Chapter 271 - 114: Corpse Hair Wind! A Qi Cultivator Sect’s Secret Treasury

Chapter 271: Chapter 114: Corpse Hair Wind! A Qi Cultivator Sect’s Secret Treasury

’This is the second level of the ancient tomb?’ Lin Yi was even more stunned. ’A folded space nested within another folded space? The methods of these Pre-Qin Qi Cultivators are simply... unfathomable!’

"Don’t delay. Our target is the third level! Keep up!"

Zhou Tiankuo was clearly very familiar with this environment. Without a moment’s hesitation, he got his bearings and led the team toward the depths of the second level.

Perhaps because they hadn’t encountered any real attacks on the way, aside from the corpse-hair wind, the team’s tense atmosphere had eased slightly.

While vigilantly scanning his surroundings, Lei Gang couldn’t help but speak up.

"Hey, Boss Zhou, did these Pre-Qin Qi Cultivators have nothing better to do? Building a tomb like a small world... just how many people did they plan on burying in here??"

Without breaking his stride or turning his head, Zhou Tiankuo offered an even more astonishing theory.

"Perhaps this place was never a tomb to begin with!"

"Huh? Not a tomb? What do you mean?"

Lei Gang was taken aback.

The others, including Lin Yi, all pricked up their ears.

Zhou Tiankuo said in a low voice,

"If the Pre-Qin Qi Cultivators truly migrated with their entire clans through the Star Gate and left Blue Star, why would they build such a massive tomb for themselves in their homeland? It defies all logic!"

"When these small worlds were first created, it’s highly probable they were used by those Qi Cultivators as... Sect headquarters and Cultivation Cave Mansions! That’s why the space is so vast!"

"We just don’t know what cataclysmic event occurred later to cause these spaces to be abandoned and filled with zombies and a deathly aura. When we first discovered them, we simply mistook them for ancient tombs."

"Sect headquarters?!"

"Cultivation Cave Mansions?!"

Zhou Tiankuo’s words were a revelation!

A fervent light blazed in everyone’s eyes!

If this place was once a Qi Cultivator Sect...

Didn’t that mean it was highly likely that the legendary, all-powerful legacies of the Qi Cultivators were hidden here?!

Lei Gang’s breathing grew ragged as he hurriedly asked, "Boss Zhou, how many levels does this tomb actually have?"

Zhou Tiankuo shook his head.

"I don’t know the exact number of levels."

"The Zhou family has limited strength, and this place is exceptionally dangerous. So far, we’ve only managed to explore up to the third level!"

"Enough chatter. The entrance altar to the third level is just ahead. Everyone, stay sharp! The third level is bound to be full of danger; we won’t be able to take it this easy anymore!"

At his words, everyone’s Spirit sharpened once more, and they quickened their pace.

「A short while later.」

The center of the second level.

An altar even larger than the one on the first level, covered in more complex and ancient runes, appeared before their eyes.

Following the same procedure, Zhou Tiankuo activated the altar.

BUZZ! BOOM!

An even more dazzling pillar of white light erupted. The Power of Space fluctuated violently, completely swallowing the six of them.

The intense light faded, and the dizziness subsided.

When Lin Yi could once again see clearly, a suffocating pressure—more than ten times stronger than on the previous two levels—instantly washed over him like an icy tide!

The third level!

The sky here was the red of freshly spilled, un-congealed blood, so thick it seemed about to drip.

The air was no longer merely viscous; it was heavy, like liquid plasma.

Every breath carried the overwhelming metallic tang of rust and a bone-deep, deathly chill that settled heavily in the chest, making it hard to breathe.

The light was dim, their vision obscured as if by a thick, bloody veil. The surroundings were dead silent, and the only sound was the frantic pounding of their own hearts in the oppressive atmosphere.

"Hiss... It’s so damn... oppressive!"

Even the normally unflappable Lei Gang couldn’t help but curse under his breath.

He subconsciously clenched his fists. The faint golden Gang Qi flowing over his skin became more pronounced, his muscles tensing as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Lin Yi also felt an invisible pressure squeezing in from all directions, as if he were at the bottom of a fathomless sea of blood.

He took a deep breath, forcing down the tremor in his heart.

Just as the group stepped onto the third level of the tomb and began to survey their surroundings warily...

"Watch out!"

Du Qi, scouting at the front, let out a sharp, piercing cry of alarm, his pupils constricting violently!

"ROAR!"

The next moment,

A black shadow, quick as a ghost and reeking of a nauseating stench, shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow, pouncing ferociously toward the center of the group!

Its speed was so great that it left only a blurry afterimage on their retinas!

"GET OUT!"

At that critical moment,

Lei Gang, at the forefront of the group, roared like a clap of thunder, his hair seeming to stand on end!

His muscles bulged and knotted. Standing firm like an iron tower, he unleashed an astonishing burst of strength from his arms, ramming the heavy shield in his hands forward!

BOOM!!!

A massive crash resounded!

The face of the shield slammed into the black shadow, and a visible shockwave erupted from the point of impact.

The attacking shadow let out a shrill howl. It was sent flying by the immense force like a sack of broken bones, crashing heavily onto the ground. It tumbled several times before finally coming to a stop, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As the dust began to settle, the monster’s form was finally revealed.

It was a massive black hound, over two meters long!

But it was clearly no longer a living creature. Most of its fur had rotted and fallen away, revealing the dark, reddish-black muscle and stark white bone beneath.

Two points of eerie green ghost-fire flickered in its empty eye sockets. Its fangs were bared, and it exuded a dense, inescapable aura of death and resentment.

A zombie dog!

"Hiss..."

Everyone gasped.

The creature’s ferocity was far beyond what they had imagined!

"Everyone, together! This beast isn’t just absurdly fast, its strength is shocking! I can’t hold it off alone for long!"