The Death of Huang Chao

"Impossible!!"

When Xiao Ran saw the name on the spirit tablet, his head buzzed, and a piercing ringing filled his ears.

"Impossible, it can't be!!"

He couldn't believe it or understand it. Huang Chao, a Celestial, had actually... died?

"This has to be this guy's trap. He wants me to open the coffin so he can trigger a mechanism and catch me off guard?"

All sorts of possibilities flashed through Xiao Ran's mind. He quickly took out the [Executioner's Blade] and [Calamity Suppressing Token] and activated them, then focused his mental energy and spread it over the coffin, braced for anything.

The Yin God Dharma Form appeared behind him. At a thought from Xiao Ran, it reached out and seized the coffin lid.

Xiao Ran was already prepared to fight to the death. He had even quietly taken out Plum Blossom Daoist's portrait and held it in his hand.

Whether this guy was truly dead or only pretending, whether he was hiding in the coffin ready to spring back to life, if Huang Chao dared show his face, Xiao Ran would hit him with everything he had.

"Creak!"

As the coffin lid gave a dull groan, a blinding chill covered the Executioner's Blade in Xiao Ran's hand. Its terrifying killing intent made the gauzy curtains hanging in the hall whip violently.

"Creak, creak, creak..."

But as the coffin slowly opened, none of the countless possibilities Xiao Ran had imagined came to pass. The vast hall was frighteningly quiet.

Apart from Xiao Ran's own breathing, there was no sign of another living person.

Xiao Ran peered through the opening in the coffin with his mental energy. Inside, a corpse really was lying perfectly still.

The corpse lay motionless in the coffin. Though no one knew how long it had been there,