Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 666 - 661 Ruined Tomb Five

Chapter 666: Chapter 661 Ruined Tomb Five

Yuan Xia Mountain Man stepped forward, pushed the iron gate, and the frame shook, making a clanging noise.

"This is the entrance and exit," he said.

He reached down and touched the ground, and instantly a dwarf with a large nose emerged from the ground.

The dwarf was dressed in a child’s short clothes, with messy hair, and immediately began to fiddle with the iron gate.

Click.

After a soft sound, the iron gate opened, and the dwarf was taken back by Yuan Xia Mountain Man.

"This is one of the Dao soldiers I’ve raised, skilled in unlocking and sneaking," he explained.

"A Ground Spirit Dwarf, a decent Dao soldier indeed," Lin Xin commented casually.

"Quite practical indeed."

Yuan Xia Mountain Man led the way into the iron gate.

They hadn’t gone far when the centaur statues on both sides suddenly began to tremble violently.

Hum!!

The eyes of the statues lit up with blood-red light, and they began to move, stretching their bodies from their pedestals and slowly stepping down.

"Be careful!" Zeng Zhuo suddenly cried out in a low voice, blocking in front of Murong Jun.

Clang!!

A centaur, unnoticed until then, fiercely stabbed its lance into the ground in front of them.

In a flurry of movements, four centaurs swiftly lunged out, striking at the others with lightning-fast slashes.

Lu Qiaoqiao’s white longsword emitted a flash of light, instantly producing a stream of white silk, slashing across the upper bodies of the four centaurs.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!

Four consecutive explosions followed, and the centaur statues were instantaneously chopped into several pieces, with a green soul light flying into her longsword.

"Let’s go. Continue," she said, glancing at the other three who were about to make their move and striding forward.

"Impressive!" Murong Jun couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice.

"Each of these Demon Refining Sculptures is equivalent to a Fifth Rank cultivator, and she resolved them with a single sword stroke..." Lin Xin observed her and Zeng Zhuo, gauging the team.

Those two didn’t seem to care much, simply here to earn Contribution Points. However, Lu Qiaoqiao and Yuan Xia Mountain Man clearly had ulterior motives.

"That’s the formidable aspect of the Yin Refining Slaughter Soul Sword..." he transmitted a message to them.

Having said that, he didn’t wait for a response and hastened to catch up with Lu Qiaoqiao and the others who had already walked ahead.

Zeng Zuo and his sister were slightly stunned at the back.

Though they had heard of the Yin Refining Slaughter Soul Sword, they had never seen it firsthand. Now, being pointed out by Lin Xin, they both felt somewhat skeptical.

"Brother... if it is indeed the Yin Refining Slaughter Soul Sword, then this Lu Qiaoqiao... must have killed at least no less than a hundred thousand souls..." Murong Jun felt a chill in his heart.

Though they weren’t cultivators who advanced by killing, most cultivators would have slain a few hundred beings by the time they reached the Fifth Rank. Over a thousand would be considered ruthless, and tens of thousands indicated a mass murderer.

And over a hundred thousand... such cultivators typically only exist in the Void Spirit Tower and the outer Void during their training...

Zeng Zhuo also had a bad feeling about this mission, but as a brother, he couldn’t afford to panic now, as it would unsettle his sister as well.

"Don’t worry. It’s also normal to encounter cultivators who come out of the Void Spirit Tower to take on missions during their breaks," he said quietly.

"That’s true," Murong Jun forced a smile, though he still felt uneasy.

The fact that Lu Qiaoqiao could kill four Soul Refining Sculptures with a single sword stroke meant she could just as easily kill him and his brother.

They knew from experience that these sculptures, made from the souls of Fifth Rank cultivators, were formidable and impervious to ordinary weapons and without weak points.

He and his brother struggled even against a single one.

"We should be more cautious. It’s good that Daoist Xin kindly warned us, otherwise if something were to happen later..." Murong Jun communicated through a transmission.

"If we encounter any danger, you can move closer to Daoist Xin in a crisis," Zeng Zhuo whispered.

"Yes, I understand."

Both of them weren’t fools. With Lin Xin’s hint, they understood the situation and appreciated Lin Xin’s good intentions.

The Yin Refining Slaughter Soul Sword, a ruthlessly lethal sword technique, was not something many chose to practice, not even in the Void battlefield, because it was too harmful to the heavenly harmony and detrimental to one’s cultivation.

Recalling the slightly unnatural behavior Yuan Xia Mountain Man had shown earlier, both siblings had some suspicions.

As they caught up, their expressions were no longer as natural as before.

Lin Xin noticed the change in their demeanor immediately and was speechless.

Their attempt at camouflage was overly awkward and unnatural. It was obvious to anyone that they were wary of Lu Qiaoqiao and her group.

Yuan Xia Mountain Man noticed something was amiss as well, and his lips curled slightly, but he said nothing.

Lu Qiaoqiao, on the other hand, didn’t even glance at them, treating them as if they were air.

The party entered through the iron gate, crossed the pond, and stopped in front of a fortress.

"The wellspring is located in a courtyard inside here. The Ancient Immortal Ruins are also inside, but first, we need to deal with the Yin Fiend Formation of this fortress," Yuan Xia Mountain Man said, looking at Zeng Zhuo, his sister, and Lin Xin.

"This Formation will depend entirely on the three of you," he stated.

Lin Xin had been chosen for the team because of his expertise in Formation Paths.

Now he finally had an opportunity to make use of his skills.

"We will do our best," he said, stepping forward first to look at the closed dark gray arched gate of the fortress, pulling out a small stack of ready-prepared, simple test Array Plates.

These Array Plates were pure single-element power Array Plates, including Fire System, Water System, Earth System, Ice System, and so on.

Lin Xin held an Array Plate in his hand while Zeng Zhuo and his sister caught up from behind, ready to assist with any trouble related to malevolent spirits at any moment.

Lin Xin glanced at Yuan Xia Shanren. Having reached this place, and with Zeng Zhuo’s duo discovered, he no longer bothered to conceal himself.

Seeing Lin Xin looking back at him, his eyes flickered with a fierce light, staring threateningly at Lin Xin and the three of them.

"What’s the matter, Daoist Xin encountering difficulties?"

From his body, strands of the abundant aura of the purest water, almost spilling out, continuously wafted.

This indicated the peak of the Fifth Rank Great Perfection, on the verge of breaking through to the Sixth Rank at any moment.

Shades of gray spread from his body, silently engulfing Lin Xin and the three Zengs without a sound.

The three of them shivered, sensing something amiss.

"Polar Region!"

Murong Jun was the first to react, attempting to enter the Polar Region, but it was to no avail. As soon as she entered, she stumbled and was bounced back instantly.

Her pretty face turned deathly pale as she steadied herself.

"Are you okay?"

Zeng Zhuo quickly supported her and asked.

"The Polar Region is locked."

Murong Jun bit her lip.

Zeng Zhuo immediately fell silent, anxiously staring at Yuan Xia Shanren.

"I advise you to honestly disable the formation to avoid suffering. Whatever is inside, take it if you want. We don’t want it," Lu Qiaoqiao said as she wiped her longsword.

"But if you try any tricks..."

She flicked the blade of her sword, revealing a cold smile.

Lin Xin, who had long sensed that their motives were not simple, now feared that their goal was not just to inspect the Ancient Immortal Ruins.

His faced first showed a trace of apprehension, then became expressionless. He began to focus on disabling the formation without a word, occasionally activating an Array Plate to release pure Elemental Energy, stimulating the formation and observing the resulting fluctuations.

Every formation operated on certain rules. By stimulating it in various ways, he sought feedback to gradually sketch and perfect the blueprint and operating patterns of the entire formation. This way, he could find vulnerabilities and break the formation.

Faced with chilling realities, Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun had no choice but to follow Lin Xin and sincerely cooperate with breaking the formation.

With each stimulation from the Array Plates, the door’s surface continuously flickered with red, blue, and purple glows, sketching complex and delicate Formation Patterns and symbols.

"Break."

Lin Xin suddenly pointed, and his index finger landed on a specific part of the formation.

Hum....

The entire door burst into light, and all abnormal phenomena completely vanished with the explosion, leaving no trace.

"It’s done."

Lin Xin calmly moved to one side, looking towards Yuan Xia Shanren.

"Sure?"

"Sure."

Lin Xin nodded.

Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun also nodded in confirmation.

"You go push the door."

Yuan Xia Shanren suddenly pointed at Zeng Zhuo.

The latter hesitated slightly, feeling uneasy, but glanced at Lin Xin, saw no reaction from him, and steadied his emotions.

He slowly approached, gathered a ball of Qi Force in his hand, and pushed forward.

Thud.

The door was directly opened, the formation was not triggered, and it remained intact.

Dust stirred up a cloud of haze, revealing the scene inside.

Three large red mahogany chairs were placed at the highest spot in the center of the hall.

On either side, the walls were hung with many unidentifiable animal hides, organs, and limbs.

The air held a scent of dust mixed with a strong stench of gore.

The floor was covered with a thick blood-red carpet, with dark blood clots faintly visible on it.

"This is it." Yuan Xia Shanren scanned the hall and glanced sideways at Lu Qiaoqiao.

"You go or should I?"

Lu Qiaoqiao’s expression unchanged, she stepped forward and harshly slashed her sword down.

Shriek!!

The sword light drew a pale moon-shaped arc in mid-air, fiercely rushing towards the mahogany seat at the top of the hall.

"Explode."

Boom! A loud noise erupted, and the entire hall exploded with countless Sword Qi.

The pale moon burst into a massive amount of white silk-like Sword Qi, wildly destroying everything around it.

Oddly enough, it seemed as if there was a layer of twisted and unidentifiable space in mid-air that intercepted all the explosive power, without missing a bit.

Under the continuous explosion of Sword Qi, the five people clearly saw that blocking the Sword Qi was a layer of transparent barrier-like space ripples inside the hall.

This space ripple blocking the explosion was like a massive oval eye, enveloping the Sword Qi cluster at its center.

"Hold!"

Yuan Xia Shanren suddenly shot a beam of golden light from his hand into the space ripple.

The Sword Qi quickly dissipated, revealing the true nature of what blocked the Sword Qi.

It was a gigantic eye over ten meters in diameter.

The white of the eye and the black pupil were both clearly visible, though the entire eye appeared semi-transparent, floating in the center of the hall, calmly watching everyone present.

"This... this is the Myriad Evil Cavern!!?"

Zeng Zhuo instantly recognized this iconic sight and his body shivered involuntarily.

"This is where the Evil God fell, weren’t we supposed to be going to the Ancient Immortal Ruins!?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Jun’s face also turned pale.

Neither of them was truly a combat cultivator; at this point, their hearts were filled with regret for having ventured into the Myriad Evil Cavern all for some extra Contribution Points.

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