"H-how could this happen?"
Xu Yi knelt on the ground, staring at the flying sword fragments scattered all around him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"My bonded flying sword was actually shattered by this stone mountain?"
Not only Xu Yi, but Yuan Wu, Bi Yue, the two Evil Spirit Cultivators, and Song Wen were all astonished.
Without displaying the slightest power, the stone mountain had shattered the bonded magical treasure of a Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator. Even an ordinary Immortal Artifact would struggle to accomplish that, wouldn't it?
Song Wen's eyes gleamed.
What a treasure!
This mountain was no ordinary object!
However, taking possession of it would be no easy task.
At the very least, Song Wen had no storage ring capable of holding such a towering mountain.
Yuan Wu and the others naturally realized how extraordinary the mountain was as well.
But they entertained no such audacious notion as Song Wen did, never dreaming of pocketing the entire mountain.
"It seems the most important treasure in this tomb lies atop this mountain. You four, we shall go on ahead!"
With that, the old man led the young man beside him toward the stone steps.
Yet the instant they flew above the steps, they seemed to trigger some kind of restriction.
Both plummeted, slamming onto the first stone step.
Fortunately, they had been fairly cautious and had not flown very high, so the impact left them uninjured.
They steadied themselves, exchanged a glance, and began climbing the stone steps.
However, every step they took looked far from easy.
Yuan Wu withdrew his gaze from their retreating backs and looked down at Xu Yi, who had fallen to his knees.
"Fellow Daoist Xu Yi, with your bonded flying sword destroyed, I fear you will have trouble mobilizing your magical power for