#1082 - All dead ends

On both sides of the narrow tunnel, the corpses within were clearly not buried.

Among these corpses, some even opened their eyes.

Although he didn't sense any life fluctuations from the corpses that opened their eyes, the mere act of opening their eyes was extremely strange.

This is an ancient tomb, existing for a considerable age, likely left over from the previous Epoch.

Even if it's just separated by one Epoch, according to the shortest time span of an Epoch, it would still be at least five million years.

Five million years!

What a long time that is, except for those in the Eternal Saint Realm, even the powerhouses of the Primordial Saint Realm would have been buried in this long period if they didn't seal themselves.

Thinking this in his heart, light suddenly appeared ahead, and the tunnel sloped to its end.

They finally emerged from the narrow tunnel.

They landed in a passageway that wasn't very wide.

Crack!

A cracking sound came from underfoot; looking down, it was a skeleton that had been crushed.

There were many skeletons on the ground, some leaning against the walls, others twisted and fallen on the ground.

Jun Wuxie's gaze swept over the skeletons here, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"These dead people, their upper and lower jaws..."

Anning pointed to the mouth of a skeleton.

"Their mouths were wide open before they died, all of them, indicating they suffered a great shock before death," Jun Wuxie said, surveying the surroundings and looking at the ceiling.

This passageway was only twenty meters wide and less than two hundred meters long.

Whether on both sides of the passageway or at both ends, all were closed walls, without any doors to leave, as if entering a dead end.

The entire corridor only had a stone platform in the middle, upon which was a stone disc carved into the shape of a Bagua.

Besides this, there were only the skeletons on the ground; there was nothing else.

Jun Wuxie leaped up, rushing towards the tunnel they had slid out of.

When his hand tried to reach into the tunnel, an invisible barrier rippled at the entrance, shaking him away.

He landed, frowning slightly.

"We can't return the way we came; it seems we can only find a way out from that Bagua stone disc..."

Seeing this situation, Anning couldn't help but point to the Bagua stone disc.

There was nothing else here; only the Bagua stone disc was the only thing that could be manipulated.

"Logically speaking, the way out should indeed be in the Bagua stone disc. However, the aspects of the Bagua have many changes, and there's only one path to survival. Once we deduce it incorrectly, we might attract what we saw earlier..."

Jun Wuxie pointed to the tunnel they had slid down and then looked at the crowns of the skeletons' heads. Each skeleton had five or ten circular holes in its skull. Judging from the arrangement, those were undoubtedly finger holes!

This indicated that these people had been killed by having their skulls pierced through by fingers.

Hearing him say this, Anning couldn't help but shiver. Thinking of what she had seen on both sides of the tunnel earlier, a chill ran down her spine.

She couldn't help but move closer to Jun Wuxie, even directly grabbing his arm.

Although Xu Yan'ning didn't hold his arm like Anning, she also leaned closely beside him.

"Don't be afraid," Jun Wuxie said, looking down at his arm. "Anning, if you hold on like this, how can I do anything?"

"Ah?"

Anning's face suddenly turned red. She wanted to let go, but thinking of what she had seen earlier, an uncontrollable horror surged into her heart, causing her to grip his arm even tighter.

"If you're really afraid, come into my Qiankun sleeve."

Jun Wuxie was really helpless; he didn't blame them for being timid.

This wasn't a question of courage or timidity; they had already performed well.

The most frightening thing in this ancient tomb wasn't what they saw but the eerie feeling that permeated the depths of people's hearts.

That was a negative feeling of fear contained in the laws of this tomb.

Unless one's will was as firm and unshakable as a rock, they would be affected.

Ordinary cultivators who came in, it wasn't a question of being afraid or not. Before long, the special environment, coupled with what their eyes saw, would probably directly cause them to collapse.

"No, if we're in your Qiankun sleeve, you won't be able to use that hand for combat, which would be detrimental to you," Xu Yan'ning said, forcibly pulling Anning away from his side.

Anning originally didn't want to let go, but thinking that she couldn't become his burden because of fear, she finally mustered her courage and took two steps back, standing side by side with Xu Yan'ning.

Jun Wuxie walked towards the Bagua stone disc on the stone platform in the middle of the corridor.

The stone disc was filled with an ancient charm, bearing the aura of time.

Judging from this alone, it was enough to see how long this ancient tomb had existed.

The skeletons on the ground must have been experts; they couldn't be weaklings, or how could they have come here?

This ancient tomb had appeared in the world in some past era, and someone had come in.

Think about it, this time when the ancient tomb appeared, the seal and restriction of the tomb door had weakened to the limit. A half-step Tyrant Saint still couldn't break it open; it required a third-realm Saint Talisman Master to open it, or a first-realm peak Primordial Talisman Master like him.

Then, back then, the gate of the ancient tomb would only have been even more difficult to open. Analyzing from this point, those who entered the ancient tomb at that time would only have been of higher realms than those who entered the ancient tomb now.

Speaking of which, could these skeletons on the ground be of the Tyrant Saint Realm?

"No, it shouldn't be the Tyrant Saint Realm. Judging from the skeletons, they aren't. They should be Great Saints..."

Jun Wuxie analyzed to himself. Perhaps there were powerhouses of the Tyrant Saint Realm who opened the tomb door back then, but they didn't come in; instead, they let people of the Great Saint Realm in.

Many people, like them, gathered in front of the strange gate of that long corridor, fell into that tunnel, and slid all the way here.

He looked down at the Bagua stone disc, activating his Talisman Dao pupils.

"Qian, Kun, Gen, Dui, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li... Qian three lines (☰), Kun six broken (☷); Zhen upturned bowl (☳), Gen inverted bowl (☶); Li center empty (☲), Kan center full (☵); Dui top deficient (☱), Xun bottom broken (☴). This is a complete and flawless Bagua diagram whose order hasn't been disrupted..."

In Jun Wuxie's eyes, the Talisman Dao evolved, and in his sea of consciousness, he deduced at high speed.

"This place is an ancient tomb, hidden underground, secluded all year round, a place for gathering Yin. Could it be that Yin should be emphasized, and Yang should be deemphasized? Or is it that in a place of gathered Yin, solitary Yin doesn't grow long, so it needs heavy Yang to harmonize?"

Jun Wuxie couldn't help but ponder. He needed to determine what the person who left this Bagua stone disc was thinking at the time. Only by guessing correctly could he find the way to leave.

Otherwise, he would trigger a path to death!

The Bagua has many changes, but there's only one path to survival; the rest are dead ends.

The arrangement on the Bagua stone disc in front of him is arranged normally, presumably the masterpiece of the people who entered here back then.

They thought that correctly arranging the Bagua would open the passage.

As a result, their so-called correctness was actually a dead end here.

Unfortunately, they ultimately attracted those terrifying things, bringing death upon themselves.

This could also explain why they were so terrified before they died.

The ancient tomb has a special atmosphere, which is already frightening. Furthermore, in such a small, enclosed space, encountering that kind of terrifying and evil thing, not many people wouldn't collapse.

He pondered for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind.

There were no clues to help him correctly guess what the person who left the Bagua stone disc was thinking at the time.

If he had to make a choice now, he could only guess, only try his luck.

"Lanlan, get ready."

He could only try now, so he needed to be prepared.

"Ee ee ya ~"

Lanlan blinked her watery eyes, extended her small claws, gesticulating cutely at him, with a slightly angry and unconvinced expression on her face.

"What? You're saying that there are mysterious laws here that restrict your control divine ability?"

Jun Wuxie's expression changed slightly. Lanlan's divine ability wouldn't be restricted in many environments.

He didn't expect that here, there would actually be laws that made her control divine ability unable to be used.

"Can the Dragon Scale Shield be used?"

"Ee ya!"

Lanlan proudly waved her claws.

"Besides the Dragon Scale Shield, what other divine abilities aren't restricted?"

Hearing this, Lanlan gesticulated at him with her small claws, saying a lot with 'ee ee ya ya'.

Jun Wuxie understood. Her meaning was that all divine abilities that acted on herself were useful, but those that acted on other targets were not.

Because the laws here would suppress her divine abilities that acted on any target.

"Alright, if there's danger, use the Dragon Scale Shield to protect Yan'ning and Anning."

"Ee ya ~"

Lanlan scratched her nose with her two small claws.

After Jun Wuxie instructed her, he turned around again, looking at the Bagua stone disc, the talisman in his eyes constantly flashing.

The diagrams on the Bagua stone disc in front of him evolved rapidly in his eyes.

Suddenly, he made a move, his fingers quickly dialing the Bagua positions on the stone disc.

As the Bagua positions changed, the Yin energy in the corridor here greatly increased.

Almost at the same time, in some spaces behind the nearby walls, pairs of pale eyes suddenly opened.

A large amount of Yin energy poured into their bodies.

"Roar!"

One corpse after another opened their mouths, emitting low roars, spitting out cold corpse Qi.

At the same time, in the tunnel above Jun Wuxie's corridor, a violent and low roar sounded. A corpse wearing ancient clothing rushed out.

After landing, his body bounced elastically on the ground a few times. His pale eyes stared fixedly at Jun Wuxie, and thick corpse Qi spewed from his fangs and long mouth. The long, sharp nails of his hands hanging at his waist flickered with a cold, dark light.

Roar!

The demon corpse let out a low growl and pounced directly at Jun Wuxie.

Almost simultaneously, dozens of deep, dark tunnels suddenly opened in the walls on both sides of the corridor, tens of meters high, and icy corpse energy surged out like a tide.

Rumbling!

Standing in front of the Bagua Stone Plate, Jun Wuxie's golden blood energy surged, and his whole person was like a burning sun. The Taiji Star Sea and the Origin Beginning Soldier Dissolution operated together as he swung his fist to meet the sharp claws that were attacking.

The demon corpse's speed was extremely fast.

Seeing him swing his fist to kill, it had already reached close range, but suddenly it floated, moved horizontally, and with a howl, it opened its mouth to bite at his neck.

Its speed was so fast, and its movements were so strange!

If it were anyone else, under such speed, it would be difficult to dodge and counterattack.

But the demon corpse's target was Jun Wuxie.

His close combat skills had reached perfection. How could a demon corpse compare in physical combat?

Seeing that the demon corpse was about to bite his neck, he instantly moved back half a meter, and two golden fingers struck the demon corpse's lower jaw like lightning from below, making a metallic trembling sound, even sparks flew.

"What is this thing!"

A cold light flashed in Jun Wuxie's eyes. The physical strength of this demon corpse shocked him.

His finger strike was full of divine power, but although it knocked the demon corpse away, it didn't even break a bit of the demon corpse's lower jaw!

Roar!

When the demon corpse was knocked away, violent roars came from the other opened tunnels.

Each deep tunnel contained a demon corpse rushing out. There were dozens of them. In such a narrow space, with their strange movements and speed, it was almost impossible to dodge.

"Lanlan, retreat to the corner and protect them with the Dragon Scale Shield!"

Jun Wuxie's expression was slightly heavy. So many demon corpses had appeared at the same time.

He finally understood how those strong people had died.

Who could withstand this?

At this time, the demon corpse that had been knocked away roared, and strange runes lit up on its body, causing its aura to instantly soar many times over.

Seeing this, the other demon corpses that rushed over also lit up with strange runes.

"These are sealing runes. It turns out that they were in a state of sealed power before. Now is their full state!"

Jun Wuxie's pupils contracted slightly. The domineering True Martial Intent swept out, and golden True Martial rune inscriptions lit up on his body, exuding wisps of immortal aura.

True Martial Undying Body!

He rushed towards the demon corpse tide, his golden blood energy boiling like a vast ocean, sweeping forward.

The domineering and fierce fist imprints, like burning suns, blasted forward. The Dou Character Secret effect was instantly triggered, causing his realm to instantly ascend to the Great Heavenly Position of the Saint King Realm!

This caused his strength to increase exponentially.

Clang!

He stepped on the Xing Character Secret, added the Yu Character Secret to his body, and his golden blood energy formed a perfect defense. The fist imprint, like a blazing sun, swept across the demon corpses in all directions, colliding with their sharp, black claws, and sparks flew.

Sometimes, when he bombarded the demon corpses, it also made a metallic trembling sound.

The demon corpses' bodies were simply unbelievably strong, making Jun Wuxie unable to believe it.

How terrifying was his current power?

The demon corpses could actually withstand it with their physical bodies!

Almost at the same time, several demon corpses rushed towards the corner, pouncing on Xu Yan'ning, Anning, and Lanlan.

A piece of ice-blue light flashed, condensing into a Dragon Scale Shield!

Dang!

The demon corpses' claws bombarded the shield, splashing sparks.

The half-foot-long nails hissed as they scraped across the Dragon Scale Shield.

They attacked fiercely, but they were never able to shake the Dragon Scale Shield, and instead rushed towards Jun Wuxie again.

Jun Wuxie faced the siege of dozens of demon corpses. Although he constantly blasted them away, the demon corpses quickly rushed up again, causing him to be constantly besieged.

Due to the large number of demon corpses and the limited space here, the demon corpses' speed was also extremely fast, causing him to be constantly hit, and his golden blood energy circle shattered several times.

His body was covered with shallow blood marks, left by the demon corpses' fingernails.

If it weren't for the golden blood energy circle and the Yu Character Secret defending him, those sharp, black-glowing fingernails would have been enough to tear his flesh apart.

"It seems that conventional methods are difficult to work. These demon corpses have been specially refined, and there are mysterious runes in their bodies. It is these runes that give them a powerful and perverted defense, it's not that their physical bodies are that strong..."

Jun Wuxie shuttled between the demon corpses, sweeping in all directions, constantly blasting the demon corpses away, while also constantly being hit by the demon corpses.

After a period of observation, he finally saw the clues.

"Relying on the yin corpse energy to activate special runes, I will dissolve your yin energy!"

Jun Wuxie sneered. He just wanted to observe the secrets of the demon corpses before, otherwise, why would he be so passive and leave so many blood marks on his body.

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden lotus rushed out. As it swayed, true fire swept out like a tide, extremely yang and strong.

Six rounds of great suns appeared above the lotus, blooming with ten thousand feet of golden light!

The Six Yang True Lotus gently swayed, and the Six Yang True Fire poured down.

Those demon corpses were illuminated by the Six Yang Great Sun, and immediately made a sizzling sound, emitting green smoke. They raised their hands high, covering their faces, and let out fearful roars.

Jun Wuxie stepped on the Xing Character Secret, his body flashed like a phantom. Each time he flashed, he would appear in front of a demon corpse, and a palm burning with Six Yang True Fire heavily imprinted on its chest.

At the moment of impact, true fire frantically poured into its body from his palm, instantly dissolving the yin energy in its body cleanly.

Aww!

The demon corpse, having its yin energy dissolved, opened its big mouth and spat out a turbid breath, and fell straight to the ground. Its true body was covered with cracks, and the Six Yang True Fire in its body burst out with a bang, burning its entire body to ashes.

One demon corpse after another fell, unable to resist the Six Yang True Fire, and were burned to ashes one after another.

Finally, there was only one left. Jun Wuxie was not in a hurry to burn it, but forcibly pressed it to the ground and opened the Rune Dao pupil technique and the compound pupil technique to peep at the runes in its body.

"It turns out that it is not the art of the Rune Dao, but a kind of secret rune..."

Jun Wuxie was considered to have seen a lot. He was once a Divine Realm Supreme, and was in the Divine Ancient World, but he had never heard of this kind of corpse refining secret technique.

This is not an ordinary corpse control technique. This is a special corpse refined by a secret technique, with amazing power!

He burned the last demon corpse, and then returned to the Bagua Stone Plate.

"Brother Yue, are you okay?"

In the corner, Xu Yan'ning, hiding under the Dragon Scale Shield, felt a tightening in her heart when she saw him covered in blood marks.

"Young Master, your injuries..."

Anning also looked at him worriedly.

"I'm fine, just some skin trauma. Stay there and don't move."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he continued to move the Bagua Stone Plate, this time turning it towards the flourishing yang.

In this process, demon corpses were constantly awakened.

Jun Wuxie used the Six Yang True Lotus, blooming with true fire, forming a sea of fire, burning these demon corpses, so that they could not get close to him and cause interference.

He finally turned the Bagua Stone Plate into a pure yang Bagua, but the demon corpses still did not stop appearing.

The muscles on his face twitched, and he tried to turn the Bagua into pure yin, but it made those demon corpses even more violent.

"It seems that the person who left the Bagua Stone Plate did not leave any way out at all..."

Jun Wuxie finally understood. He restored the Bagua to its original correct sequence combination. The dozens of deep tunnels on the wall disappeared, leaving only the one above his head.

In the sea of fire formed by the Six Yang True Fire, the demon corpses struggled and rushed towards here, but they were constantly blasted away by the Six Yang True Fire, and soon they were covered in fire and burned to ashes.

When the Six Yang True Fire subsided and the place returned to calm, Xu Yan'ning and Anning stepped forward.

They also saw that there was a problem with this Bagua Stone Plate, and there was no way out at all.

If there was a way out, Jun Wuxie could not have tried so many times and failed.

With his ability as a rune master, and being an extremely cautious person, failing after many attempts was enough to explain the problem.

"Are we unable to get out?"

Anning asked softly.

"Don't panic, there is no way we can't get out."

Jun Wuxie gave a definite answer, "Wait a moment, you two. We will see the way to leave here soon."

He was very confident, because even if there was no way out on the Bagua Stone Plate, this stone plate was always connected to the arrangement here.

Normally speaking, if the Bagua diagram did not leave a solution and could not obtain a way out, what if an extremely brilliant person completely subverted the Bagua Stone Plate?

At that time, everything here connected to this Bagua Diagram would be under control.

"Lanlan, come over and protect us. Be careful, everyone. I need to be distracted for a while."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, his mind directly sank into the Trial Tower and came to the eighth floor.

He himself could not subvert this Bagua diagram, but it did not mean that Master Fu Sheng could not.

Could the person who laid down the Bagua Stone Plate back then be more powerful than a tenth-realm Origin Beginning Rune Master?