie, and a raging flame instantly wrapped the martial zombie up, turning it into a human-shaped torch.
Crackle!
The flame seemed to have a restraining effect on the body of the martial zombie. As Ye Chen continued injecting his Zhen Qi into the spear, the flame on the spear grew stronger and stronger, and the temperature grew higher and higher. Even the martial zombie's bones and muscles began to soften, like a candle, with sticky liquid dripping down from it.
Ye Chen's eyes shone. Just now, he had been thinking that the flame might be able to restrain the martial zombie, but he didn't expect it to be so effective. It was even more effective than a full-strength sword attack of his. However, ordinary Zhen Qi flames shouldn't be this powerful, most likely because the iron spear was a low-grade great treasure, and the flame power contained in it was even more powerful.
Thinking of this, Ye Chen didn't have any other thoughts. He gripped the iron spear with both of his hands, and pinned the martial zombie against the wall.
Aooo aooo aooo …
The martial zombie had already suffered a severe injury, and at the moment, its body was burning with a raging flame. Instantly, it howled like a wolf, and the sound waves spread out in all directions.
"Damn, martial zombies are afraid of fire, so that's why!"
Lin Yue pondered for a while, then took out a handful of orange-yellow explosive pills from his pocket.
Explosive pills weren't very powerful, even if the explosion range was very close, it could only injure an early Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, and couldn't kill him instantly. Compared to the Silver Light Thunderbolt Bomb and the Red Light Fireball Bomb, however, compared to the latter, explosive pills were the most commonly used weapons nowadays. The reason was simple, explosive pills could be produced in small quantities, while the manufacturing methods of the Silver Light Thunderbolt Bomb and the Red Light Fireball Bomb had long been lost in history. The Sky Cloud Martial School had almost used up all the Silver Light Thunderbolt Bomb that Luo Hanshan had brought back last time, and they would never have another one in the future. Neither would they be able to produce another one, unless they could find an ancient ruin, and find a Silver Light Thunderbolt Bomb.
But of course, explosive pills weren't easy to find. Among the nine nations, only a few institutions had the manufacturing methods of explosive pills, and the Dragon Tiger Martial School, where Lin Yue was from, was one of them. If the other institutions wanted explosive pills, they would have to buy them at a high price. As for robbing the manufacturing methods of explosive pills, they would rarely happen. After all, the Dragon Tiger Martial School was a mid-grade rank 7 institution. Even if a top-grade rank 7 institution wanted to rob them, they would have to prepare to die together with them. Otherwise, the other institutions would take advantage of the situation. However, a rank 6 institution wouldn't destroy a rank 7 institution just for the manufacturing methods of explosive pills. Perhaps, they had even more powerful weapons, after all, the power of a rank 6 institution was beyond anyone's imagination.
While the zombie was howling, Lin Yue reacted quickly and threw a handful of explosive pills towards it.
The howling stopped abruptly. Except for a few explosive pills, most of the explosive pills were swallowed by the zombie.
Bang, bang, bang, bang …
Almost instantaneously, a series of explosive sounds came from inside and outside the zombie's body. In the next moment, wisps of fiery light darted out from the zombie's eyes, nose, mouth, and mouth, along with puffs of smoke.
Yin Wuqing paused for a second. He didn't have any fire attribute low-grade treasured weapon, neither did he have any explosive pills. It seemed that he could only rely on his physical strength to solve this problem.
Without thinking too much, Yin Wuqing took out a pair of gloves made of black silk from his clothes, which were shining with a cold light. He put them on and activated his Zhen Qi. Immediately, a curved, dark-purple Zhen Qi blade emerged from the glove, sticking closely to the edge of his palm.
This pair of gloves were low-grade treasured weapons given to him by their leader, the Gold-splitting Gloves. He rarely used them before, because he believed that his physical strength was more than enough.
"Earth Devil's Body Shattering Cut!"
Yin Wuqing moved as fast as a bolt of lightning and launched a hack on the zombie's neck. The cut on the zombie's neck had already healed a lot, leaving only a shallow cut on the zombie's neck. But now, the zombie's neck was sliced open by Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing.
Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing's moves were seen by Ye Chen. He gave a faint smile and injected his Zhen Qi into the iron spear, firmly suppressing the zombie. No matter how hard the zombie roared, it couldn't move even a little bit. A small half of its iron-hard bones and muscles had already melted, and the zombie had lost its human shape.
"Explode!"
The situation was already set. Ye Chen swallowed a Zhen Qi-replenishing pill, then flicked his wrist. Following his move, a raging flame burst out from the zombie's body.
Clatter!
The zombie's badly mutilated body fell on the ground and turned into a pile of melted meat.
"You two, I'll be going now."
Ye Chen didn't have a close relationship with these two, neither did he plan to explore the tomb together. Once he killed the zombie with a single spear attack, he immediately wanted to separate from them.
"Haha, this tomb is vast, it's better for us to separate."
Lin Yue was about to kill the zombie for good. Hearing Yin Wuqing, he laughed out loud and didn't seem to care.
Yin Wuqing didn't say anything. In fact, if he killed the zombie first, he would definitely make the same choice as Ye Chen. This tomb was vast, and there were many treasures in it.
"Alright, see you later."
Flashing across the air, Ye Chen darted into one of the tunnels and disappeared.
Lin Yue took back his sight and said to Yin Wuqing, "This year's Hidden Dragon Ranking competition will probably have many changes. Yin Wuqing, your cultivation is a bit low."
"You'd better figure out a way to keep your position! The Heavenly Dream Ancient Region is one of the four great inherited ancient places in the South Zhuo Region, the other three places are controlled by institutions from other countries. Once they are opened one by one, many people will break into the Clasping Yuan Realm. "Yin Wuqing said blandly.
"You're right, the Hidden Dragon Ranking has its ups and downs, but this year is the most prosperous one. All kinds of powerful martial geniuses have gathered here, and without great abilities, no one can beat all of their peers."
…
The tunnels in the tomb were connected to all directions. On the way, Ye Chen saw many dead bodies of disciples from different institutions. Some of them had killed each other, some had their brains eaten by some unknown creatures, and some had been slapped on the walls and turned into a pile of bloody meat. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
"The Heavenly Dream Ancient Region opens once every ten years, and every time it opens, it's not only an opportunity, but also a fatal disaster. Before, at least half of the people could come out alive, but this time, it's already not bad if only half of them can come out alive. No wonder people say that powerful martial artists walk on mountains of corpses and oceans of blood, and they've killed countless people."
Ye Chen sighed slightly. In this world that was filled with powerful martial artists, only by growing stronger step by step could one protect himself. Those ordinary people seemed to live a peaceful life, and stood aloof from worldly affairs, but when faced with natural disasters, how could they have the power to protect themselves?
But of course, even without these reasons, Ye Chen wouldn't want to live an ordinary life. The world of martial artists was just the tip of the iceberg, and he hadn't seen anything interesting yet. In his eyes, if he couldn't live a vigorous life, it would be such a pity. Besides, there was a famous saying in the world where he came from, "Live as a hero, and die as a hero." No matter where he was, he had to live an exciting life.
Unknowingly, Ye Chen arrived in front of a huge tunnel.
At the end of the tunnel, there was a stone gate, and on both sides of the gate stood two ferocious-looking stone beasts. The stone beasts' heads were flat, and there were two burning candles on their heads, releasing a faint fiery light.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen pulled out the Hidden Cloud Sword and walked towards the gate step by step.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a small black shadow darted out from a small hole on the side, it flashed a cold light, and attacked towards Ye Chen's face.
"Die!"
Ye Chen had a sharp sense of danger, he pierced the black shadow's head with his sword.
Puff!
The black shadow fell on the ground, let out a shrill scream, and ran away.
"There are so many weird things in this tomb." Ye Chen had already seen the black shadow's appearance clearly, it was a monkey-like, skinny, hairless monster. Ye Chen's sword strike had only left a deep sword mark on the monster's face, it didn't kill it completely.
After that, another seven or eight monkey-like monsters attacked Ye Chen, but all of them were wounded and ran away. However, the strange screams they made before they ran away made the tunnel even weirder.
When he was only thirty steps away from the gate, Ye Chen stopped and swung his sword sideways.
The sword Qi, which was strong enough to make a candle flame lose its color, hit on the relief on the wall.
Crack!
The relief was shattered, and an even bigger monkey-like monster darted out. There was a deep sword mark on its chest.
"Demonic beast? Zombie? " If Ye Chen had guessed it right, both the monkey-like monsters from before and the one in front of him were zombies that had been sealed on the wall. Once they smelled the blood of a living person, they would break out of the wall and start eating human flesh.
This monkey-like monster had a huge body, it was more than three meters tall. There was no hair on its body, and its skinny skin was as hard as iron. It was very hard for sword Qi to kill it.
Letting out a horrifying scream, the monkey-like monster attacked towards Ye Chen with its claw.
Puff!
It was fast, but Ye Chen was even faster. The iron spear on his back jumped out, and was grabbed by Ye Chen, who then stabbed it into the monkey-like monster's open mouth.
"Explode! Explode! Explode! "
The explosion was heard, and the monkey-like monster was pushed back. The skin on its face was melted by the red flame, and it could not fight back at all.
Ye Chen put more power into his arm, and pushed the monkey-like monster back into the wall with the iron spear, burning it alive.
Seeing that the monkey-like monster was dead, Ye Chen pulled out his iron spear and walked to the stone door.
There was a handle mechanism next to the stone door. Ye Chen grabbed the handle and pushed it down.
Rumble!
The stone door opened, and there was a secret room inside.
There was a bookshelf on one side of the secret room, and there were a few secret manuals on the bookshelf.
Ye Chen walked straight to the bookshelf, and picked up one of the manuals. "Burning Sun Heart Ripping Claw, low rank Earth Realm claw art, has the power to melt gold and iron."
He picked up another one. "Black Yin Finger, low rank Earth Realm Finger Art. With one finger, the enemy's blood will freeze, and their meridians will be damaged …"
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