Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 288 The Battle in the Mausoleum [Subscription Request]

"Everyone, just keep working harder and we'll be successful soon!"

In the valley, Zhou Mingde fiercely attacked the stone wall at the bottom of the deep pit below, while loudly calling on everyone to intensify the attack.

At this time, they had been attacking for more than an hour, and only a thin layer of yellow hazy light remained on the stone wall below.

The Earth Armored Dragon had appeared before and was easily repelled by them.

Now the only obstacle blocking them from entering the cave is the stone wall.

After hearing Zhou Mingde's words, Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang became excited and slightly increased the intensity of their attacks.

After the attack continued for about a quarter of an hour, the hazy yellow light on the stone wall finally dissipated completely, and the attacks of the crowd finally fell on the stone wall.

Boom!

With a loud bang, a big hole was instantly blasted out in the stone wall below the deep pit.

“It really is a mausoleum!”

On the ground, Zhou Mingde looked at the other interlayer stone wall exposed behind the stone wall and his eyes fixed with a look of surprise.

There is no doubt that a real cave dwelling cannot be built with such layered defenses.

Only the tombs of high-level monks would take great pains to construct multiple layers of protection to prevent others from disturbing their sleep.

"Since it is a mausoleum, there should be a tomb door. Now that the tomb passage has been discovered, should we look for the tomb door and enter from the main entrance?"

Shen Borong stared at the exposed tomb passage below and expressed his opinion in a deep voice.

What he said makes sense.

Because when high-level monks build tombs, they will arrange some self-destructive means to prevent the tombs from being violently destroyed.

If someone uses violence to destroy the overall structure of the mausoleum and penetrates deep into the tomb chamber where the coffin is located, the self-destruction means will be triggered, destroying the relics and corpses left behind.

At the same time, in order to prevent people from destroying their tombs violently, tomb owners often build a main entrance leading directly to the main tomb chamber and set up various tests.

As long as someone can pass the test, they can go directly into the main tomb chamber and take away the relics left by the tomb owner.

In this way, after obtaining all the relics of the tomb owner, you will have a karmic relationship with the tomb owner.

Therefore, as long as the monks have normal conduct, they will not damage the body of the tomb owner or destroy the tomb.

After hearing what Shen Borong said, Zhou Mingde hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "You can try to look for it. If there is really a front door, you can try to enter through the front door."

"I think so too."

Ruan Hongzhuang also nodded.

So after the three of them had given themselves protection, they asked Zhou Chun and three other juniors to preside over the formation on the ground, while they themselves jumped to the bottom of the deep pit and began to explore along the tomb passage.

The pitch-black tomb passage was quite spacious, with about three or four feet between the two sides, and the inside was filled with a smell of decay.

To be on the safe side, Zhou Mingde and the other two used their magical powers to isolate themselves from any external aura and contact with their bodies, and walked slowly forward to explore.

After walking along the tomb passage for more than three hundred feet, the three of them arrived at an underground cave hall.

The underground cave hall is semicircular, with a radius of about ten feet. On the wall facing the mausoleum, there are two tightly closed stone doors, and in front of the doors there are two strange stone beasts with the bodies of tigers and bulls.

Obviously, this is the main entrance of the mausoleum that Zhou Mingde and his team are looking for.

"How do I open this door? It seems the tomb owner didn't leave any instructions!"

After Shen Borong released his spiritual sense to scan the cave hall several times, he expressed his doubts with a look of suspicion on his face.

"Isn't it the best explanation that there is no obvious revelation left?"

Zhou Mingde glanced at him and said calmly, "I'm afraid this first test is to test whether we have the strength to break through this door!"

"Is this really the case?"

Shen Borong frowned, seeming a little unconvinced.

But Zhou Mingde had already summoned his flying sword and slashed at the stone gate.

Sure enough, just as the flying sword reached the door, a yellow misty light curtain suddenly appeared and blocked it.

At the same time, the two stone beasts in front of the door seemed like sleeping lions that were awakened. There was a light in their eyes, as if they were given life.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Mingde and the other two were cheered up and prepared themselves.

Soon, the two stone beasts were in full swing and began to attack the three people.

I saw the ochre-yellow spiritual light gathering in the mouth of the stone beast on the left, and soon it turned into a beam of light that blasted towards Shen Borong.

The stone beast on the right had flames in its eyes and shot out two fiery red rays at Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang.

The three of them also wanted to test the strength of the stone beast, so they chose to take on its attacks head-on.

The result made all three of them feel somewhat relieved.

Although the stone beast's attack power is not weak and has reached the third-level standard, it is at most equivalent to a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

And it was impossible for the three of them to fail to block this kind of rigid attack.

After figuring out the details of the stone beasts, the three men and one demon began to attack the two stone beasts first.

However, what the three did not expect was that the two stone beasts could actually enjoy the protection of the protective light curtain at the gate of the mausoleum, and their attacks were blocked by the light curtain.

In this way, the three of them would have to withstand the attack of the stone beast to break through the yellow misty light curtain.

Seeing this situation, the three of them decisively left the cave hall first.

And as if someone was controlling them, after the three people left the cave hall, the two stone beasts returned to silence again and did not attack them again.

"What should we do? Should we continue to enter through the main entrance?"

Inside the tomb passage, Shen Borong looked at Ruan Hongzhuang with a frown, and asked Zhou Mingde in a low voice.

Zhou Mingde naturally understood what he meant.

After all, Ruan Hongzhuang was injured. If she continued to enter from the main gate and tried to break through the door despite the attack of the stone beast, she might not be able to hold on until the moment the door was broken.

But if you don't enter through the main gate, there is a risk of the tomb destroying itself.

Zhou Mingde couldn't help but frown for a moment.

At this moment, Ruan Hongzhuang took the initiative to speak.

"My two Taoist friends, don't worry about me. Although I am injured, I can still handle it if I concentrate on resisting the attacks of the two stone beasts. However, attacking the tomb door will require a lot of effort from my two Taoist friends."

She said this in a calm tone, "Of course, I have not done much here. If there is no need for me to do more later, I will take less when the things are divided in the end, and I will not let you two Taoist friends suffer any loss."

Hearing her words, Zhou Mingde's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he immediately made a decision and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Ruan has no problem, then let's do as you say."

Unconsciously, he had become the actual leader of the team, the one who gave orders. So after a short rest outside, the three of them reentered the cave hall and attacked the stone gate despite the attacks of the two stone beasts.

Just when the three people and the wolf were concentrating on attacking the stone gate, the earth armored dragon suddenly rushed out and harassed the three people.

This ankylosaur is like an annoying fly. You can't kill it, but it always jumps out and disgusts people.

Under its harassment, the speed at which Zhou Mingde and the other two could break through the door was greatly reduced, and they even had to use rare third-level magic talismans to save the situation.

After stumbling around like this for more than three hours, the three men finally succeeded in breaking through that layer of defense and destroying the two stone beasts.

Bang!
Just after the two stone beasts were destroyed, the tightly closed stone door automatically opened backwards with a roar.

At this time, the three of them looked up and saw that there was indeed a spacious corridor behind the stone gate. They didn't know where it led to, but it might be the main tomb chamber.

Compared to the tomb passage the three had walked through before, this corridor seemed a bit narrow, with a width of less than two meters.

However, unlike the tomb passage, there are many murals on the stone walls on both sides of the corridor, which seem to record the life and deeds of the tomb owner.

"There is a force inside that suppresses my spiritual sense. My spiritual sense can only penetrate a dozen feet deep inside!"

Zhou Mingde looked at the corridor behind the gate and whispered about his own situation.

Hearing what he said, Shen Borong quickly said, "Mr. Shen is better, but he can only go 20 feet deep."

Seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang also said, "I am the same as Fellow Daoist Zhou. We can only release it a dozen feet away."

"Is it a formation to suppress spiritual consciousness? Or some other method?"

Zhou Mingde murmured to himself, unable to confirm the cause of this incident.

Shen Borong's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he said uncertainly: "It's probably a formation. If it's some other method, it would be a big deal!"

Zhou Mingde just nodded slightly after hearing what he said, and then asked, "Who will go in first?"

After these words were spoken, Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang were silent and did not answer.

There is no doubt that the monk who enters the corridor first will definitely encounter the test set by the tomb owner inside.

And now no one knows what the test is and how dangerous it is.

Naturally, no one is willing to take the initiative to explore the way ahead.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde immediately said, "How about this, whoever goes in first will be considered to have contributed more, and can get an extra portion when things are distributed later!"

"This……"

Shen Borong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to object.

But Ruan Hongzhuang, who was standing by, interrupted and said, "I have no objection, and I am willing to let the two Taoist friends go first."

In this case, there was no need for Shen Borong to continue with his unfinished words.

Zhou Mingde also looked at him and said, "Does Fellow Daoist Shen want to take the credit for this?"

"Since it was Brother Zhou who proposed this, I will not argue with you about this."

Shen Borong's expression changed for a moment, and he quickly shook his head, refusing to be the first to lead the way in.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Mingde smiled faintly and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Shen is so modest, I will not be polite with you!"

Although he decided to go in and explore the way first, Zhou Mingde did not act immediately. Instead, he took Huiyuan Dan outside to restore his magic power.

When his magic power was fully restored, he bestowed the secret skill of "Beast Spirit Battle Armor" on the God of Fire Jackal and let it explore the way ahead.

One foot, two feet, three feet...

The Fire God Jackal walked slowly and cautiously in the corridor, and soon went more than ten feet deep into it.

Outside the corridor, Zhou Mingde and the other two were staring at the back of the Vulcan Jackal with nervous expressions.

After going thirty feet deep into the tunnel, the Fire God Jackal was finally attacked.

At that time, a strong yellow light suddenly appeared on the four stone walls above, below, left and right where the Fire God Jackal was, and soon formed a cage that imprisoned it in place.

Immediately afterwards, a fierce roar sounded from the depths of the tunnel, and a golden flying sword broke through the air and shot towards the Fire God Jackal.

Ouch!

At the critical moment, the Fire God Jackal roared and spat out the inner elixir that he had worked so hard to condense.

The fiery red inner elixir flew out of his mouth and collided with the flying sword.

Then the flying sword was knocked away by the inner elixir and fell to the ground exhausted.

There was also a slight crack at the place where the inner elixir collided with the flying sword, as if it had been bitten by something.

When the inner elixir returned to the body of the Fire God Jackal, the Fire God Jackal whimpered, and bright red blood flowed from the corners of its mouth.

The inner elixir is related to the life of the monster. The damage to the inner elixir will be transmitted to the body of the monster and cause internal injuries.

The Fire God Jackal's inner elixir was damaged this time. He would not be able to recover without ten years of rest after returning.

Zhou Mingde was also heartbroken when he saw this scene.

The master and servant have been together for nearly two hundred years, and his relationship with the Fire God Jackal can be said to be as close as brothers.

When Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan plotted against Master Jiang, which resulted in the Fire God Jackal being poisoned, he almost got angry with Zhou Chun, a junior whom he valued very much at the time. This shows how important the Fire God Jackal was in his heart.

Seeing that the Vulcan Jackal was injured, he felt extremely guilty and regretful, regretting that he should not have taken on this exploratory mission.

Immediately, he rushed into the corridor and used his magic weapon to attack the cage that trapped the Fire God Jackal.

Compared with Zhou Mingde who was heartbroken and regretful, Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang had a glimmer of joy in their eyes after seeing the Fire God Jackal injured.

As a third-level intermediate-grade monster, the Fire God Jackal is undoubtedly stronger than its master Zhou Mingde.

Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang had always been afraid of this monster, so they could only tolerate Zhou Mingde's repeated tough stance.

But now that the Fire God Jackal is injured, the two of them once again see hope of balancing the power of both sides.

If the injured Fire God Jackal can no longer compete with Shen Borong, a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, then Zhou Mingde naturally will not have the strength to defeat the two of them.

Although you may be happy in your heart, you still have to put on a show of pretending to be happy.

Looking at Zhou Mingde who was still struggling to rescue his pet in the tunnel, Shen Borong quickly shouted, "Daoyou Zhou, we are here to help you."

After saying that, he followed into the corridor and helped.

In this way, with the help of Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang, Zhou Mingde quickly broke the yellow light cage and rescued the Fire God Jackal.

But even though the Vulcan Jackal was rescued, the exploration work was not yet completed.

After Zhou Mingde fed the Fire God Jackal the healing elixir, he looked at the dark corridor ahead, then turned back to look at Shen and Ruan, who had calm expressions. He could only grit his teeth and go up there himself.

(End of this chapter)