Chapter 57 A Single Golden Page
If speaking only about speed, then that golden-haired maiden from the demon clan was definitely the fastest of those here. Her wings flapped, streaking across the sky like two golden lightning bolts. She was the first to arrive at the ancient palace. Extending her wings, she pushed against the five-colored jade door.
Chi.
However, none of them expected a five-colored divine light to shoot out and send her flying. Even a strong Greater Demon such as she was sent tumbling five or six times before stabilizing herself. The others all took in a breath of cold air, not daring to approach carelessly. Taking out their weapons, they charged up in succession, wanting to open the Demon Emperor’s tomb.
The entire ancient palace was made of five-colored divine jade. It was like it had ripped through space-time to arrive here, giving it an air of antiquity. Many ancient characters were carved into its foundations: the dragon-like characters were vigorous and bold; the phoenix-like characters were fluttering; the Black Tortoise-like characters were heavy; the qilin-like characters were imposing. These powerful and majestic characters were precisely the demon clan’s imperial script from before the Ancient Desolation.
These characters possessed a mysterious strength. Everyone attacked multiple times, but they were all repelled by the five-colored divine light that flowed out of the symbols, making it impossible for them to open the entrance to the ancient palace.
Boom!
The Greater Demons and the powerful members of the Spirit Ruins Paradise performed a cooperative attack. The violet copper cauldron, the golden swords, the eight trigram mirror, the Flood Dragon scales, and all the like were slammed into the entrance of the ancient palace, finally causing it to shake and with a rumbling noise, opening up a small crack.
Immediately, an ancient and desolate air burst out, and a powerful life fluctuation as vast as an ocean appeared, knocking back all the powerful members in front.
Dong!
That powerful muffled sound became even more formidable, and everyone’s faces changed, feeling acute pains in their hearts. But none of them stopped; as soon as they stabilized themselves, they all charged back towards the grand ancient palace.
Chi, chi, chi…
The night flickered and strobed as divine lights from all kinds of weapons constantly struck the door, creating bursts of reverberating noises. The Greater Demons and the stronger cultivators of the human race were all crowded in front of the five-colored ancient temple. A fierce battle once more broke out between the two parties, each not wanting the other to enter first.
In front of the grand ancient palace, lights flashed everywhere and Demonic Qi soared. Both parties were truly fighting now, not holding back in the least. The Demon Emperor’s tomb was far too important to them.
Blazing lights shot everywhere, causing even the sky to tremble. All kinds of weapons shot out divine light and charged back and forth. A murderous air filled the heavens, divine energy surged, and the area in front of the ancient palace almost boiled over.
The huge battle was very fierce, and not even half an hour later, one of the Spirit Ruins Paradise’s Grand Elders who was gradually being pushed back could no longer endure. His chest was penetrated by the arms of one of the Greater Demons. Half of a burning heart was pulled out of his chest while he was still alive. Blood flew everywhere, staining the Greater Demon and giving him an even more savage appearance.
The Spirit Ruins Paradise’s Sect Leader’s expression became icy-cold. His hands moved in a secret art, drawing a bizarre trajectory in the sky. The purple copper cauldron shook, and endless purple mist spread everywhere, enveloping two Greater Demons and swallowing them into the cauldron.
Boom!
A purple divine flame soared to the heavens, and a miserable blood-curdling scream came from within the cauldron. The two Greater Demons had been refined alive, and in just a couple seconds, they floated out as nothing more than ashes.
In the distance, Ye Fan shook in fear. This kind of bitter fighting was far too horrible. As a modern man on Earth, he had some trouble accepting it. He seriously wondered what the point of being a cultivator was. Was it worth it?
At this moment, the Spirit Ruins Paradise’s Elders had begun an equally bitter fight with the ferocious beasts. A savage wide-mouthed human-shaped beast with fur half a foot long grabbed one of the Elders and tore him in half. Blood splattered everywhere as the broken corpse powerlessly fell the ground, an appalling sight that was difficult to bear. Beside it, a different Elder took out his Demon Beheading Blade, directly chopping one of the beasts in half. The Demon Beheading Blade released a light that filled the air tens of meters around it. Blood dripped off it as it hung in the sky, reeking of death.
Amongst the dozen or so super beasts, the Lightning Bird was the most frightening. Its speed was the greatest as it soared through the sky, and its golden talons swept out, ripping apart one of the Elders’ Divine Drums. Hundreds of lightning bolts shot out of it, appearing like bright blades that were dozens of meters long.
Snap.
The Elder tried to dodge with the divine rainbow, but he was unable to avoid the hundreds of lightning bolts. His whole body became scorched black by the lightning. His body trembled a couple times before falling into the volcanic crater and was engulfed by the surging lava.
Blood and massacre were everywhere in this great battle. Both sides took casualties, each fighting with their lives on the line, each wanting to be the first to charge into the Demon Emperor’s tomb.
“Is this the life of a cultivator…?” wondered Ye Fan. In his imagination, a cultivator was someone who could harness a rainbow to travel freely within heaven and earth. But the scene in front of him was completely different.
“Maybe different cultivators walk different paths.” Saying this, his gaze once again became clear, revealing a firm determination. “Since I’ve decided on this path, I will continue to walk it step by step. My fate cannot rest in the hands of others. I must become stronger…”
Suddenly, a faint sound interrupted Ye Fan’s thinking. Pang Bo’s body began to emit a cyan mist, and green rays of light slowly shot out of his body.
Ray after ray of light started to circulate within Pang Bo’s body. Those were the Dao Glyphs left by Elder Wu Qingfeng, a sealing energy. But at this moment, they were all pushed out, and the seal lost its effect!
At the same time, faint rays of green light shook Pang Bo’s Sea of Bitterness, and his eyes snapped open, full of demonic green light. Strange marks appeared on Pang Bo’s forehead. Some seemed like random stripes, while others looked like characters.
Of those marks that appeared like characters, some were shaped like a dragon or phoenix, some were shaped like the Black Tortoise, and some were winding like twisting snakes.
Although Ye Fan didn’t understand their meanings, he had still heard the lecturing Elder speak of them; they were shockingly similar to the demon race’s script.
Pang Bo’s eyes were filled with an indistinct green color. Silently standing up, he coldly looked at Ye Fan. He seemed to want to attack, but the hand that he raised started to tremble as if it wasn’t listening to orders.
“Pang Bo!” Ye Fan shouted out his name, knowing that Pang Bo’s will hadn’t been completely suppressed. His will was definitely fighting to regain control of his body.
Hearing this shout, Pang Bo’s body started to shake, and the demonic marks on his face became fainter by quite a bit. But with a low roar, Pang Bo’s body violently trembled and the green light swelled. His face became covered with demonic marks, and in the end, he calmed down.
At this time, he no longer stared at Ye Fan and instead turned towards the volcano. A hoarse voice came from him, “I purposely let you seal me is all…”
Ye Fan’s heart immediately became alarmed; the unknown existence that had occupied Pang Bo’s body was apparently extremely formidable.
The ancient temple’s battle was becoming fiercer. The palace gate had already been pushed open and both sides were bitterly battling in front of it. The Spirit Ruins Paradise Sect Leader, as well as two Greater Demons, had already taken a step inside.
Just at this moment, Pang Bo turned his head back and looked at Ye Fan before suddenly soaring forward, becoming a green ray as he charged towards the ancient temple.
The battle in front of the temple was extremely intense, locked in a stalemate. Pang Bo’s sudden appearance shocked all the Elders, and when the Greater Demons saw the demonic marks on Pang Bo’s face, they were all completely bewildered.
At this moment, none of them could be bothered with him. The Spirit Ruins Paradise Sect Leader and those two Greater Demons stepped into the ancient palace at the same time, and Pang Bo left behind an afterimage as he closely followed the three.
The sky was full of dazzling lights. The remaining two Grand Elders, as well as the remaining Greater Demons, also charged into the palace. Below them, the Lightning Bird and the rest of the super beasts, as well as the Spirit Ruins Paradise’s ordinary Elders, also soared up and entered the ancient palace.
DONG!
Just at this moment, the muffled sound once more sounded from the palace; this time, it was far more powerful and violent than before.
Pfff.
Two of the Spirit Ruins Paradise’s Elders spit up blood on the spot, staggering back. The silver centipede also became covered in cracks, falling down from the ancient palace.
There was also a hairy ten-meter tall cyan-scaled bull with the head of a lion that had just entered the ancient temple. The muffled sound shook him into spitting out a huge mouthful of blood, and a shattered heart was coughed out of him.
DONG, DONG, DONG…
The muffled sound continuously rang. The Elders and super beasts who had rushed in there were all trembling and were knocked out of the ancient palace, blood running from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. The weaker people and beasts simply directly died, their chests split open and blood splashing everywhere before they could withdraw from the palace.
In this distance, Ye Fan was shocked. The Demon Emperor’s tomb contained such as a terrifying strength! Even though he was so far away, even he was starting to feel like the powerful force that came from the muffled sound was becoming hard to endure.
The grand ancient palace shook. The Greater Demons and the Spirit Ruin Paradise’s Sect Leader and Grand Elders were all fighting inside.
BOOM!
A green light flashed, and Pang Bo’s body appeared at the ancient palace’s gate as if he had been forced out by others, his face ashen. A powerful force sent the bodies on the ground flying towards the mountain that Ye Fan was on.
Ye Fan’s heart trembled because he noticed Pang Bo’s face was covered in green light had given him a quick glance before once more bellowing and charging into the ancient palace.
Ye Fan looked over the corpses, carefully searching through them, and found that there was something strange with one of the bodies. There was a faint golden light within one of its wounds; without carefully searching, there was no way to notice it.
“What’s going on…?” Ye Fan reached out his hand into the wound and felt something inside the wound. Grabbing onto it, he pulled it out.
Immediately, rays of dazzling and glorious light rushed out, practically blinding him. A golden page with endless flowing divine splendor dazzled his eyes.
This golden paper was even heavier than metal. Many densely packed ancient characters covered it. Each character was infinitesimal, each like a brilliant star.
His heart sped up and his mouth felt dry as the divine splendor from this golden page almost blinded his eyes.