Great Accomplishment of Inner Refinement!

Boom!

Su Ti threw a punch, and as his fist met the air, it let out a cracking sound that broke through the atmosphere.

This punch landed heavily on the chest of a Mountain Wraith. The creature flew out with a boom as if hit by a car, crashing into the wall with its bones breaking, twitching, and falling down.

Before, Su Ti was forced to retreat on the mountain wall, but now that he was on flat ground, it had become his main battlefield.

Two Mountain Wraiths shrieked and pounced at him. Su Ti sneered, showing no fear. He extended his left hand, which instantly turned into a black shadow, and in the blink of an eye, it struck the neck of one of the Mountain Wraiths. With a crack, the creature's neck snapped.

Then he kicked out again at the other Mountain Wraith, landing a blow on its lower abdomen, sending it flying. With a loud bang, the cave slightly shook.

The body of this Mountain Wraith was embedded in the rock wall, bloody and severely deformed.

At this time, these Mountain Wraiths were still coming in waves, continuously pouring into the cave. Su Ti's killing intent surged, and he directly charged forward, enduring their claws, fists, feet, and teeth, forcing his way into the pile of Mountain Wraiths. Before they could land, he grabbed them and violently smashed them against the ground and walls.

With all attributes at Inner Refinement Fourth Layer, coupled with the astonishing power unleashed by the Great Accomplishment of Copper Skin Skill, Su Ti was like a human tank, slaughtering wildly while enduring the Mountain Wraiths' attacks.

He completely ignored how these Mountain Wraiths attacked him, while the creatures he touched were injured and those he hit died, as fragile as tofu.

Under the shocked gazes of Xu Lao and the others, after leaving behind nine corpses, the remaining two Mountain Wraiths shrieked and ran away without looking back.

Su Ti could only watch them leave, breathing slightly, and did not pursue.

Although these Mountain Wraiths were no match for Su Ti, if they truly fled along the mountain wall, he still had no way to pursue them.

However, considering that their tribe was only this size, if only two ran away, they wouldn't pose much of a threat.

Su Ti dropped the corpse of a Mountain Wraith that had been smashed to a pulp in his hand and leaned against the rock, panting.

Killing so many Tongli Stage Mountain Wraiths at once, even Su Ti was a bit tired.

And at least half of his strength was spent on the mountain wall.

"Brother Su Xiu, amazing, amazing!"

Seeing that the matter was over, Xu Lao walked up, looking at the pile of Mountain Wraith corpses on the ground, his eyes filled with admiration, and he said sincerely.

"If Brother Su Xiu hadn't been here today, I'm afraid we would have been completely wiped out."

The other two, Cao Man and Lao Li, also walked over, still feeling lingering fear, and nodded in agreement.

These Mountain Wraiths were different from Yu. Even if they didn't attack them on the mountain wall, they could still take everyone down in a frontal assault, it would just cost them a bit more.

Su Ti panted slightly and said,

"Let's skip the pleasantries. Just give me a bit more of the spoils later."

He didn't win that easily either. He suffered serious injuries under the attacks of these Mountain Wraiths, with large areas of bloodstains on his body, and several places where his defense was broken, leaving him covered in blood from scratches.

"Of course."

Xu Lao said without hesitation, but then sighed.

"It's just a pity about Dongzi."

When Xu Lao said this, Lao Li and Cao Man also showed sadness in their eyes.

As the saying goes, even thieves have their code. Their friendship with Dongzi had lasted for many years. They had gone through life and death together, experienced many dangers, and never expected him to fall here.

However, they were all people who had risked their lives many times and had firm wills. Since they had embarked on this path of eating the dead man's rice, they had long been prepared for death.

Their adventure was far from over, and perhaps they would also face death.

Therefore, all three of them forced themselves to cheer up and did not wallow in sadness.

"Let's rest for a while, analyze the situation, and then go further inside."

Su Ti suggested this, and everyone nodded in agreement. They were already exhausted from the chase and escape. Now that they were finally safe, they all took out food and water from their backpacks to replenish their strength.

While everyone was resting, Su Ti also looked at his modifier panel.

At this time, his energy had reached over 560%.

He had killed a total of 12 Mountain Wraiths. Except for two that fell off the cliff and did not provide energy, the other 10 provided him with a full 300% energy. Coupled with the previous 260%, it was finally enough for him to upgrade his skills.

Su Ti focused his gaze on Bodhisattva Practice. With a blur of attributes, Bodhisattva Practice changed from the Fourth Layer to the Fifth Layer, and his energy also changed from 560% to 210%.

The improvement of the technique caused a large amount of hot current to surge into his limbs, bones, joints, internal organs, and brain!

During the infusion of this hot current, the familiar pain came, but Su Ti could also feel his strength becoming greater, his joints becoming more flexible, his reactions more agile, his brain thinking faster, and his five senses becoming more sensitive.

Moreover, he could feel a tingling itch on his wounds, which was because his wounds were healing rapidly as his physique improved.

Pfft!

Su Ti suddenly spat out a mouthful of dark clotted blood, startling everyone.

"Brother Su Xiu, are you alright!"

Facing the startled Xu Lao and the others, Su Ti waved his hand.

"I'm fine, I just forced out the clotted blood from my internal organs."

Seeing this, everyone was still a little worried. After all, they didn't know what Evil Spirits were still ahead. Su Ti was their strongest combat power and could not afford to be lost.

But when Xu Lao and Cao Man took out alcohol and bandages and came up to check Su Ti's wounds, they found that Su Ti was really fine.

Earlier, they saw his clothes were tattered and there were some bloodstains, but after a check, they found that he didn't even have a broken skin, so they went back to rest sheepishly.

At this moment, Su Ti felt his body. As the strengthening of the Inner Refinement Fifth Layer finished, his injuries had also recovered completely.

At this moment, Su Ti's attributes also became:

[Strength 2.0, Constitution 2.0, Agility 2.0, Wisdom 2.0]

Clenching his fists, Su Ti thought to himself.

Is this the feeling of Great Accomplishment of Inner Refinement? My body feels completely new, filled with overflowing power.

Inner Refinement Fifth Layer had already reached the Great Accomplishment of Inner Refinement realm in the Ancient Martial Arts world.

Next, Su Ti only needed to break through his fighting style to the Great Accomplishment realm, achieving Great Accomplishment in both Inner Refinement and fighting style, to break through to the Perfected Circle Realm and reach the realm of Uncle Liang, the Transmission Elder of Dragon Gate.

Su Ti looked at his fighting style, Golden Python Four Forms.

Golden Python Four Forms (Minor Accomplishment 22%) +

Although he had diligently practiced his fighting style every day during this period, and had the life-and-death practical combat experience on the cliff before, his progress was still not high.

His gaze moved to the plus sign after the martial art. The remaining 210% energy rapidly decreased, stopping only when it reached 10%!

The proficiency of Golden Python Four Forms also began to skyrocket. With the injection of 200% energy, it directly reached the Intermediate Accomplishment level!

Countless memories flowed out from Su Ti's body, surging into the nerves and brain throughout his body.

His fingers trembled slightly. At this moment, a large amount of memories flooded into his mind and body. He felt as if he had cultivated Golden Python Four Forms for many years and experienced many battles!

Not only that, with the Intermediate Accomplishment of his fighting style combined with his Great Accomplishment of Inner Refinement cultivation, a restless feeling surged through Su Ti's body, a vague sense of controlling everything in his body seemed about to burst forth.

But he only felt like he was about to break through; the actual breakthrough did not happen in the end.

Just one step away, just the final step to enter the Perfected Circle Realm.

Looking at the Intermediate Accomplishment Golden Python Four Forms, Su Ti's heart burned with excitement. He was now only one step away from the Perfected Circle Realm. As long as Golden Python Four Forms reached Great Accomplishment, he could completely step into it!

But this seemingly simple step, for a normal martial artist, might require several years of arduous cultivation and many life-and-death battles to have a chance to step into.

And for Su Ti, in his vague sense, it would require at least 300% energy to upgrade Golden Python Four Forms to the Great Accomplishment realm and completely step into the Perfected Circle Realm.

After everyone had roughly rested, Xu Lao drew a map on the cave wall with a branch.

"We have now entered the tomb, completing the first two steps of the plan. We just need to enter the burial chamber and retrieve the treasures inside to be considered successful."

"First, let me explain the next course of action. Due to the difficulty of excavation, the interior of cliff burials like this is generally not too complex and won't have too many puzzles designed for tomb robbers."

"Generally, if you follow this passage inwards, the end will be the burial chamber. And according to the level of the tomb, it is divided into main burial chamber, secondary burial chamber, and sacrificial burial chamber."

"Next, we need to be careful of mechanisms and traps, especially the Evil Spirits we might encounter."

"There are still Evil Spirits? But we've already encountered two waves of Evil Spirits."

Lao Li couldn't help but speak, and Cao Man also had a look of utter exasperation.

This tomb raiding process, even in their past careers, was extremely dangerous. In previous tomb raiding processes, encountering one or two Evil Spirits was already the limit. As a result, they encountered so many this time, and damn it, there have already been two waves, and Xu Lao said there are still more to come.

Xu Lao shook his head and said.

"We cannot be careless. The previous two waves of Evil Spirits don't seem to have been artificially bred. Instead, they seem to have been attracted by the Yin energy of this Yin Meridian and later migrated here to settle, just like that Yu, which only occupied the village after the fire in Mu Family Village."

"Judging from this point, it is highly likely that there are still Evil Spirit guards artificially created by King Mu inside the tomb, and that is the main event."

Hearing this, Cao Man and Lao Li exchanged glances. Lao Li even swallowed his saliva and said.

"What kind of Evil Spirits will we encounter?"

Xu Lao said solemnly.

"It's hard to say. There are too many types of Evil Spirits that can be artificially created. Anything is possible, and it's also possible that there aren't any Evil Spirits. In short, we have already come this far. It would be unreasonable not to go forward and take a look."

Everyone fell silent. They had paid a huge price to get here, and even Dongzi had sacrificed himself. Of course, they couldn't stop here.

Su Ti poked his head out and looked at the sun outside. They came down at noon, and it was already afternoon, not long before dusk.

He pulled his head back and said in a deep voice.

"I also suggest continuing the exploration, and preferably quickly. If there are really Evil Spirits in the tomb, we'd better enter before dark. This way, even if there is danger, we can escape to the sunlight and weaken the power of these Evil Spirits. If it gets dark... it will be difficult to handle."

According to Xu Lao's knowledge of Evil Spirits, many Evil Spirits can gain many buffs at night and unleash stronger power than during the day.

Hearing this, everyone also exchanged glances and nodded solemnly.

At this time, everyone had also finished resting and began to explore the tomb.

The cave was very dark. Except for the sunlight shining in at the entrance, the deeper they went, the darker it became.

Su Ti took out his phone to illuminate, only to find that the phone could no longer be turned on.

"Is it broken?"

Su Ti took out a flashlight again, only to find that it also wouldn't light up.

Seeing this, Xu Lao stopped his actions.

"It's useless. We have now reached the source of this Yin Meridian. The Yin energy here is too heavy, and the negative energy magnetic field is too strong, which will seriously interfere with the operation of electronic products. In other words, all technological products are ineffective here."

"There's such a thing?"

This was the first time Su Ti knew that Yin energy could have this effect, but he did feel that the deeper he went into the cave, the heavier the chilling sensation became.

"That's right, similar situations have occurred in certain devilish sea areas in the Great East Ocean and some mysterious primeval forests in the White Country. Ships and exploration teams passing through have mysteriously gone missing one after another. Those who were lucky enough to escape later recounted the horrors of these places. The electricity and engines of the ships would strangely stop, the vessels would lose all power, satellite phones would lose signal and couldn't even turn on. This series of strange events is, in fact, because the areas they were in had too strong a negative energy magnetic field, affecting technological creations."

Xu Lao's words awakened Su Ti's memory. He did recall seeing similar reports online. At first, he thought they were fabricated, but now that Xu Lao mentioned them, he realized these things weren't groundless.

"What should we do then?" Su Ti asked.

Since even flashlights wouldn't turn on, how were they supposed to explore this ancient tomb?

"Hmm, the Yin energy here is too strong, so technological products are indeed unusable. However, I've prepared other things."

Saying that, Xu Lao took out four torches from his backpack, kept one for himself, and distributed the other three to the other three people.

Su Ti took the torch and lit it with the fire starter he carried. The torch was made of solidified grease and accelerant, igniting instantly. However, after it lit up, he noticed that the light from the torch was somewhat dim.

As if suppressed by something, the flame didn't burn fiercely at all, and the illuminated area was very limited.

Seeing this situation, coupled with Xu Lao's previous remarks, Su Ti's heart sank, and he had a guess.

If it's really as Xu Lao said, that the Yin energy magnetic field can interfere with electronic products, it's likely related to interference with electric current. But now there's this phenomenon, which means this energy can even interfere with the chemical energy of fire burning.

Everyone held their torches high and cautiously explored forward.

The cave walls were continuously carved with some ancient characters, depicting the life and achievements of this King Mu.

Xu Lao said softly.

"This King Mu was also a powerful king in his early years, leading his army to conquer everywhere, establishing a considerable territory, equivalent to several cities today. He could be considered a minor king in the Era of Hundred Kingdoms."

"Unfortunately, later on, the national strength also gradually declined. Historically, ten years after his death, the Mu Kingdom was already destroyed."

"However, this tomb was built while King Mu was still alive. Furthermore, although the national strength was weak when King Mu died, the Mu Kingdom was still there. As the first emperor, his burial goods should be very considerable."

Su Ti nodded slightly. Hesia had a very developed burial industry since ancient times, just like in his previous life. Kings, marquises, generals, and ministers particularly liked to build luxurious mausoleums for themselves, hoping to enjoy wealth and glory even after death.

He had no doubt about the preciousness of the treasures in the tomb, but he was worried about whether there were any Cursed Antiques inside.

The group groped their way forward in the cave for about 20 meters when Cao Man, who was in front, suddenly stopped.

Cao Man raised her hand. She was a woman, and her martial artist's body had keen senses and rich experience. During tomb raiding, she was always the one leading the way.

As soon as Cao Man raised her hand, the three people behind her immediately stopped.

"There's a mechanism."

Cao Man said in a low voice.

"What type?"

"No, it's already triggered. Come and take a look."

Everyone was stunned and walked over to see.

They saw many decayed arrows remaining on the walkway ahead.

The arrowheads were sharp, made of metal, and the shafts were wooden. They were now scattered on the ground, many already decayed.

"The trap has been triggered? Has someone already been here before us?"

Lao Li said in surprise, and then Xu Lao immediately denied it.

"Impossible! The Dragon Blocking Stone outside the tomb was blown open by us yesterday. This cliff burial only has this one entrance. It's absolutely impossible for anyone to have come in before us!"

Xu Lao said decisively.

Lao Li hesitated, "But the trap has been triggered."

Xu Lao shook his head, still not believing it: "Maybe the mechanism is old and in disrepair, and the trap triggered itself."

"Xiaoman, be careful. You continue to scout ahead. There might be other traps here."

Cao Man nodded slightly and cautiously walked forward, but not long after, they made a new discovery.

There was a suddenly collapsed deep pit directly ahead. The pit contained a lot of earth, stones, and wooden boards, and at the same time, it was filled with dense metal spikes, a meter long.

"Another triggered mechanism?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Xu Lao was speechless this time.

If the previous mechanism trap was triggered, Xu Lao could convince himself that the mechanism was old and in disrepair and triggered itself.

But this pit trap in front of them, without an object of a certain weight falling on it, it would be impossible to trigger!

The result was already obvious.

Everyone exchanged glances, and they could all see the grim expressions on each other's faces.

"Someone has been in this tomb before us!"