Chapter 808: Extra Chapter 4: 45

The Gold Compass originally belonged to this ancient tomb.

And the Little Guy in Gu Ya's belly is one with the Gold Compass.

Although Xiao Jiu currently doesn't know what the Little Guy actually is, nor why she relies on the Gold Compass to exist and is being used by the other party, Xiao Jiu knows that the Gold Compass and the Little Guy are also the key to breaking the situation.

After entering the ancient tomb, the influence of the ghostly face was isolated outside.

The entrance of this robber's tunnel is narrow; overall it slopes downward, and the further one goes inside, the wider it becomes.

At first it was completely dark; Xiao Jiu walked ahead, tightly holding Gu Ya behind her. After walking about fifty or sixty steps, Xiao Jiu could walk side by side with Gu Ya, crouching, and continue forward.

Gu Ya is after all just an ordinary person, without cultivation, and has never witnessed a grand yin-yang battle; saying she isn't afraid at all is impossible.

Although the front was clearly more spacious and faintly lit, when wave after wave of cold air rushed toward her, Gu Ya couldn't help but shiver; her legs felt as if filled with lead, making each step forward difficult.

"Be careful!"

Xiao Jiu suddenly spoke up to warn her; Gu Ya snapped back to attention, only then realizing that without noticing they had already reached the end of the robber's tunnel. Turning left ahead, the first step was actually a suspended slope—one foot down, and a fall would be minor, but landing on a mechanism's hidden weapon would be fatal!

Xiao Jiu grabbed Gu Ya's waist with one hand, exerted force, and actually brought Gu Ya flying down to below the suspended slope.

Light shone down below the slope; Gu Ya lowered her head and saw that beneath her feet was a square pit.

Dozens of longswords were inserted upside down in the pit, each blade gleaming with a cold light.

If one fell in, they'd be impaled straight into a blood hedgehog.

Gu Ya, frightened, closed her eyes.

The next moment, Gu Ya felt a surge of airflow around her body, and her feet quickly steadied on the ground.

Xiao Jiu's voice came over: "Strange..."

Gu Ya didn't understand, and her gaze followed Xiao Jiu's.

Xiao Jiu looked around, her brows furrowed tightly.

Gu Ya asked softly: "Xiao Jiu Zhanggui, what's wrong?"

"This robber's tunnel doesn't look like it was just dug recently," Xiao Jiu said softly. "On the contrary, it seems that when this ancient tomb was built, this entrance was left behind, leading directly to the burial chamber from such a tricky angle—as if done intentionally."

Gu Ya hurriedly said: "I've heard before that some ancient tomb builders, to save their lives, would secretly leave themselves an escape route; this passage might be..."

Xiao Jiu shook her head: "Ordinary craftsmen couldn't get past that sword mountain just now, and besides, that passage was too large."

This is an imperial grand tomb.

The craftsmen who built this ancient tomb back then all had to be buried with it.

Even if they wanted to leave themselves an escape route, they would have made it extremely secret; who would dare make it so blatantly large?

This is what makes Xiao Jiu feel especially puzzled.

"Who?"

At that moment, Gu Ya suddenly let out a low cry, clutching Xiao Jiu's arms tightly with both hands, looking around like a startled bird.

Just now she saw a black shadow flash by.

She was certain she hadn't mistaken it.

That black shadow was tall and huge, moving at super speed without making a sound.

It looked……not like a person……

Xiao Jiu took Gu Ya's hand again, leading her forward while whispering: "We're not far from the main tomb chamber; along this way we might encounter many strange things, but don't worry about those demons and monsters—you just need to follow me."

Gu Ya murmured agreement, yet her whole person nervously looked around.

It's no wonder she's like that—those black shadows kept jumping before her eyes, like ghosts that wouldn't let her ignore them.

Xiao Jiu glanced at the Gold Compass again.

The needle of the Gold Compass turned at a steady speed, making a rustling sound in this quiet tomb chamber.

But Xiao Jiu still noticed that when she faced different directions, the needle's rotation showed subtle differences.

Forward, the needle pressed down heavily, indicating that there might be a formation array suppressing ahead.

To the left, the needle actually rotated uniformly counterclockwise in the opposite direction.

Only when facing right did the needle rotate uniformly clockwise.

Therefore, the original place of worship for the Gold Compass should have been on the right.

Xiao Jiu took Gu Ya and headed to the right.

At that moment, a black shadow leapt out fiercely from Gu Ya's side.

Gu Ya screamed, and instinctively dove into Xiao Jiu's embrace.

Xiao Jiu reacted just as quickly, grabbing Gu Ya's shoulders and shielding her in the crook of her arm; Feng Wu appeared out of thin air, and without Xiao Jiu needing to draw a bow, several clusters of Nirvana Fire shot out toward the direction the black shadow leapt from.

Only a muffled groan was heard; the black shadow was ignited by the Nirvana Fire, roaring flames rose and then died out, and within a few breaths the shadow turned into a puff of black smoke that drifted down.

Therefore, the other party was not a ghost.

After all, if a ghost were ignited by Nirvana Fire, not even this wisp of black smoke would remain.

That black shadow just now was either not the black-robed attackers who had tried to besiege Xiao Jiu in the forest earlier, or something like a big zongzi.

No matter what it was, it couldn't withstand the Nirvana Fire shot by Feng Wu.

This black shadow was dealt with so simply and brutally, obviously giving the other hidden black shadows a huge deterrent; Xiao Jiu took Gu Ya and quickly walked forward another few dozen steps, and those black shadows did not appear again.

Just as Gu Ya let out a small sigh of relief and was impressed by Xiao Jiu's ability, a sound of flowing water suddenly came from ahead.

Xiao Jiu's steps came to an abrupt halt.

Gu Ya immediately lifted her eyes to look ahead.

Ahead was a heavy stone door, and the sound of flowing water came from behind it.

Gu Ya was somewhat surprised—how could there be such a volume of living water inside an ancient tomb?

Xiao Jiu held her breath, eyes fixed unblinking on that stone door, ears perked to listen carefully.

This sound of flowing water came too suddenly; Xiao Jiu instinctively felt something was off.

Immediately, Xiao Jiu discovered that the sound of flowing water was continuously piling up from below to above, and in the blink of an eye it had reached the center of the stone gate.

How could this be possible?

There can be water in an ancient tomb, but it's absolutely impossible for the water level to rise to the point that it has not passed over half of the stone gate's position.

Moreover, this 'water level' is still rising.

The next instant, Xiao Jiu exerted sudden force with his hand, directly scooping Gu Ya up, hoisting her onto his shoulder, and with a flash stepped back several paces.

At the same time his body flashed sideways, Feng Wu had already shot a large sheet of Nirvana fire toward the stone gate.

Still shaken, Gu Ya turned her head to look again toward the stone gate, only to discover that the stone gate had already swung open, and a large swarm of black, dense worms tumbled out from within, packed tightly, making one's scalp tingle……