No, not its true body—not even an avatar.
This was merely a wisp of... a remnant soul sealed here for countless years?
He slowly approached the stone coffin, his gaze falling on its half-open lid.
The inner side of the coffin lid was carved with densely packed runes. Though he did not recognize them, their distinctive patterns were identical to the runes sealing the giant abyssal chasm beneath Dragon Head Peak!
This place was also a sealing ground!
And that wandering Daoist—Lu Chen's gaze swept across the corpses around the stone coffin before quickly stopping on one of them.
That corpse wore a worn blue-gray Daoist robe. Its face had rotted beyond recognition, but judging from the clothing that had not yet fully decayed, it was the wandering Daoist Yun Qingyue had described.
In the end, he had failed to leave this ancient tomb.
Just as Lu Chen was about to step forward for a closer look, the ghostly green sphere of light floating above the stone coffin suddenly began to tremble violently!
A vast, icy will brimming with malice erupted from the sphere, like an invisible giant hand viciously grasping at Lu Chen's soul!
"You're courting death!"
Lu Chen barked coldly. The Dragon Soul Mirror mark between his brows flared, shooting out a dazzling blue-gold beam that collided head-on with that will!
"Boom—!"
A thunderous roar erupted through the tomb chamber!
The shockwave from the collision shattered the surrounding dry bones to powder, and even the massive stone coffin shook violently!
The ghostly green sphere let out a shrill screech. Like a wounded beast, it abruptly recoiled back into the coffin!
Immediately afterward, the runes on the inner side of the coffin blazed to life. Strands of golden light interwove into a net, pinning the sphere down tightly!
Lu