Chapter 1217: Someone Is Singing Opera

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At this moment, at the Back Mountain of the Heavenly Palace Academy.

Roars of thunder echoed among several Giant Mountains, yet outside the space between these peaks, the external world remained utterly still!

Even looking down from beyond the mountains, not a single human figure could be seen.

The mountains remained mountains; all was calm and tranquil!

But in reality, this was merely an Illusion.

Xu Que had activated the Divine Aperture Shell to set up an Illusion Array, merging the Formation with the shell to perfectly replicate the entire scenery of the Heavenly Palace Academy's Back Mountain and overlay it on the outer perimeter, thereby isolating all Spiritual Energy flow and sound transmission.

Meanwhile, their group had already infiltrated the mountains, forming various Dharma Spells with their fingers and rapidly smashing the Restrictions within the Mountain Range!

Originally, Xu Que had feared that using the King of Arrogance Leg would consume vast amounts of Acting Cool Points, which would greatly impact the System's Level Up.

But after he summoned the Purple-Gold King-Forcing Staff and combined pure Flesh Body strength with Immortal Yuan Power to smash down blow after blow, he discovered signs of loosening in the Restrictions; overjoyed, he immediately saved the Acting Cool Points and switched to brute-forcing it with the staff.

Although the speed was slightly slower, it was far better than spending One Hundred Thousand Acting Cool Points per kick!

Moreover, Er Gouzi and Mo Junchen joined in, exerting force to smash the Restrictions, causing them to break apart ever faster.

Duan Jiude and Jing Ning, however, still lacked sufficient strength and could only watch from the sidelines.

As Xu Que and the others continued their bombardment, the Restrictions on the Heavenly Palace Academy's Back Mountain were mostly destroyed; the group pressed deeper and deeper, quickly arriving before the largest Mountain Range within the Back Mountain Forbidden Land.

"Kid, this is the place! All past Deans of the Heavenly Palace Academy are buried here!" Duan Jiude pretended to examine a Compass, then pointed excitedly at the towering Giant Mountain before them and shouted!

In fact, both he and Er Gouzi had visited more than once, but each time they failed to get close; brute-forcing it would surely have been detected, and if not for Xu Que bringing the Divine Aperture Shell this time, they could never have infiltrated so deeply!

"However, this Divine Venerable has heard that this place itself was the former site of the Heavenly Palace Academy; back then, Li Xuanqi returned to this old ground to found the Heavenly Palace Academy, so what lies buried within may include not only the Deans of the Academy but also some ancient Great Abilities from the Heavenly Palace Academy!" Er Gouzi spoke, unusually serious for once.

"The Heavenly Palace Academy... that was the Immortal Emperor Era! Could it be that some Immortal Emperors and Immortal Kings are also buried here?" Duan Jiude asked with a strange expression.

"Stay calm; previously, across the Four Continents, we didn't even fear Xuan Yuan Wanrong, so why fear any Immortal Emperors or Immortal Kings here? If they were truly alive, they would have long since emerged to roam!" Xu Que said with Solemnity.

Although he dared not guarantee whether dangers lurked within this Ancestral Tomb on the Back Mountain, if several existences similar to Xuan Yuan Wanrong were truly hidden there, the trouble would be immense.

Yet trouble was merely trouble; it did not mean a situation of certain death with no chance of survival—as long as there was Life Force, any trouble or difficulty could be overcome!

"I think Sect Leader Xu makes a valid point; this era has already revived, so if there truly were Immortal Emperors or Immortal Kings, they should have emerged long ago!" Mo Junchen nodded and said.

Xu Que merely smiled; Mo Junchen had misunderstood his meaning. When he spoke earlier, he was not denying the Existence of Immortal Emperors or Immortal Kings, but rather stating that the time for them to emerge had not yet arrived—just like Xuan Yuan Wanrong, who had remained in the Buried Immortal Valley of the Four Continents for so many years before only just awakening.

Furthermore, according to what Xuan Yuan Wanrong had said at the time, the Four Continents buried not only her but also other great figures of her era; she had simply awakened earlier than the rest, yet emerging was still not easy for her, meaning they were neither extinct nor refusing to come out, but were already struggling hard to emerge!

"Enough, stop your endless blabbering; hurry and break through this final Restriction so we can go in and reap the rewards! The rise of my Arrogant Sky Gang depends entirely on this wave!" Er Gouzi, now impatient, urged them on, eager and highly excited.

He greatly anticipated what Supreme Treasures or Inheritances might lie within these mountains; Duan Jiude shared this anticipation, and even Mo Junchen and Jing Ning felt somewhat moved at this moment.

Everyone desired to possess Creation and become powerful!

What stood before them now was most likely a tremendous Creation, like a golden mountain awaiting their excavation!

"Let's begin!"

Xu Que narrowed his eyes slightly and responded in a low voice.

Immediately afterward, the group acted once more, searching for the Patterns inscribed around this Giant Mountain and beginning their bombardment.

The Patterns of Restrictions and Formations were like an electronic chip; if even a few circuit Patterns on it were damaged, the entire chip would cease to function.

Xu Que and the others hammered at this final Giant Mountain for days and nights on end, yet managed to grind away only half a Pattern.

Clearly, the level of the Restriction on this final Giant Mountain was far higher than those on the outer Mountain Ranges.

"Damn it, why have these Restrictions become so hard? This Divine Venerable is exhausted!" Er Gouzi waved his dog paws, stretched his limbs, and complained with a frown.

"If nothing unexpected has occurred, these Restrictions may have persisted since the Immortal Emperor Era!" Mo Junchen said with a grave expression: "Were it not for the vast span of time separating us from that age, I fear we wouldn't even be able to damage a single trace of the Patterns!"

"Then should we thank the passage of time?" Er Gouzi rolled his eyes, extended a paw, and rubbed it against the Restriction a few times.

After several consecutive days without sleep or rest, they had only smashed away half a Pattern; this efficiency was truly far too slow compared to the previous mountains.

"Kid, why not try that move of yours, the King of Arrogance Leg!" Duan Jiude looked at Xu Que and suggested.

"Agreed!" Xu Que had been thinking the same; he nodded.

He too felt that the Restriction on this final mountain was terrifyingly hard; it was truly necessary to employ some real strength now, otherwise, continuing at this pace, they wouldn't get inside even after several tens of days!

However, just as Xu Que lifted his foot, preparing to spend One Hundred Thousand Points of Acting Cool Points to unleash the King of Arrogance Leg!

Suddenly, a "Boom" erupted from within the entire Giant Mountain, like a massive thunderclap striking from flat ground, directly roaring inside everyone's minds, deafening!

The next instant, the Restriction Patterns before them suddenly came alive, swimming like tiny tadpoles, then spontaneously scattered open, directly revealing an entrance.

"Holy crap!"

"Holy crap, holy crap!" Both Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude were startled; they simultaneously turned and prepared to flee.

This sudden change was truly frightening; an Ancestral Tomb they had assumed empty had now activated its own Restrictions, as if welcoming them inside.

The key point was that they had previously speculated that a group of Immortal Emperors and Immortal Kings were buried within; if they weren't afraid now, that would be strange!

"Wait, something's off; there's a sound coming from inside!" Suddenly, Mo Junchen frowned, cried out in alarm, and pressed his ear against the Stone Wall of the Giant Mountain.

But the moment he touched the Stone Wall, the entire wall crashed inward with a "Clang," collapsing straight inside, and a gloomy, pitch-black Cave abruptly appeared before them.

For a moment, all of them stood frozen on the spot, completely bewildered.

What was going on?

"Green... City... Mountain..."

Almost simultaneously, a fragmented, indistinct sound drifted from deep within the Cave.

The voice was extremely shrill, as if someone were pinching their throat to sing opera; the Song possessed no beauty whatsoever, instead evoking a spine-chilling sensation!

"Hiss!" Duan Jiude instantly inhaled a cold breath, terrified: "It's haunted; there's actually a woman singing opera inside this tomb!"

"Wait, this Divine Venerable thinks I recognize who it is!"

Suddenly, Er Gouzi waved his large hand, frowned, and realized the matter was not simple!

【First Update supplementary chapter delivered! No more blabbering; tonight we're hitting four updates again, and I can definitely make up for this!】