"However—"
That Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch clearly did not believe in Ye Chen, nor had he witnessed the previous battle, harboring doubts about Ye Chen's strength.
Gu Liu interrupted him, speaking coldly, "Fellow Daoist Xu Chengzi, if you do not wish to go, you may stay behind. We will not blame you."
This Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch was named Xu Chengzi. Now that Gu Liu had spoken and seeing the firm look in Flame God's eyes, he could only say, "Fine, this old man will make the trip. I'll also take the opportunity to see if Fellow Daoist Douzhan Shengwang truly lives up to the legend of fighting five Sovereigns alone."
Ye Chen frowned slightly as he glanced at this Xu Chengzi. He asked himself if he had ever offended him; why was he targeting him like this everywhere?
But he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this Xu Chengzi.
A mere Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch was not worth his attention.
Whoosh—
The group set off from the celestial palace and soon entered the Emperor Burial Zone.
Upon stepping into the Emperor Burial Zone, everyone felt a noticeably deeper chill.
They were all Quasi-Monarchs, powerful beings for whom even absolute zero held no coldness.
But sensing coldness now was clearly due to the Emperor Burial Zone.
This place was indeed quite demonic and sinister.
Their speed was fast, and before long, they arrived before a low, small hill that appeared very ordinary, so ordinary it wouldn't attract attention.
The hill had a cave, dark and gloomy, as if leading to hell.
Just standing by the cave entrance, they could feel a thick, chilling intent rushing toward them.
Ye Chen's expression turned serious. "What fearsome resentment. Is this Supreme Emperor Resentment?"
Anything involving the Supreme One level could not be judged by common sense.
He felt this seemed like the resentment of a Supreme One.
What reason could cause a Supreme One to emanate such resentment?
"Be careful. This is Supreme Emperor Resentment. Everyone, circulate your profound arts to resist it. Otherwise, if the Supreme Emperor Resentment enters your body, it will be difficult to expel and will greatly affect you. There might even be ominous occurrences," Ye Chen warned.
Flame God, Gu Liu, and others who believed in Ye Chen immediately circulated their profound arts to resist the Supreme Emperor Resentment, indeed feeling much better.
But there were also those like Xu Chengzi who did not believe in Ye Chen's capabilities and did not listen, thus not circulating their profound arts.
Regarding this, Ye Chen did not bother to pay further attention.
If these people wanted to seek death, should he stop them?
He was hardly some great philanthropist.
"Let's go!"
Ye Chen, skilled and bold, was the first to walk. Chaotic ancient energy surged around him, dissolving the Supreme Emperor Resentment.
Although the Supreme Emperor Resentment here wasn't particularly powerful, inhaling too much into the body could easily trigger ominous events.
Anything involving a Supreme One could not be judged by common sense.
After entering the cave, they clearly felt a deeper, more profound chill, and the contained Supreme Emperor Resentment was far more intense, vastly surpassing that outside the cave.
But fortunately, they were all Quasi-Monarchs and could easily resist it.
As for those like Xu Chengzi who did not circulate their profound arts, they clearly felt bone-chilling coldness seeping in. Yet, out of stubbornness, they still refused to circulate their profound arts, gritting their teeth and enduring.
Ye Chen let out a cold laugh. These people would have headaches later.
Their speed wasn't particularly fast, but they still covered a hundred li with each step. After walking for a full hour, they finally reached the end. The view suddenly opened up, revealing a brand new heaven and earth.
But calling it a heaven and earth was clearly inaccurate; it was merely an astonishingly large cave passage, similar to the ancient path behind the Purple Mansion Holy Land.
"Is this the ancient path?" Ye Chen frowned, clearly sensing the difference of this place. After truly stepping in, it was as if they had arrived in the Nine Netherworlds. The Supreme Emperor Resentment here was several times stronger than in the cave.
Before them, the ancient path was quite broad, but dark, gloomy mists blotted out the sky, making this place resemble the Nine Netherworlds, exceptionally eerie and terrifying. Faintly, the sounds of ghosts wailing and gods howling manifested one after another, appearing quite horrifying.
The ground appeared dark red, clearly stained by blood. Even after endless years, it remained blood-red, harboring a peculiar demonic and sinister aura, perhaps even an eternal, undying resentment.
Ahead, three figures lay dead, motionless, their blood dried up, leaving only skin and bones. Their deaths were horrifying; faintly, one could still see the terror-filled expressions on their faces, as if they had witnessed the most terrifying thing, dying with eyes wide open.
They were the three Quasi-Monarchs who had died miserably here not long ago.
All the Quasi-Monarchs felt a chill seeing this. What could have happened to cause three Quasi-Monarchs to die in such terror?
One must know these were Quasi-Monarchs, not ordinary people. To die from fright was absolutely extraordinary.
Moreover, in such a short time, their flesh and blood had been devoured, leaving only dried skin draped over bones, gaunt and horrifying. Something truly terrifying must have occurred.
"Woo—"
Suddenly, endless Yin winds began to blow, and boundless dark, gloomy mists rose. A terrifying scene manifested. In the distance, one could see millions of Yin soldiers appearing, their figures illusory, traversing the sky, pulling one ancient burial coffin after another, as if burying some heaven-defying figure.
Accompanied by the mournful sounds of ghosts wailing and gods howling.
It was as if billions of living beings were weeping in sorrow.
Seeing this scene before them, even though all present were Quasi-Monarchs, many still trembled with fear.
The phenomenon of Yin soldiers crossing the path generally only occurred in terrifying burial grounds; even a burial ground of an Ancient Sovereign might not have such a phenomenon.
This increasingly proved this place was the burial ground of an Ancient Emperor.
"Ah—"
Suddenly, a Quasi-Monarch let out a miserable scream. Everyone looked over and saw strands of bloody light steaming from his pores, as if some terrifying existence was attached to him, draining his flesh and blood.
But everyone was a Quasi-Monarch; with a glance from their Heavenly Eyes, nothing could remain hidden, all falsehoods would vanish. Yet, they could not see any existence draining him; it seemed more like his flesh and blood were evaporating on their own.
That Quasi-Monarch was terrified.
Simultaneously, more miserable screams sounded one after another as many Quasi-Monarchs fell victim.
Even Xu Chengzi was like this, a trace of horror appearing on his face, finding it hard to believe such a thing could happen.
These Quasi-Monarchs immediately circulated their profound arts, enveloping themselves in Quasi-Monarch light, instantly isolating this phenomenon.
At the same time, everyone also discovered that those whose flesh and blood were being drained were precisely the Quasi-Monarchs who had not used their profound arts for protection after entering the cave. As for Ye Chen, Flame God, Gu Liu, and others, this situation did not occur, even for the weakest early-stage Quasi-Monarch.
Clearly, this was due to the Supreme Emperor Resentment.
Flame God let out a cold laugh. These people didn't listen to Ye Chen's words; now they were finally reaping what they sowed.
Xu Chengzi and the others also had ugly expressions, clearly aware of the related situation. They just snorted coldly, saying nothing.
But they had become smarter, circulating their profound arts to envelop themselves, preventing the Supreme Emperor Resentment from entering their bodies.