"What kind of skeleton is this? It’s actually stronger than my flesh! With such a skeleton, what need have I for a corporeal body?" The voice of Fox Fairy Nannan was filled with enchantment.
Then Fox Fairy Nannan rode the skeleton and arrived in front of Zhang Chen: "Kid, quickly bless me with the Light of the True God!"
"Can you handle it?" Zhang Chen asked with some concern.
"I am now connected to your Essence, Qi, and Spirit, I suspect your methods won’t harm me anymore," said Fox Fairy Nannan.
Upon hearing that, Zhang Chen didn’t say much. At the moment, he had no other choice but to do as Fox Fairy Nannan said, perhaps then he might have a chance to uncover the twelfth-tier mystery.
As the Light of the True God flowed, the skeleton became coated in a layer of Golden Light, intermingling with the azure stream, and astonishingly, there was no conflict at all.
"Kid, now you’ll see my old ancestor’s skills! I’ve told you before, if the twelfth-tier mystery is uncovered, you can’t hog it all to yourself, we must share," said Fox Fairy Nannan. Suddenly, the skeleton on her body scattered and began floating towards the crack.
As the skeleton passed through the mist, the Golden Light circulated around it, ignoring the fog, ignoring the power of the Feng Shui Grand Array, flying directly towards the stone chamber.
"It worked! It really worked!" Fox Fairy Nannan’s jubilant voice rang amidst the mist: "What a treasure! Truly a wonderful treasure!"
Before Fox Fairy Nannan could finish her sentence, a crisp ’crack~’ sound was heard, and the skeleton shattered, turning into powder and scattering in the passageway.
"Save me!"
Fox Fairy Nannan’s face showed panic as she shrieked sharply, Zhang Chen hurriedly activated his skill. Instantly, a rune appeared in Zhang Chen’s hand, transforming into Fox Fairy Nannan’s form, but with eyes full of horror: "The Power of the Earth within the passage suddenly surged thousands of times, without the ability to transform into a Steel Body, absolutely do not go inside! Although you are somewhat capable, that power is specifically targeting the flesh and soul, you absolutely cannot withstand it!"
Seeing Fox Fairy Nannan reappear, Zhang Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This was the benefit of Fox Fairy Nannan transforming into his skill; it seemed she had acquired the ability to be Immortal, even if she died, he could summon her back.
"Thousand-fold gravity? Is it the power of this Feng Shui Grand Array?" Zhang Chen’s eyes showed a hint of caution.
"It might also be the power of that twelfth-tier mystery," Fox Fairy Nannan remarked.
"Trouble! It seems we won’t be able to retrieve the treasure anytime soon?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit, this fox spirit was very smart, perhaps it had some idea.
"Trouble! It really is trouble this time!" The fox spirit muttered to itself.
The two looked at each other, big eyes staring into smaller eyes for quite some time before Zhang Chen said: "At this stage, it’s best to leave first, and when we come up with a suitable plan, we’ll come back to retrieve the treasure."
"Leave? You’re going to let me go, return my freedom?" Fox Fairy Nannan’s eyes suddenly brightened.
Zhang Chen ignored Fox Fairy Nannan’s words and directly transformed her into a rune, then she vanished from Zhang Chen’s palm. Only then did Zhang Chen turn to look at the stone wall: "Luckily, there is a Feng Shui Grand Array concealing this place, and it’s located deep within the mountains; unless someone accidentally stumbles upon this place and discovers this stone wall, it’s impossible to detect the twelfth-tier Divine Objects hidden in the crack."
"But it still needs some soil to block the crack. Even if someone comes here, they will only be attracted by the ’White Fox Devouring the Moon’ scroll and won’t notice the stone wall enveloped by the Feng Shui Grand Array."
Zhang Chen’s mind focused, summoning the fox spirit again, and started moving stones and soil.
Throughout the entire mountain, there was certainly no shortage of soil and stones, the fox spirit cursed grumblingly, but couldn’t change her fate of moving stones.
The crack was very long, and after the fox spirit moved it for a long time, she only managed to block the crack within the stone chamber; as for extending outside the stone chamber, she was powerless.
However, from Zhang Chen’s perspective, it was already sufficient.
After the fox spirit finished moving the soil, she looked towards Zhang Chen with hopeful eyes, waiting for Zhang Chen to restore her freedom.
In her mind, if Zhang Chen wanted to escape, he must relieve her of bondage, allowing her to recover her Void Transformation ability, then the two could have a chance to escape this damned place.
But Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit and merely waved his sleeve, the fox spirit transformed into a stream of light and disappeared, then Zhang Chen no longer hesitated, turned, and stepped onto the ice, heading towards the underground river.
He had already made up his mind to produce more explosives after returning; although a hundred-meter cliff is quite far, as long as he produced enough explosives, he could level even a mountain.
"The key issues are the Feng Shui Grand Array and the thousand-fold gravity, these are the real problems!" Zhang Chen’s foot landed on the river, the river water froze into an ice boat, Zhang Chen manipulated the river to emit dark surging power, following the flow of water downstream.
The underground river was filled with countless dangers, but fortunately, Zhang Chen could anticipate the changes and respond accordingly.
However, some parts of the underground river were narrow, some wide, which posed a problem.
Even Zhang Chen couldn’t pass through the narrow sections.
Finally, Zhang Chen halted the ice boat at a certain moment, eyes focused on the basketball-sized gap ahead, realizing he couldn’t swim through.
He dared not take risks, if he were to be wedged in the stone barriers, truly he would be left helpless.
Although the stone gap wasn’t very shallow, it was very deep, up to a hundred meters deep, so it could still allow the large underground river water to flow through easily.
"Difficult." Zhang Chen looked at the underground river, a hint of contemplation in his eyes, yet he didn’t panic because he still had his last life-saving means - transforming into a bat.
"There’s still two days until the full moon night, I can wait, but I don’t know what reaction the outside world will have after the explosion," Zhang Chen mused silently.
Knowing the enormity of such an explosion, the village chief would definitely alert the authorities, and they would investigate thoroughly.
"I only hope it doesn’t implicate my mother and little sister!" Zhang Chen whispered to himself.
Holding the Luminous Pearl, Zhang Chen quietly sat on the ice, contemplating the escape.
"Outside, the drought stretches for miles with no harvest, who would have thought there is such a massive underground river here?" Zhang Chen pondered with some amazement: "Perhaps I don’t need to flee south."
The key point is that there is the Empress Tomb here, and the twelfth-tier Divine Objects; he’s somewhat reluctant to leave.
"Unless I can acquire new skills, then I’ll have a chance to sneak in and retrieve the twelfth-tier mystery from within," Zhang Chen murmured.
Currently, he can transform into a Vampire Bat and squeeze through the stone crack, but facing a thousand-fold gravity, the fate of the Vampire Bat isn’t much better than the jade skeleton.
"The crack can be blasted open, but what about the gravity?" Zhang Chen fell into deep thought.
In the darkness, Zhang Chen clutched the Luminous Pearl, pondering how to enter the Empress Tomb within the narrow gap.
But after pondering for a long time, he couldn’t figure it out, suddenly feeling a bit hungry stomach-wise, Zhang Chen wondered why he was suddenly so hungry after eating fish earlier?
"Could it be the fox spirit is exhausting my strength?"
After contemplating for a long time, Zhang Chen reached a conclusion.
After all, the energy of matter doesn’t appear or disappear out of thin air, since mastering blood-sucking techniques and indulging in blood-sucking in the mountains, he rarely felt hunger, even going days without eating.
Because the blood he devoured stored in the Crystal Core, supplying him with nutrients and food.
Today, the fox spirit moved soil tirelessly and kept catching fish for him to work, the fox spirit seemed untiring, where did the energy come from? It must be transferred from himself.