185: catfish

"Senior Sister, I feel like I might be in trouble. I haven't been able to open this Storage Pouch yet, but I can sense a massive amount of supplies inside, and there is an extremely powerful Restriction on it."

As Du Xian spoke, he took out a Storage Pouch; this was the one he had obtained from the offspring of the alien Powerhouse he had slain earlier.

A glint of sharpness flashed in Su Yao's eyes. She took the Storage Pouch and examined it carefully, after which she was filled with shock.

"The owner of this Storage Pouch seems to have a truly noble status. There is a golden Token inside. Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, take a look and see if anyone recognizes it."

Among everyone present, Su Yao definitely had the highest seniority; not only was she the Personal Disciple of the First Peak's Chief, but her Cultivation was also on par with a Quasi-Emperor Expert.

Many of those present were much older than her, some even by hundreds of years, but Su Yao's strength was indisputable, and everyone knew she was the strongest Powerhouse.

Therefore, even though she referred to them as Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, no one felt any dissatisfaction.

After everyone examined it, they all shook their heads, unable to understand what it was, though the massive amount of resources inside shocked them somewhat.

"Junior Brother, from whom did you obtain this Storage Pouch? I just observed it, and the resources inside are enough to nurture a Quasi-Emperor Expert. If this is a Quasi-Emperor Expert's Storage Pouch, it shouldn't be a big deal."

Su Yao returned the Storage Pouch, and Du Xian scratched his head in thought.

"The other party's Cultivation seems to have only been at the Golden Core stage."

Once these words were spoken, everyone fell silent for a moment, and then expressions of panic appeared on their faces.

According to normal logic, a Cultivator with a Storage Pouch containing such massive resources should not be weak, yet the other party was merely a Golden Core Powerhouse. Calculating it this way, the other party must have had an extremely wealthy background.

"Senior Sister, take this Storage Pouch. When you return to the city, show it to Revered Master; perhaps Revered Master will know what this is."

Du Xian felt it was inconvenient to carry this thing on him. If the resources inside could be accessed, it would be a significant fortune, and Revered Master would definitely have a way.

Su Yao nodded and took it. Just as everyone was preparing to continue forward, they heard a Junior Brother at the very front of the group cry out in surprise.

"Wow!"

Everyone crowded forward, and they saw that at the end of the long, narrow corridor, there was a completely different scene.

Stone walls hundreds of feet high appeared before them. Although it was pitch black and devoid of light, they were able to clearly see the situation ahead with the help of their techniques.

Strange statues were carved into the mountain, massive in size, giving people an intense sense of oppression.

Even though the Cultivation of those present was not weaker than the Nirvana stage, everyone still felt a lingering fear.

These statues were extremely ferocious, and none of them were of the Human Race; they were all various strange species.

Directly in front of them was a surging river, black as ink. It looked very calm, but ripples would appear from time to time. There was no wind blowing here, nor were there any water droplets falling, unless something was slowly moving within this abyssal black river.

"Is that the entrance to the Ancient Tomb ahead?"

Someone pointed at a dark golden door on the other side of the river and spoke loudly. Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, where an inconspicuous door stood, embedded just below a statue.

If one didn't look carefully, it was very likely that they would mistake it for part of the mountain and ignore it completely.

Everyone took flight, preparing to cross the river, but an extremely strange force descended from the sky, pressing heavily on them and forcing them to fall into the river.

"Not good!"

Su Yao was quick-witted and fast-handed; she hurriedly brandished her whip, pulling everyone back to the ground where they had just been standing with all her might.

"This river is strange; it seems one cannot fly over it."

Su Yao caught her breath. Just that burst of effort had barely allowed her to fly for a moment to pull everyone back, and that single act had consumed thirty percent of her spiritual energy.

"The moment I flew over the river surface, I felt as if my body was being crushed by a mountain ten thousand feet high. I couldn't move at all and fell straight down. If it weren't for Senior Sister, we would already have fallen into the river."

Du Xian frowned deeply. A wisp of golden flame instantly rose in his hand, and he threw it into the river water, attempting to illuminate the situation below.

The river water rippled, and the intense temperature caused the river water to boil slightly in a small area, but below it remained pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

Bubbles began to emerge from the bottom of the lake. Everyone's expressions immediately tensed up, and immediately after, they saw a large, pitch-black Catfish slowly float up from the lake water.

"Who is disturbing this seat's long slumber here?"

The aged voice was deafening, as if it came from above the Nine Heavens, and the surrounding mountain seemed to tremble slowly because of this sound.

Everyone covered their ears, expressions of pain appearing on their faces. The other party was clearly a Powerhouse who excelled in sound, and might even be able to unleash attacks similar to sound waves.

Having witnessed many alien races, they were no longer surprised by these alien races.

They almost instantly locked onto the other party's means of attack and potential combat power.

"A Quasi-Emperor Expert, water-attribute; we might not be able to defeat it."

This was the first time Su Yao had encountered a Quasi-Emperor Expert that lived in water; she had never fought one like this before and felt unsure.

"The Human Race? Hahahaha! That old thing's final legacy has actually been seized by the Human Race. Retribution, this is retribution!"

Upon seeing the few humans present, the Catfish burst into laughter.

Everyone exchanged glances, seemingly not understanding what it meant.

"You little brats, hurry inside and take everything that belongs to that old thing. You can just cross the river!"

As the Catfish spoke, it ordered the group to hurry inside, while simultaneously making haste to clear a path. Everyone could clearly feel that the heavy pressure that had just covered the entire surface of the river had dissipated completely within the path it had cleared.

Outside of the path it had cleared, the other areas remained filled with heavy pressure.

"Who are you?"

Su Yao and the others did not cross the river immediately; instead, they looked at the Catfish in front of them with cold eyes. If the other party made any unusual movement, they would attack immediately.

"This seat is the Black Spirit Emperor! It is a pity that I was forcibly Sealed just after breaking through to the Great Emperor stage. That old thing insisted on Sealing me in this river to act as a guardian beast for his Ancient Tomb!"

"My tens of thousands of years of Lifespan are to be pitied!"

Mentioning the past, the Catfish seemed to have very unstable emotions, and its face revealed anger and ferocity.