"A dragon! A real dragon!"
Kaide's face turned deathly pale instantly, and the expensive camera fell to the hard stone slab with a "thud".
The lens shattered, but he was completely unaware.
He just stared blankly at the mind-blowing sight in the sky, his lips trembling, repeatedly muttering, "God, this can't be."
After a brief moment of deathly silence, the Jade Emperor Peak erupted in utter chaos!
Terrified screams, desperate cries, and chaotic running sounds rose and fell.
All the tourists rushed frantically towards the exit leading down the mountain, as if it were the end of the world.
The scene quickly spiraled out of control, with people being pushed and shoved to the ground by the crowd.
But no one had time to help them up; those behind them simply stepped over them instinctively, desperately trying to escape this mountain peak that had suddenly become eerie and dangerous.
The scene before my eyes was so shocking, so subversive!
The legendary dragon, the supreme divine beast, has appeared in such an eye-catching way.
Nine cold corpses, still pulling a more mysterious ancient bronze coffin!
This completely shattered the preconceived worldviews of the vast majority of people present.
"Don't panic! Keep the house in order! Stay together!"
Zhou Yi suppressed the turmoil in his heart and shouted loudly to calm people down.
At the same time, he reached out and grabbed Lin Jia, who was running away in fright, tightly, "Look carefully! These dragon corpses have no life force and show no signs of attacking for the time being! The more panicked you are, the more dangerous it will be!"
Ye Fan and the others reacted quickly, rapidly moving closer to him and forming a simple formation back to back, but everyone's face was frighteningly pale.
Lin Jia gripped Liu Yiyi's icy hand tightly, trying to transfer a bit of strength to her, but her own fingertips were trembling slightly.
Although Zhou Yi's face was pale and his body was trembling uncontrollably, he still managed to stand in front of the two female classmates.
Liu Yunzhi, who had spoken dismissively earlier, was now slumped against the cold stone wall.
His legs trembled like leaves, all arrogance vanished, and only primal fear and bewilderment remained in his eyes.
"Boom!!!"
Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, carrying unparalleled impact, and slammed heavily onto the open space in the center of Jade Emperor Peak!
In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, as if the entire Mount Tai was groaning in pain!
The solid stone steps crumbled inch by inch, with stones of all sizes flying everywhere, and dust billowing into the sky.
Even the weathered courtyard wall of the Jade Emperor Temple next door couldn't withstand this enormous force, and a corner of it collapsed with a crash!
The nine dragon corpses resembled nine black steel Great Wall, with most of their bodies lying across the mountain peak.
A small section of the scales hangs precariously over the sheer cliff, its cold armor reflecting the crimson glow of the last rays of the setting sun, exuding a chilling majesty amidst the deathly silence.
The massive bronze coffin lay silently in the center of the dragon's corpse.
Where it crashed, a huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared, with the soil at the edges rolled up, revealing an even more ancient structure below.
"That's... that's terrifying."
Lin Jia's voice trembled uncontrollably, her gaze fixed on the dragon corpses so close at hand, not daring to look a second time, "We, we must go down the mountain quickly!"
This place is too dangerous!
Upon hearing this, Liu Yunzhi grasped at a straw, nodding repeatedly, his voice trembling with extreme fear:
"Yes! Yes! Let's go! Let's go now! This place is incredibly eerie! If we stay any longer, who knows what terrifying things might happen next!"
As he spoke, he struggled to move his weak legs and run down the mountain.
At that moment, Li Xiaoman, who had been staring intently at the direction of the giant pit, suddenly pointed to the bottom of the pit, her voice sharp with surprise and doubt:
"Look! What's showing at the bottom of that pit?"
Everyone instinctively looked in the direction he was pointing.
At the bottom of the deep pit, which had been cracked by the impact, amidst the churning mud and rubble, a corner of an ancient altar made of five different colors of clay was clearly visible!
The altar displayed five colors: blue, red, white, black, and yellow, which symbolize the five elements of heaven and earth and the five directions!
The altar is simple and ancient, and the many jade pieces and stone slabs inlaid on it still reflect a warm and mysterious luster in the dim light.
"Yes... the five altars of the ancient Fengshan ceremony!"
Ye Fan's pupils contracted sharply, and he gasped in shock. He instinctively took a few steps forward, crouched down, and, disregarding the danger, carefully examined the jade piece revealed in the crack. "The * Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall * records that a seal is made of gold mud and silver rope, or sometimes mud rope, and is a seal for sealing."
These five-colored earthen altars were the highest-level altars used by ancient emperors to worship heaven and earth and communicate with the gods!
Zhou Yi was also shocked by the discovery before him and squatted down next to Ye Fan.
My fingertips carefully traced the ancient symbols on the altar's surface, twisted like worms and snakes, exuding a primal aura:
"These characters are older and more complex than the earliest known Bone Text, and are full of a mysterious power."
It resembles sacrificial texts used by ancient people to record the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.
He abruptly turned to look at Ye Fan, his eyes flashing with a mixture of excitement and confusion. " Ye Fan, can you decipher the meaning of these symbols?"
Stop studying! Hurry up!
Liu Yunzhi's fear reached its peak. Looking at the cold dragon corpses and the eerie altar, he felt a chill run down his spine.
It felt like countless ice needles were piercing us. "These things are so ominous! If we stay any longer, we might all die here!"
Panic spread like wildfire, and most students nodded in agreement.
No one wanted to linger even a second longer in this eerie place filled with death and unknown dangers.
Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and helped the nearly exhausted Liu Yiyi to her feet. Lin Jia followed closely behind him, while Ye Fan brought up the rear.
His gaze remained fixed on the Five-Colored Altar, his brow furrowed, his heart filled with inexplicable doubt and a strange attraction.
However, just as everyone turned around, preparing to flee the place at all costs, "Ah!" A rock under Liu Yiyi's feet, unable to withstand the trampling of so many people, suddenly loosened and rolled over!
She let out a piercing scream, instantly losing her balance and plummeting straight into the deep pit!
" Yiyi!"
Zhou Yi's eyes widened in fury, and he reacted with lightning speed, leaning forward and grabbing Liu Yiyi's slender wrist tightly.
Ye Fan also rushed forward at almost the same time, and together they pulled Zhou Yi back with all their might.
He barely managed to pull Liu Yiyi back from the brink of falling.
But the loose boulder had already rolled down the steep pit wall.
With a dull thud, it finally crashed heavily onto the largest Five-Colored Stone Altar in the very center of the giant pit!
"Bang!!!"
It was as if some forbidden switch, dormant for millennia, had been triggered!
The central Five-Colored Stone Altar was struck by a boulder.
Suddenly, a dazzling five-colored halo erupted! Azure, crimson, white, black, and yellow Five-Colored Divine Light shot into the sky.
They intertwined to form a magnificent and sacred curtain of light!
A terrifying, boundless power, seemingly originating from the very source of heaven and earth, erupted from the bottom of the altar.
Like a burst dam in the universe, it instantly swept across the entire Jade Emperor Peak!
The earth let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, trembling violently once more, several times more violently than when the dragon corpse fell!
The Five-Colored Stone Altar emitted a deep and resonant hum.
The soil and rocks at the edge of the giant pit collapsed at a visible speed, and the cracks spread and expanded wildly like black lightning!
An irresistible and overwhelming pressure suddenly descended!
Everyone felt as if countless invisible mountains were pressing down on them, their legs felt as if they were made of copper and lead, so heavy that they could not move an inch!
Immediately afterwards, an even more terrifying suction force came from the depths of the giant pit.
The suction force subtly carried a strange power that distorted space, making the surrounding air thick and sticky.
Even the propagation of sound was greatly hindered.
The whole world seemed to fall into an eerie slow motion and silence.
"Hold on tight!"
Ye Fan roared with all his might, reaching out to grab Zhou Yi's arm tightly beside him.
Zhou Yi also grabbed Lin Jia's wrist tightly, and the group of them, like willows in the wind, pulled at each other, trying their best to steady themselves.
However, in the face of that vast and mighty force originating from ancient times and communicating with the stars, the power of mortals seems so insignificant and pitiful.
Their bodies were still being dragged irreversibly.
It slowly slid towards the bottomless, five-colored radiance of the giant pit.