210: Chapter 210 First Attempt, Fighting Each Other!

Shen Qingyue took action immediately, the Tai Chu Primordial Origin Qi transforming into a cyan-white halo to protect everyone's Divine Soul.

Chu Wanqing sat down and plucked the imperial zither, the sound waves rippling outward layer by layer, forcing the black threads slithering toward the corners back to the center.

Xu Chen looked at the three women, then looked at Lin Yi.

He gritted his teeth and lifted the ancient desolate hall.

"I'll join in too!"

"I might not be good at anything else, but I'm a professional at smashing things!"

The ancient desolate hall crashed down, smashing into the densest cluster of black threads.

The ground cracked, and the black threads were sent scurrying in all directions from the impact.

Lin Yi seized this moment, and the immortal burial coffin was forced down from the underground palace passage above.

The black-gold Dao Patterns on the coffin body shone brightly.

A devouring force descended, sweeping the scurrying black threads into the coffin in one fell swoop.

The coffin lid closed shut.

Thud!

This muffled sound echoed, and the lights in the underground palace lit up again, but everyone still didn't relax.

Because the Dao Patterns on the stone gate were still trembling.

Su Yuxi looked at that gate, a silver-white divine light flickering between her brows.

"It hasn't fully come in."

"That was just a probe of the aura from behind the gate."

Xu Chen's face darkened.

"Just a probe?"

"This intensity is just a probe?"

"Then what will it be like when its true form comes out?"

Chu Wanqing tapped him.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Xu Chen covered his head and obediently shut his mouth.

Lin Yi looked at the last line of blood-red text on the mural.

When the stone gate opens, Calamity Heaven appears.

He gripped the god-slaying sword, his eyes showing no hint of retreat.

"Since it is afraid of us seeing the truth, it means there is something behind this gate that it doesn't want exposed."

Shen Qingyue nodded gently.

"And there is also the answer that the Shen Family died trying to protect back then."

Su Yuxi stood by Lin Yi's side.

"And the things I couldn't finish in my past life."

Chu Wanqing followed, holding the imperial zither, the lotus mark between her brows flickering.

"Then let's continue."

"We've come this far, we can't just chicken out at the door."

Xu Chen looked at the four of them, then looked at the ancient desolate hall in his arms.

He sighed with a bitter face.

"Fine."

"I've figured it out."

"Whether I want to or not, I have to take a seat at the main table today."

Lin Yi raised his hand, suspending the immortal burial coffin above everyone's heads.

The god-slaying sword was in front.

The Primordial Immortal Pupil swept toward the stone gate again.

This time, he didn't look at the mural, but looked directly into the depths of the stone gate's Dao Patterns.

There, the silver-white Empress Dao Rhyme, the cyan-white Tai Chu Primordial Origin power, and the incomplete Dao Mark of Tai Su were entangled with each other.

They could all open the gate, but they were also repelling each other.

Lin Yi's gaze sharpened.

The problem wasn't whether the power was sufficient.

It was that these forces lacked a core that was truly of one mind and one rhythm.

The stone gate was still trembling, and the aura of the black shadow behind the gate was still peering out.

The lights in the underground palace flickered again.

Su Yuxi said in a low voice:

"It will come again."

Lin Yi nodded, his sword pointing at the stone gate.

"Then let's do it before it reaches out again."

"Open this gate."

As soon as these words were spoken, the lights in the underground palace flickered again.

On the gray stone gate, the intricate Dao Patterns intertwined and lit up, then quickly dimmed.

Like a gigantic coffin, it was breathing gently behind the gate.

Holding the ancient desolate hall, Xu Chen shifted his feet half a step back.

"Big Brother."

"I think this gate has a bad temper."

Chu Wanqing cast a glance at him while holding the imperial zither.

"Didn't you just say you wanted to sit at the main table?"

Xu Chen gave a dry laugh.

"Sitting is fine."

"But the food shouldn't bite back!"

At this moment, Wang Hong and several Elders also rushed down from the passage above.

Their battle robes were damaged, and there were bloodstains on their shoulders and chests.

The black tide outside was still crashing against the light barrier of the immortal burial coffin.

The thudding sounds came through the thick layers of earth.

Every strike felt like it was hitting everyone's heart.

Wang Hong swept his gaze over the stone gate, his expression immediately turning serious.

"Saint, the outside has stabilized for now."

"But it won't last long."

"Those eerie things are gathering more and more; if we drag this out, the entire Ancient Hall will be surrounded and trapped!"

Lin Yi nodded.

He raised his hand, and the immortal burial coffin sank halfway down from the passage above, the black-gold Dao Patterns hanging down, completely separating the underground palace from the space above.

The god-slaying sword hovered at his side.

The sword's edge spat out black light, specifically targeting the cold, eerie auras in the gaps of the stone gate.

Su Yuxi stood in front of the stone gate, silver-white Dao light swirling around her sleeves.

She gently raised her hand, pointing to the silver-white Dao Patterns in the very center of the stone gate.

"This part is the Seal I left behind in my past life."

"It is used to suppress the aura behind the gate, and also to wait for my return in this lifetime."

Shen Qingyue walked to the other side, the cyan-white Tai Chu Primordial Origin Qi slowly emerging from her palms.

Below the left side of the stone gate, several Dao Patterns that had been silent for a long time were stirred by her, lighting up with a soft luster.

"This side is the Shen Family's Tai Chu Primordial Origin Seal."

Chu Wanqing plucked a string.

Ding!

With a crisp sound, the zither melody drilled into the Dao Patterns of the stone gate, only to be quickly bounced back.

She frowned.

"And this part of the incomplete Dao Mark of Tai Su."

"It has been heavily worn down, as if someone forcibly destroyed a part of it."

Shen Qingyue's eyes grew colder.

"Heaven and Earth Gate."

As soon as these three words fell, the atmosphere in the underground palace suddenly turned cold.

Xu Chen couldn't help but curse:

"These people are truly wicked."

"They betrayed us while guarding the gate, and then later they wanted to destroy the Seal."

Wang Hong said in a deep voice:

"If the Dao Mark of Tai Su is damaged, can this gate still be opened?"

Su Yuxi looked at Shen Qingyue.

Shen Qingyue also looked at Su Yuxi.

Their gazes met for a moment.

No one spoke.

Lin Yi sensed something was wrong and stepped between them.

"Let's try first."

"If it doesn't work, we'll change methods."

He spoke decisively, and the cold, eerie feeling pressing down on everyone's heads immediately dissipated a little.

Wang Hong immediately raised his hand.

"Everyone back up fifty zhang."

"Guard all four sides, don't let anyone approach."

Several Elders quickly dispersed.

Xu Chen also held the ancient desolate hall and stood at the back.

He looked at his feet, then looked at Lin Yi.

"Big Brother, am I safe standing here?"

Lin Yi didn't turn back.

"If you move around, you won't be."

Xu Chen immediately planted his feet firmly.

"Understood!"

"My strategy today is static defense."

Chu Wanqing almost laughed out loud.

But there was a sudden "click" from the stone gate, and she immediately wiped away her smile, holding the imperial zither horizontally in front of her.

Su Yuxi raised her hand, silver-white Dao light gushing from her palm and landing in the center of the stone gate.

Those silent Dao Patterns lit up one by one, like a long drought meeting rain.

The Empress Dao Rhyme spread out, sharp, cold, and carrying the might to suppress the heavens.

The black Qi in the underground palace immediately shrank back.

The god-slaying sword also gave a soft chime.

Shen Qingyue followed closely behind.

She pressed her palms onto the door patterns on the left, and the Tai Chu Primordial Origin Qi flowed into the stone gate.

The cyan-white radiance traveled along the patterns.

One black and one white stream of Qi rotated behind her, life and death intertwining.

The Primordial Fountain of Life hovered behind her shoulders, clear spring water turning into thin threads to stabilize some of the broken nodes in the door patterns.

At this moment, the stone gate trembled even more intensely.

On the hundred-zhang gate body, the silver-white and cyan-white lights continued to rise.

The Empress Dao Rhyme in the center suppressed the door gap, and the Tai Chu Primordial Origin Seal at the bottom left supported the formation.

The two forces, one above and one below, actually forced back the dark patterns on the stone gate.

Xu Chen's eyes lit up.

"It's working!"

Wang Hong immediately glared at him.

"Shut up."

"Don't disturb them!"

Xu Chen covered his mouth.

"Mmph."

Chu Wanqing hooked her fingertips onto the strings, and the imperial zither emitted a soft sound.

She did not rashly intervene.

The nine-nether heaven-reaching lotus greatly increased her Divine Soul perception.

She could hear the echoes from deep within the stone gate.

At first, the echoes were normal.

The Empress Dao Rhyme and Tai Chu Primordial Origin were indeed able to trigger the Seal inside the gate.

But when the two forces climbed to the middle section of the stone gate, the sound changed.

Ding!

Ding!

Like two strings suddenly colliding.

Chu Wanqing's expression tightened.

"Something's wrong."

"They're fighting each other!"