Just then, the Yin Yang Art suddenly started operating on its own, and Lin Chen's body was tightly enveloped by a Taiji Diagram. The previously pained Lin Chen instantly felt much better.
Who knows how much time passed, perhaps a second, perhaps an eternity. Those vengeful spirits finally dissipated. Lin Chen opened his eyes, and Zhang Xiaohou and the others had already woken up.
"Are you all alright?" Lin Chen asked.
Zhang Xiaohou and the others shook their heads, but then noticed Mo Fan was still closing his eyes, his expression blank.
"Mo Fan!!!!" Zhang Xiaohou hurriedly shouted!
His words pulled Mo Fan back into reality!!!
A moment later, after confirming everyone was safe, Zhang Xiaohou said, "There's a white palace ahead. That should be the Ancient King's Imperial Tomb?"
Lin Chen said, "Let's go, we'll head over!"
The white tomb palace was very striking, entirely constructed from white jade, so smooth that it could reflect the sky within it.
Originally, a white tomb palace would appear grand, noble, sacred, and serene, but this white was more like the eerie white used for funerals, permeating with a sinister aura. The smooth jade could not wash away this scent of death.
...
Clad in gray and white, in a simple robe, he let the Yushui fall and wet his hair.
The mysterious gray-white man stood on a section of the city wall, his gaze sweeping over the Mages who were retreating. However, he knew better than anyone that it was easy to break out, but truly too few could return. Even Super Mages would fall in that sea of corpses.
It was pitch black, and the light of magic was exceptionally faint, ready to be swallowed by the surging corpse aura at any moment. He had already seen the Wei Fashi (Law Enforcer) team sink into a vast ocean of skeletons and rotting corpses, their light growing dimmer and dimmer.
It was certain that with no magical light shining, that team was completely wiped out.
Looking again at the Mountain Peak Corpse's battlefield, under the shining, heaven-piercing lightning, the mountain peak could vaguely be seen. But it was also amidst this pale light cutting through the gloom that the mysterious gray-white man saw a Super-Tier Mage being killed by the Mountain Peak Corpse. He wasn't quite sure who it was.
The Mountain Peak Corpse's ferocity had exceeded everyone's expectations. Even if they wanted to retreat now, there was simply no hope; casualties were about to exceed half.
"Should we go out and provide support?" an association member on standby asked.
The mysterious gray-white man shook his head. If they really went out to support, it would be hard to say if this city could hold until dawn.
As night fell, the magical light swirling in the darkness grew smaller and smaller. Messages could no longer be transmitted, and all that remained was to silently count down to destruction while staring into the boundless darkness.
"It seems to be Zuo Feng!!!" Someone shouted.
The mysterious gray-white man looked down and saw two Advanced-Tier Mages trapped in a horde of skeletons. They were already very close to the inner city wall barrier...
Next to Zuo Feng was a man wearing a leather jacket. The two of them joined forces to break through the pile of skeletons and quickly jumped into the inner city.
"How is it???" the mysterious gray-white man asked urgently.
"They have been successfully escorted to Sha Yuan. The strong yin wind there prevents us from following, but we believe they have jumped into the depths of Sha Yuan!" Zuo Feng said.
"So, you don't know if they're still alive?" the mysterious gray-white man asked.
"Yes!" Zuo Feng nodded.
"Sir, a person claiming to be the village chief of Weiju Village has come to see you. He says he seems to have seen the Imperial Tomb!" A Forbidden Guard Mage hurried to report.
"Seen the Imperial Tomb? What do you mean? Where is he?"
"At the bell tower!!!"
The mysterious gray-white man glanced at Zuo Feng and the demon man. The three were about to set off for the bell tower when they saw a Super-Tier Mage return to the inner city wall.
Seeing this, the demon man immediately went to meet him. After a conversation between the two, he understood that the current situation was not very good...
"Hunter King, please come with us to the bell tower. The village chief of Weiju Village seems to have insights regarding the Imperial Tomb and is waiting there!!!" the mysterious gray-white man said.
"I'll wait here for the Guild Master and the others. You go first!" Du Xiao said.
...
Inside Sha Yuan, Lin Chen and the others had already appeared before a staircase about two hundred meters long. The staircase was extremely wide, each step designed for human stride, with lifelike stone guardians standing on the sides, as if they could come alive at any moment.
Everyone climbed up the stairs. Fortunately, the stone guardians did not come alive. Before they knew it, they had reached the main entrance!
"How do we open this door?" Mo Fan asked...
After discussing for a while, Fang Gu somehow produced a very ancient bronze mirror.
This bronze mirror was only about palm-sized, and its shape was somewhat similar to the evil eye bronze mirror hanging on the main entrance of the tomb palace. Fang Gu raised the small bronze mirror in his hand and shined it into the evil eye bronze mirror...
"Buzz..."
Suddenly, the white square door slowly opened, as if something was pulling open the heavy white stone door. The moment it opened, an incredibly terrifying yin wind howled out from within!
...
At the bell tower, an old table held a palm-sized bronze mirror. A group of people gathered around the table, their eyes fixed on the scene displayed in the mirror!
"It really is them!" Han Ji's face was full of fatigue, but he couldn't suppress his inner excitement.
They had originally thought that once Mo Fan and the others jumped into Sha Yuan, they would completely lose contact and could only wait. But unexpectedly, the Hua Village chief arrived and presented the bronze mirror. The bronze mirror just happened to provide a view overlooking a demon lotus, and Lin Chen appeared next to the demon lotus!
"What kind of plant is that!!!" the demon man asked anxiously.
Han Ji said, "I'm afraid it's the Everlasting Lotus, which has been extinct for thousands of years..."
...
Lin Chen arrived next to the Everlasting Lotus a step ahead of everyone else. A dark green contracted beast had appeared beside him at some point.
Lin Chen was still very curious about this Everlasting Demon Lotus. Lin Chen did not have Mo Fan's little loach, so he could not absorb the Everlasting Demon Lotus, but the Dark Blue Silver Emperor could. Yin'er originally possessed powerful吞噬 abilities, and the Everlasting Demon Lotus contained vast life force, which was the best nourishment for Yin'er.
"Swish swish swish..." After receiving Lin Chen's permission, Yin'er instantly extended its greedy branches. A faint halo gradually lit up around its body.
Seeing Yin'er's contented expression, Lin Chen was overjoyed. Yin'er and Qiu'er were Lin Chen's earliest summoned beasts. Now Qiu'er had broken through a million years and had already formed a cocoon, only waiting to break out of the cocoon and become a divine beast.
Yin'er's accumulation was no weaker than Qiu'er's. Supported by the vast life force, it successfully broke through the million-year mark as desired.
Despite this, Yin'er remained insatiable, continuing to greedily absorb this vast life force.
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