"The purple crystal jade's reaction to the magnetite is growing stronger the farther we go." They came upon a cave hundreds of feet high, its shape resembling a giant elephant lying on the ground with its mouth wide open. The sensation of magnetite came from the dimly lit entrance before them.
What also struck Lu Xiaotian as somewhat strange was that after arriving here, he clearly noticed that tomb spirits appeared more often than they did elsewhere.
Whatever the case, they could go in first and see. Lu Xiaotian considered it briefly, then entered the cave, which was dozens of feet high. There was still a faint blue light near the entrance, but once they were inside, it grew ever darker.
With a laborious huff, they made their way in. A bull-shaped tomb spirit, with only one leg remaining, had no intelligence left—only the ferocity radiating from its whole body. It kicked off with its single leg and charged at Lu Xiaotian.
Lu Xiaotian simply raised a hand and slapped at it from a distance, sending the heavy bull-shaped tomb spirit flying sideways into several waist-high rocks, which shattered on impact. But soon another tomb spirit, this one shaped like a deer, glared at the intruders with a pair of oily green eyes. It made no difference: Lu Xiaotian sent it flying with a single punch.
"Why are there several times as many tomb spirits here as elsewhere? Brother Lu, should we go back out and talk it over?" The wild boar demon had been busy too, wielding a pair of fiery hammers to knock away several tomb spirits. The ones that had just pounced on them weren't especially powerful, but their frequent appearances were enough to put anyone on guard.
"Go back out? Those fellows are about to catch