Chapter 2053: Chapter 2057: Deep Within the Volcano
"Senior Brother Lin!"
Chen Ping was still speaking, and as soon as his voice faded, he saw Qin Tian had already leapt out!
Both Chen Ping and Su Meng were startled, almost shouting out simultaneously, but quickly covered their mouths for fear of being overheard.
Qin Tian decided to race against time, for the later he entered the volcano cave, the lesser his chances of obtaining the treasure would be. Thus, he needed to quickly deal with those five people!
He transformed into a streak of light, charging towards the five people, leaving Chen Ping and Su Meng dumbfounded.
There was no discernible action from Qin Tian; he was just incredibly fast. Yet, those five seemed instantly suppressed by some formidable force, and when they attempted to resist, it was already too late.
Qin Tian flickered past, wherever he went, those five people fell directly!
There was no room for resistance!
"Gasp!"
Chen Ping and Su Meng watched stupefied, looking at each other in disbelief.
"Junior Sister, could we have... could we have encountered a Flying Immortal Realm expert? Otherwise, this is impossible!"
Chen Ping was incredulous, "This is too shocking! Too exaggerated!"
Su Meng shook her head, "No way, how old is Senior Brother Lin really? Could he be over a hundred years old? Otherwise, it’s impossible to reach the Flying Immortal Realm."
While the two were still in shock, Qin Tian’s voice came through: "Why are you two standing there stunned, let’s go!"
Only then did Chen Ping and Su Meng react, hurriedly rushing towards Qin Tian.
After dealing with those five people, they quickly and quietly moved along the small trail.
During the journey, Chen Ping was too shocked for words.
Meanwhile, Su Meng sounded like a little fan girl, asking Qin Tian in an admiring tone: "Senior Brother Lin, what is your cultivation level? You’re too amazing!"
"Senior Brother Lin, which sect are you from? With a level like yours, you should be the Sect Leader, right?"
"Senior Brother Lin, it’s dangerous inside the volcano, you have to remember to protect me."
Su Meng spoke a lot, but Qin Tian barely answered. He only responded quietly when hearing Su Meng’s last question: "It’s dangerous here, so stop talking, otherwise if experts are drawn here, I may not be able to protect you."
Su Meng felt a wave of awkwardness.
Chen Ping remarked, "No way, Senior Brother Lin, I think you’ve reached the Flying Immortal Realm. Even the ordinary experts from the Imperial City probably can’t do anything to you..."
The small trail discovered by Chen Ping and Su Meng was incredibly deep, seemingly carved by ancients from ages past.
After entering the volcano, it turned into a tunnel. The three of them walked inside, and after ten minutes, they finally reached the volcano’s core.
"Senior Brother Lin, this is where we came, then encountered several waves of people who started fighting. We were purely caught in the crossfire. Later, realizing we had no chance for the treasure, we decided to leave and discovered this trail."
Chen Ping led Qin Tian to the edge of a cliff, saying.
Qin Tian looked up and down, scrutinizing the volcano’s interior.
The temperature here was at least above sixty degrees, and surrounding walls still bore volcanic ash left by past eruptions.
The internal structure was interesting as well—full of cliffs, each separated by five or six meters, leading to a ten-square-meter cliff. The vast volcano interior extended endlessly downward with cliffs staggered all around.
"The meteorite should have fallen to the deepest part of the volcano. The experts must have gone below as well," Su Meng pointed at the bottomless darkness beneath the cliff.
Chen Ping looked at Qin Tian, "Senior Brother Lin, shall we... go down?"
Qin Tian nodded without hesitation, "Down."
After speaking, he leapt forward, quickly descending over twenty meters with a few swift jumps.
Su Meng and Chen Ping exchanged glances, helplessly following Qin Tian down quickly.
Boom!
Boom!
When Qin Tian and the others descended a hundred meters, they could faintly hear violent sounds from deep within the volcano, accompanied by the noise of collapsing rocks and True Qi disturbances.
"The sounds are coming from around four to five hundred meters below. Let’s hurry, but be cautious; I see people ahead also descending quickly."
Qin Tian advised Chen Ping and Su Meng, keeping his speed fast yet not at full potential to take care of them.
Finally, when they reached a depth of at least a thousand meters from the volcano’s mouth, Qin Tian halted.
He stood on a cliff, looking down at a hundred meters where raging fires and golden volcanic magma churned, seemingly ready to erupt at any moment.
Chen Ping and Su Meng followed, standing behind Qin Tian, deep breaths hinted at nervousness.
"We’ve reached the underground, strange that we clearly sensed True Qi ripples earlier, but where are those people now..."
Su Meng queried curiously.
Qin Tian pointed, "Over there. See it? There are several entrances, and the arrivals should have entered the caves."
Chen Ping and Su Meng followed his direction, seeing at least twenty terrifyingly large entrances with a height of three meters around the stonewall, exuding an eerie aura.
Chen Ping swallowed nervously, "Looks like the meteorite fell into the magma. How can we retrieve the treasure now?"
Qin Tian responded, "A treasure from outer heaven doesn’t necessarily mean the meteorite contains it. Instead, the meteorite is guided by the Seven-colored Treasure Star, marking the hiding place of the treasure. So apart from the meteorite itself, around where it fell might host treasures as well."
"No wonder..."
Su Meng nodded, "No wonder the meteorite’s landing spot is so peculiar. This must have long concealed Outer Heaven Treasure unknown until the Seven-colored Treasure Star sensed it, causing the meteorite to fall in guidance and drawing all experts here. It seems treasures from outer heaven can’t bear solitude."
"..."
Qin Tian thought the first half of Su Meng’s explanation made sense, but her concluding remark had him rolling his eyes, speechless.
"Look, someone went inside!"
Chen Ping whispered, pointing to the distance where indeed a small team was entering a dark cave hundreds of meters away.
"Let’s go in too and try to claim a share," Qin Tian suggested, heading to the nearest cave.
Chen Ping and Su Meng closely followed, and as they descended to the cave entrance, they looked up, seeing three ancient characters engraved above —
Immortal King’s Tomb!
The three decided on a different entrance, yet again, every cave had these three words engraved!
Immortal King’s Tomb, the living enter, the dead exit!
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