As soon as they walked to the middle of the hall, a hoarse and sharp roar suddenly came from the small room in the corner. It was like the sound of sharp nails rubbing against metal, sending chills down their spines.
"Boom!!!"
The eight zombies were absorbed by the living aura. They charged out of the corner like crazy and surrounded the group.
"Oh, no! They're all mastery-stage Golden Core zombies! One of them is a perfect-stage Golden Core one! "Old Taoist Xu's expression was grim as he gripped the weapon in his hand tightly.
"Kill!"
Lotus charged at the perfect-stage Golden Core zombie directly.
Ye Chen said to Ye Wushuang and the Patriarch of Hell through voice transmission, "Don't expose your cultivation base. Just fight them with your Golden Core cultivation base."
Soon, the eight of them fought the eight zombies.
Such zombies were cultivated by the sect using medicinal baths on the corpses of their disciples. Their skin was invulnerable and they were not afraid of pain. They could only destroy their hearts with powerful True Origin Energy.
Cultivators on the same level could not defeat most zombies.
In the hall, the explosion of True Origin Energy shook the air, causing dust to fly in the air.
Ye Chen was more than enough to face a Golden Core zombie. He observed secretly while fighting.
Cheng Gong's feet were covered in wind as he shot wind blades in his hands continuously. He kept attacking the zombie's heart, and a hole appeared in the zombie's chest.
Meanwhile, Lotus was even more powerful. She used a green gleam as a sword and performed a sharp sword technique. The green gleam was like an arrow, causing the perfect-stage Golden Core zombie to retreat. Its heart was almost exposed.
However, the rest were in a difficult situation. Their attacks were limited to the zombies, but they were still charging at them while roaring.
Suddenly, something happened on Old Taoist Xu's side. His True Origin Energy hit the broken stone pillar by mistake, causing it to fall toward Ye Chen and the rest.
"Watch out!" the Cheng siblings shouted.
The golden gleam on Ye Chen's body shone brightly. His cultivation base was still at the Golden Core level, but his physical strength was stronger. He pushed the zombie back with a punch and leaped up. He jumped onto the stone pillar and kicked like a whip.
"Boom!!!"
The stone pillar shattered into a few pieces in the air and flew around. Ye Wushuang and the rest destroyed the broken stone pillar easily and were unharmed.
Viciousness flashed through Cheng Gong's eyes when he saw that Ye Chen and the rest were safe.
Ye Chen landed on the ground and fought the zombie again. He glanced at Old Taoist Xu coldly.
"Kill!!!"
Lotus unleashed a stunning sword attack. The green sword ray condensed into a needle and pierced the zombie's heart.
"Bang!!!"
The zombie's heart was crushed, and black blood flowed out of it. It collapsed like a stone.
Lotus then turned around and joined forces with Cheng Gong to kill the zombie before helping the others.
In the end, all eight zombies were lying on the ground. Their black blood gave off the smell of rotting plants. After a fierce battle, only two people were lightly injured. After all, zombies had no intelligence, so it was difficult for them to kill everyone.
Old Taoist Xu panted heavily. His hand that was holding his weapon trembled slightly. He looked at Ye Chen apologetically. "Fellow Ye, I almost killed you in the battle earlier."
Ye Chen pretended to be exhausted and exhausted. He said calmly, "It was just an accident. Moreover, I'm fine."
He clasped his fists at Ye Chen and said, "Let's continue forward."
Finally, Old Daoist Xu led everyone through a narrow aisle. Their eyes lit up. On the left was a large shelf filled with porcelain bottles. The shelf was made of top-grade spiritual plants. It was a treasure in itself, but it still looked brand new.
On the weapon shelf on the right, there were some magic treasures that were glowing with spiritual light. There were also some spirit stones and materials for refining weapons and medicine in other places.
"This is the treasure vault."
Old Taoist Xu and the rest were burning with desire when they saw the magic treasures and medicinal pills that countless low-level cultivators would go crazy for. The greed in their eyes was on the verge of bursting out.
Ye Chen, on the other hand, pretended to heal his injuries. In reality, he was watching the situation coldly. He was not interested at all.
Everyone rushed in and the old Taoist shouted, "Fellow cultivators, we still need to look for the snow ink. Let's split these treasures equally."
Everyone calmed down a little and continued moving after splitting the treasures.
Ye Chen and the other two were at the back. Ye Wushuang said through voice transmission, "Brother, that old Taoist did it on purpose."
Ye Chen nodded and chuckled softly. "I know. I just want to see what they're doing."
After passing through the maze-like tunnel again, they eventually arrived at a huge palace. It was so huge that they could not see everything at a glance. The palace was well-maintained with spiritual wood carvings and marble tiles. The decorations were grand and majestic.
There was a transparent treasure weapon in the middle of the hall. They could see the ink-like spiritual liquid inside. It was emitting a glow as if there was a celestial glow flowing around it. There was cold air flowing around the treasure weapon, and there were ice crystals in the air.
"The snow ink!" The people cheered in excitement.
At that moment, Cheng Gong and Old Taoist Xu, who were standing at the door on purpose, laughed out loud.
The Cheng siblings looked at the duo in confusion. They asked, "Brother Cheng, what are you guys laughing at?"
Ye Chen and the rest looked at each other. They were secretly on high alert at the same time. The atmosphere around them was extremely strange, especially the demonic look on Cheng Gong and Old Taoist Xu's faces. It was chilling.
Cheng Gong and Old Taoist Xu laughed out loud at the same time. Their laughter echoed in the entire palace. They cursed at the same time, "A bunch of idiots."
The crowd suddenly realized that the duo's actions, expressions, and even the tone of their voices were exactly the same!
The crowd was shocked. Someone pointed at them in horror and said with a trembling voice, "Old Taoist Xu has been refined into a puppet by Cheng Gong."
Cheng Gong smiled ferociously and said in a creepy voice, "This will be your burial ground. You are all just food for Master!"
The Cheng siblings were dumbfounded. They said in fear, "No, we are brothers of the same clan. You can't do this to us."
The smile on Cheng Gong's face became even more terrifying. The demonic energy on his body surged and became extremely vicious. "What can you do? As long as I feed you to Master, my strength will increase greatly and I will be the successor of the clan leader!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace shook violently. Dust and gravel kept falling from above. A crack suddenly appeared in the main hall in front of them. Demonic energy poured out from the crack, covering the sky and covering the earth. The entire palace was covered in demonic energy.
A terrifying pressure spread out, causing everyone to be dumbfounded. They saw a thick broken horn sticking out, followed by a huge, pitch-black body. The hands were even bigger than the body, and they could easily hold the stone pillars in the palace that were as big as sea beasts.
The Ancient Demon had awakened!
Everyone was frightened out of their wits. The Cheng siblings' faces were ashen, and their bodies were stiff. This was an Ancient Demon that was comparable to a Void Training Stage cultivator!
Ye Chen's eyes flashed. He suddenly realized that Cheng Gong and Old Taoist Xu were nowhere to be seen. He frowned as he realized that Cheng Gong had been possessed by the Ancient Demon. The Ancient Demon was Cheng Gong.
The Ancient Demon seemed to be sealed in this palace. It could only use Cheng Gong's identity to spread the news of the ruins. It used treasures as bait to attract cultivators to come and take its life essence. It would then become powerful and break the seal.
(End of this chapter)
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