freenovelworld Chapter 331: Iron Wall, Stronger Than Skeleton King
Chapter 331: Iron Wall, Stronger Than Skeleton King
"It seems that a special key is needed to open this door." Ye Bai said.
The three of them began searching for the key. Meng Ziyi spotted a stone on the ground that looked a bit like the groove. She picked it up and tried to fit it into the groove. To her surprise, it fit perfectly. With a roar, the stone door slowly opened.
Behind the stone gate is a huge cave, which is filled with all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry. In the center of the jewelry is a stone platform, and on the stone platform is a jade box.
"Wow, so many jewels!" Meng Ziyi exclaimed.
"Don't touch them yet, these jewels may have mechanisms." Ye Bai reminded.
They walked towards the stone platform cautiously, and just as they were about to reach it, a sinister laugh suddenly rang out from the cave.
"You greedy humans, how dare you trespass into my territory!" A voice echoed in the cave.
"Who? Come out!" Ye Bai shouted loudly.
Suddenly, a monster emitting a black aura emerged from the pile of jewels. Its body seemed to be made up of countless skeletons, and its eyes flashed with a strange red light.
"This is the Skeleton King, the evil creature guarding these treasures. Everyone be careful!" Ye Bai said.
The Skeleton King lunged towards them, and Ye Bai engaged it in combat. The Skeleton King's attack was fierce, its bony arms stabbing at Ye Bai like blades. Ye Bai dodged left and right, looking for an opportunity to strike back.
"Yang Mi, Meng Ziyi, look around to see if there is anything that can restrain it, just like we did last time with the mummy!" Ye Bai shouted.
Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi searched everywhere in the cave. Yang Mi found some ancient murals on the walls of the cave. The murals showed a person holding something like a bell and pointing it at a skeleton, and the skeleton could not move.
"Ye Bai, there is a clue on the mural, and it seems that a bell is needed to deal with it!" Yang Mi shouted.
While Ye Bai was dealing with the Skeleton King, he said, "Look around to see if there's a bell."
Meng Ziyi was rummaging through the pile of jewelry when she suddenly felt something hard. She took it out and saw that it was an exquisite bell.
"I found it!" Meng Ziyi shouted excitedly.
"Ring the bell!" Ye Bai said lightly.
Meng Ziyi shook the bell vigorously, and it made a crisp sound. After hearing the bell, the Skeleton King's body began to tremble and his movements became slow.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Bai punched the Skeleton King in the chest. The Skeleton King screamed and fell to the ground.
"This...what's going on?" Meng Ziyi asked in surprise.
Ye Bai looked at the Skeleton King solemnly. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "It seems that the Skeleton King is under some kind of restraint. As long as the bell rings, it will stop moving."
"So that's how it is." Yang Mi said suddenly.
"Then what are we going to do now?"
"Now that the Skeleton King has been controlled, we can go into the tomb and take a look." Ye Bai said.
"This...isn't this too reckless? After all, the owner of the tomb was a very powerful person when he was alive. What if he encounters an even more powerful enemy?" Meng Ziyi asked worriedly.
"I'm not sure if there is anyone more powerful than the Skeleton King in there, but we have to go in and take a look, right?" Ye Bai shrugged.
"Okay then, I'll go in with you." Meng Ziyi gritted her teeth and agreed.
Ye Bai nodded: "That's good. With your help, the chances of winning are higher."
"Let's go." Ye Bai led the two women into the tomb.
The tomb chamber is empty and dark, without any decorations, and looks very deserted.
When Ye Bai and others stepped into the tomb, the candles in the tomb automatically lit up.
The candlelight illuminated every inch of the tomb, making it bright and warm.
Ye Bai saw a coffin deep in the tomb. The coffin was made of rosewood and was carved with various flowers, birds, fish, insects, and auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes.
Ye Bai walked up to the coffin. He stretched out his hand to open the lid, but was stopped by a layer of iron chains outside the coffin.
"Why are there chains? Did someone nail the coffin here?" Meng Ziyi asked in confusion.
Yang Mi frowned and asked, "Did you notice the writing on the coffin?"
"What word?"
"Lying in the coffin is our Chinese national treasure, the fragments of the 'Eternal Youth Secret'."
"So there really is a national treasure in the coffin?" Ye Bai said excitedly.
"Well, it's very possible. But what exactly is this national treasure?"
Meng Ziyi squatted on the ground, carefully examining the writing on the coffin. Finally, she pointed to the upper left corner and said, "Look here, it says 'suppression'."
"What does this mean?" Meng Ziyi asked in confusion.
Neither Yang Mi nor Ye Bai understood.
"Perhaps, there is a corpse buried under this coffin?" Meng Ziyi guessed.
As Meng Ziyi finished speaking, a creaking sound came from the top of the coffin. Ye Bai and the others looked up and saw the lid of the coffin slowly rising, revealing what was inside.
"What the hell is this!" Yang Mi screamed in fear.
Meng Ziyi covered her mouth and stared at the things in the coffin with her beautiful eyes wide open.
Ye Bai squinted his eyes and looked at the thing in the coffin. It was a human head, a bloody and scarred head.
"This is..." Yang Mi was shocked.
"Could this be the tomb owner?"
"It shouldn't be wrong!"
There was nothing else in the coffin except this human head. The human head had eyes wide open, as if it had died with its eyes open, and it looked hideous and terrifying!
Which great man is this, to suffer such torture? Ye Bai couldn't help but sigh.
"This...this...I'd better stay away from you, so as not to dirty your place." Meng Ziyi shivered and took two steps back. She closed her eyes in fear.
"This is a tomb, not a cemetery. Why would such a horrible thing exist here?" Yang Mi said nervously.
"Only God knows the answer to this question." Ye Bai said helplessly.
"Ye Bai, what should we do now?" Yang Mi asked anxiously.
Ye Bai thought for a moment and said, "There is no other choice now. We must continue to go inside. We must find the treasure as soon as possible, otherwise we will be in trouble when the Skeleton King recovers."
"Okay." Yang Mi had no choice but to agree.
The three continued to move forward. Although the cave looked eerie and scary, it was not as dangerous as they had imagined.
They walked to the middle of the tomb chamber, and Ye Bai and the other two stood in the center of the tomb chamber.
Suddenly, the entire tomb shook violently, and dense runes appeared on the walls inside the tomb, wrapping the three people inside.
"We are in trouble." Ye Bai said with a frown.
"Ye Bai, what do these runes mean?" Meng Ziyi asked curiously.
"These runes are seals." Ye Bai explained.
"Are these runes very powerful?" Yang Mi asked nervously.
"I don't know either, but we are safe for now." Ye Bai said.