Within mere minutes, that creature had been battered black and blue, blood spurting everywhere, a miserable sight to behold.
Yet Shen Xiu's sword showed no sign of stopping.
Under such circumstances, panic finally spread through the creature's eyes.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
At that moment, Shen Xiu's longsword continuously stabbed into the creature within the tombstone.
The creature's body convulsed without pause as it let out pained, mournful howls.
A terrifying fluctuation also pulsed from the longsword.
Rip!
Suddenly, under that fluctuation, a pitch-black fissure spread outward from the crack in the tombstone.
Whoosh!!!
The instant that fluctuation appeared, the creature let out a shrill cry, and its body immediately shattered.
Buzz buzz!!!
At the same time, streaks of black patterns across the tombstone rapidly spread out, eventually gathering into strange runes.
The instant those strange runes appeared, the entire tombstone began to tremble.
Rumble rumble!!!
As the tombstone shook, the surrounding ground began to quiver ceaselessly, as though it were about to collapse.
This bizarre scene made Shen Xiu's eyelids twitch, and unease rose within him.
Yet he did not retreat. Instead, he walked straight toward the tombstone.
He wanted to see just what mysteries this tombstone held.
The moment he drew close to it, Shen Xiu's eyes widened round.
Because nine fist-sized pearls floated around the tombstone.
The pearls radiated dazzling brilliance. Like nine moons, they formed a resplendent starfield around the tombstone, shedding endless light like a glittering Milky Way.
This was...
Upon seeing this, astonishment surfaced on Shen Xiu's face.
"So this is the Martial Ancestor's Tomb? It truly is incomparably wondrous."
Shen Xiu muttered to himself.
But after his sigh of admiration, Shen Xiu's gaze grew even hotter.
Because this tomb was the treasure vault of the Martial Ancestor's Tomb.
And it contained all of the