They dug one kilometer underground to investigate the ancient castle's secrets.
It was impossible for Xiao Chen and the others to dig on the surface. Instead, they went deep underground.
The huge rocks were stained with blood, and the whole area was bright red. In the depths of the ground, there were quite a few square rocks scattered in the soil.
The viscous red liquid looked like it could never dry up. Even now, it was still alive and filled with the pungent smell of blood.
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. At his cultivation realm, he could clearly feel the remnant Divine Energy in the blood. This seemed to be the blood of an Ancestor God.
He did not say anything and sat down cross-legged on the ground to refine it. Strands of scarlet Essence Energy flew out continuously and gathered in that palm-sized Demon City between his fingers.
"Is this a slaughterhouse?"
The Killing Vanquishing Wolf was already a Seventh Heaven Half Martial Ancestor. However, it still felt somewhat cold in the depths of the ground. The Yin Energy here was extremely dense.
"Gather all the rocks here. These are all excellent materials."
Tenax moved first as it spoke. It started to clean up the rubble underground.
There wasn't much divine power contained in the scarlet blood. Not long after, it was completely refined by Xiao Chen. After that, he held the palm-sized ancient city in his hand and began to use the mystical technique to store all of those huge rocks into the demon city between his fingers.
These rocks were all fragments of the ancient castle. A mysterious energy gathered on them. A conservative estimate was that they were no weaker than the rocks in the Demon City.
The huge rocks tumbled continuously and were collected into the Demon City, turning into a part of the city. During this process, Xiao Chen used his Magic Energy to help solidify the city.
This miniature ancient Demon City was becoming more and more demonic. It flickered with a dark light and looked as translucent as black jade. It was simply like a perfect work of art, giving off a radiance in Xiao Chen's hand.
As for Xiao Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, his consciousness was completely immersed in the Demon City. After so many years of continuous refinement, this holy item that was close to becoming a King's Divine City already belonged to him.
Sometimes, Xiao Chen hesitated. Should he really take the Golem Path? This increasingly powerful Demon City would allow him to achieve twice the results with half the effort.
However, there were too many uncertainties in the Golem Path. It was very hard for Xiao Chen to make a decision. One had to know that those Golems needed to remain silent for one or two civilizations before there would be any results.
Furthermore, those results were ninety-nine percent tragedies.
Should he walk the path of the supreme soul wandering, or the path of the stone man? This was the choice that Xiao Chen had to face now. Because he'd already stepped into the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Ancestor God Realm, it was time for him to make a decision.
"Bang … …"
A loud sound rang out. When the Killing Wolf and the Hydra were cleaning up the ruins, they moved away a pile of rubble that was like a small mountain, revealing a few dilapidated buildings that looked like dungeons.
"The Heavenly Prison! There are experts locked up here!"
Slaughter Vanquisher shouted.
Xiao Chen withdrew his technique and quickly walked over. There was a dilapidated building that looked like a heavenly prison. Most of it was buried underground. Only the tightly shut stone windows could be seen.
After observing it, Xiao Chen was sure that this was not the Heavenly Prison. The layout of the building was just like that. It looked very sealed, like a dungeon.
Inside, there was a stone body sitting cross-legged on a stone bed, more or less emitting waves of divine power.
This dilapidated ancient castle was too mysterious. If he discovered a living creature, it would be very significant. However, Xiao Chen was soon disappointed. Because he knew that it was just a corpse.
When he used the divine light to sweep up that stone body, specks of dust filled the air. That stone man that had almost lost all signs of life had turned into dust. Aside from one of its arms, the rest of its body had been destroyed. The specks of life came from that arm.
"And here I thought there was a living creature."
The Hydra murmured.
They consecutively cleaned up a dozen stone houses and found two more withered corpses. One of them was a bone body, and the other was a flesh body.
Just like the first corpse, it turned into dust with a light touch. Only a bone pill and a blood pill were left behind. They were similar to the Buddhist's sarira. They were part of the essence. Even time could not erase them. Xiao Chen collected them all.
The stone arm left behind by the first stone body would be the main material for him to construct the divine city. If he wanted to take the final step on the path of the stone man, there would be too many trials and tribulations. It was impossible for the other world to just watch him do nothing. Other than choosing a good hidden location, they also had to construct an unbreakable capital city.
Just like that, the few of them cleaned up the ruins unceasingly. Meanwhile, Xiao Chen concentrated on refining the demon city. That stone arm did not disappear even after the baptism of time. It could be said that it was equivalent to the arm of the Stone Man King. After it was refined into the demon city, it was very obvious that the aura of this ancient city had become a lot stronger.
"Bang … …"
Along with a loud sound, a large pile of boulders was cleared out from the ruins. A few majestic palaces were revealed in front of them. That was the remnant of the ancient castle.
The palaces here were the sturdiest places in the ancient castle — the central palace.
Although only this central palace was left, it still gave people a strong sense of oppression when they got closer. It was as if this was not a palace, but a majestic city!
That's right, it was as if an intact divine city was standing in front of them.
What was a little special was that they could only feel that boundless ocean-like pressure at a close distance. When they stepped within ten meters, they immediately felt suffocated. It was as if someone was clutching their throat, making it hard for them to breathe.
The pitch-black gate was tightly shut. It was unknown what kind of material was used to polish it. It seemed like a cold and hard metal, but also like a bewitching magic stone. It was emitting a gloomy and dangerous aura.
The Slaughter Wolf and the Hydra withstood the great pressure as they walked forward step by step. They left one clear footprint after another on the ground. They wanted to try opening the stone gate, but that huge gate didn't budge an inch. It was like the foundation of the world.
"Let me give it a try."
Tenax stepped forward and pushed the stone gate with all its might. "Crack!" The stone gate trembled a little, but it still didn't open.
"Open for me!"
Tenax shouted lightly. It was the War Dragon among the Ancestral Dragons. Its brute force was matchless, even the experts of the same rank were far inferior to it. Both of its hands turned into dragon melons as it shook that tightly shut stone gate.
"Clang … …"
Along with a loud sound, the two huge stone gates opened up all of a sudden.
"Boom … …"
Just at the same time, a huge aura rushed out from inside. The Slaughter Wolf and the Hydra were swept away by the gale like withered leaves on the spot. They crashed heavily into the pile of rocks at the back.
And Tenax also staggered a dozen steps back before it could stabilize its footsteps.
Even Xiao Chen who was at the back was shocked. He was deeply aware of Tenax's strength. With the strength of a Sixth Celestial Layer War Ancestor, there were very few who could rival it. The aura that rushed out after the stone gate opened actually forced him to take a dozen steps back. This was a little unimaginable.
"That is … …"
When he saw everything inside the huge central palace clearly, Xiao Chen immediately became nervous. He saw a tall and big golem standing quietly at the center of the palace. All the aura was emitted by him.
Golem King!
This was definitely the Golem King!
Who would've thought that when they came to the small village in the western part of the Nine Prefectures to search for the secret of the Heavenly Monument, they accidentally found out that the ancient castle had fallen here, and when they went deep into the ruins to explore, they actually encountered a Golem King!
This was really too shocking. There was such a matchless expert hiding in the depths of the earth. This was really unexpected and shocking.
"There's no justice in this world, I've been knocked down seven times in a day, but I'm not as depressed as I am now … …"
Kill Vanquish Wolf's face had already turned green. Wasn't this the same as throwing away your life?
The Hydra was also incomparably nervous, it was ready for battle.
But just at this moment, Xiao Chen and Tenax suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. That was because they discovered that this Golem King was very abnormal. There was no spiritual fluctuation.
After a careful examination, they discovered that there was a hole on the top of his skull. It seemed to have been pierced by a sharp weapon!
A dead man!
The stone body contained powerful combat power, but its soul had already been destroyed a long time ago. This was no different from a dead man.
"Crack … …"
Just at this time, the golem suddenly moved.
"Something's wrong, this seems to be a puppet body!"
Xiao Chen revealed a startled expression. This was really a big move, using the Golem King as a puppet. People couldn't help but be shocked.
"This … …"
Even the calm Tenax's expression changed. Refining the Golem King as a puppet, this was simply unimaginable.
Just what kind of origin did the ancient castle have? Just what kind of place was this central palace that it actually needed the Golem King puppet to protect it?
"Crack … …"
The golem moved its feet, a lot of dust fell off its body. It seemed like it had not moved for many years.
"This … …"
Xiao Chen's twin suns blossomed with divine radiance as he said, "No one can enslave the Golem King. Someone must have collected the unrivalled golems that died in battle and used their bodies … …"
"That's right, that should be the case."
Tenax agreed. This was a reasonable explanation, because the Golem King already represented the limit of an individual's power.
Although the Golem King was moving, it did not walk out of the palace. It seemed like it could only stay within that range.
"What is it guarding?"
An important place guarded by the Golem King puppet, there must be a gargantuan secret. This made Xiao Chen and the others want to go in and investigate.
After just a few steps, the Golem King puppet stopped moving again and stood quietly in the palace.
"Fortunately, it is only a puppet without any spiritual power. Otherwise, we might have all died here."
Kill Vanquish Wolf had a lingering fear in his heart. He only walked forward after making sure there was no danger. However, he was bearing a huge pressure.
Although that Golem King was as motionless as a fossil, the power contained within the powerful stone body was really terrifying. The aura it was emitting was incomparable.
"The ancient castle and the heavenly monument fell to the ground at the same time. The danger has already dropped to the lowest point. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to go in and investigate."
Xiao Chen had the divine diagram, the ancient scroll, the three heavenly marks, and the Pangu Stone Token. With these items on his back, he could completely conceal his tracks when he unfolded the Eightfold World.
With a flash of brilliance, he brought the other three and entered the second layer of the palace silently. They directly avoided the Golem King puppet.
However, the moment they entered, the huge door of the first layer of the palace silently closed. And that golem's hollow eyes became even more abstruse as it blocked the entrance.
The inside of the second layer of the palace was very spacious. Xiao Chen and the others found a dragon skin map on the only desk. Tenax immediately made the judgment that it was made from the Ancestral Dragon's skin.
When he saw this dragon skin that seemed like a map, Xiao Chen was immediately gobsmacked. He saw the Heavenly Death Bridge and the yellow clay platform on it. However, the three words Ancestral Dragon Platform were marked on it. However, it was very obvious that the Heavenly Death Bridge and the Ancestral Dragon Platform were just small marks. They were incomparable to those eye-catching big marks.
"The divine diagram, there is the divine diagram's mark on it."
Kill Vanquish Wolf pointed at the eye-catching mark on one of the corners.
"There is also the ninety-nine heavenly palaces."
Tenax also pointed at a place on top. The ninety-nine heavenly palaces there were very eye-catching.
"Look, there are also nine ancient lamps."
The nine-headed snake pointed at nine very eye-catching places.
And not far away from the nine lamps, the marks on the heavenly monuments were also very clear. There were a total of seven of them.
"Eh? That's not right, there seems to be an eighth one. It's faintly discernible like an invisible body."
Tenax was startled.
"That's not right, there seems to be a ninth one."
Xiao Chen's eyes also revealed two brilliant rays of light.
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