Chapter 26: The Stone Tomb's Astonishing Change

  "It was really a narrow escape! If we hadn't subdued the Phoenix Ancient Sword, I'm afraid the sword energy storm in this Sword Mountain would have struck us to smithereens." Watching the surging sword energy pouring into the Phoenix Ancient Sword, Fang Yan had a lingering fear on his face.

  "Fortunately, we succeeded. Otherwise, we would have really ended up here." Looking at the silver-white Phoenix Ancient Sword in her hand, the sword energy was nourished by the sword mound, and the Seven-Colored Crystal color was restored. Fu Qingxuan had a look of celebration on her face.

  "The Sword Mountain has been destroyed, and this sword tomb has lost its value for continued existence. Let's go to the Sword Tomb and take a look. This is the place where the strong swordsmen of ancient times were buried, and there must be many treasures inside." After the destruction of Sword Mountain, Fang Yan scanned his surroundings and said.

  The sword was sheathed, and the two of them walked through the sword platform and continued on their way.

  Passing through the sword platform, what comes into view is a stone gate. The years have left mottled marks on the gate, and many places are completely rotten.

  "Let's go and take a look." Fang Yan saw the arched stone gate, knowing that this was the core of the Sword Tomb, the place where the strong swordsmen sat in meditation.

  Fu Qingxuan nodded upon hearing this, and the two of them, filled with a sense of reverence, pushed open the rotten stone gate.

  The stone gate opened with a slight push. The stone tomb was filled with dust, and the two of them entered it. What they saw was a stone coffin, behind which there was a square stone table. On the stone table, there was an ancient bronze lamp, an ancient book, a broken sword, and nothing else.

  "There's an ancient book on the stone pedestal, let me go take a look at what it is!" Fang Yan glanced around the stone tomb and saw the ancient book and broken sword on the stone pedestal, and suddenly felt a thrill.

  "Be careful, I feel that something is off about this place." Fu Qingxuan reminded Fang Yan.

  "Shadow Sword Technique." Fang Yan waved his hand, and a burst of energy suddenly shot out, instantly sweeping away the dust on the stone pedestal. Fang Yan picked up the ancient book and glanced at it.

  "Fang Yan, be careful, something is off in this stone tomb, I saw a black shadow floating by." Just as Fang Yan picked up the ancient book, a black shadow suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the stone tomb.

  The ancient bronze lamp had been extinguished for many years, the stone tomb was dimly lit, and a faint black shadow floated above the stone coffin.

  Fang Yan heard this and put away the Phantom Sword Manual, retreating to Fu Qingxuan's side, staring at the black shadow above with a puzzled expression.

  "Kek kek......" A piercing and eerie laughter echoed in the stone tomb.

  "How many years has it been? I've forgotten. It's been so long since I last smelled the scent of a living person. How I miss it!"

  "Who are you, human or ghost?" The eerie and piercing laughter echoed in the stone tomb, making Fang Yan feel a chill run down his spine. He plucked up the courage to ask.

  "You little ones, it's strange that you're so greedy. You've taken the Phoenix Ancient Sword and still won't leave, yet you also want to get your hands on this Phantom Sword Manual."

  "Who are you? What do you mean by this?" Fang Yan furrowed his brow and continued to ask.

  "The old man is Phantom Sword Reverend. Today, you can die at the hands of this reverend, and you should feel honored." The dark shadow laughed maniacally.

  "Xuan sister, run quickly, this old ghost is dangerous." Fang Yan suddenly shouted loudly, then pulled Fu Qingxuan and rushed out of the stone gate.

  "Think you can leave? It's not that easy. You'd better stay put." The dark figure sneered.

  "What's going on? Why can't we get out?" A wall of air blocked the way for Fang Yan and his companion, and that dark shadow was rushing towards Fang Yan.

  "Damn it, what's going on? Pure Yang technique, I'm doomed. How could he be practicing the Pure Yang technique?" The black shadow rushed into Fang Yan's body, but suddenly, it let out a startled cry and rushed out of Fang Yan's body.

  Fang Yan felt a chill run down his spine, but quickly recovered, his face filled with suspicion as he stared at the dark shadow above his head.

  "What did you just do to me?"

  "Kid, I didn't expect you to cultivate the Pure Yang Technique, and your life energy is so vigorous. It's really great, if I were to seize your body, my true self could be reborn." The dark shadow was briefly shocked, then replaced by extreme excitement.

  The negative pole gives birth to the positive, and the positive pole gives birth to the negative. Although it's hard to give up the pure yang skill that has been cultivated, but the opponent's strength is really too weak, he has a way to occupy this body.

  "Rumble!"

  Suddenly, the stone coffin in the tomb exploded with a loud noise without warning. The black shadows around the tomb disappeared, and the debris splashed everywhere. A corpse was exposed, and two green lights shot out from the corpse, like a fierce ghost, extremely terrifying.

  "What the hell is this?" Fang Yan was shocked by the sudden change of the stone coffin, and Fang Yan threw out a punch without thinking.

  What shocked Fang Yan was that this corpse was too strong, his Bōshan Fist only managed to knock it back half a step. The corpse's defense was so strong that it was almost absurd, the Master-level Bōshan Fist only made it retreat half a step without causing any damage.

  "Ah!" The corpse that burst out of the stone coffin was repelled by Fang Yan, and Fu Qingxuan couldn't help but let out an inhuman scream.

  Inside the stone tomb, it was very dark and there wasn't enough light. Fang Yan and Fu Qingxuan still managed to see each other's appearance and build. It would have been better if they hadn't looked, but after taking a glance, they were frightened. What stood before them weren't humans, but rather black-haired zombies with shriveled bodies that had wrinkled into a ball, emitting a metallic luster. A pair of green eyes had lost all human emotions, empty and profound, seemingly like a black hole.

  The zombie's movements were a bit stiff, but the speed at which it burst out was quite fast. Fang Yan's body tilted to one side, dodging the other party's pounce, and all of a sudden, there was a loud rumbling sound, and the stone tomb exploded with a huge hole.

  Watching the zombie's astonishing combat power, Fang Yan was tongue-tied, and the color of fear in his eyes grew thicker. Fang Yan had no doubt that if he were to be hit by it, two large holes would also be punched out of his body.

  "Bongshan Fist is powerful, but it's fundamentally unable to do anything about this zombie. The opponent's defense is simply too strong." Fang Yan dodged the opponent's fatal blow and immediately switched from fist to sword. In his opinion, using the top-grade spiritual soldier Blood Slasher should be able to break through its defenses.

  Fu Qingxuan, having gone through the previous fright, knew that this was a moment of life and death. She suppressed the fear in her heart towards the zombie and swung the newly acquired Phoenix Ancient Sword at it.

  Two people joined forces, attacking the zombie together. The zombie was quite impressive, its dry skull slightly tilted back to avoid Fang Yan's incoming sword. Due to the narrow space, Fu Qingxuan's Phoenix Ancient Sword also failed to hit the eyes because of its high-speed movement and slashed onto its cheek instead.

  Several sparks flew out of Mars, and the zombie's cheek was torn open with a very fine mouth.

  The zombie's defense was too abnormal, the sharpness of the top-grade artifact Phoenix Ancient Sword could only break through the opponent's defense, but not kill it. Fang Yan and Fu Qingxuan's hearts sank to the bottom. The monster in front of them was simply not something they could handle.

  Fang Yan's counterattack landed, and the zombie's body became more agile. With a pounce and a grab, the two were instantly sent flying by the violent force, spewing out scarlet blood wildly.

  "Fang Yan, this zombie's defense is too strong, we can't break through its defense and can't kill it at all. Let's escape."