Chapter 655: Reversing Yin Yang, Earth Topping Sky (1/2)

“Don’t look back.” Lu Yun reached out and physically turned Lin Yu’s head around. There really was an eye behind them, and yes, they did seem to have flown out of it just now. The eye and Ichor Bog had both vanished at this point, and it was taboo for tomb raiders to turn around in a tomb, whether they were entering or leaving the structure.

Endless pitch-black filled their vision, but their consciousnesses weren’t hindered. That was much more important than vision to immortals and cultivators, thus they weren’t too bothered by the lack of light. In fact, Yueshen felt a lot more at ease here.

“This really is a mausoleum… and the burial chambers do correspond to the footprints and altars in the Last Repose.” Lin Xuan rattled out his findings as he flipped through his book and scanned the pages with his consciousness. “What a terribly powerful mausoleum! It rivals the bronze palace that Sir Lu set up in Azure Province.”

He couldn’t see anything, but his consciousness was able to cover a few kilometers around him, feeding him insights about the layout.

The bronze palace was a grand influence over the world that used the power of heaven and earth to create an invincible seal for the crack beneath it.

The mausoleum in front of them was a grand influence as well.

“Mm.” Lu Yun nodded and activated the Spectral Eye to see everything like it was still daytime for him. Nothing could escape his notice. “Be careful… There’s something terrible in the mausoleum that eludes my consciousness. Stay close to me and don’t fall behind.” He headed into the deepest part of the darkness.

The Exalted celestial emperor had handed each of them a map of the mausoleum and marked a specific meeting point. After all, it was impossible for just a few people alone to kill the demon god fetus.

Besides, Lu Yun had realized that the fetus wasn’t at the ground level of the tombs, but deeper underground.

“...it’s sealed by the palace coffin!” His brows twitched.

Swoosh!

With a shake of his wrist, he shot out violet sword light from his palm. A piercing scream sounded out when he connected, slaying a figure that’d become one with darkness.

“What was that?!” Both Lin Yu and Lin Xuan shuddered. Their consciousnesses hadn’t found anything, but the scream of anguish they’d heard after Lu Yun’s attack couldn't have been more real.

“Some kind of yin spirit,” Qing Yu said. “Go, I’ll protect the two of them.”

She knew Lu Yun needed to head off by himself after entering the mausoleum. The bigger the group, the more noticeable they would be. He was also grooming the Lin brothers to be the future pillars of his sect, so they had to undergo some tempering before they could spread their wings.

Qing Yu had come along on this expedition to protect them. More importantly, someone even more powerful was with her—Empress Myrtlestar.

“Alright.” Lu Yun nodded at Qing Yu and vanished into the vast darkness.

“Let’s go.” Qing Yu turned to the Lin brothers. “We’ll meet up with the Exalted celestial emperor.”

As for Li Youcai, Yueshen had already taken his body to who knew where. She was looking for something in the mausoleum.

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The luopan in Lu Yun’s hand radiated soft golden light in the dark, the only source of illumination in the vicinity. He scanned the living and dead within five thousand kilometers, spotting burial chamber after burial chamber containing powerful spirits.