Chapter 97

Although the demon race had known about the Luo Qu tomb a hundred years ago, they did not know how to open it. Despite guarding the treasure mountain, they could not obtain a single bit. They threatened and tempted the Luo family with every means possible, but in the end, they still did not get the method to open it. It was only now that they discovered that to open the stone door, they needed the blood of a descendant of the Luo family!

Fortunately, they did not completely exterminate the Luo family back then; otherwise, this treasure would probably never see the light of day!

"Powerful demons? Two at the peak of the Qi Zong stage, and six at the peak of the Bing Jia stage?"

Nie Yun had long expected that many demon enemies would come, but he did not expect so many experts. His heart skipped a beat.

The eight demons who came included two at the peak of the Qi Zong stage and six at the peak of the Bing Jia stage. They had used some secret method to hide themselves, even he could not detect them! They were waiting for him and his group to open the stone door, then they would appear and kill them!

Demons who could reach the Qi Zong stage generally had bloodlines above the Hou clan level, meaning they could all transform into demons!

Once transformed, their combat power would double. The two at the peak of the Qi Zong stage were terrifying enough, and even the six at the peak of the Bing Jia stage could instantly become Qi Zong experts!

In other words, once transformed, their combat power would be equivalent to eight Qi Zong experts!

Terrifying!

"Want to kill us? Then follow us!"

Knowing this was the greatest crisis since his rebirth, Nie Yun did not panic. Instead, he took a deep breath, focused his mind, glanced at the open stone door, and launched the strongest attack of the Great Rock Splitting Palm at the eight demons in front of him.

"Quick, go!"

After launching the palm strike, he did not care whether it would injure them and led everyone to rush into the stone door.

"Want to escape? I'll catch you like a rat in a jar, follow me!"

Tong Wang did not expect the young man to suddenly attack. He was delayed by the Great Rock Splitting Palm, but he was not afraid. After all, his group was stronger, and catching them like a rat in a jar was the same!

He sneered, used the Ghost Claw technique, and led everyone to follow Nie Yun into the stone door.

Upon entering the stone door, they saw a gray, hazy area, as if they had entered another space.

"Such thick gas, it can even restrict the extension of mental energy!" Just as he was puzzled, he heard his father Nie Xiaotian's surprised words.

"Hmm? Indeed!"

Nie Yun was taken aback but then indeed found that the gray, hazy gas around him was like a sticky liquid, hindering the extension of his mental energy.

Originally, with his strength, his mental energy could spread to over a hundred meters, clearly seeing things that far away. Now, it could only extend to three meters, and he could only see the people closest to him. Beyond that, he could not see anything!

A gas that could restrict mental energy, Nie Yun had never even heard of in his previous life!

This Luo Qu tomb was indeed not simple!

"Indeed, it can hinder the extension of mental energy. I can only see up to twenty meters, what about you?" Hearing his father's words, Luo Zhanhao also responded.

"Twenty meters?" Nie Yun clicked his tongue.

He could only see up to three meters, while Luo Zhanhao could see up to twenty meters. Although in a real battle, he might not necessarily lose to him, a Qi Zong was a Qi Zong, and it was a completely different concept from the Bing Jia stage.

However, thinking about it, it made sense. Qi Zong experts could communicate with nature, possessing the eyes and ears of nature, and their mental energy could "see" clearly within a ten-mile radius. Now, they could only see up to twenty meters, which was already a severe restriction!

"Since we can see closer, let's hold hands. Otherwise, if we get separated, it will be troublesome to find each other again!"

Nie Yun knew that even the twenty meters of a Qi Zong here was like being blind, so he said.

"Okay!" Everyone also understood this and quickly held hands.

Just as Nie Yun was looking for someone to hold hands with, he felt a soft, smooth, and tender hand slip into his palm.

This hand was small, with a slight sweat on the palm, indicating that the owner was the only girl in the group, Luo Qingcheng!

"We're holding hands... don't get lost... that's what you said!" Turning his head, he saw the girl's face flushed, not daring to look at him.

"Ha ha!" Hearing the girl say this, Nie Yun did not pull his hand away. He gently held the girl's soft hand with his right hand and held his father's hand with his left, connecting the six people together.

"This area shouldn't be large. Let's move quickly, or we'll be in trouble if those demons catch up!"

The six people held hands to ensure they wouldn't get lost, and Nie Yun gave the order to move forward.

This place was very strange, and it was hard to ensure that the demons were not prepared. If they discovered them here and caught up, it would be disastrous!

Everyone also understood this and nodded, taking large steps forward.

The group walked for about half an hour and stopped.

"Hmm? That's strange. We've been walking for so long. According to reason, we should have left this area long ago. Why are we still inside? Did we take a wrong turn?"

Nie Yun was the first to notice something was wrong.

Although everyone was holding hands, their speed was not slow. In half an hour, they could have walked dozens of miles. The Luo Qu tomb was built underground, and if it had such a long underground tunnel, the engineering would be too massive!

Therefore, it was clear that this gray, hazy gas was a special formation. Once trapped in it, one would lose direction and could not get out!

"You mention this, and I also noticed. It seems we have come back to where we started. Follow me!"

Nie Xiaotian also realized something was wrong and suddenly pulled everyone to walk sideways. After a few steps, they saw a huge stone tablet in front of them.

"I noticed this stone tablet when we passed by earlier, but it was too far to see the words clearly. I didn't expect to come back here!" Nie Xiaotian said.

"You saw it earlier?" Nie Yun was taken aback and then looked at the stone tablet. At the top, three large characters were written in a flowing style.

Maze Hall!

"Maze Hall? Does it mean this place is meant to confuse us?" Nie Yun was taken aback.

What a strange name!

"Quick, look, there are four lines of text below!" As he was lost in thought, the small hand in his palm gently squeezed him, and Luo Qingcheng quickly said.

"More?" Nie Yun looked down and indeed saw four lines of small text written below the three large characters.

"Ten years of life and death, the Maze Hall makes one's heart ache. To find the way, look within your heart!"

"Look within your heart? Does it mean we should calm down and search?" Seeing this poem-like verse, Nie Yun furrowed his brows.

"Calm down and search is fine, but how? Where to search?" Luo Zhanhao also seemed to not understand the meaning, looking helpless.

Why did this ancestor of the Luo Qu family make the stone door so hard to enter and then create a Maze Hall? It seems he deliberately wanted to prevent future generations from entering!

PS: Everyone, guess how Nie Yun and his group will pass through the Maze Hall? There are hints earlier, hehe, of course, it is related to the theme of the book. If you guess correctly, there's a prize. Of course, you should continue to vote. Not voting while reading the book will lower your karma...