Wang Hao raised an eyebrow. As he expected, Chi Tu was indeed a martial arts master, and he could vaguely see that his breathing had its own rhythm.

Akatsuki seemed to be adjusting his breathing as he moved, performing a kind of rhythmic inhalation and exhalation.

"Whoosh!"

As the blade flashed, Chi Tu rushed to the front of those people and directly used his alloy sword. With his terrifying skills, even if he swung the sword wildly in the crowd, the killing power would be extremely terrifying.

"Charge!" Tiger, Dumpling, and several other groups of people rushed forward.

Wang Hao also moved. Although it was his first time using an energy gun, he took down several people along the way, killing them with every shot. He didn't seem like a novice at all.

Fortunately, visibility was low here, and it was a chaotic battle, so no one noticed him; otherwise, Chi Tu and the others would definitely have become suspicious.

Even so, Wang Hao remained extremely cautious, moving along the mountain wall and hiding behind the rocks in the underground palace, narrowly avoiding the energy light several times.

The energy beams quickly disappeared, and the two sides clashed, engaging in close combat.

"Red Earth, I've encountered a super expert! This person's martial arts cultivation is extremely strong, I can't stop him!" Tiger shouted, his body covered in blood.

One of them emitted light from his palm and released his true energy, slashing at the black tiger. A large rain of light, like the glow of sunset, fell down. During the collision, half of the black tiger's body was covered in blood.

"roar!"

With a loud roar, Chi Tu charged forward and clashed fiercely with the expert.

"Thump!"

Just then, the mountain wall broke open, and someone smashed through the rocks and fell into a passage. Just as Chi Tu had guessed, there were spider web-like underground roads nearby, all dug out in the past.

The man who was fiercely fighting with Chi Tu held a golden jade stone in his hand, turned around and left, leaping into the passage.

The others followed suit and fled without hesitation.

"Chase!" Chitu took the lead and was the first to give chase, with the others following closely behind.

Dumpling shouted to Wang Hao, "You stay outside and provide backup for us. It's dangerous up ahead!"

Wang Hao hesitated for a moment, but still nodded. In the current situation, it must be much more dangerous inside than outside. With his current strength, going in would be a waste of his life.

Moreover, that person could actually release his internal energy, a technique unique to Xuan Realm martial artists, so there are obviously quite a few martial arts masters here.

The underground palace fell silent. A group of people lay on the ground, some dead, others unconscious from the energy gunshots, but otherwise unharmed.

Wang Hao was very cautious, hiding behind a boulder and carefully observing his surroundings, just in case. He could only hope that Chi Tu and the others would make some gains and share them with him.

Suddenly, Wang Hao sensed that the person not far ahead was breathing strangely; he was pretending to be dead.

"Isn't that Zhao Wenbo? I didn't expect even he to come." Wang Hao narrowed his eyes, somewhat surprised that the direct descendants of these powerful families would personally participate.

However, what Wang Hao didn't know was that Zhao Wenbo was filled with regret at this moment, never expecting to encounter such a fierce battle.

After all, in the past, when major financial groups and families excavated relics in various places, they almost always succeeded and had an overwhelming advantage. Even if they were interfered with, it did not affect the overall situation. Such a crushing defeat was rare.

"Wait, there seems to be something hidden in his chest." Wang Hao was secretly delighted. Anything that Zhao Wenbo could hide must be something extraordinary!

Wang Hao looked around, then picked up a fist-sized rock and threw it silently.

"Bang!"

Zhao Wenbo screamed as he clutched his head, then jumped up, his skull a bloody mess.

"Now!" Wang Hao's eyes lit up, and then he used a unique footwork, like a gecko swimming across a wall, moving extremely fast along the rock face.

"Sizzle!"

Zhao Wenbo's clothes were instantly torn, and Wang Hao reached out and snatched a piece of golden jade. He then quickly retreated and hid behind the boulder again.

"Take him down! The largest piece of golden jade in the golden box was in my hands, but now he's taken it!" Zhao Wenbo roared, his anger reaching its peak.

"boom!"

Suddenly, many of the "corpses" stood up and started firing wildly at Wang Hao's location. The altar, which was very close to him, was hit and suddenly shattered into pieces before collapsing with a crash.

Immediately afterwards, several exclamations rang out.

Below the altar was another space. Near one of the stone walls, there was a futon with a person sitting cross-legged on it. He was wearing a white feather robe, had a full head of long black hair, and his face was rosy and glowing. He looked to be no more than thirty years old.

"Wearing feather robes, he is... a top expert among Qi cultivators, and his physical body is still... still alive in the world!" The people still alive in the underground palace were extremely shocked.

Most importantly, this top-tier Qi cultivator was holding a silver animal hide book in his hand, looking down at it, as if he were still alive and well.

Those from wealthy and powerful families knew the inside story; they all knew that this person was actually dead.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Several figures rushed down, using the rocks and other objects for cover, to approach the legendary master of Qi cultivation.

But at that moment, something chilling happened. Without a sound, the black-haired man turned into dust, his feathered robes scattered, as if he had vanished into thin air.

"puff!"

The six men in black who rushed forward were all inexplicably destroyed, their blood and feathered robes falling simultaneously, staining the ground red.

The feathered robe disintegrated, and as it fell, it turned into dust, leaving only a silver animal skin scroll lying on the ground, shimmering with a faint silver light.

Wang Hao's pupils shrank, and he murmured, "That power just now should be a kind of curse, somewhat like the Death Curse. This kind of curse is extremely strange. If you cultivate it to a high level, even an immortal can be cursed to death."

However, just as everyone was paying attention to the animal hide book, Wang Hao discovered that beneath the animal hide book and the rubble, there was a silver ring that would be difficult to spot without careful observation.

"A storage ring?!" Wang Hao was shocked, becoming even more convinced that cultivators had existed on Earth, but due to certain circumstances, they had all become extinct!

Wang Hao felt a chill run down his spine. Fortunately, the silver animal hide book held no appeal for him. Had he rushed over earlier, he would surely have been killed by the curse's power, given his small stature.

The reason he wasn't tempted was that any cultivation method on Earth was incomplete in his eyes, at least not the ones he had seen so far.

"Bang!"

A corpse was thrown down and landed on the animal skin book. It shimmered with a faint silver light, but nothing unusual happened.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Three figures jumped down in succession, entered the underground palace below, and rushed towards the silver animal skin book once again.

These people believe that the top experts among Qi cultivators, who wore feather robes, studied it until their deaths, their expressions focused, so absorbed in it that they could not extricate themselves, and passed away peacefully without realizing it.

One can imagine that the silver animal skin scroll was extraordinary and probably had an extraordinary origin.

"You can take whatever you want from the animal hide book, I only want the storage ring." Wang Hao narrowed his eyes and leaned forward slightly, like a cheetah lurking in the darkness.