Although that corridor had been narrow and cramped, the great hall that now lay before them was vast in space and overwhelmingly majestic.
Most importantly, at the very depths of this grand hall, sat two items of extreme prominence.
They were two coffins!!!
No one knew why two coffins were placed there, but finding a place with coffins inside the Demon-Slaying Emperor's tomb meant that this was no ordinary location.
Moreover, those two coffins had been intricately carved and clearly extraordinary. Whoever lay within them was certainly no ordinary figure.
The crowd speculated that inside those coffins, the legendary Demon-Slaying Emperor himself might very well be resting.
"The Demon-Slaying Emperor's tomb."
"Now that we've found the man himself, the other treasures don't matter as much."
At that moment, the Mysterious Cave Saints were incredibly excited. After a brief moment of stunned silence, they immediately charged toward the great hall.
Buzz—
The instant they truly set foot inside the hall, the entire structure trembled. Immediately afterward, a powerful force surged forth from every direction.
It was an array!!!
They had been trapped within it.
"What's going on?"
The Mysterious Cave Saints, who moments ago had been brimming with excitement, were now stricken with panic upon being caught in the array.
In their alarm, they all turned their gazes toward Chu Feng.
At this point, Chu Feng had already become their pillar of support.
"I told you there were only two ways to obtain the treasures here," Chu Feng said. "The first is to acquire specific treasures, which requires spending effort and time outside the Emperor's tomb. The other is to earn the Demon-Slaying Emperor's approval, which requires spending effort and time inside the tomb. Right now, as long as we can break through this array, we should be able to gain his approval."
"Brother Shura, we'll follow your lead. You tell us how to break this array."
The moment the leader of the Mysterious Cave Saints said that, the rest of the group nodded in agreement.
Chu Feng didn't hesitate. He first observed the structure of the array, then sat cross-legged and began setting up a counter-array.
Having cooperated twice already, the Mysterious Cave Saints had developed an even smoother rapport with Chu Feng. Under their combined efforts, the array was quickly broken through.
Clatter—
Once the array was shattered, the barrier that had sealed them in like a fortress collapsed like water, flowing away in every direction.
But as it dissipated, streaks of light drifted through the empty space around them.
Those firefly-like glows were actually runes—thirty in total.
No one could decipher their meaning, but the aura they emanated told Chu Feng and the others that they likely held special power.
Swish, swish, swish—
Suddenly, the runes moved, transforming into streams of light that shot toward Chu Feng and his companions.
In the end, ten of those runes pierced into Chu Feng's body.