Suddenly, so many people jumped down, but there wasn't much noise. It seems there is only one monster in the pond.

Perhaps the sound of the waterfall was too loud, making the sound of diving pale in comparison.

The Xiang family members swam outward in the water.

Suddenly.

One Xiang family member cried out in shock, suddenly being dragged underwater.

The people nearby quickly dove down, ready to rescue him.

However, after a ripple passed over the water surface, the person vanished without a trace, never resurfacing.

The others were frightened and scrambled to run to the shore.

Yet...

"Ah! Gurgle, save..."

"Run quickly!"

"There's something!"

"Something is grabbing me..."

In the water, like dumplings being dropped in, each figure was pulled into the water, disappearing without a trace.

Xiang Xingyu was dumbfounded, not understanding what was happening.

He glanced at Night Fire who was sitting on the ground, his pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and asked, "What's going on?"

Yang Cao, who was beside him, said grimly, "There's a monster in the water!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Xingyu immediately flew into a rage, grabbed Yang Cao's collar and shouted angrily, "You clearly knew there was something in the water, why didn't you warn us?"

Yang Cao threw off Xiang Xingyu's arm and grabbed Xiang Xingyu's neck coldly, saying, "We already warned you just now but you didn't listen, who can you blame?"

Xiang Xingyu was at a loss for words, and he was also shocked by the powerful strength shown by the thin Yang Cao.

When he came down just now, he seemed to hear someone yelling, but he didn't care.

Who would have thought such a thing would happen?

Xiang Xingyu felt regret in his heart but it was too late.

Once the Xiang family members reached the shore, they counted and found that only nine people remained.

They had come with so many people and lost more than half of them!

Upon seeing this, Xiang Xingyu almost shed tears.

After all, those dispatched were all their Xiang family's management. With such a loss this time, it would take several years for the Xiang family to recover.

Xiang Jixian looked at the water surface in silence.

The Xiang family members were all bowing their heads and sobbing.

After all, they had lost too many people this time.

After a long time, Xiang Xingyu finally asked, "What's down there?"

Yang Cao shook his head, "I'm not sure yet, it's a monster that's like a fish but not a fish."

Xiang Xingyu frowned.

Yang Cao wouldn't go into specific details with Xiang Xingyu and his group.

Xiang Xingyu took a deep breath and looked at Yang Chen, saying, "Let's keep moving forward!"

Yang Chen nodded slightly, glanced at Night Fire, and said solemnly, "Zhang Shaoting, try contacting him again."

Zhang Shaoting immediately took out the walkie-talkie and called, "We've come down, where are you?"

"We've come down, where are you?"

No response.

Yang Chen shook his head slightly and said to Purple Cultivator, "Use the drone!"

Purple Cultivator nodded, took out the drone, and used the computer to control it, sending it flying into the sky to survey the terrain.

Ahead were jagged rocks and stalactites, with no sign of a sarcophagus or tomb structure.

The drone flew further inside and saw a gateway made from a dark giant stone.

However, inside it was pitch black, completely unseeable.

The drone continued flying forward.

The screen began showing patches of snowflakes, and suddenly lost contact entirely.

Purple Cultivator looked at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen frowned slightly and said solemnly, "It's probably inside."

He looked at Zhang Shaoting and asked, "Are you ready?"

Zhang Shaoting took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

After overcoming countless hardships, they finally arrived here, and he must go inside no matter what!

Yang Chen nodded slightly, glanced at Night Fire, and said solemnly, "Let's go!"

The group began to walk inside, leaving behind Night Fire and the rippling pond water...

Stalactites are the product of time, layer upon layer representing the sediment of history.

It's been a long time since this cave was formed, and compared to the time when they were building this tomb, they must have found such a place to build the tomb here; not as Xiang Xingyu claimed that the mountain was made.

After about ten minutes of walking, the group finally saw the huge gateway.

As they slowly approached, the metals on everyone's bodies started to fly toward the gateway.

In an instant, there was the continuous sound of clattering as many metal objects were attracted to the gateway.

Underneath the gateway's stone pillars, there were many decaying chunks of metal, even vaguely resembling some weapons.

This was actually constructed from a magnet.

No wonder the drone failed here.

The drone's wreckage was on the slab ahead.

In front of the drone lay a stone platform, on which the sarcophagus they were seeking still stood!

On the heavy stone coffin lay a person, holding a walkie-talkie in hand.

Apparently, the signal they received came from this person.

However, the scene here seemed eerily quiet, making one's hair stand on end.

It was strange because there was no blood, no signs of struggle, only the person lying on the sarcophagus. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Yet, on the walkie-talkie, this person was calling for help, apparently having encountered danger.

But now it's impossible to see any danger.

"Shall we go together?" Xiang Xingyu asked impatiently.

Yang Chen frowned slightly.

Zhang Shaoting couldn't hold back and had already taken the lead to walk over.

The imagined mechanisms did not appear.

Xiang Xingyu was also unwilling to fall behind, striding forward.

The two quickly approached the stone coffin.

But when they stepped onto the first step, they were both stunned.

Other Xiang family members also followed up, and when they reached the steps, they were also struck dumb.

Upon seeing this, Yang Chen frowned, sensing something was wrong.

Zhang Shaoting slowly turned around, his face full of terror, saying, "Don't kill me!"

"Shaoting!" Zhang Qicheng was nervous and wanted to go up to pull Zhang Shaoting back.

Yang Chen grabbed him and said solemnly, "Something's wrong! It seems to be poisonous, wear gas masks!"

In his view, when there are no signs of attack, and the person behaves strangely, it is clear that they must have been affected by some neurotoxin.

After putting on gas masks, Yang Chen glanced at Left Envoy Yang and said, "You wait here!"

Left Envoy Yang shook his head.

Yang Chen sighed and walked ahead.

There seemed to be no abnormalities.

However, when he reached Zhang Shaoting, Yang Chen suddenly froze.

Vast plains, wide skies, azure as if washed.

Except, there were guard members full of murderous air all around, and the atmosphere carried a sense of solemn killing.

"Yu Ji!" Yang Chen felt himself uttering a mournful cry.

In the distance, a beauty rode a white horse, the red skirt ribbons fluttering in the wind, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

"O king!" The woman in the red dress hadn't yet arrived but she called out sweetly.

The battling armies seemed to halt for such a beauty, waiting for their meeting.

Yang Chen watched the red-skirted woman on the white horse get closer, and when he saw her face clearly, he couldn't help but gasp in shock, "Ye Xin!"