Chapter 1325 - 670: Reminiscence
As soon as the words fell, the space behind him suddenly distorted, ruptured, and then collapsed. In the void that had just formed, a grand door slowly materialized from the void, then gradually opened. A creepy wind blew from within, brushing the hem of Changtian’s robe.
As this door opened, the entire Flesh Furnace began to shake violently, as if a magnitude ten earthquake had occurred in the prison.
Yes, how could he forget, this thing was in his hand! Yin Jiu You’s expression suddenly changed, and he heard the calm voice of the old adversary: "You see, you are not the only one who possesses the Ancient Prison."
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Three two hours after Ning Xiaoxian left the underground palace.
At the entrance of the Red Ghost Mountain’s underground palace, a group of uninvited guests arrived.
The speed at which these people entered the underground palace was much faster than Boss Kun and the others, and the pervasive Evil Qi here did not affect them; instead, they felt at ease, as if they were in their natural element.
The monsters in the underground palace could not stop them. When they encountered a giant mutated lizard exceeding ten meters in size, one among them casually waved a hand. The air seemed to ripple with a delicate wave, almost as if invisible contours shimmered open. The next instant, the lizard was cleanly torn apart, its body dismembered into evenly cut pieces of meat, each weighing no more than five pounds, with every piece sliced along the grain, while the lizard left behind only a set of stark white bones.
They traversed the underground palace for about two hours, finally reaching the stone room that housed Nangying. Upon seeing the "Bright Pearl" within the still waters, they were slightly startled. One among them said in a deep voice: "Not good, these are Nangying eggs. By rights, the parent insect shouldn’t stray too far before they hatch. Why is it that not even half a Nangying can be seen in this stone room?"
Almost immediately, they spotted the small door in the corner and went inside, witnessing the corridor stone wall scorched by the Changtian Divine Fire. Touching the water formed from melted stone, the person from before said: "Burned but not blackened, melted but not solidified. This is a very high level of Sanmei Divine Fire. Someone’s been here ahead of us."
They quickened their pace through the corridor, promptly arriving at the ravaged beach and the enormous figure bowing upon it.
The Chi Wen was already dead. Its strange appearance elicited cries of surprise from those who came, who hadn’t expected to encounter the legendary Dragon Child here, let alone find it dead.
However, they quickly collected themselves. One among them stepped forward to examine the Chi Wen’s corpse, while the others, except for the leader dressed in black, dispersed and plunged into the water to locate the entrance.
The lake region was quite extensive, so it took these people a full fifteen minutes to complete their investigation. Upon returning, the person in charge of the autopsy had just finished his work and reported to the leader: "This is the Chi Wen, the ninth son of the legendary Dragon. Judging by its teeth, this Dragon Child is around thirty thousand two hundred years old, with an age deviation of no more than a hundred years. Moreover, examining its rune lock crafting technique, it seems to be a Creation of the barbarian tribe from about thirty-three thousand years ago, older than the Chi Wen itself."
"The Chi Wen’s mouth appears to have been injured by an explosion, with open wounds and two Dragon Teeth broken off. Its body bears many concealed injuries, hidden beneath the skin, not visible. But I just tested it with the Mystic Bee Needle and found signs of Giant Strength strikes at its temples, mouth corner, chin, and neck, and estimated that the other two teeth in its mouth were probably broken in this way as well." The person respectfully continued, "However, the truly fatal injury lies at the back of the skull, with a wound approximately as thick as a human embrace from a sharp object, which pierced directly through the Chi Wen’s brain. My strength is insufficient, and this object is embedded deeply, rendering it impossible for me to pull it out."
The person who had cleaved the giant lizard earlier also spoke, "Run Qi is too weak, let me have a go?"
The leader nodded, so the man jumped onto the lizard’s back and reached out to pull. But the golden pestle was lodged too deep, and although his arms were longer than the average person’s, he could barely touch the smooth surface of the pestle. Furthermore, the golden pestle was coated with brain matter and blood, making it slippery and difficult to grip.
The leader sighed and said, "Fools, real fools, how could I have brought out a band of fools? If you can’t pull it out, then let it be pushed out, didn’t you know that?"
The man grinned and replied, "You’re still the best." He punched the bottom of the golden pestle.