System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

After Zhang Hao used his Palm Thunder to deal with the paper figures in the main hall, he jumped down from the main beam.

"Everyone, follow me."

He shouted and strode towards the elixir well in the middle of the main hall.

Zhang Hao stood on the edge of the well and looked down. The well was filled with corpses and coffins.

Just as he knew, it was a place where corpses were used to refine elixirs of immortality.

If I remember correctly, there are cracks in the mountain below. You can enter the general's tomb by climbing up along the cracks.

After confirming, Zhang Hao jumped down.

Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie also jumped into the Danjing, with Zhang Qilin bringing up the rear.

"Why are there so many corpses here?"

"These corpses come from various dynasties and should have been excavated from different ancient tombs."

"Have you ever heard of the Corpse Pill from ancient times? It's an elixir of immortality made from corpses."

Several people wandered around the Danjing well, searching for the Flying Blood Sword as they spoke.

"Tianzhen, come and take a look, there's a piece of text here."

"Okay, Uncle."

Wu Tianzhen responded and ran to Zhang Hao's side, looking in the direction Zhang Hao pointed.

"These texts explain the origin of the palaces at the bottom of Ping Mountain. It turns out that this was where the emperor refined the elixir of immortality. Because refining the elixir required the use of corpses, which had a bad influence, the emperor chose the interior of Ping Mountain, which was extremely secluded. Moreover, the practice of transporting corpses was popular in western Hunan. Many corpse transporters actually worked for the emperor at that time. They brought corpses from all over the country here so that the emperor could use them to refine the elixir."

"Such a thing is true. It's obvious that it didn't succeed. There are still so many corpses left here. I guess the elixir was never finished before the country was destroyed."

"Alright, enough of this, let's hurry up and find Fei Xuejian."

Zhang Hao and his group split up again to search the well.

"Uncle, there's a crack over here, should we go in and take a look?"

Zhang Hao smiled when he heard the crack; that led to the general's tomb.

"Go in, of course we have to go in."

After saying that, he crawled into the crevice alone, with the others following closely behind.

The crack was more than a meter wide, and it was easy to walk through it.

About ten minutes later, we entered a huge tomb chamber.

The fat man emerged from the crack and shone his flashlight into the tomb chamber. He saw eight coffins placed on the ground in the center of the chamber, with a huge coffin suspended above the eight coffins by iron chains.

"Could this be another Seven Star Coffin?"

"Fatty, what nonsense are you talking about? There are nine coffins here in total."

"What does it matter how many coffins there are? These coffins are probably all fake. The ancients believed in burial for peace, so why would they hang coffins in the air?"

As the group was discussing, a loud "boom" suddenly came from behind them.

When everyone looked back, they saw that the entrance they had come in through was blocked by a huge rock, and they were trapped inside the tomb.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of machinery turning could be heard in everyone's ears.

Eight dragon heads protrude from the walls of the tomb chamber from eight directions, and fine sand flows down from the dragons' mouths.

In the blink of an eye, the fine sand had reached everyone's ankles.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

As the quicksand rushed into the tomb, countless fist-sized holes appeared on the walls around the tomb, from which flaming arrows shot out.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qilin immediately drew his Black Gold Ancient Blade and shielded everyone behind him. He dodged and weaved, his blade flashing as he blocked all the incoming arrows.

Wu Tianzhen and Fatty each took an entrenching tool and assisted Zhang Qilin from the side.

Yi Sa and Ding Yudie continuously used their "Overturning Rivers Hand" technique to deflect the incoming arrows, greatly reducing the pressure on Zhang Qilin.

Seeing that it wasn't too difficult for everyone to hold off the attack together, Zhang Hao refrained from making a move for the time being.

This state lasted for more than ten minutes, yet the quicksand and the arrows being shot continued unabated.

He frowned; the arrows shooting from the wall seemed endless, continuing for quite some time.

Moreover, the quicksand had already reached everyone's knees, beginning to restrict their movement.

If this continues, everyone will either be shot to death by arrows or buried alive.

Zhang Hao emitted sound waves in all directions, using his sound wave positioning ability to locate the key parts of the mechanism.

"hiss……"

After assessing the surrounding situation, Zhang Hao couldn't help but gasp.

The tomb chamber is surrounded by a huge mechanism, with a mechanical figure inside every hole in the wall.

They tirelessly fired the arrows that were delivered to them.

A dozen minutes passed, and the number of arrows used was only one-tenth of the stored items.

With that many, even if they could withstand arrows and avoid being buried alive by quicksand, they would still die from exhaustion.

"Rumble..."

Just then, dozens of larger holes appeared on the walls around the tomb.

"call out!"

A spear about two meters long shot out from the larger hole.

Zhang Qilin swung his sword to block, and a loud "bang" rang out the moment the spear made contact with the black gold ancient sword.

The immense force caused Zhang Qilin to stagger backward until he stopped when he braced his foot against the tomb wall.

Under the combined effects of quicksand, arrows, and spears, Zhang Qilin and his companions faced increasing pressure and were on the verge of being overwhelmed.

"Be careful, I'm going to sabotage the mechanism."

Zhang Hao gave a brief instruction and charged straight into the air, facing the arrows and spears.

He threw a punch at one of the walls inside the tomb.

With a loud crash, a wall collapsed, revealing the mechanism inside.

Countless gears and conveyor belts continuously transported arrows and spears to designated locations for firing.

"hiss……"

Wu Tianzhen and the others gasped when they saw the mechanism behind the brick wall.

"My goodness, there's such a clever mechanism behind the wall."

"If it weren't for Brother Zhang Hao, we would have been forced to keep defending, but with so many arrows and spears waiting to be fired, even if we could hold them off, we would be exhausted."

Zhang Hao glanced at the way the machine was turning, then grabbed a spear from the conveyor belt and, at the right moment, shoved it between two gears.

"Crunch, crunch..."

The gears clicked a few times and then stopped completely.

At the same time, the attacks from quicksand, arrows, and spears all ceased.

"call……"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"Finally it's stopped. I'm exhausted."

"Wow, the mechanisms in the tomb are so ingenious. The general buried in the tomb must have been quite extraordinary."

The fat man's eyes started to light up as he spoke.

"Why don't we lower that coffin hanging up there and see what's inside?"

"Didn't you say these are decoys? They're definitely full of traps. Why bother opening them to take a look?"

"That's right."

"boom!"

As soon as the fat man finished speaking, the coffin hanging in the middle of the tomb suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Immediately afterwards, everyone heard a "rustling" sound.

Suddenly, the quicksand in the tomb chamber gathered in the center and flowed downwards.

The sudden suction force beneath their feet instantly pulled everyone standing on the quicksand downwards.