114: Chapter 114 Don't get up

Chen You quickly regained his composure.

He didn't even bother to check how much the attributes of these skeletal soldiers had been weakened.

Because it was meaningless.

Anyway, it was all a matter of a single sword strike.

He simply stepped forward and continued walking toward the depths of the corridor.

His footsteps echoed in the dead silence of the tomb, clear and rhythmic.

"Tap... tap... tap..."

As he advanced, those dozen or so skeletal soldiers prostrating themselves did not stand up; instead, they trembled even more violently.

Their skulls, pressed tight against the ground, collided with the stone bricks, making soft "clack-clack" sounds.

Chen You walked right through them without looking aside.

The Chaotic Stars sword qi harvested them directly.

"Shhh... shhh..."

On the stone walls ahead on both sides, a large amount of dust and gravel suddenly came rustling down.

Immediately after, one after another, rotting, withered arms abruptly pierced out from the walls!

It was [Earthbound Spirit LV21]!

They were another common type of undead creature, skilled at launching sneak attacks from shadows and walls, making them hard to defend against.

A good twenty or thirty Earthbound Spirits "squeezed" their upper bodies out of the walls almost at the same time.

Their faces were distorted, and they roared silently, stretching out their sharp claws toward the center of the passage, toward the only living thing.

However, just as they finished their "boot-up animation."

The movements of all the Earthbound Spirits came to a screeching halt.

Their hollow eye sockets reflected the figure slowly walking toward them, as if they had seen some terrifying existence whose level of life was incomprehensible, irresistible, and impossible to look at directly.

It was a shudder originating from the deepest part of the soul!

"Wuu..."

A faint wail, almost inaudible, came from the throat of one Earthbound Spirit.

The next second.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Those twenty or thirty Earthbound Spirits, who had been fierce and malevolent just a moment ago, "fell" out of the walls in unison and collapsed onto the ground.

Then, using all their strength, they buried their heads deep into the cold dust.

Their posture was exactly the same as the skeletal soldiers before.

Chen You's footsteps did not pause in the slightest.

He didn't even spare a second glance at either side.

He just walked right down the middle of a "carpet" paved with the bodies of undead creatures.

They trembled; they bowed their heads in submission.

In their most humble posture, they welcomed the arrival of this uninvited guest.

No, it wasn't an arrival.

It was a royal descent.

This corridor leading to the depths of the tomb, under the blessing of the "Terror of Ghosts" title, had become an exclusive, supreme VIP passage.

Unobstructed.

And where he passed, everything returned to complete silence.

"The efficiency is decent."

Chen You gave a fair evaluation in his heart.

Compared to using Exorcism Talismans in Wailing Valley, this method was clearly more cost-effective and... easier.

He didn't even have to throw things himself.

Moving forward, he passed through two stone chambers.

The types of monsters appearing ahead became more and more varied.

Holding giant axes, [Skeletal Abomination LV23] were stitched together from countless corpses.

Floating in the air and spreading negative energy were [Screaming Banshee LV22].

They emerged from the darkness, crawled out from underground, and hung down from the ceiling.

But without exception.

The moment they saw Chen You, all killing intent, violence, and malice vanished in an instant.

In its place was a fear that penetrated to the marrow of their bones.

"Thump!"

"Clang!"

"Whimper..."

Various sounds rose and fell, merging into a bizarre symphony.

Hundreds and thousands of undead monsters knelt neatly in two rows, completely clearing the path in the middle.

The scene was grand and solemn.

If any other player saw this scene right now, they would probably doubt their very existence on the spot.

Is this fucking clearing a dungeon?

This is clearly an Undead Monarch inspecting his territory!

Chen You's expression remained indifferent.

After sweeping through, he arrived before a massive black iron door.

Complicated patterns were carved upon the door, with a relief of a hideous demon's head in the center, emitting an ominous aura.

[System Prompt: Ahead is the central hall of the 'Tomb of Thousand Lights,' occupied by powerful elite guards. Do you wish to enter?]

"Finally something decent?"

Chen You muttered to himself.

Without the slightest hesitation, he reached out and gave a gentle push.

Rumble—

The heavy door opened at his touch, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Behind the door was a huge circular hall.

In the center of the hall stood a behemoth over five meters tall.

It wore a set of battered ancient general's armor and held a massive, rust-stained horse-chopping saber in its hand.

Inside its hollow eye sockets, what burned was not blue soul-fire, but two clumps of dark red, material-like flames!

At its feet lay the remains of over a hundred skeletal soldiers scattered in all directions.

[Skeleton General · Meng Hun LV25 (Elite Lord)]

[Introduction: A powerful ancestor of the Meng Family. After death, his obsession did not dissipate, and he transformed into the tomb's guardian, possessing the ability to command low-level undead.]

The moment Chen You stepped into the hall.

That Skeleton General snapped its head around, its two clumps of dark red soul-fire locking onto Chen You.

A pressure far stronger than that of ordinary undead instantly enveloped the entire hall.

Under the collision of its pressure and the pressure from Chen You's "Terror of Ghosts" title, the air in the hall seemed to freeze.

The bones of the Skeleton General emitted an overburdened "creak," and the arm holding the horse-chopping saber trembled violently.

Its soul-fire flickered intensely; one half was the anger and battle intent of a guardian.

The other half was an irrepressible fear coming from a natural predator!

It didn't kneel directly like the small mobs outside.

It was resisting!

"Roar—!!!"

Ultimately, its dignity as a Lord and its obsession with guarding the tomb overcame its instinctive fear.

The Skeleton General let out a deafening roar and raised the horse-chopping saber high, dark red energy gathering on the blade.

[Skill: Soul-Severing Slash]!

"Oh? It actually didn't kneel."

A hint of a serious expression finally appeared on Chen You's face.

But that was it.

Facing that slash which condensed terrifying power and was enough to one-shot any tank player at this stage, he didn't even move his feet.

He just had a thought.

Buzz—!

Two streaks of brilliant golden light suddenly flew out from behind him!

jade brilliance!

The twin swords left his body but did not rush directly toward the Skeleton General.

One of the yuhuang swords traced a profound arc in the air, instantly splitting into hundreds and thousands of sharp sword shadows, like a high-speed rotating golden star ring, encircling Chen You's body.

Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique, Second Form—Chaotic Stars!

Defend!

The other yuhuang sword paused in the air, its tip pointing straight at the massive Skeleton General. Golden light erupted from the blade, dazzling and brilliant, like a condensed sun!

Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique, First Form—Startling Swan!

Attack!

At almost the exact same instant that the Skeleton General's horse-chopping saber was about to descend.

"Swish—!"

The yuhuang sword performing "Startling Swan" turned into a streak of golden lightning invisible to the naked eye, instantly tearing through the air and piercing through space!