Chapter 391: Altar (2/2)

Gradually, people’s expressions turned ugly since the warnings were just too frequent. Was it real or fake? No one could be sure.

“Look, what’s that?” someone suddenly cried out.

They all looked up ahead and saw that there was a tall building that appeared to be a sacrificial altar from ages past.

Although there had been many buildings along the way, they had all been very normal and seemed to be common residences. This altar, however, was different, as it should be the one of the ancient civilization’s most important areas. The altar meant that they were in the center of the region.

Everyone started to move faster.

Lu Yin suddenly barked, “Careful! The shortie up front, duck!”

A dozen people ducked at the same time to avoid a phantom pike.

Lu Yin was struck speechless by the scene. Were these people really that insecure about their heights?

Of course, there were also those who were more confident, and a man who was shaped like a piece of bamboo charged forward first, unafraid of death.

Northgate Lie’s brows leaped up, and he intended to give chase, but he was also worried about the phantom pikes.

The skinny person had no misgivings at all, and he quickly pulled ahead of the crowd.

Many buildings had long since turned into dust in the area ahead of them, which made the distant altar and its surroundings even more conspicuous. There were many ancient buildings surrounding it, and they were much more impressive than the ones that they had seen before. If the earlier buildings were from a small tribe, then the buildings currently in front of them were from an ancient bustling city.

That bamboo-looking man excitedly charged forward and dashed towards the altar. He was from the Tempest Flowzone’s Fire Scorpion Sect, and he was incomparably excited because he had accidentally overheard the ancient legend. He had specifically gone in a different direction from He Zhong and the others since he did not want He Zhong to take credit for everything. He Zhong, that fool thinks that he’s the only one in the younger generation who knows about that secret. He doesn’t even realize that there are others who are also aware of it.

The moment he saw the altar, he had charged ahead without a care for his life. He was risking everything for this slight possibility. If it was real, then his future would completely change. It was worth risking his life for such a chance. Death was not unwelcome, either, as having a dull future was even worse than death.

He quickly closed in on the altar.

Northgate Lie’s eyes went wide, and he clenched both fists, wanting to charge across.

The skinny man stared excitedly at the altar. He saw the words and the design on it, as well as a numbing sight. There were five pikes stuck in the altar, and the man became so terrified that he did not dare to move any closer. There was a soft thump when his foot made contact with the ground, and at that moment, the entire city collapsed into dust.

Everyone stared on, dumbfounded, as none of them had imagined that such a thing would happen. Who could have expected an enormous, ancient city to disintegrate just because of a soft noise?

Northgate Lie was furious. “You asked for it!” He dashed up next to the skinny man and smashed him in the head. The man was still staring at the altar even as his eyes filled up with blood, and he slowly collapsed to the ground, dead in every sense of the word.

The others also rushed over and looked at where the city had been standing just a moment ago in pity. They felt no sympathy for the skinny man, since he had caused the city to collapse, robbing them of a chance to observe and study it in detail. It might have even been possible to get some useful information since they had seen some writing earlier, but now, the city had crumbled to pieces, and there was nothing for them to look at except the altar.

“Everyone, be careful and move back,” Lu Yin warned as he pulled multiple people back. When they looked up, they finally discovered what the skinny man had seen before his death: five pikes. Beneath the weapons was a dried corpse, with its head, both hands, and both legs pierced through by a pike. It was obvious that the five pikes had pinned this person here and killed him.

Everyone quickly pulled away as they felt their backs turn cold. After spending so much time in the centipede, they all had an idea of how much time had passed by, since even the writing on the buildings had faded. But right now, they were looking at a desiccated corpse that must have existed for eons.

“A corpse from ancient times, and five pikes pinning it down. That’s too cruel.” The monkey was horrified.

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and studied the altar. Who could have hated this person so much as to pierce him with five pikes, and to do so on an altar to boot. This had clearly been done to prevent this person from reincarnating.

Northgate Lie and the others silently stared at the corpse with flickering eyes.

There were also some words on the altar, and everyone tried their best to memorize the symbols.

At that moment, a crack appeared on the altar. It then disintegrated into dust just like the rest of the buildings. Everyone’s hearts pounded heavily as they watched the dried corpse, but fortunately, the corpse did not turn to dust like everything else.

Such a corpse held great research value, but the five pikes pinning it down made everyone extremely unwilling to get closer. One pike alone was enough to kill everyone, let alone five.

“Eh? Look! There’s something there!” Lily Anne cried.

Everyone watched as the alter disappeared, and the corpse was ripped apart by the five pikes. They saw that there were black words beside the left hand of the corpse.

Three of the pikes fell about a hundred meters away from the corpse.

The moment they saw the pikes, everyone’s eyes lit up. Lu Yin, Northgate Lie, the Blaze Realm’s powerhouses, and the experts who had hidden themselves all rushed forward to snatch them up. Since the three pikes had fallen some distance away from the corpse, there was no threat whatsoever. Only a fool would not try to grab them.

Suddenly, the centipede’s body trembled as an aged voice rang out in everyone’s ears. “Everyone is to immediately leave. All violators will be killed without question.”

It was Northgate Taisui’s voice. Since the united strength of the various powerhouses had stabilized the centipede’s corpse, he would no longer allow anyone else to get a share of whatever was left inside the body.

Lu Yin and the rest paid no attention to those words, and they all continued forward to grab the pikes. The closest people to the three pikes were Lu Yin and Northgate Lie.

“Brother Lu, the Northgate family is willing to pay a high price for these, so please don’t intervene!” Northgate Lie abruptly avoided a phantom pike as he shouted at Lu Yin.