"The Soul-Suppressing Stele?"

Jiang Yuan snapped out of his daze. The words he had just heard were exactly what the Heavenly Eye had said. "What is the Soul-Suppressing Stele?"

"The red stone tablet you see is the Soul-Suppressing Tablet. It's a treasure that suppresses death energy by condensing the power of the rules to balance nature," the Heavenly Eye explained.

"So these mercenaries realized the value of the Soul-Suppressing Monument, which is why they tried to steal it?" The last scene Jiang Yuan saw in his memory was the Soul-Suppressing Monument being shattered, followed by the endless flow of corpse poison.

"The power of the Soul-Suppressing Monument can enhance the strength of Spirit Awakeners. These mercenaries were simply greedy because they received the power of the Soul-Suppressing Monument and wanted to take it away! However, they did not know that once the Soul-Suppressing Monument was taken away, the death energy here would have no one to suppress it, and the death energy that erupted instantly was enough to kill Void Spirit Realm cultivators. Therefore, these people did not even have a chance to resist and died directly in the death energy!" Heavenly Eye restored the whole story as much as possible.

"It seems this is the headquarters of the third tomb keeper!" Jiang Yuan's eyes darkened.

The previous Undead Swamp was the seventh battlefield, where 98,000 people were buried; but the death aura here is even denser than in the Undead Swamp, so the number of undead here must be far greater than in the Undead Swamp.

"Major Jiang, I sensed the presence of Boss Tianlong here!"

Long Lei, who had been lingering at the entrance of the tomb for a while, suddenly ran back excitedly.

"Tianlong?" Jiang Yuan's face showed a hint of surprise. Since leaving last time, the remaining members of the Zodiac had been out of contact. He didn't expect to find news of them here.

"Look, those are the clues they left for us!"

Long Huo pointed to a stone with the symbol of the Northern City Alliance engraved on it, along with a pattern of six vertical lines, one horizontal line, two circles, and a plus sign behind them.

"What does this mean?" Jiang Yuan had no idea about the strange pattern behind him.

Although he didn't understand, he fell silent when he saw the six vertical lines, one horizontal line, and two circles of Long Lei and Long Fei.

"What does this mean?" Jiang Yuan asked again, noticing the somewhat tense atmosphere in their expressions.

"One of the Zodiac members has perished! Of the survivors, two are critically injured and on the verge of death," Long Lei said slowly, taking a deep breath.

"They've fallen!" Jiang Yuan's eyelids twitched. He had some connection with the Zodiac team, but he didn't expect that one of them would fall in just a few days.

"The appearance of Boss Tianlong here must be because the sniffing dogs have detected a treasure here that can heal the seriously injured!" Long Lei sighed.

"They knew that entering the burial pit was a near-certain death, which is why they left behind the last clues outside!"

Both of them looked grim, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression in their hearts.

"Since we've embarked on this path, we must get used to life and death! Who knows, the next second, it might be us who die!" Jiang Yuan's tone was very calm. Since the catastrophe, life and death have been out of their own hands, and they can only fight desperately to survive.

"Boss, there's a passage in the middle of this big pit!" Little Dumpling suddenly shouted.

Jiang Yuan nodded to the little dumpling to wait a moment. He walked to the mercenary's corpse, examined it for a while, and then picked up the broken bronze spear that had been abandoned on the ground.

This spear is the reason for the appearance of the sinkhole. Although the Heavenly Eye cannot provide specific identification information, he felt that carrying this thing would always be useful.

"Let's go. Whether it's true or not, we'll have to experience it first!" Jiang Yuan took the bronze spear and flew down into the sinkhole first.

The passageway is located where the Soul-Suppressing Stele was previously situated. Presumably, it was because the Soul-Suppressing Stele was broken that this burial pit was completely exposed. However, after the first major outbreak, the concentration of the corpse poison has decreased significantly, and its impact on the Spirit Awakeners has also diminished considerably.

Long Lei and Long Huo followed closely behind, and even the little dumpling, who was usually super talkative, turned back into its original form and huddled in Jiang Yuan's arms.

Upon entering the passage, Jiang Yuan immediately sensed a strong aura of the undead.

"Strange, the atmosphere here is similar to that in the Undead Swamp, but it's also different!" The phantom of the Grim Reaper appeared behind Jiang Yuan, and he could keenly sense the differences between the burial pit and the Undead Swamp.

"Because of the Soul-Suppressing Monument!"

The Heavenly Eye suddenly appeared and continued, "Although many dead souls are buried under that swamp, they are just inanimate objects due to the corruption of the power of reincarnation; but this place has evolved into a kingdom of the dead because of the existence of the Soul-Suppressing Stele, and the dead souls in it are all creatures with a second life."

"In what specific ways does it manifest itself?" Jiang Yuan didn't quite understand.

"They are beings recognized by the rules of the battlefield, capable of unleashing the power of those rules! Similarly, they also possess the mark of the dead, and even necromancy talents!" Heavenly Eye explained in greater depth.

"Why does this place sound like my home turf?" Jiang Yuan was utterly astonished. If this place was hell for others, it was heaven for him.

"Don't be careless. This place has remained unscathed and even prospered for thousands of years under the suppression of the Soul-Suppressing Stele. It's obviously not that simple!" Tianyan solemnly reminded.

Don't worry!

Jiang Yuan's thoughts returned to the tomb passage. Apart from the initial few dozen meters of vertical passage, the rest of the passage was a horizontal, interconnected network of passages, giving the impression of being in a vast underground world.

"Who is the owner of this tomb? The scale of the burial is too grand. This tomb is comparable to an underground palace!" Long Lei exclaimed as he walked.

As they ventured deeper into the tomb passage, this underground world slowly unfolded before their eyes.

"There's a dead body there!" Jiang Yuan's gaze pierced through the darkness and he saw a corpse lying in the tomb passage.

"Can people die here too?" Long Lei instantly became wary.

After glancing at the wounds on the corpse, Jiang Yuan said, "It must have been mercenaries killing each other!"

The fatal wound on the body was caused by a dagger, and the wound was on the back, so it was very likely that the victim was ambushed by a fellow traveler.

Long Huo pondered for a moment and said, "I heard those mercenaries say that a lot of treasures have appeared here. Could it be that they killed each other because they were fighting over the treasures?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out!" Jiang Yuan nodded.

"I think the most urgent thing is to catch up with the people ahead as soon as possible!" Long Lei said after thinking for a moment.

"Wait a moment!"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he sat down on the ground and said, "Wait a few minutes!"

Long Lei and Long Huo were puzzled by Jiang Yuan's actions. What was he doing? Meditating and cultivating?

However, Jiang Yuan's strange movements were not simply a matter of meditation; he needed a talent that allowed him to walk inside the tomb.

Needless to say, such talent makes Stone Breath the first choice!

His three talents have been filled, but the second talent, which transcends the rules, has the ability to extract a part of the talent. Currently, he already possesses the guardian star contract of the twin stars, the toxicity harmonization of the Heavenly Poison Body, and the two-star destiny wheel after being downgraded. Although these three abilities are only part of the original talents, they are genuine abilities that exist within him.

Now, he needs to replace his fourth talent!

Breath of Stone!