Chapter 1017: Fishing in Troubled Waters

The entire underground palace appeared to be in a certain degree of chaos.

On the ground, countless corpses opened their eyes, scrambling to jump up, pouncing indiscriminately toward all the inheritances, authorities, and Great Emperor treasures.

They had the momentum of 'if I can get one, I earn; if I get two, I earn super big'.

And in mid-air, the old woman's absorption was blocked by the arriving Lin Kun. The two sides were currently attacking, back and forth, the light of spells flashing, Sovereign auras erupting, and the damage formed was terrifying.

And each other's authority was also affecting the rules and laws, colliding invisibly.

Roaring sounds were constant.

The fluctuations emitted shattered a large number of corpses, but there were too many corpses here, and in the end, some took advantage of this opportunity to pounce on the inheritance authorities and treasures.

They attempted to bump them toward the stone gate where Xu Qing and Chen Erniu were.

And the old woman, herself extremely extraordinary, although fighting the Fifth Sovereign who had incarnated as Lin Kun, did not fall into a disadvantage, and even while counterattacking, her absorption was not completely interrupted.

It was still continuing.

The Immortal Remains were still dissipating.

It was just that the speed was much slower, and the trend of those inheritance authorities and Great Emperor treasures returning was affected by the collision of the corpses revived by Xu Qing and Chen Erniu.

All of this took a long time to say, but in reality, it happened in a flash.

The situation that was relatively balanced before was directly broken with the appearance of the old woman and the obstruction of the Fifth Sovereign.

Suddenly, it became intense.

And the other parties also had gloomy expressions; some had thoughtful looks in their eyes, some had coldness rising in their expressions, but... as Sovereigns, their intelligence was not simple, so one couldn't fully see their true thoughts from the changes in their expressions.

And being able to come here, naturally, they were all prepared.

So all appearances could be deliberate.

Specifically, only they themselves knew.

But regardless, the change in the situation at this moment ultimately had a huge impact on this place, and in the chain reaction, more disasters might arise.

So after a few breaths, a third Sovereign, based on thoughts in their heart, stepped out.

The one who rushed out was the palace-attired woman holding the octagonal mirror.

As she stepped, she left the stone gate where she was, stepped into the underground palace, her figure blurry, and when she was clear, she was already behind the old woman, one hand reaching toward a Dao mark authority beside her, and one hand shaking and pressing toward the old woman's body.

Her appearance caused the intensity of the situation here to climb again.

The old woman roared, and at this moment, she couldn't care about continuing to absorb the Immortal Remains, abandoning it decisively, while at the same time, extreme black light shone on her body, erupting outward fiercely.

Forming a huge black ball like a black hole.

Wherever it spread, it cut everything.

The Fifth Sovereign who had incarnated as Lin Kun and this palace-attired woman changed expressions and retreated, but they didn't forget to raise their hands to grab the objects of fortune.

At the same time, a fourth Sovereign flickered their body and headed straight for the underground palace.

It was the youth who had once smiled at Xu Qing and Chen Erniu and relied on silkworm silk to obtain treasures.

His speed was astonishing; in the blink of an eye, he entered the underground palace, his target not the old woman, but an inheritance imprint in the surroundings.

Immediately after, a cold snort echoed, and the scholar-dressed young man's body appeared to overlap, dissipating like a bubble, and when he appeared... he was already near a Great Emperor treasure shaped like a compass, raising his hand to grab it.

The moment he grabbed it into his hand, a black shadow whistled past him.

It was exactly the Sovereign old man who had a conflict with Xu Qing and Chen Erniu.

He also chose to rush in, but what was different from others was... his first choice was not to attack the old woman, nor the treasures here, but to flick his large sleeves.

Immediately, death aura formed a storm, sweeping here.

This storm didn't have much impact on the Sovereigns, but for those corpse groups controlled and revived by Xu Qing and Chen Erniu, it was fatal.

In the blink of an eye, roaring echoed, and as if purified, all the corpses pouncing toward the inheritance imprints and treasures became flying ash in this storm.

This was clearly targeted.

After doing all this, the old man sneered and began to snatch the treasures here.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qing's eyes flashed with cold light, Chen Erniu's heart had intense hatred, and his expression became ferocious.

"Is he sure we don't dare to go in?"

"Damn it, blocking my harvest like this, this is an irreconcilable life-and-death hatred!!"

Chen Erniu roared, his eyes showing madness. Seeing so many treasures but being unable to get them, this feeling was enough to drive him crazy.

Thus, he did something even crazier.

He actually raised his hand and cut down, cutting his own head... off.

Then his right hand waved, throwing the head to Xu Qing.

From the mouth of the head, a roar was transmitted.

"Little Ah Qing, help me keep it!"

After speaking, his body that had lost its head went 'bang', directly exploding, turning into countless blue worms, emitting thick greed and madness, carrying extreme ferocity, directly rushing out of the stone gate and into the underground palace.

Pouncing toward the Great Emperor treasure shaped like a shield that he and Xu Qing had favored the most.

Regarding the Senior Brother's behavior, Xu Qing was not surprised, and the cooperation was tight. Almost the moment the worms transformed by the other party rushed over, the Six Thieves Delusion Authority in Xu Qing's body rose.

Transforming into countless threads of seven emotions and six desires, connecting with the Senior Brother's head in his arms.

In this way, he helped the Senior Brother resist the damage from the soul level together.

At the same time, his left hand raised, taking out a mask.

This mask had a compassionate expression; it was exactly the Compassionate Mask that Xu Qing had obtained at the Immortal Art Hall back then.

The function of this human-skin mask was that after wearing it, one could share half of the damage suffered by the person one was looking at.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Qing put it on his face, then stared at Chen Erniu.

At this moment, the scene in the underground palace was extremely chaotic.

The black ball formed by the old woman was erupting outward.

The Fifth Sovereign who had incarnated as Lin Kun and the palace-attired woman were retreating, collecting inheritances.

And the youth and the scholar, as well as that old man, were also guarding against each other, each obtaining their own.

Everyone's performance was distrust of each other, as well as selfishness.

Thus, the blue worms pouncing on the Great Emperor treasure first had to face the pressure and momentum emitted by multiple Sovereigns, and then had to face the aftermath damage of their competition.

Finally, they had to face the threat of that old man who had a grudge against them, who was approaching rapidly.

So the next instant, under the sharing of damage, Xu Qing's body shook violently, blood sprayed out, flowing down along the mask.

His physical body felt like it was going to shatter, and his soul was also in extreme pain.

His body staggered, and he held onto the wall beside him to barely stand firm, his body emitting weakness.

Chen Erniu's head was also bleeding from seven orifices and began to rot.

The worms transformed by his physical body had collapsed by more than half, and the remaining ones were also being destroyed in the old man's storm.

The gap in cultivation between each other made it seem like Xu Qing and Chen Erniu had no way to obtain a harvest in such a chaotic situation.

But... just like people's appearances cannot easily be used as a basis for judging thoughts.

Sometimes, chaotic situations are also like this.

Perhaps, the more chaotic it is, the more order exists.

Just like at this moment... in this chaos, in the instant when it seemed that all parties were occupied by selfishness and looting, they, who had dispersed, actually turned around at the same time as if they had arranged the positions.

The aura on their bodies surged much more than before at this instant, and they all attacked together toward an empty space that they had secretly blocked using the chaotic situation as a cover, as if they had agreed.

The youth's attack formed a huge crimson hammer.

The scholar's killing intent turned into an ancient book, authority erupted, and the pages turned.

The old man raised his hand, gathering countless death auras, forming a Gate of Death, and this gate opened, a large black hand reached out and grabbed fiercely.

And the Fifth Sovereign who had incarnated as Lin Kun, and that palace-attired woman.

At this moment, they all unleashed their trump cards.

And the moment they attacked, the weak Xu Qing had a flash of sharp light in his eyes, the sense of weakness dissipated, and the Holy Heaven God Vine rushed out from his body rapidly, heading straight for the underground palace, wrapping around the Great Emperor treasure shaped like a shield.

Pulling fiercely.

In the underground palace, one of the blue worms that had been destroyed before suddenly jumped up, and with a flicker, it rapidly split, becoming hundreds or thousands, gathering together, launching a charge and collision toward the shield treasure.

Before, it seemed like Chen Erniu was attacking to seize the treasure, but in reality, this was an appearance; a glance between him and Xu Qing was enough to know each other's meaning.

So, his appearance, if it could succeed, was naturally the best; if not, then it was assistance.

It would be Xu Qing's side that truly attacked.

At this moment, roaring sounds rose to the sky.

The empty space that had been bombarded by the Sovereigns of all parties, at this moment, amidst the distortion of nothingness, a figure manifested from within, retreating rapidly, seemingly wanting to dodge, but it was already too late.

Finally, before blood sprayed, this figure disintegrated itself, unfolded unknown methods, paid a huge price, and finally escaped the death catastrophe.

When it reappeared, it had already moved out of the trapped area and appeared on the altar.

It was exactly the Yun family ancestor.

His face was gloomy, knowing that his plan had been seen through by these people, and he also knew that all their previous behaviors were just appearances; in reality, they had secretly joined forces long ago.

At the same time, his gaze also swept across the stone gate where Xu Qing and Chen Erniu were.

He saw that shield treasure, under the crazy collision of the blue worms that had taken advantage of the opportunity, being pulled away by the vine.

But clearly, the focus now was not that Great Emperor treasure, but these Sovereigns.

So the Yun family ancestor withdrew his gaze and stared at all parties.

All parties naturally also noticed Xu Qing and the other's behavior; except for the old man who frowned, other Sovereigns were all focusing on the Yun family ancestor.

They had indeed joined forces.

As for that old woman, the first moment she appeared, they judged that there was a problem with the other party, and some even perceived that it was a living dead person.

But this was an open conspiracy; even if they saw it, they still had to step in, so they simply went along with the plan, laying out a layout amidst the chaos, wanting to force out the hidden person and kill them.

"It really is you." The Fifth Sovereign who had incarnated as Lin Kun stared at the Yun family ancestor and spoke coldly.

"No need to say more, just behead him!" The palace-attired woman beside him had killing intent rising in her eyes, attacking first, heading straight for the Yun family ancestor.

But the moment everyone rushed out...

The Yun family ancestor's expression revealed a strange meaning, and as his right hand raised, he actually placed a palm on his own glabella in front of everyone.

With a 'bang', he committed suicide on the spot.

The moment he died, his physical body collapsed, and a large amount of blood spilled onto the Immortal Remains below.

At the same time, on the old woman's side, her eyes also closed, her physical body vanished into smoke, becoming flying ash.

And the underground palace had wind.

In the wind, all inheritances trembled.

All Dao mark authorities fluctuated violently.

Great Emperor treasures rose and revived one by one!

And that Immortal Remains, after being stained with blood, had its withered eyelids slowly... open.

A terrifying aura erupted to the sky! ===== CHAPTER 1020 =====