Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile

”Such dense Spiritual Energy.”

Xiao Yi reined in his astonishment and immediately felt that the Spiritual Energy inside the room was terrifyingly thick, more than a hundred times denser than outside.

He glanced at the shelves on either side, discovering that all this Spiritual Energy was emanating from black boxes.

Just the energy leaking out made the room’s Spiritual Energy this rich, so the black boxes must contain many treasures.

Xiao Yi began to unbox them one by one.

Inside the boxes were a large number of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, all of high tiers.

”Fire Dragon Fruit.”

”Demon Blood Flame Heart Fruit.”

”Bodhi Seed.”

”Green Spirit Vine.”

”.....”

Xiao Yi was so stunned he was speechless, his heart filled with ecstatic joy.

Most of the boxes contained fourth-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. A few were third-grade but were by no means ordinary; they were rare treasures with unique effects.

”Source Cultivating Red Fruit, a whole ten pieces.” Xiao Yi was overjoyed.

”With the dense Spiritual Energy here, I’ll be able to quickly repair my damaged main meridian. Afterward, I can craft and consume the Golden Vein Pill.”

Xiao Yi thought to himself, feeling for the first time that coming to the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch’s Cave Mansion was worthwhile.

He looked at the meditation cushion in the center of the room, smiled, walked over, and planned to sit there to cultivate.

As soon as he sat down, an even more powerful surge of Spiritual Energy rushed toward him.

”What an amazing cushion, it actually actively absorbs the Spiritual Energy around it.” Xiao Yi was slightly startled.

Just as he was preparing to begin repairing his main meridian, a power that seemed to have been sealed away for ages emerged spontaneously, and a book appeared out of nowhere.

”Hm?” Xiao Yi picked up the book to look at it. It didn’t seem to be a Martial Technique, but more like a diary or notes.

At the same time, a light screen popped up.

In the light screen, an image of the upper floor corridor appeared.

Xiao Yi saw Uncle Tie Da, saw Lin Fei, Huang Yuan, Qianmo, and others.

”What’s going on?” Xiao Yi was immediately shocked, looking back at the book in his hands.

Intuition told him that something tremendous must have happened inside the Cave Mansion.

.....

On the upper floor corridor, about half an hour before Xiao Yi and the great axe fell into the pit.

Dense blue lightning ravaged the corridor.

Demon Hunters were panic-stricken and fled in disarray.

Their goal was the end of the corridor.

”Captain, what about Brother Yi Xiao?” Lin Fei and Huang Yuan asked as they ran swiftly.

”Mind your own business, an arrogant brat, if he’s dead, he’s dead.” Du Xin said carelessly.

Uncle Tie Da frowned and said, ”Du Xin, Brother Yi Xiao is our teammate. He always reacts beyond normal and is meticulous in thought; he should be able to escape death.”

Following him, Qianmo’s face was full of concern, but she also seemed to have a lot of confidence in Yi Xiao.

Boom.. Boom... Boom....

The lightning kept falling, and any Demon Hunter who ran too slow or could not evade in time was instantly turned into a puff of green smoke.

The Desert Crocodile pack stood petrified, not daring to move, trembling all over.

Many Desert Crocodiles were ’cooked’ by the blue lightning on the spot.

Boom, a bolt of lightning struck near Uncle Tie Da and the others.

It hit no one, but the sheer force was enough to make everyone spit blood and sustain injuries.

”Run, the exit to the corridor is right ahead.” Uncle Tie Da shouted anxiously.

At the same time, he grabbed Qianmo’s collar and fiercely threw her towards the exit, tossing the weakest Qianmo towards safety.

After everyone ran out of the corridor and saw no more lightning falling, they finally heaved a sigh of relief.

”Huff... Huff...” Everyone was breathing heavily.

Out of the original hundred-plus Demon Hunters, less than half survived the ordeal, and each one was injured.

Uncle Tie Da noticed that the exit of the corridor led to a palace.

The palace had passages in every direction, a total of 16.

Demon Hunters continuously stumbled out of the passages in disarray.

”Wang Yu.” Uncle Tie Da, with sharp eyes, saw an acquaintance and called out.

Wang Yu ran over covered in blood, with only a few people behind him; it looked like his other teammates had perished.

”Tie Da, it’s great you’re okay. Damn it, there were so many Desert Crocodiles in that corridor, and then there was lightning one after another. I almost died in there.”

Wang Yu spoke with lingering fear.

”You encountered Desert Crocodiles and lightning too?” Uncle Tie Da exclaimed.

He remembered that Wang Yu had gone to another palace, so why were their encounters the same?

”You too?”

”You too?”

”....”

A series of identical expressions of shock and disbelief rose and fell among the Demon Hunters.

After talking to each other, Uncle Tie Da realized that everyone had experienced exactly the same thing.

Although they had entered different palaces through different doors, in the end, they all entered the same room.

Exiting the room, there was a corridor.

A total of 16 corridors, all leading to this palace.

Out of the thousand or so Demon Hunters who had gathered in the square, only about five hundred remained.

”Damn it, what kind of trash Cave Mansion is this, to be so perilous.”

”Fuck, I’ve lost quite a few teammates.”

”Shit, this Cave Mansion is so damn tricky, I didn’t snag any treasures but nearly lost my life.”

A spate of swearing erupted.

”Foolish humans....”

Suddenly, a deep voice echoed throughout the entire palace.

At the same time, a barrier of thunder and lightning enveloped all 16 passages.

”What is that?” The crowd was shocked, following the voice upwards, they saw at the very top of the palace, there was a Thunder Throne, and on the throne, a figure.

”See how pitiful, how despicable you are. Facing death, all you can do is curse.”

The figure on the throne spoke again in a deep voice.

”What are you, to lecture us?”

Some of the irritable Demon Hunters said disdainfully.

”Hmph.” The figure snorted coldly, pointed a finger, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, turning those few Demon Hunters into wisps of green smoke.

”Hisss.” Every Demon Hunter gasped.

”I remember the captain of that Demon Hunting Team was an Innate Fifth Layer Martial Artist, right? Just like that, he’s been killed instantly?”

The faces of the Demon Hunters showed horror.

”Revenge for our captain!” Several Demon Hunters leapt up and charged straight towards the figure on the throne.

”Snap, snap.” The figure snapped its fingers, and multiple bolts of lightning fell, turning those few Demon Hunters into charred remains.

”Who exactly are you?” Many Demon Hunters tensed up and asked sternly.

”No, he’s not human, he has the aura of demon beasts.” Suddenly, an elder exclaimed.

”What? Elder Li Yuan, are you sure you’re not mistaken?” The Demon Hunters all looked at the elder.

Li Yuan, the most famous Demon Hunter in Mystic Breakthrough City, an Innate Ninth Layer Martial Artist.

Li Yuan did not answer the crowd but frowned deeply in thought.

After a while, Li Yuan’s face suddenly turned pale, ”Could it be...”

”What’s the matter, Elder Li Yuan?” The Demon Hunters exclaimed in surprise.

Li Yuan spoke gravely, ”Have you heard the rumors about the Thundering Desolate Marsh of the past?”

”Rumors?” Everyone looked puzzled.

Li Yuan spoke in a serious tone, ”The Thundering Desolate Marsh was once rampant with thunder and lightning, so much so that even warriors of the Mysterious Profundity Realm dared not enter. Rumor has it, this was because there was a Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile siphoning the thunder and lightning from heaven and earth to increase its Cultivation.”

”The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile, which has a trace of the Ancient Thunder Beast’s bloodline, is born from the thunder and lightning, exceedingly powerful and terrifying.”

”This strong demon beast was the overlord of the Thundering Desolate Marsh, and beneath it, there were countless Thundering Wilderness Crocodiles.”

”Later, when the lightning in the Thundering Desolate Marsh dissipated, warriors went in to investigate and found that these demon beasts had also mysteriously disappeared.”

After Li Yuan finished, the group of Demon Hunters was extremely shocked.

”Could this figure be the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile?”

”The one-horned crocodile we encountered earlier, was it a third-level demon beast, the Thundering Wilderness Crocodile?”

Uncle Tie Da and the others exclaimed.

”Hahaha.” At this moment, the figure on the throne laughed wildly.

”That old fool, the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch, sealed me for a full hundred years, putting me through endless torment and even imprisoned all my subjects.”

”Today, I shall drain all your human blood and take your Cultivation to break the prohibition of this rotten Cave Mansion.”

”The day I am reborn under the heavens will be the day I bathe Mystic Breakthrough City in a bloodbath.”

”Hahaha.”

Amid the crazed laughter, filled with endless rage.

Countless bolts of lightning once again fell from nowhere, striking at all the Demon Hunters.

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In the lower level of the Cave Mansion, Xiao Yi, watching the scene on the light screen, the fate of everyone, his face drastically changed.