326: Chapter 326 Opening the Bronze Palace! The Heavenly Gate Token Behind the Murals!

The bronze palace rose completely out of the ground.

The palace was over a hundred meters tall, its surface covered in green verdigris.

The two bronze doors were tightly shut, with patterns of countless evil ghosts suffering punishment carved upon them.

A heavy pressure radiated from the palace.

The surrounding air became extremely congealed.

Qin Xueji stood behind Su Yang, her hands clasped together.

She looked at the towering palace, her breathing somewhat rapid.

"Boss, the palace is so huge. I don't know what kind of monster is hidden inside," Qin Xueji whispered.

Su Yang had his hands in his pockets, his expression calm.

He took a step forward, leading the women toward the bronze doors.

"Who cares what's hidden inside. As long as there are treasures, we'll take them all."

Walking to the front of the bronze doors, there was a groove in the very center, the shape of which was exactly the same as the black token obtained earlier.

Su Yang took out the token and pressed it directly into the groove.

"Click." A crisp sound rang out.

The token was completely embedded.

Immediately afterward, a dull sound of gears turning came from inside the bronze doors.

Rumble.

The two huge bronze doors slowly opened to both sides.

A scent of age and decay blew out from the crack in the doors.

Mary flapped her black bat wings, hovering in mid-air, and reached out to cover her nose.

"What a stinky smell! It's like rotten salted fish that's been left for hundreds of years. How could there be anything good in a place like this?" Mary looked full of disgust.

Chu Ling, wearing an ice-blue long dress, walked to Su Yang's side.

She felt the Yin Qi blowing out from inside the doors, and her eyes lit up.

"Boss, there is pure Yin Qi inside. It is a great tonic for ghost cultivators."

Su Yang didn't waste any words and walked straight through the doors.

Behind the doors was an incomparably spacious great hall.

On both sides of the hall stood two rows of tall black stone pillars, upon which green ghost fires burned, illuminating the hall in a gloomy and bleak manner.

In the center of the hall was a black stone bridge over ten meters wide.

Below the stone bridge was a bottomless abyss.

Turbid yellow river water flowed through the abyss, the current rapid, emitting a deafening roar.

Bai Li lightly shook her round fan, her purple eyes watching the river water below.

"Everyone, be careful. There is something strange in the water."

Su Yang stepped onto the black stone bridge.

After walking just a few steps, the yellow river water in the abyss suddenly churned violently.

Clatter!

Countless bone hands reached out from the river water, dense and packed like a large patch of white insects, desperately climbing onto the stone bridge.

Accompanying the appearance of the bone hands was a series of shrill ghost wails.

The sound was ear-piercing, making people dizzy.

Qin Xueji covered her ears, her face turning pale.

"Boss, so many hands..."

Su Yang did not stop his footsteps and continued to walk forward.

"Chu Ling, take care of these buzzing flies."

Chu Ling nodded.

She took a step forward, her ice-blue skirt hem fluttering.

The cold Qi of the ten thousand year profound ice marrow erupted instantly.

A deep blue cold current followed the edge of the stone bridge, rushing directly toward the bone hands below.

Crack, crack, crack!

The cold current made contact with the bone hands, instantly freezing them into ice sculptures.

Thousands of bone hands, maintaining their climbing posture, were firmly frozen on both sides of the stone bridge.

Chu Ling raised her right foot and stomped heavily on the stone bridge.

Bang!

A wave of shock force spread out, and the bone hands frozen into ice sculptures all shattered, turning into ice shards that filled the sky and fell into the Yellow Springs water.

The shrill ghost wails vanished instantly.

The great hall returned to silence.

"Well done." Su Yang praised her offhandedly.

The group continued to walk forward.

They reached the middle section of the stone bridge.

Suddenly, a thick mass of black mist appeared in front of them.

The black mist blocked their path, and the sound of heavy hoofbeats came from within the mist.

Clop, clop, clop.

A tall skeletal warhorse walked out of the black mist.

The warhorse had not a shred of flesh on its body, and green ghost fires leaped within its eye sockets.

Sitting on the warhorse was a headless knight three meters tall.

The knight wore tattered black heavy armor and held a rusted bronze spear in its hand.

Although it had no head, the pressure radiating from the knight was astonishing, having reached the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage.

"Those who trespass into the Nether Palace, death without pardon!" A hoarse voice came from the headless knight's chest cavity.

Mary looked at the headless knight and curled her lip.

"You don't even have a head, yet you want to kill people? You look so ugly, just looking at you is nauseating."

Mary reached out with both hands, and ten sharp blood-colored nails grew from her fingers.

She transformed into a streak of black lightning and lunged directly at the headless knight.

"Die!" Mary swung her sharp claws, slashing fiercely at the headless knight's chest.

The headless knight sat on the horse's back, neither dodging nor avoiding, and thrust its bronze spear forward fiercely.

The spear carried a sharp whistling sound, heading straight for Mary's face.

Mary twisted her body flexibly in mid-air, dodging the spear, and her blood-colored claws raked across the headless knight's black heavy armor.

Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

Only a few shallow white marks were left on the heavy armor, and Mary felt her fingers go numb.

"That iron shell is really hard!" Mary exclaimed.

The headless knight missed its strike and swung the spear backhanded.

The spear, like a whip, lashed fiercely toward Mary's waist.

The speed was extremely fast.

Mary didn't have time to dodge and could only protect herself with her black bat wings.

Bang!

Mary was struck by the spear, her body sent flying backward, and she crashed heavily onto the stone bridge.

Although she wasn't injured, she looked extremely disheveled.

"Let me do it!" Seeing this, Chu Ling charged up directly.

She formed seals with her hands, and deep blue cold Qi transformed into a long sword.

Holding the ice sword, Chu Ling leaped into mid-air and slashed down at the headless knight's head.

The headless knight raised its bronze spear to parry.

Boom!

The ice sword and the spear collided.

The powerful force pressed the skeletal warhorse's limbs until they buckled.

Using the momentum, Chu Ling flipped in mid-air, and her right leg, like a steel whip, lashed fiercely against the headless knight's shoulder.

Bang!

The headless knight's body swayed, and a crack appeared on its heavy armor.

But it did not fall.

Instead, it swung its left arm and smashed a fist toward Chu Ling.

Su Yang watched the battle ahead and shook his head.

"You all step back. The monster is forged from Nine Nether Iron; you cannot break its defense."

Su Yang walked forward.

He clenched his right fist.

Golden Pure Yang True Fire instantly enveloped his fist, with purple-blue lightning arcs mixed within the flames.

The high temperature of the Mutated Pure Yang True Fire made the surrounding air scorching.

The headless knight sensed the threat from Su Yang, abandoned Chu Ling, and urged the skeletal warhorse to charge at Su Yang.

The bronze spear, carrying destructive power, thrust straight at Su Yang's heart.

Su Yang did not dodge.

Facing the thrusting spear, he punched out.

"Shatter!"

The golden-purple fist radiance collided with the bronze spear.

There was no sound of metal clashing.

There was only an ear-grating sound of melting.

The moment the spear made contact with the Mutated Pure Yang True Fire, it was instantly melted into a pool of molten iron.

The fist radiance did not lose momentum and smashed fiercely into the headless knight's chest.

Boom!

The indestructible black heavy armor instantly shattered into pieces.

The headless knight's massive body was punched through, and a large hole appeared in its chest, bright from front to back.

The golden-purple flames spread along the wound.

The headless knight didn't even manage to let out a scream before it was instantly burned into a pile of white ash.

The skeletal warhorse also failed to escape, being swallowed by the flames and turning into powder.

After dealing with the headless knight, Su Yang continued to walk forward.

He crossed the stone bridge and arrived at the deepest part of the great hall.

In front appeared a tall black altar.

Above the altar hovered a huge blood-colored crystal coffin.

Nine thick iron chains were wrapped around the coffin, the other ends of the chains nailed to the stone pillars of the altar.

A terrifying fluctuation that made one's heart palpitate radiated from the coffin.

Qin Xueji tugged on the corner of Su Yang's clothes.

"Boss, there is blood dripping down from the coffin. It looks so disgusting."

Su Yang walked to the front of the altar.

He looked at the hovering blood-colored crystal coffin.

Suddenly, a dull knocking sound came from inside the coffin.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Each knock made the entire hall shake.

The nine iron chains were pulled taut, emitting a clattering sound.

Su Yang's face showed no ripples, and he directly lifted his foot to walk up the altar steps.

He wanted to see what kind of thing was inside the coffin.

Walking close to the crystal coffin, the knocking sound became clearer and clearer.

Bang!

The lid of the crystal coffin exploded violently, and shattered glass flew everywhere.

A claw covered in green scales reached out from the coffin, firmly gripping the edge of the coffin.

Immediately following, a monster nearly three meters tall, covered entirely in scales, sat up.

On the monster's head grew two sharp curved horns, and its face was ferocious.

The monster opened its eyes, its red eyeballs rolling to stare at Su Yang.

"Human... It has been a long time since I tasted human blood."

The monster opened its mouth, revealing two rows of sharp fangs, and green drool dripped onto the altar, corroding small pits.

Su Yang looked at the monster, his eyes calm.

"You are truly ugly. Hurry up and go get reincarnated."

Su Yang stomped his right foot on the ground, and his whole body vaulted into the air.

He raised his right fist, which was burning with golden-purple dual-colored flames, aimed it at the monster's head, and smashed down fiercely.

The monster let out a roar and raised its arms to block.

Boom!

The fists collided, and a powerful airflow swept in all directions.

The monster's arms were instantly smashed and broken, bone shards piercing through the scales and exposed.

"Ah—" The monster let out a painful scream.

Su Yang did not give it a chance to catch its breath; his right leg, carrying a whistling wind, kicked the monster in the chest.

Bang!

The monster was kicked, flying backward, breaking a huge stone pillar behind the altar, and fell to the ground.

Su Yang landed steadily and walked step by step toward the monster.

The monster struggled, wanting to get up, panic flashing in its eyes.

"Don't kill me! I know a secret!" the monster shouted.

Su Yang stopped his footsteps.

"Speak."

"As long as you don't kill me, I will tell you the location of the palace's treasure vault! There are countless Heaven And Earth Treasure inside!" the monster's voice trembled.

Su Yang sneered.

"If I kill you, I'll find it myself."

A ball of golden-purple dual-colored flames flicked out from Su Yang's fingertips and landed on the monster.

Instantly, the fire engulfed the monster.

The monster rolled in the flames, its shrill cries echoing in the empty hall.

Not long after, the monster turned into a pile of ash.

Su Yang turned around and looked at the wall behind the altar.

A huge mural was carved on the wall, and in the painting, there was a hidden door.

Su Yang walked over and reached out to press on the door handle on the mural.

He pushed with force.

A clicking sound rang out, and the secret door slowly opened.

Behind the door was a narrow passageway.

Ever-burning lamps were lit on both sides of the passageway.

Su Yang led the women inside.

At the end of the passageway was a circular secret chamber.

In the center of the secret chamber was a white jade platform, on which sat three brocade boxes.

Qin Xueji stepped forward and opened the first brocade box.

Inside was a crystal-clear Medicinal Pill, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.

"Boss, it's a top-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill!" Qin Xueji said in surprise.

Su Yang nodded and opened the second brocade box.

Inside was a Jade Slip, recording a profound sword technique.

When the third brocade box was opened, a dazzling golden light shot out.

Everyone fixed their eyes on it and saw a golden token placed inside.

Two ancient characters were carved on the token: Heaven Gate.

Su Yang picked up the token and felt the powerful spatial power contained within it.

Just at this moment, the floor of the secret chamber suddenly began to shake violently.

"What's going on?" Mary exclaimed.

Bai Li's expression changed slightly.

"Boss, the token seems to have triggered some kind of mechanism."

A crack opened in the floor, and a black vortex appeared before everyone.

A powerful suction force radiated from the vortex, sucking everything around it inside.