Lu Mei was startled when she heard what her younger brother said, completely caught off guard.
She knew that before coming to the Ancient Capital, Lu Jun had made many preparations and had his own plans, but she didn't expect it to be this dangerous.
"No way." Lu Mei instinctively objected, "I don't agree. Isn't the Dark Abyss only accessible to those with ancient royal bloodlines?"
Lu Jun replied calmly, "I concealed a drop of Earth Holy Spring. It's enough to mask my aura."
"Besides, within the ancient king's tomb lies his legacy. If I can grasp that power, ascending to the peak of the world would just be a matter of time. You know my condition too."
After he finished speaking, Lu Mei wanted to say something but hesitated. Her voice became much softer, lacking any confidence, "But people like Mo Fan, whether they succeed or not, the moment they jump into the Dark Abyss, they're as good as dead."
"Don't worry," Lu Jun reassured her. "I'm well prepared. And besides, if even Mo Fan dared to jump down for the sake of the Ancient Capital's citizens, then if I succeed, I too can prevent the resurrection of the Ancient King."
Lu Mei ground her teeth in frustration. This brat never consulted her about anything.
She took a deep breath, her beautiful eyes staring at Lu Jun, then suddenly wrapped her arms around him and fiercely pressed her lips onto his.
"Mmm-mmm-mmm!"
Lu Jun's eyes widened as his older sister aggressively kissed him.
A moment later, Lu Mei released his lips. Her mature, fair face was flushed red, her rosy lips glistening, the corners catching some strands of hair. She looked enchantingly seductive.
Looking at Lu Jun, she seriously said, "You must come back alive."
"Mhm!" Lu Jun nodded firmly, his expression dazed. Then, without hesitation, he turned around and jumped into the Dark Abyss .
Above the dark hole, a fierce, gloomy wind howled as a terrifying devouring force pulled his figure inward.
Lu Mei stood at the edge, staring into the abyss, unable to return to her senses for a long while.
Even though the effects of Spiritual Invisibility had faded, and the surrounding undead discovered a living person and were moving in, she remained motionless.
Boom boom boom! The next moment, golden-red flames ignited all over her body, and a monarch's aura soared into the sky. With Jiang Feng present, she had no fear for her own safety and slaughtered her way through.
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At the same time, Lu Jun was falling into the Dark Abyss, surrounded by darkness. Wailing ghosts and resentful spirits surged from all directions, relentlessly assaulting his mind.
It was as if he had been tossed into a spinning washing machine upside down, chaotic, completely disoriented.
Fortunately, a drop of Earth Holy Spring in Lu Jun's chest rose up. A blue, eerie light formed a membrane that enveloped his body.
When he came to, he had already reached the depths of the Dark Abyss.
He could confirm that the Dark Abyss was a layered space.
The first layer was the abyss filled with ghostly fiends swirling like clouds and crazed corpses piled like mountains. Most living beings that fell in would be torn to shreds and become part of it.
Even Forbidden Curses sent to explore this place had been lost.
And beneath this ghost-ridden abyss, there was yet another space so vast it was like falling into another world.
Lu Jun looked around. The land was gray, and the sky dim and unclear.
In the distance was a mountain peak, with a very conspicuous white palace at the summit, completely constructed of white jade stones. It was polished smooth enough to reflect the sky.
Originally, a white tomb palace should appear regal, sacred, and solemn. But this kind of white resembled the eerie whiteness used in funerals, exuding a deathly chill everywhere. The jade's polish could not remove the scent of death.
Mo Fan and the other three were nowhere to be seen. They had probably gone deep into the white tomb palace.
However, Lu Jun made an unexpected discovery he saw a man, a middle-aged uncle with a beard, dressed in military uniform, struggling to get up.
It seemed he had arrived only slightly earlier than Lu Jun.
Lu Jun understood. "Instructor Zhan Kong?"
He could see the man, but Zhan Kong couldn't see him, completely ignoring him because Lu Jun still had his Spiritual Invisibility active.
"When did Zhan Kong get here?"
Lu Jun's memory was hazy. Perhaps he had been hiding among the high-level mages. There were two to three hundred from the military, the Tribunal, and freelance hunters he hadn't looked closely.
Soon, Zhan Kong regained his composure. Wind Wings unfolded behind him as he flew toward the distant white tomb palace.
Seeing this, Lu Jun also moved, tailing behind Zhan Kong.
The two of them entered the magnificent white palace one after the other. The white jade staircase resembled a path to immortality, layer upon layer leading upward.
Every ten steps, there were two solemn stone statues standing tall.
"Terracotta soldiers? They're very similar to the white sand demon soldiers of the Sha Mang River."
Lu Jun was thoughtful. He recalled that in the Helan Mountain region, there was an Earth Holy Spring with similar stone statues, probably left behind by the First Emperor.
Soon, they reached the front of the white palace's main gate. Above hung a strange bronze mirror, with white cauldrons placed on both sides.
The door was already open Mo Fan and the other three had gone in first.
Upon seeing the bronze mirror, Lu Jun was already prepared. He used Water Element's light refraction to cover himself with a layer of mist, fully concealing his figure.
This Bronze Mirror was no ordinary object—it was a surveillance device developed over two thousand years ago by ancient blacksmiths.
Everything reflected by the eerie bronze mirror would be transmitted to the other soar namely, the well of Kun at Danger Residence Village.
Through the water's reflection, one could spy on mysterious murals, which in fact depicted the scenes inside the white palace.
Although the Super Mages were currently locked in a life-and-death battle, and had no leisure like in the original story to observe the others, Lu Jun still went into hiding just to be safe.
Once he stepped through the gate, he found himself in a long corridor filled with murals. Hanging on both sides were what seemed to be stone paintings personally collected by the Ancient King.
Lu Jun grew serious this place required extra caution, for it was a sinister trap formed from a fusion of Psychic and Space Element magic.
If one failed to pass through it, they would be eternally imprisoned in the white tomb. He remembered that the pyramids in Egypt had similar mechanisms.
What could he say? The Undead Element always liked pulling these kinds of tricks.
Fortunately, this was his area of expertise, and he easily broke through it. However, the Void Slash Curses and those with the Ancient King's bloodline were even faster than him.
After passing through the corridor, Lu Jun suddenly remembered something and immediately surpassed Void Slash, quickly heading toward the front hall of the Ancient King's tomb.
Turning a corner, he saw Mo Fan's group of four gathered around a pure white lotus flower. This object was crystal clear, emitting a fragrant aroma.
Immortal Demon Lotus!
A creation of undying regeneration only Forbidden Magic could destroy it.
Thus, it formed a deadlock. Forbidden Mages without the Ancient King's bloodline would face the most terrifying slaughter upon entering this place.
Yet those few who were descendants of the Ancient King had not reached the Forbidden level.
Fang Gu sighed. "Heaven's will seeks the fall of the Ancient Capital."
Lu Jun boldly stood beside the group, staring at the Immortal Demon Lotus carefully, secretly channeling his White Tiger Pendant to absorb it.
This single demon lotus's undying nature meant it held an immense amount of energy, capable of pushing the Azure Dragon Pendant from the Starcloud Magic Tool level to the Stargalaxy Magic Tool level.
He wondered if refining it could push the White Tiger Pendant to the next stage.
Unfortunately, no matter how he stimulated the pendant, the blood lake remained calm, seemingly completely uninterested.
"That's right. The Immortal Demon Lotus is of the Wood Element, and the Azure Dragon Totem also belongs to the eastern Wood. It must have been condensed from a vast amount of Azure Dragon power."
Lu Jun sighed. Though fated to encounter, they were not destined to unite not something to regret.
If he could obtain the Ancient King's Armor Robes, his future would at least be that of a Low-Rank Emperor. Slowly digesting it step by step, his cultivation would soar!