Ch. 1511..1520
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1511
Everyone was shocked.
After turning their heads to take a look, they saw an old man dressed in a black medieval robe.
The person had gray hair, but he had a fierce look. His cultivation base was not prominent, but his eyes were blazing radiantly. After meeting his eyes, one would be shaken up and feel an inexplicable panic.
“Who are you? How did you come in?” Alex asked.
The old man laughed and did not answer him. However, as his figure shook, dozens of phantoms were raised, as if they were nighttime ghosts. They looked terrifying in the passage of this underground tomb.
“Alex, be careful! ”
Dorothy immediately made her move to intercept the old man.
The dozens of phantoms were illusions. Only one was real, but the real one lunged toward Alex quickly. It raised its huge hand and wanted to grab Alex’s neck.
Smack!
Dorothy was extremely fast too.
Both parties’ palms met in the air.
Dorothy had the dignified cultivation of Core Formation, yet she was forced to retreat from the palm strike. The old man also paused for a while as he was astonished… Clearly, he did not expect that a woman like Dorothy would have such great martial arts skills.
Meanwhile, Alex was not a wooden dummy. He had long condensed his spiritual power and threw a punch.
Bong!
Alex’s punch firmly hit the old man’s chest. Never did he expect that it would let out a loud, bronze bell-like sound.
In an instant, Alex felt a burst of rebounding energy. He was scatterbrained.
Just at this moment, the old man grunted and kicked Alex hard in the stomach… This kick was as heavy as a load of forty thousand pounds. Alex felt as if he was hit by a train. His body shot away like a cannonball and slammed into a wall.
Buzz!
The Mystic Armor on his body activated. He was forcibly resisting the kick.
The impact had made a crater on the wall.
However, he was unscathed.
The Force’s ability to take a beating was unparalleled in the world.
Darven and the others, who saw the few swift actions, were dumbfounded. They were too fast and strong. These people’s battle powers far surpassed them. Even if they had the intention to help them, they would not be able to do so.
“Fair Maiden’s Storm Fist!”
“Fair Maiden’s Graceful Kick!”
“Fair Maiden’s Lush Punch!”
Dorothy was furious. As the strength of Core Formation exploded, she made spontaneous moves at the old man. This set of martial skills was not only powerful, but the key point was that they looked attractive as well, causing several men to watch her dumbfoundedly.
However, the old man felt awful. After receiving consecutive attacks, his body made continuous sounds of a bronze bell.
The old man’s eyes were filled with astonishment. Never did he expect that Dorothy’s attacks would be so strong. If it weren’t for the treasure tool protecting his body, he would have been beaten to death.
This woman was too terrifying. She was even stronger than William Rockefeller!
“W-who the hell are you?”
Dorothy did not answer him.
Quincy laughed heartily. “Old fart, do you carry a bell on your back? If you can’t defeat her, hurry up and kneel to beg for her mercy. What are you cocky for? If you know William Rockefeller, how could you not know his sister?”
“What? You’re William Rockefeller’s sister?” The old man’s expression changed abruptly.
Just at this moment, Alex pressed his finger against him.
“Brahma’s Supreme Touch!”
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Wham!
The old man hurriedly dodged it.
A large crater created by the finger was now in place at the spot where the old man was standing earlier, sending chills down his spine. Then, he turned around and went behind Freya like a ghost to grab her. “Stop!”
The scene instantly quieted down.
With a ‘poof’, the old man spat a mouthful of bloody foam and said, “Damn, I almost failed the simple task miserably. William Rockefeller’s son actually has such a capability. It looks like he didn’t deceive me. You, Rockefellers, aren’t easy for sure.”
Alex took a glance at Freya who had been captured. For a moment, he was reluctant to act against the old man.
Most importantly, he did not know what. the old man wanted to do. “Sir, do you know my dad?”
The old man was upset. “Of course, I know him. Your unscrupulous father had lied and tricked a priceless treasure out of me. Then, he disappeared from the world!”
“He tricked a treasure out of you?”
Alex was startled for a brief moment as his expression turned strange. “When did it happen?”
The old man said, “It’s about a year ago.”
“Specifically when?”
“It was mid October last year! Why are you asking this? Damn, I thought that he was widowed and became a loner after his wife’s death. I didn’t expect that he still has you, the son…”
Having said this, he looked at Dorothy again in fear. “He even has such a strong sister. I’m really surprised. Which Rockefeller family is your Rockefeller family from? Is it the Rockefeller family from the eight great royal families?”
It seemed that the old man did not know about Alex’s affairs.
Judging from his attitude, he had not reached the extent of fighting to his last gasp.
“Sir, you are trying to find my father and get back that piece of treasure?” Alex asked.
“Of course, that’s the key treasure in my West Yukon!”
He was furious. “For your father’s sake, I had stolen it from the female sect leader’s room. Your unscrupulous father had dared to do this to me. He disappeared from the world after stealing the item from me, so I don’t even dare to return to the entrance of West Yukon.”
“Uh..?”
Alex and Dorothy looked at each other. “I must clarify one thing. First, my mom is not dead and still alive. Secondly, my dad is missing. I’m suspecting that it has something to do with this large tomb.”
Just at this moment, Zayne spoke. “Sir, could it be that you’re Trevon Lambert, the Peak Lord of Clarion Peak in West Yukon?”
“Who are you? How did you know me?”
Zayne was shocked.
He thought that William Rockefeller must have listened to his instigation to cheat West Yukon’s key treasure out of him because they encountered a hazardous situation when they went to the tomb back then. He casually mentioned that West Yukon had a key treasure called the Celestial Clothes, and if he ever wanted to acquire the Celestial Clothes, Trevon would be the best target for the breakthrough.
At the time, he had just simply mentioned it, but he did not expect that William really did it and brought it over.
“Cough, cough. I just heard about it somewhen. I didn’t expect it to be really you, sir!”
Waltz next to him winked.
She could understand that the old man from West Yukon whatsoever was a bit dumb. He was miserably deceived by her father-in-law and somehow managed to find them here, but he looked gullible.
She immediately said, “Sir, my father-in-law didn’t deceive you. He ran to this tomb after taking your treasure, but he’s stuck in there and can’t get out. We came to find him. If you want to find your treasure, you can come with us. When we’ve found my father-in-law, he’ll return the treasure to you for sure.”
The old man glanced at the bloody dark river that appeared after the collapse at the other side. He seemed to be hesitating.
In the end, he took out a pill and forcibly stuffed it into Freya’s mouth. “Hehe, alright. But, other than getting back my treasure, I still want something else.”
“What?”
“The key to unlocking the secret realm. This is something that your father once promised me.”
Alex blinked. “Alright.”
The grip around Freya’s neck loosened. She coughed a few times and asked coldly, “What did you feed me?”
Trevon said, “Oh, it‘s something good. Hehe, this is the Witch Cult’s pill of seven poisons. Don’t worry. I’ll give you the antidote as soon as I get back the key treasure and the key.”
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Alex frowned. He immediately diagnosed Freya with his Third Eye. He never expected that this old man would have something to do with the members of the Witch Cult. However, it was not convenient for him to ask more at this time.
Meanwhile, Darven was shocked. “What? What you fed Miss Mayer was the Witch Cult’s pill of seven poisons? Oh my goodness, this thing has no antidote at all. The consumer will undoubtedly die. Even god won’t be able to save her.”
As soon as the old man said that, Freya’s face distorted.
Trevon coldly snorted. “What do you know? Who told you that there’s no antidote for the pill of seven poisons? In this world, there’s no poison without an antidote. I have the antidote for the pill of seven poisons with me. If you don’t believe me, you consume one too and then I’ll give it to you to cure it.”
Darven’s expression stiffened as he did not want to try it.
Alex asked Darven, “Do you know this kind of pill of seven poisons?”
Darven nodded.
He was the ancestor of poisons. Moreover, he had had contact with the pill of seven poisons before.
Alex’s expression turned grim.
On the other hand, Zayne said, “Lord Lambert, you’re really reckless. Miss Mayer has an unusual background. She’s a descendant of the Exorcist Dragons. If you have an antidote, you’d better hurry and take it out to cure her! Otherwise, the matter is going to get tough when the Mayers rush to West Yukon later.”
“Huh, what? This girl is a descendant of the Exorcist Dragons?” Trevon jumped in shock, and even his eyelids twitched violently. He looked at Freya and asked, “What’s your mother’s name?”
Freya unwillingly said, “My mother’s name is Martiny Mayer.”
Alex saw the corner of Trevon’s mouth twitch intensely. He thought, ‘Could it be that Martiny Mayer is some sort of remarkable figure?’
In the next moment, Trevon obediently took out an antidote and handed it over to Freya. He laughed and said, “I… It turned out that you’re her daughter. Haha, I had met your mother once and had a misunderstanding. This is the antidote. Hurry up and consume it!”
He was worried too.
Freya was the only daughter of the woman who was known as the strongest in the Exorcist Dragons, and she was the only descendant of the Exorcist Dragons. If something were to happen to Freya, that woman would rush to West Yukon and end it in a bloodbath.
However, just as Freya Mayer was about to consume the antidote, Alex shouted, “Don’t consume it!”
Freya Mayer was startled for a brief moment. “What’s going on?”
Alex shook his head and said, “This isn’t the antidote. This is poison. If you really consume it, you’ll truly die from the poison within half a minute. Even god won’t be able to save you then.”
Alex cured Freya’s chronic illness.
Hence, she was very confident of Alex’s medical skills. Upon hearing him, she immediately threw away the pill. Trevon was shocked. “Oh my, you can’t throw it away. This is the only antidote. It’d be gone if you throw it away! Rockefeller brat, don’t you cause trouble for me. This is the antidote for the pill of seven poisons.”
Darven shook his head. “This isn’t the antidote for the pill of seven poisons. This is a normal snake venom pill. But, this snake venom pill can catalyze the immediate onset of the pill of seven poisons. Once the person consumes it, he’ll be beyond salvation!”
“Huh?”
“Where did this antidote of yours come from?”
Trevon was dumbfounded. “I got it from a branch master of the Witch Cult. He assured me that this is the antidote for the pill of seven poisons.”
Alex was speechless for a while.
Freya was a little nervous as she looked at Alex. “What will happen to me without the antidote?”
Alex did not say a word.
Darven said, “After consuming the pill of seven poisons, you will be able to live for another seven days. Seven days later, it will be incurable, and god won’t be able to save you.”
Thud!
Trevon suddenly fell and sat on the ground. He was done for.
After killing Freya, West Yukon’s demise would not be far away. How would he explain it to the sect leader?
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Alex stared daggers at Darven. “Shut up. If you don’t know how to save her, it doesn’t mean that she can’t be saved. Don’t worry. I’ll save her. The problem is, we’ll have to get out first. ”
At the same time, Dorothy instantly made a move by pointing at Trevon’s acupoint in the chest center to seal his cultivation completely.
***
“Say it, how did you come in?”
“Are there any other entrances or exits around here?” Dorothy held a long sword by Trevon’s neck.
Now that Trevon’s cultivation had been sealed, he had been reduced to a prisoner. In addition, he felt extremely regretful after knowing that he had caused trouble. He cried, “I just came in together with you people! How could there be any other entrance?”
“What?”
“Are you joking? How could we not know the number of people when we came in?” Quincy said coldly. He realized that he had the least sense of existence, and it slightly hurt his self-esteem. When there was a chance, he would say something to validate his existence.
Trevon said, “Why do I have to lie to commoners like you? When you people came down to the tomb, I followed in. It’s just that you wimps failed to realize that!”
Dorothy raised her brows. “Is it because of the magical treasure on your body? Take it out!”
Trevon’s expression stiffened. “Don’t even think about it!”
Whoosh!
As the sword’s edge turned, a sword mark instantly appeared on Trevon’s neck. Blood slowly seeped out of it.
Trevon was terrified.
The Peak Lord of the Clarion Peak in West Yukon was also considered a big shot.
However, a person with such a status would be more likely to be afraid of death. Moreover, he still had many unfulfilled wishes.
He immediately raised his hands and surrendered. “Okay, okay. I’ll give it to you. I’ll give it to you!”
In the next moment, he grabbed a piece of spiritual tool out of his mind palace, it had the appearance of a bell.
Trevon cried and said, “This is an innate treasure, the Emperor Bell. It has the function of defense and temporary invisibility. Take it, take it. But, hurry up and remove the sword away from my neck.”
Dorothy gently snorted. “What Emperor Bell and innate treasure are you talking about? You really brag well. This is just a counterfeit item, but its effect of invisibility is great. I’ll accept it.”
They had made the matter of entrance and exit clear. However, the problem remained.
They still could not exit the area!
After encountering the resurrected Caesar statue that had turned into a zombie and even caused Kenneth to lose his right arm, many people had cold feet. For instance, Quincy wished dearly a doghole would appear right away so that he could squeeze through it to escape from this damned place.
Susan, Darven, and the others also realize that this place was getting more dangerous. It was not a place where they could mess around with.
At this moment, Alex connected Kenneth’s arm back with ease. He could only guarantee that the right arm would not be necrotized due to ischemia.
After going out of the place, he still had to perform more delicate surgery. As for the recovery percentage, it would depend on god’s will. However, it would be almost impossible to recover it to the former state.
Caesar’s body was full of corpse miasma, and the sword also contained a large amount of the corpse‘s negative energy. Hence, Kenneth’s wound was corrupted and received a certain degree of damage on the nerves and blood vessels. It was irreversible.
“Did you people encounter such a situation when you went to the tomb previously?” Dorothy asked Susan.
The answer was negative.
Freya said, “Last time, we clearly saw Caesar’s casket with his skeleton inside too. But, the golden eyed zombie we saw just now couldn’t be fake. That was created through the refinement of a living person. In other words, Caesar had been refined into a living zombie and was specifically guarding the hall earlier to forbid us from entering it. Then, whose skeleton did we see last time?”
Trevon suddenly said, “‘The bloody river flows through the netherworld, Caesar’s tomb guards the west.’ We can only go down this bloody river if we wish to know the answer.”
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Trevon’s words made several people look at him once again.
Zayne asked, “Sir Lambert, do you know something?”
At this moment, Trevon, who was sitting on the ground, seemed to have difficulty even getting to his feet.
After taking a glance at Dorothy, he snorted and said, “Indeed, I know. But, why should I tell you people?”
Having said that, he naturally wanted to use it as a threat to have Dorothy remove the seal on him. However, he had miscalculated Dorothy’s approach.
Dorothy said coldly, “Since you’re not going to talk, you’re useless then!”
The ghastly, long sword in her hand that was obtained from the zombie Caesar made rumbling sounds.
Whoosh!
The sword’s cold tip became a pointy cold star and pierced through Trevon’s throat.
“Ah, no, no!”
At first, Trevon was still calm while waiting for Dorothy to take the initiative and offer him the conditions. Never did he expect that her approach was to kill himself right away. The ice cold sword intent engulfed its entire body. The moment the sword tip pierced through the skin of his throat, his eyes widened as he stared at her. He really could not believe that Dorothy would do this.
“You… How dare you try to kill me? I was just casually speaking,” Trevon said.
“Then, say it quickly now before I really kill you!”
Trevon was startled. Only then did he realize that he still had not died.
Dorothy’s sword had just pierced his throat’s epidermal skin. He had the misconception of his death earlier, resulting from the penetration of the cold blade into the skin. Meanwhile, Dorothy said coldly, “You only have one chance. If you keep dawdling, I’ll kill you with a slash of the sword! We can still get in there without you. ”
This time, Trevon spoke honestly. He hurriedly said, “No, no, no. I’ll tell you now, I’ll say anything…”
As the old man touched the sword wound on his neck, he felt a handful of blood. When he thought about it, he was still a little afraid. ‘This lady is really evil-minded!’
“Rockefeller brat, when your father borrowed the treasure of Yukon from me, he mentioned a limerick to me. Its content is, ‘the bloody river flows through the netherworld, Caesar’s tomb guards the west, the Goddess of Mercy sits down in her skirt, the Genbu carries the green sky on its back.’”
Upon hearing it, everyone frowned.
Quincy said, “What the heck is this? And, what’s with the Goddess of Marcy’s skirt? This can’t be some lewd poem, right? Who made it up? I’ve been to this large tomb, but why haven’t I heard of it before?”
Susan gently snorted as she said, “That’s why being uncultured isn’t terrible. What’s terrible is that someone is uncultured, yet he still wants to show off. Is this to show your naivety?”
Quincy furiously said, “B*tch, if you hadn’t hooked up with William Rockefeller, I would have dumped you ages ago. You’re such a hindrance. I don’t even know what the use of having you around is. It’s simply a burden to bring you along.”
“Huh?” Waltz and Maya were stunned as they hurriedly looked at Susan.
Alex had not told them about the story between Susan and William. It was reasonable for them to be shocked at this moment.
Waltz could not hold her temper any longer, so she immediately asked, “Is what you said real? She and my father-in-law had… That kind of relationship?”
Quincy said, “Why not? Without this relationship, she wouldn’t have survived long.”
Waltz and Maya’s expressions became cold. In terms of emotions, they would definitely side with Brittany Rockefeller.
Susan was tantamount to Brittany’s love rival. They certainly would not like a third wheel’s interference. Maya frowned and asked Alex, “Bro, do you know about it?”
Alex said, “I’m too lazy to care about my dad’s romantic adventures. We’ll talk about it when we find him! Susan, according to you, there’s some secret hidden in this limerick, right?”
Susan said, “Your dad wouldn’t mention this poem for no reason. Liking this bloody, dark river, I think it’s most likely to be a mnemonic that will guide us to the final location! ‘The bloody rivers flow through the netherworld.’ Indeed, it looks like the correct path, but what lies ahead is certainly not simple and it’s filled with lots of dangers.”
Zayne nodded. “That’s right. Caesar’s golden eyed zombie hasn’t been included in the limerick too. This shows that it isn’t the most dangerous, but there’s an even greater trial later.”
Upon uttering such words…
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Quincy Zoppins’ facial expression turned extremely horrific.
“D*mn. What do we do? We took tremendous effort just to beat one zombie. If another big fellow appears after we chant the next four phrases, I’d rather die!” Quincy plopped down on the ground after that.
“I’m not walking anymore. I won’t walk even if you kill me,” he added.
Alex Rockefeller nodded. “Sure. Indeed, the level of danger has far exceeded my initial expectations. If you don’t want to move forward, stay here. We’ll bring you guys out after we find a way, ” Alex said.
Kenneth Sunder, Darven Mikail, and the others looked a t each other. Finally, they all shook their heads.
They couldn’t get out if they stayed here. If Alex and the others found a way out but couldn’t unlock the door behind them, wouldn’t they end up starving to death here?
Moreover, a rustling sound could be heard in the passageway again. This sounded different from the luminescent bugs they had heard earlier.
Someone shone his flashlight in the direction where the sound came from.
“Ah! Sh*t! What is that?” Quincy shouted, jumping to his feet. That was because he saw a large, dark, dense swarm of bugs.
These bugs had crawled out from the cracks of the collapsed building earlier.
“These are zombie bugs!” Freya exclaimed.
“It’s a type of poisonous bug that coexists with golden eyed Golden Zombies. This type of poisonous bug is resistant to water and fire, and it survives by sucking a zombie’s toxins. It’s extremely poisonous. Hurry up and run!” she added.
Darven Mikail’s eyes widened. “What? Are these zombie bugs?”
He used to eagerly want a zombie bug as one of his poisonous tools. However, he only wanted one of it and not thousands or even ten thousand of these bugs like what he saw now.
Apparently, after detecting the scent of a living person, these bugs quickly crawled over.
Maya Howards instantly activated the same skill.
“Silver Frost, Frost Seal!”
Those bugs were frozen for a moment, but they soon recovered their ability to move.
Crack, crack, crack, crack!
A series of ice shattering sounds could be heard, and these bugs regained their freedom once more. They rushed over at an even faster speed.
Buzz!
Dorothy Assex took out her Phoenix Bow and fired nine spiritual arrows simultaneously.
Flames engulfed the sky.
However, it didn’t seem very effective.
“Move back!”
“Quickly, move back!” Quincy shouted before turning around and running away.
“We can’t move back. It’s a dead end. If we get surrounded by these zombie bugs, we won’t even be able to escape. Let’s head to the blood river!” Zayne York shouted.
“Master, there’s a boat down there!” Maiko Chiba shouted at Alex right then. After Alex summoned Maiko, she’d been around the entire time.
Alex instantly made up his mind. “Jump into the blood river. There’s a boat down there!”
Alex pointed forward. “Brahma’s Supreme Touch!”
He created a pathway with one sweeping motion and led the way through.
After the big building collapsed a while ago, a huge hole appeared on the ground. When Alex walked over to the edge of the hole and looked down, he indeed saw a large boat floating silently on the surface of the river. Now that the zombie bugs were growing in numbers and looking at them made one’s scalp prickle, Alex couldn’t care less what the boat was used for. He instantly asked everyone to jump down.
“I’ll jump first! Jump after me! Quick!” Alex exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Trevon Lambert was crying and howling.
“Bring me along, bring me along! Can anyone remove rny seal? Hey!” Trevon shouted.
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Trevon Lambert was greatly panicked.
His chest center’s pressure point had been sealed, and he was no different from a patient who suffered from severe paraplegia. Seeing how the dense swarm of zombie bugs was fast approaching him, his heart had almost risen to his throat.
At the crucial moment, Dorothy Assex reached into the air and made a grabbing motion. A shadow figure of her hand appeared out of nowhere from thin air.
It picked Trevon up and tossed him into the hole that connected to the blood river.
“Jump, jump, jump!”
“Hurry up!”
“Oh my goodness!”
The sounds of people shouting could be heard. Everyone frantically jumped down the hole. Only then did they realize that there was indeed a boat directly under the hole. After they jumped down, they landed on the large boat’s shipboard.
The height of the fall was rather great. They could hurt their buttocks significantly had their postures not been correct when they jumped down.
“Oh, oh! It hurts! A bug has bitten me. I’ve been bitten!” Right then, somebody was shouting painfully. It was none other than Quincy Zoppins.
Earlier, he made a mad dash toward the back of the passageway. As a result, he had jumped down slower than the rest. While he was running back, his calf was bitten by a zombie bug that had leaped upward.
Quincy reached out and was about to grab the bug when Darven Mikail stopped him. “Don’t use your hand. Zombie bugs are extremely poisonous. If you touch it with your hand, your hand will be destroyed. Hurry up and cut off the part that’s been bitten. Otherwise, the poison will spread all over your body. You’ll surely die then,” Darven said.
Zayne York moved very quickly.
He pulled a knife out and knocked away the zombie bug on Quincy’s calf. After that, he tore a part of Quincy’s trousers off and directly sliced the wounded flesh that had already turned dark.
Slash!
The knife was incomparably sharp. Flesh the size of a knuckle had been cut out from Quincy’s calf.
“Ahh!” Quincy cried out like a pig being slaughtered. “It hurts. It hurts so much. Rockefeller, this is all your fault. How could 100 million be enough? I demand one billion. No, I demand ten billion!” Quincy yelled.
Alex Rockefeller pretended not to hear him.
However, Maya Howards turned to look at Quincy’s wound. “It looks like the cut wasn’t clean. There’s still poison on the wound. It’s spreading.”
“Huh?” Quincy looked down. He wanted to cry, but no tears would come out.
Susan Hunter grabbed a rope and quickly tied it around Quincy’s calf below his knee. After that, Zayne made another cut.
“Oh, oh, ouch! Senior, quickly, knock me out. I’m about to die!”
In the end, Freya Mayer said something. “Zombie bugs’ poison spreads very quickly. Cutting the flesh off alone is pointless. You need to use this!” Freya retrieved a bag. After opening it, a pack of glutinous rice could be seen.
“This is fiery glutinous rice. It’s specifically used to cure zombie poison. Apply it on your wound,” Freya said.
Earlier, flesh the size of one’s knuckle had already been cut off, and blood flowed from Quincy’s leg. Now, he even had to sprinkle glutinous rice onto his wound.
Quincy felt as if he would soon go mad! Just as Zayne was about to sprinkle the glutinous rice on his wound, Quincy couldn’t stand it anymore. He picked up the Invincible Umbrella and knocked it against his head.
Quincy fainted.
Alex took out an antidote pill and handed it over to Zayne to give it to Quincy. Although Quincy was annoying, he was still one of the team members.
After tending to Quincy’s wound, everyone sighed in relief. After that, they checked the boat’s condition. In the end, they realized that the boat was actually moving.
“The boat is moving forward!”
“Lookup. The hole is getting further and further away!”
Everyone turned on their flashlights. Indeed, the boat was silently moving forward.
However, this blood river didn’t have any water currents, and there wasn’t any wind in this place either. How was the boat moving?
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There was a saying that blood rivers provided access to the spectral realm. Could this boat be headed to Land of Ghosts?
Meanwhile, somewhere extremely deep on the other side of Caesar’s Tomb.
Boom!
A loud explosion could be heard.
Rocks flew in all directions.
In an ancient underground cave, a huge, heavy door’s shaft had been blasted apart. A mechanical device the size of a car pushed against the massive door, and it started to do its job with a rumbling sound. Slowly, it opened the weighty stone door.
“It’s a success!” someone exclaimed while laughing loudly.
“After working hard for half a year and using countless means, we’re finally able to unlock Caesar’s Tomb today. The dungeon’s main entrance is close in sight! From now on, this dungeon will belong to us, the Blood Cult!”
The people working there started speaking in unison. “Congratulations, Branch Master! May our divine cult prosper and dominate the world!”
The man dressed in white was the Blood Cult’s Branch Master.
He laughed out loud. “Great! Come on! Gather everyone from the Divine Blood and enter the tomb with me,” he said.
Right then, a young woman standing next to Branch Master started to speak. “Branch Master, I just received news that, apart from Blood Fist, the Leviathan Gate’s master, the entire army has been wiped out. All the other people on the island have been bought over. Now, they have become a sect by the name of the Divine Dragon Sect.”
Branch Master snorted coldly. “Blood Fist is a fence sitter. Nothing good can come from him. I’ve never had much hope in Leviathan Gate. Their misinformation simply disrupted us! Those fellows from the Divine Constabulary and Department Six are all focused on Leviathan Gate and the Sky Tower. They have no idea that our Blood Cult had long created an underground passage through the secret diversion.”
After pausing for a moment, he continued to speak. “I even know that William Rockefeller’s son has chosen to use the escape door in Caesar’s Tomb as the entrance. Hahaha! The fates of these tomb raiders have already been decided. They definitely couldn’t have guessed that the escape door was a dead-end that I intentionally pointed them to. Now, William’s son is perhaps already dead!”
“Branch Master, your seamless plan greatly impresses me,” the young woman said.
“Alright. Gather everyone in Divine Blood!”
“Yes, Branch Master!”
Soon, a total of eighteen people from the Blood Cult’s Divine Blood rushed over.
After preparing a little and informing everyone about the plan, Branch Master led the way through the tomb’s stone gate that had been opened along with the young woman.
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Of course, Alex Rockefeller and the others didn’t know that people from the Blood Cult were inside this tomb.
Their objective was to acquire the key to the dungeon.
After Alex and the rest circled the large boat, they discovered something creepy. The boat they were in was shaped like a giant coffin. Moreover, Susan Hunter discovered an unusual ghostly aura when she looked at the shipboard with her clairvoyant Eyes.
“Alex, there’s something beneath the shipboard!” Susan exclaimed.
When Susan said this, her body was trembling. She couldn’t help but grab Alex’s arm.
After that, Waltz Fleur grabbed his other hand. In reality, Waltz wasn’t fearless, especially when it came to the supernatural stuff. She had always been afraid of these things.
“What is it?” Waltz asked softly.
“Resentful spirits!” Susan exclaimed.
Waltz’s grip around Alex’s hand tightened even further.
Darven Mikail was also nearby. “What do you mean?
Could there be coffins or corpses under the shipboard?”
“Not under the shipboard. They’re under the boat!” Susan said softly.
Darven shuddered, and his eyes widened. “Does this mean that the movement of this coffin boat is the doing of those things?” he asked.
Susan nodded.
“Are there a lot of them?” Waltz asked.
Susan’s entire body trembled. “It’s too many. I can’t count all of them.”
Now, everyone felt prickles in their scalps.
“What do we do?” Waltz asked.
“As written in poems, we’ll silently observe the changes as they come, ” Alex said.
As soon as Alex finished saying this, a prolonged, ghastly growl could suddenly be heard further down the blood river!
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This sound immediately made one’s scalp prickle, and one would even feel chills rising from the sole of one’s feet to the rest of the body. Even ghosts would tremble in fear when they heard this.
Bang!
Kenneth Sunder’s mental strength was the weakest amongst everyone. After hearing the growl, his entire head was aching. With a thump, he kneeled to the ground and reached for his head as he cried out. Even his ears were bleeding. “Ahh! Stop growling, stop growling!” he shouted.
However, covering his ears was pointless.
This was not a typical sound. Instead, it was a kind of growling sound that came from the mental dimension. It was capable of piercing through souls.
Even for someone like Alex Rockefeller, who had formidable mental power, he’d still feel awful.
Meanwhile, the coffin boat they were in started to speed up.
The more they went forward, the stronger the ghastly growl became. It felt as if their heads were about to explode.
Susan Hunter popped her head out of the boat and looked down. Her facial expression instantly changed drastically. “Alex, quick, look. The number of resentful spirits in the blood river is growing. They are pushing us forward. What exactly is there? Could it be Land of Ghosts?”
Alex looked down and saw swarms of resentful spirits. He could see them without even activating his spiritual eye. That was because these resentful spirits had manifested physically.
Not only that, but there was an even more significant number of resentful spirits floating up to join the group in pushing the boat.
Waltz Fleur, Maya Howards, Zayne York, and the others also walked to the boat’s edge. After seeing this, they began to doubt their eyes.
“We can’t keep going forward. This ghastly growl is powerful. It’s a ghost king, at the very least. On top of that, there are so many resentful spirits in the blood river. If we go there, we’ll be dead for sure,” Freya Mayer said.
“What do you propose?” Alex asked.
“Yeah, Miss Mayer. You people from Exorcist Dragons are the best at dealing with supernatural beings like these. If you have any way to help us, hurry up and do it! Now isn’t the time to hold back,” Darven Mikail said.
“Step aside. I’ll give it a try,” Freya said.
Alex nodded. “I’ll push the boat,” he said.
Alex rushed to the front of the boat. He gathered his spiritual power around his palm and struck the blood river.
“I’ll try too!” Maya came over to help. Maya tried using Silver Frost to freeze up the blood river.
Unfortunately, it didn’t go as planned. There were too many resentful spirits in the blood river. Before Maya’s Silver Frost even took shape, it’d been torn apart.
The resentful spirits had ferocious expressions on their faces. It sent chills down one’s spine.
Dorothy Assex also came over. She was frowning deeply. “I didn’t think there’d actually be a hundred thousand resentful spirits floating around here. There’s so much blood that it has formed a river. This is way too shocking. Even a tomb of ancient gods wouldn’t be this horrendous. It really is a setup for certain death. I wonder who the master of this tomb could be,” she said.
“Isn’t it Caesar?” Maya asked.
Dorothy shook her head. “It’s probably someone else,” she said.
Right then, Freya’s voice could be heard. “I summon upon the power of limitless skies, the origin of all spells, the ends of the galaxy, the karmic cycle of Yin and Yang, death and life, and the edict of the Dragon God!”
Freya then cut herself on the palm. Using her blood, she drew a spell formation.
After that, she blasted it into the blood river.
In the next moment, a hexagonal formation with bright pillars of flames formed in the blood river. It was as if a six-pointed, star-shaped hole had been created in the blood river. Meanwhile, those resentful spirits were gradually sucked into the hole.
Dorothy had a strange look in her eyes as she observed this for a while. ‘I didn’t think this woman could be so strong. It seems like she does have some connection to the Dragon race,’ Dorothy thought.
Unfortunately, Freya’s level of cultivation wasn’t that strong.
Such spell formations that engulfed resentful spirits required a continuous consumption of her Chi and fresh blood. Every time she activated it, it could, at most, last half a minute. After half a minute, the power of the spell formation would decrease. After that, Freya would need to scatter a little more of her fresh blood into it.
After repeating this action three times, Freya’s face turned ashen. She became powerless after that.
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Meanwhile, Maiko Chiba suddenly rushed over. Earlier, she went into the blood river to consume those countless resentful spirits. However, the growling sound from the ghost king far away exerted tremendous pressure on her. Within a short amount of time, Maiko couldn’t handle it anymore. “Master, hurry up. Allow me to go into the Stake of Exorcism. I can’t take it anymore!”
The ghost king’s growling was like a call for obedience. Maiko was also a ghost. She could also be affected by it. If she listened to it a few more times, she’d end up joining the enemy camp.
Suddenly, everyone’s facial expression turned awful.
“Rockefeller, hurry up and remove my seal. Now that everyone is on the same boat, are you still worried that I’ll attack you guys?” Trevon Lambert shouted.
“Can you fight so many resentful spirits?” Alex Rockefeller asked.
“I’ll save my strength to fight that ghost king, ” Trevon said unabashedly.
Who would believe in bullsh*t like that?
Alex and Dorothy Assex attacked the resentful spirits in the blood river several times, but it wasn’t very effective. Mainly, it was because there were too many resentful spirits in the blood river. Killing a few dozen to a hundred, or even up to a thousand, was of no use. They should instead save their strength until they see the ghost king.
Everyone fell silent on the boat, but they were all very nervous.
The grave danger they were about to face felt like a giant stone weighing down upon them, and it made everyone feel suffocated.
Right then, everyone heard a noise.
“Ahl!”
“No, no!”
It was a man’s voice, and it came from the other direction of the blood river.
After taking a glance, they saw that there was an intersection further down the blood river. A multitude of resentful spirits surrounded a man as he rolled around in the blood river with a terrified expression on his face. He was also heading in the same direction as the boat Alex and the others were in.
“Who is that?” Susan was shocked.
“Could it also be someone like Mr. Lambert who came in after us?” Susan asked.
Zayne York shook his head. “Not possible. That’s an intersection in the blood river. He probably came from a different direction from us… In this case, it means that someone else has entered this place.”
“Let’s rescue him and ask him,” Alex said.
Everyone couldn’t quite comprehend this. That person was over a hundred meters away from their boat, and there were so many resentful spirits down there. They couldn’t even see the blood river itself. How were they going to save him?
In the end, Alex actually jumped off the boat. As his body floated in the air, he gathered endless lightning power around him.
With a grabbing motion of one hand, a sizzling sound could be heard. It was as if he held a myriad of lightning bolts in his hand. He then flung the lightning bolts forward.
“Holy sh*t!” At some point, Quincy Zoppins had woken up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Alex floating mid-air. “It’s the god of thunder!” he exclaimed.
Boom!
Beneath them, a passageway was created by a multitude of lightning bolts.
All the resentful spirits that were struck cried out pitifully. Some perished, while others escaped.
Freya Mayer’s pupils reflected the glare of the lightning bolts. Suddenly, she was so shocked that she couldn’t speak.
‘This fellow is powerful!’ she thought.
The man in the blood river also witnessed this scene. He, too, was shocked. However, due to his will for survival, he started toshout. “Help, help!”
Shuffle…
Alex generated electricity beneath his feet and dashed forward on the blood river. He forcefully grabbed that person away from a bunch of resentful spirits before rushing back to the boat.
After the man’s feet landed on the shipboard, he sighed loudly. “Thank you so much…” He said while still feeling fearful.
Before he could finish his sentence, a sword was pressed against his neck. “Speak. Who are you? Why are you here?”