The Master of Beasts

Chapter 813 263: Tomb of the Underworld

Yellow Springs Tomb

With the final monster falling, Chen Jiuge plopped down on the corpse of the creature.

Too tired, there's really no time to bother with these little details.

"Phew, finally cleared them up, but the fog around seems to be getting denser!"

"Not only that, the number of monsters inside should be increasing too!"

"But Jialouluo has been in there for so long without any sound?" Bai Li was a bit curious.

Given Jialouluo's strength, it shouldn't be possible for the monsters inside to just kill him outright. If that were the case, we might as well give up struggling and just wait for death.

"The thick fog probably also isolates sound; otherwise, we would hear something!"

As Meng Ze spoke, he approached the fog and suddenly reached in to pull out a creature that looked eerily like a monkey.

"Screech"

A sharp scream came from the monkey-like creature's mouth, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"Its strength is equivalent to a One Flower Heavenly Immortal. It seems to be part of the same group of monsters, but in the fog, these creatures have better hiding abilities. We'll have to be careful of their ambushes once inside!"

"We don't have many people left now, do we?" Looking back, Chen Jiuge saw that only eight of the original twenty warriors remained.

Though most of these creatures were average in strength, there were still quite a few formidable ones. The losses among these warriors during the siege were normal; in fact, the fact that eight survived proves their skills.

"What exactly is the Secret Storage?" Chen Jiuge demanded sharply.

The significant losses had made Chen Jiuge somewhat displeased; if Ji Xing didn't reveal some useful information, he couldn't be blamed for being ruthless!

Feeling Chen Jiuge's murderous intent, Ji Xing trembled, then hastily said, "I really don't know about the Secret Storage, but my ancestors passed down some information."

"There are twelve sculptures in the Secret Storage. These sculptures are of the strong ones who died fighting the Yellow Springs Fierce Beasts. People created the sculptures in their memory!"

"Because the materials used for the sculptures are somewhat special, over such a long period, these sculptures may have developed Spiritual Wisdom!"

"Living sculptures?"

"No, this should be an Incense Fire God gaining consciousness!"

Chen Jiuge felt a bit heavy-hearted. Sculptures worshipped by people rarely develop Spiritual Wisdom due to the precious materials required. Even Chen Jiuge, possessing an entire Chaos World, wouldn't dare claim he could gather the materials for one sculpture.

Given all these factors, such a sculpture resembling an Incense Fire God, once it gains Spiritual Wisdom, becomes extremely troublesome, and its combat power is also very strong!

"It seems like it's really troublesome inside!" Bai Li remarked with some emotion.

"Troublesome or not, we have to go in. The fog is continuously spreading, and standing still will only engulf us sooner rather than later!" Meng Ze shook his head.

"Then let's go in. I refuse to believe there's anything inside that can cause our downfall!"

"What about this guy?" Chen Jiuge looked at Ji Xing, hesitating.

He should be killed, but this guy always seemed secretive. Chen Jiuge feared he might still have key information that he hadn't revealed.

If not killed, it's really irksome, and Chen Jiuge was not a good guy!

"Let's keep him for now. If he contributes enough in the coming actions, sparing him is no big deal!" Meng Ze said calmly.

"Let's go with Meng Ze's words!" Chen Jiuge nodded.

"We've rested enough, let's go in. I don't like being passive!" Bai Li said, standing up.

"Alright!"

......

"Tap tap tap"

Faint footsteps echoed in Chen Jiuge's mind.

Just as they entered the fog, everyone got separated, and Chen Jiuge suspected this was all part of Ji Xing's plan.

"I should've dealt with him right away, now it's troublesome!"

Ji Xing also had Golden Immortal Cultivation. Don't be fooled by his previous subservient attitude, it was because there were others around. Now alone, he surely wouldn't be so respectful!

"The sound's indeed isolated, but within the fog, you can still hear faintly, just much diminished!"

The footsteps earlier were Chen Jiuge's own, testing the conditions of the fog.

"Snap"

Chen Jiuge looked at the ground but couldn't see clearly due to the fog's obstruction.

He hesitated, then bent down.

"What's this? A seal?"

It was a square seal, with a fierce-looking beast carved on it.

Due to being stepped on by Chen Jiuge, the seal's corners were a bit worn.

"Destiny?"

The base of the seal was also inscribed with two words, which Jiang Heng finally recognized after scrutinizing for a while.

"Better keep it, it might come in handy."

"Swish"

A black limb brushed past Jiang Heng's face, stabbing into the ground and leaving a shallow pit on the hard stone slab.

Rolling away, Chen Jiuge seriously eyed the creature before him.

Two long, sword-like limbs hung naturally, its body resembling a human's, but its face akin to a mantis.

"A Mantis Monster? But don't mantises wield two blades?"

Cracking a cold joke, Chen Jiuge drew a long staff, feeling very tense.

The stone here wasn't ordinarily hard; at least with Chen Jiuge's current power, he couldn't achieve such a feat.

"Hiss hiss"

The Mantis Monster rubbed its twin blades, an ugly face showing a bizarre expression, as if it were smiling!

Chen Jiuge paused for a moment, then sneered, "Just a mere beast, how dare you laugh at me!"