Checking in for 100,000 Years

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: The emergence of strange happenings, cultivation base lost

”Why is it trembling again?”

A sense of unease flashed through Ye Yun’s heart. The Ancient Star Tomb was colossal and vast, yet such large-scale tremors were extremely unusual.

”Lord Ancestor Dragon, these tremors are strange. We have lived here for millions of years and have never witnessed such intense tremors within the entire Ancient Star Tomb...” the First Black Dragon King spoke with a serious expression.

”Could it be that the Goddess of Ancient is in this Ancient Star Tomb?”

Ye Yun’s gaze returned to the statue, his expression extremely complex.

If this Goddess of Ancient were to appear, Ye Yun would feel somewhat expectant. After all, she looked so much like Nangong Jade; it was possible they were the same person.

The trembling ceased again, retreating like a tide. Despite experiencing this second tremor, many cultivators within the Ancient Star Tomb paid it no mind and continued to hunt Ghost Beasts.

Ye Yun silently probed the statue with his senses but found no clues. After glancing around the entire Ancient Deity Temple and finding nothing of interest, he walked out.

”Do any of you know if the Dark Heavenly Dragon is still alive?” Ye Yun abruptly asked.

”Lord Ancestor Dragon, we are not sure,” the First Black Dragon King respectfully explained. ”Back then, we were separated from Lord Dark Heavenly Dragon. Our contingent fled all the way to the Yao Guang Galaxy. It was only after entering the Ancient Star Tomb that we completely evaded the pursuers from the Divine Land...”

”Since you are all alive, perhaps the Dark Heavenly Dragon is alive too...” Ye Yun mused, his eyes glinting.

The Dark Heavenly Dragon wielded the most potent dark power in the world. Although injured and no match for the Nine-Tailed Divine Dragon, it should have had its own ways to escape.

Deep down, Ye Yun believed that the Dark Heavenly Dragon was still alive. If he found the Dark Heavenly Dragon, he might understand the origin of the Blood-colored Broken Sword.

HUM!

The Ancient Star Tomb began to tremble again.

”Why is it back again? Could it be that this miniature world is unstable and about to collapse?” the First Black Dragon King said, frowning.

”Why has my cultivation base inexplicably decreased?” the man in the black robe beside them cried out, his face showing signs of horror.

Ye Yun cast a glance. After the Fifth Black Dragon king had arrived in the Ancient Star Tomb, his cultivation base was suppressed to the sixth layer of the Divine Monarch Realm. On the surface, his cultivation base didn’t seem to have changed at that moment.

”The loss of my cultivation base is accelerating! What in the world is happening?” the man in the black robe, the Fifth Black Dragon king, cried out again.

”Hmm?” Ye Yun’s expression suddenly changed. He actually felt a mysterious force descend upon him, absorbing his cultivation base.

Ye Yun had encountered Divine Techniques that absorbed essence blood or mana, but he had never seen one that absorbed cultivation base.

He willed it, and a radiant glow circulated around his body, preventing the mysterious force from absorbing any more of his cultivation base.

”You, return to that miniature world first...” Ye Yun glanced at the Fifth Black Dragon king and recalled him into the green bead.

”Lord Ancestor Dragon, we do not feel any loss of cultivation base...” the First Black Dragon King said, shaking his head curiously.

”This place is indeed exceedingly strange. Let’s go out and take a look...” Ye Yun said with a frown.

He raised his hand, tore open space, and led the two Black Dragon Kings away from there.

In a mountain range within the Ancient Star Tomb, a group of several hundred cultivators had just repelled a wave of Ghost Beasts and were now in a state of confusion.

A cultivator suddenly cried out in alarm, ”What’s happening? Why is my cultivation base dissipating?”

”Yes! It feels like a parasite has landed on my body, absorbing my cultivation base...” another man also said, his face etched with shock.

An elderly man in the team formed a strange Hand Seal, attempting to resist the loss of cultivation base, but to no avail.

His face filled with horror as he spoke, ”This isn’t suppression from the rules of the Ancient Star Tomb, but an actual, direct absorption of cultivation base!”

”What on earth is happening? Why is the Ancient Star Tomb absorbing our cultivation base?”

The cultivators discussed this amongst themselves in alarm, as if doomsday had arrived, and they were living in constant trepidation.

”The absorption speed has increased; my true realm has shockingly dropped from the Third Layer of God-Honored Realm to the Second Layer of God Respect Realm!” a man shouted in fright, his face turning deathly pale.

Previously, when they entered the Ancient Star Tomb, although their true cultivation realms were suppressed, they could still perceive their actual levels, just not unleash their full power. But now, a bizarre change had occurred within the Ancient Star Tomb.

Everyone could feel their cultivation base loss accelerating at this moment; many had dropped by a minor realm. Even some cultivators at the Divine Monarch Realm had directly dropped two or three minor realms.

「Deep in the void.」

Ye Yun materialized. Hearing the panicked discussions of the cultivators below, his expression became stern.

Undeniably, there was indeed an extremely peculiar entity within this Ancient Star Tomb. The previous three tremors seemed to mark its awakening. After awakening, ’it’ began to absorb the cultivation base of all cultivators within the entire Ancient Star Tomb. This kind of mysterious Divine Skill was indeed extremely rare.

However, the two Black Dragon Kings beside him had cultivated the Ancient Life Technique and had already become half-dragon, half-ancient beings. Consequently, they were not affected.

This meant that this cultivation base-absorbing Divine Skill was ineffective against the Ancient Clan and only targeted spiritual cultivators from the Divine Land.

With a ripple in the void, Ye Yun left that place and headed to another location.

Along the way, Ye Yun consecutively visited seven or eight places and found that almost all cultivators were experiencing the same loss of cultivation base.

The speed of cultivation base loss was accelerating. Many people’s true cultivation bases dropped from the eighth and ninth layers of the Divine Sovereign Realm all the way down to the third and fourth layers of the Divine Sovereign Realm. Moreover, this downward trend was accelerating, showing no signs of stopping.

This decline in cultivation base was more agonizing to the cultivators than death itself.

”I can’t take it anymore! We must leave this place quickly!” an old man suddenly roared, finally having a change of heart. He took out a Boundary Breaking Talisman and led his subordinates away from the Ancient Star Tomb.

Streaks of purple light shot into the sky one after another as many major factions departed from this place.

Those without Boundary Breaking Talismans could only desperately try to flee towards the exit. But as they fled, these cultivators’ cultivation bases plummeted continuously, striking such terror into their hearts that they even lost the will to live.

At this time, many Ghost Beasts emerged again from all directions. These Ghost Beasts launched another frenzied slaughter against the cultivators whose strength had declined.

After a full two hours had passed, this mysterious power finally disappeared.

By now, every cultivator in the entire Ancient Star Tomb, aside from Ye Yun, had perished.

”That peculiar entity... it should reveal itself now, shouldn’t it?” Ye Yun said indifferently, looking around.

”Lord Ancestor Dragon, who is this peculiar entity you are referring to?” the First Black Dragon King asked.

”We should know soon enough...” Ye Yun smiled.

「After the time it took for an incense stick to burn.」

The entire Ancient Star Tomb was exceptionally quiet, and Ye Yun was surprised to discover that at this moment, all the Ghost Beasts had quietly prostrated themselves.