With that recent experience behind him, getting out proved far easier than getting in. Lin Xuan encountered almost no obstruction before leaving the underground palace and arriving amid the ruins on the mountaintop.
Unlike the underground palace below, the spiritual energy outside was clearly much denser.
"Phew."
Lin Xuan let out a breath. This trip had truly not been in vain.
Now that the treasure was in hand, he naturally would not linger here. He was just about to leave when a rumbling boom suddenly reached his ears.
Lin Xuan's expression changed.
He turned his head and discovered that the thunderous sound was coming from beneath his feet.
Could it be...
Lin Xuan's face turned somewhat horrified.
The sound was so loud it was almost like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart.
If his guess was correct, the underground palace beneath his feet had collapsed.
After reaching that conclusion, Lin Xuan could not help raising a hand to pat his chest, his face full of lingering fear.
Fortunately, once he obtained the treasure, he had left this place without another word. Otherwise, as an immortal cultivator, by common sense he could not possibly be buried alive, but if there were still some restrictions inside that underground palace, whether he could escape safely would have been another matter entirely.
That thought had not even finished turning in his mind.
Lin Xuan discovered that cracks had also appeared in the ground under his feet.
They were only as thick as a thumb, yet they rapidly spread out in every direction.
Lin Xuan's expression could not help turning ugly in the extreme.
It seemed it was not only the underground palace that had collapsed. After the treasure was taken away, even the ruins on this mountaintop could no longer be preserved.
Continuing