The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 683 - 681: What Kind of Monster is This!

Chapter 683: Chapter 681: What Kind of Monster is This!

At that very moment, Lin Bai felt the vital energy and spirit within his body nearly drained, leaving him with a sense of powerless weakness that sent shivers down his spine.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Roar——

The monster roared in pain, then turned and rushed towards the abandoned building at a lightning-fast speed.

"Where are you going?"

Upon seeing the monster rush into the building, Lin Bai immediately gave chase.

The First Princess also followed swiftly after.

This creature was exceptionally strange and didn’t seem to be a demonic beast from the Martial World. As for its origin, further investigation was necessary.

When Lin Bai had first discovered this manor, he had inspected every corner without finding anything unusual. But where could this monster have come from?

The creature charged out of the manor and suddenly vanished into a rock wall.

Lin Bai and the First Princess arrived in front of the rock wall.

The First Princess asked, "Where did it go?"

Lin Bai said, "I saw it enter this rock wall."

"It entered the wall? Could there be a magic circle here?"

The First Princess immediately picked up a rock from the ground and fiercely threw it at the wall.

Swoosh——

The rock hit the rock wall and directly disappeared into it as if it had passed into another dimension.

The First Princess said, "Someone has set up an extremely profound concealment magic circle here. It seems they didn’t think anyone would discover this place."

Lin Bai walked over and stared at the giant rock wall, which was about a hundred meters high and seven hundred meters wide, deep in thought.

"You wait here, I’ll go in and take a look."

Lin Bai said.

The First Princess replied, "Don’t go. The monster is not weak. If it weren’t for your successful surprise attack just now, we might not have been able to repel it."

Lin Bai casually responded, "No worries, I want to see what’s the creature’s origin. It’s too strange, definitely not a demonic beast."

"Don’t move around here. If I find any danger, I will naturally come back."

Lin Bai said indifferently.

"Then I’ll go with you. It’s better to have an extra person to back you up. If you don’t allow me to go, don’t even think about going yourself." the First Princess said.

Lin Bai initially wanted to leave the First Princess behind. After all, he had no idea what was inside the rock wall. But hearing what the First Princess said, Lin Bai could only agree.

"Alright, be careful. If anything happens, leave immediately."

Lin Bai, holding the First Princess’s hand, gingerly touched the rock wall.

The Qingge Sword was the first to be stabbed into the rock wall by Lin Bai, and he slowly proceeded inside.

Inside the rock wall was a vast passageway, filled with skeletal remains and treasure swords.

Hiss——

Lin Bai and the First Princess arrived and were shocked by what they saw.

They were stunned by the sheer number of bones within the endless passageway.

Just as Lin Bai was lost in thought, the First Princess spoke, "The way they died, their faces all facing in one direction, as if they were resisting something."

Lin Bai lowered his head to look. Even though the bones were strewn haphazardly on the ground, from the scattered remains it was clear they had been resisting something rushing at them from deeper within the passage.

The First Princess picked up a treasure sword from the ground.

Despite rust marring its surface, one could faintly see the word "Desolate" carved on the sword’s hilt.

"Desolate Sect."

The First Princess said, her face turning to shock as she recognized the sword.

Curious, Lin Bai walked over and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what did you find?"

The First Princess said gravely, "This is a sword from Desolate Sect."

Lin Bai was taken aback, "How come I’ve never heard of this sect?"

"It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it, because this sect disappeared overnight a thousand years ago, and all of its hundred thousand disciples vanished along with it."

The First Princess said indifferently.

"A thousand years ago, the Desolate Sect was the most powerful sect within Dayue Kingdom, and it was a superpower on par with the Famous Sword Manor even among the 700 states of Lingdong. Yet no one ever expected it to vanish overnight."

"The founding sect leader of the Shengyue Sect, currently the first sect of Dayue Kingdom, was in fact a core martial artist of the Desolate Sect a thousand years ago. Unfortunately, during the great catastrophe of the Desolate Sect, he was traveling outside and was not within the sect," the First Princess clarified the origin of the Desolate Sect.

Lin Bai hadn’t expected that the founding Ancestral Master of the Shengyue Sect would turn out to be a core martial artist of the Desolate Sect.

"How can such a powerful sect vanish overnight? Is it related to the monster we just encountered?" Lin Bai asked, puzzled.

The First Princess chuckled, "Lin Bai, let’s not worry about that monster for now. Since this place is filled with the dead disciples of the Desolate Sect, we might find that thing here as well."

Lin Bai curiously asked, "What thing?"

The First Princess’s eyes flashed with excitement, "The Great Desolation Skill!"

"The Great Desolation Skill, a sacred text passed down through the Desolate Sect, can steal the earth’s spiritual essence from all the mountains, rivers, forests, and stones within tens of thousands of miles in a flash, allowing the warrior to dramatically boost their combat prowess by several ranks."

"Once, the Desolate Sect had an unshakable position within the Lingdong 700 states, all thanks to this sacred text."

"Let’s search carefully. Maybe we can find the sacred text of the Great Desolation Skill among these storage bags."

The First Princess picked up a storage bag from the bones on the ground, quickly opened it, and then put it down to pick up another one.

"There’s actually a sacred text in this world that can forcibly boost one’s strength. This is indeed intriguing."

Lin Bai’s eyes were filled with excitement as he joined the First Princess in combing through the passageway.

They went step by step, picking up hundreds of storage bags scattered on the ground.

But every time Lin Bai opened a storage bag, a foul odor would emerge.

Over a thousand years had passed, and the items within the storage bags were mostly rotten. Very few things remained intact.

However, Lin Bai did find some precious items. For example, he found three texts of Heaven Level First Grade martial skills, along with several precious ores that hadn’t decayed for a thousand years.

Lin Bai and the First Princess gradually made their way deeper into the passageway.

"Be careful."

At that moment, Lin Bai suddenly hindered the First Princess while his eyes were fixed on the darkness ahead.

The First Princess’s face also turned solemn. She took out her battle sword from her storage bag and slowly walked forward, taking out several Night Illuminating Pearls from her bag and throwing them into the surrounding darkness.

They illuminated the passageway in front of them.

It was then that Lin Bai and the First Princess could see that there was a mountain cave of ten thousand meters in size ahead.

Inside this mountain cave, on the ground, there was another black hole of a thousand meters in size.

At this moment, an endless terrifying black mist was gushing out from the black hole.

When the First Princess stepped into the cave, she shuddered and said, "Lin Bai, this place is really terrifying."

Lin Bai nodded.

Suddenly, the First Princess glanced at an area before the black hole and saw a purple token hanging on a set of white bones.

The purple token was marked with the words, "Desolate Sect Order."

The First Princess excitedly declared, "That’s the leader’s token of the Desolate Sect. Lin Bai, that set of white bones should belong to the Sect Leader of the Desolate Sect. He must have the Great Desolation Skill in his storage bag."

Lin Bai nodded and said, "You wait here, I’ll go get it."

"Alright, be careful," the First Princess reminded him.

Lin Bai solemnly nodded and slowly approached the dark hole.

Reaching the edge of the hole, Lin Bai looked down. The endless black mist was rolling inside. It seemed as if it was leading to the Nine Nether demonic realm, emitting a gloomy and terrifying aura.

As soon as Lin Bai looked at the thousand-meter hole,

"Hiss, clucking--"

From beneath the thousand-meter hole, there came a series of eerie howls.

Immediately afterwards, numerous monsters emerged from the hole, led by the very monster whose arm Lin Bai had chopped off earlier.

So, the monster had fled to summon reinforcements!

Lin Bai was taken aback. There were thousands of monsters flying out from the thousand-meter hole.

And each of them possessed strength beyond the Human Elixir Realm.

Over a thousand monsters with power above the Human Elixir Realm would be enough to sweep the entire Dayue Kingdom. How could Lin Bai resist?

"Run!"

Lin Bai flashed before shouting. After he quickly swept up a dozen storage bags from the bones by the side of the leader of the Desolate Sect, he turned around and fled.