Chapter 203: The Hope of Living!

On the second level of the Heavenly Tomb, atop a giant boulder, sat a figure in black armor.

For this period of time.

The black-armored figure, an Energy Body of the Heavenly Tomb who had once forgotten what time was.

Had come into contact with time once again.

The confusion in his eyes had dissipated significantly; he seemed to be contemplating the meaning of his existence.

"The time has come..."

At a certain moment, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and a white jade tablet appeared in his hand.

The next moment, the jade tablet was crushed.

A wisp of soul power vanished into the space.

And just after he crushed the jade tablet, at the edge of the horizon, a brilliant line connecting heaven and earth was spreading over at high speed.

"The great energy storm of the Heavenly Tomb!"

Looking at the terrifying energy storm that was sweeping over and filling the entire world, there was no trace of fear in the eyes of the black-armored figure.

During this time, while he counted the time, he also thought about many things.

As someone who had passed away long ago, he felt there was no meaning in continuing to stay; this Heavenly Tomb, which had become a place where the strong preyed on the weak, was not a place suitable for the deceased to rest in peace.

The original Heavenly Tomb did indeed provide a resting place for the deceased, but nowadays, the Energy Bodies inside the Heavenly Tomb devoured one another.

It had long since lost its original beauty.

"It is time for it to be completely destroyed..."

The black-armored figure stood up, not fleeing, but instead welcoming the energy storm.

At the same time, after the black-armored figure crushed the white jade tablet, Gu Fei, who was at the edge of the third level of the Heavenly Tomb, sensed something and stopped.

"Time really passes quickly!"

"It seems it is time to return to the second level!"

Gu Fei muttered to himself, then changed direction and walked toward the edge of the third level of the Heavenly Tomb, arriving at the crystal wall before long.

"Xun Er, it's great that you're alright!"

At the entrance to the third level of the Heavenly Tomb, Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao were the first to escape to this spot.

Upon seeing that Xun Er had arrived here early, Gu Qingyang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is Brother Gu Fei?"

Gu Yao's gaze swept around Xun Er, and he frowned as he asked.

"That's right, isn't Brother Gu Fei with you?" Gu Qingyang also frowned.

Gu Fei was the most outstanding genius of their Ancient Clan; he must not meet with any mishap in the Heavenly Tomb.

"I don't know. I suspect that Brother Gu Fei should have already entered the third level!"

"However, the energy light screen at this third-level entrance has already solidified. I tried to break through it, but the speed was simply too slow!"

"Moreover, inside that crystal wall, there are Ancient Devouring Insects. The places I opened up were gradually closed again by the energy they spat out, so I had to retreat first," Xun Er explained slowly, pointing to a pit on the crystal wall.

"Ancient Devouring Insects?"

Hearing this, Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao both frowned deeply again. As members of the Ancient Clan, they had also learned about such things.

Ancient Devouring Insects are a type of small Magical Beast that lived in the ancient era.

Their bodies are extremely small, but their numbers are infinite, and they can devour everything, then continuously secrete pure energy. This massive energy crystal wall was created by those little fellows.

"What should we do?"

"The great energy storm will blow here before long. If we don't enter the third level, we will all die here!"

Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang were in a difficult position.

And shortly after, Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan also arrived at this location.

Following that, the eight people from the Lei Clan, Yao Clan, Stone Clan, and Spirit Clan arrived one after another.

"Forget it, even if there are Ancient Devouring Insects inside, there is still a glimmer of hope. If we continue to stay here, it is a dead end!" Gu Qingyang made a decision, intending to bombard the energy crystal wall in front of him.

As his voice fell, the Dou Qi within Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao surged like a flood, finally transforming into exceptionally massive streaks of Dou Qi that fiercely bombarded the light screen in front of them, which had already solidified into substance.

Even though the light screen was extremely hard, it cracked under such bombardment, and finally, with a 'Crack!', a small pit half a zhang wide and three to four meters high was revealed.

However, at this speed, it would likely take several days to break through the hundreds-of-zhang-wide energy crystal wall, not to mention that there were extremely dangerous Ancient Devouring Insects inside.

"Where is Young Master Gu Fei? Why isn't he here?"

Although Huo Zhi did not have a good relationship with Xun Er, she took the initiative to speak to her at this moment.

A total of sixteen people entered this time, but now only thirteen were gathered here.

No one cared about the two from the Soul Clan; many were concerned about where Gu Fei had gone.

"Brother Gu Fei arrived at the third level early!"

Xun Er answered with extreme certainty at this moment, because she believed that with Gu Fei's strength, if he were still on the second level, he would have arrived here long ago.

"As expected of Gu Fei, he could enter that third level all by himself!"

Hearing that Gu Fei had reached the third level, Huo Zhi immediately felt a sense of relief in her heart.

"Huo Xuan, let's move!"

"Lei Luo, Yao Xing Ji, Shi Lezhi, Ling... if you lot are still going to watch the show, then prepare to all die here!"

The next moment, Huo Zhi also joined the team opening up the crystal wall and spoke up to remind those from the Lei Clan, Yao Clan, and Stone Clan.

Of the two from the Yao Clan, one was Yao Xing Ji, and the other was a young woman dressed in a fiery style; upon seeing Huo Zhi's actions, she also helped out.

No one wanted to die here.

The group continued to push forward, and in ten minutes, they finally advanced a depth of over ten zhang.

At this moment, the energy pressure coming from outside was growing stronger and stronger.

One could even faintly hear the whistling sound of the wind brought about by that storm.

"This won't do, time is too tight, and our speed is so slow!"

Lei Luo wore an impatient expression on his face, stopped striking the passageway, and sighed: "If Brother Lei Dong had come to the Heavenly Tomb this time, he would have smashed through this damn crystal wall long ago!"

"That's right, Brother Lei Dong has already reached the Two-Star Dou Saint level... sigh, it's a pity Brother Lei Dong is still undergoing trials at the Leichi!"

Another member of the Lei Clan also stopped.

"What's the use of saying those things? Hurry up and get to work, otherwise we're all going to die!"

Seeing this, Huo Zhi looked at the two members of the Lei Clan with great disgust.

And in the time it took for the two Lei Clan members to rest, everyone discovered that the crystal wall was slowly closing, and some white insects were burrowing through it.

"How could this happen?"

At this, everyone became even more desperate.

What was outrageous was that Ancient Devouring Insects were appearing in large numbers, and they could even devour their attacks.

"I seem to have sensed the aura of an Exotic Fire..."

Suddenly, a red light flared brightly from the center of Huo Zhi's brow, giving her a special kind of beauty.

"What Exotic Fire?"

Huo Xuan stopped and looked at Huo Zhi in surprise.

"This is Gu Fei's aura!"

Huo Zhi sensed carefully where she stood, then suddenly looked toward the front right of the passageway in pleasant surprise, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation.

The gazes of the others followed as well.

There, the incomparably hard passageway wall was being melted without any resistance, and a patch of dazzling firelight shone upon everyone's faces.

Everyone subconsciously squinted their eyes.

Behind that firelight, Xun Er, Huo Zhi, and the others saw a familiar figure.

(End of this chapter)