Coffin, Palace Lantern, Corpse

Bang bang bang bang...

That was the sound of a fist striking the coffin lid.

It must be said that the coffin of the old Daoist priest Ran Deng is indeed very hard. It is unknown what material it is made of, or who was originally buried inside, but it is truly durable.

"Mountain Recluse Who Never Leaves! I only slightly offended you, yet you want my life!" The old Ran Deng's voice came from the coffin, his teeth clenched, his hatred surging like a raging river. "If you want to kill me, then I will perish with you!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Chu's eyes narrowed, and he cried out, "Everyone, be careful!"

When the Ancestral Witch saw this, they were also startled. After all, the Primordial Land was full of wonders, and it was perfectly normal for there to be some strange and unusual things.

For example, they couldn't even recognize what this coffin was!

Suddenly, the pitch-black coffin emitted a dark light. Upon seeing this, Wu Chu instructed Yibao to release Merit Golden Light, covering everyone in a layer. Coffins are very malevolent, Wu Chu did not want anything to happen to these Ancestral Witch.

However, at that moment, the dark light flashed and disappeared into the distance.

"Holy crap! He actually tried to escape!"

Upon seeing this, the Fire-Passing Youth even uttered Wu Chu's usual swear words.

"Where do you think you're going!"

A phantom of a dragon's tail flicked, directly slapping the dark light back. Then, Qiangliang flashed and appeared above the dark light, spreading his ten fingers and pressing down.

Sizzle sizzle...

Countless bolts of lightning enveloped the coffin, from which came the screams and roars of the old Ran Deng priest, who was probably severely electrocuted.

Dijiang twisted his neck and cursed, "This thing is fucking hard!"

"Does A Chu know what this is?" Houtu stood beside Wu Chu, while Qingqiu Li stood on Wu Chu's other side. The two did not make a move, as if they were protecting Wu Chu.

Wu Chu shook his head slightly and said, "It looks like a coffin, but coffins are for the dead. It's considered unlucky for the living to use one..."

"A coffin? What's that?" Qingqiu Li asked, puzzled. "Why is he carrying that on his person? It looks quite powerful, with amazing defensive capabilities!"

Wu Chu wasn't surprised. It was said that the old Daoist Ran Deng was transformed from the Funerary Palace Lantern placed under that coffin, or that he was transformed from that coffin itself. After all, no one knew who was originally buried in that coffin.

Perhaps that coffin didn't originally contain any living beings, but was a naturally formed Innate Spirit Treasure that just happened to be obtained by the old Ran Deng.

"A coffin is used to hold the dead. After a living being dies, it is placed in this thing and buried in the ground... However, nowadays, when Primordial World being dies, no one would specifically use this thing to bury them. After all, Primordial World beings are too huge. To bury them, one would have to create a Qiankun Object, which would be easy to steal and not worth it!"

"..."

Houtu and Qingqiu Li looked at each other in bewilderment. They had no idea where Wu Chu's claim came from, but it seemed to make perfect sense, as if it were true.

On the other side, the old Ran Deng priest, who looked like he had been electrocuted terribly, suddenly opened the coffin a crack, and Lotus Palace Lantern burning with a glassy light flashed out from inside.

But when Qiangliang was illuminated by the Palace Lantern's light, he was so startled that he flew back.

The Ancestral Witch all looked at him, wanting to laugh at him, but Qiangliang said instead, "Everyone be careful, there's something strange about that lamp, it's shrouded in endless deathly and yin energy..."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, especially Houtu and Qingqiu Li, who were no strangers to death energy and yin energy, as these things were rampant on that Skull Mountain.

Wu Chu also somewhat surprised. He had never known what power the Funerary Palace Lantern possessed, and he certainly hadn't expected that it would be shrouded in death energy.

But thinking about it, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it. How could a lamp placed in a coffin by Ran Deng not be tainted by death energy? And is this death energy innate, or from someone else?

At this moment, the voice of Ran Deng came from the coffin again, "Mountain Recluse Who Never Leaves, let's have a good talk! Our little conflict is really not worth fighting to the death. This Funerary Coffin and this Funerary Palace Lantern are both my companion Spirit Treasure, Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. If I really risked my life to self-destruct these two Spirit Treasure, I think it wouldn't be difficult to take one or two down with me, let alone wipe you all out. But I don't think it's necessary!"

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Witch couldn't help but sneer. The Fire-Passing Youth chuckled and said, "Trying to drag us down with you? I'd like to see how you manage to do that! You really think that's all the strength we have? It seems we've been underestimated!"

Thus, a new round of great battle began, and all the Ancestral Witch took it much more seriously than before.

Then they saw the pitch-black coffin being tossed around in the air like a volleyball by the Ancestral Witch. The dark light on it gathered and dispersed, and then gathered again, looking as if it was about to be torn apart. This angered the old Ran Deng, who begged for mercy again from inside the coffin.

Hearing the Ran Deng priest's pleas for mercy, Wu Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This old Daoist priest still valued his life and wouldn't do something as foolish as self-destructing those Spirit Treasure.

However, judging from the fact that those Ancestral Witch did not reveal their true forms or use the Heaven and Earth Manifestation, it is clear that they still have not truly unleashed their full potential.

Seeing that Wu Chu remained unmoved by his pleas for mercy, the old Ran Deng finally stopped begging and instead became fierce again, saying, "You forced me to Mountain Recluse Who Never Leaves, you forced me to leave the mountain..."

At this moment, the Funerary Coffin lid suddenly burst open, and a pitch-black figure shrouded in black mist floated out of it. Originally, the Funerary Coffin had been thrown in front of Gonggong was about to strike it, but instead, he slapped the pitch-black figure instead.

Bang...

The dark figure was sent flying by his slap, and a jet of black energy directly touched Gonggong's hand, causing a sharp pain to come from his palm.

When he raised his hand, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine; the black energy was actually corroding his palm. Keep in mind, the hardness of his palm was no match for those Spirit Treasure.

"Everyone be careful of that corpse, don't touch it, something's fishy!"

"Hahaha... Just wait to die! Just wait to die..."

From inside the Funerary Coffin came the deranged laughter of the old Daoist priest, Ran Deng.

Then the figure went from lying down to standing up, its body seemingly shrouded in endless death energy, making it impossible to see its true face.

Wu Chu appeared beside Gonggong, and with a surge of Merit Power within him, he enveloped Gonggong's palm, using the Merit Power to dispel the deathly aura.

At this point, the white bones were already visible on Gonggong's palms, a testament to the deadly poison.

"Who exactly is the true identity of this corpse?" Gonggong frowned, whether from pain or confusion, as he looked towards Zhu Jiuyin.