Chapter 478: Secret of the Stone Coffin (1/2)

Chapter 478: Secret of the Stone Coffin

It only took a small spark to cause an explosion. Everyone was so afraid; they would attack and kill each other at the first sign of trouble.

Xiao Chen looked towards Chu Chaoyun, the person who caused this situation. This person was currently looking around interestedly and seeming utterly relaxed.

The situation reached such a level because of an unconfirmed theory. Human hearts were too fickle.

Xiao Chen shook his head and withdrew his gaze. He ignored these people and walked away, returned to the stone coffin.

Xiao Chen examined the empty stone coffin and wracked his brain. There was no such thing as an unsolvable situation in this world.

Those the past had cleared the test and entered the fourth floor. This proved that there was a solution to this.

However, what exactly was the test? This was hard to figure out. Xiao Chen had a rough idea in mind already, but he was not certain.

Xiao Chen closed his eyes and entered deep thought. After a long moment, he opened his eyes.

The hesitation and confusion in the depths of his eyes became resolution and decisiveness.

Xiao Chen had made up his mind. While the group kept their guards up against each other or secretly plotted to use someone else as an experiment, he raised his leg and stepped into the stone coffin.

Xiao Chen set the Lunar Shadow Saber to the side and laid down calmly. After he closed the lid, he closed his eyes and started to take a nap.

“Bang!”

The sound of the stone coffin lid reverberated throughout the gloomy s.p.a.ce. This improved the nervous cultivators’ moods.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The bang from the coffin lid sounded like a pistol firing. The moment the others heard it, several people took action against the targets they had marked.

The place fell into chaos. No one wanted to become the first experiment, so they did their best to protect themselves.

Soon, people became injured. Scarlet blood spurted into the air. This agitated everyone, and the fighting grew more intense.

Seeing a group of people heading for her, Xia Xiyan felt depressed. She parried some attacks and tried to get away.

However, someone else immediately attacked Xia Xiyan. It was unknown whether it was on purpose or simply because she was there.

This drug Xia Xiyan deeper and deeper into the situation. She had wanted to retreat several times but was drawn back in.

For these people to obtain one of the twenty spots and reach the third floor, how could anyone display weakness?

The difference in strength between them was not very obvious. In this situation, even Xiao Chen could not guarantee that he could escape this unscathed.

Furthermore, Xia Xiyan was alone. It was rather difficult for her to get out of this situation.

Jiang Zimo, Zuo Mo, and the others were in the same situation. They wanted to pull themselves out of the fight, but they were surrounded; they did not dare to make any big fatal moves.

If someone were heavily injured, the situation would only turn more chaotic. They had no other ideas at the moment and could only protect themselves.

“Ping! Ping! Pang! Pang!”

The sounds of weapon clas.h.i.+ng resounded relentlessly.

Within the group, Chu Chaoyun dodged attacks effortlessly. Occasionally, he sent out a sword Qi with his finger, stirring up the crowd.

From a spectator’s perspective, one would notice that Chu Chaoyun would attack Xia Xiyan and the others as they managed to reach the edge of the battle.

“Bang!”

After a long time, an intense explosion resounded in the third floor of the Ancient Desolate Tower. The shockwave surged, and the sound was earsplitting.

It was like a loud roar of thunder, suppressing the sounds of the conflict. Everyone quickly looked towards its origins.

They only saw Xiao Chen’s shattered gravestone and the stone coffin slowly sinking into the ground.

After a while, a white figure rose into the air. Before everyone’s astonished gazes, he flew towards the light barrier and slowly pa.s.sed through.

There were no obstructions. Xiao Chen went through the light barrier and arrived at the fourth floor.

Everyone stopped their battle and started at Xiao Chen with stunned expressions as he left the room.

“How can this be? How did he go through the barrier? I did not see him do anything!”

“Could it be that the barrier stopped obstructing people from going through?”

Someone expressed their suspicion. Then, he pushed off the ground heavily and crashed violently into the light barrier.

“Bang!”

The sound of his impact echoed throughout the third floor. That person bounced back as fast as he flew up. There was an obvious red lump on his forehead.

He grimaced and seemed to be in pain, “Whoever said that the barrier is pa.s.sable is wrong.”

“It looks like Xiao Chen found the method to clear the test. I think I saw him enter the stone coffin earlier. Could that have something to do with it?” a doubtful cultivator asked.

At this moment, everyone had forgotten about experimenting on the other cultivators.

After they calmed down and thought about what happened earlier, they knew that they were wrong.

“There is no need to say anymore. Whether that is the case or not, we will know after trying,” Pei Shaoxuan roared and stepped up to his own stone coffin.

The others stopped hesitating and rushed to give this new theory a try. After all, Xiao Chen had succeeded.

Pei Shaoxuan lay in his coffin and slid the lid into place.