Chapter 1071: Power of the Formation (1/2)

A solemn killing intent gathered and lingered in the void, hovering from a distance without attacking them. The air around them cleared up, whisking both corpse qi and the fetid smell away.

The zombies and ghouls hidden in the dark hadn’t fallen to the group’s attacks, but instead retreated of their own accord.

Lu Yun and the others advanced in close formation, but they were unable to draw closer to the enormous killing intent. It seemed to be close by, but impossible to approach.

“This is it! This is the place!” Lu Yun suddenly dismissed the power of inception on his body, which deactivated the Thousand Obliteration Formation of the Six Royals.

“Here?” Ying Luo and the others blinked.

“Yes, that killing intent in the distance should be the final test. Passing it will allow us to receive the heritage from the corpse.” Lu Yun inhaled deeply. “She wants one heir, not six, so…”

“So the six of us in formation will never reach our destination. We have to advance by going our separate ways,” Li Xue finished for him.

“We can break apart the formation, but we don’t need to go our separate ways,” Wei Yuan ventured hesitantly. “We can assemble together again if we run into any overwhelming danger!”

He was viscerally afraid of death and had realized that the greatest treasure he’d reaped on this trip was the Thousand Obliteration Formation. A budding thought was taking shape in his mind—that they could use this formation to explore all of the danger zones, secret retreats, and mysterious locales of the chaos. They were sure to find unexpected treasures then!

Wang Shu and You Huoran shared his thoughts as well. Meanwhile, Wei Yuan and You Huoran no longer bore the trace of enmity they’d held toward Lu Yun since their first meeting. They had all risked their lives together, entrusted their backs to each other. Theirs was now a friendship forged through life and death.

“Mmhmm.” Ying Luo nodded. “Since we could make it this far, that means we have a shared affinity for this heritage. No matter which among the six of us wins it, it’ll be a good thing regardless.”

“Let’s go together!” The six looked at each other. Though they loosened the formation, they remained in their previous positions. Whenever someone met with undeniable danger, they would be able to return to formation in the blink of an eye.

……

Boom!

Sounds of fighting traveled from up ahead and a muffled impact rang out before a figure crashed heavily their way. Before the six could do anything, the body exploded in the void in a burst of bloody mist.

“Dead!” Li Xue looked aghast. “That wasn’t a sacred palace disciple, probably someone from the sacred lands.”

“So sacred land disciples have made their way here too, and before us.” Wang Shu’s expression was a bit unnatural. They were vaunted sacred palace disciples and members of the eminent sacred clan. They sat high over the chaos creatures and nursed a natural superiority when faced with the sacred lands.

But someone from the sacred lands had progressed ahead of them!

“They might not have been ahead of us,” Lu Yun suddenly said. “The Tomb of Heaven and Earth brims with the uncanny and unexpected. There’s also a special set of testing rules at play. They probably arrived here through some other path.

“In fact, ordinary life forms will find it even easier to get here than sacred palace disciples.”

Things were fair in the tomb. Since the sacred clan was innately stronger than ordinary life forms, the tests that awaited them here were more arduous and the ones facing regular folk were much easier.

“Though our process was a lot more strenuous, everyone is equal once we reach this stage.” Lu Yun looked at a wisp of bloody mist that had yet to disperse from the air. The Spectral Eye told him everything he wanted to know about the recently dead.

The failed adventurer was a disciple of the earth elemental land, but he was surprisingly third level mortal realm—the equivalent of a dao immortal realm. Within the chaos, there was a remarkable gap between second and third level mortal realm.

“An ant of the second level is here, hmm?” came an effeminate voice. “You there, go scout the path ahead and see what that killing intent is!”