933: Chapter 261 933: Chapter 261 A water column struck down, smashing a steel trident, and beneath the ground, a ghost creature burst forth, opening its mouth to howl at them.
It was a purely mindless ghost creature.
This ghost creature was connected to the tomb’s aura, seemingly a part of the tomb itself.
Su He looked at Ji Feixue, “Guards?”
Ji Feixue nodded slightly.
Su He immediately felt disheartened.
The guards were such mindless ghost creatures, with no possibility of communication.
Should such ghost creatures be suppressed?
It felt wrong to kill the guards given his own bird was buried in the tomb.
Su He flexed his claws, planning to first suppress the guards below.
Suddenly, Ji Feixue beside him raised her hand and threw the fox in her hands in the opposite direction.
The fox screamed, tracing a parabola towards Yuan Fang, and several ghost creature guards leapt out from underground, howling as they chased after the fox.
“Let’s go!” Ji Feixue rushed towards the tomb first.
Su He followed closely behind.
The guards chasing the fox sensed someone rushing towards the tomb but did not turn back; instead, they only looked back and howled at the two.
No sooner had they reached the foot of the tomb than a red light flashed between Ji Feixue’s eyebrows; the fox jumped out cursing under its breath—it dared not curse at Ji Feixue and was instead cursing at the ghost creatures.
“Isn’t it just stealing a star?
It’s been hundreds of years; was it necessary?”
Thought I was easy to catch, huh?
You bunch of ghost creatures can’t catch up with me anymore!
I can teleport home instantly!
A Soul Beast could instantly return to its master’s Intention Orifice no matter where it was.
It cursed as it collided with the tomb, its form semi-illusory, and then it burrowed through the tomb’s doorway.
Soon after, a rumbling sound was heard, and the tomb’s door opened.
Ji Feixue was the first to walk inside.
Seeing Su He’s astonishment, she explained, “The Red Fox comes from the Tomb of the Human Emperor, all major tombs naturally cannot block it.”
Su He blinked, Xuan Yuan Tomb Nine-tailed Fox?
How come a fox has a connection with tombs?
Upon entering the tomb, the scene before them changed instantly.
It was not a deep burial passage but a space resembling a football field in shape.
The sky above was a starry sky!
Not the illusory starry sky like that of the Inner World, but a real one.
This starry sky seemed to have been trapped here by the tomb.
There were heavenly ladders below the starry sky, ascending to the heavens.
“There are nine layers to the tomb; this is just the first.
I’ve only come here and haven’t been able to reach the second layer.
I had picked up half a star here and was almost killed by those guards,”
The fox closed the tomb’s entrance and led the way, explaining like a tour guide.
“There’s nothing on the first layer, just this broken starry sky, nothing interesting.
Sometimes, guards even emerge from below.
Let’s move, move quickly!”
The fox urged them on, clearly wary of the guards here.
Su He looked up, smiled at the starry sky above, and thought it was not entirely devoid of things.
This was the Southern Seven Mansions!
The power of the stars had become so dense it had condensed into dew.
If Su He had the True Body of Vermilion Bird, he could have comprehended it here.
Unfortunately, the Peacock True Body had not yet embarked on the Vermilion Bird Path.
Checking all around and sensing nothing unusual, this layer was just a pure starry sky.
The group ascended the heavenly ladder.
There were no mechanisms or traps on the ladder.
There wasn’t even a hint of a mana fluctuation.
Step by step, they climbed higher, walking straight into the starry sky—the starry sky was not high, only about a hundred feet.
The stars were not large, the largest being just over three feet in diameter.
Reaching the end of the ladder was like encountering a layer of water curtain, sweeping over everyone.
Before they could react, they were already on the second layer.
The second layer was a spacious grassland.
In the center of the grassland, a Tao Palace stood towering.
Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace, Xuanwu Entrance!