That was a large group of players from the Slaughterer faction.
No wonder there were no monsters here; they had all been cleared out by these players.
Chu Tian flew into the air and saw, ahead, countless zombie-like beings crawling out of tombs.
They were all level sixty elite monsters.
No wonder he had noticed many broken graves and open coffins on the way.
However, not every grave had exploded open.
Looking at their monster-killing speed, they must have taken a long time to advance to this point.
This meant that the monsters here were a one-time spawn and did not refresh.
Chu Tian also noticed that this group of tens of thousands of people was not a single guild.
There was no coordination among them, and many were fighting alone.
But this group of people definitely had the same objective: to push forward.
To advance inside…
Could it be that inside…？
With this thought, Chu Tian sent a message to Zhao Lei.
"Lei Zi, be careful as you advance. Ten kilometers ahead, there's a group of about ten thousand Slaughterer faction players pushing forward!
Wait for me. I'll come get you, and we'll go in to take a look. It might be related to your quest."
A moment later, Chu Tian brought Zhao Lei. They flew over the Slaughterer faction players below and sped towards the inner part of the valley.
Not long after, after advancing another ten kilometers or so, they reached the end.
Chu Tian slowly descended. On the rock face before them, there was a massive cave entrance.
Innumerable large stones were scattered around the entrance.
Chu Tian walked forward and touched a stone.
"It was blown open. Someone went in!"
The stone still carried the scent of gunpowder.
Although he wasn't a rogue, he could tell from experience that the gunpowder had exploded recently.
The traces and scent left behind were still strong.
Hearing Chu Tian's words, Zhao Lei began to worry.
The blown-open area was clearly a grand tomb.
He had seen it clearly from above; it was a vast burial chamber.
He also realized that this might be the tomb mentioned in his quest description.
The tomb of the Wine God's disciple.
He almost couldn't resist the urge to slap himself twice. He had been foolishly digging graves earlier.
If Chu Tian hadn't come with him this time and been able to fly,
He probably would have been digging ancestral graves until who knows when.
And in the end, someone else would have taken whatever was inside, leaving him with nothing.
"Let's go in and see!"
Zhao Lei was anxious. He saw several ropes hanging down from the rock face.
There were at least five of them. Someone had definitely entered.
And quite a few people at that.
Chu Tian nodded and followed Zhao Lei to the cave entrance.
As soon as they entered the cave, a chilling aura pierced their very bones.
"There are bodies!"
Chu Tian and Zhao Lei had only walked a dozen meters into the cave when they saw three corpses.
These three corpses had clearly released their souls, but the Heavenly Dao World only refreshed the bodies daily.
The two of them had spent some time in the dueling grounds, and then the time it took to get here, meaning about an hour had passed.
Chu Tian crouched down to examine the three bodies.
Judging by their equipment, these three individuals were not poorly equipped. Their levels were likely below fifty,
But at least level forty-five or above.
Did these three die here because of people who entered later?
Or did they charge in and get killed?
"No way, why would their own people start fighting each other?"
Zhao Lei said in shock after taking a look.
"Fighting among themselves?" Chu Tian knew this guy had discovered something; his eyes were very sharp.
"Yeah, look at their wounds. They're all from the sides and the back. They definitely weren't killed in a direct confrontation; they were ambushed and killed by their own people."
Zhao Lei pointed, and Chu Tian then carefully examined the wounds on the three of them.
Indeed, it was as he said.
"Mm, the lone players outside must have received some news to rush over!
We need to hurry up and move forward. I suspect those scattered players got the information after these three revived and released it.
Who knows how many people will show up later!"
After advancing a few hundred meters, the light became extremely dim. The darkness here was much more intense than outside.
Fortunately, Zhao Lei had equipped several pieces of gear that increased dark vision. He could see clearly within a twenty-meter radius around him, but anything further appeared blurred.
As they walked, the cave ahead suddenly widened, splitting from one path into three.
"This way!" Chu Tian directly pointed towards the left path.
"Tian Ge, how did you know it was this path?" Zhao Lei quickly followed.
"Look at the ground. The other two paths have footprints going in and out, but this one only has footprints going in, not out!"
As Chu Tian spoke, Zhao Lei looked down.
It was exactly as he had said.
This meant that this path only had people entering and no one leaving, and the other two paths were likely dead ends.
"Tian Ge is indeed Tian Ge. You discovered even this!" Zhao Lei followed Chu Tian, beaming.
"It's just that you were too flustered. Otherwise, would this have been my turn?"
Chu Tian shot him a glance.
Zhao Lei had served as an assault squad member and scout in the army.
Such minor clues wouldn't stump him.
However, he was too concerned about his quest, worried that the Wine God's bead would be taken by someone else.
"Hehe!"
Zhao Lei scratched his head.
The two walked forward for another 200 meters.
The light grew even dimmer.
It was as if the cave could absorb light.
Chu Tian touched the cave wall.
"It's this kind of paint! It absorbs light!
This place is definitely not as simple as your quest description makes it out to be.
This disciple of the Wine God also absolutely did not have a simple identity.
If this is that disciple's tomb, then at the time of his death, he must have been a powerful figure, a big shot of a certain faction."
The atmosphere in the cave grew increasingly eerie.
Zhao Lei had already drawn out his iron rod.
He gripped the iron rod tightly with one hand,
Appearing exceptionally nervous.
"What's wrong?" Chu Tian noticed his demeanor.
There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
"I… I… I don't know!"
"Do you have claustrophobia?" Chu Tian asked, finding his behavior strange.
"I don't! How could I have been a soldier if I had this condition?
I just feel… uneasy!" Zhao Lei stammered out two words after a long pause.
"Uneasy? And you can't catch your breath?"
Chu Tian frowned and looked at him strangely.
"Mm!"
Zhao Lei paused and nodded.
"Then this is a symptom of claustrophobia! You…" Chu Tian stated confidently when he nodded.
"Why?" Zhao Lei asked.
"Because I was like this before! Relax, take a deep breath… slow down your heart rate!"
Chu Tian placed a hand on Zhao Lei's chest in a practiced manner.
"No, no, no… I definitely don't have claustrophobia. I know now… there's a powerful aura inside that's suppressing me!"
Zhao Lei said, then looked ahead.
But he could only see a few meters into the distance.
Chu Tian, on the other hand, was stunned because he felt nothing.