Chapter 1410: Chapter 1410
Young Master Sun was puzzled, "Since you’ve obtained the construction plans, why must we still fight level by level? Can’t we bypass these tomb guardians?"
Princess Amelia sighed, "No, that old cunning man connected this Great Tomb to his own life after his resurrection. If he suddenly dies, everything in the tomb will start functioning automatically, which means..." The Little Princess had already led Young Master Sun to the starting point of her plan to enter the Great Tomb, "We have to fight our way in, starting with breaking down this stone wall. It’s thinner here than the tomb door."
In front of the two was a thick stone wall half-buried in the wasteland. There were strange patterns carved on its surface, seemingly abstract demons. At night, thin green lights emanated from the wall from time to time. They were weak and unnoticeable, hard to perceive from ten steps away.
The Little Princess introduced, "The entire outer wall of the Great Tomb has been infused with more than 1.6 million demon souls. Combined with the Demon Array within, it forms a Soul Ring Barrier."
During the several thousand years of the Grand Emperor’s reign, the souls of those who died in the great wars were secretly collected by his confidants and "poured" into the outer walls of the Great Tomb. This outermost defense wasn’t highly skillful, primarily focusing on quantity.
The Little Princess stealthily stepped back and tried to coax Young Master Sun, "I’ve brought Brother all the way here, and since we’re working together, Brother should showcase his value. Let’s give the first strike to break the outer wall to Brother."
Young Master Sun turned around and saw Princess Amelia shrinking her neck and counting her fingers, immediately surprised, "You, a Tier-7 power, can’t break this outer wall?"
Princess Amelia still wanted to lie, but under the gaze of "Brother," she finally rolled her eyes and said, "You give it a try, it’s really difficult to break the barrier formed by more than a million demon souls, alright?"
Young Master Sun snorted, walked up to the tomb wall, and tapped it a few times with his fingers. The wall rang with a clang, and a cold dark green ghost light emerged from it, about the size of a washbasin. In the center were several terrifying ghostly faces without eyes, ears, or noses, opening wide and attacking Young Master Sun in unison.
Young Master Sun grabbed the ghost light with a single hand, and though it struggled violently, it couldn’t escape from his control. He carefully felt the power within the ghost light, then squeezed it forcefully. The ghost light shattered, and its soul power dispersed.
Clap, clap, clap! Princess Amelia loudly clapped her hands, "Brother is truly amazing! He found the weakness of the tomb wall’s Soul Ring Barrier right away. As long as ordinary attacks are used to successively draw out and grind away the soul power, the wall’s power will eventually be exhausted."
"But at this speed, I’m afraid it’ll take hundreds of years. Anyway, we have long lives and can afford to wait."
The more Young Master Sun listened, the more something felt off. He glared at her fiercely, this dead girl had learned to be sarcastic too.
Young Master Sun’s figure floated up, reaching a height of 400 zhang and looking down at the entire Great Tomb, which spanned 40 li. He spread his fingers as if holding the entire tomb in his hand and then—Abyssal Descent!
Just now, Young Master Sun was merely analyzing the attributes of the demon souls in the Soul Ring Barrier to see if the Miniature Underworld could swallow them. The conclusion was that the essence and power of demon souls were no different from human souls. If the Soul Ring Barrier contained actual intact demon souls, it would be difficult to absorb them into the Miniature Underworld. However, the Grand Emperor had ground the demon souls down with the Demon Array, leaving only pure soul power, and those terrifying ghost mouths were merely manifestations of the broken souls’ afterimages.
Thus, there were no more problems.
Under the shroud of the Abyss, the actions here were hidden from outsiders. The Netherworld Officials in the Miniature Underworld worked together to extract the massive soul power from the Soul Ring Barrier. Below the King of Souls, everyone was excited beyond measure: Where did their Young Master find such a vast amount of pure soul power? The Miniature Underworld could advance even further after absorbing it!
Outside the Miniature Underworld, the waves of the River of Forgetfulness surged and the sound of water rushed, also filled with joy and delight.
The Little Princess could not see what was happening inside the Imperial Tomb, but she could sense the power of the Soul Ring Barrier in the tomb wall weakening rapidly. She was stunned, Brother, what are you doing? I was just imitating how ordinary siblings interact and made a few sarcastic remarks, did you explode due to humiliation?
But aren’t ordinary siblings all thick-skinned, mocking and ridiculing each other?
In Princess Amelia’s view, the power in the tomb wall was one of the three major challenges in the Imperial Tomb. It was extremely difficult for her to solve it herself, so she had brought her brother here to help. This move was the right one: it seemed that the tomb wall would soon be broken.