Breaking Free and Wild Joy

Pfft!

Pfft, pfft!

Ye Zhen tried desperately to spit out the dirt in his mouth, but the moment his lips moved, even more dirt squeezed into his mouth.

If anyone could have seen Ye Zhen's expression right then, it would surely have been spectacular.

Yes, spectacular beyond measure!

For the first time in his life, he experienced what it felt like to be buried alive.

Had Ye Zhen not crushed a Demon Cloud Fruit long ago, allowing the Demon Cloud Barrier to block the cave-in for an instant, he reckoned he would already have been smashed into meat paste beneath that million-jin weight.

As for the Purple Jade Battle Armor, it had only held for an instant before shattering. The might of heaven and earth was indeed terrifying.

Fortunately, with the Demon Cloud Barrier and Purple Jade Spiritual Armor supporting him, Ye Zhen was merely buried alive for now. He had only broken two ribs, so it was not too serious.

For an ordinary person, being buried alive meant certain death.

But for a powerful martial artist, being buried alive was not necessarily so terrifying. A martial artist could switch to internal breathing and rely entirely on spiritual power to last for quite some time.

However, once the spiritual power within his body ran dry, Ye Zhen would still be finished.

In other words, if Ye Zhen remained buried here and could not get out for a long time, he might truly sleep here forever.

"If that Shadowless Mountain-Piercing Beast King brought down the entire tunnel, then..."

Ye Zhen did not dare imagine the consequences.

If that truly happened, then not only had he gone deep beneath Black Beard Mountain—judging by how far they had traveled on the way down, he should be over a thousand meters underground.

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