Severing ties with family to marry the young marshal, his whole family chases me to the crematorium.

Shen Qingyao roared, her voice like a thunderclap, silencing the people present and preventing them from uttering another word.

However, although they no longer spoke, their faces revealed a deep fear and despair, as if the end of the world had come.

Just then, Secretary Chen, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up:

"Everyone, stop standing there! Quickly look around! I'm certain there are other passages or hidden mechanisms here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and began to carefully search the surrounding walls and ground. Seeing this, the others also came to their senses and followed suit, looking for any possible clues.

Shen Qingyao was not idle either. While she was carefully searching for clues, she was involuntarily enveloped by a sense of doubt and unease.

She kept thinking about everything that had just happened, especially that mysterious stone door.

Logically speaking, such a huge and heavy stone gate should make a deafening roar when it is opened and closed.

However, when the stone door opened, it was accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, but when it closed, it was completely silent until it was almost completely closed before any sound came out.

This is so abnormal and illogical! Such a massive stone gate would inevitably generate intense friction with the surrounding stone walls during its movement; it's impossible that it wouldn't make any noise...

The more Shen Qingyao thought about it, the more suspicious she felt, and the more doubts she had.

Just as she was deep in thought, she suddenly looked up and her gaze met that of Ruan Hongshuang across from her.

In an instant, a feeling of telepathy welled up in their hearts. Without exchanging words, the two understood each other's thoughts with just a glance.

Almost simultaneously, they pulled out talismans they had prepared beforehand from their bosoms, quickly formed hand seals, and chanted incantations.

Immediately afterwards, the two turned around at the same time and threw the talismans in their hands forward with force. The two talismans shot straight away in a certain direction like arrows released from a bow.

The talisman seemed to come alive, shining with a dazzling golden light, and flew straight towards the stone door with lightning speed, sticking to it precisely.

In that instant, something unexpected happened! The previously silent stone gate suddenly erupted with an extremely piercing cry, like the wailing of an owl, shattering the surrounding tranquility and sending chills down the spines of everyone present.

Only then did everyone realize that countless black tentacles had grown on the stone gate at some unknown time. These strange tentacles seemed to have their own consciousness and were rapidly stretching out towards each of them.

In an instant, the entire scene was plunged into extreme panic.

However, at this critical moment, Shen Qingyao and Ruan Hongshuang acted decisively. The talismans in their hands flew out like lightning once again and stuck firmly to the stone door.

In an instant, a miracle occurred—those originally aggressive and arrogant black tentacles, as if they had encountered their nemesis, all began to retract rapidly.

As the tentacles retreated, a thick, heavy black mist gradually spread across the stone door, enveloping the entire door.

The retracted tentacles merged together in the black mist, eventually becoming one.

But the good times didn't last long. The next moment, the talismans that Shen Qingyao and Ruan Hongshuang had affixed suddenly emitted a series of crisp crackling sounds, followed by two dazzling sparks.

The light lasted only a moment before dimming, and then the two talismans, like fallen leaves without support, floated lightly off the stone gate.

Upon seeing this, everyone's expressions instantly turned extremely ugly.

However, some people were the first to realize the critical situation and immediately used their most powerful techniques to attack the mysterious black mist.

In an instant, various colorful magical lights intertwined and continuously pelted the black mist.

Several shrill screams could be heard from within the black mist, indicating that the attack had had some effect.

However, not long after, the talismans that were thrown into the black mist, like the previous two, quickly lost their magic power and turned into useless scraps of paper, falling helplessly to the ground.

The monk, who had been silent all along, suddenly froze. He moved swiftly and in the blink of an eye, he was sitting cross-legged on the ground.

He clasped his hands together, then quickly changed his hand gestures, forming a series of complex and mysterious hand seals.

At the same time, a low and obscure incantation came from his mouth, a sound like ancient Sanskrit chants, carrying an inexplicable pressure.

Just then, the monster, which had been baring its fangs and claws and looking menacing, seemed to be bound by an invisible force and was unable to move at all.

It began to twist its body frantically, trying to break free of the invisible shackles, but all its efforts were in vain.

The monster emitted roars that sent chills down one's spine.

Shen Qingyao and Ruan Hongshuang, who were standing to the side, exchanged a glance and nodded to each other knowingly.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them once again acted in perfect unison, launching a fierce attack on the trapped monster.

The talismans in their hands flew out like snowflakes, continuously falling into the black mist.

Each talisman shone with an eerie light, like a shooting star streaking across the night sky, instantly illuminating the surrounding darkness.

As each talisman disappeared into the black mist, the screams of monsters rose and fell, echoing throughout the entire tomb.

However, despite such a fierce attack, the monster still refused to give in easily and continued to struggle desperately, trying to break free of its confinement.

Seeing this, the other onlookers also dispelled their concerns and no longer held back.

They all followed Shen Qingyao and Ruan Hongshuang's example, raining down the talismans in their hands on the black mist that shrouded the monster.

In an instant, talismans of various colors were thrown into the black mist, accompanied by the monster's continuous shrill howls.

Gradually, the monster's screams grew weaker and weaker until finally it seemed to fall silent completely.

Seeing this, everyone finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed.

However, only Shen Qingyao and Ruan Hongshuang remained highly vigilant, their eyes fixed on the gradually dissipating black mist, not daring to let their guard down in the slightest.

Just then, from within the black mist that enveloped the surroundings, a piercing, even sharper and more shrill scream suddenly rang out! This scream seemed to come from the deepest hell, making people's eardrums ache and their hearts tremble.

The black mist, which had been gradually calming down, suddenly became violent, like a powder keg that had been ignited, and began to churn and surge wildly.

The black mist surged and billowed like a raging sea, occasionally flashing with eerie light and twisted shadows, sending chills down one's spine.

The monk who had been meditating quietly and chanting incantations seemed to have also suffered a severe blow.

His expression suddenly changed, and with a "poof," he suddenly spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood.

The blood drew a shocking arc in the air before scattering across the ground.

The monk himself swayed violently as if struck by a heavy blow, eventually collapsing to the ground, clearly seriously injured and in critical condition.