Serpent Ancestor

Chapter 180: Pagoda collapsed, Bai Luo retreated

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The stone walls in all directions began to crack and collapse, revealing door after door, with various passages leading in all directions, their destinations unknown.

Although the Divine Sense was still being blocked, Xu Hei could already spread out a large amount of it, clearly seeing the direction of these passages.

"What’s going on? One artifact spirit dies, and this happens?"

Xu Hei's face showed a hint of surprise.

"Boom!!"

The ceiling suddenly collapsed, crashing down. Xu Hei quickly dodged and rushed into one of the passages, only to find that it was also collapsing, with cracks everywhere.

"Could it be... that wasn't the artifact spirit of the Heart-Mirror, but the tower spirit of the pyramid?"

"The Heart-Mirror, just a product simulated by the tower spirit?"

His idea was not without reason. If this pyramid was a Magical Treasure, then the most likely place for an artifact spirit to be born would be this pyramid.

And the only thing capable of setting up these checkpoints would be the pyramid.

The Heart-Mirror was just the final test, with the tower spirit personally taking action, using its own Divine Ability to simulate it.

This made sense.

In this way, the content on those stone tablets before could all be disregarded; they were not left by the tomb owner at all, but were a disguise by the tower spirit!

"If it really is the tower spirit, then with the tower spirit dead, the rules of the pyramid are broken. This is the best opportunity for excavation!"

"I must quickly find the treasures here."

Xu Hei's eyes flickered as he spread out his Divine Sense, heading towards the general central area.

Along the way, the tunnel walls were collapsing. Xu Hei relied on his memory to keep moving forward. Fortunately, his body was very small, allowing him to squeeze through even narrow gaps, an advantage humans did not have.

…………

One hour earlier.

In the second chamber, Bai Luo had been waiting for half a day without seeing Zhou Wendie come in, his face turning grim with anger.

"Is this Zhou Family's proud daughter a waste? Can't even pass the first test?"

"Or is she deliberately stalling for time, waiting for me to leave so she can enjoy the inheritance alone?"

Bai Luo's mind raced as he looked at the remaining three formations in front of him, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

He was unwilling to leave without catching the person behind the scenes.

But on second thought, the butcher in the first test was indeed strange, and he didn't really understand Zhou Wendie's true strength. Without the paradise painting, there was indeed a slight possibility of failure.

"Truly a waste," Bai Luo cursed inwardly.

Moments later, he activated his Golden Body Manifestation, enduring the fire poison formation and the ice thunder formation.

Only the last Five Elements Killing Formation remained.

After all this trouble, Bai Luo's face was pale, and he spat blood. These two formations had directly caused his cultivation to plummet from the brink of Core Formation Stage to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

It would take at least a year to recover to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

This made Bai Luo so furious that he was almost smoking from his seven orifices, but he had to calm down and consider whether to continue.

"The last formation must be a deadly trap. This Golden Body Manifestation might not withstand it, and even if it does, my cultivation might drop further."

Bai Luo's mind was active, his gaze fixed on the center of the nine-square grid.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he took out a conspicuous Talisman, striking it out. With a bang, the formation base appeared in the void, revealing faint bridges of spiritual Qi.

Throughout this journey, Bai Luo hadn't spent time studying the nine-square formation, focusing solely on speed.

But with his insight, he still discerned some formation principles, at least not being completely in the dark near the final test.

At this moment, he vaguely discovered that some bridges of spiritual Qi connected the other eight formations with this central final formation.

Bai Luo was dumbfounded, gasping as if he'd seen a ghost.

"That was close! Almost fell into the trap!"

He was horrified to find that this final test, once entered, would simultaneously trigger the other eight formations, combining into one. Even if he survived, he would be severely injured.

This would absolutely force him to use all his trump cards!

Bai Luo breathed heavily, grateful that he hadn't acted impulsively. If he had rushed in recklessly, even if he survived, he would have no chance with the final inheritance.

The nine formations combined, a deadly trap. At this moment, his anger towards the person ahead was mixed with a hint of fear.

This person was definitely not simple.

"This place must be abandoned. This might be a warning from the other party. Continuing to pursue might lead to greater losses!"

Bai Luo began to suspect whether this was a deliberate flaw exposed by the other party, but he didn't think much about it. Whether it was or not, he didn't want to continue.

Bai Luo took out the child-mother compass, placed it on the ground, and stepped on it.

At the same time, outside the pyramid, Lei He also took out the child-mother compass, placed it on the ground, and the two of them simultaneously cast a seal, causing the space to shake violently, about to teleport away.

Suddenly, Bai Luo thought of Zhou Wendie, who might still be stalling in the first test.

"Zhou Wendie, whether you're dead or alive, don't even think about entering here!"

Bai Luo's eyes flashed as he cast a concealment Talisman, hiding the bridges of spiritual Qi, and then used a secret technique to shield the danger of this place once more.

Next, he released some flying sword fragments hidden in the dark and set up a mechanism at the entrance. If anyone came in, the flying swords would activate the entire formation.

If he couldn't have it, no one else would!

"Go!"

With a thought, the child-mother compass flickered with spatial fluctuations.

The space twisted, and Bai Luo and the compass instantly disappeared from the original spot, appearing outside the pyramid.

"How did it go?" Lei He quickly asked.

Bai Luo picked up the compass and said calmly, "I lost half of my trump cards and only reached the second test. This place must be abandoned."

Lei He's eyes flashed coldly, "Someone set you up?"

He knew Bai Luo's background; he was someone heavily cultivated by the Heavenly Puppet Sect, armed with various Magical Treasures, someone even the Core Formation Stage couldn't easily deal with, so it was impossible for him to be in such a sorry state.

"This is a long story, I'll explain later."

Bai Luo seemed unwilling to mention the encounter inside the tower, walking straight ahead, but his fists were clenched tightly, his eyes flashing with ferocity.

He knew nothing about the person ahead, only the dragon scales used to carve the stone tablets and the butcher.

With these two clues, it was enough. He would eventually dig that person out.

…………

Shortly after Bai Luo left, Zhou Wendie seemed to sense something and arrived in the second chamber.

One of her eyes was burning with flames, able to see through everything. The moment Bai Luo left, she sensed it and immediately arrived.

Suddenly, her pupils shrank as countless flying swords shot out from the dark, striking the nine squares of the grid.

The formation activated!

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The nine formations launched simultaneously, with heavenly thunder and earth fire, quicksand burial, falling meteors, vortex suction, corpse dissolution... all kinds of destructive forces descended together, even more ruthless than Xu Hei's, with the first wave being a super deadly calamity.