Unlike the second and third-tier skeletons mentioned earlier, gargoyles are genuine fifth-tier creatures.
Furthermore, gargoyles can enter a petrified state, in which they possess defensive capabilities comparable to a Tier 6 gargoyle, making them virtually unharmable by lower-tier races.
Therefore, Ye Xi and the others were now in such a predicament.
Apart from Tarzan wielding Poseidon's trident, even she could not inflict effective damage on the gargoyles.
Mount Tai, limited by his own strength, had to exert all his strength to unleash even a portion of the power of the Trident of Poseidon, and the damage he could inflict on the gargoyles was also very limited.
"What? Should we ask Oros to come down?" Ye Zhen suggested, looking at the helpless crowd.
“It’s no use, Oros is too big, even Mitchell can’t protect it!” Ye Xi shook his head, and everyone was immediately caught in a brief stalemate.
Yang Tianyou and the others were unable to attack them, but similarly, they were unable to move the gargoyles away, and could only let them block their way and prevent them from entering.
"What? Out of ideas? Then go back! You won't find what you want here!" a Skeleton King mocked.
"Impossible! This is the last temple left. The stone box must be inside!" Ye Zhen said through gritted teeth, her eyes fixed on the gargoyles in front of her, while she launched insignificant attacks.
"Ye Zhen, you're being too optimistic. Perhaps the stone box really isn't in this temple!" Ye Xi rebuked Ye Zhen in a deep voice, looking at her slightly crazed state. Then, he turned his gaze to the temple, revealing a hint of doubt.
“But this is the last temple. If it’s not here, then where would it be?” Ye Zhen said with a confused expression, which was also what Ye Xi was wondering about.
The territory of these undead creatures stretches as far as the eye can see, with nowhere to hide except the temple. If they're not in the main temple, where else could they be? They can't just be buried in a random hole, can they? That would make finding them a huge hassle.
However, Ye Xi quickly rejected this idea. If they just buried it somewhere random, wouldn't they be afraid of being accidentally injured during battle? Besides, this place is already deep sea. If it's buried underground, will there really be no problem with signal transmission?
Moreover, and most importantly, without the temple's barrier, they could easily find the buried stone box through mental exploration. This approach is not safe, and they haven't sensed anything buried underground along their journey.
"Unless they have a way to shield mental perception around the stone box, but can they really do that in such a short time?" Ye Xi thought to himself.
There are indeed magic arrays that can block mental perception, but it takes a certain amount of time to set them up. They didn't take long to catch up, so Yang Tianyou and the others didn't have time to set them up, let alone cover up all the traces.
"I understand! You guys continue, I'll go check over there!" Ye Zhen exclaimed as if suddenly realizing something, and then quickly ran off in another direction.
Ye Xi turned his head and was about to call her back when he was stunned by the direction she ran.
It wasn't a territory, just a barren seabed area that looked no different from any other seabed and didn't attract much attention.
If it weren't for Ye Zhen's exclamation, they wouldn't have even noticed this land. But when Ye Xi looked closely, she discovered that this underwater land was truly different.
It's so clean! So clean that there's no algae or other aquatic life at all.
Where is this? Thousands of meters deep in the ocean! Even if the seabed vegetation, such as algae, has lost its vitality after being invaded and swallowed by darkness, there will at least be a pile of remains.
But there was really nothing on this land. Apart from the undulating terrain, which was almost identical to the rest of the seabed, there was no trace of marine life. It was more like the territory of Yang Tianyou and his group, except that there were no undead creatures and no such heavy death aura.
"Not good!" At the same time, seeing Ye Zhen's actions, Ed's expression changed slightly, and the soul fire in Yang Tianyou and the others' minds also flickered.
The group looked at each other but remained silent, waiting for Ye Zhen to step in.
"Could it really have been found?" a Skeleton King asked uncertainly through mental power.
The liches calmly shook their heads. "It's not that easy. Finding him doesn't mean we've found the item!"
As he finished speaking, Ye Zhen, who had finally arrived on this land, stopped and spread out her spiritual power to sense the situation underground.
"Come out!" After only a short while, she suddenly opened her eyes and let out a delicate shout. A violent power burst forth from her palms, clearing away a large amount of sand and gravel in front of her, and a coffin gradually appeared in front of her.
"There really is something!" Ye Zhen exclaimed in surprise. The commotion had obviously caught Mitchell's attention as well. His clone glanced over and then transformed into a streak of light, rushing over with a serious look at the coffin buried deep in the ground.
"Disturbing someone's sleep is hardly a polite thing to do!" A lazy voice rang out, followed by a series of rumbling sounds from the ground. A pure gold coffin was slowly rising from the ground in the distance, and the voice came from inside the coffin.
"Who goes there? Playing tricks!" Ye Zhenjiao shouted, her eyes warily fixed on the coffin. She sensed the same lordly aura emanating from it as Yang Tianyou and the others, clearly indicating that the lord of this territory was inside!
"Human? I'm not human! I'm a real ghost, so why bother with all this nonsense?" The cynical voice rang out again, and the two-meter-high golden coffin lid suddenly opened, revealing a person dressed in fine clothes, wearing a golden mask, and adorned with gold and silver jewelry.
"This? This? What is this?" Ye Zhen was stunned! She hadn't expected to see such a person, but for a moment she couldn't remember who it was.
"This is a mummy!" Ye Xi appeared beside her at some point, his gaze fixed solemnly on the person inside the golden coffin. At the same time, he spread his spiritual power outwards and discovered that this territory was filled with layers upon layers of coffins of all kinds.
Without a doubt, all those coffins contained mummies.
At this moment, as if hearing Ye Xi's words, the mummy lord in the distance sneered.
"How rude! I'm not your average mummy; I'd much rather be called Pharaoh!"
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