Chapter 1244 1203: The Tomb’s Mist Unveiled

"Haoran, you're here too?" The figure nodded slightly towards Sun Haoran, then solemnly cupped his hands to Chen Fei and said with a smile, "You must be the Chen Fei that Long Yi mentioned, Brother Chen. Let me introduce myself, I'm Luo Mang from the Nine Nether Palace, pleased to meet you."

"Nine Nether Palace?" Chen Fei was slightly startled, feeling that the name seemed somewhat familiar. Ah, isn't this one of the Four Great Powers of Earth Martial City besides the Qi Family Fort?"

Qi Family Fort, Nine Nether Palace, Eternal Temple, and Four Directions Demon Sect, along with the central area of the city controlled by the City Lord's Mansion, these five forces are currently the most powerful and dominate Earth Martial City! Supreme and exalted.

Compared to places like Flower Fairy Building, Lan Family, and Celestial Master Hall, the gap is quite noticeable, as their foundations are far inferior.

This guy is actually from the Nine Nether Palace of the Four Great Powers? What is he doing here?

"Brother Chen, weren't you looking to know about the mysterious tomb? Luo Mang just returned from there; if you want detailed information, you can ask him." Long Yi seemed to have noticed Chen Fei's confusion and said with a smile.

He paused briefly when speaking and added, "Among the Four Great Powers of Earth Martial City, the Nine Nether Palace is relatively close to our Qi Family Fort, so my relationship with him is quite good. Luo Mang heard about your battle with Duan Mingjun, and wanted to know you, to build a rapport."

"That's right." Luo Mang laughed heartily and said, "Managing to earn such high praise from Duan Mingjun, the sword fanatic, for you, I, Mr. Luo, feel it's necessary to know you. Additionally, if Brother Chen wants to know about that tomb, what I know and can say, I will definitely share without reservation."

"I truly appreciate it." Chen Fei stood up, drank the entire glass of wine with a smile, and said, "Brother Luo, delighted to meet you. I really want to know information about that tomb; if you could share, I'd be grateful."

"You're welcome." Luo Mang laughed heartily, casually grabbing the wine jug on the table, gulping it down and exhaling the spicy aroma before laughing aloud, "Haha, let's sit and talk."

Everyone then sat down.

After sitting down, Luo Mang didn't hesitate, directly taking out a palm-sized projection jade disc, which could briefly record images like a camera.

"Everyone, take a look at this." Luo Mang threw the projection jade disc into the air; a surge of spiritual energy crushed it, instantly creating a light screen from the fragments, projected before Chen Fei and the others, presenting a dim, eerie, astonishing scene.

A dark gray forest, deep and bottomless, leaning against a black giant mountain, its peak towering into the clouds, unseen, majestic and immense.

Upon closer look, within the forest, a sinister river silently flowed out, mysteriously vanishing away after several miles. Seeing this scene, Chen Fei's eyes slightly condensed, revealing a look of shock, murmuring.

"Yin River?"

"Yin River? What Yin River... Brother Chen, could you possibly know the origin of this strange river?"

Luo Mang, seemingly hearing Chen Fei's murmur, changed his expression and spoke.

That river's origin is unknown even to the Four Great Powers, yet it holds a power beyond comprehension, which makes them hesitate to act recklessly. But now, Chen Fei seems to have pointed out the river's origin; does he know something?

Chen Fei remained silent, continuing to quietly watch the projection jade disc.

Time passed slowly, the image remained static, stationary at the lake surface.

After about three hours, suddenly, the image began to change. In that sinister, peculiar Yin River, a shiny object floated downstream.

"A magical treasure? A top-tier Golden Level Magical Treasure!" Chen Fei's eyes condensed again, because that shiny object was a long spear, completely dark red, with a terrifying aura, soaring into the sky... even surpassing the Black Light Great Sword previously held by Lan Wuyong.

Twenty-One Layer Golden Magical Treasure, perhaps even Twenty-Two Layer!

At this moment, not only was Chen Fei watching the projection, almost unable to sit still, but in the scene itself, experts from various great forces were overwhelmed by the temptation.

"Swish..." It's unclear from the scene who made the first move, or perhaps everyone couldn't hold back and rushed over.

Silhouettes quickly moved, with powerful auras, having peak of Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm, even Half-Step Yuan Pill!

The scramble thus began. All eyes were fixed greedily, fiercely on the dark red spear... A silhouette of a Half-Step Yuan Pill Realm moved fastest, his hand was about to grab the spear...

But suddenly, a chilling screech... As his palm touched the spear, or rather, the Yin River water, his body began corroding immediately, causing everyone to halt in shock, staring intently at this scene, their bodies cold.

Moments later, the silhouette silently corroded into bones, disappearing into the Yin River water.

Witnessing this, even Long Yi couldn't help but look alarmed, frowning, murmuring, "What terrifying thing is this? I recall that person was Bao Jun Demon Head from Four Directions Demon Sect. In the previous generation, he ranked quite high."

"Brother Chen, do you know why this happened?" Luo Mang's gaze landed on the deep-frowning Chen Fei, his eyes flickering as he asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen Fei instinctively blurted out, "Hundred-mile Yin River water, a True Lord can be buried... Didn't expect this to actually..."

As he said this, he suddenly paused, his gaze sweeping towards Luo Mang, whose expression had slightly changed. Was this guy testing him?

Seeing Chen Fei's gaze on him, Luo Mang gave an awkward laugh and continued, "Brother Chen is correct. The projection isn't over yet; there's more to see, let's keep watching."

Everyone's eyes again fell upon the image on the Projection Jade Disc.

Everyone witnessed with their own eyes the bizarre and tragic death of a Half-Step Yuan Pill individual and were terrified, frozen in place, not daring to act recklessly. But at this moment, even more terrifying auras suddenly emerged.

"It's individuals in the Primordial Core Realm! Ancestors of the various Great Powers at the Minor Heavenly Position?" Even through the image, one could feel the dread of those terrifying auras. Sunx Haoran murmured to himself.

It should be the masters at the level of the Minor Heavenly True Monarch Realm making their move.

Swish! Swish! Swish... Several figures flew across, far fewer in number, but with an aura of authority and dominance that collided and filled the entire sky. Masters at the Minor Heavenly True Monarch Realm descended, slowly approaching the Yin River.

"Zheng——" A divine blade cleaved the sky, unparalleled in its dominance, first slashing out terrifying blades of light splitting the Yin River, then a hand as quick as lightning reached for the spear.

With previous incidents as a lesson, even such figures at the Minor Heavenly True Monarch Realm were much more cautious.

But the master of that divine blade seized the opportunity, and the other Minor Heavenly True Monarch Realm figures didn't let it slip either.

"Stand aside!" Various magical treasures, powerful shining lights engulfed the master of the divine blade, besieging him, while their true purpose was to snatch the top-tier Golden Magical Treasure spear.

"Is that... is that the True Lord Gu Qing of the Eternal Temple?" Suddenly, Sunx Haoran pointed at a dazzling silhouette in the projection with his mouth agape, muttering in shock. Gu Qing, True Monarch of Eternal Temple, the top of the young generation two generations ago, reputed a thousand-year talent... Even he had grown up hearing the legends of the other.

No one expected such a character to also venture into that Mysterious Tomb!?

"Bang——" At this moment, above the Galaxy, True Lord Gu Qing and the divine blade master stood together, causing the river to reverse its flow, destroying heaven and earth, pressing down even other people in an instant! Both were vying for the top-tier Golden Level Magical Treasure spear.

Yet ultimately, the master of the divine blade slashed horizontally, destroying the heavens and the earth, forcibly slicing True Lord Gu Qing into the surging reversed Yin River! Instantly, screams of unwillingness echoed... Did that unparalleled figure also get swallowed by this terrifying river?

"What!?" Sunx Haoran's face changed, turning pale, hard to believe, a figure like True Lord Gu Qing was drawn into that bizarre river, and couldn't escape, died?!

Besides him, the other figures at the Minor Heavenly True Monarch Realm observed in the footage also fell silent. The silence was terrifying.

The master of the divine blade took up the top-tier Golden Level Magical Treasure, took a deep look at the silently horrifying black Yin River, then turned away. No one dared to stop him.

At this point, the projection ended.

"The one who died was actually True Lord Gu Qing? When I first heard the news, I thought it was someone else... This river is terrifying!"

Long Yi's face was full of shock, muttering to himself.

"That strong man wielding the blade wasn't from our Earth Martial City, but seemed like a passerby. Afterward, the Eternal Temple hunted him for nearly a month, but he still escaped, whereabouts unknown." Luo Mang slowly said.

Here he paused slightly, then his gaze fell on Chen Fei, asking, "Brother Chen seems to know the origins of this strange river? If possible, can you tell us a bit?"

"Are you talking about this Yin River?" Chen Fei's eyes flickered as he spoke, "Can I ask a few questions first?"

"Of course." Luo Mang immediately replied.

"Where is that tomb?"

"At the source of the river. If nothing goes wrong, this river should flow out from that tomb... right at the foot of that giant black mountain." Luo Mang responded.

"I've heard someone went in? Do you know what's inside, Yin Spirits? Corpse Soldiers? Or something else?" Chen Fei asked again.

"Currently, it's only been Pill King Jianng Wanli and the ancestors of our Four Great Powers who have gone in, but they all came out quickly too, as for what's inside... I've heard it's something like Corpse Soldiers, but not exactly." Luo Mang said.

"So it's Earth Corpses then?" Chen Fei's face became conflicted, somewhat troubled. He had originally thought it was just an ordinary strong warrior's tomb, but he didn't expect it would involve so many eerie things now.