"Why did it start sounding on its own?" Yu Ziqian asked. He was extremely curious about this "War Drum Barrier" and had been studying it for a long time.
"I don't know. It seems to be responding to someone else. Before this, I was always the one who beat it, and others responded to me," Li Tianming said.
They stood within a hollow, deep black-hole passage, with thick mist filling the way ahead.
Boom!
Li Tianming struck it again. The war drum's sound spread outward, and before long, a thunderous echo came from the distant front.
The sound traveled an enormous distance. If anyone was along the way, they should have heard it.
"The existence of an echo will bring more scattered people together, creating competition." Li Tianming listened to the sound coming from afar and made his judgment.
"Then are we still heading toward where the echo came from?" Lin Xiaoxiao's light-red eyes were slightly tense. She said, "Besides the war drum's echo, there seem to be more sounds throughout the Nine Dragons Imperial Tomb as well. Listen..."
"Mm. Sounds of fighting, roars of giant beasts—they're much louder than they were at the start."
This meant that the Nine Dragons Imperial Tomb had become even more chaotic.
Li Tianming gripped the War Drum Barrier, holding it in reverse as he looked ahead. "Keep going. In a place like this, where people gather, there will be uncertainty and disputes. Only then will there be winners and losers."
At its root, this was a competition for ranking!
They quickened their pace and headed toward the war drum's echo. As they drew closer, the echo grew louder with every strike.
Boom!
Boom!
Li Tianming discovered that when he sounded the war drum in his hand and triggered the distant drum's echo, other