Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

Legend has it that the fragrance of the red spider lily carries a magical power, capable of awakening the memories of the deceased.

However, Chen Yibai couldn't smell any floral fragrance in the air; instead, he smelled a familiar musty odor.

In order to find the Skywalker Society's trail first, Chen Yibai had no time to look at the 'beautiful scenery' along the way, and his pace gradually quickened.

After walking briskly along the winding road paved with bluestone bricks for about ten minutes, I finally reached the Yellow Springs Road.

Chen Yibai was shocked to see that the end in front of him was shrouded in a thick, blood-red fog, like a huge barrier!

"Bloodshed!"

Chen Yibai suddenly stopped, staring at the thick red fog that enveloped the area ahead, his brows furrowing deeply.

Bloodstains are a type of light evil phenomenon. When the bloody aura is too strong and accumulates, and is then invaded by light evil, this bloodstains phenomenon will occur.

So what's ahead isn't fog, but blood.

The heavier the bloodstains, the stronger the malevolent energy.

This is also called a 'bloody disaster'!

Although Chen Yibai knew in advance that this was a place of "Eight Fiends of the Underworld" and had already made preparations for it.

But seeing how heavy the blood mist was ahead, he couldn't help but be on high alert again, gripping the crimson ancient sword tightly in his hand, and slowing down as he slowly walked into the blood mist.

As they ventured deeper, their bodies were completely engulfed by the blood mist, and the visibility around them became extremely low. Chen Yibai's night vision ability also lost its advantage, and he could barely see a distance of about one meter around him.

This feeling, almost like groping in the dark, naturally adds to the sense of crisis.

Chen Yibai could only rely entirely on his intuition and slowly explore his way forward.

"boom……"

Just as Chen Yibai had taken a few steps, a loud thud came from ahead, followed by a crashing sound, as if something had collapsed.

"Master Wu... Master Wu..."

Immediately following the violent collapse, several hysterical screams rang out.

Chen Yibai stopped abruptly, his spirits lifting.

The Skywalkers are in front!

That's outrageous.

The people from the Skywalker Society came down eight days ago, so how come they've only traveled such a short distance?

"I'm fine! Keep an eye on your surroundings; that thing shouldn't be dead yet!"

Then another old man's voice came from ahead. Although he was very old, his voice was deep and resonant. Just by listening to his voice, you could tell he was a trained martial artist.

Judging from the few brief conversations that came through, they probably didn't stay here for eight days, but rather encountered trouble and were trapped here for eight days!

interesting!

This made Chen Yibai even more interested.

Furthermore, judging from the weak sound, this location was still some distance away from them.

However, the blood mist was so thick that visibility was only one meter.

Chen Yibai could only follow the direction of the sound and slowly make his way there, while also remaining vigilant about his surroundings at all times.

Because it was uncertain how many people from the Heavenly Path Society had come down this time, there was no guarantee that someone wouldn't suddenly appear from the side of them when the group was scattered.

After a violent collapse and two brief exchanges, complete silence fell ahead.

Chen Yibai held his breath and moved forward step by step through the blood mist.

When they got close to within about a hundred meters...

Chen Yibai saw a huge black silhouette vaguely appearing in the blood mist ahead.

Although it is not clear, judging from the huge black outline, it looks like a huge building, or perhaps a 'city'?

Until here, the spider lilies on both sides disappeared.

The road to the underworld paved with bluestone underfoot had come to an end.

After taking a few more steps, a huge black silhouette slowly revealed itself in the blood mist.

To be precise, it should be part of the outline of the dark figure we just saw.

It is a four-pillar, three-gate archway, similar to the ancient scholar's archway!

Because it was shrouded in blood mist, the view was not very complete; one could only barely make out the door gods with glaring, ferocious expressions carved on the wooden gate tower pillars.

One of the pillars has a huge stone tomb guardian beast placed underneath it, and logically there should be another one on the other side.

Since a gate tower and tomb guardian beasts have appeared here, it must be a relatively important part of the imperial mausoleum.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yibai tiptoed past the gate, and the outline of the dark figure in the blood mist in front of him gradually became clearer.

Just as Chen Yibai had guessed, this is indeed a 'city'!

There were about a dozen towering buildings in the city, mostly made of wood, all shrouded in blood mist.

One building in the center of the city is particularly special. Although it is not clearly visible, its outline resembles a royal palace.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be built in the style of the imperial palace.

It's not hard to guess why it's all made of wood.

Above is the Qinling Mountains, with dense forests and readily available materials. If it were all built with bricks and stones, it would be a massive project requiring the resources of the entire nation.

In addition, Chen Yibai also vaguely saw that several buildings next to the 'Royal Palace' had collapsed, and everywhere he looked was the mess left by the fierce battle.

As for what trouble the Tianxing Society members encountered here, Chen Yibai was not sure at the moment.

"Master Wu...where are you?"

In other words, Chen Yibai was planning to find a place to hide first and then slowly study the situation.

Suddenly, another shout rang in my ears.

And the voice sounded like it was being shouted right next to my ear, making my eardrums ache.

As the sound rang out, a face instantly came face to face with Chen Yibai in the blood mist, so close that they almost kissed.

This is truly love at first sight!

The face that suddenly appeared before Chen Yibai was that of a man, probably in his early thirties, dark-skinned and thin, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks. His eyes were also staring at Chen Yibai. He was first startled, then surprised, and then...

Then Chen Yibai decisively used the crimson ancient sword in his hand to sever his neck, and his head fell to the ground with a 'thud,' rolling away like a watermelon, its whereabouts unknown.

His body collapsed to the ground with a 'thud,' and blood gushed out like a fountain, rushing down the carotid artery in his neck.

Strangely, the moment the blood spurted out, the surrounding blood mist visibly thickened.

This is the 'bloodshed disaster'!

It seems that a lot of blood was shed here, which is why such a thick blood mist has formed.

"Artest!"

With a swift stroke of the knife, the head fell to the ground, and then that old, deep voice rang out, right beside them, very, very close!

Coincidentally, the human head that had just fallen to the ground rolled right to the feet of the person who made the sound.

"Someone's here! Someone's coming!"

An aged voice startled them, and at the same time, the clatter of iron chains came from ahead.

Chen Yibai had a premonition and quickly bent down. In the blood mist, an iron chain swept across his back.

"Damn it, this isn't fun. We've been exposed so quickly!"

Chen Yibai cursed inwardly, thankful he had anticipated it, otherwise he would have fallen into the trap!