Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 94 - 90: Ancient Tomb Stele

Chapter 94: Chapter 90: Ancient Tomb Stele

Soon, the two of them reached the dilapidated coach, which had become a landmark in their minds.

The area around the coach had the highest occurrence of soulless zombies.

Continuing northeast for a few minutes, Xiao Jie noticed they seemed to have reached the area where Ximen Wuhen had perished.

Yes, this was the place. He looked around—the three of them had circled around from the east to get here.

However, Ximen Wuhen’s corpse, previously ravaged by crows, had already vanished, probably refreshed by the system.

As they walked on, the surroundings gradually became eerie.

The trees started to show a deathly hue, ashy and bleak, with some seemingly long dead yet not entirely, twisting grotesquely as they grew wildly.

The sky had unknowingly filled with a layer of grey mist, dimming the surrounding light. It didn’t seem like normal weather, more like a special feature of a peculiar map.

Xiao Jie’s heart began to rise; the ambiance here was different from the forest they had passed through before.

"Get ready to ’Cheng Xian,’ be prepared to run at any moment," he whispered, as if afraid of disturbing something.

"Understood, Feng,"

Xiao Jie somewhat didn’t want to admit it, but he mysteriously liked this feeling, as if he truly was exploring a sinister and mysterious world, facing unknown risks and opportunities.

Yet, to Xiao Jie’s surprise, they hadn’t encountered a single monster along the way; not to mention an Undead Army or a terrifying boss, they hadn’t seen even one soulless zombie.

Huh, that’s really strange.

As the two walked out of this bizarre forest, a towering cliff appeared in front of them.

This was the edge of Ginkgo Valley, the high cliffs stretched on both sides, encircling the valley. Following the map’s direction, it wasn’t long before they found their destination.

An ancient tomb stood in the shadow below the cliff.

There was also a huge stone stele erected to the right of the tomb entrance, with blotchy, faded script inscribed on it.

Mysterious ancient tomb—here it was.

"Stop," Xiao Jie said, not immediately rushing to investigate but carefully observing the surroundings.

No monsters, no wild beasts—nothing, just a deathly silent calm.

’I Want to Be Immortal’ produced a sheet of talisman paper inscribed with strange symbols and compared them to the symbols on the tomb door; they were indeed exactly the same.

"Feng?"

"Don’t rush—."

Approaching the site, Xiao Jie became completely steady, his nervousness and excitement fully suppressed deep within, leaving only absolute calm. "Rou Qiu, go check it out!"

Rou Qiu whined twice in protest but still cautiously moved forward.

It looked around the stone stele and then at the tomb entrance before turning back and barking twice at Xiao Jie.

"Master, there’s nothing here."

It seemed there was indeed no danger.

"Let’s go over," Xiao Jie then headed towards the ancient tomb.

Reaching the front of the tomb, the door was a solid stone slab, firmly closed. Xiao Jie approached to inspect it, discovering a square stone socket with a stone seal embedded deep within, merged seamlessly.

Huh, isn’t this the spirit stone seal?

He then examined the door further and found it could be opened directly.

However, he didn’t dare to open it immediately and turned back to inspect the stone stele. The writing on the stele had faded, but the indentations were still legible.

It read—

[Letter to Mortals:

In the Wangliang Year, the Ghost Realm invades.

Corpse Ghosts rampant, chaos arises in the world.

Only the Immortal Path, vanquishes demons and removes misfortunes.

The Ghost General Corpse Vulture, hereby beheaded.

Though the formidable foe is defeated, the nether fire still burns.

Sealed here, left to extinguish by itself.

Not until eight hundred years will it fully dissipate.

This stele is erected, do not open.

Erected by—Dangmo Real Man, Lin Xuance]

So that was it; this ancient tomb contained a sealed Ghost General named Corpse Vulture, whose power would not fully dissipate until eight hundred years had passed. But what year was the Wangliang Year?

Perhaps he could ask the village chief.

Seeing the scene before him, he immediately understood what had happened.

The spirit stone seal was the key to open the ancient tomb; since one was already embedded, it must have been opened before.

That meant the mysterious figure in black robes had opened the tomb, undoubtedly for the Ghost General—perhaps to release it or to seize its power.

Oh dear, this was not good.

This plot seemed like it was heading towards a major event.

’I Want to Be Immortal’ saw that Xiao Jie was motionless and couldn’t help but point towards the tomb door.

With the sound of stone scraping, the tomb door slowly opened, revealing a dark underground passage.

Xiao Jie lit a torch and shone it inside, but could only illuminate a short distance.

Suddenly, a message appeared.

[System Alert: You have discovered an entrance to an ancient underground tomb. Such tombs may hide dangers—please prepare thoroughly before exploring.]

Xiao Jie’s heart chilled; this game was typically weak in guidance, rarely reminding players of the game mechanics. But now even the system was warning the players, indicating that entering the ancient tomb was extremely dangerous—more dangerous than imagined.

"Feng? Should we go down?"

"Fuck! Did you forget what I said earlier?" Xiao Jie said irritably, "I asked you to remind me, but it seems you got carried away first."

This ’I Want to Be Immortal’ is all good, but it’s easy to get reckless—daring to enter such perilous places.

These enclosed ancient tombs are completely different from the open world above ground. Outside, if you encounter a monster you can’t beat, you can still run away and use the environment to dodge around.

But once you’re inside the ancient tomb, if danger arises, it’s not even easy to run away.

And given the nature of this game, it’s definitely not just monsters inside the tomb—there are probably also mechanisms, traps, poison gas, and flying arrows. You might get killed before even seeing a monster.

Xiao Jie said he wouldn’t go in, no matter what.

"Then what about this investigation mission? We can’t investigate if we don’t go in."

"What do you mean we can’t investigate? You’ve already seen the inscription on the stele, right? It’s pretty clear that the robed, mysterious figure opened the tomb to take or release some power within. We just report this back to Yang Baichuan and our job is done."

"Ah, like that? Will that work?"

Xiao Jie was speechless, "What else did you think? You and I with dual blades, charging in to wipe out the monster’s lair? Kill the robed, mysterious figure and blast the Ghost General? What are you thinking? Let’s get out of here, quick."

’I Want to Be Immortal’ was still hesitating, "Why don’t we just explore a bit inside, not go deep, just look around the entrance? Maybe we’ll find something."

Xiao Jie was about to explain further when suddenly—dingling!

A strange bell rang from the forest behind them.

Xiao Jie shuddered.

"Run!"

The two of them turned around and followed the cliffside, but it was already a step too late. A large group of corpses staggered out from the forest.

"Hide."

They quickly hid behind the stele.

Luckily, the stele was tall and wide enough to conceal them both.

They saw the Corpse Chaser herding the corpse group toward the ancient tomb. The silent procession of zombies entering the tomb passageway had a certain eerie solemnity.

Xiao Jie glanced at the Corpse Chaser—

Zhao Qi (Corpse Chaser): Elite, Level 9. Life Value 440.

Another new Corpse Chaser.

Just as most of the corpse group had entered the tomb passageway, suddenly, a Corpse-eating Dog barked strangely at the stele.

It was the first time Xiao Jie had heard such a call—eerily unsettling, completely different from the ferocious barking of wild or hunting dogs. It was a hoarse, wailing kind of sound, as if its vocal cords had mutated, making the voice utterly distorted.

Hearing the dog’s howl, the Corpse Chaser sharply turned towards the stele, his eyes glowing a greasy green under his bamboo hat and black scarf.

"Run!"

Xiao Jie yelled, and both of them dashed out from behind the stele, running back the way they came.

The Corpse Chaser jingled a bell, and several Corpse-eating Dogs immediately followed in pursuit.

The two men and two dogs rushed into the forest. They hadn’t gone far when rapid footsteps echoed from behind. Xiao Jie looked back and sneered.

Only four Corpse-eating Dogs had caught up.

"Haha, what should I even fear from you? Just four Level 6 beasts acting all high and mighty."

"Stop, let’s kill them!"

They abruptly stopped, four against four, as fair as it gets.

This time Xiao Jie used a sword and shield, which were very effective against low posture beasts like wild dogs and Corpse-eating Dogs.

As the Corpse-eating Dog charged, Xiao Jie countered directly with his shield.

Bang! The Corpse-eating Dog slammed into the shield and tumbled to the ground.

Taking advantage of the dog being down, Xiao Jie slashed twice in quick succession.

-19!

-18!

This thing’s defensive power was indeed stronger than that of a wild dog.

One Cut—

Just as he was charging up, the Corpse-eating Dog quickly retreated while the other dogs from both sides attacked from the flanks.

"I’m coming!" ’I Want to Be Immortal’ charged forward, wielding his Giant Axe. He ignored a bite from one dog, chopping another one down directly.

Before that dog could rise, Xiao Jie performed a Helical Slash, finishing it off smoothly.

The last Corpse-eating Dog tried to help but got entangled in a fight with Rou Qiu and Scar.

Compared to the strong and aggressive horse bandits, this creature was far too weak.

Xiao Jie quickly approached the second dog, which tried to dodge left and right, attempting a flanking attack. But Xiao Jie wouldn’t let it have its way, always keeping the shield in front.

Eventually, the Corpse-eating Dog couldn’t resist lunging at him.

Shield Block, One Cut, Two Pieces!

The heavily injured Corpse-eating Dog still tried to maneuver around, but Xiao Jie finished it off with a Rolling Blade Slash.

On the other side, ’I Want to Be Immortal’ also toughed out the attack and killed his Corpse-eating Dog.

Only the one being fought by Rou Qiu and Scar was left.

Xiao Jie and ’I Want to Be Immortal’ surrounded it from both sides, ready to deal with it.

All of a sudden, the dog let out a sound like a bull’s roar, its skinny belly swelling enormously.

It inflated like a balloon, quickly growing bigger, and the entire body took on a semi-transparent texture.

Xiao Jie was taken aback—Retreat!

But it was too late. Before he could even shout, the Corpse-eating Dog exploded with a bang! Turning into a cloud of green mist that rapidly spread.

The two men and two dogs were all caught in the blast, dyed a dark green color.