Chapter 430

Ye Dui retracted the smile on his face, his left ring finger rubbing his brow, smoothing out the wrinkles that appeared because the skin mask did not fit well.

"You shouldn't have come here directly; you should have gone there to take a look first." Ye Dui stood up and let out a sigh, "Sigh, very well, I will take you there myself now."

Li Zhuiyuan: "A long time ago, I was wondering why it didn't tear off its mask from the beginning, take the initiative to pay a higher price, and threaten and kidnap me over there.

It had many such opportunities; no, it was in the past quite a long time, it could have very calmly realized this intention.

So I guess, even if I were kidnapped there, if it wants to achieve its goal next, it must be my own voluntary willingness while sober, right?"

Ye Dui: "Hmm, it must be your own voluntary willingness, otherwise it simply cannot succeed."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then if you take me there now, will I be willing?"

Ye Dui: "You will; as long as you go there, as long as you witness it with your own eyes, I believe you will be willing."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have already roughly seen what rules that set of armor represents; that set of armor is the true core of this ancient burial, and also this cage.

You are controlled by it, and it is controlled by the armor; both you and it want to escape from here to gain freedom, letting me replace you to serve the sentence.

So, do you still think I will be willing to do this?"

Ye Dui: "This is where I am different from it; I once deduced two plans for it, and the one it chose, which is the one you experienced, is the one I least recommended implementing.

Look, has this plan failed now?

I have always told it, if someone with the same characteristics as that person from back then appeared in the world, their here..."

Ye Dui pointed to his own head and continued,

"Their here, in all likelihood, will also be just as smart.

But it is simply too conceited.

Do you know what the other plan is?

That is to find you, report your identity, sit down, and tell you the experiences of that person who was once here, as well as that place, exactly as they were.

At that time, we wouldn't need to do anything, and you would come yourself.

Because, you cannot refuse the temptation that place brings to you, just like that person back then.

That place can help people like you shed all impurities, get rid of all constraints, and bring the characteristics you pursue into full play.

Even if you know clearly what consequences doing so might bring, you still cannot refuse."

The corners of Li Zhuiyuan's mouth curled into a light arc.

It is like when you have fallen ill and are struggling against the disease, a divine physician from afar tells you that he knows a place that can completely worsen your illness.

After the divine physician finishes speaking, he sits opposite you, smiling without a word, waiting for you to cry and beg him to take you to that place.

However, this at least explains one thing, and that is that the story between Wei Zhengdao and the tomb owner did not end after that barbecue; they still have a sequel.

Ye Dui: "Let's go, I'll take you there."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Ye Dui: "You can go take a look, and then make the decision yourself."

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pointed at Ye Dui: "This is its skin; if this layer of skin is damaged, then for it outside, the impact will inevitably be extremely great, right?"

Ye Dui nodded: "Yes."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then what if I destroy this layer of skin?"

Ye Dui: "It will not perish because of this."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It would be equivalent to breaking out of prison."

Ye Dui was silent.

Li Zhuiyuan: "That set of armor should then take action."

Ye Dui: "Are you not curious about that place?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Compared to curiosity, I have more important things to do now; the people outside have been able to support and block it for so long, which is already not easy."

The youth's right hand reached forward and flipped upward.

A huge eye immediately appeared under Ye Dui's feet.

Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shu You all moved out and charged up.

Ye Dui's gaze moved downward, meeting the giant eye under his feet.

The next moment, this giant eye began to turn red.

Runsheng, with his Qi gates opened, smashed his fist over.

Ye Dui raised his hand, and the giant eye under his feet shifted to under Runsheng's feet; Runsheng's figure subsequently fell into stagnation.

Lin Shu You approached Ye Dui's side.

Ye Dui tilted his body backward, avoiding Lin Shu You's line of sight, and lightly pointed his fingertip forward.

In front of Lin Shu You, it was as if a huge black vortex appeared, about to swallow him.

The vertical pupil opened, seeing through the false; the vortex disappeared, Lin Shu You's gaze shifted toward Ye Dui, but before he could make any new moves, the distance between him and Ye Dui lengthened at an unbelievable speed.

In an instant, Ye Dui became further and further away in his line of sight, and also smaller and smaller.

The vertical pupil flashed rapidly, the sense of distance was successfully corrected and pulled back, and Ye Dui became closer and closer, and also larger and larger.

Until with a "Boom," Ye Dui, like a giant, directly towered in front of himself.

The Master Tongzi's mind was greatly shaken, indirectly causing Lin Shu You's consciousness to fall into turmoil.

Tan Wenbin appeared behind Ye Dui, a crack splitting in his palm; although that rusty sword could not be brought in, the blood sword formed by the blood stimulated by resentment superimposed with the blood ape's ferocity was still incomparably sharp.

This meant that the concentration of liquid inside each hole was far lower than in the external public area.

Normal evil spirits in their own cells would feel incomparably tormented; wanting to leave their own hole to visit others meant facing the area where the liquid was most concentrated.

Furthermore, only from his current perspective outside could he see these holes; from the perspective inside the holes, everything was completely wrapped in water ripples, and the prisoners inside couldn't discover the existence of the holes.

It was like pouring molten iron into a mold; after it cooled and formed, you threw a bug inside. From its perspective, there was only iron it couldn't drill through; it had no idea that a mold existed outside.

Only that guy Wei Zhengdao would dare to do this, and even more, actually succeed.

And the reason Ye Dui could go to Wei Zhengdao's cell was perhaps because Wei Zhengdao had secretly come to see him long ago, chose him as his pawn, and left behind a path he had walked between his own cell and Ye Dui's, or rather, he had used his own strength to create a membrane channel.

Lin Shu pointed to the entrance of a hole above: "Brother Xiaoyuan, there's a mark left by the Three-Eyed One there."

A piece of clothing fabric was hanging there, and a standard butterfly knot was tied on the fabric. Zhao Yi liked to tie this knot on his own bandages when stopping bleeding.

Li Zhuiyuan looked up and said to his companions through the red thread:

"Stay alert; something has happened to Zhao Yi and the others."

Runsheng, Lin Shu, and Tan Wenbin immediately formed a triangular formation, protecting the youth in the center.

Zhao Yi was here to scout the path, but he only reached this point. There was no need for him to leave a message here in the form of a mark; he could have completely sent someone back to report, which would have been more secure.

That butterfly knot was likely tied by Zhao Yi—it was his unique personal habit—but it wasn't to guide him; rather, it was precisely to tell him that he had already been targeted by "someone."

And the location of that butterfly knot had likely already been altered; the hole it marked was very likely the path that the existence in the shadows wanted him and the others to take.

The tomb owner wasn't home, but the tomb wasn't empty; there was still one guy left.

For Li Zhuiyuan, Zhao Yi was a very easy person to guess because he was very smart and very calm; even separated by space, they could both deduce each other's behavioral logic.

Zhao Yi wouldn't drill into a hole for no reason, yet here, there were no signs of battle or residual aura after a fight. If he had discovered danger, Zhao Yi would have led his team back without hesitation to rendezvous with his side.

The only situation that could fit the current disappearance of Zhao Yi's team was...

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and looked at the ice layer underfoot.

The ice layer melted, the water level rose; if they didn't want to fall into it and wait for death, they could only be forced to choose a hole to enter and take refuge.

The first thing to be submerged would inevitably be the way back; Zhao Yi and the others couldn't return.

But he and the others had now also arrived here; why didn't it use the same method it used on Zhao Yi and the others to "drive" him away, but instead left that butterfly knot to point the way?

That "person" who still existed in the depths of this ancient burial didn't want him to know of their existence.

That person seemed to be doing a relay, still pushing him along the plot line already designed.

That person might not know that the "Wordless Book" wasn't in his hands, nor did they know that the tomb owner hadn't been able to return home.

It's also possible they knew, but that person had no other choice; they could only first drive away the unexpected factor, Zhao Yi and the others, to clear the stage for his own upcoming entrance.

This script actually had two directors, a main and a deputy.

The main director couldn't get in, so the deputy director continued to start the machine and perform.

Li Zhuiyuan had guessed who that person was.

Zhao Yi's scouting was indeed very valuable; not only did he expose that person in advance, but he also pointed out the true direction for him now.

Li Zhuiyuan turned back and looked at the entrance they had come through; that was the tunnel Wei Zhengdao had dug out back in the day, and also the passage through which Ye Dui had been "kicked" back to his cell.

The water level dropped to this position and froze, just right for him to seamlessly connect with this ice surface when walking out of the passage.

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes and, in his mind, filled in the environment of this hollow space above.

A silent scream was emitted from within Lin Shu You's body, coming from the Master Tongzi.

The Master Tongzi screamed very miserably, because He took the initiative to help A You bear everything.

A You twisted his arms forward, and Ye Dui made a move with one hand.

On the other side, the blood in Tan Wenbin's body overflowed further, providing energy for the evil flood dragon phantom, making its form further condensed.

The evil flood dragon in Li Zhuiyuan's palm curled its body, and that evil flood dragon phantom also wrapped around Ye Dui's wrist.

At this moment, both of Ye Dui's hands were entangled, and it was as if they were fixed.

Runsheng kept charging forward; every time he charged forward, the red giant eye under his feet blinked once, Runsheng's figure stagnated once, and his fist accumulated one more point of power.

The Liu family is skilled in borrowing momentum from Feng Shui; that day, Liu Yumei had once made a move to amplify Qin Li.

Now, Li Zhuiyuan is just putting it to practical use.

It's just that in the middle, there is a little more circuitous thought, throwing out a flash-cast formation first, letting Ye Dui borrow force to hit force while continuing to be the wedding dress for Runsheng's amplification.

Runsheng's fist smashed into Ye Dui's chest.

"Bang!"

Ye Dui's whole person flew backward.

This whole set of attack processes was just ordered by Li Zhuiyuan through the red thread while talking to Ye Dui, and now it can be considered successfully performed.

Ye Dui was not knocked too far away and soon landed steadily.

He reached out and covered the position where he was hit by the fist.

Outside the construction site, the night wind blew even more violently, with flying sand and stones.

On a level imperceptible to ordinary people, the decline of the great formation was fully revealed.

All the teams in the small formation were barely doing the final support; perhaps after two or three more impacts, this great formation would disintegrate, and it is even possible that it could not block the next impact.

Daoist Sun's Daoist robe, along with his white beard, had already been dyed red with blood.

He had long ago regarded himself as the final bit of lamp oil, and now this candlelight seemed to be entering its final flickering.

In front, Han Shuting was slowly wrapping iron chains around his palms; on both sides of him, many people were still standing.

When a breach appeared in the great formation, they would take the initiative to charge up.

Although after witnessing the might of that terrifying existence outside, they themselves also knew very clearly in their hearts that once a breach appeared in the formation, it would be an avalanche, and there simply would not be an opportunity to repair it;

For them to charge without the protection of the formation was almost no different from seeking death.

But some things, even if the result is known, must still be done.

Han Shuting raised his hand wrapped in iron chains; the crowd waiting on both sides, some closed their eyes and some took deep breaths, doing final adjustments.

The next impact arrived.

"Boom!"

Han Shuting's eyes revealed shock and doubt.

Daoist Sun even raised his head abruptly and said excitedly:

"Its force has weakened, it has weakened!"

On the dividing line of the two roads, it, holding the "Wordless Book," clutched its chest, and the huge black figure behind it that merged with the night sky appeared somewhat scattered.

It lowered its head.

If there was still a tiny bit of lingering luck in its heart before, then now, it could no longer deceive itself.

That youth had already found Ye Dui.

So, he really knew from the very beginning that it was hiding by his side and had been using it all along.

"Hehehe... hehehe..."

Hoarse and cracked laughter came from within the black mist.

Suspicion had actually never stopped; it had long ago discovered something was wrong, but as the distance to the destination became closer and closer, it was still unwilling to flip the table, wanting to see the final result.

It really was a result that made it thoroughly ashamed and angry, yet not unexpected.

The mist on its body became thick again, and the phantom under the night sky solidified once more.

But when it prepared to impact one more time to thoroughly crush this already crumbling great formation, its figure trembled again.

This time, the black mist overflowed even more violently than last time, and the phantom under the night sky also became distorted and thin.

This means that under the ancient burial, Ye Dui's current situation is very bad, and the skin it left on Ye Dui is constantly suffering damage.

"Trash..."

It reached out and took off a bell.

"Hum!"

The black thread wrapped around the bell burned and fell off at this moment.

It still cannot break through this great formation to return to the ancient burial and can only further devolve the operation authority of the ancient burial to Ye Dui.

"Take him there... take him there... take him!"

Ye Dui climbed up from the ground; this was the second time he had been knocked down, and the other party used the same method as last time.

Two people were responsible for sticking to and entangling him, and another person was responsible for swinging a fist to hit.

Ye Dui: "What secret method are you using to command them in secret?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not answer and silently continued to set up the formation.

Ye Dui took a bell off his waist and began to shake it.

Bursts of ghostly wailing came, sounding very far away, yet also seemingly very close.

This place is the lair of the Undead Knights and the Masked Men; heaven knows how much stock is left here.

Li Zhuiyuan issued the latest instruction through the red thread:

"Skip the established links and accelerate to piece together the result."

Inside a unique hole in the depths of the ancient burial.

The space here is much, much larger than other cells.

Before the second investigation was launched, there was speculation that this Goguryeo tomb was not a single tomb.