Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 712: Chapter 712: Chilling Spiritual Sense

The palace seemed to be in front of him.

But it was, in fact, hundreds of miles away in the distance.

Xiao Yi frowned, suddenly quickening his pace.

Though the scenery here was eerie and the atmosphere haunting and oppressive,

no matter what, the battles here had all taken place countless years ago.

Since this was the Ancient Secret Realm,

it was clear that the corpses here were all powerful beings from the Ancient Times.

The battles too had taken place in the Ancient Times many eons ago.

With such a passage of time, there was nothing to worry about.

Xiao Yi was never one to stay still.

When alone, he was fearless and had no concerns.

On the contrary, he was keen to experience the wonders of the Ancient Times.

A true Martial Artist always harbors a fearless heart, endlessly moving forward on the long Martial Path with a fiery will, unafraid of solitude.

Of course, deciphering these mysteries was also essential.

Ten minutes later,

Xiao Yi finally arrived in front of the palace.

The surroundings were strewn with corpses.

The bodies emitted a strong, indistinct aura,

and that aura hit him full in the face.

Startled, Xiao Yi almost lost his balance.

A rush of various negative emotions surged in his heart:

malice, a killing intent, coldness, bloodthirst, madness...

”What is this place?” Xiao Yi muttered, frowning as he stepped forward.

His eyes fixed on the massive palace ahead.

He felt a sense of familiarity.

Moving forward, he entered the palace.

Inside were pavilions and resplendent buildings, luxurious and majestic.

In the magnificence was breathtaking energy.

Xiao Yi felt increasingly familiar.

After a while, when he reached the most significant and largest palace and saw the plaque above, he suddenly understood.

The plaque bore three big characters:

Fengxu Palace.

Xiao Yi suddenly realized why it all felt so familiar.

The architecture here was identical to that of the Fengxu Palace.

Looking again at the splendid buildings and elegant pavilions around, this place was indeed a royal palace.

”So it is,” Xiao Yi nodded.

No wonder this place was called the Fengxu Secret Realm.

It was indeed the Fengxu Palace from the Ancient Times.

According to what Princess Fengxu had said before, the Fengxu Secret Realm was owned by the Fengxu Royal Family.

The Fengxu Kingdom was an extremely ancient kingdom.

It was also no surprise that the first barrier to enter the secret realm required the royal bloodline.

However, clearly, Princess Fengxu did not understand the situation on the second and third levels.

No one from the Fengxu Royal Family had been able to enter the second layer or above.

None of their royal inheritance from the Ancient Times had been left either.

Otherwise, the current Fengxu Royal Family would not have had as their strongest individual just the Fengxu Kingdom’s Ruler at the Earth Extreme Seventh Layer without a Supreme Strong at the Earth Extreme Peak.

Nevertheless, why was the Fengxu Palace from the Ancient Times ’trapped’ here?

The Fengxu Secret Realm has barriers at every level, also setting requirements and criteria for passage.

The terrifying forces of slaughter even made it impossible to forcefully pass through.

Xiao Yi pondered.

Despite his doubts, Xiao Yi still pushed open the doors of the Fengxu Hall.

Upon opening the door, an ancient aura hit him full on.

Following that, a thick stench of blood.

The foul smell was nauseating.

Xiao Yi frowned, waved his hand lightly to disperse the blood stink,

and then stepped slowly into the Fengxu Hall.

Inside the hall, it was obvious that it had been sealed off for countless years.

Traces of battle filled the space.

In the center of the great hall were about a dozen corpses.

From the look of these corpses, they seemed to have been engaged in fierce battle until the bitter end.

At the very top of the hall was a throne.

On the throne, there was a skeleton.

Bai Gu, seated upon the throne, slightly leaned forward.

A single finger, steadily pointing forward.

”Hmm?” Xiao Yi furrowed his brows, not quite understanding.

The skeletal body before him was clad in armor as well.

The only difference was that this armor showed no signs of erosion over time.

Countless years had passed, yet the material of the armor remained intact as if new.

Clearly, the quality of this armor far surpassed that of a top-grade Elemental Artifact.

Yet, it wasn’t a Heaven and Earth Treasure, as it lacked any aura of heavenly or earthly might.

However, the part of the armor protecting the heart had been penetrated.

This armor, now damaged, offered no protection anymore.

A bizarre black sword went straight through the armor, piercing the skeleton at the heart.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this was the likely cause of death for the skeleton’s owner.

After surveying his surroundings and ensuring there were no anomalies, Xiao Yi looked again at the dozen or so skeletons around him.

Their armors were similarly damaged.

However, each bore a Universe Ring on their fingers.

The Universe Rings were intact.

Perhaps, it was because this Fengxu Hall had always been sealed.

Trapped inside was the spiritual energy that had never faded away.

The immense primordial power from these deceased strong beings diffused throughout the hall, preventing the Universe Rings from deteriorating over the erosive course of time.

Xiao Yi casually picked up one, releasing his spiritual sense.

Sure enough, the Universe Ring contained items.

Xiao Yi briefly looked inside and found two books.

One was a Cultivation Technique, the other a Martial Technique.

There were also some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, predominantly at the Peak of Eighth Grade, with a few at the Initial Level of Ninth Grade.

That was all within the Universe Ring.

Weapons, Elixir Elixirs, and the like were absent.

Xiao Yi extracted the Cultivation Techniques and glanced through them.

Both were related to Sword Dao and were of Heavenly Rank Peak.

”It seems this powerful being was a Sword Dao Expert in life,” Xiao Yi muttered to himself.

He proceeded to pick up another Universe Ring from a different corpse.

Unleashing his spiritual sense.

This one contained no Cultivation Techniques or Martial Techniques.

Instead, it held a substantial amount of refining materials, all above the Initial Level of Ninth Grade.

Some even reached the Middle Stage of Ninth Grade.

Xiao Yi’s eyes instantly brightened.

Without a doubt, the owner of this body had been a powerful Alchemist in life.

Xiao Yi scoured further.

In the process, he obtained a dozen Universe Rings.

He could roughly infer from the items within these Universe Rings the professions of these strong beings before they died.

Some were Asura Warriors; others were Array Masters... Alchemists, and so on.

Xiao Yi even discovered an ancient Token.

The Token belonged to the Wind Shattering Hall.

On the front of the Token was a symbol.

The symbol represented a rank.

Xiao Yi wasn’t quite familiar with the precise symbol divisions within Wind Shattering Hall.

Yet, he speculated that it was at least a Main Hall Master’s Token or higher.

Just as he intended to inspect it more closely.

Suddenly, a chilling aura enveloped the entire Fengxu Hall.

A coldness pervaded Xiao Yi’s back.

Startled, Xiao Yi swiftly turned around.

Behind him, a dense mass of Illusions had appeared.

”Spiritual Sense?” Xiao Yi’s expression changed.

”Heh heh heh heh,” echoed chilling laughter.

Behind him was the great door of Fengxu Hall.

At the doorway, hundreds of Spiritual Senses had already appeared.

Further afield, denser masses of Spiritual Senses emerged, innumerable in number.

”We’ve been trapped here for a million years, finally someone has come.”

”Seize this body, and we can leave this cursed place, to see the light of day once again.”

An Illusion of an old man laughed chillingly.

The laughter was tinged with madness, excitement, and thrill.

”You want to seize my body?” Xiao Yi looked coldly at the hundreds of Spiritual Senses in front of him.

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The third update.