God Burying Sword Prison, Fifth Level.
The spacious wasteland had the same style as the first four levels.
However, the atmosphere here was extremely oppressive.
Fang Chen had just entered the fifth level when he was discovered by the Abyss Demon Hunters.
"Roar!"
As one of the Abyss Demon Hunters roared, the other Abyss Demon Hunters instantly discovered Fang Chen and attacked Fang Chen.
"Not good."
Fang Chen knew how powerful the Abyss Demon Hunters were. He leaped and hid in the void.
Whoosh!
The Golden Light Dragon Slaying Sword was executed. The Hidden Star Sword carried a majestic black flame and appeared in the void, stabbing the Abyss Demon Hunter that attacked first.
Bang!
Such a powerful sword was actually unable to injure the Abyss Demon Hunter, which shocked Ye Xiwen.
"The strength of this Abyss Demon Hunter is at least Lv 9 of the True Martial Realm."
Fang Chen said in his heart. His face was filled with a solemn expression.
Currently, he could still fight against a Lv 9 True Martial Realm martial artist, but he could not fight against a Lv 9 True Martial Realm Abyss Demon Hunter.
Escape!
That was the only thought in Fang Chen's mind.
The True Meaning of Darkness enveloped him and the True Meaning of Void was activated to the extreme. Ripples appeared in the sky one after another. Fang Chen's figure disappeared in an instant.
On the desolate plain, countless Abyss Demon Hunting Beasts continuously roared as they chased after Fang Chen.
Although the Abyss Demon Hunters were powerful, their speed was their weakness.
They could not resist Fang Chen's True Meaning of Void.
After fleeing for a long time, Fang Chen's figure appeared in the void.
He was panting. His body could not take it after continuously using the True Meaning of Void at such a high intensity.
Fortunately, the Abyss Demon Hunters did not chase after him.
"In the fifth level, the Abyss Demon Hunters are too powerful and their numbers are huge. I have to be careful," Fang Chen said to himself.
Originally, the Little Mouse wanted to use its innate ability to deal with the Abyss Demon Hunters.
However, it was stopped by Fang Chen.
After using the Little Mouse's innate ability a few times in a row, its energy would be depleted.
Thus, he couldn't use it unless it was a critical moment.
"Boss, what do we do now?" The Little Mouse's eyes flickered as it asked.
"Find the Black Crack King," Fang Chen said in a deep voice.
He was confident that he could use the True Meaning of Void and True Meaning of Darkness to find the Black Crack King's remains.
Once he could obtain the Black Crack King's inheritance, the Abyss Demon-Hunting Beasts on the fifth floor would no longer be a threat.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Fang Chen's figure flickered continuously as he rushed towards the front of the fifth floor.
During this time, Fang Chen encountered some Demonic Beasts from the Golden Demon Clan and killed them in passing.
After obtaining the hearts of the Golden Demon Clan's demonic beasts, he kept them in his spatial ring.
While Fang Chen was searching for the place where the Black Crack King had fallen, in a certain empty space on the fifth floor.
The eight ultimate contenders stood side by side. Their faces were filled with solemnity.
There was a grave in front of them. The surroundings of the grave were extremely dilapidated.
There were countless human skeletons. With one look, it was obvious that they belonged to the fallen human geniuses who had entered the God Burying Sword Prison.
"What do we do?"
The one who spoke was the old man holding a folding fan. He was called the Folding Sword Hand.
"The Black Crack King, the leader of the Abyss Demon-Hunting Beasts. He was extremely powerful. It was said that he had already touched the threshold of the peak of the Mystic King Realm," another white-robed old man said solemnly.
This old man was also one of the eight ultimate contenders. His nickname was Dark Sword.
He was also the only True Martial Realm expert who possessed the True Meaning of Darkness among the eight ultimate contenders.
On the outside, the eight ultimate contenders were basically equal in strength. However, within the God Burying Sword Prison, there was a terrifying aura of darkness everywhere.
Therefore, Dark Sword's strength had also become stronger.
Most importantly, he could ignore the aura of darkness.
Dark Sword had put in a lot of effort to be able to reach this place so easily.
"Dark Sword, do you have any ideas?" Daoist Tian Hong's eyes flickered as he asked.
They weren't afraid of ordinary Abyss Demon-Hunting Beasts.
However, the eight of them were trapped here.
In front of them was the tomb of the Black Crack King. There was definitely an important inheritance inside.
However, above the tomb of the Black Crack King was a resentment that hadn't dissipated since ancient times. This resentment was extremely heavy.
Furthermore, after so many years, this resentment had mutated and gained a trace of intelligence.
Afterwards, countless human cultivators had died here. The mutated resentment had possessed the body of a dead human cultivator to protect this place.
Above the tattered tomb, there was a skeleton sitting cross-legged. The mutated resentment was inside this skeleton.
The eight of them had already fought together. This mutated resentment contained boundless energy. As long as they approached it, their spiritual qi would be devoured.
Hearing Daoist Tian Hong's question, Dark Sword sank into thought.
After a long while, Dark Sword said, "The mutated resentment contains an unimaginable amount of darkness energy. Its corrosive power is something that even Mystic Kings wouldn't dare face. Even if the eight of us worked together, we still wouldn't be able to destroy it."
Hearing Dark Sword's words, the others frowned slightly.
This was only the fifth floor, but they had already encountered such a problem.
"Is there no other way?" asked the Folding Sword Hand.
"There is one way, but unfortunately," said Dark Sword.
"What way?" Daoist Tian Hong hastily asked.
"If there was a martial artist with the True Meaning of Space, they might be able to use their True Meaning of Space to enter the tomb without alerting this skeleton," Dark Sword said. "Unfortunately, the eight of us don't have the True Meaning of Space."
Hearing this, the others fell silent.
Spatial True Meanings were difficult to comprehend.
Although the eight of them had reached the limit of the True Martial Realm, their combat power was comparable to an expert who had just entered the Mystic King Realm.
However, none of them had spatial True Meanings.
"Can a shadow True Meaning work?" asked the Ox-nosed Old Daoist.
Dark Sword shook his head.
"Then we can't be trapped here. How about we just directly enter the sixth floor?" said Daoist Tian Hong.
The others looked at each other.
However, just as the few of them were discussing, a spatial ripple suddenly appeared.
Instantly, the eyes of the eight ultimate contenders lit up.
On the way, Fang Chen had been using the True Meaning of Darkness and the True Meaning of Void to pass through the blockade of countless abyss Magical Beasts.
Finally, they found the Black Crack King's tomb.
Before he could even get close to the area, he discovered the eight ultimate powerhouses.
"The eight of them are also here."
Fang Chen's heart sank. With the eight peak experts here, he had no hope of obtaining the Black Crack King's inheritance.
Crash!
The spatial ripple appeared and Fang Chen's figure was revealed.
The eight peak experts immediately opened their eyes wide and stared at Fang Chen with burning gazes.
Fang Chen was a little surprised when he saw the strange expressions on their faces.
"Young friend." Dark Sword stared at Fang Chen and called out.
The others were also surprised. They hadn't expected someone to be able to come here alone.
"Young friend, you're alone?" asked Daoist Tian Hong.
Fang Chen nodded and cupped his hands. "Junior Fang Chen greets the eight seniors."
After hearing the name Fang Chen, Swordsman Folding and the others burst out laughing.
Although they were usually in seclusion, they had still heard of Fang Chen's name.
"You're Fang Chen, the monstrous genius who left behind ninety-nine sword scars in the Sword Burial Heavenly Wall."
"Not only that, I heard that he even merged with the Five Element Bell and became the city lord of the Five Element Sword City."
"So young, but his talent is heaven-defying."
The eight peak experts had never praised other martial artists, but now they weren't stingy with their praise for Fang Chen.
Fang Chen laughed mischievously.
There was a slight change in the way the eight ultimate contenders looked at Fang Chen.
Fang Chen's cultivation base wasn't high, but to be able to reach the fifth level was enough to show that his strength wasn't bad.
Of course, there was one more important point.
That was, the eight ultimate contenders had discovered that Fang Chen possessed a Space-type True Meaning.
"Young friend, did you just use a space-type True Meaning?" asked Dark Sword urgently.
Fang Chen nodded. There was no need to hide anything in front of the eight of them.
"Hahaha, it really is a space-type True Meaning."
Hearing this, the eight ultimate contenders burst into laughter.