kingnovel Chapter 933: The Surviving Gravedigger
Chapter 933: The Surviving Gravedigger
Chapter 933: The Surviving Gravedigger
Gu Heng walked for several hours.
He gradually discovered a peculiar "pattern".
There aren't many tomb beasts that cause him trouble; at most, only six will appear at a time, and they're all easy prey that he can kill with a single strike. They can't hurt him at all.
After each of those tomb beasts is killed, it takes about an hour before new tomb beasts reappear...
but.
Each new tomb beast that appeared was larger and more ferocious and disorderly, and it also began to change in a more bizarre direction. It was as if the deeper he went, the more... urgent these newly appeared tomb beasts became.
They've grown up very "rapidly" and are becoming increasingly indifferent to their "appearance."
But if we think along these lines...
"Could it be that so many tomb beasts are guarding something?"
Gu Heng seemed to be deep in thought. This guess sounded fantastical, but upon closer examination, it wasn't entirely far-fetched.
So many tomb beasts were all gathered in one place, motionless.
Even if they are returning to their nests to rest, shouldn't so many tomb beasts be blocking one place together?
He's starting to care now.
What exactly is inside?
……
now.
In the misty outer area.
The seven deputy tomb owners sat cross-legged on the ground, calmly recovering from their injuries.
A top-tier magical artifact erected a barrier, firmly blocking the white mist outside. Even so, the barrier looked precarious and seemed ready to collapse at any moment.
I don’t know how long it took.
The secondary tomb owners gradually awoke from their meditative state with their eyes closed.
"...How many people are still alive?"
The leading deputy tomb master, an elderly man named Wu Weng who appeared to be short in stature, looked at the tomb guardians who were protected by the barrier with a solemn expression.
"Less than half."
Jian Qu glanced at it and said, "Eight of the nineteen hall masters are dead, and the demon ship is completely destroyed. The situation is not good."
To say the situation is bad is an exaggeration.
In fact, the situation just now could only be described as chaotic! The simultaneous appearance of seven Tomb Beast Kings was already an equal threat that made the deputy tomb masters feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy. However, the problem was not that. They had dealt with Tomb Beast Kings before. Although they were difficult to deal with, Tomb Beasts naturally had a disadvantage when facing cultivators.
They have no brains.
Logically speaking, all living beings with such strength and at such a level should possess intelligence, but the tomb beasts simply do not.
In any case, the simultaneous appearance of seven Tomb Beast Kings is not necessarily a dead end.
But unexpectedly, there was an eighth Tomb Beast King!
Its emergence directly led to a rapid deterioration of the situation.
All eight demon ships were destroyed. The hall masters were all at the peak of the Nirvana Realm, but facing a beast king who could contend with the Concept Realm, their fate was not much better.
It should be said that the death of only eight hall masters was an extremely fortunate outcome. It's not impossible that all the hall masters were wiped out.
if……
The eight-headed tomb beast king continued its attack without stopping.
But they don't.
The most bizarre thing is that halfway through the battle, the eight-headed beast king collapsed in an instant, committing suicide in full view of everyone!
That's not all. Looking around, all the visible tomb beasts that were just baring their fangs and claws suddenly died at the same moment, leaving not even ashes, as if they had vanished into thin air.
The chaotic battle came to an abrupt end, leaving only a strange, desolate wasteland with undulating terrain, where all movement ceased!
Although the fighting has ended.
However, the tomb guardians ultimately lost nearly half of their numbers, including both the leader and ordinary members.
Even the deputy tomb owners themselves sustained serious injuries. And so…
And so it has come to this.
Fearing further complications, they hurried on, only to be stopped once again by the thick white fog before them.
"What happened just now? Do you have any clues?"
Sword Melody asked.
"If you are asking why countless tomb beasts suddenly disappeared on their own, then this humble monk still has no clue."
The secondary tomb owner, who came from a Buddhist civilization, put his hands together and recited a few Buddhist phrases.
"I do not have either."
The other secondary tomb owners were equally baffled.
The leader of the deputy tomb owners, Wu Weng, said, "In any case, since these tomb beasts aren't blocking our way anymore, that's a good thing." They had fought fiercely all the way to reach the depths of the tomb beasts' lair, even emptying their coffins, prepared for a final battle to the death, determined to reach the very bottom...
As a result, all the tomb beasts died.
It made them feel like they had no way to use their strength, which was quite frustrating, but they were also quite lucky.
The tomb beasts had the upper hand just now, and it won't be long before the tomb guardians are reduced to only seven deputy tomb masters, with the rest all dying suddenly.
Fortunately, they all perished on their own.
"What should we do now?"
Jian Qu looked at the white mist spreading outside the barrier with a worried expression: "Even if the tomb beasts didn't stop us, this 'mist' is probably not something to be trifled with."
This looks like something out of mist.
It's actually conceptual erosion!
To their horror, the invisible and intangible concept of erosion actually materialized into a physical form here!
It’s incredible!
Those clumps of mist, like ghostly shadows, were actually slowly wriggling... as if they were alive.
These things are probably even more dangerous than the group of tomb beasts we just saw!
Conceptual erosion is inherently terrifying, an invisible "poison." Now that it has materialized, it proves that the intensity of conceptual erosion here is even higher, and even they may not be able to withstand it.
Other members of the tomb guardians might be completely corrupted the moment they step out of the barrier!
"no way."
The leader, Wu Weng, narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.
"Those tomb beasts guard this place. The deeper we go, the stronger the tomb beasts become. Isn't that just to stop us?"
"Now that all the tomb beasts are dead, no matter how terrifying this conceptual erosion is, we cannot stop it!"
We've already come this far.
There's no reason to turn back now.
Even if the tomb owner has no objection, they do. There must be a huge secret behind this, and who wouldn't want to know?
They've almost lost half of their savings for their funerals; leaving now would definitely be a loss for them.
Rather than that.
Why not give it a shot!
"We'll rest for another half an hour, then we'll set off."
Wu Weng made a decision.
At the same time, Yue Ru found Wu Zhao and whispered, "Hall Master Wu, I haven't seen Gu Heng."
"He should be alright, right?"
Wu Zhao also frowned. Now everyone had survived the disaster, but nearly half of their numbers had been lost. Half of his men had also died. However, since eight hall masters had died, their men had been assigned to other hall masters to lead for the time being.
but.
Gu Heng has disappeared.
"Brother Gu must be very strong. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have been killed by a mere tomb beast."
"So he's probably alive and well."
Wu Zhao scratched his head.
If he were dead, there would be a body, so he must not be dead.
"Where could he be?"
Yue Ru was somewhat worried. It wasn't that she was afraid Gu Heng was in any danger, but without him, she suddenly felt insecure, as if she were floating on air, which made her feel uneasy.
"He's in there."
Suddenly, a petite figure walked up to Wu Zhao and Yue Ru.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the "divine body" that had been following Gu Heng all along!
Her gaze was fixed on the thick white fog.