Chapter 83

In the depths of this underground palace, in an unknown place, many things were happening, and Ding Qi had already encountered trouble.

Ding Qi was now in a grand hall.

He had walked for quite some time through the passage he initially entered, and after a series of twists and turns, he finally found a stone door at the end of the passage. After opening the stone door, he appeared in the grand hall where he now stood.

However, upon entering the hall, Ding Qi had not yet had the chance to examine it when several wooden spikes, as thick as several people could encircle, with their fronts sharpened into conical points, suddenly rushed towards him.

These large wooden spikes, with their tips exceptionally sharp and covered in a metal sheath, glinting with a cold light, charged at Ding Qi with great ferocity.

Seeing the sudden flash of cold light before his eyes upon entering the hall, Ding Qi reacted extremely quickly. He opened his eyes wide and glanced at the several large wooden spikes.

Then, Ding Qi waved his hand and struck the wooden spike rushing towards him, sending the large pointed wooden spike flying several dozen feet away.

However, after flying several dozen feet, the wooden spike strangely twisted and deformed in mid-air. The hidden force left by Ding Qi's palm suddenly burst forth.

In the end, under the effect of the hidden force left by Ding Qi, the wooden spike exploded in mid-air, turning into a shower of wooden splinters that scattered on the ground.

After shattering the first wooden spike that rushed towards him, Ding Qi looked at the remaining wooden spikes rushing towards him and frowned slightly.

In the next moment, Ding Qi's figure instantly appeared above the several large wooden spikes rushing towards him. He lightly tapped the wooden spikes beneath him with his feet.

These large wooden spikes, under the light tap of Ding Qi's feet, burst into pieces, with wooden splinters scattering on the ground, just like the first wooden spike.

Then, Ding Qi gently landed on the ground.

Looking at the wooden splinters scattered on the ground, Ding Qi shook his head helplessly: "There are too many traps along the way. I didn't expect that even at the entrance of this grand hall, there would be traps set up."

Since entering the passage and moving forward alone, this was not the first trap he had encountered. In the passage, Ding Qi had already encountered three or four different traps.

Although these traps were quite formidable, Ding Qi, relying on the magic of the three techniques, easily化解ed them each time, just like this time.

These traps did not cause him any harm.

The only thing that made him feel frustrated was that these traps were sometimes too troublesome, wasting a lot of his travel time.

"The density of these traps is something the people of the Qingyun Sect cannot handle," Ding Qi thought, recalling the people of the Qingyun Sect walking in other passages.

Since Ding Qi encountered so many traps along the way, the others from the Qingyun Sect would likely not be an exception.

Although these traps did not harm him, Ding Qi did not believe that the others from the Qingyun Sect could deal with these traps as easily as he did.

If the two beautiful female disciples of the Qingyun Sect had walked ahead of Ding Qi, given the severity of these traps, they would have been unable to handle them and would have met a tragic end.

Although this was not what Ding Qi had initially expected, by knocking the two women unconscious and placing them in the passage, preventing them from exploring further, he indirectly saved their lives.

However, after feeling a bit regretful, Ding Qi only showed a helpless expression and put the matter out of his mind. He did not want to concern himself with the safety of the people from the Qingyun Sect.

After breaking the wooden spike trap, Ding Qi began to examine the grand hall.

The hall was quite large and had a somewhat complex structure, not just a single room. Ding Qi could already see that there were several other rooms distributed in different directions within the hall.

In the following time, Ding Qi searched the hall thoroughly. Finding nothing of value, he moved towards another room adjacent to the hall.

In this room, Ding Qi did find a few items that people in the martial arts world considered treasures. However, these items had no value to him, and he was not interested.

As Ding Qi casually picked up one of the items and played with it, a look of boredom on his face, his eyes suddenly turned cold. At the same time, a metallic layer appeared on his body.

A trap spike suddenly shot out from beneath him, whistling through the air and piercing towards him, striking his body fiercely.

When the spike struck Ding Qi, due to the immense force of the trap, the entire spike twisted and deformed.

Clearly, this was another extremely powerful and unexpected trap in the underground palace.

However, under the Golden Body Technique, this trap could not harm Ding Qi at all. Instead, the spike itself was instantly damaged upon colliding with Ding Qi's body, which was activated by the Golden Body Technique.

After glancing at the bent and deformed spike, Ding Qi ignored it, put down the item he was holding, and sighed, once again marveling at the variety of traps he had encountered since entering the passage.

Then, after thoroughly checking the room and confirming that there were no clues about the先天功 and the silk scroll of the magical weapon, he moved towards another room.

While Ding Qi was searching the hall area for the clues he needed, the other people from the Qingyun Sect in other parts of the underground palace were not as calm and composed as he was.

...

In a passage in a certain direction, several Qingyun Sect disciples, their bodies burned black, had been dead for some time. The passage nearby emitted a strong smell of burnt flesh that would not dissipate.

On both sides of the passage, numerous fire nozzles, after being cleverly operated by a trap, retracted into the walls and quickly disappeared.

The walls once again looked like ordinary walls.

...

In a secret room at the end of another passage, a male and female Qingyun Sect disciple were completely pierced by dozens of arrows, their blood gushing out, forming a large, sticky pool of blood. Under the glow of the fluorescent lights in the secret room, the small room was dyed a blood-red, clearly indicating that they had just died.

Not far from the two bodies, a crystal-clear treasure box, as it had been for nearly two hundred years, stood quietly on a platform.