Breaking open the cave, the letter from the Martial Emperor
Deep within the Red Maple Mountain Forest, about a dozen kilometers from the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King's cave, there was an unassuming hill over a hundred meters tall.
This small hill was covered with black thorns and numerous poisonous plants, exuding an aura that warned people to stay away.
Not to mention humans, even beasts wouldn't come here.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a figure flew here and landed in front of a patch of black thorns.
This figure was Ye Tian.
Looking at the large area of thorns and poisonous plants in front of him, Ye Tian unleashed Silent Extinction Thunder Origin Energy, letting it spread.
The power of the lightning was immense; wherever it passed, all the thorns and poisonous plants were reduced to nothingness.
At this moment, a rather large stone door appeared on the side of the mountain.
This stone door was seven to eight meters high and over three meters wide, with a formation carved on the rock walls on both sides that isolated all aura.
If it weren't for the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King's reminder, even if Ye Tian had come here, he wouldn't have thought that this was where the martial emperors cave was located.
After learning the location of the martial emperors cave from the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King, Ye Tian immediately rushed here without stopping.
Seeing the entrance, a look of joy appeared on Ye Tian's face, and he then quickly walked to the cave entrance.
With a thought, a white token appeared in his hand.
Ye Tian then placed this white token on the formation light screen.
Buzz, buzz, buzz....
As soon as the formation light screen in front of the stone door touched this white token, it automatically dispersed, forming an entrance tall enough for a person to pass through.
This token was obtained by the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King by chance, and then, guided by the token's sensing, it discovered the martial emperors cave hidden here.
Previously, this stone door and formation were hidden; they only became visible after being activated by the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King.
"I hope it doesn't disappoint me."
Putting away the token, Ye Tian stepped inside.
When he entered past the light screen, the formation light screen returned to its original state.
Crack!
At the same time, the stone door automatically opened upwards, revealing a long passage behind it.
Every twenty meters along the cave wall, a glowing stone was embedded, illuminating the passage as brightly as day.
Ye Tian stepped inside.
The passage wound downwards, and after many twists and turns, Ye Tian walked over a thousand meters before finally arriving at an underground space.
This space was very large, no less than seven or eight standard football fields in size.
The cave ceiling was dozens of meters high, and the rock walls were carved with some glowing formations, making this underground space as bright as day.
At the rear of the underground space was a three-story golden building, with "Emperor Ling's Mansion" written in three large characters on the plaque above the door.
The main door was open, and there appeared to be no danger around, but Ye Tian still walked over cautiously.
Having encountered no danger, Ye Tian then walked inside.
In fact, Ye Tian had asked the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King about the details.
He told himself that there was no danger inside this building, and the last two cave rooms were on the third floor.
Ye Tian, with the mindset that caution is the parent of safety, did not fully believe the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King's words.
After all, he had killed so many Beast Kings in the Red Maple Mountain Forest, and it was hard to guarantee that the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King wouldn't try to trick him before he died.
The interior of the house was very large but empty, so Ye Tian walked up to the second floor.
The second floor was also empty, with only four entrances to cave rooms on the walls leading into the rock.
These four cave rooms had all been breached, their stone doors shattered, and nothing remained inside.
Ye Tian then took the stairs to the third floor.
The third floor space was smaller, but still several hundred square meters, with two cave rooms on the rock wall.
One was on the left, its stone door tightly shut, covered in formation runes, emitting a powerful aura of a quasi-Emperor level.
Ye Tian knew that the defensive formation on this stone door was extremely powerful, so much so that even the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King and Silverback Bear King together couldn't break it, which meant they couldn't retrieve the items inside.
The other cave room had the largest stone door.
The formation runes on it were several times more numerous than those on the left stone door, and the aura it emitted was astonishing, causing even Ye Tian to frown in great surprise.
"Let's first break open the left cave room to see if there are good things inside. As for this main cave room, I'll try it later; if it truly can't be opened, then there's nothing to be done."
Ye Tian regretfully withdrew his gaze.
He knew that the defense on this portal was too strong; it was estimated that even an ordinary Martial Emperor might not be able to break it.
Immediately, Ye Tian walked to the left cave room.
He extended his hand, and a golden long nail suddenly appeared in his grasp.
This was the Golden Extermination Nail, the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King's weapon, which had now become Ye Tian's weapon.
"Break for me!"
Ye Tian immediately activated the Silent Extinction Thunder Origin Energy to empower the Golden Extermination Nail.
In an instant, the Golden Extermination Nail's volume expanded more than tenfold, transforming into a long nail several zhang long and as thick as an adult's thigh.
The nail head contained a power that could destroy everything, which was extremely astonishing.
If the Golden Crown Giant Serpent King had seen this scene, he would have felt his scalp tingle and his teeth chatter.
This quasi-Emperor weapon, in Ye Tian's hands, was finally exhibiting its true power.
Ye Tian waved his hand, and the Golden Extermination Nail transformed into a purplish-golden light, instantly striking the stone door.
With a loud bang.
It caused a tremendous roar that shook the entire mountain interior.
Buzz, buzz, buzz....
The interior of this building contained formations that quickly dissipated this astonishing vibration.
Otherwise, if it were allowed to spread, the mountain outside would collapse, and an area twenty-three kilometers in radius would turn into a large pit.
Crack, crack, crack....
Under this powerful strike.
The defensive formation on the stone door finally could not withstand it and began to show cracks, which rapidly extended outwards.
Snap!
Finally, accompanied by a sound like breaking glass, the defensive formation on this cave room was finally broken by Ye Tian.
Whoosh!
Ye Tian retrieved the Golden Extermination Nail and walked to the front of the cave room.
He shot out a stream of Origin Qi, and the stone door directly shattered, revealing the cave room inside.
The cave room was not large, only thirty to forty square meters in size.
Inside, it was decorated as a bedroom, with a bed, cabinets, and a table, everything one could need.
What attracted Ye Tian's gaze was a space ring and a letter placed on a brown table made of an unknown type of wood.
Ye Tian waved his hand, drawing both items into his grasp.
"A letter? I wonder what it says?"
Ye Tian did not immediately check the contents of the space ring; instead, he was very interested in the contents of this letter.
After all, it was left by a Martial Emperor, and it was placed together with this space ring, indicating that the content of this letter was very important.
The envelope was unsealed, with four small regular script characters written on it: 'To the Fated One.'
Ye Tian didn't know why, but when he saw these four regular script characters, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
"What's going on? How can four characters cause such an emotional change in me?"
With this doubt，Ye Tian opened the envelope，Took out the letter paper。
There was only one sheet of paper, folded in half.
Ye Tian opened the letter, and the words on it came into view.
Hello, Fated One:
When you see this letter, it means I may have already died.