"No!"
Tuoba Shan's eyes were bloodshot as he tried to rush over to save them, only to be held back tightly by the other disciples!
Lu Chen stared fixedly at that fissure.
He could sense that something deep within the fissure was awakening.
That aura... was exactly the same as the Undead Monarch's, yet vastly greater and far more terrifying!
He suddenly understood.
Ghost Venerable had not lured them here to die.
He had sacrificed himself to open this fissure and release whatever was inside.
And the thing inside...
Within the fissure, a massive figure was slowly rising.
It was a giant python.
But it was larger and more terrifying than the one from before.
Its scales were a ghostly green, gleaming with an eerie light. Blood-red patterns flowed across every scale.
Its eyes were golden, its vertical pupils brimming with savagery and bloodlust.
Its aura had already surpassed the mid-stage of the Longevity Realm, pressing straight toward the late stage—perhaps even the peak!
And most terrifying of all, a figure stood atop its head.
No, that was not a person.
It was a dense mass of deathly aura, condensed into the outline of a humanoid figure.
Its features were indistinct. Only its pair of ghostly green eyes were horrifyingly clear as they stared coldly at Lu Chen.
The Undead Monarch.
Another soul incarnation.
Stronger than any of the previous ones.
Lu Chen drew a deep breath and tightened his grip on the Azure Dragon Halberd.
Then he suddenly smiled.
It was a cold smile, carrying a trace of mockery and a trace of grim resolve.
"One at a time, or all together?"
He raised the Azure Dragon Halberd, its tip pointing directly at that figure.
"I'll take you all on."
The fissure was like the gaping maw of an