Chapter 99: Long Xuan's Slander

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan was heavy-hearted. At this moment, he no longer had any thoughts of returning to the sleeping hall to scavenge for tomb-securing treasures. All the tomb-securing treasures had already been taken away by the Female Emperor; what kind of tomb-securing treasures could he possibly still find?

Or perhaps not. It seemed she had intentionally left behind a type of demon flower. This demon flower, with its very high progress bar, also seemed to be a heaven-defying treasure; it could absolutely be called a tomb-securing treasure.

Yet, the ability of this demon flower seemed useless against him. Any illusion it created would be seen through by him and then dissipate directly; it posed no threat to him whatsoever.

Long Xuan rubbed his chin. His golden finger really could scavenge for tomb-securing treasures.

His eyes began to brighten more and more.

However, he prepared to plan this matter carefully first; he did not intend to turn back and pluck that demon flower.

On one hand, the Female Emperor might have been resurrected; the danger of not leaving the tomb at this time was truly too great.

On the other hand, seventy percent of everything obtained in the tomb had to be handed over to the clan.

He had originally wanted to show off his intelligence to the clan's upper echelons, but the clan simply wouldn't say what method they would use to inspect their storage bags.

Directly searching storage bags was certainly impossible; everyone had their own privacy, and if the clan dared to do so, it would surely incite public anger.

If they didn't search the storage bags, how would the clan distinguish which treasures were brought out from the tomb and which treasures belonged to the individuals themselves?

Long Xuan was currently completely ignorant of the clan's methods. Since he didn't know their methods, he had no way to show off his intelligence; how could he dare to be clever and act rashly?

The smartest approach could only be not to bring the treasures out, and after everyone had left, find an opportunity to sneak back in one day.

The ancient tomb wouldn't move; why couldn't he enter on any given day?

Thinking that the rabbit in the insect-breeding bag might also be a priceless treasure, he didn't dare to bring it out either.

So, he prepared to secretly hide it in some concealed corner of the tomb and come back to retrieve it when he had time.

As for the treasures confiscated from the rabbit, as well as the spirit soil, none of them could be taken out. He planned to hide them all in some corner and only take the Spirit-Charging Grass out of the tomb.

"Let's go! If the Female Emperor has resurrected and walked out of the tomb, then this world is likely going to change. We must notify the clan of this matter as soon as possible."

After Long Ziyan's expression changed, she grabbed Long Xuan, who was still deep in thought, and ran toward the tomb-robbing tunnel...

Although there should still be some time until dawn, all the tomb robbers were running out like madmen. It seemed that unknown changes had occurred in various locations within the ancient tomb.

Before Long Xuan had run many steps, he discovered dense footsteps coming from one of the tomb passages.

Looking sideways, he discovered Long Bao and Long Yan running for their lives in front, while a group of dried corpses pursued them relentlessly behind, their appearance terrifying.

"Zombies?" Long Xuan was greatly shocked.

"Not zombies, it's a type of Undead Worm that can control the movement of corpses."

"These corpses all come from the burial pit and belong to the dangers of the burial pit."

"Logically speaking, this thing only comes out to move around during the day. Why has it come out early now? There should still be some time until dawn," Long Ziyan frowned and said.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan's heart sank. Could it be that the dangers that only appeared during the day had appeared early now?

Long Ziyan released an Earth Mover Beetle from her insect-breeding bag. The Earth Mover Beetle held a huge ball of soil in its hands. After Long Yan and the other ran out of the tomb passage, the Earth Mover Beetle threw this huge ball of soil directly into the tomb passage.

The tomb passage was narrow; with such a large ball of soil rolling over, there was simply no gap to dodge.

Thus, this ball of soil was like a giant bowling ball, crushing the dried corpses in front in swathes, and finally, it became thoroughly stuck in one section, preventing the corpse swarm behind from flooding in through this path.

Long Xuan was shocked in his heart. Even a genius as strong as Long Ziyan had to refine this kind of lower-grade spirit insect?

"We can't stay in the tomb any longer, let's go quickly!"

After the four met up, there was no time for pleasantries, and they immediately ran wildly toward the tomb-robbing tunnel.

Along the way, there were screams everywhere. It seemed that all the dangers that only appeared during the day had appeared early. All the tomb robbers from various clans who had entered the tomb were running for their lives, and the entire ancient tomb was in chaos.

When Long Xuan saw with his own eyes a person inexplicably lose their head, his heart immediately sank.

The Dream Butterfly Gu in the medicine garden area had actually run out of its activity range. This was a big problem; once this thing came out, few people in the entire ancient tomb would survive.

"Not good! The Dream Butterfly Gu has actually run out too! Run quickly!" Long Xuan exclaimed. In reality, this sentence was to intentionally warn the other three.

Long Ziyan's pupils shrank instantly. Clearly, she was also extremely wary of this kind of thing and didn't even have any way to deal with it.

"Big trouble! Run quickly!"

Several people accelerated and rushed toward the tomb-robbing tunnel. At this time, everyone in the tomb was running toward the tomb passage, and the number of people Long Xuan encountered began to increase.

But the Dream Butterfly Gu was carrying out indiscriminate slaughter on the people entering the tomb. The people running behind him were dying in swathes. The Dream Butterfly Gu was like killing chickens; no one had any power to resist in front of this thing.

Facing this strange and unsolvable thing, everyone's faces turned pale, and they all ran wildly forward, wishing they had grown four legs.

Just as everyone had run into the tomb-robbing tunnel and revealed smiles of surviving a disaster, a scene that made everyone collapse occurred.

In front, there was actually a bastard who harmed others without benefiting himself, leaving a row of explosive talismans in the tomb-robbing tunnel. With a deafening loud bang, the tomb-robbing tunnel in front was blown shut, trapping everyone inside.

The people who were blocked were all dumbfounded, looking at the completely blocked tunnel entrance, their mental states thoroughly collapsed.

"Damn it! Which bastard did this good deed! I curse his ancestors for eight generations!"

"This is too damn wicked! Who the hell did this! This person who harms others without benefiting himself is truly wicked!"

"Who? Who exactly is it? Which son of a bitch did this!"

"This is too damn wicked! Don't let me know which grandson did this!"

Everyone was driven mad with anger at this moment, cursing one after another, cursing as viciously as possible.

Long Xuan was also angered. He wasn't running at the very front, and with his attention focused on the Dream Butterfly Gu, he really hadn't noticed who did this.

But although he didn't know who intended to trap and kill everyone, it didn't hinder him from splashing dirty water.

Long Xuan suddenly cursed angrily: "Damn! That Lei Clan Ancestor is simply not acting like a human. He possessed a clan genius and broke the rules to run in. Fearing that the matter would be exposed, he actually intended to trap and kill everyone in the tomb. What a ruthless heart!"

Long Xuan took the opportunity to expose this matter, hoping that this group of people could report it to the Spirit Sea Stage Gu cultivators of the clan after going out.

If this could trigger a chaotic situation, that would be even better. Only then could Long Lie, a rookie at the early Spirit Sea Stage, leave safely.

Although the matter was entirely fabricated by him, so what?

The Lei Clan Ancestor did indeed possess a clan genius; this was an indisputable fact that couldn't withstand investigation.

As long as it was investigated, this matter would be considered true even if it wasn't.

Everyone would naturally think that he intended to trap and kill everyone in order to hide the news of his entry into the tomb. At that time, he wouldn't be able to explain himself and would have to accept the matter as fact.

However, what Long Xuan didn't expect was that his fabricated slander was coincidentally the truth; he had stumbled into it.

It was indeed the Lei Clan Ancestor who blew the tomb-robbing tunnel shut.

There was no other way; he hadn't killed Long Xuan in the tomb, and fearing that what he had done would be spread out by him, he had no choice but to go all the way and trap and kill everyone in the tomb.

It could only be said to be a coincidence; Long Xuan's words became a prophecy.

Once his words were out, unsurprisingly, everyone focused their angry gazes on the Lei Clan Gu cultivators. A few with poor psychological quality revealed guilty expressions at this moment.

Now it was even worse; their guilt only confirmed the matter further.

"Damn! It really was you group of bastards who did it! Go to hell!"

A Gu cultivator from the Shi Clan attacked in anger, piercing the heart of a Lei Clan Gu cultivator with a blade without warning.

The Gu cultivators of the other clans were already on the verge of collapse; they were about to die themselves, so where was there any reason to speak of? They vented their anger on the Lei Clan Gu cultivators one after another.

The cave was instantly filled with chaos and screams, and blood flowed all over the ground. At this time, the Dream Butterfly Gu was still carrying out indiscriminate slaughter, and headless corpses fell to the ground from time to time. The tomb-robbing tunnel instantly became a river of blood.

But at this time, the tunnel entrance had been blocked, and running back was a dead end. They had no other way and could only attack the Lei Clan Gu cultivators like madmen, preparing to take someone down with them even if they died.

As for who would be killed by the Dream Butterfly Gu, it could only be left to fate; that thing simply couldn't be defended against.

It was Long Ziyan who first thought of a way. She released her Earth Mover Beetle again.

As soon as the Earth Mover Beetle appeared, it swallowed soil in large mouthfuls, and the blocked passage in front was soon eaten into a small pit.

At this time, Long Yan and Long Bao's eyes lit up. That's right, the Earth Mover Beetle eats soil, and there is a huge space in its mouth that can store a large amount of soil.

The Earth Mover Beetle can eat out a passage in a very short time.

Thus, the two of them also released their Earth Mover Beetles, stood side by side with Long Ziyan's Earth Mover Beetle, and quickly devoured the soil in front.

The appearance of the three giant dung beetles caused many people to focus their attention on this side. Seeing that this thing dug soil extremely fast and would soon dig out a long passage, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and vitality radiated from their eyes again.

With this thing here, they were saved.

Many people revealed smiles of surviving a disaster, rejoicing that the Long Clan had this kind of spirit insect.

However, the appearance of this kind of spirit insect also attracted the attention of the Feng Clan Gu cultivators. When did the Long Clan research such a terrifying unique spirit insect? The surviving Feng Clan Gu cultivators looked at each other, revealing solemn expressions.

Finally, under the path-opening of the three Earth Mover Beetles, the blocked passage in front was soon dug through.

Long-lost air surged in along the passage, and everyone's expressions were ecstatic, rushing over like madmen.

The four people in Long Xuan's group responsible for opening the path would naturally run at the very front, so they were the safest.

And the Dream Butterfly Gu behind was still chasing and killing incessantly. Behind them, heads fell to the ground in swathes, and Gu cultivators of various clans died in swathes.

At this time, there were not many surviving Gu cultivators left. Long Xuan didn't have time to count the number of people, but roughly estimated, it absolutely couldn't exceed thirty.

This tomb-robbing operation was a heavy loss for all clans. More than seven hundred people entered, and fewer than thirty survived. The loss ratio was higher than all previous tomb-robbing operations.

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