Chapter 1184: The Pyramid
The Face-Shifting Fox walked at the front, holding an ice jade in hand. Wherever it passed, the mercury liquid around it instantly solidified into a silver floor. People walking on it would only feel a slight sinking sensation without completely sinking in.
All the people present were skilled in light movement techniques and understood that this was because the influence of the ice jade wasn’t strong enough to solidify the entire mercury moat. They stepped lightly and quickly followed behind the Face-Shifting Fox, reaching the middle of the moat in no time.
In the blink of an eye…
The entire group entered the moat.
Bi Xuan’s subordinates were somewhat unlucky. After noticing the strange situation on the Face-Shifting Fox’s side, they decided to rush over as well. But due to the great distance, two of them stepped onto the ground, where the mercury happened to be soft. A powerful sucking force instantly swallowed them, leaving gruesome deaths.
The others managed to lift themselves off using their skills, but still couldn’t avoid falling into the moat.
Bi Xuan’s subordinates brought to the Desert Palace were completely wiped out, leaving him alone.
Kai Xin watched all this coldly from start to finish, offering no help!
Bi Xuan was different from Old Master Qin…
Old Master Qin, the leader of the Qin Sect, was naturally compassionate and kind. But Bi Xuan was the advisor of the Turkic Empire, whose goal was the treasures of the Desert Palace. He would even sacrifice his subordinates for it. If anyone rescued Bi Xuan, they wouldn’t gain anything during the subsequent battle for the treasures and would instead strengthen the enemy unnecessarily.
Kai Xin would never do such a foolish thing…
Hearing the sounds of Bi Xuan’s subordinates falling into the mercury moat, he acted as if he hadn’t heard anything and continued on.
Although Old Master Qin felt pity, he was also aware of his own identity and position. Since Kai Xin was the leader of the group, he didn’t want to put Kai Xin in an even harder situation or increase everyone’s risk, so he just watched helplessly as Bi Xuan’s men perished in the moat.
Wanwan and Hou Xibai followed silently in the group, not daring to speak, fearing that any sound might cause them to inhale poisonous gas and suffer eternal doom.
Thus, the group arrived silently fifty meters away from the Fire-Breathing Cloud Beast…
Behind the Fire-Breathing Cloud Beast, less than fifty meters away, stood a huge pyramid with four sides, resembling an altar. The pyramid was completely surrounded by the mercury moat, with only less than thirty meters of its height visible. Neither the Green Armored Fiend, Bi Xuan, Dongfang Bubai, Ye Gucheng, the Evil King, the Dark Queen, nor Osaaya could be seen.
“…”
Slightly surprised, Kai Xin was puzzled: Where had these experts of the Heavenly Dao gone?
No matter how doubtful it might seem, the Fire-breathing Cloud Beast was right before their eyes; they couldn’t ignore it… This was the greatest threat to the Mercury Moat! Just then… “Go!” At the command of the Face-changing Fox, a group of people who had been notified in advance immediately reacted, speeding across the mercury-like surface, taking a deep breath, and flying headlong toward the Fire-breathing Cloud Beast. If Bi Xuan and the others were on the opposite side, they would surely think these people were insane—this was clearly a suicidal act like moths flying into flames… But the moment they entered the beast’s attack range, the Face-changing Fox swiftly shook his hand, shooting the ice jade he had been holding at lightning speed into the beast’s open maw. The mouth of the Fire-breathing Cloud Beast, emitting fierce flames and a pungent phosphorescent aura, instantly dimmed… Its eyes, glowing with monstrous light, also dimmed slightly! The siege weapon, the Fire-breathing Cloud Beast, seemed choked… The phosphorescent flame in its throat failed to be ejected. The group was overjoyed and quickly followed the Face-changing Fox, using the beast’s body as a launchpad to fly over it one after another and land on the stairs below the pyramid… … The pyramid was magnificent. Although only over thirty meters tall from the outside, each foundation stone was incredibly solid and huge, with each step being one meter high. Once they landed on the pyramid’s stone steps, they appeared extremely small! With a thud… The group landed unharmed on the pyramid, all arriving safely. From start to finish, they never understood why the Fire-breathing Cloud Beast hadn’t emitted any phosphorescent flame. Though they guessed it must be related to the old servant by the young man in white, they wisely didn’t press further. Master Qin and the others bowed in gratitude together: “Thank you, Young Hero Happy.” “I wonder where those others are; we must find them quickly!” Happy had no time for courtesy. Upon landing, his spiritual sense covered the entire pyramid, revealing only a passage at the top large enough for several people to enter at once. A small square passage opened on the back of the pyramid, dark and deep, beyond the reach of his spiritual sense. Happy inferred that the leaders of the Heaven Alliance and other supreme cultivators must have entered there. Moreover… it was very likely that the secrets of the Desert Palace were hidden inside this pyramid—precisely the dangerous entity speculated by the Face-changing Fox and Master Qin! “Let’s go!” With a step, Happy rushed toward the top of the pyramid without pause… “Follow.”
Old Master Qin indeed kept his promise. With a command, he led a few surviving Hu martial experts to follow quickly. Wanwan and Hou Xibai were also worried about whether their master had succeeded and followed behind the group of experts, not daring to fall too far behind, climbing up step by step. Just as the group was about to reach the top of the pyramid, it suddenly began to shake violently! Even the mercury surrounding the pyramid rippled slightly, as if something inside was shaking violently, shaking the pyramid’s foundations. Sensing the anomaly in the pyramid, everyone showed horror and stopped immediately, gripping the ground to avoid being thrown out. “What’s happening?” “Something’s wrong inside the pyramid! Master, be careful!” cried the Thousand-Faced Fox from behind. Happy, who was at the forefront, was the most affected. The intense vibrations and shaking came from inside the pyramid, increasing from bottom to top. As he approached the top, Happy felt a sense of danger of being thrown down. With no choice, ignoring how hard the ground was, he dug his fingers deep into it. Five gusts of wind shot out from the ground, creating several holes. By gripping these holes, Happy finally managed to stabilize himself. Boom!!! The pyramid continued to shake, and the noises inside grew louder… The violent tremors made the calm mercury moat even more turbulent. Silver waves gently hit the sides of the pyramid, and splashing mercury flew high, shooting toward the group above, forcing Wanwan and Hou Xibai to use their skills to protect themselves. “Damn!” Old Master Qin, who had been by Happy’s side, changed expression the moment the pyramid first started shaking. After listening carefully, he transmitted a message to Happy: “This isn’t some powerful trap; it’s a battle between masters. They’re fighting inside!” Them! Happy naturally understood who Old Master Qin meant by “them.” Probably only a battle between top-tier Heavenly Path masters could shake and affect the outside of the pyramid. But! If something could make such a solid pyramid shake repeatedly and even disturb the mercury moat, the battle inside must not be simple. Thinking further, Happy’s expression changed again… A battlefield where the seven top Heavenly Path masters fought fiercely was no simple affair. With such intense impacts already felt from outside, entering rashly wasn’t a good idea. But the situation outside was also unsafe!
As the battles inside the pyramid intensified, the mercury in the moat outside grew higher and higher, soon threatening the group gathered at the top of the pyramid. Just as they were trapped in a difficult situation… Happy and Old Master Qin simultaneously sensed a massive wave of murderous energy surging out from deep within the pyramid’s passages at an astonishing speed. Roar!!! The sound of the tiger’s roar shook the entire pyramid violently. Mixed with this roar was an extremely violent and ferocious aura; merely feeling its impact made the two of them nearly unable to stand steadily! Immediately after! A tangible, white giant tiger, sharp and fierce, rushed out from the pyramid’s passages. With the rustling of clothes! The group outside the pyramid could barely stand due to the fierce roar and bent over to steady themselves. But at that moment, the weapons in many people’s hands and on their backs began to tremble wildly… Thousands of weapons sounded at once!! “This is…” Even Tianjing, the ancient divine weapon in Happy’s hands, emitted a slight vibration the moment the tangible white tiger rushed out of the pyramid, and the power embedded within it burst out uncontrollably… Tianjing’s power!! Boom!!! “Its edge takes the form of a tiger, dominating the world! It’s actually a tiger-shaped blade edge!!” While something strange was happening with Happy, Old Master Qin was startled by the white tiger emerging from the pyramid, his brows furrowing as he involuntarily raised his voice in alarm, “No good!! What’s sealed beneath this desert palace is none other than the most ferocious ancient beast!!!” Just as Old Master Qin realized what the beast sealed beneath the desert palace was and turned pale with fear, a fierce and unstoppable sword intent rose beside him. Its sharp edge soared into the air like a magnet, shattering the tiger-shaped blade edge that had rushed out of the pyramid, causing his expression to change again: “What is this?” Turning his gaze, he saw the peculiar long sword in Happy’s hands, which had transformed from ordinary to utterly pure and transparent like white crystal, radiating an astonishing aura! “Tian… Jing!” Old Master Qin stared in disbelief at the sword in Happy’s hands before slowly uttering those two words after a few seconds. Wanwan and Hou Xibai were also shocked, their attention instantly drawn to Tianjing, which emitted an incredible sword intent. At this point, even those with the least common sense could see the extraordinary nature of the sword in Happy’s hands! But!
Everything happened too quickly. The tiger-shaped blade light appeared, and the aura of the Sky Crystal Sword became evident. One after another, a brilliant tiger-shaped blade light roared once again as it shot out from the pyramid passage! The intensity of its edge was more than ten times greater than before.
Before the blade reached, its sound arrived first!
Mr. Qin’s several Turkic disciples were shaken so badly by that overwhelming aura that they could no longer stand firm and fell from the pyramid into the mercury moat.