A tall building, simple and unadorned, was shrouded by the gray fog, faintly discernible like a mirage.
"Why would there be a building in the fog?" Shui Yunxin frowned.
Great dangers were hidden in the strange fog. They couldn't be blamed for being cautious when an ancient building suddenly appeared.
"Let's take a look first." Ye Xingchen took the lead and walked forward.
After a period of time, most of the injuries in his body had recovered.
With him as the leader, they naturally followed behind him and walked towards the building.
"Eh, it's a shrine. It doesn't look like the style of this era," Li Feng said.
Towering in front of them was a dilapidated temple. After a long period of time, the temple's walls were covered in green vines, and the steps were covered in moss.
Looking up, they could see that the shrine was very tall, many times bigger than a normal palace.
Looking at it, they could feel the vicissitudes of time. Looking at the shrine, they could feel a majestic aura.
"This shrine clearly doesn't belong to this era. It doesn't even belong to the ancient era. Should we go in?" Shui Yunxin looked at Ye Xingchen and asked.
She came from a learned family and had some understanding of the architectural styles of the Modern, Middle, and Ancient Eras.
However, the shrine in front of them didn't belong to any era. Moreover, it was a palace that appeared in the demonic fog. She had to be careful.
Ye Xingchen stared at the door and said, "Since we're here, we must satisfy our curiosity."
Then, he looked in another direction and said, "Wait a bit, someone is coming."
"Someone?"
While Shui Yunxin and the others were confused, a group of people came from the other side of the shrine. Some of them were injured and looked very miserable.
"It's the Barbarian King Sect," Li Feng said.
When they saw Ye Xingchen's group, their expressions froze for a moment before relaxing.
"Brother Ye," Gu Tian Yi cupped his fists.
Then, he looked at the dilapidated shrine and said, "Brother Ye, are you interested in this shrine?"
Ye Xingchen nodded and stepped onto the stone steps. When he arrived in front of the temple's main entrance, he pushed it open with both hands.
"Phew …"
The door of the shrine was pushed open, and a gust of cold wind blew out. It was as if winter had arrived, and it could freeze people's blood.
"Be careful," Shui Yunxin reminded.
The dilapidated temple that appeared in the gray fog was too strange. It was better to be careful.
Ye Xingchen naturally understood. He condensed his divine sense and visualized the World Tree. Then, he sent it out to observe the situation inside the temple.
The inside of the temple was dark and deep. It was like a giant beast from the abyss had opened its bloody mouth to devour everything.
"Dong, dong …"
The hall was extremely quiet. Only the footsteps of Ye Xingchen and the others could be heard.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, and everyone felt a shadow flash past their backs.
"Who is it?" Gu Tianyi's entire body tensed up, and the power of the Barbarian God struck out behind him.
There was a loud bang, and a bright light burst out, illuminating the area.
After the light dimmed, the temple became extremely quiet. Even the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard.
"Brother Gu, what did you sense?" Ye Xingchen asked.
Gu Tianyi's expression was somewhat solemn. He said, "I felt a living being blowing air at my back just now."
The moment he said this, the temperature of the scene dropped. Everyone felt goosebumps in their hearts.
"Ah, Senior Sister Li, you are carrying someone on your back?"
Suddenly, Gu Yueyue saw a pale figure lying on Li Shengnan's back. She screamed in fright.
"Bang!"
The space between Ye Xingchen's eyebrows flashed. Yin Yang Sword Intent condensed into a sword net and enveloped Li Shengnan's back.
At the same time, Gu Tianyi's hands moved, and an invisible wave spread out.
However, the pale figure on Li Shengnan's back grinned at them. It was indescribably eerie and terrifying. Then, it disappeared from everyone's sight.
The two's martial skills hit nothing but air.
"This temple is too strange. We should hurry up and leave!" The Barbarian King Sect's disciple said in fear.
"This temple is indeed not too holy. It's like a demonic palace."
"First there was a beast tide, then there was the gray fog. Now, it's like a demonic palace. It's really not good inside the underground palace."
The group of people discussed with worry in their hearts.
"Junior Sister Li, are you alright?" Gu Tianyi asked.
Li Shengnan shook her head.
Ye Xingchen's expression was grave. He pointed at a spot on Li Shengnan's back and said, "Brother Gu, look here. There is a black palm print."
Li Shengnan was startled. Gu Tianyi looked over and said, "I can feel an evil aura from this black palm print."
As he spoke, he formed seals with his hands and used the Barbarian God's Heavenly Art to remove the palm print on Li Shengnan's back. However, he discovered that the black palm print seemed to have fused with her body, and he was unable to remove it.
Gu Tianyi frowned and said, "This is troublesome."
"Let me try."
The space between Ye Xingchen's eyebrows flashed, and the third layer of Yin Yang Sword Intent was released.
Yin Yang Sword Intent was a Xiantian Sword Dao. It possessed extraordinary might. When Yin and Yang combined, it had the ability to destroy all things and create all things.
At this moment, the Yin Yang Sword Intent revolved and finally removed the black palm print on Li Shengnan's back.
"Many thanks, Senior Brother Ye." Li Shengnan said.
Thinking about how she had looked down on and disdained Ye Xingchen in the past, she couldn't help but blush.
'As expected of the expert who killed Xuan Qing, Ming Xin, and Gu Youhun. He is indeed magnanimous.' Li Shengnan thought.
In the past two days, the news of the five young masters of the Demon Sect besieging Ye Xingchen had failed, and two of them were killed had spread like wildfire in the underground palace. Li Shengnan naturally knew some of it.
"This shrine is too evil. There is no need for us to continue exploring it. Let's leave quickly." Shui Yunxin said.
"It's too late." Ye Xingchen looked behind him and said, "The shrine's gate has already disappeared."
Just as his voice fell, a green light suddenly floated in the dark hall, flickering like a ghost.
The green light illuminated the surroundings. Only now did everyone notice that the divine elephants on both sides of the hall were different.
Some had three heads and six arms, holding all kinds of weapons. Some had three eyes and looked ferocious. Some had a bird's head, and some had a tiger's head. The divine elephants on both sides were different.
Those divine elephants were already very strange. Under the illumination of the green light, they seemed even more demonic.
"Brother Ye, what should we do?" Gu Tianyi looked at Ye Xingchen.
"Let's go inside first." Ye Xingchen flicked his finger, and a wisp of Great Sun True Qi fell on the stone bowl on the wall, lighting up the lamp.
Immediately, the green light disappeared, and the hall became brighter. Although the divine elephants in the surroundings were different, they were no longer as strange as before.
Everyone continued walking into the depths of the hall. This hall was too vast. They walked for several li, but they still hadn't reached the end.
"Jiejie, it's been a long time since a living being entered the hall. Today, we can finally have a full meal." Suddenly, a voice came from the surroundings.
Then, the crowd saw the two divine elephants on both sides move. The originally sacred stone statues had strange smiles on their faces.
(End of this chapter)