Chapter 783: Shocking Scene

Li Xuanya's injuries were very severe.

Because that giant boulder had smashed directly into her back at the time, it caused her to spray a mouthful of fresh blood; she was covered in blood, and the wound on her back was shocking to behold.

As for her, her breathing was as thin as a gossamer thread.

She was awake.

Yet she also seemed unconscious.

"Princess?"

Liu Zheng's heart tightened, and he called out to her while holding her.

It was as if Li Xuanya saw that Liu Zheng was alright; she forced a smile at the corner of her mouth, and then completely lost consciousness.

Liu Zheng was startled again, and he used his finger to check her breath; only after feeling that she was still breathing did he heave a sigh of relief.

"Where is this?"

He sighed.

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Throughout this journey, he had not paid excessive attention to Li Xuanya, never expecting that this Princess was actually a person of such temper and character. At that critical moment, she had actually disregarded her own life to protect him.

This tomb was filled with too much mystery and the unknown; if he were to just blunder out blindly, heaven knows what might happen.

Pei Qianyun stood honestly to the side.

Liu Zheng then tidied himself up; he was covered in dirt, but fortunately, he had no major injuries. He certainly had minor ones, but nothing that would damage his muscles or bones. While resting and adjusting, he also listened with his ears.

Pei Qianyun shook his head: "Young Master, I will go scout the path!"

"Don't be in a hurry yet."

Liu Zheng was well aware of Pei Qianyun's reckless personality.

It seemed this passageway could not support one hundred and one people, which had led to the collapse.

So, after the collapse, where were they?

At this moment, this passageway was not sealed, and some light was shining in from not far ahead. But Liu Zheng did not let Pei Qianyun go and scout.

It was very obvious.

This should be a part of the passageway from before.

Liu Zheng had indeed guessed correctly.

"Awoo, awoo, awoo."

"Ah!"

The two were walking slowly when suddenly, from the direction of the light, terrifying sounds were transmitted.

Only when his own state had adjusted sufficiently did he stand up and signal for Pei Qianyun to carry Li Xuanya on his back.

The two then followed each other step by step, walking toward the light.

The dripping sound continued, as if striking deep into one's soul. Because of the collapse, this passageway was no longer as high as before, which forced Liu Zheng and Pei Qianyun to walk while hunched over. Liu Zheng was fine, but because Pei Qianyun was carrying Li Xuanya, it was truly quite strenuous to walk.

At this moment, the two were less than five meters away from the light.

It just so happened that this light source was at a turn.

They could not see the situation over there, and likewise, those over there could not see them.

The two's footsteps stopped abruptly.

There were roars of unknown creatures, and also the screams of people.

Liu Zheng frowned.

Liu Zheng groped forward slowly, terrified of making any sound under his feet.

But it was truly a case of fearing something and having it happen.

Because the environment was dim, Liu Zheng still stepped on a small stone under his feet.

"Walk slowly."

Liu Zheng said in a low voice.

Pei Qianyun understood immediately.

Sure enough, before he had time to retreat, roaring sounds already came, and following that, two giant claws reached in from the light source; this strike nearly grabbed Liu Zheng's face. Fortunately, Pei Qianyun had quick eyes and fast hands; he let out an angry shout from behind Liu Zheng and, carrying Li Xuanya, kicked out.

Those two claws were kicked back by him.

"I'll do it!"

The stone rolled away, making a crisp sound.

"Not good."

Liu Zheng's expression changed drastically.

What kind of creature was this, exactly?

As for talk of ghosts and gods, he wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death.

So he also really wanted to see.

Liu Zheng knew his own combat ability was truly that of a weakling, so he took Li Xuanya from Pei Qianyun's back. In this situation, there was no room for choice, because the space behind them was not large; if these "giant claws" swarmed in, he feared the two of them wouldn't even have a chance to run.

Only forward!

And Liu Zheng himself was quite curious.

Pei Qianyun, who had been prepared, slammed his Golden Hammer into it.

"Roar, roar."

The sound of the unknown creature in pain.

Once Pei Qianyun was freed from Li Xuanya, he was an almost invincible existence; he never went anywhere without his Golden Hammer, and despite the chaos just now, he still had his weapon on him.

The two seemed to prepare themselves mentally, and without waiting for those claws to grab again, Pei Qianyun let out a furious roar and charged out around the corner.

Just at this moment, two giant claws attacked again.

However,

when they saw the scene before them, both of them were stunned.

Shock!

At this moment, Liu Zheng also followed Pei Qianyun out from that turn.

At this instant.

The light before their eyes became normal.

This Stone Pillar was, at this time, covered in those huge creatures.

How to describe this creature most aptly?

Liu Zheng searched his vocabulary in his mind.

Stunned!

Terrified!

They saw that after coming out, the two of them were on the edge of a cliff, and before them appeared a huge space similar to a canyon; yes, one could not see the bottom at a glance, and likewise, one could not see the top at a glance, and in this canyon, there was a very thick Stone Pillar.

But what was surprising was that they seemed unable to leave this Stone Pillar. They could only try their best to stretch their hands and feet further. The monkeys' faces were filled with ferocity, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, extremely aggressive. And at this moment, Liu Zheng watched as they grabbed a person from each of the passages not far from the Stone Pillar, then tore them apart, and then a group of "monkeys" divided and ate them.

Blood began to spread on the Stone Pillar.

Yes.

Monkeys!

But they were a kind of very large monkey!

Their bodies were a full two times larger than the monkeys in Liu Zheng's cognition! One could not tell their number at all, because there were too many! The entire towering Stone Pillar was covered in monkeys.

"Ah!"

"Help!"

The scene was extremely shocking and extremely bloody.

The entire Stone Pillar had long been stained with who knows how much blood; congealed blood and newly appeared blood flowed from top to bottom, and this had already become a pillar of blood!

Causing this entire space to have a nauseating, pungent smell.

"Roar, roar, roar."

"Blood Monkeys!"

Just at this time, a cry of alarm suddenly rang out from the side.

Liu Zheng was overjoyed; on the "cliff" not far to the side, Wu Zhen, the Prince of Wei, the Prince of Yong, and Tiemu Cheng also appeared there.

"Screw you!"

Two "monkeys," seeing Liu Zheng and Pei Qianyun appear here, attacked again with fierce expressions.

Pei Qianyun fought back in a rage; although the two monkeys had huge claws and thick limbs, how could they be Pei Qianyun's match? Very quickly, the two monkeys were beaten down by him, falling at high speed.

The two cliffs were not far apart, and the four people landed on Liu Zheng's side one after another, enjoying the joy of surviving a disaster together.

"What are Blood Monkeys?"

Liu Zheng asked Wu Zhen.

Seeing that the few people were fine, Liu Zheng naturally could not help but feel happy.

These few people were also shocked by the scene before them.

"Jump over here quickly!"

But he still believed in Evolution Theory.

This place cleverly utilized Evolution Theory, utilizing these monkeys' desire to survive. It forced them to change themselves here slowly for the sake of survival. This included eating their own kind, including eating meat constantly, including limbs that became increasingly thick because they wanted to obtain food. And the consumption of their own kind, which very likely caused genetic changes.

Additionally, Liu Zheng also saw some iron chains on these Stone Pillars.

Wu Zhen took a deep breath: "Mountain monkeys raised from childhood on human blood and human flesh; because they have eaten meat for a long time, their bodies are huge, their lifespans are very long, and they are also accustomed to eating their own kind, which causes them to be violent in temperament and have extremely strong desires to attack."

Liu Zheng heard this, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although he did not understand how these Blood Monkeys were formed.

Because here, they could survive.

Only here, their thoughts had already been imprisoned here.

When people came, it should be their most excited time, because they could eat something. But if no one came, they could also kill each other!

It seems these iron chains were previously used to tether these monkeys, not letting them escape from here.

And indeed, escaping from here meant falling to their deaths for them.

As time passed, these monkeys reproduced, and the descendants of that previous batch of monkeys became accustomed to staying on this Stone Pillar.

These grievances gathered over hundreds of years turned this place into a Hell on earth.

And those passages were tools for feeding them.

That hurricane, which one did not know how it was created, should only be able to transport one hundred people here, and then let them divide and eat them.

On one hand, they would reproduce.

On the other hand, they would eat, or be eaten.

The entire Stone Pillar not only flowed with human blood, but also the blood of these Blood Monkeys!

With this group of monkeys, then this blood sacrifice of Tuolei could continue indefinitely.

Even, it was possible for not just hundreds of years, but thousands of years.

And on this Stone Pillar, there would inevitably be more and more vital blood that could be used to complete his blood sacrifice.

All of this.

It was truly designed too ingeniously.

Even Liu Zheng could not help but marvel.

These monarchs, for the sake of their own blood sacrifices, their legacies, or their geomancy, could actually treat the lives of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, as offerings.

In their eyes.

These people were not even human.

Shocking!

Liu Zheng was so startled that his breathing stopped.

Just how many wronged souls were there here?

But since the passageway had already collapsed, this gave these people a chance to resist.

Very quickly, many people appeared on the various cliffs.

This made that group of blood monkeys even more excited and violent.

Liu Zheng had no doubt that the craftsmen who originally built this tomb had long since become the blood staining these Stone Pillars, the remains that once hung there, the flesh and skin.

The bloody scene was still continuing.

The monkeys were dragging people out from those passageways one by one.

If they wanted to leave this place, they could only find the path leading to the top of the Stone Pillar.

However.

The space on the cliff beneath their feet was extremely small.

The roaring was so loud it was deafening.

People began using weapons to fend off the attacks of this group of blood monkeys.

Liu Zheng looked up.

They were effectively suspended in mid-air.

How could they go up?

How could they escape?