The moment the tomb door opened, an extremely strong stench of decay assailed them, filling the entire tomb passage.
It was the smell of rotting air.
This place had not been opened for over a century.
A hundred years was enough time to decompose the flesh of all living things. Even the Miao King only left behind a single Gu worm, borrowing a corpse to revive and prolong her existence.
But the gasping sound from within the coffin was real, and it gradually became long and clear.
Ji Tianrui smiled.
The middle-aged man’s face, however, was already ashen.
He clenched his fists and looked at Ji Tianrui, who was only half a body remaining but still softly chuckling, her eyes filled with hatred.
Then, he turned to look at the coffin.
“No!”
“Absolutely cannot let him wake up—otherwise, I, Old Yin, and even His Majesty, will hardly survive!”
“While he hasn’t fully recovered—let’s fight!”
Whoosh!
The middle-aged man suddenly erupted, his true qi surging so violently that it even tore his meridians, granting him an unprecedented speed as he instantly rushed into the tomb chamber.
As he passed Ji Tianrui, he shot her a hateful glance and struck out with a palm.
Bang!
Ji Tianrui had voluntarily dispersed her protective true qi to break through the obstruction, and was cut in half by him, now only having her upper body. Just opening the stone door had exhausted her last shred of true qi, and she was now on her last breath. How could she defend against this palm strike?
With a muffled thud, she was instantly sent flying, slamming into the wall, then rolling to the ground. Her waist and abdomen bled profusely, and her vision gradually darkened.
But she was still softly chuckling, barely managing to lift her head to look at the coffin.
The middle-aged man rushed to the coffin and stepped forward with a firm stride!
His left leg landed with a boom.
His right fist was held at his waist, then struck out with full force!
Buzz—This punch was incredibly powerful; even an ordinary Celestial would have shattered this stone coffin into dust, but when his punch landed, it produced a piercing hum, and the stone coffin remained completely undamaged.
It wasn’t that the middle-aged man held back; at this moment, blood was overflowing from his nose and mouth, indicating he had suffered a serious internal injury.
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Injuring oneself before injuring others! Destroying the liver and breaking the lungs, all seven injured!
When this punch struck the stone coffin, seven streams of force penetrated it. Even if the stone coffin contained a piece of refined iron, it would be torn apart by the force!
And the breathing sound from within the stone coffin actually stopped.
But the middle-aged man knew the terror of the person within the stone coffin, so how could he be careless? Disregarding his own internal injuries, he desperately unleashed his fists upon the stone coffin!
Heart-Damaging Formula!
Lung-Injuring Formula!
Liver-Destroying Formula!
Concealed-Separation Formula!
Essence-Loss Formula!
Mind-Delusion Formula!
The essence of the Seven Injury Fist was unleashed upon the stone coffin as if it were worthless, and the middle-aged man’s injuries grew heavier with each strike.
“Pfft!” Finally, unable to suppress his internal injuries, he violently spat out a mouthful of blood mist and retreated.
Within the coffin, there was no longer any sound.
“Is it over?”
The middle-aged man muttered to himself in disbelief.
“Dead—?”
“Really—ha, hahahaha, hahahaha!”
He burst into laughter, feeling that his previous fear was simply ridiculous! If he had known this earlier, why would he have painstakingly guarded this place for over ten years, trembling with fear!
He should have come in and thrown a punch long ago!
“Cough, cough cough—”
The middle-aged man turned to look at Ji Tianrui, who was coughing up blood.
“Your scheme has failed!”
“Cough cough—heh.”
A faint smile appeared on Ji Tianrui’s pale face.
“Senior, is this your first time fighting to the death? Only after grinding your opponent to dust is it time to be proud—you haven’t even seen the corpse, aren’t you laughing a bit too early?”
“Look—”
Ji Tianrui tremblingly raised her hand and pointed at the stone coffin,
“My scheme has succeeded.”
The middle-aged man’s pupils constricted, and he suddenly turned to look at the stone coffin.
His blood, which he had just spat out, was scattered on the stone coffin, slowly disappearing.
It seemed as if the stone coffin was sucking his blood.
“!!!”
The middle-aged man’s face suddenly turned pale. Disregarding his internal injuries, he fully activated his true qi, flashed to the front of the stone coffin, and punched down!
Pfft.
A soft sound.
His fist stopped in mid-air.
The middle-aged man lowered his head and looked at his chest.
There, a dried-up arm, like a withered branch, was gripping his heart.
His face filled with terror, he forced himself to speak.
“Your Majes—” The arm pulled his heart out and retracted back into the stone coffin.
The middle-aged man collapsed limply, his lips moving. His limbs twitched a few times, then he was silent.
After a long pause, a soft sigh came from within the stone coffin.
“Alas—”
“No, suitable.”
Boom!
The coffin lid suddenly exploded, sending fragments of stone flying.
After a while, a person sat up from within the stone coffin.
To call it a person, it was actually more like a mummified corpse.
Its skin was shriveled, hair sparse, teeth loose, cheeks sunken, and its entire body was pitch black. It wore a decayed imperial yellow robe, its patterns faded, but nine coiled dragons could vaguely be seen.
Only its eyes were full and vibrant.
The mummified corpse leaned on the coffin and stood up, its nose twitching, then it suddenly turned to look at Ji Tianrui.
“Celestial.”
Ji Tianrui chuckled softly.
“Your Majesty, I am a demoness from Miao territory, my body is full of Gu poison, so I am not suitable either.”
“If Your Majesty is hungry, outside the tomb, there is just a traitorous subject named Yin Ruihua, who should be suitable.”
“However, I hope Your Majesty, for my meritorious service in waking you, can heal my injuries? In another quarter of an hour, I will truly die.”
The mummified corpse scrutinized Ji Tianrui from head to toe.
“Good.”
Before her words finished, he had already appeared before Ji Tianrui, gripping the lower half of Ji Tianrui’s torso in his hand, and putting her back together.
Then, he reached out and grasped Ji Tianrui’s pulse point.
An exceptionally powerful and violent true qi surged into Ji Tianrui’s body, activating the Gu worms within her.
In an instant, Ji Tianrui’s wounds began to grow flesh and blood, and her muscles and bones reconnected.
A quarter of an hour later, Ji Tianrui, like a drowning person taking their first breath of air, suddenly let out a long sigh.
“Ha—”
Ji Tianrui braced herself with her hands and slowly stood up. Although she was covered in blood and some flesh and blood had not yet been fully replenished,
She could already move freely.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
She said with a light chuckle.
The mummified corpse glanced at her.
Then, it suddenly raised a hand and punched her shoulder!
Ji Tianrui had just recovered from severe injuries; how could she resist? She was sent flying backward, slamming heavily into the wall, and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
“Dis, respectful.”
The mummified corpse said, then turned and walked out of the tomb.
Ji Tianrui raised a hand to wipe away the blood from the corner of her mouth and chuckled softly.
“Heh heh, truly violent—”
“The rumors were not false.”
She slowly raised her head and looked outside the tomb. “Old Yin, what will it be? Upon seeing your old master, should you fight back fiercely, or surrender meekly?”
She then looked towards the direction of the capital.
“The method to break the situation has been found.”
“Let me see if you’re truly dead.”
Ji Tianrui slowly opened her mouth.
“Father.”