Chapter 282 - 116: Immortal Golden Body, Ancient God Seed

Chapter 282: Chapter 116: Immortal Golden Body, Ancient God Seed

CLANG!!!

An ear-splitting shriek of metal on metal exploded through the air!

Blinding sparks flew in all directions like fireworks!

Taking a closer look,

Lin Yi’s heart sank.

The spot where the Golden Body’s skeleton had been struck was smooth as a mirror. Forget being pierced—not even the slightest scratch remained!

Instead, the tip of the Mosquito Avatar’s proboscis, sharp enough to pierce refined steel, went slightly numb from the impact!

HISS...

Lin Yi sucked in a cold breath, completely and utterly impressed!

’Worthy of a Golden Body brought to the pinnacle of Refinement by Pre-Qin Qi Cultivators! Even after thousands of years of erosion by corpse qi, it’s still this unbelievably hard?! Is this damn thing even bone?!’

In the brief moment he made his attempt,

the Zombie Tree’s attacks descended like a torrential storm!

Countless black branches, whistling through the air like massive whips, indiscriminately and crazily lashed every inch of space around the Golden Body’s skeleton!

The air cracked and popped under the assault!

A cold tide formed from corpse qi pressed in like a solid wall of ice!

Even though the Mosquito Avatar was invisible, this kind of saturated, area-of-effect attack put it in constant peril!

A thorny branch grazed past its body, and the resulting gust of wind made it sway unsteadily!

’Damn it! This is too dangerous!’

Lin Yi made a swift decision, suppressing the reluctance in his heart.

’Retreat!’

As long as there’s life, there’s hope!

The Mosquito Avatar decisively released its grip on the Golden Body’s skeleton.

It pushed its Thunder Escape to the absolute limit.

Once again, it transformed into a streak of purple lightning as it fled for its life.

It narrowly shot out from a gap between the deathly branches whipping through the sky.

Without a backward glance, it escaped into the distance.

’Just you wait!’

Lin Yi took one last look at the skeleton, still emitting a golden glow as it was tightly bound by the black roots.

’This Golden Body... I’ll get my hands on it sooner or later! Next time, for sure!’

The Mosquito Avatar vanished into the distance.

All that remained was the enraged, giant Zombie Tree, waving its deadly branches by the shore of the dried-up Jade Lake, letting out a silent roar.

And the brilliant Golden Body remained firmly imprisoned within the pitch-black roots.

...

On the dry, blood-colored earth,

the six-person exploration team held their breath, carefully surrounding and hunting a lone Fourth Grade Perfection-realm Bear Demon zombie.

Around this Bear Demon zombie’s neck was a bronze collar that emitted a faint, dark glow—

the very object of their quest, the Beast Taming Ring!

Lei Gang was at the forefront. His giant golden shield clashed with the Bear Demon’s claws, creating a deafening roar as sparks flew.

Liu Mei’s cyan blade light clung to its joints like maggots on a corpse, Du Qi’s throwing knives cunningly aimed for its eye sockets, while Zhao Zhuo’s spear and Zhou Tiankuo’s sword aura waited for an opening to strike its vitals.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi used his speed to harass it from the flank, searching for a chance to deliver a killing blow.

The battle was intense yet orderly.

Victory was in sight.

"What was that?!"

Just as the Bear Demon zombie let out a death roar, about to have its head pierced by Zhou Tiankuo’s sword,

an indescribably terrifying ripple of energy

like an invisible tsunami

suddenly swept over them from the far-off horizon!

This ripple wasn’t just a simple energy shockwave; it was saturated with an overwhelming amount of corpse qi!

The air instantly grew thick and cold.

Even the pervasive stench of blood seemed to freeze.

The very earth seemed to tremble slightly.

RUMBLE... BUZZ...

The dying Bear Demon zombie suddenly froze. The ghostly fire in its empty eye sockets flickered violently, revealing an instinctual fear as if it had encountered a natural predator. It even temporarily forgot about the enemies before it.

Lin Yi seized the opportunity, finishing it off with his spear.

Though the battle was over,

everyone present was still terrified.

"Over there... Such dense corpse qi! What on earth happened?!"

Liu Mei clutched her chest, staring in horror in the direction the ripple had come from.

The blood-red color of the sky in that direction seemed to grow richer and thicker, faintly forming a massive, unsettling vortex.

"This ripple... It’s terrifying! Could there be other people exploring this ancient tomb? What are they attacking?"

Du Qi’s voice was hoarse with disbelief.

Whatever could cause a corpse qi eruption of this magnitude had to possess strength far beyond their imagination.

"Impossible!" Zhou Tiankuo denied it flatly. "I sealed the entrance completely. Without the jade tablet, it’s absolutely impossible for outsiders to get in! On this third level of the ancient tomb, it’s just the six of us!"

At the same time, a storm was raging in his own heart.

’There’s such a terrifying existence hidden in the depths of this third level?’

Lei Gang panted heavily, forcibly suppressing the tremor in his heart, but an even more fervent light erupted in his eyes.

He looked at Zhou Tiankuo and roared in his booming voice:

"Boss Zhou! I don’t give a damn if it’s a person or a ghost! That commotion is definitely not normal! The zombies in this tomb are like dead wood; they just wander around aimlessly without a reason. For something to stir up a ruckus like that over there, something strange must be going on! Should we go take a look?"

His words immediately ignited the thoughts of the others in the group.

"That’s right! Zombies don’t just go berserk for no reason!"

"A ripple that intense can’t be from an ordinary zombie fight!"

"Could it be... a great treasure has emerged?! And it provoked its guardian monster?"

"It must be a great treasure! That ripple was terrifying, so its guardian must be terrifying too! But on the other hand, if it needs such a powerful monster to guard it, what level must that treasure be?"

All eyes focused on Zhou Tiankuo.

They were filled with curiosity, excitement, and an irrepressible desire.

The Beast Taming Ring was precious, to be sure.

But the value of a great treasure capable of causing such a world-shaking phenomenon was likely immeasurable!