Chapter 151: Three Vampire Venerables!

"An earthquake?"

"No, it's coming from the direction of the Human Emperor's Tomb!"

"The Human Emperor's Tomb has opened?!"

"Look over there, the Human Emperor's Tomb is rising from the ground!"

As Yi Shen opened the Golden Gate, drastic anomalies occurred around the Human Emperor's Tomb in the outside world.

Along the periphery, a vast area could be seen vibrating violently. Then, this mystic realm, which was half-ground and half-underground, abruptly began to ascend!

While the officials of the Paranormal Affairs Administration were still investigating the matter of the vampires, the commotion at the Human Emperor's Tomb instantly drew all their attention.

"Go and check out what's happening first. I sense such a terrifying aura!"

"Send someone to investigate, and sync the intelligence upwards."

"Wasn't it said that the Human Emperor's Tomb wouldn't reach its energy peak for another three days? Why is it opening so quickly now?"

The sudden anomaly shattered everyone's plans. High-tier explorers began rushing toward the Human Emperor's Tomb one after another. The outermost barrier of the tomb seemed to be slowly dissipating. However, after it faded, even more crimson auras seemed to diffuse from within, causing a sense of dread just by looking at it from afar!

Not only that, the very moment the Human Emperor's Tomb manifested, all mutated beasts across the entire Huaxia region—both those previously discovered and those yet unknown—experienced massive reactions!

To the north, atop a certain snowy mountain, a gigantic yeti rose abruptly from the valley, transforming into a flying mutated beast. Its piercing screams resounded across the entire mountain range, triggering an avalanche, before it flew southward directly toward the Human Emperor's Tomb.

Near the banks of the Yellow River, a mutated beast known as the "Kunpeng," which had previously been suppressed by official forces, was currently resting and recuperating.

However, after the opening of the Human Emperor's Tomb, it seemed to undergo a violent reaction, instantly hitting the peak of energy detection. It surged upward, breaking through the protective perimeter that had restricted it, and likewise roared toward the direction of the Human Emperor's Tomb.

The East Sea.

The Azure Dragon was controlling the marine mutated beasts and pillaging the coastal regions.

Following the opening of the Human Emperor's Tomb, a reddish-purple aura even appeared around the Azure Dragon!

At this moment, it actually soared directly into the sky, carrying the momentum of riding the clouds and mist, seemingly drawn by the power of the Human Emperor's Tomb as well.

In a split second.

Dozens of safe zones detected energy anomalies, along with some uncatalogued mountains-and-seas mutated beasts. Astonishingly, all these mutated beasts surged toward the central Human Emperor's Tomb at the very same time!

"The Human Emperor's Tomb has opened."

"Mm, I can sense the aura of the Human Emperor's Tomb."

"The tomb opened the moment our people were ferreted out by the Black Mage. It's bound to have something to do with him."

"It's opening at a rather inconvenient time. The mutated beasts haven't fully matured yet. If they concentrate here like this, it might form a mutated beast forbidden zone."

In a small temple in southern Huaxia, several crimson figures were lingering upon the Buddha statues.

Their auras were far denser than those of the vampires in Hanzhong!

Originally, the vampires had prepared to make a move against the Black Mage, but they hadn't expected his methods to be so swift—he had actually opened the Human Emperor's Tomb prematurely.

Although they didn't know what method the Black Mage had used, this undoubtedly disrupted their plans considerably!

"Advance our operations. We don't control many mutated beasts right now, but we should still be able to contend for a share within the Human Emperor's Tomb. There are a total of nine portions of the Human Emperor's Blood; we must secure at least three of them, otherwise the other Sovereigns cannot be awakened later," said one of the crimson figures.

He spoke not in Mandarin, but in a bizarre Sanskrit chant. Everyone inside the temple ceased their movements, faint auras overflowing from their bodies.

"The Black Mage must die. He has severely interfered with our resurgence. Even if he is digitized, he must be eliminated," another Buddha statue spoke.

"The Sovereign in Hanzhong has already awakened. We need to dispatch two more Sovereigns there to be safe."

"To deal with the Black Mage? Do we actually need to deploy three Sovereigns? Once the Sovereigns move, they will definitely be targeted."

"The Black Mage's potential is considerable. Only with three Sovereigns making a move can we be more secure. If he is allowed to develop, he will certainly become a mortal enemy of our race!"

"So be it!"

"So be it!"

"So be it!"

Following a brief discussion, a strange power radiated outward from the temple.

Vampire leaders in the eastern, western, and Hanzhong safe zones all received the message.

In the Hanzhong safe zone, Xi Xudong was quite surprised to see the assigned mission to awaken a Sovereign sent down from above. He hadn't expected the superiors to place such high importance on the Black Mage and be willing to pay such a heavy price to eliminate him!

Soon enough, Xi Xudong began executing his mission.

He walked to a small building by the Han River and headed down a flight of stairs.

The staircase was extremely long, and it took him a full ten minutes to reach the bottom. By then, he had descended nearly a thousand meters underground, arriving at a subterranean undercurrent.

In the center of the underground river stood a special ice pillar, constantly being washed by the flowing water. Within the ice pillar was a peculiar humanoid creature with a bronze complexion. If Yi Shen were here, he would undoubtedly discover that this creature bore a striking resemblance to the ancient beings depicted on the mural!

In truth, this ice pillar was already slowly melting, with only a final fraction remaining. Xi Xudong channeled his power, and the ice pillar gradually vanished, finally revealing the true appearance of the bronze humanoid creature.

Though it possessed two arms and two legs and looked human-like, it had a pair of sharp horns growing from its head and a pair of black wings on its back. The feathers on the black wings were exceptionally razor-sharp, looking as though they could slice through space itself!

Upon awakening, some bizarre energy seemed to enter its body, accompanied faintly by a trace of data streams.

Yet from Xi Xudong's perspective, the moment these data streams reached the vicinity of the Sovereign, they abruptly jammed, completely unable to penetrate it! They could only cling to its surface!

After about ten seconds, this "Sovereign" finally opened its eyes for the very first time!

Aside from the vampires, various departments of the Paranormal Affairs Administration also swiftly received the news.

First, the premature opening of the Human Emperor's Tomb had drawn their attention. Second, the convergence of mutated beasts toward the tomb finally alerted some core explorers in Huaxia to this mystic realm.

Previously, this mystic realm had not caused much of an impact, and the participating guilds were mainly figures from the surrounding safe zones.

However, with mutated beasts flocking en masse toward this mystic realm, anyone with half a brain knew that there was definitely a massive problem with this so-called Human Emperor's Tomb mystic realm!