Approximately four days later.
The two soon met with others led by Xuan Bing of the Anti-Black Alliance.
Here lay a lake!
The lake was not large, merely a speck of dust compared to the entire mountain forest.
And the tomb discovered by the Anti-Black Alliance was at the bottom of the lake, an underwater tomb.
Since the two parties had already agreed on the distribution method, Ye Cangtian, after a brief understanding of the situation, followed the members of the Anti-Black Alliance into the tomb.
...
On the other side of the mountain forest, in a dense forest, dozens of figures converged.
If Ye Cangtian were present, he would have recognized the leaders at a glance, Duan Dao and Tian Can.
After the fall of the Tian Can Tower, Tian Can had gathered the remaining remnants and all the informants of the Tian Can Tower in Youming City.
One of the informants reported that someone from the Anti-Black Alliance seemed to have appeared in the city.
This person was none other than Fei Chen.
Fei Chen, naturally, would not have returned alone.
So Tian Can hesitated for a long time, then followed Fei Chen from afar to see what the other party was up to!
At this moment, he was also waiting for further intelligence from his informants.
After an unknown period of time.
An informant hurriedly approached Tian Can.
"Report!楼主 (Lord), those people, along with Ye Cangtian of the Hidden Group, have entered the underwater tomb!"
An underwater tomb?
Upon hearing this, Tian Can's eyes spun.
After a moment, he finally understood everything.
The reason why various small factions occupied Youming City was not to attack the Tian Can Tower and the Dark Association branch, but to delay their forces.
This was to confuse the public!
Their true objective was this underwater tomb.
It's just that they overestimated their own strength and could not subdue the objective for a long time, so they had to cooperate with the Hidden Group.
Needless to say, this tomb was extremely dangerous.
However, according to the principle that the more dangerous the place, the more treasures it holds, this place was bound to contain a large number of treasures, even true heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Thinking of this, Tian Can's eyes lit up. If he could obtain the treasures within, perhaps the Tian Can Tower could rise again quickly.
The next moment, he glanced at Duan Dao beside him and said, "Duan Dao, I think we should do something!"
"Do something?"
"楼主, this is too dangerous! Our injuries have not healed yet, and you are missing an arm. It is truly not advisable to act!"
"Besides, that Ye Cangtian is no easy opponent. He even killed Cheng Hai..."
Duan Dao quickly shook his head, in his opinion, now was not the time to be greedy.
They should find a hidden place to recover their strength and rise again.
But before he could finish, Tian Can interrupted him.
"Our injuries are minor issues. I have brought the savings of the Tian Can Tower with me, including Grand Elixir Pills."
"I believe with the help of the Grand Elixir Pills, we can both recover before they come out."
"As for that Ye Cangtian, he is not to be feared. Don't forget the rumors said that the one who killed Cheng Hai was a mysterious Earth-grade expert, not Ye Cangtian..."
Tian Can said slowly, not taking Ye Cangtian seriously at all.
He was only at the Profound-grade cultivation, nothing compared to him.
Seeing that Tian Can's mind was made up, Duan Dao fell silent. He knew that in this situation, no one could persuade Tian Can...
...
Inside the tomb.
Ye Cangtian followed the Anti-Black Alliance deeper and deeper.
The structure of the tomb was not complicated, with a total of three burial chambers, a corridor, and a large hall.
The corridor, the hall, and the two burial chambers to the left and right at the end of the corridor were all empty, and the evil spirits within had been cleared by the Anti-Black Alliance.
However, the price of clearing them was too high, and the previous team of the Anti-Black Alliance was almost annihilated.
There were bloodstains everywhere, scattered limbs, and traces of battle.
From these, one could see how fierce the battle had been.
"Mr. Ye, this is the door to the final burial chamber!"
Finally, everyone arrived before a large door, with long-burning lamps hanging on both sides.
Fei Chen stopped and said to Ye Cangtian with a solemn expression.
To be honest, he was also unsure if Ye Cangtian could handle it, as he had not dealt with the evil spirits here and had no idea how powerful they were.
Therefore, faced with unknown danger, Fei Chen really wanted to ask if Ye Cangtian was confident.
If he was not confident, it was still possible to retreat now, rather than lose his life!
Looking at Fei Chen's solemn gaze, Ye Cangtian understood what Fei Chen was thinking. He said nothing more and walked directly forward, pushing open the tomb door.
The moment the door opened, the dimly lit main burial chamber instantly became brightly lit, as the long-burning lamps inside were ignited almost simultaneously.
Everything in the burial chamber came into view.
In front of them were ten stone statues of women, carved lifelike.
They knelt before the coffin, as if they were maids serving the master of the coffin.
Besides the coffin and the maids, there were also some tables, chairs, and other daily necessities.
*Kaka ka...*
As Ye Cangtian and the others just entered the burial chamber, a faint sound was heard.
Looking over, the kneeling maid statues all trembled. Cracks appeared all over their previously intact bodies amidst the tremors.
Before long, arms emerged from the stone statues, followed by their bodies, and one by one, young and beautiful women broke out of the stone statues and stood before everyone.
Their eyes were closed, their heads were lowered, as if they had not fully awakened.
Seeing this, Ye Cangtian was stunned. He had thought these were just stone statues, but he never expected them to be flesh and blood!
"Mr. Ye, be careful, these are Ghost Soldiers."
Seeing the strange light in Ye Cangtian's eyes, Fei Chen knew that Ye Cangtian had no prior experience with these.
He quickly reminded him, lest Ye Cangtian be mesmerized by their beauty and fall into an unexpected predicament.
Ghost Soldiers?
Were these Ghost Soldiers condensed from ancient people who died under specific circumstances?
From the current perspective, they were no different from living people!
Ye Cangtian was somewhat surprised.
Next, listening to Fei Chen's explanation, Ye Cangtian gained a general understanding of Ghost Soldiers, Ghost Generals, and Specters.
Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals were both condensed from ancient people after death. They had no souls and were somewhat like puppets, but with certain differences.
Although they were like killing machines, they were not controlled by anyone, and they also possessed a certain basic intelligence.
The difference between Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals lay in the fact that Ghost Generals were more powerful, having advanced from Ghost Soldiers.
As for Specters, they were a more peculiar existence.
No one knew how they formed, but the explanation given by the Dark Association was more accepted by various factions.
The explanation was that these Specters were formed from the residual souls of ancient people after death, combined with extremely Yin energy.
In terms of combat power, Specters were on par with Ghost Generals, but they were very difficult to deal with for modern people.
Specters had no physical form, and ordinary swords and sabers did little damage to them. The damage that hurt them the most was spiritual energy.
However, for people below Earth-grade, there were very few who could project their spiritual energy outwards, and they were all exceptionally talented.
As for how the Dark Association dealt with Specters, it was heartbreaking; they basically relied on weapons left behind by ancient times.
Some of these weapons were inlaid with various gems, some were injected with the essence of forging stones, and all of them contained a trace of spiritual energy, more or less.
They relied on the trace of spiritual energy in the weapons to grind Specters to death, which came at a considerable cost...
Hearing this, Ye Cangtian fell silent. He seemed to see the scene of his predecessors conquering the ruins, which for modern humans was undoubtedly no less than a catastrophe.
"Damn humans, how dare you disturb the Master's presence, you shall all die..."
At this moment, a series of sinister voices echoed.