The Wei Family was strong. It was one of the top three seventh rank families affiliated with the Great Buddhist Temple. The Wei Family had many powerful warriors, including Earth Immortal Realm warriors.
That being said, this was not a region controlled by the Wei Family. The Wei Family didn't have an advantage here.
With so many warriors lurking nearby, the news might have gotten out. Powerful warriors might arrive soon. Maybe the treasures would be taken away before the Wei Family could send reinforcements.
Therefore, Wei Yuan offered to split the treasures 50/50, hoping that Hu Lang would try his best to conquer the palace and get the treasures.
Of course, Lu Li had a distinguished identity and Wei Yuan wanted to please him.
Wei Yuan didn't know the details but he did hear that the abbot of the Great Buddhist Temple had an audience with Lu Li.
That was a clear sign. Even if Jiang Wuwo were here, the Abbot who had lived for thousands of years would meet him.
Since he could meet Lu Li, it meant that Lu Li would be the most distinguished guest of the Great Buddhist Temple. How could Wei Yuan not fawn over Lu Li?
"Let's go!"
Lu Li didn't care about the treasures. All he cared about was Gu Min and the others. He waved his hand and rushed into the crack with Hu Lang.
Wei Yuan was scared. Honorable as Lu Li was, he was only at the peak of the Eternal Realm. Wouldn't it be suicide for him to go down?
"Wei Ru, you will be in charge here. Let me know if there are powerful warriors trying to break in!"
Wei Yuan said to one of the Eternal Realm warriors. Then, he went down with the other two Noble Lord Realm warriors, chasing after Lu Li and Hu Lang.
The crack was deep. Lu Li and Hu Lang had been going down for thousands of feet but they still hadn't reached the bottom. They could already sense the bottom with psychic power.
They found a tunnel glowing in golden light. That should be the entrance to the underground palace.
"How can thunderbolts come out of such a deep crack?"
Lu Li was confused. Even if thunderbolts could blow up the island, it could only create a crack of hundreds of feet at most.
How could there be a crack of tens of thousands of feet?
That being said, Lu Li wasn't worried since someone had gone in before. He rushed into the tunnel with Hu Lang. After a glare, they found themselves in a huge hall.
The hall was at least thirty thousand feet long and wide. It shone with a golden light, and there were huge pillars around it that required several people to encircle it.
The pillars were engraved with barren mountains, lofty ridges, monsters, and venomous insects. There were even ancient characters on them. Everything showed that this underground palace had existed for a very long time.
"Bang, bang, bang ~"
The two of them scanned the area carelessly, and their gazes immediately locked onto the two galloping monsters in the distance, as well as the crowd that was fleeing in fear.
There were many corpses in the main hall, and they were all badly mutilated. Many of them were wearing the Wei family's armor, and they were probably the first batch of people to be killed by the monsters.
"Young Master Li, Lord Hu!"
Gu Min and the two patriarchs of the Gu Family were overjoyed to see Lu Li and Hu Lang. There were dozens of people in the hall. All of them were delighted to see a Human Sovereign Realm warrior come in.
Two people were being chased by monsters, and they shouted, "Sir, save us!"
"Whoosh ~"
Without any hesitation, a giant axe appeared in Hu Lang's hand and he charged forward.
Lu Li didn't act rashly. He stared at the two strange-looking monsters.
The two monsters were not large in size. They were standing upright like humans with a huge turtle shell on their backs. They seemed to be made of some special metal.
There were ancient patterns all over their bodies, and they had facial features as well. But they were like statues, motionless, and their eyeballs wouldn't move.
What was strange was that their movements weren't restricted. They were as fast as wind, no slower than warriors at the peak of the Noble Lord Realm.
Their weapons were two chainhammers with spikes on them. That was why the warriors that were killed died without a whole body. It was a tragic sight.
"Buzzing ~"
After a flash of white light, Wei Yuan and the two Noble Lord Realm warriors came out. Wei Yuan shouted to Lu Li at once, "The exit is over there. Young Master Lu, go. I will help you deal with the Walking Puppets over there."
Wei Yuan pointed to a dark hole in the corner. Lu Li noticed that a Walking Puppet had been wandering around nearby. It didn't go far, as if it was guarding the exit.
"Do these Walking Puppets have souls?"
Lu Li was confused. They seemed to be inanimate objects with no signs of life. They seemed to be made of some strange metal.
"Yes!"
Wei Yuan's answer shocked Lu Li. Wei Yuan explained, "According to historical records, there are powerful souls of Xuan Beasts sealed inside the Walking Puppets. Therefore, they will listen to their master's orders.
That Walking Puppet must have been ordered by the master of the underground palace to guard the exit. We only managed to get out after risking our lives. "
"Don't be in such a hurry. Since this Walking Puppet won't leave the area, Hu Lang can deal with one. We are safe now!"
Lu Li waved his hand. Wei Yuan was relieved as he thought Lu Li was right.
Lu Li was of high status. Hu Lang couldn't let anything happen to Lu Li or he would be killed by the Great Buddhist Temple.
"Whoosh ~"
The survivors all gathered around Lu Li. Many of them were injured. One of them even had a broken leg. It was a ghastly sight to see.
"Boom!"
Hu Lang was fighting with one of the Walking Puppets. Lu Li's expressions changed as he threw a few glances.
The Walking Puppet was only smashed away for dozens of feet. Then, it crawled back up and resumed attacking Hu Lang. There was no wound on the Walking Puppet …
"Alas!"
Wei Yuan glanced at it and felt a little depressed. After thinking for a while, he said, "These Walking Puppets were created by a special ancient race. It is said that they were made of meteoric iron. Only a Human Sovereign Realm warrior or an Earth Immortal Realm warrior with powerful attack power can destroy them.
Once, these Walking Puppets caused great harm to humans. Luckily, that ancient race was wiped out and all the Walking Puppets were destroyed. The method of making Walking Puppets was lost. I didn't know that there were two of them in this underground palace. "
"Boom, boom, boom ~"
Hu Lang didn't believe it. He used his Profound Meaning and attacked for more than a dozen times. Every time, the Walking Puppet would be smashed away. But still, he couldn't inflict any harm on the Walking Puppet.
Lu Li didn't move. He had been using psychic power to check the Walking Puppet. Unfortunately, there seemed to be a powerful Inhibition Formation inside. When he used psychic power, he found nothing but a blur inside.
"Hu Lang, distract the Walking Puppet!"
After a while, Lu Li decided to give it a try. He took out his divine weapon of Dragon King and began to generate clones on his Fate Wheel. Ignoring Wei Yuan's shouts of terror, Lu Li controlled dozens of clones to dash toward the Walking Puppet.
"Okay!"
Hu Lang knew that Lu Li's attacks were ferocious. He once almost killed Recluse Solar Dragon in one move.
His figure flickered as he circled around the Puppet Beast, attracting its attention.
"Hoy ~"
Lu Li controlled several clones to approach the Walking Puppet. The Walking Puppet smashed the clones one by one with its hammer.
Seeing this, Lu Li had no more concerns. He found a chance and smashed at the Walking Puppet's head with his divine weapon of Dragon King from an angle.
27 vibrations spread in. Hu Lang's eyes were filled with desire as he waited for the Walking Puppet to fall to the ground.
However …
The Walking Puppet didn't even shake. It didn't even feel like it was being attacked. It swung its hammer at Lu Li at a fast speed.
Lu Li couldn't dodge the attack and was smashed away by the hammer. He spat out blood in midair …
"Young Master Lu!"
"Young Master Li!"
Wei Yuan and Gu Min were frightened. If something were to happen to Lu Li, both of them would be doomed.
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PS: Today was supposed to be the weekend and four chapters were supposed to be released. But after some consideration, he decided to release three chapters from today until the end of the month.
The fewer chapters would be released on the 31st. He hoped to release as many chapters as possible on the 31st …