Chapter 490
: See the Sky Spirit Tree
Xuanyuan Zhi got up from the ground in a panic, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked gloomily at the Gu cultivators from various families who kept running into the tunnel. He was almost going crazy with anger.
At this moment, he looked extremely miserable, his clothes were torn and covered in blood, and he was obviously seriously injured in the explosion.
After closing his eyes and feeling the condition of his body, he soon felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
His injuries were so severe that he had to sit down and heal immediately. It was not wise to continue fighting. He could only watch as one Gu cultivator after another jumped into the tunnel and escaped.
“Damn it! Where on earth did this monster come from? It actually has the ability to fuse Heavenly Fire and Heavenly Water, and the attack it creates can even threaten the Gu King. I didn’t expect that a small Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivator would become a variable!”
Xuanyuan Zhi slammed the ground with his fist, his face looking as ugly as it could be.
"Your Highness! What should we do next? Should we continue chasing him?" An old man who exuded the aura of a peak Gu King ran over and asked with a frown.
Xuanyuan Zhi glanced around and counted the number of his own casualties as quickly as possible. Then he clenched his fists and his expression became even uglier.
More than 10,000 masters brought by the Xuanyuan royal family died in the explosion, and less than 2,000 people survived. It was a heavy loss.
And those who managed to survive were all injured, some even had broken arms and legs, and were lying on the ground wailing. Half of the people here no longer had the ability to fight.
At this time, everyone was terrified, their eyes were filled with horror, their expressions were dull, and they looked as if they had been blown stupid. How could they have any will to fight?
The loss was so heavy that he felt a black screen before his eyes and was about to faint.
In order to have the best chance of annihilating all the members of the eight families and leaving no one behind, the Xuanyuan Imperial Family dispatched their most elite forces. Most of these forces were lost here, which seriously injured the Xuanyuan Imperial Family. They will not be able to recover in a short time. He really doesn't know how to explain when he returns.
He took a deep breath, and after a long rage, he finally said, "Don't chase them. Our people are injured and disabled, and have lost their will to fight. Continuing to chase them will only cause greater losses."
"We don't have many people left, we can't afford to toss around any more." Xuanyuan Zhi's face suddenly became much older, and soon his eyes became stern, and he said in a cold voice:
"Humph! There are many dangers inside the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum. There is absolutely no way out. Without us taking any action, most of the people who enter will die inside."
"We just need to stay here and wait. I don't believe they will never come out."
"We will be guarding here all the time. We will kill them one by one as they come out. This group of people broke into the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum. There are wolves in front and tigers behind. It's a dead end." Xuanyuan Zhi sneered.
"All the wounded should stay here to recover. Those who are not seriously injured should guard the various tunnels and prepare for ambush. Don't let any of them out..."
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At this time, Long Xuan, who had already run into the tunnel, suddenly vomited blood. After stopping to check his injuries, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
His injuries at this point were not just serious, he was almost half-crippled, and all of his organs were severely damaged, which could not be easily repaired in a short period of time.
If it were someone else, they would have died a hundred times from such injuries.
It was because he relied on the water bear poison that he managed to hang on to his life.
It is true that the Distorted Jade move is powerful, but there is a downside to every advantage. The power generated by the explosion of the distortion force is too great, and it will instead affect the caster.
Since the attack range is so wide, there is nowhere to run. This is a move that hurts the enemy by a thousand and hurts yourself by eight hundred. It should never be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.
Now he was reaping the fruits of his own actions. As his injuries were so severe, it was difficult for him to cope with the various dangers in the ancient tomb.
He raised his head and realized that there was no progress above. Knowing that no one from the Xuanyuan royal family had come down, he heaved a long sigh of relief. It was good news for him that no one from the Xuanyuan royal family continued to chase him.
However, the people from the Xuanyuan royal family did not come down, but the Gu practitioners from other major families did, including a large number of Gu Kings, and these people were right behind him.
Long Xuan felt a headache. He accidentally injured them all. He didn't know if these Gu Kings would hold a grudge against him.
Now he was extremely weak. Long Xuan didn't dare to be caught up by this group of Gu Kings. He used the earth escape ability of the Book Gu and immediately burrowed into the ground and disappeared.
If there had been a formation protecting the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum before, it would not have been easy to travel underground.
But now the tomb protection formation of Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum has been broken by Emperor Xin, and the earth escape ability will no longer be restricted here.
Once tomb robbers can use the ability of earth escape, it will be very convenient to find treasures.
Not long after Long Xuan disappeared from the spot, a graceful figure chased here, stood at the place where he had just disappeared, and frowned slightly.
"Where is he? How could he disappear out of thin air? This person has so many mysterious tricks up his sleeve."
Qin Mingyue showed a puzzled look. When she heard the footsteps getting closer behind her, her face changed. She could only put aside her doubts and continue running forward.
There were many Gu Kings coming towards her from behind, and she didn't dare to meet a strange Gu King easily.
Long Xuan used his earth escape ability to cheat and shuttled recklessly underground, avoiding the tomb passages full of traps and the secret rooms hiding unknown dangers. He skipped over numerous dangers and headed straight for the location where infinite progress was displayed.
He has the ability to escape underground without any obstacles and the ability to find the target accurately. He is the bug in the ancient tomb. All the dangerous designs in the ancient tomb are like nothing to him.
In the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum, there is more than one location showing infinite progress. Thinking of what Emperor Xin said about the Tianling Tree being not the tomb-guarding treasure in the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum, Long Xuan went to the nearest infinite progress.
Soon, he smashed the green stone bricks with a punch and ran into a large underground space. Soon, a towering green ancient tree appeared in his sight.
The ancient tree is lush and leafy, with tangled roots and vines hanging down from the branches, full of an ancient atmosphere.
Among the dense leaves, you can faintly see huge blue fruits. The fruits emit a faint blue light, which is particularly eye-catching in the dark underground space.
Seeing these blue fruits, Long Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, releasing a blazing light, and his breathing quickly became rapid.
“The Heavenly Spirit Tree! This is the Heavenly Spirit Tree! There really is the legendary Heavenly Spirit Tree in the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum! Hahahaha… It’s worth the risk. Finding this Heavenly Spirit Tree is totally worth it even if I get badly hurt.”
“As long as I can create a more powerful Tianling Pill recipe using Tianling Fruit as the main ingredient, and use the power of the pill to break through the Gu King, then I will become the Gu King and soar to the sky. I can go anywhere in the world. How can those Xuanyuan royal family Gu cultivators outside stop me then?”
Seeing this heavenly spirit tree, Long Xuan was overjoyed, and all the worries in his heart disappeared.
As long as he has the Tianling Fruit in his hand, he can solve all his troubles and easily get through this crisis.
Long Xuan clenched his fists, but even though he was extremely excited, he was not overwhelmed by joy.
He looked around with a vigilant look, and did not act rashly. This was the imperial mausoleum, the most dangerous place. All the designs in the mausoleum were to kill tomb robbers to the greatest extent possible, leaving no chance of survival. In such a dangerous place, how could he not be careful?
There is no doubt that, given the incredible value of the Heavenly Spirit Tree, there must be dangerous mechanisms protecting the treasure around it. If you rush up rashly at this time, you will die without knowing how you died.
Long Xuan scanned the surroundings carefully and cautiously detected the dangers around him. When he saw the progress in the dark river that nourished the Tianling Tree, he understood.
He did not see any other progress in this secret room, which meant there were no formations or mechanisms here. So the danger must have come from the river.
Long Xuan madly poured his enormous mental power into the Eye of Heaven, turning his perspective ability to the maximum, and was able to vaguely see the shape of the unknown creatures in the river.
"Crocodile? These unknown creatures in the river are actually crocodiles?" Long Xuan murmured softly and couldn't help but frowned slightly.
Crocodiles are magical animals that crawl slowly and rarely come ashore. They have super strong fighting power in the water.
Encountering a crocodile in the river is almost certain death.
But this underground river protects the Tianling Tree tightly. If you want to get to the Tianling Tree, you must cross the river. As long as you cross the river, you will definitely attract the crocodiles in the river and be attacked by countless crocodiles.
Many of these crocodiles are fourth-level spiritual beasts with powerful combat capabilities, equivalent to human Gu Kings. Their combat capabilities in the river are even much stronger than those of human Gu Kings. If you cross the river rashly, you will definitely be torn to pieces by these crocodiles.
It is no exaggeration to say that this river is strong enough to easily stop dozens of powerful Gu Kings. If they attack here by force, I am afraid that countless Gu Kings will die before they can take away this Heavenly Spirit Tree.
Long Xuan was suddenly in trouble. It was so difficult for even a Gu King at the peak of his power to take away the Heavenly Spirit Tree, let alone him, a mere Gu cultivator at the Spiritual Sea stage.
It is possible to jump over the underground river and travel directly across from underground, but the roots of the Tianling Tree feed on the water of the underground river and are too close to the river.
At such a close distance, once it emerges from the ground, it will definitely attract the attention of these crocodiles.
Fortunately, he cheated and skipped all the dangers to come here. The others were blocked by various dangers in the tomb and could not come to this place in a short time, so he had enough time to think.
After thinking for a while, Long Xuan finally came up with a method that he was not very sure about.
His bad idea was to use his seventy-two transformations to transform himself into a crocodile exactly like the one in the river, then walk over openly and pick the heavenly fruit on the tree openly.
Although the Seventy-Two Transformations are not physical changes but merely visual deceptions, their characteristic is that it is difficult for people to detect the flaws, so it is definitely no problem to deceive the crocodiles in the river.
The only thing that worried him was whether the crocodiles in the river had high IQs. If it were a human, seeing a crocodile of the same species walking towards him from a distance for no apparent reason, he would become suspicious even if he couldn't see any flaws.
If the IQ of the crocodiles in the river is comparable to that of humans, then his plan will be difficult to succeed. He is now betting that the IQ of the crocodiles in the river is not high.
Because this plan had a very high failure rate and was too dangerous, Long Xuan finally decided to let Yan's clone, the resentful being, carry out this plan, while he himself would stay close to the soil and immediately use earth escape to escape if the situation was not right.
He didn't believe that these crocodiles could burrow underground. As long as they couldn't burrow underground, even if they were fourth-level spirit beasts, they would not be able to catch up with him.
This is why earth escape has become a supernatural power. As long as you are not in a place with an array, the earth escape ability is enough to avoid most of the dangers in this world. It's simply shameless.
Soon, a huge black crocodile crawled towards the dark river.
Looking at the crocodile crawling forward little by little, Long Xuan hid in a hidden corner, his eyes full of tension.
"Is this trick of yours really effective?"
The sudden sound in his ear really scared him. Long Xuan shuddered violently, turned his head and glared at the person next to him.
He didn't need to look, just by listening to the voice he knew who the person next to him was. Who else could it be but Emperor Xin who had come in a long time ago?
It was beyond his expectation that she could arrive at the location of the Heavenly Spirit Tree so quickly.
Even though Emperor Xin came down early in order to break the tomb protection formation of Cangyue Emperor's Mausoleum, the formation was broken just now. The time when the two of them arrived at the location of the Tianling Tree was almost the same, one after the other.
Long Xuan was very curious about how she got here so quickly.
Could it be that she still has a map of this place? Long Xuan couldn't help but wonder.
"Do you know that scaring others will kill them? Couldn't you give me a hint before you spoke?" Long Xuan gave her an unpleasant look.
Emperor Xin did not answer him. He stared blankly at the crocodile crawling towards the underground river with a serious expression.
It was unbelievable to her that someone could actually turn into a crocodile. It was the first time in her life that she had seen such a strange ability. Even though she was knowledgeable, she couldn't help but show shock.
Emperor Xin's eyes flickered slightly. He had to admit that turning into a crocodile to steal the fruit was a really good strategy. This strategy had a high success rate against spiritual beasts with low IQs.
But isn't it a bit too much of a clone to do this? Isn't it a bit too inhumane for this clone?
"The world is so vast that nothing is impossible. I never thought that this world could allow people to change everything at will, and it would be almost impossible for anyone to find out the flaws."
"I have never seen this kind of Gu worm before, and it has never appeared in history. Could this be another unique Gu worm you have researched? Can you trade one to me?"
Emperor Xin turned his head and looked at him with burning eyes.
With her keen eyesight, she could of course see how practical this ability was and how much convenience it would bring her when stealing things, so she immediately wanted to trade this insect.
Long Xuan immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this ability was acquired by Book Gu through reading novels, and there is no way to copy it."
"You can only make one Gu from the same novel. You can't make another exactly the same book Gu."
"That's a pity!" Emperor Xin did not doubt what he said. The disappointment on his face flashed away, and he looked again at the crocodile that was transformed from Long Xuan's clone.
At this time, the crocodile had already crawled to the riverside, and with a "splash!", it crawled into the river.
Long Xuan suddenly looked nervous and clenched his fists, fearing that a group of crocodiles would swim over from all directions and eat his poor clone.
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary. When the black crocodile crawled into the water, the crocodiles in the river seemed to have seen their own kind. They did not react at all and let the crocodile swim slowly towards the Tianling Tree.
Seeing this scene, Long Xuan loosened his fists and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, the IQ of these crocodiles was very low, and his plan was successful. (End of this chapter)