Chapter 1500: Unexpected Mishap! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
It was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The air was pervaded by tension and the thick stench of death.
The nearby second-generation successor was like the Sword of Damocles hanging suspended over the heads of the group, ready to fall down at any time and cast them into a bottomless abyss.
Around the throne, a bizarrely calm atmosphere was maintained. No one made any careless movements. The second-generation successor did not move, simply looking suspiciously at the group but doing nothing more. Even so, the group did not dare to be careless.
”Let's hurry!” the Demonic Emperor Old Man urged.
To stand in this place was like standing in a furnace and was far too dangerous. Their first priority was to leave as quickly as possible and enter that passage. The Wushang Village Chief was the first to move, then the Lone Silence Ancestor and Wang Chong. The order was the same, except that the third-generation successor who had once led the way now remained at the back to guard against any attack from the second-generation successor.
Everyone moved with silent cohesion and succeeded in cautiously making their way to safety. The experience was more frightening than dangerous, as the only thing the second-generation successor did was glance at them as they moved.
However, when the Lone Silence Ancestor had made it halfway to safety…
Rumble!
With no warning at all, the entire palace and the ore vein that contained it began to fiercely tremble. It was like some massive and invisible hand had gripped the vein and was shaking it about.
Not only that, all of them could once more hear the deafening rumble of some giant machine.
”It's the Origin Immortal Villagers!”
Wang Chong's mind trembled as a thought passed through his mind.
He was no stranger to this immense trembling and clanking. He had heard it at least three times in the underground river. It was apparent that the Origin Immortal Villagers had once more used some massive mechanism against the men in black.
Wang Chong hadn't felt much while in the underground river, but now, he felt an extremely ill foreboding.
”Shit! Careful!”
A cry of alarm exploded in Wang Chong's mind.
”There's falling rocks!”
A resounding howl came from overhead. The group looked up and saw that the shaking had knocked several rocks loose from the ceiling. Forty-some craggy stones of various sizes were now hurtling toward the platform at the top of the steps.
One of these had a diameter of twenty-some meters and a weight of six to seven thousand jin. It broke off the ceiling with ten-some smaller stones and was now smashing toward the Lone Silence Ancestor, with Wang Chong and the Demonic Emperor Old Man also in the impact zone.
Everyone instantly paled.
None of them had expected this development, which had come too abruptly to take any countermeasures.
Bang!
Almost instinctively, the Lone Silence Ancestor raised a palm toward the rock. If a martial artist didn't use their energy, they would be crushed to death just like an ordinary person by this massive rock. But before he could attack, there was a golden burst of light. A suddenly raised arm had shattered the falling boulder.
Wang Chong had taken control of the third-generation successor and attacked!
It was much better for the third-generation successor to take action than the Lone Silence Ancestor.
”Chong-er…”
Behind Wang Chong, the Demonic Emperor Old Man's lips trembled as if he wanted to say something, but it was too late.
Bang!
As the rock was shattered, an energy of unprecedented magnitude erupted, illuminating the area like the sun. This energy contained an immense pressure that instantly spread throughout the palace.
The faces of the four were instantly drained of blood while their bodies went stiff.
What they had all feared had finally taken place. The shaking of the ore vein, the falling rock, and the third-generation successor taking action had finally alarmed the second-generation successor by his throne.
Crackcrack! Bones groaned as the nearby second-generation successor turned around, his dim eyes reigniting with bright light as he stared at Wang Chong's group.
The second-generation successor's armor also erupted in light, the golden flames that had once been only a few feet long exploding to several dozen feet. Even space itself began to distort, causing the second-generation successor's figure to slowly turn indistinct.