Once the door was destroyed, a passage appeared behind it. Huo Hai did not dare advance carelessly. Neither Star Gu nor Little Gold was with him now, so he had to be as cautious as possible. Fortunately, he was not without other means.
With a wave of his hand, Huo Hai tossed out a large number of bones containing ordinary Bone-Eating Worms. Then he formed hand seals and regulated his spiritual power, continually expanding the bones until they pressed against everything around them. Sure enough, every trap along the passage was triggered.
Rains of arrows, acid, poison gas, sharp blades-the passage had them all. Unfortunately, perhaps because Flame Ancestor had been unwilling to spend precious materials, these traps were only reasonably effective against Spirit Marshal experts. Against experts in the Spirit King Realm, they could hardly inflict serious injuries even without any precautions. At most, they would cause minor wounds, nothing worth mentioning.
Shaking his head, Huo Hai headed deeper into the passage. Soon, after passing through it, he found a treasure chamber before him, just as expected. It seemed that old fellow had told the truth to leave himself a way out.
He simply had not told Huo Hai how powerful the traps inside were. Perhaps they had not known themselves. Given Flame Ancestor's temperament, it was already remarkable that he had let anyone else know the location of this treasure chamber.
The Flame Heaven Sect had risen only a little over a decade ago and had not been established for long. Its reserves were relatively meager. Only when Huo Hai entered the treasure chamber did he realize just how meager they were. There were actually only a hundred spirit crystals piled to one side.
Outside, that many spirit crystals would have been a staggering fortune. But Flame Ancestor