Devour

Chapter 246: Ancient Spirit Coffin

The ancient tomb corridor is eerie and silent, as if it is a corner forgotten by time. When you get close, you can feel the ancient and mysterious atmosphere coming towards you, a smell that has been accumulated for countless years, floating in the rain and rising and falling with the world, which makes people feel awe.

Cheng Bai said happily: "I was still thinking about whether I should dig a big pit and dig a few holes to find the burial place of the Eternal Coffin, but I didn't know that it was right in front of me and could be opened after the next rain."

Ningxiang jumped off her mount lightly, estimated the size of the tomb passage, and said expectantly, "What a big gate. Even the Wind Dragon King can come and go freely."

Ruan Taoran's power was not strong enough to keep the rain out of his body. He shook the rain off his hair helplessly and urged, "Why are you still out in the rain? Come in and find out what's going on."

Everyone filed in along the corridor.

The steps leading down are wide and old, bearing traces of the long years. The stone walls are engraved with simple abstract patterns, recording the orderly reproduction of ancient species.

As we go deeper, the space inside the tomb passage becomes wider and wider. Occasionally, we can see moon-shaped stone lamps with ancient carvings and various shapes around the underground palace. They emit a faint light, like morning stars adorning the night sky, guiding people on the way forward.

Some beautiful blue starlight is floating... No, they are not the light of moonstone, but blue butterflies flapping two pairs of gorgeous wings, emitting a dreamy glow. The stunning color is better than the clear sky and pure lake, bringing a fresh and elegant feeling, flashing in the darkness and intoxicating.

Cheng Bai exclaimed: "What a beautiful butterfly! I didn't expect there are still living creatures in the tomb."

Li Tong continued, "They are not ordinary butterflies, nor are they flesh and blood creatures. They are called Phantom Butterflies, very special fire energy creatures. Only people with truly pure hearts can come into contact with living Phantom Butterflies, otherwise their fragile lives will pass away in the blink of an eye, leaving only two thin crystal wings."

Ningxiang became interested and interrupted, "I've heard that the wings of the Dark Illusion Butterfly are very famous. They are one of the eight most beautiful jewels in the world and are the rarest and most precious."

Cheng Bai stretched out his hand curiously and gently caught a Phantom Butterfly, only to see it tremble and instantly turn into green light, leaving two green crystals as thin as cicada wings in his hand.

Yun Juan exclaimed: "Ah! You killed it."

"It turns out that I'm a bad person and not pure enough." Cheng Bai's mouth twitched slightly, finding it hard to accept.

Ningxiang wanted to catch it, but she retracted her hand after hearing that. She was not sure whether the Dark Illusion Butterfly would die in her hands, so she did not dare to act rashly. She smiled awkwardly and comforted him, "The purity of the soul has nothing to do with whether one is a good person or not. Don't worry about it."

"At least I got a treasure." Cheng Bai folded the wings of the Nether Fantasy Butterfly and continued to move forward.

Not long after, a huge and heavy black stone door appeared before his eyes, exuding an ancient and primitive aura, and its unique shape was so familiar.

Cheng Baiqi asked, "It's the Gate of Choice again. The details seen in each gate are slightly different. Is this the tomb of the Pangu clan or the tomb of the Pufu clan?"

Li Tong said: "The Gate of Choice has a long history. The ancient descendants are headed by the Pangu clan. The Cloud Gate Emperor of the Pangu clan is the last emperor of the three worlds of heaven, earth and man... Not only the Pufu clan, but all the clans have been deeply influenced. The tomb passage is over, and behind the gate is the underground palace of the mausoleum."

Ningxiang said: "According to ancient legend, the Gate of Choice can choose those who enter. If they are not recognized, some people will not be able to see this door."

Li Tong continued her words and said softly: "The Gate of Choice chose you, and you also chose it."

After talking for a while, Cheng Bai was the first to step over the threshold, passed through the space that was distorted like a dream, and came to the inside of the Eternal Coffin.

At first glance, the area is so vast and deep. Countless geometric shapes are piled up in the dim light to form a magnificent temple. The scale of the temple is staggering. It extends into the hazy fog in the distance, with no end in sight. Even the Eternal Holy City cannot be compared with it.

Coming out of the Door of Decision in the corner of the temple, everyone was immediately attracted by the solemnity before them.

In the center quietly rests a towering diamond coffin with simple and smooth lines, as if it was prepared for a giant a thousand miles tall. The majestic and mysterious aura makes people sigh at the smallness and fragility of life.

"The coffin is also in the style of the Pangu tribe." Cheng Bai said.

He was very familiar with this material. The Yellow Turban Hercules was made of the same golden crystal carbon, which was extremely stable and would remain unchanged for billions of years.

Ningxiang's beautiful eyes were full of surprise as she said, "The entire continent is used as a tomb to bury the eternal divine body and bloodline. With the essence and blood as the ancestor, the ancient divine king will return to the nine heavens. His spirit is extraordinary."

Li Tong said: "The Eternal Divine Body is a rare talent comparable to that of a great emperor. It is rare to see one in hundreds of millions of years. The blood of ordinary Divine Kings cannot compare with it. It deserves such a respected status."

However, the huge tomb chamber was empty except for the coffin, as if there was nothing else.

Cheng Bai was suspicious and asked, "Where are the burial objects? Shouldn't the bloodline of the Eternal God Body have some treasures to accompany it? What are those?"

There are ninety-nine and eighty-one huge candlesticks that are hundreds of miles high standing around the coffin. The solid material made of black iron cannot resist the erosion of time and leaves indelible marks. The surface is covered with purple-red rust spots. The hollow structure on the top was once exquisite, and it is inlaid with huge moonstone beads that emit a faint remaining light.

Li Tong quickly warned: "Be careful not to get close easily, the candlesticks are arranged in a strange way and are full of formations."

Cheng Bai asked: "How to crack it?"

Li Tong looked at it again and again and said, "It's a bit strange. This should be the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Soul Locking Formation, which should have sealed the bloodline for billions of years without changing. How come it has rusted? Isn't it... Isn't it..."

Ningxiang asked in confusion: "What's going on?"

Li Tong said truthfully: "The formation here has been broken. The Soul Locking Formation has changed and transformed into the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Soul Gathering Formation. The candlestick is also a treasure. I don't know when 99% of its spiritual energy was lost. It has almost no power except as a light. It's okay to come and go."

Everyone walked safely between the huge candlesticks that looked like pillars of heaven. There was no movement around, no mechanisms, and no treasures.

Cheng Bai looked up at the ceiling, his sharp eyes seeing things in the distance that ordinary people could not see.

The top is inlaid with countless stone balls, most of which have a hideous face at the end, while a very few of them have vaguely changing expressions, turning their faces, and slowly heading towards the crowd.

"What are those stone balls above?" Cheng Bai asked the inheritance cube quietly.

Li Tong said, "They are Desire Demon Bats, similar to gargoyles, or a higher form of the same species. When they are dormant, they turn completely into stone statues, and they will wake up when they sense prey nearby. They are full of crazy killing and lustful desires, and the strength of an adult is equivalent to that of a cultivator in the middle stage of the Wuwei realm."

It is unbelievable that there are living creatures guarding the tomb that has been sealed for who knows how many years.

The only ones present who could match them were Cheng Bai and Ning Xiang. Once the Desire Demon Bats were alarmed and awakened in large numbers, they would fly down to attack in overwhelming numbers, and the team would definitely find it difficult to cope.

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides is at least a thousand miles, so if they don't provoke each other, they can live in peace.

"Have you seen the coffin lid? It feels like a whole."

As he got closer, Ruan Taoran opened his eyes wide, used all his eyesight, and looked again and again. The huge coffin seemed to be a solid cube with no gaps from top to bottom.

"There is no coffin lid." He Lipang couldn't help but get a little excited and guessed, "Could it be the legendary seamless coffin! Sealing the ancient treasures?"

Cheng Bai's Phoenix Force sensed all around and found something unusual that was invisible to the naked eye. He shook his head and said, "It's not sealed. There's a damage on the side of the coffin."

Everyone turned to the side to look, and sure enough, there was a large, regularly shaped hole, not high from the ground, and particularly protruding on the flat coffin wall. It was big enough that both the people and animals in the team could easily pass through it.

Shen Ya was surprised and said, "It looks like it was punched out, as sharp as a knife or an axe. It's hard to guess the cultivation level of this person, and his physique is unusually large."

Ruan Taoran's face turned strange, and he asked curiously, "Could the giant punch through the passage and get in through the hole he punched?"

Although contradictory, no one found it funny. What seemed absurd to ordinary people might be possible for a powerful person.

Cheng Bai deduced, "His power is extremely pure, and his punches are indestructible. Judging from the traces of damage, it was definitely not caused recently, it must have been a long time ago."

Li Tong's analysis was shocking: "The inside and outside of the coffin are equivalent to two different small worlds. Shattering the void with one punch is not as simple as simply destroying a layer of gold crystal carbon."