Chapter 136: Heavyweight Head Soul Bone!

Wu Qi did not sit and wait for death; he whispered to Huo Wu, "Use your Fourth Soul Skill to push those three forward, creating an opening for Feng Xiaotian to land a killing blow."

Huo Wu hesitated, "This place is too small; the flames might hurt our own people!"

The power of her flames had been enhanced by the Immortal Herb and could not be underestimated.

In such a narrow passage, the air waves would whip around, making it very easy to burn everyone.

But now, they had no choice; continuing to drag this out was very disadvantageous for them.

Moreover, once blocked in the passage, facing attacks from the outside, they would only be lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"Trust the captain."

Chen Ping said earnestly, simultaneously activating his martial soul and assuming a defensive stance.

Huo Wu no longer hesitated, and her third soul ring suddenly lit up.

The moment the Resisting Fire Ring was generated, a powerful air wave burned the three opponents and rushed toward them at an extremely high speed.

"Third Soul Skill, Profound Defense."

Under Chen Ping's control, the turtle shell landed on Feng Xiaotian and "filled" the entire passage, resisting the erosion of the fiery air waves.

Blocked, the air waves instantly backflowed, once again severely wounding the three opponents.

Feng Xiaotian did not pause; he took a sharp dagger from his Soul Guidance Device, rushed forward to finish off the three, and stored the corpses in his Soul Guidance Device to avoid obstructing the path forward.

Chen Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted heavily, "The impact was so strong, I almost couldn't hold it."

Wu Qi dared not be careless.

The environment of the passage was similar to a tunnel; Huo Wu's flame explosion was equivalent to a bomb, and the resulting air waves, blocked at this end, would inevitably erupt from the other end.

The erupting air waves were likely to cause quite a commotion.

Once detected by the outside world, a large number of people would inevitably pour in.

Wu Qi urged, "The direction the air waves can escape is the exit; quick, hurry up."

……

The speed at which the air waves traveled was much faster than legs.

The two sides confronting each other outside suddenly heard a blast, and air waves erupted from the ruins, spitting out terrifying tongues of fire!

Bokefu's expression was ugly, "Heh, I didn't expect you to actually send people in first!"

"Trying to stall us here so your people can steal the treasure?"

Zhou Congping only felt it was strange; among the personnel he had sent, there were no fire-attribute Spirit Masters, and the Soul Guidance Device guarding this place had already failed; even if there were mechanisms inside, they wouldn't cause such a large commotion.

Suddenly, he guessed something.

The other side had likely also sent people to sneak into the ruins during the previous battle.

Everyone's hands were dirty; no one should point fingers at anyone else.

But could Bokefu not know whether he had sent people?

To prevent the treasure from being swallowed by the Xinshan Sect, he led his men to attack, and the two sides fell into battle once again.

Invisibly, this actually bought time for Wu Qi and the others.

……

Leaving the passage, the group had arrived at the location of the previous entrance.

Noticing the battle outside, Wu Qi said urgently, "Search nearby; there must be a mechanism covering the real passage."

"Everyone, keep the noise down."

Before he could finish, Qiangu Changkong noticed an unusual gap in the wall beside him.

He reached out and pushed gently, and the wall was actually pushed open, revealing a straight passage behind it.

"Damn, there really is one," Huo Wushuang exclaimed.

To prevent any mechanisms from existing within, Chen Ping activated his soul skill to wrap himself tightly and walked at the very front to scout the path for everyone.

"Who would have thought that the true location of the ruins was behind the wall at the entrance?" Sun Buyu shook his head bitterly.

Fortunately, Wu Qi's mind was quick; if they had kept spinning around in the passage below, they would never have found the treasure.

Moreover, as they continued to go deeper, they would only sink deeper and deeper, eventually getting lost within it.

Along the way, the group did not encounter any mechanisms, and there was a secret chamber at the end of the passage.

The stone door was ajar, and a faint firelight came from within.

Pushing open the stone door, everything inside was in full view.

The layout of the secret chamber was very simple, with a skeletonized corpse sitting in the center.

The Everlasting Lamp lit in front of it brought a faint light to the secret chamber.

Where the skeletal fingers were, there was a shattered ring, and scattered around were a large number of rusted gold and silver treasures, as well as black ash that had long since carbonized, impossible to identify.

The surrounding walls were bare, with no items, and it was impossible to tell for the time being whether there were any mechanisms.

Seeing this, everyone refocused their gaze on the skeletal corpse.

It could be seen that the owner of this secret chamber must have been a top-tier powerhouse in the Soul Master World during their lifetime.

Its skeleton still radiated a trace of power.

Wu Qi noticed that there were faint soul power fluctuations in six parts of the corpse.

"Soul bones!"

Joy was written all over everyone's faces.

"Six soul bones from a top-tier powerhouse; the age must be quite high. We've hit the jackpot this time," Sun Buyu said excitedly.

The flesh had long since rotted away, and the soul bones attached to different parts could be easily detached.

Among them, the soul power fluctuation emitted by the head soul bone was the strongest.

Wu Qi knew that the age of this soul bone must be beyond imagination.

At this moment, the group had no time to distribute them, so they handed everything over to Wu Qi to store in his Soul Guidance Device, to be distributed only after returning.

As for the gold and silver on the ground, the group had no interest in it at all.

Just as they were about to leave, Qiangu Changkong stopped in his tracks, "As top-tier powerhouses, isn't having only these treasures too little?"

Admittedly, the original owner's Soul Guidance Device had shattered, causing the items within to scatter across the floor and be corroded by time.

But could having only this small amount of belongings be worthy of their own strength?

Qiangu Changkong knew that in his grandfather's Soul Guidance Device, the number of treasures was unimaginably large.

Then, what about someone even stronger than his grandfather?

"A snake that is never satisfied will try to swallow an elephant! We have been able to walk here unimpeded and obtain six soul bones without any accidents; do you still not understand?" Wu Qi asked in return.

Every powerhouse knows that after their death, the Soul Guidance Device supporting their dwelling will sooner or later fail.

If someone comes to hunt for treasure in the future, it will disturb their peace after death!

Most powerhouses would choose to proactively "offer" some treasures, letting the treasure hunters succeed and leave, in order to seek tranquility.

If one were to be greedy, they would likely end up staying behind to be buried with them.

Sun Buyu nodded repeatedly, "Right, right, right, one cannot be greedy. Perhaps there really is some kind of mechanism on these walls, or perhaps there are treasures hidden further on."

"But once you reach out your hand, there is no guarantee you won't encounter the vengeance of the ruin's owner."

"If you have the life to take it but not the life to spend it, what is the point?"

The group was not blinded by the treasures.

Following Wu Qi's suggestion, the group entered the Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch once again, and Wu Qi carried them as he evacuated.

Wu Qi covered his face with a black cloth, and just as he stepped out of the ruin's gate, he noticed the gazes cast toward him from all around.

The Xinshan Sect and the royal army, after their previous struggle, had calmed down once again and begun negotiations.

Now that Wu Qi had walked out from within, both sides could guess that the treasures were on him.

"Hand over the items!" Zhou Congping said sternly.

Wu Qi shook his head, soul bone wings appeared behind him, and his figure soared into the air.

The treasures were already in hand, and he had no intention of staying behind.

(End of this chapter)