Chapter 161: Violent Door Kick

The bronze ancient hall rose fully, enormous and boundless, like a gigantic beast standing amid the heavens and earth!

The bronze hall was covered with intricate formation patterns, now faintly glowing, as if echoing the power fluctuations of the entire cave dwelling world.

Many cultivators had already arrived from all directions, along with some massive sea monsters, staring at the suddenly appearing ancient hall, their eyes all showing greed and longing!

But no one dared to approach rashly; the heavy aura could make an ordinary Dao Master realm's heart race, and no one knew whether the bronze ancient hall held danger, so all were watching!

This massive ancient bronze hall had many Dao gates, giant doors spread in all directions!

Boom—

In the next instant!

The huge bronze hall gate emitted a muffled roar, slowly opening inward, revealing a deep, vast, dark passage inside!!

A more ancient, bleak aura, mixed with a strong Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu aura, surged out from within the hall!!

The Sect Master opened the door, as if extending an invitation, inviting all present cultivators to enter!!

The nearby cultivators hesitated; everyone knew the core of this tomb cave dwelling should be this bronze ancient hall!!

But this bronze ancient hall opened its door on its own, which was rather strange!!

Everyone believed there was great opportunity inside, but there would also be considerable risk!!

"You keep watching, I'll go in first." A gigantic humanoid sea monster, its body covered in teal scales, lunged straight toward a bronze gate.

"Come on, what's there to fear!"

"The opportunity is inside!"

"First come, first served!"

The nearby cultivators no longer hesitated, turning into streaks of light, rushing into the bronze ancient hall one after another.

"Li Zhangsheng, shall we go in?" Xia Yu looked at the opened hall door, eager to try.

But thinking of Li Zhangsheng's strength, she instinctively looked at him, as if waiting for his decision, after all the strongest person here is Li Zhangsheng!

Xia Jie and the others, though still looking grim, dared not speak much, merely bowing their heads and standing aside!

"We're already here, so let's go in and take a look." Li Zhangsheng smiled, taking the first step, strolling toward the hall door!

Xia Yu and Huyan Que hurriedly followed.

Xia Jie and the others hesitated briefly, then finally followed, keeping a considerable distance, daring not to get too close to Li Zhangsheng!!

The inside of this bronze ancient hall should conceal some risks.

They mainly intended to stay behind the lady, protecting her safety.

Although that white‑clad youth was powerful, they were unsure whether he would intervene to save the lady at a critical moment, so staying personally by her side was safer!

The moment they stepped into the bronze ancient hall, Xia Yu and the others felt an invisible force sweep over their bodies; immediately, their spiritual awareness seemed to sink into a mire, being heavily restrained!

"Spiritual awareness suppressed!"

"What a strong seal, spiritual awareness can detach at most three zhang!"

"Now it's troublesome, the situation inside is unknown…"

Voices of other cultivators who entered through this gate echoed from inside the ancient hall!

The faces of Xia Jie and the others following Li Zhangsheng grew solemn!

In such an unknown ancient ruin, spiritual awareness suppressed is like losing one's eyes, the danger coefficient multiplies!!

Xia Yu also tried to release her spiritual awareness, but it could only extend a short distance; her small face twisted bitterly: "Now it's hard to find the way, it's so big inside, pitch‑black!"

The interior of the bronze ancient hall was extremely spacious, its ceiling unseen, with massive bronze columns supporting the dome, each column also engraved with runes!

The floor was made of heavy bronze bricks, covered in dust!

Where the eyes could reach, only some faintly glowing gems set along the passage sides offered limited illumination; deeper lay a darkness, with spiritual awareness unable to reach far, giving an inexplicable sense of oppression!!

Of course, the spiritual seal inside this bronze ancient hall was, for Li Zhangsheng, essentially ineffective!!

Li Zhangsheng's thoughts shifted slightly; his vast, mighty spiritual awareness silently unfolded, like mercury spilling onto the ground, ignoring that seal, instantly covering every corner of the bronze ancient hall!!

Although after arriving at Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu, his spiritual awareness's coverage range had shrunk.

But this bronze ancient hall was still within his spiritual awareness's coverage!

The hall's structures, passages, secret rooms, mechanisms… all flashed into his mind!!

The interior of this bronze ancient hall had many passages, like an ant nest, with many places hiding peril!

"Aaaah!"

"Don't eat me, don't eat me!!"

At that moment, a mournful scream echoed from deep within the ancient hall.

Li Zhangsheng's spiritual awareness detected that an unlucky fellow had opened a secret room, and a swarm of insects instantly pounced on him, tearing at him madly!

"Follow me." Li Zhangsheng said, his voice calm, marching straight toward a direction!

That direction was not the wide main path, but a somewhat secluded side corridor!

"Huh? This way?" Xia Yu, though puzzled, trusted Li Zhangsheng unconditionally and immediately followed!!

Xia Jie and the others exchanged glances, finally gritting their teeth and following; in this place where spiritual awareness was limited, staying with Li Zhangsheng might be safer, though they had some grievances with him!

The side corridor wound downward, growing deeper, and the light grew ever dimmer!!

Soon, they encountered towering armored warriors cast wholly from dark bronze!

These warriors stood dozens of meters tall, their armor engraved with runes, the patterns emitting a dead‑gray glow, showing no sign of life!

Their hands grasped bronze warblades, and their helmets bore only two deep grooves, likely their eyes; originally ashen, they suddenly flashed crimson after Li Zhangsheng's party arrived!

Boom! Boom! Boom……

The muffled, ancient death aura radiated from them, and they twisted their stiff heads, looking toward Li Zhangsheng's group.

The aura emitted by these bronze armored warriors was comparable to the peak of a Dao Master realm!

Rumble—

In the next instant, they directly charged at Li Zhangsheng and the others.

Inside this bronze hall, the earth shook and mountains trembled!

"Those who enter the hall shall be killed without mercy."

A hoarse voice sounded from the mouth of a bronze-armored warrior, very rough!

The expressions of Xia Jie and the few others following behind Li Zhangsheng and them changed drastically.

That group of bronze-armored warriors numbered over a hundred, each exuding the aura of a peak Dao Lord realm cultivator; such a lineup was somewhat terrifying!

"Li Zhangsheng, I feel these guys are a bit strong; can we handle them?" Xia Xu asked, somewhat doubtful and uncertain.

Li Zhangsheng extended a finger and lightly pointed at the bronze-armored warriors charging forward.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The group of bronze-armored warriors exploded with a boom, turning into powder that scattered everywhere!

"Let's go." Li Zhangsheng continued forward as if he had just done something trivial.

"Wow, Li Zhangsheng, you're amazing." Xia Xu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration at the bronze-armored warriors turned to powder ahead.

"This..." Xia Jie and the few others behind also swallowed their saliva, having it been resolved just like that?

The few continued forward!

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a huge stone gate tightly shut appeared ahead, towering over a hundred meters high, with no decoration on the gate, appearing simple and heavy, somewhat differing from the main style of the bronze ancient hall.

Li Zhangsheng stopped before the stone gate!

Xia Xu and the others also stopped, warily observing the surroundings; this place was very spacious, terrifyingly silent, with only the sound of their breathing!

"Li Zhangsheng, is it in here?" Xia Xu asked in a low voice.

"Mm." Li Zhangsheng lightly nodded, then kicked the stone gate violently with a foot.

Clatter!

The heavy stone gate exploded into powder...