Chapter 107
After walking out of the Guardian Palace and through a long corridor, Jiang Chen saw the Supreme Underground Palace.
It was indeed worth being called ‘Supreme.’ In this underground world, a majestic palace filled almost all of the space in front of Jiang Chen. There was only a little room left around it.
The gate was the only entrance through which they could enter the space, but no one had the nerve to move, since the palace was emitting a spooky blue light.
The Soul Leading Palace had been illuminated by the Universal Darkfire Lamp, while the light of this Supreme Underground Palace came from each brick and tile that created it, as if the palace were a living creature and the flowing light were its breath.
Jiang Chen picked a pebble up and threw it at the palace. Among the blue light, a white light similar to an arc of electricity appeared. It smashed the pebble. The others were forced to step back out of surprise.
Then Meng Hao, Fang Ping, and the others looked over to Jiang Chen. Although they didn’t even know what had happened, they thought Jiang Chen must have a solution.
He did. Jiang Chen opened the book and started to read in the language of the Era of the Hero.
The others also understood what they were talking about. They felt hopeful again and stood up one by one.
“Hurry up. Try to open each of them, and try hard. If any is able to be opened, it’s the exit!” Jiang Chen said.
So they acted separately, dashing to the coffins and trying to lift the lids.
Soon, Meng Hao shouted. “Here. It’s here!” The others all crowded over. They saw a small opening between the lid and the coffin.
They looked at each other and everyone was beaming.
They pushed the lid away and saw nothing there.
Jiang Chen reached his hand inside and felt everywhere. Soon, he found a button and pressed it, then the bottom of the coffin slid downward.
Jiang Chen threw a torch down and found there was a narrow cave leading downwards. He could vaguely hear the sound of water.
He leaned down and saw there was a river beside the cave.
He was about to order everyone to jump down when Fang Ping said, “Jiang Chen, we don’t have to rush now that we’ve found the exit. We can take some time to look for the treasure!”
Jiang Chen was persuaded. He didn’t know where the subterranean river flew to. There wouldn’t be any problem for them to leave where they were, but it would hardly be possible for them to travel from the river back to the imperial mausoleum again.
The entrance had been blocked. If they left at this moment, it would be difficult to get another chance.
“I agree,” Wen Xin said.
But when Jiang Chen was about to take action, they heard an uproar coming from outside. There were hasty footsteps and cries. It sounded like there were dozens of men.
Jiang Chen released his holy awareness and found that there were members of the four groups. Behind them were numerous demons.
“All right! Now we have to leave. The demons have been attracted here.”
Jiang Chen smiled bitterly and shouted to the outside, “Guys, the exit is here. Hurry up if you want to survive!”
Then he jumped down with the others.
“Jiang Chen, don’t we have a boat?”
“Swim, swim with the current. We’re all in the Gathering Yuan State. I don’t think we’ll drown.”
“Will there by monsters in the water?”
“No idea. But we do have a lot above us.”
They jumped down one after another, and the demons also followed.
“Jump!”
No one hesitated anymore. They all jumped into the river to escape.