Lu Cheng felt Ling Tian's positioning, coupled with the nearly perfect stealth effect of the Concealment Talisman, making him like a true hunter, observing his prey silently from the shadows.
Ling Tian, at this moment, was dragging his exhausted body through the deep passageway leading to the main tomb chamber.
His eyes, which usually held arrogance, were now filled with vigilance and seriousness.
He could clearly sense that deep within this imperial tomb, some even more powerful restrictions and deadly crises seemed to be hidden.
But the increasingly strong allure of the 'treasure' acted like the most fatal poison, driving him to move forward!
Lu Cheng, from the shadows, watched his contradictory appearance, both greedy and fearful, with great interest.
"Interesting, truly interesting."
"He's clearly at the end of his rope, yet he still chooses to delve deeper into the tiger's den for that pitiful bit of fortune?"
"As expected of a Child of Destiny, this dedication to courting death is truly admirable."
...Finally, after racking his brains, expending countless efforts, and even sifting through all his memories of ancient array formations and mechanisms, Ling Tian managed to barely decipher the incredibly complex final restriction of the main tomb chamber!
When he pushed open the incredibly heavy bronze door and saw the jade seal, radiating a faint golden glow, enshrined on the stone platform in the center of the main tomb chamber, he completely fell into a state of ecstatic frenzy!
"The jade seal!"
"The immense Dragon Qi contained within this!"
"Hahaha! Destiny's chosen! I, Ling Tian, am ultimately destiny's chosen!"
...Lu Cheng enjoyed Ling Tian's ecstatic, foolish appearance, as if he believed his luck had finally turned and he was about to defy fate, like watching a magnificent circus.
"We don't even know if there are mechanisms, and he's already laughing..."
"He's truly arrogant, and his mind is truly not working well."
Ling Tian could no longer suppress the wild joy in his heart and reached out to touch the true dragon jade seal, which symbolized supreme fortune!
However!
Just as his fingertip was about to touch the jade seal!
"Clang—!!!"
A loud, metallic clang suddenly erupted from the shadows nearby!
A burly figure, clad in ancient armor and wielding a guan dao, stood up abruptly from beside the coffin, like an ancient war god awakening from slumber!
It was precisely the guardian of this jade seal—the Terracotta General!
"Indeed, how could there be a treasure without something guarding it?"
"But this thing... Danjin?!"
Lu Cheng, with his perspective as a Danjin expert, instantly judged the strength of this Terracotta General!
"But, it seems he can't sense my presence..."
"Interesting, the items exchanged from the system are truly powerful."
"It seems it's time for the director to personally step onto the stage and complete this good show."
...Seeing Ling Tian and the awakened Terracotta General fall into an unprecedented bitter battle, and gradually fall into a disadvantage due to the immense consumption before, facing perilous situations!
Lu Cheng knew it was time!
With a thought, he issued the final command through the puppet control center he had already mastered!
"Rumble—!!!"
The entire underground palace seemed to tremble violently at this instant!
The eyes of the hundreds of puppet warrior legions, originally on standby in the side hall, simultaneously lit up with a crimson glow!
Like an army receiving the emperor's command, they surged towards the main tomb chamber!
...When Ling Tian saw the tide-like surge of the puppet army, he was first stunned!
"Oh no! The puppets have revived, I'm going to be surrounded!"
Subsequently, what happened next made him ecstatic... He watched as hundreds of puppet warriors charged over aggressively!
However, their target was directly the majestic Terracotta General, who was wielding a guan dao!
"These iron lumps... are they here to help me?"
"Could it be that after being defeated by this Emperor, they were subdued and came to assist me?"
"Bang bang bang!"
For a time, sword light and shadow, clanging of metal!
The puppet army and the powerful Terracotta General instantly engaged in a fierce battle!
Although the strength of a single puppet was far inferior to that of the Danjin-level Terracotta General, they had the advantage of being numerous and fearless!
They actually managed to briefly tie down the Terracotta General's offensive!
Meanwhile, Lu Cheng, waiting in the shadows to watch the show, subtly raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm? What's going on?"
"Didn't I order them to attack the 'intruder'?"
He looked at the group of iron lumps with questionable intelligence, actually fighting the Terracotta General, who was also a 'non-biological' entity, and couldn't help but find it amusing.
"The intelligent system of these ancient puppets doesn't seem very reliable after all."
"Or... are these two things not from the same side to begin with?"
Immediately, Lu Cheng once again issued a more precise attack command through the puppet control center, targeting Ling Tian.
Ling Tian had just escaped from the battle and was about to bypass the battle circle and rush towards the jade seal!
However!
Suddenly, the puppet army, which had been fiercely entangled with the Terracotta General, without any warning, collectively shifted their attack direction!
They abandoned the Terracotta General, who was close at hand!
Instead, their cold eyes, glowing crimson, simultaneously locked onto him, the only 'living person'!
Then, together with the Terracotta General, they formed a encirclement from two directions, surrounding him!
"What... what the hell is going on?!"
Ling Tian was completely bewildered!
One second ago, he was the fisherman watching the tigers fight.
The next second, how did he become a pitiful lamb caught between two fierce tigers?
"What in the world are these things?!"
His mind went completely blank!
...Just as Ling Tian, battered and retreating from this absurd and bizarre siege, began to climb up high along the walls to avoid attacks, Lu Cheng, with unhurried steps, deactivated the stealth talisman and slowly walked out.
He strolled leisurely through the chaotic battlefield and arrived before the stone platform where the jade seal was placed.
Then, under Ling Tian's suddenly enlightened, resentful gaze, he casually put the true dragon jade seal, symbolizing supreme fortune, into his bag.
Lu Cheng held the warm, jade-like jade seal, which contained immense Dragon Qi, and felt the powerful energy emanating from it.
"Can one become an emperor just by holding this thing?"
"At the very least, I should be able to learn from Sun Ce."
"Exchange this for some troops..."
He didn't forget the 'guide' who had painstakingly deciphered the mechanisms and obstacles along the way, and turned around to look at Ling Tian, who had climbed to a high position along the wall to escape the puppets and dared not come down.
He revealed a devilish smile.