Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 147 Inhuman Opponent

Lacking consciousness and merely manipulated by threads, these skeletons did not exhibit much sophisticated craftsmanship.

More often than not, they simply pushed and shoved each other, using their hands and feet, or even their still-hard teeth, to attack Ye Lu.

But it was this simple and unpretentious attack that made the brilliant young warrior of the Northern Barbarian Heishi break out in a cold sweat!

So hard!
Whether it's the outstretched claws or the supporting skeleton, the bodies of these ancient martial artists, which have been eroded by the long years, are as hard as some kind of magical artifact!

He only possessed a wisp of sword energy, which he had painstakingly cultivated, capable of effectively damaging these bones. Apart from that, even with the famous sword in his hand, he could not truly sever these white bones.

Surrounded by dozens of skeletons who disregarded damage, Ye Lu attacked from the left and parried from the right, but soon found himself stretched thin.

At the critical moment, Lu Li's clear voice rang out from afar in the hall: "Prove my divine power!"

The light and shadow distorted, and Ye Lu was momentarily distracted before being pulled back to Pei Xia's side.

He gasped for breath, his back already soaked with sweat: "What the hell is all that?!"

Pei Xia leaned against the wall, trying her best to heal her injuries, while explaining, "Ancient cultivators were divided into two categories: one was martial arts, which focused on superb skills, and the other was physical cultivation, which focused on physical strength. Generally speaking, the latter was more common. Those skeletons should have been left by the physical cultivation martial artists who guarded this place back then."

Pei Xia herself practices ancient methods, so of course she understands them.

These ancient cultivators certainly couldn't possess extraordinary abilities like "supporting the sky," but their deliberately tempered physical bodies were far superior to those of cultivators at the same level among the twelve realm martial artists of today, who are more focused on gradual progress or, in other words, more "scientific."

Lu Li tugged at Pei Xia's sleeve: "If it doesn't work, why don't you run away first? Wait until you've recovered a bit..."

"No."

Pei Xia shook her head. Judging from the placement of those demon crystal cores, it was clear that the other party's control over the underground palace was not limited to just this one hall.

In other unfamiliar environments, things would only be more disadvantageous for Pei Xia and her group.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the shockwave violently billowed Han Youzhi's dress, and beneath her disheveled long hair, her profile, illuminated by the light, turned to Pei Xia: "Weren't you quite adept at dealing with Master Su?!"

She still remembered that she had been separated from Pei Xia at Jiangchao Academy.

Pei Xia could only grit her teeth and shout, "I can't find anyone!"

A glint of ruthlessness flashed in Han Youzhi's phoenix eyes: "You should have said so earlier!"

With a slight lift of her slender fingers, one of the six magical artifacts, a long nail, instantly broke free from the battle, streaking out a long beam of spiritual light as it flew towards the dome of the hall.

At the same time, the square-faced man seized the opportunity and pounced on Han Youzhi.

He practically rammed his body into Han Youzhi's remaining five magical artifacts, completely disregarding his injuries, and unleashed all the spiritual power he had gathered upon them.

Han's shoes were knocked off, and to support her body, her snow-white bare foot embedded itself in the bluestone.

Even so, they were still pushed back several feet.

At the same time, the long nail of the magical artifact burst forth with a light far exceeding that of Pei Xia and Ye Lu, instantly dispelling all the darkness and illuminating the entire hall inside and out.

In the bright light, the entire hall finally came into full view.

This is a square stone chamber several tens of feet long and wide. The floor and most of the walls are made of huge bluestones, but the higher you go, the fewer carvings are left on the walls, revealing the uneven rock surface. The dome is made entirely of jagged stones.

Pei Xia intently scanned every corner of the hall: the green platform, the stone coffin, and the corpses rushing toward him. He wanted to find the hidden Master Su.

But that was all that was in sight; the anticipated hidden enemies did not appear.

Ye Lu said in a deep voice, "Is there another way to hide?"

Lu Li frowned deeply: "Is it possible that he's not even here at all?"

Judging from the fact that the other party was able to place the demon crystal elsewhere before, it is possible that his manipulation technique can be effective in different rooms.

But Pei Xia shook his head, his gaze fixed on the square-faced giant and the threads on the corpses. Following these extremely fine threads, he slowly raised his head and looked up at the dome of the hall.

Where all the threads converge, there is nothing but empty space, only huge rocks piled up together.

Pei Xia raised her hand, pointing to the stacked stones, and exhaled a foul, bloody stench: "Ye Lu, there."

Without a word, Ye Lu followed the direction of his finger, took a lunge, swung his arm, and suddenly threw the sword in his hand.

The sword pierced the air with a clear, whistling sound, and with the help of spiritual energy, it struck the stone with a "clang".

The longsword fell, but the stone remained motionless.

Ye Lu looked at Pei Xia: "That's not right?"

“That’s right,” Pei Xia’s expression became more certain. “How could the Tongxuan Sword not even be able to damage an ordinary rock?”

He turned to look at Han Youzhi, who was locked in fierce combat with the square-faced man: "Charge!"

Compared to the top, Han Youzhi is probably more eager to tear Pei Xia apart now.

You've been ambushed, I'll save you.

You say it's dark? I'll risk getting injured to light it for you.

Now you want me to step in? I'm begging you, I...

Distracted for a moment, the conjured spiritual hammer struck Han Youzhi squarely on the protective aura around his side.

Although he had not broken through, the spiritual energy was fluctuating, and Han Youzhi felt his internal organs trembling.

Damn it, I've already endured it all.

Taking advantage of the moment when the square-faced man withdrew his strength, Han Youzhi made a gesture with his palm, and with one long nail illuminating the scene, he split off another long nail and thrust it straight at the pile of stones at the top.

"clang!"

This time, the sound was deafening.

However, the stone remained undamaged!

However, as the blow landed, the seemingly intact rock began to tremble slightly.

The edges of the rock, where the seams had been stuck together for who knows how many years, began to crack as they swayed, and a whole round black stone slowly peeled off from the top layer of the rock wall.

The threads that connect and converge here remain remarkably stable even amidst such tremors.

However, as the boulder swayed, an increasingly ominous premonition began to rise in Pei Xia's heart.

Because he began to realize that perhaps this so-called manipulation technique did not exist at all, and that it was indeed impossible for any master to still be alive in this ancient underground palace.

Beneath the black boulder, eight arthropod legs slowly emerged, these obsidian-smooth legs easily hooking into the top layer of rock.

Under the light of the long nail, one end of the black stone slowly turned over to reveal a head with a gray-white mane and eight eyes.

As it opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth, the corners of its lips even curled up slightly.

It was undoubtedly laughing.

Monster.

An extremely powerful spider monster that may very well possess intelligence!
Pei Xia pressed her hand to her chest, leaned against the wall, and clicked her tongue loudly.

The opponent was not a sorcerer at all, and the silk threads were not magic.

Pei Xia can't cure it!

(End of this chapter)