Chapter 153: This Must Be a Archmage, Right? [Seeking Subscriptions]

Shen Shimao was currently in a very sticky situation.

Ever since he received the early warning from the Special Coordination Bureau, he had already begun pulling back his defensive lines and preparing for a retreat.

However, he never expected that before they could even rally their forces, the Celestial Fox and the Wailing Serpent would arrive near the Tomb of the Human Emperor, leaving them with practically no time to react.

Predictions even indicated that other exotic beasts were hurrying toward this location, making the situation even more perilous.

Although the Bureau was already coordinating higher-tier explorers to come to their rescue, time had run out for them. Pressured by the two exotic beasts, they were forced to enter the Tomb of the Human Emperor to minimize their losses.

Fortunately, they had conducted prior research and exploration of this mystic realm.

Therefore, they encountered no major difficulties after entering, right up until they reached the three massive gates.

Messages had already been relayed through the group.

The red gate belonged to the Human Faction, the blue gate to the Earth Faction, and the purple gate belonged to the Celestial Faction.

Shen Shimao and his people had entered the red gate of the Human Faction. Several other guilds chose the purple Celestial Faction gate, and only a certain local guild from Suizhou opted for the Earth Faction gate.

Yet, after passing through the murals, the very first wave of monsters they encountered stopped them in their tracks.

These were void monsters known as the [Tombside Shadows].

Their numbers were not large, but their levels were as high as seventy-plus, and they possessed a certain degree of immunity to magic and mental attacks!

A warrior originally intended to step forward to engage and hold the monsters, but unexpectedly, one of the Tombside Shadows directly possessed his body!

The warrior turned around and began attacking his companions. Furthermore, any spell-casting was immediately interrupted the moment anyone tried to channel, to the extent that even healing priests dared not cast spells casually.

Not only that, but these [Tombside Shadows] could also summon strange shadows to launch attacks.

Although the team had distributed roles properly before entering, facing such unprecedented high-level elite monsters, they inevitably felt a slight tremor of intimidation.

It took Shen Shimao a full five minutes, relying purely on his guerrilla tactics, to grind that single [Tombside Shadows] to death.

Regrettably, right in front of them, more than a dozen scattered [Tombside Shadows] were visible to the naked eye, and dealing with each one carried the genuine risk of casualties!

"Everyone, be careful. Let's play it safe; the level of the Human Emperor's Tomb is exceptionally high."

"We have lost contact with the outside world. We can only explore the mystic realm step by step. These monsters are troublesome to handle, so we will clear them one by one. Do not pull too many monsters at once!" The team's commander was an experienced knight.

Shen Shimao had now become the primary damage dealer of the team.

Fortunately, there were quite a few high-tier explorers around Shen Shimao this time. Among them was a warlock named Zhu Kaiyang from the Hanzhong Guild, whose output was on par with his own, instilling him with a lot of confidence for exploring the realm.

At this moment, however.

Zhu Kaiyang, standing in the crowd, no longer had his mind on the monsters.

Warlocks possessed a minor imp skill that could assist in averting disaster and seeking advantages.

After releasing his imp to scout ahead, he actually discovered a "safe route" interwoven between the patrols of these Tombside Shadows.

Moving forward along this path seemed to lead deep into the interior of the ancient tomb, and the Tombside Shadows along this route were exceptionally sparse.

"It looks like someone has been through here."

Zhu Kaiyang pointed out this passage.

Actually, even without his prompting, others had already noticed that certain areas within this cave bore traces of combat.

The monsters along this path were noticeably fewer than in other areas, and some sections even featured potholes inconsistent with natural solution caves.

Zhu Kaiyang quietly observed the battle scars, harboring a strange premonition. He knew that the Dark Mage had already arrived in Suizhou, and yet when the exotic beasts appeared, the Dark Mage was nowhere to be seen.

"Could it be? Did the Dark Mage pass through here?"

"The Dark Mage disappeared right after capturing those people earlier. Could he have already entered the Tomb of the Human Emperor?"

Originally, the Tomb of the Human Emperor was supposed to open three or four days later. Now that it had opened prematurely and the Dark Mage was absent, Zhu Kaiyang couldn't help suspecting whether the premature opening of the tomb might be connected to the Dark Mage.

"It's possible." Shen Shimao had actually sent messages to Yishen, but they were in a state of lost contact. He also felt that the sudden opening of the tomb might have some connection to Yishen.

Upon discovering this safe passage, the main force began advancing along the route Yishen had taken.

Occasionally, they encountered one or two monsters that Yishen had missed, but with their combined strength, those were resolved effortlessly.

Finally, an hour later, they also arrived at the Golden Gate.

However, by the time they reached it, the gate looked somewhat different from when Yishen first saw it; it was now in a half-open state, shrouded in a special layer of golden light.

With no other paths available ahead, everyone naturally stepped across the Golden Gate.

When they laid eyes upon the ancient battlefield, they fell into an identical, incomparable shock!

This was an unimaginably vast battlefield!

Although there were over a hundred of them arriving before and after at the Golden Gate, upon the ancient battlefield, they were merely like a drop in the ocean!

In the distant skies, upon the ground, and across the mountains, a chaotic three-way war raged everywhere.

Barely after they had arrived, a massive celestial eagle launched an attack directly toward them!

The celestial eagle's level was not particularly high, and after expending a tremendous amount of effort, they managed to establish a small foothold on the ancient battlefield.

However, once everyone managed to steady their minds, they finally caught sight of Yishen in the distance, farming monsters across the battlefield!

Beneath the vast expanse of the sky, dozens of blazing flame gates stood suspended from thin air, while several areas were swept by storms of wind and flashes of thunder. Within the densely packed battlefield, five or six zones had been cleared into completely vacant sectors, and the area Yishen was currently clearing saw monsters fleeing frantically like birds and beasts.

This stark contrast was something they could never have imagined before stepping inside.

Even those bizarre, high-tier exotic beasts could barely withstand Yishen's forbidden spell arrays for a few seconds before perishing!

Not only that, but they couldn't even pinpoint exactly where Yishen was located.

They only noticed that thunder arrays would suddenly materialize at certain spots, and gates of flame would abruptly rise in others, after which the monsters would simply drop dead in droves. Such effortless efficiency was something most explorers would never dare to imagine.

"Killing these monsters grants experience points and loot." Someone had already discovered that the monsters on this battlefield, just like those in ordinary different worlds, provided direct experience upon defeat.

"At this speed, isn't he gaining tens of thousands of experience points every single second?!" Envy flashed across someone's face. If they possessed Yishen's method of farming monsters, they would probably be able to level up several times within a single day!