The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 617: Chapter 617: Ancient Cultivator’s Tomb Group_1

BOOM!

An aged and decrepit tomb suddenly burst open.

Together with a surge of Evil Qi and an overwhelmingly strong stench of corpses, a black-haired Corpse Spirit sprang out from the tomb, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged towards the Fleeting Boat.

”Such misfortune!” Shen Mo cursed under his breath, then unleashed a Universe Sword Qi, sending the black-haired Corpse Spirit flying.

With the enhancement from his Uncommon Victory Destiny, the magic and martial arts he performed inflicted significantly amplified damage on all manner of demons and monsters.

However, the ancient cultivator’s remains that this black-haired Corpse Spirit occupied had belonged to a formidable cultivator in life. His vitality had been honed to an extraordinary robustness. Moreover, having been buried for countless years and steeped in Resentment Qi, Miasma Qi, Corpse Qi, and all sorts of chilling and deathly Qi, the corpse had not decayed but instead become increasingly firm and dreadful!

A Sword Light sufficient to wound a late-stage Class IV demonic beast only managed to cut a gash on this Corpse Spirit, failing to obliterate it completely.

Fortunately, it was unclear which awakening this was for the Corpse Spirit from the ancient cultivator’s remains. The ’Corpse Spirits’ that had emerged before it had all exhausted their Lifespans, perishing one after another under the long erosion of time.

Therefore, it had not mastered various magic or Skills. Besides charging, biting, and tearing, it had no other methods to attack its enemies.

Noting its weak soul, Shen Mo stopped trying to suppress it with brute force and instead directly cast a Soul-annihilation Spell, completely obliterating the ghastly soul of the Corpse Spirit residing within the ancient cultivator’s remains!

Afterwards, he took out an iron coffin, placed the ancient cultivator’s remains inside, sealed it with Prohibition Talismans, and finally stored it in his Universe Bag.

To Corpse-refining Sects, such as the Ghost Corpse School, these ancient cultivator’s remains were top-tier corpse-refining material. With a considerable investment of precious resources, it could be fully refined into a Ghoul as mighty as a peak Golden Core Realm expert.

Upon leaving the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons, Shen Mo planned to find an immortal market and sell it. It would surely fetch a considerable profit.

Lady Scarlet and the others had not been involved at all in this process.

As per their previous agreement, Shen Mo only needed to distribute some spiritual items to them as compensation for their efforts in breaching the tomb; everything else was his to claim.

”Fellow Daoist Shen, in your opinion, should we proceed further in, or should we breach a few more nearby tombs before moving on?” After receiving the Elixirs from Shen Mo, Lady Scarlet asked for his opinion.

Ever since they entered the cluster of ancient tombs, whenever Lady Scarlet and the others had to make a choice, they would always ask for Shen Mo’s thoughts, seemingly intending to follow his lead.

Shen Mo could guess one or two reasons for their sudden change in attitude. Moreover, there seemed to be an unspoken mutual understanding, so they had journeyed onward with this tacit agreement.

According to the information provided by Lady Scarlet’s biological father, the Sect Master of LiMountain Elixir Sect...

This group of ancient tombs hovered in mid-air. The deeper one ventured, the stronger the ancient cultivators buried there had been in life. Naturally, the treasures they were buried with, spiritual resources, and various opportunities or benefits to be gained would also be more abundant!

But likewise, it would also be more dangerous and terrifying!

The Prohibitions and tombs in the outer areas, having been swept by Heaven Patrolling Zone cultivators once every seven hundred years, offered significantly fewer dangers and opportunities.

Yet in the deeper areas, very few cultivators were willing to delve in and seek opportunities. Besides the Prohibitions, which had become more dreadful through countless years of entanglement and evolution, the variety of oddities and Evil Spirits in the tombs also outnumbered those on the outskirts many times over.

It was even rumored that Class V and even Class VI demons and monsters lurked in the deepest reaches!

The place where Shen Mo and his group currently stood was roughly in the middle of the tomb cluster.

Previously, they had also encountered all sorts of strange attacks from Prohibitions, but their combined strength had just managed to fend off these threats. They had even breached seven tombs.

Five of them contained nothing. Another one held a number of magic artifacts, Elixirs, jade slips, and other burial spiritual items, but most had decayed. The group had only managed to obtain some spirit gold ores and a few jade slips containing magic techniques.

In other words, apart from the ancient cultivator’s remains that Shen Mo had just obtained, their overall gains had not been significant.

Shen Mo quickly made some calculations in his mind.

He had acquired the Samadhi True Fire, and his cultivation level was increasing continuously. He would hardly face any obstacles before reaching the late-stage Golden Core Realm. It could be said that the most important goal of this journey had already been achieved!

Yet, the current location, merely dealing with the various Prohibitions, already put him under considerable pressure.

If they were to move forward, putting aside the unpredictable dangers within the tombs, the widespread Prohibitions, broken Formations, and other perilous traps scattered everywhere would be enough to wipe them all out.

However, he did not voice this immediately. Instead, he took out forty-nine jade divination chips and performed a divination using the Divination Treasure Mirror.

”Fellow Daoist Shen, how is it?” Seeing Shen Mo using divination magic, Lady Scarlet and the others approached curiously and asked.

”From the divination, if we continue deeper into the tomb cluster, we will encounter extremely vicious things. To say it means certain death without a sliver of hope is no exaggeration!” Shen Mo said, putting away the divination chips, his expression grave.

He was not exaggerating; this was indeed what the divination showed.

Even Shen Mo himself was astonished after seeing the divination result...

Because performing divination with the Divination Treasure Mirror would consume Lifespan and blessings, he usually wouldn’t casually divine good or bad fortune.

However, in the few divinations he had performed over the years, even the most vicious omens only showed a one-in-ten chance of survival; there would always be a sliver of hope, a path to life hidden in the unseen!

Yet this time, not even the slightest sign of life could be seen. It completely defied common sense.

What kind of existence is buried in the deepest part of the tomb cluster, capable of completely severing the last thread of life between heaven and earth?

No! Even terrifying creatures like the Soaring Serpent, the Bizarre Dragon, or the Four-eyed Giant cannot twist the natural order of things...

Perhaps... it’s because of this ancient cultivators’ burial ground itself!

Shen Mo quickly thought of a possibility.

The ancient battlefield of immortals and demons was itself a decaying Vacuous Realm. But for some unknown reason, this world had not completely decayed. Instead, it transformed into a peculiar existence, able to connect the ’leaves of the world’ from before and after its decline!

This world is so strange; there must be an underlying cause unknown to outsiders...

Coupled with the unnatural celestial mechanics in the area of this tomb cluster, perhaps the root cause lies hidden in the deepest part of the burial ground!

Of course, this was just Shen Mo’s daring guess based on his experience and known information; it might not be the truth. But regardless, they should not continue deeper into this tomb cluster.

Subsequently, Shen Mo shared his concerns with Lady Scarlet and the others.

”Since that’s the case, we won’t delve deeper. We’ll just explore the nearby tombs and look for opportunities!” After some discussion, Lady Scarlet, Fu Jianghuo, and the Peng Siblings made a cautious decision.

The main reason was that Shen Mo’s strength was convincing enough. Since even he felt that continuing into the tomb cluster was extremely dangerous, and the divination also showed an omen of certain death with no chance of survival, Lady Scarlet and the others were naturally not stubborn enough to risk their lives and fortunes to test it.

”Good! There are at least tens of thousands of tombs nearby. We’ll definitely be able to find some good treasures.”