Chapter 147: The Eldest Senior Brother of Luodi Mountain (Part Twelve)

"This might be an even more terrifying forbidden area than the Demon Abyss Forbidden Zone..."
Su Chen's heart was heavy.
Fang Bubai was currently fighting in the Demon Abyss Forbidden Zone.
He had no time to spare for the Ancient Tomb Forbidden Zone.
Just how many terrifying things were hidden between heaven and earth?
Su Chen asked, "Have you explored the other areas here?"
Yuwen Wushuang smiled bitterly, "Those who explored the other areas never returned."
Never returned; it could be assumed they were all dead.
In an instant, everyone's spirits plummeted.
Either way, they were going to die!
Staying here, even a Saint King-level expert would eventually become a terrifying monster.
Su Chen said, “Everyone, I plan to venture deeper into the forest in search of a miracle. If you are willing to come with me, you can. If not, I will not force you. Perhaps there will still be a glimmer of hope after the zombie horde dissipates.”
Xiao Qianling spoke first, “I am willing to go with Senior Brother.”
Yuwen Wushuang continued, “I was already planning to venture deeper and take a gamble, but I didn’t expect to see you all here.”
“Nangong Chen, I believe you won’t die here!”
The two surviving Saint Kings also spoke up, “Saint Nangong, we are also willing to go with you to search for a glimmer of hope. Even if we die, we cannot sit and wait to perish.”
The remaining Saints wavered. Some wanted to wait for the zombie horde to dissipate and then seek an opportunity to leave from the outside world.
Others chose to believe that this number one person in the Azure Netherworld Dao Domain could create another miracle.
The Saints were like this.
The others were even less willing.
In the end, only one-third of them were willing to leave with Su Chen.
At this moment,
from the direction of the Xuanming Demon Realm,
Zhu Huangtian spoke: "Nangong Chen, we are willing to leave with you!"
Few of the Xuanming Demon Realm's powerful figures remained. Besides Zhu Huangtian, only one Saint King survived.
Su Yanbai was nowhere to be found.
The rest had perished in the horde of corpses, torn apart by countless powerful figures.
Su Chen nodded.
The powerful figures of the Xuanming Demon Realm followed Su Chen's footsteps.
Their figures gradually disappeared.
.......
Su Chen didn't know how much time had passed.
The deeper they went,
the more bizarre the power became.
And the more dangerous it became.
Su Chen witnessed a Saint vanish into thin air.
He also saw a terrifying monster directly kill a Saint King.
Having experienced life-or-death crises...
Xiao Qianling suddenly said, "Senior Brother, doesn't that look like Second Senior Sister?"
In the distance, there stood an ancient bronze tree, upon which countless skulls were formed.
Beneath the tree sat an elderly woman with a wrinkled face. One could vaguely discern from the corners of her eyes that she must have been a peerless beauty in her youth.
Su Chen looked and recognized her as Ye Jinghong, who had disappeared long ago. He wondered why she had aged so drastically.
However… Ye Jinghong seemed to still be alive, though weakened, she still possessed vitality.
It should be noted that Ye Jinghong had been in the forbidden area of ​​the ancient tomb for a hundred years.
Yet she was still alive.
This gave everyone hope for survival.
"If we can rescue Junior Sister Ye, perhaps we can figure out some things,"
Su Chen knew.
The only way to survive lay with Ye Jinghong.
Ye Jinghong's current situation is extremely dangerous.
A Saint went to scout ahead.
The group observed the movement of the ancient bronze tree.
No movement.
But just as the Saint was about to approach Ye Jinghong,
suddenly, everyone noticed that the Saint was rapidly aging.
In a short while, he transformed from a young man into an old man with white hair.
His expression was terrified, as if he wanted to say something, but finally he collapsed to the ground, turning into a pile of white bones, and then slowly disappearing into the world.
A Saint, in the outside world, could have established a sacred land or lineage that lasted for thousands of years.
He died so mysteriously.
This was even more terrifying than being killed by a strange creature.
Xiao Qianling suddenly said, "Senior Brother, Senior Sister Ye has changed."
After the Saint's death, Su Chen noticed that the previously aged Ye Jinghong seemed to have regained her youth, and her pale, lifeless face had also changed slightly.
A moment later, Ye Jinghong opened her eyes.
"Senior Brother Nangong? Junior Sister Xiao?"
A look of surprise and joy flashed in Ye Jinghong's eyes.
The mysterious bronze tree rapidly shrank, landing in Ye Jinghong's hand.
Facing the astonished expressions of the crowd, Ye Jinghong patted her chest, somewhat shaken, and said, "This damned place, I almost died!"
Xiao Qianling blinked: "Second Senior Sister, how did you manage to survive until now?"
Ye Jinghong smiled, haughtily replying, "Of course, it's thanks to this treasure. I found it in this godforsaken place. It can resist the invasion of strange substances, but it consumes my lifespan."
"I almost passed away, thankfully there was an unlucky fellow."
Su Chen looked at the bronze divine tree in Ye Jinghong's hand.
It exuded a strange aura.
It could easily kill a Saint and even absorb and refine their life force.
Xiao Qianling said, "Second Senior Sister is truly amazing."
Ye Jinghong was very pleased.
The crowd looked on as if they had seen a savior.
“Ye Jinghong, do you know how we should leave this place?”
Faced with their hopes, Ye Jinghong shook her head without hesitation.
If she could leave, she would have already done so.
The crowd was disappointed.
However, Ye Jinghong continued, “Everyone, although I don’t know how to leave this place, I have discovered an immense opportunity here.”
“An opportunity left behind by an ancient emperor!”
The crowd’s eyes burned with excitement.
An opportunity left behind by an ancient emperor?
Perhaps, it contains the key to leaving this place.
The crowd followed Ye Jinghong to search for the opportunity left behind by the ancient emperor.
Led by Ye Jinghong, the crowd arrived at an ancient palace.
“There’s actually an ancient palace here?”
The crowd was shocked.
Such a strange place would be avoided by most.
There were even traces of living beings here.
“Could this be the place where the mastermind behind everything once resided?”
The crowd speculated.
If that's truly the case,
this might indeed be the place where an ancient emperor resided.