"A petty trick, how dare you show off before me!"
The King of Huai Nan sneered, extended a bone claw, and grabbed the flaming sword directly.
After restraining the flying sword, the King of Huai Nan roared forward, spewing a cloud of purplish-black smoke that spread in all directions.
This was clearly not something good, and everyone present dared not touch it, retreating backward and keeping their distance from the purplish-black smoke.
The King of Huai Nan, however, was relentless, floating forward, his bone claws slashing ahead.
A burly man gritted his teeth and roared, "Steel!"
With the roar, a metallic sheen appeared on the man's body. Then, the King of Huai Nan's bone claws descended, striking the burly man's head. The expected fatal blow did not occur; instead, a crisp metallic clang echoed, and the burly man endured the King of Huai Nan's attack.
This was clearly someone from a world of superpowers, capable of turning their body into steel with astonishing defense. The King of Huai Nan's bone claws could not tear his body apart.
A young woman saw this and shouted, "Darmanitan!"
The woman raised her hand, and a white light suddenly appeared. From the white light emerged a strange-looking monkey, its body shaped like a ball of flesh, covered in white fur, with black shackles on its wrists and ankles.
Everyone understood; this woman was likely from a beast-taming world.
The woman pointed at the King of Huai Nan and commanded, "Hammer Arm!"
The Darmanitan let out a series of strange cries, charging towards the King of Huai Nan. It then leaped into the air, swinging its palms towards the King of Huai Nan's head.
The King of Huai Nan didn't even glance at the Darmanitan. With a casual wave, a gust of chilling wind swirled around, easily blowing the Darmanitan away.
Next, the King of Huai Nan turned his attention to the burly man in front of him. His bone claws still clutched the man's head, and he grinned sinisterly before exhaling a puff of black smoke.
The black smoke drifted, quickly entering the burly man's nose and mouth.
In the next instant, the burly man's eyes widened, his body convulsed uncontrollably, and he began coughing up black blood.
Although the burly man could use his superpower to make the surface of his body as hard as iron, making him impervious to even the King of Huai Nan's sharp bone claws, this only applied to the external body. His internal organs were not protected.
"Hahahaha…" The King of Huai Nan roared with maniacal laughter, dropping the corpse. "A bunch of insolent fools, how dare you disturb my cultivation? I shall kill you all!"
...
Meanwhile, Bai Ye was still running at full speed, quickly heading towards the exit of the passage.
Engaging the King of Huai Nan?
Bai Ye had absolutely no intention of doing so.
Because, within the tomb of the King of Huai Nan, the King of Huai Nan was invincible.
No one could kill the King of Huai Nan within his tomb!
The restricted area mission had already provided a hint, but almost everyone had overlooked it.
"Restricted Area Mission 3: Obtain the Five Spirit Plate and leave the Tomb of the King of Huai Nan. Reward: Five Spirit Plate x1, Great Dawn Golden Pill x1, Shards of God's Stone x5."
The description of the restricted area mission never stated that the King of Huai Nan needed to be killed; rather, it was about obtaining the item and leaving the tomb.
Furthermore, unlike other missions, the rewards were not given afterward. The Great Dawn Immortal Pill and the Five Spirit Plate were within the King of Huai Nan's tomb; one could simply take them. Whoever took them would possess them, and those who successfully took the Five Spirit Plate would also receive five additional Shards of God's Stone.
Therefore, the key to this mission was actually...
Escape!
However, escaping the tomb of the King of Huai Nan was not an easy feat.
Besides the King of Huai Nan's pursuit...
Bai Ye suddenly stopped. A chilling wind blew from ahead, and then, some spirit soldiers wearing ancient armor and wielding weapons appeared at the other end of the passage.
These spirit soldiers were not tomb guardians but were summoned by the King of Huai Nan using his abilities, blocking the entrances and exits of various passages.
Bai Ye did not hesitate. As he charged forward, he took out a deck of playing cards and sent them flying.
Swish, swish, swish...
The spinning playing cards continuously struck the bodies of the spirit soldiers, forcing them back. It was at this moment that Bai Ye leaped forward.
His high-frequency serrated blade vibrated, emitting a piercing sound as he slashed forward with force!
A streak of silver light appeared. The serrated blade cut into the head of a spirit soldier and then sliced its body in half from top to bottom, splitting it into two.
In the next instant, with a bang, the spirit soldier, now in two pieces, emitted a dull thud, its body disintegrating into a large cloud of dust that scattered with the wind.
After this strike, Bai Ye twisted the serrated blade, turning it into a double-edged weapon, and quickly slashed to both sides, cutting two spirit soldiers in half. He then burst out of the passage.
However, upon exiting the passage and entering another chamber, as Bai Ye was about to enter another passage, the sound of mechanisms turning suddenly rang out.
At the entrance of the passage ahead, stones shifted, and soon the passage was sealed off.
But as the passage ahead was sealed, new passages appeared on both sides.
Bai Ye hesitated, then turned left and continued to run forward rapidly. After about fifteen minutes, a desperate situation occurred: Bai Ye found himself facing a dead end, blocked by a wall.
Bai Ye decisively turned to run back, but at that moment...
RUMBLE!
With a loud explosion, a section of the side wall collapsed. A bone hand shattered the wall, and then the King of Huai Nan floated out from behind the wall.
"Vermin!" the King of Huai Nan roared. "Release my Five Spirit Plate!"
"Why bother?" Bai Ye spread his hands. "You're dead and buried. Keeping such a treasure in your tomb is a waste. It's better for me to take it out, let the treasure see the light of day."
The King of Huai Nan sneered. "Eloquent words, perish!"
The King of Huai Nan clearly had no intention of wasting more words. He extended a bone hand forward to grab, and the smoke beneath him transformed into a gigantic hand that lunged towards Bai Ye.
"Ningshuang, Ice Wall!"
Bai Ye quickly uttered a low command. The Ningshuang Sword behind him flew to Bai Ye's front, bringing with it a silver chill, and an ice wall rose from the ground.
BOOM!
The ice wall appeared fragile before the King of Huai Nan's attack. Upon being struck by the giant palm formed of smoke, it shattered into pieces instantly.
However, the moment the ice wall shattered, Bai Ye also sprinted forward, throwing himself forward in a sliding tackle along the ground.
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