After a journey of three hours, the two quickly arrived at the entrance of the underground palace.
Their sole purpose for this trip was the Sheng Yuan Dan, so they did not seek out other treasures along the way, and soon arrived at the main gate of the underground palace.
By this time, the area outside the gate was already overcrowded.
A formation at the entrance of the underground palace was slowly operating. Having learned from the lesson of the red mist outside the tomb, everyone waited quietly on the side.
Cheng Yaojin and the other sat beneath a tree, recuperating.
Soon, the formation would weaken, and once the entrance to the underground palace opened, a bloody battle was inevitable.
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Buzz!
Creak creak creak!
After the time it took for one stick of incense to burn, the formation lost its spiritual energy supply. The formation, which had been operating for a thousand years, finally shattered.
"Charge!"
The moment the formation disappeared, the crowd erupted, rushing into the entrance of the underground palace in a single wave.
Along the way, all sorts of elixirs filled their sight: for healing, replenishing spiritual energy, recuperating, and stabilizing cultivation, all sorts of them.
Some families, knowing that the Sheng Yuan Dan was already spoken for, gave up on advancing and remained to scavenge for elixirs.
Cheng Yaojin and the other soon arrived at the main hall of the underground palace. In the center of the hall, a hunched old man sat with his eyes closed, meditating.
Before him lay three golden wooden boxes, each the size of a palm.
"Sheng Yuan Dan."
A ninth-layer Xiantian expert from the Sword Sect immediately lunged for the golden wooden boxes.
"Presumptuous!"
A ninth-layer Xiantian expert from the Imperial Court immediately charged at the Sword Sect expert, blocking him instantly. The two engaged in a fierce battle.
"General Cheng, please assist me!"
Jian Er slightly turned his head.
"Rest assured, sir!"
Cheng Yaojin's gaze scanned the experts within the hall.
At that moment, numerous ninth-layer Xiantian experts focused their attention on the three Sheng Yuan Dans.
While the Imperial Court and the Sword Sect vied for the left Sheng Yuan Dan, the two ninth-layer Xiantian experts from the Tiangang Sect immediately rushed towards the remaining two.
"Sir, quickly!"
Cheng Yaojin roared, stepping forward to intercept one of them.
"Cheng Yaojin, do you truly intend to become an enemy of our Tiangang Sect? Have you considered carefully? The Sword Sect may fear you, but we do not."
"Once we are outside, you will not have an easy time!"
A Tiangang Sect expert glared at Cheng Yaojin.
"What are you saying? Threatening me? By the gods and ancestors, believe it or not, I will let you die here today?" Su Dan novel network
Hearing the Tiangang Sect expert's words, Cheng Yaojin was instantly displeased. He merely intended to hold him back and exchange a few blows, allowing Jian Er to successfully obtain the Sheng Yuan Dan.
He would leave immediately afterward. Was this person deliberately provoking him?
He had only come to go through the motions.
"Prepare to die!"
The Tiangang Sect expert clenched his fists, and a surge of spiritual energy erupted like a tempest, surging forth with powerful waves of energy.
The incomparably violent spiritual energy condensed entirely onto his fists.
With a single punch, heaven and earth paled, ghosts and gods wailed. The battlefield between the two became gloomy, like hell.
Cheng Yaojin reacted with extreme speed, swinging his Three-Edged Axe as he charged forward.
"Split the Head!"
Cheng Yaojin roared, swinging his Three-Edged Axe above his head with both hands. It was like a fierce tiger roaring through the mountains, the axe light obscuring the sky, exuding boundless sharpness.
It flew towards the Tiangang Sect expert's fists.
"Thank you, General Cheng!"
Seeing Cheng Yaojin make the first move and intercept one opponent, Jian Er swiftly snatched the middle box from Mu Hua's corpse.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Another person from the Tiangang Sect snatched the other box and immediately attacked Jian Er.
"Hmph!"
Bai Fei, under the command of the Youzhou Provincial Governor, holding his spear, pursued the two.
Instantly, the entire underground palace shook, and cracks spread across the entire hall.
"Run! The underground palace is collapsing!"
Cheng Yaojin's axe fell, and boundless sharpness tore through the air. The axe light was immense, and his power was formidable. His ninth-layer Xiantian strength was fully unleashed.
Boom boom!
The deafening impact caused the underground palace to tremble repeatedly.
The clashes of several ninth-layer Xiantian experts sent out waves of energy, causing many weaker martial artists to die or be injured!
With one axe strike, a powerful pressure forced the Tiangang Sect expert to retreat repeatedly, and boundless sharpness tore at his body!
Seeing his attack miss, Cheng Yaojin raised his Three-Edged Axe again: "Little Ghost Picking Teeth!"
Cheng Yaojin's arm muscles bulged, his veins like writhing dragons. The "Little Ghost Picking Teeth" attack carried immense power and soared into the sky.
On the other side, Bai Fei joined Jian Er's battle. The two cooperated with lightning-fast methods and slew the Tiangang Sect expert.
Bai Fei immediately snatched the Sheng Yuan Dan and fled towards the hall's exit!
"Slash!"
The Imperial Court expert's methods were thunderous, and with a single saber strike, he split the Sword Sect expert's head, snatching the last Sheng Yuan Dan.
"Lord Jian, allowing these sect experts to leave would be like releasing tigers back into the wild. Sir, for the safety of the Imperial Court, all rebels must be executed!"
The Imperial Court expert placed the Sheng Yuan Dan in his embrace and looked at Jian Er.
"Good!"
Jian Er pondered for a long time and said solemnly.
Saying so, the two charged towards the disciples of the sects!
"Kill!"
Three teams of people fiercely collided.
"How dare you!"
The only surviving ninth-layer Xiantian expert of the Tiangang Sect, resisting Cheng Yaojin's assault, roared at Jian Er!
"Hmph! You still have the energy to be distracted!"
Axe light descended, like a divine being striking the heavens. The axe cut through space and time, falling towards the Tiangang Sect expert.
This "Little Ghost Picking Teeth" attack was an axe intent honed by Cheng Yaojin during his intense battle with a half-step Grandmaster. Now, he unleashed this axe intent to its extreme.
The Tiangang Sect expert clenched his fists, and a massive fist seal condensed between his fists, ferociously hammering towards the overwhelming axe light!
A single strike, like a silver river unfolding, hung in the nine heavens. The fist seal was just barely shattered!
Crack crack crack!!
Even with the enhancement of his ninth-layer Xiantian strength, he could not withstand Cheng Yaojin's formidable axe intent. The overwhelming killing intent was the sharpness forged in mountains of knives and seas of fire!
"Pfft!"
The Tiangang Sect expert spat out a mouthful of blood and crashed into the distant wall of the underground palace. The destructive force of the explosion blasted a five-meter-wide gap in the wall.
"Split the Head!"
Cheng Yaojin brought down his axe. The axe light was imbued with a silent, void-like, chilling killing intent that instantly swept out, terrifying everyone and throwing them into a panic.
Swish!
The axe light cut through the dim underground palace, appearing exceptionally dazzling.
As the axe light fell, all the ninth-layer Xiantian experts from the Tiangang Sect and the Sword Sect who had entered the tomb perished in the depths of the underground palace, forever accompanying the alchemist Mu Hua.
The disciples of the Tiangang Sect and the Sword Sect, seeing their last elder die, instantly collapsed. Their will to fight was lost, and they fled in panic.
"Kill! Leave none alive."
The Imperial Court experts immediately shouted, and a contingent of soldiers slaughtered all the fleeing disciples of the Tiangang Sect and the Sword Sect.
A sea of blood stained the entire underground palace. The stench was pungent, and rivers of blood flowed.
The families, large and small, gathered around the periphery of the underground palace were terrified. They didn't even bother to collect the elixirs under their feet and fled in haste.
They were afraid that the demons inside would extend their claws towards them.
"General Cheng, let's go!"
Jian Er came to Cheng Yaojin's side.
The Imperial Court expert stared intently at Cheng Yaojin.
He had been observing this battle the entire time and felt Cheng Yaojin's power, even feeling a sense of fear!