"Boom..."
The outer barrier began to break down, a bright light flashed, and the barrier disappeared.
"Alright, the barrier is open, let's go!"
"Um……"
Xie Zhou and his group then embarked on their real journey.
However, they proceeded with extreme caution, Xie Zhou reminding everyone, "Unknown dangers await us ahead. Remember to be careful on the road and don't fall behind. I believe everyone can guess what might be in the tomb, so be on guard."
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone raised their magical artifacts and responded in unison, "Yes!"
Then, the group entered the tomb with great pride and high spirits.
They found the mechanism and quickly opened the tomb door.
With a "click," upon entering, one sees a passageway, and torches quickly illuminate the surrounding area.
The pitch-black place inside was instantly illuminated.
With a mixture of curiosity and apprehension, the group slowly began to explore the passageway.
After passing through a passageway, another tomb door appeared, and several forks in the road appeared without doors.
Which way should we go?
"Based on my intuition and experience, we should have gone through the entrance with the tomb door. Otherwise, why would there be so many doors but only this one that is locked with a tomb door?"
Everyone looked thoughtfully at the intersections.
Time ticked by, and everyone was debating which path to take.
Then someone suggested, "Why don't we split into several teams and go in one by one to see if we can find another way out?"
"Okay! Let's all go together..."
However, Xie Zhou looked at the entrance with the tomb door with a wary expression, because she sensed that something seemed to be floating through the gap. Upon closer inspection, she indeed saw some blood-red smoke slowly emerging from the crack.
She wanted to go forward to check, but then the system prompted her: "Host, do not go any further. The blood mist is caused by the Bloodthirsty Bead and may be confusing. Do not go any further."
"Hmm..." Xie Zhou silently responded in his mind.
Upon discovering that the blood energy emanating from the Bloodthirsty Bead inside the tomb was extremely strong, and seeing that no one else had noticed, Xie Zhou quietly used the Bloodthirsty Bead to absorb all of this silent blood energy into it.
No one else noticed.
The group had already split into several teams and headed towards other intersections. Seeing them all ready to go, Xie Zhou immediately stopped them, saying, "The situation inside the tomb is unpredictable. Let's go together. I forgot to tell you, I have a map that my teacher taught me. We can follow the route on it."
Why didn't you say so earlier that you had a map?
"It took a lot of time just now..."
"You didn't ask, did you? I just thought of it myself."
The scene became somewhat awkward, and Xie Zhou could only chuckle sheepishly as he unfolded the map and placed it in front of everyone.
The group continued on their way, following the map provided by Teacher Xie Zhou.
"Look here, this is where we are now. We must pass through the tomb ahead, then take the fork in the road on the right, turn a few corners, and we will find the writing room that my teacher once mentioned."
"Hmm... Let's go!"
At first, the group was quite nervous, fearing they might encounter some corpses that suddenly exploded from the graves, but they were very safe along the way.
Perhaps the route indicated on the map was very safe. They didn't encounter any potential dangers along the way, and the group was happy to have some peace and quiet. They were no longer as tense as before, and there were even some playful fights along the way. They didn't even care when they saw a few bones.
Occasionally, someone would bring over skeletons to scare a few of the younger disciples.
"ah!"
"Hahaha... You're such a coward! You even followed us into the tomb. Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"
"There are no demons or monsters..."
"I'm getting angry!"
And here we go again. Xie Zhou looked at the disciples behind him and shook his head helplessly.
"The writing room is just ahead!"
"Okay, we'll be there soon..."
After taking a few steps forward, I suddenly heard some sounds.
"Hehehe..."
Everyone had ears, so of course they heard it, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.
One of the disciples shrank back slightly and whispered, "Is there something ahead? Did you hear those sounds?"
"Don't be afraid, everyone! We'll deal with whatever comes our way!"
A tall and robust disciple led several people forward.
The disciples behind followed closely behind.
Only then did I see the writing implements and several monsters.
Xie Zhou asked the system again.
The system said, "Host, the puppet that was originally used to guard the gatehouse has been transformed into a monster by the blood energy of the Bloodthirsty Bead."
Xie Zhou pulled the others back first, then said, "These are mutated monsters, be careful!"
"Where are the disciples of the Sword Sect and the Worry-Free Pavilion? Attack that blood-qi monster now!"
"yes!"
The answer was full of energy; even though he was a little scared, he still went ahead with it.
After the previous training, the disciples of the Sword Sect and the Worry-Free Pavilion have made great progress in their strength.
The monsters were originally puppets. They were all corrupted by the blood energy of the Bloodthirsty Beads. Their bodies crawled in a strange posture, and you could almost hear the sound of their bones pulling against each other, which made the space very eerie.
The puppet was covered in blood, its bandages torn to shreds, and its bones were constantly exposed, making it truly disgusting.
A chill ran down my spine, but now was not the time to be afraid. To enter the study, I had to defeat the monsters guarding it.
Senior Brother Song from Wuyou Pavilion gave the order, while Luo Fentian and Xie Zhou led the disciples of the Sword Sect to first deploy a sword formation to restrict the monsters' movement range. With the addition of attacks from Wuyou Pavilion, several monsters were quickly trapped in the center of the sword formation, forming a pincer attack. Before long, these monsters would be eliminated.
"You guys guard the left flank..."
"yes…"
"These monsters look terrifying."
"Don't be afraid, everyone... just follow the rhythm of the team."
"Ah! Prepare to die!"
As the monster drew ever closer, one of the disciples of Wuyou Pavilion trembled uncontrollably, yet he still raised his magical weapon to resist.
"Aaaaaah!..."
The monster's piercing scream came straight at his face, and he felt as if his ears were being washed with blood.
The monster's entire head was just a skull, and its mouth glowed red, like a vengeful ghost from the underworld; it was clearly quite terrifying.
However, seeing that the monster's hand was about to touch him, he quickly raised his sword and chopped down the monster. He finally managed to cut off its head and breathed a sigh of relief.
The other disciples were in the same boat, and of course they were also fighting hard against those monsters. Who knew that the monsters had been chopped to pieces, their limbs and bones scattered everywhere. Just when they were about to rejoice, they were able to step into the study.
Suddenly, the broken pieces began to roll on the ground.
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