Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

After walking through a long tunnel, a huge stone pit appeared before the group of one man and two beasts.

Inside the pit, broken statues were piled haphazardly; some were of humans, some of beasts, and some of alien races that couldn't be identified. Each one, no matter how damaged, exuded a powerful aura, far stronger than that of a Core Formation cultivator.

Beside the stone pit stood a ten-foot-tall stone tablet. On its front were four white characters on a black background: "Exterminate Before Breakfast." On the back was a narrative written by King Xue himself.

"I have traveled through many realms, slaying countless powerful enemies, using this to comprehend the Dao. Within this pit lie the remains of fifty-three powerful individuals from various races, none of whom could withstand a hundred rounds. Hence, 'Exterminate Before Breakfast.' Those who come after, if they can defeat three of them, may enter the inner sanctum and obtain the opportunity I have left behind."

Zhang Yuanjing clicked his tongue in amazement. This man was truly arrogant and narcissistic, turning the powerful enemies he had slain into statues and tossing them into a stone pit instead of finding a proper place to display them. He wanted to proclaim his achievements while also showing his contempt for these individuals.

Moreover, in his eyes, the magical treasures outside were not worth mentioning; only the inner sanctum could be considered a true opportunity, indicating that the treasures within were at least one level higher than magical treasures.

However, he held no hope for it. This was because the broken statues in the pit were too strong, far beyond what he could handle.

However, the stone pit was surrounded by thick, mountain-like stone walls, which were sealed by the power of formations, leaving no visible exit.

According to the middle-aged man from the Quiet Sea, the only way out of this place was to move forward. If he couldn't find an exit, he would have to fight these statues, which offered almost no chance of victory.

If this was the only path, it was as if, for anyone below the Nascent Soul stage who entered the tomb, there would be no return, only death.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but shake his head. He didn't believe that Jie Tianwei would come to such a deadly place.

Since he had obtained the method for making jade pendants, he must have known a great deal about this place and would never knowingly walk into a death trap.

So, he turned to look at the inscription on the tablet again. The inscription was extremely simple and didn't hide any secrets.

Where was the key to breaking this situation?

At this moment, the Emerald-Eyed Suanni Beast let out a squeaking sound toward the stone pit.

Ape Thirteen pointed to a statue missing its head and conveyed his thoughts to Zhang Yuanjing: "The Suanni Beast says that statue is rising up."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanjing's pupils constricted. He fixed his gaze on it and indeed saw the statue slowly moving upward. It exuded an extremely strong aura, but it seemed to be restricted by something, making its movement very difficult.

He examined the other statues and found that they were all motionless. Only this statue was climbing.

Clearly, once a cultivator arrived here, they had no choice. The statues in the stone pit would come out on their own. This place was only a few dozen feet in radius. Even if one ran backward, they would only return to the main hall, offering no escape.

Only by moving forward, only by defeating this statue, was there a chance to survive.

He raised his hand, took out the Armor-Piercing Axe, took a light breath, aimed at the statue, and slashed at it.

"Clang!"

The axe struck the statue's shoulder and was bounced back. The statue trembled slightly, fell two inches, and then began to rise again, but its speed was slightly faster than before.

Looking at the statue itself, it was completely unharmed, and even the aura it emitted had not weakened in the slightest.

Zhang Yuanjing attacked again, manipulating the Armor-Piercing Axe to strike the statue's severed neck. This time, it was the same as before, but the statue's rising speed noticeably increased.

A thought flashed through his mind, and the four characters "Exterminate Before Breakfast" appeared. He immediately understood the true meaning—he had to destroy the statue within a certain number of rounds, otherwise, there would be no chance of success.

According to the inscription, King Xue had never taken more than a hundred rounds to defeat his powerful enemies.

This meant that he had at most a hundred chances to destroy the statue. If he exceeded this number, the statue would definitely emerge from the stone pit.

Zhang Yuanjing summoned the Armor-Piercing Axe and made it slash in the air, not rushing to attack the statue.

After more than twenty breaths, feeling that the axe had accumulated enough power, he pointed with a hand gesture, and the axe slashed straight at the statue's severed neck like a shooting star chasing the moon.

"Boom!"

A loud noise shook the stone pit and the tunnel.

Dust and smoke flew from the statue's neck. The Armor-Piercing Axe cut a two-inch-deep mark on it.

The statue fell more than a foot, but its rebounding force was even stronger, suddenly leaping up a foot and a half.

From the edge of the stone pit to the statue was at most ten feet. If he attacked the statue with this intensity, it would only take a dozen or so strikes for the statue to emerge from the stone pit.

Ape Thirteen squeaked and said, "Yuanjing, let me smash it for you. I guarantee I'll crack its skull open with one blow!"

Without waiting for Zhang Yuanjing to agree, it flew up, protected by golden light, swung the Chaos-Turning Staff, and smashed it down.

"Boom!"

碎石飞溅，烟尘弥漫。那塑像的断颈被猿十三一棍砸裂。

However, Ape Thirteen was also directly blasted away by the statue's counterattack, like a missile, crashing into the stone wall above. Only then did it let out a miserable cry of "Ouch" and fall to the ground.

Zhang Yuanjing was startled and quickly went over to check its injuries.

He saw that the golden light protecting the golden-haired monkey's body had long been shattered. Between its chest and abdomen, a large patch of fur was missing, revealing bloody, festering flesh with a black "stain" in the middle, which was shocking to see.

He quickly took out two healing pills, crushed one and sprinkled it on the wound, and had Ape Thirteen take the other. He also took out a detoxification pill and had it swallow that as well.

Ape Thirteen caught its breath and said with divine thought, "Yuanjing, I'm fine. It's just a skin wound and will heal quickly. Go see how the statue is!"

After speaking, it began to circulate the Nine Revolutions Golden Body to repair its wounds.

Seeing that it was indeed not a major problem, Zhang Yuanjing turned to look at the statue at the edge of the stone pit.

Just now, he had caught a glimpse of the statue being knocked down more than three feet by Ape Thirteen's blow, and he thought it had already leaped back up, even rising more than a foot. But to his surprise, the statue was still in the position where it had been smashed down, having only risen back an inch.

Clearly, having suffered that fierce blow from Ape Thirteen, the statue couldn't withstand it and was unable to immediately spring back.

However, Ape Thirteen was also seriously injured and could not attack again in a short period of time.

At this time, the statue was still more than ten feet away from the edge of the stone pit, but its rising speed was more than twice as fast as it had been at the beginning.

Zhang Yuanjing did not continue to attack but instead began to ponder the intention behind this arrangement.

If it was to screen the strength of those entering the tomb, it would not be to prevent the statue from leaping out of the stone pit, but rather to directly release a statue and let those entering the tomb fight it head-on.

The current situation was clearly not to test the cultivation level and combat ability of those entering the tomb, but rather to insult these statues, thereby humiliating the beings behind the statues.

He was shocked: Could it be that the souls or remnants of those powerful individuals were sealed within the statues?