CHAPTER 1258: CHAPTER 1187: ANCIENT TOMBS AND SKELETONS

"Something is wrong here!"

While searching for an exit in the cave, some of the group fought against the advancing Thunder Spiders while navigating the winding cave passages for an exit.

After spending more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Lin Tong suddenly noticed a special mark on a cave wall and quickly called out.

From the experience of these Divine Kings who ventured through various territories, such a sudden appearance of a special mark was likely related to the exit from this cave.

The shouting of Lin Tong made Ye Chen, Tian Lan Yan, and the other three Ninefold Divine Masters instantly move to his side.

After all, it was an opportunity to further explore the Mysterious Place, and even though neither Ye Chen nor Tian Lan Yan feared the Thunder Spiders in the cave, they had to pay attention.

"Friends, please help me fend off those spiders’ attacks while I explore this mark thoroughly."

Lin Tong requested of Ye Chen and the others.

Ye Chen nodded: "Don’t worry, you go ahead."

As he spoke, a Divine Light directly flashed from Ye Chen’s body, instantly forming a huge protective wall, enveloping all six of them, including the wall with the special mark.

All the Thunder Spiders were kept outside the protective wall.

At this moment, what happened surprised Lin Tong and the others.

Even though the densely packed Thunder Spiders outside attacked the protective wall driven by Ye Chen maniacally, banging in various ways, they could not shake the wall at all.

"Fellow Jiang’s divine method is incredible!"

Seeing the protective wall driven by Ye Chen being so sturdy, the remaining people instantly understood that indeed, Ye Chen was not afraid of the Thunder Spiders in the cave; he had been staying here to madly collect those Thunder Pearls on the ground.

Otherwise, these Thunder Spiders couldn’t affect Ye Chen in the slightest!

Seeing Ye Chen block the Thunder Spiders, Lin Tong didn’t hesitate and directly used his Divine Sense to sense the special mark on the wall.

After sensing for a moment, Lin Tong felt a jolt in his heart and directly withdrew from sensing, excitedly saying to Ye Chen and the others: "This mark is a special sensing vortex."

"I just discovered that this special vortex can lead to deeper parts of this Mysterious Place. However, it seems that this special vortex must absorb enough Thunder Pearls to open."

"Fellow cultivators, it seems that as long as we have enough Thunder Pearls, we can leave this place and enter further inside!"

Upon hearing Lin Tong’s words, the other three Ninefold Divine Masters also showed excitement on their faces.

They didn’t want to waste time in this cave full of Thunder Spiders.

Of course, they would prefer to enter further inside sooner; maybe they could find something surprising inside.

Ye Chen and Tian Lan Yan, meanwhile, started sensing the special mark on the wall one after the other.

They didn’t doubt Lin Tong’s words, but their own investigation could give them a deeper understanding of the place.

"How about it, do the senses of the two fellow cultivators match mine?"

Seeing Ye Chen and Tian Lan Yan also sensing the special mark, Lin Tong didn’t mind at all and only asked after they had finished sensing.

Tian Lan Yan looked at Ye Chen, seeing him motion her to speak first, so Tian Lan Yan said: "Indeed, as Lin said, to leave this cave, a large number of Thunder Pearls must be placed into this vortex mark."

"However, my sensing was a bit different; it’s not just a matter of placing one batch of pearls. It seems that each person must place a batch of pearls to pass through the vortex individually; they can’t act in a batch."

"Oh?"

"There’s actually such a regulation."

The three Ninefold Divine Masters were a bit surprised.

Clearly, they understood that Tian Lan Yan might be more powerful than Lin Tong, which is why she could discover more requirements regarding the vortex mark.

The three Ninefold Divine Masters couldn’t resist sensing the special mark themselves.

However, after sensing for a long time, they found they sensed less deeply than Lin Tong, merely realizing the vortex was indeed an exit, without sensing the Thunder Pearls needed to activate it.

"It’s rare for us to be weaker than Lin Tong."

This sensing result made the three Ninefold Divine Masters feel a bit embarrassed.

At this time, Tian Lan Yan looked at Ye Chen and asked: "I wonder if fellow Jiang has any further discoveries?"

Ye Chen, who had also entered the No. 1 Tavern, wasn’t someone Tian Lan Yan dared to underestimate.

Hearing Tian Lan Yan’s inquiry and noticing Lin Tong and the others looking at him, Ye Chen smiled and said: "My sensing is similar to Lin’s and Tian Lan’s."

"This vortex mark indeed requires each individual to rely on Thunder Pearls to activate the mark to leave the cave."

"Moreover, I also sensed that each of us needs to place one million Thunder Pearls to activate the mark to leave the cave."

Hearing Ye Chen’s words, Tian Lan Yan, Lin Tong, and the others felt a jolt in their hearts.

Obviously, Ye Chen sensed more deeply than they did, even determining the number of Thunder Pearls needed for each person.

"Could it be that this fellow Jiang’s ability to discover secrets in this Treasure Land is stronger than mine?"

Surprised, Tian Lan Yan couldn’t help but glance at Ye Chen a few more times.

Tian Lan Yan seldom admired others; in the Nine Bends Demon Realm, Ye Chen was her most admired genius. Apart from Ye Chen, even Chining Xiaoxiao didn’t impress her that much.

What Tian Lan Yan didn’t expect was that this stout, brocade-wearing middle-aged man in front of her could surpass her in sensing the mark.

This left Tian Lan Yan dumbfounded for quite some time.

"Fellow Jiang’s sensing is certainly not wrong."

"Then let’s rely on our abilities to gather enough Thunder Pearls to leave this cave."

Several people had already sensed the imprint, and now discovered the rules of the imprint, so of course they wouldn’t waste any more time. Lin Tong directly spoke.

Ye Chen nodded, his hands pointed, and the barrier wall shielding against the Thunder Spiders vanished instantly.

The next moment, the six began once again their assault on the Thunder Spiders, seizing the Thunder Pearls.

At this moment, Ye Chen, with Thunder Pearls already far exceeding one million, had long met the requirements of the whirlpool imprint.

Forget one million; Ye Chen perceived and found that the Thunder Pearls he had collected in the Spatial Divine Artifact had reached at least fifty million or more.

However, the Thunder Pearls contained a massive amount of Thunder Power, which Ye Chen could use to enhance the Divine Might of the Star of Thunder Astrology, so he wouldn’t mind having more.

Ye Chen continued grabbing large handfuls of Thunder Spiders from the ground.

Each time he slaughtered a Thunder Spider, a huge pile of Thunder Pearls would drop.

The others were still striving to gather one million, but Ye Chen was already advancing towards sixty to seventy million!

"Enough, my Thunder Pearls are sufficient!"

In the madness of collecting and killing, one of the Ninefold Divine Masters called out excitedly.

"My Thunder Pearls are enough too!"

After a while, another two Ninefold Divine Masters also exclaimed excitedly.

"I’ve got enough as well." Lin Tong looked at Ye Chen and Tian Lan Yan, "The two fellow Taoists must have collected enough too."

Lin Tong observed Ye Chen’s method of grabbing large amounts of Thunder Pearls. Estimating roughly in his mind, he surmised Ye Chen’s collected pearls outnumbered his by dozens of folds, not including those Ye Chen collected before entering the cave.

Tian Lan Yan’s collecting speed was no slower either.

Thus, he spoke thusly.

By now, due to the six’s assault, more Thunder Spiders appeared in the cave, and even Thunder Spiders of the Peak Lord level had emerged.

Ye Chen knew that if they delayed further, the few Ninefold Divine Masters wouldn’t hold out anymore.

Letting them proceed to the next region sooner was better than going alone.

At this point, Ye Chen felt he had collected enough Thunder Pearls, and it was better to continue adventuring from here.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen said, "Then let’s leave this place!"

Tian Lan Yan also nodded.

The six directly returned to the wall with the special imprint.

Ye Chen reached out his hand and once again isolated all Thunder Spiders chasing them outside.

This time, Lin Tong didn’t request for Ye Chen to take the first move. He directly stood at the special imprint.

"Last time, Jiang was the first to venture; this time, I’ll take the first action." Lin Tong felt that ahead at the Light Gate, life and death were unpredictable. Now, since they had entered the Mysterious Place, the partition point inside should not be too dangerous, so he decided to act first.

Seeing Lin Tong eager to try, the rest didn’t say much.

Lin Tong saw that Ye Chen and Tian Lan Yan had no objections, and directly drove out one million Thunder Pearls he collected, shooting them towards the special imprint.

At this moment, something surprising happened.

The special imprint on the wall was originally only palm-sized, but sensing the incoming Thunder Pearls, this palm-sized imprint directly expanded, forming a circle upon circle of rippling whirlpool shapes.

It crazily devoured the Thunder Pearls!

Almost in the blink of an eye, all the one million Thunder Pearls Lin Tong drove out were swallowed!

Following that, a radiant Divine Light emerged around the standing Lin Tong next to the special imprint, the Divine Light wrapped around him, and he was directly transported out of the cave!

Seeing Lin Tong succeeded in leaving the cave, the remaining three Ninefold Divine Masters couldn’t resist.

One by one, they shot their prepared one million Thunder Pearls towards the imprint whirlpool.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three Divine Lights arrived in succession, similarly transporting the three away.

"Tian Lan, please go ahead."

At this time, seeing everyone rushing to act, only he and Tian Lan Yan were left in the field, Ye Chen said with a smile toward Tian Lan Yan.

Tian Lan Yan didn’t decline much either. After cupping her fists toward Ye Chen, she too used one million Thunder Pearls to transport herself away.

In the cave, only Ye Chen was left!

Ye Chen glanced back at the Thunder Spiders, still furiously attacking the barrier wall outside, smiled, then directly withdrew the barrier power. At the moment the overwhelming Thunder Spiders charged at him, he had already used one million Thunder Pearls to activate the imprint whirlpool, directly leaving this cave!

The next moment, Ye Chen directly appeared in a new region.

At this time, Lin Tong, Tian Lan Yan, and others who had first transported away were standing beside him.

And at this moment, as these people looked ahead, they all showed looks of astonishment.

Ye Chen followed their gaze forward.

He directly saw, ahead, unexpectedly, rows upon rows of tombstones, possibly thousands in number. In front of each tombstone, two skeletons stood to the left and right.

At this time, on the thousands of tombstones, thousands of skeletons, with eerie green glowing eyes, were staring at Ye Chen, Tian Lan Yan, Lin Tong, and the others!