"Boom"—
the ground at the center of the temple cracked, and a purple crystal hundreds of zhang in diameter appeared. The enormous purple crystal resembled an eye. The moment it appeared, Long Chen felt his soul tremble, as if all the secrets on his body had been seen through.
On the massive purple crystal, eight purple crystal chains were inlaid inlay. As the purple crystals slowly rose, the chains broke through the earth, stretching longer and longer. When Long Chen saw where they pointed at them, he was instantly startled.
The direction indicated by the eight chains was exactly where the eight ancient corpses were. Immediately after, there was another loud crash as all the chains broke through the earth, causing the eight corpses to tremble violently.
Just as Long Chen had guessed, the eight chains locked the ankles of the corpses. Previously, the chains had been covered by dirt, making it hard to see anything. But now, seeing this scene, Long Chen immediately understood that it was this purple crystal that had trapped the eight ancient corpses.
"Mo Nian is amazing, he actually has treasures." Long Chen's heart raced wildly. At this moment, he was utterly impressed by Mo Nian's keen sense of smell.
This guy had no idea what was happening here, yet he was certain there must be treasure here. No wonder he always called himself a treasure hunter—he could sense any treasure buried underground.
Although he didn't know what this purple crystal was, seeing that it could lock down eight ancient corpses made it clear this was a supreme treasure. And the treasure Mo Nian mentioned must be referring to it.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
On the purple crystal, divine light swirled, six strange ripples swirling back and forth, like fish swimming. As soon as it appeared, the faces of the blood clan and demon clan experts changed instantly.
They were horrified to discover that they couldn't absorb the power of those corpses. The most terrifying thing was that the energy they had previously absorbed was now flowing back toward the corpses.
"Hehehe...
Seeing this, Long Chen immediately understood what was going on. He let out a sinister laugh and carried the Dragonbone Evil Moon step by step toward the Blood Clan expert.
At this moment, the blood clan expert panicked. Without the power of the corpse, he was no match for Long Chen. Seeing Long Chen approach, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
"Who just said they wanted to tear me to pieces? To be honest, I've heard of 'Five Horses Splitting the Corpse,' but I don't quite understand how to disassemble the eight pieces evenly and properly. Long Chen walked toward the Blood Clan expert, his eyes scanning him back and forth, as if searching for the best point to split the line.
The blood clan expert's hair stood on end—not from anger, but from fright. This was a sealed space, and unless the space was broken, they simply couldn't get out.
And to break through space, they had to borrow the imperial aura within these corpses. They came here because some human traitors had already helped them scout.
It turned out that the four city guards of Demon-Subduing City had always been colluding with various clans, especially the Iron Blood Sect, which had the closest ties with the Blood Clan. When they discovered there was an imperial-level ancient corpse underground, they passed the news to the Blood Clan.
However, the opening of Tianmu Mountain in previous sessions has always been personally overseen by Xing Wujiang. Although the Blood Clan are not demons, they are not human either. Xing Wujiang can either let them in or let them leave.
Xing Wujiang had long been displeased with the Iron Blood Sect and naturally wouldn't let the Blood Clan in, so the Blood Clan could only watch helplessly. The Demon Clan was the same—let alone enter, they didn't even dare approach Tianmu Mountain.
But this time was different. The Xing family didn't check them one by one, and the Deputy Hall Master of the Fire God Hall personally came to ensure they could safely enter Tianmu Mountain. So, they came without restraint.
These two entered Tianmu Mountain Capital and rushed here immediately. Although the demon clan powerhouses arrived first, he found that with his own power, he couldn't activate the senses of the underground demon corpses, nor could he open the underground world.
Later, the blood clan experts arrived. At first, the two were wary of each other, but they soon realized that to open the underground world, they had to join forces.
So the two swore in their own clan's blood souls that they would never attack each other before leaving Tianmu Mountain. Although both the Blood Clan and the Demon Clan were extremely brutal, they dared not break such a blood oath.
After both sides made their vows, they began working together. It took them several days to fully activate the underground world passage.
As a result, their strength was greatly reduced. Otherwise, even if they were weaker than Huo Qianwu, they were, after all, the Chosen Ones, not so weak, yet Long Chen had no chance to fight back.
However, the two were unlucky too. They had just completed the opening, and before the passage was even formed, Long Chen arrived. Now that the three had entered the underground world, they never expected that there was a mysterious crystal here that had locked the eight corpses in place.
They wanted to destroy the crystal, but how could Long Chen possibly give them that chance? Watching Long Chen walk step by step, the blood clan and demon clan experts were so anxious that sweat broke out on their foreheads.
"Fuse with our blood souls, break the seal on the Heavenly Eye, and all our power will be yours."
At that moment, a divine sense struck out. Although it was just a single divine sense, it exploded simultaneously in the souls of the three men. Long Chen's head buzzed from the shock, and his soul was on the verge of shattering.
"Not good,"
Long Chen's expression changed. He knew that divine sense was sent by those ancient corpses, sealed by the purple crystal, trying to break the seal by borrowing the power of their destiny.
If they succeeded, these two would have fused the power of eight ancient corpses, and they might truly be torn to pieces.
"They must be stopped."
Long Chen's thunder wings trembled behind him as he charged at the blood clan expert at top speed. All six heaven-opening runes on the Dragon Bone Evil Moon lit up, and he slashed his blade toward the blood clan expert's head.
At the very moment Long Chen raised his blade, the massive skeleton behind the Blood Clan expert moved. Its massive hands slowly extended and enveloped the Blood Clan expert.
"Boom!"
Long Chen slashed his blade into those massive hands, producing a thunderous explosion. Long Chen's palms were shattered into a bloody mess, and the Dragon Bone Evil Moon lost control and flew out of his hands.
"Hahaha, Long Chen, just wait for death to come. I'll make you experience what it's like to be torn to pieces."
The Blood Clan expert was protected, and through his fingers, he saw Long Chen's disheveled state and immediately burst into arrogant laughter.
Long Chen didn't have time to get angry. He summoned Dragonbone Evil Moon with his large hand and was about to charge at the demon clan powerhouse. At that moment, the demon corpse behind the demon clan expert opened its huge mouth and swallowed the demon clan expert.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a huge Destiny Wheel appeared above the heads of the two ancient corpses. At that moment, Long Chen's expression changed. They had merged so quickly—if these two ancient corpses were revived using the Destiny Wheel, everything would be over.
"Whoosh."
Just as Long Chen was thinking about how to stop them, his whole body twisted and was instantly teleported into that purple crystal.