Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Mo Ga Ru could no longer prioritize killing Shen Ye.

He charged straight to the doorway of the room where Shen Ye had been standing and looked inside.

——The room contained nothing but various broken items.

Thus, the changes underground probably had nothing to do with the room Long Wu had opened.

Shen Ye watched the changes in his expression and couldn't help but secretly praise him.

The Female Art Spirit had already hidden the room that contained the High-Grade Reincarnation Heavenly Pill!

"Rest assured, he is just an outsider, who by chance passed the test and obtained the status of a Tomb Soldier. He knows nothing about all of this."

The voice of the Female Art Spirit rang in his ears.

"My lord, it seems something is about to happen, be careful!" Shen Ye exclaimed.

Mo Ga Ru turned his head to look.

At the end of the corridor.

A group of black three-headed snakes appeared.

They emanated an ominous aura that instantly permeated the entire corridor!

"These are Cursed Glyph Serpents, monsters produced by talismans, killing them will curse you with their evil spell," the Female Art Spirit's voice echoed in Shen Ye's mind.

"Do you know what these are?" Mo Ga Ru demanded.

"I've seen them once," Shen Ye immediately replied, "they are Cursed Glyph Serpents, monsters produced by talismans, killing them will curse you with their evil spell!"

"How do we deal with them?" Mo Ga Ru asked again.

"You can't handle them, the curses they form will keep summoning powerful beings from the Great Tomb to exterminate you — but they move slowly, so running is the best option!" the Female Art Spirit advised.

The black three-headed snakes charged at the two men.

"My lord, there's only one thing to do — run!" Shen Ye yelled loudly.

Mo Ga Ru, on alert, turned and ran.

"My lord — save me, I don't want to die either!" Shen Ye continued to shout.

Mo Ga Ru looked at him.

This Long Wu Baxter was indeed as his brother had said, extremely talented in investigating clues.

He knew what these snakes were!

In other words, he had collected more information on the Great Tomb than Mo Ga Ru himself!

Now that new changes had occurred in the Great Tomb, if he could assist in exposing more secrets of the Great Tomb —

Mo Ga Ru was somewhat shaken.

Maybe...

Perhaps he shouldn't always trust his instincts.

They were already short on people.

Why not make good use of an underling who could help, instead of killing them all off?

Mo Ga Ru sneered at himself and immediately raised his hand, quickly casting a Spell Seal, undoing that Technique.

Shen Ye quickly felt that he could move again.
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He stole a glance at Mo Ga Ru, sensing that the killing aura on him had also diminished a great deal.

"Just now was only a test — Baxter. Now that you have proven your loyalty, and considering the unforeseen situation, the test ends here," Mo Ga Ru declared.

"So it is, I knew it would be this way, my lord!"

Shen Ye showed an expression that said 'as expected'.

It was the most suitable expression to show; any other would not have worked.

"Did Lord Nine Phases do this as well?" Mo Ga Ru inquired.

"Lord Nine Phases would have killed anyone not to be trusted!" Shen Ye said.

Mo Ga Ru was slightly taken aback, then nodded to himself.

He had almost forgotten.

Lord Nine Phases had multiple souls and an extraordinary talent for discerning truth from lies.

If Baxter was feigning allegiance or had ever lied in front of Nine Phases —

Baxter wouldn't have lived to see this moment!

"...Alright then, quick, follow me!" Mo Ga Ru ordered.

"Yes!" Shen Ye chased after him.

The two of them, one after the other, swiftly left the corridor.

As Shen Ye ran, he looked back, filled with doubt.

"Could the first calamity be this easy? Just run? Should I try attacking?"

He quietly asked the Female Art Spirit.

"Absolutely not!" the Female Art Spirit immediately warned, "Once you attack, you'll be entangled by the curse, and then you'll probably face fifteen summoned battles. Only after surviving those, will the curse disappear."

Fifteen times?

I don't have that kind of endurance!

Shen Ye wisely kept his mouth shut.

It seemed that the only thing to be grateful for in this Great Tomb was having the Seal of Fate's Technique Spirit attached to him.

Otherwise, he would have been completely lost just now.

As Shen Ye pondered, Mo Ga Ru's voice rang by his ear:

"These monsters seem to move very slowly, shall we try attacking?"

"..." Shen Ye.

Mo Ga Ru had come to the same thought as him.

"My lord, if you attack, you might be entangled by the curse, and it's pretty troublesome to deal with," Shen Ye explained.

"Baxter, I've heard you're good at uncovering clues, I want to see if what you say is true or false —"

Mo Ga Ru released a streak of light that hit a black snake in the distance.

The next moment.

The black snake turned into a splatter of ink on the wall.

"Hmph, nothing happened, Baxter," Mo Ga Ru said, looking sharply at Shen Ye.

"My lord, look."

Mo Ga Ru turned back.

The ink from the black snakes on the wall twisted and writhed, quickly solidifying into a seal.

As the seal was formed, all sorts of lines on the wall seemed to be activated.

The void shook.

With a "whoosh," Mo Ga Ru disappeared from in front of Shen Ye.

"He was teleported?"

Shen Ye asked.

"Correct, in fact, if someone takes on the cataclysm for you, the power of the calamity will concentrate on them," the Female Art Spirit explained.

"And if he dies in the calamity?" Shen Ye immediately inquired.

"If he bears a death for you, the calamity will be easily resolved," the Female Art Spirit said.

Shen Ye looked at the other black three-headed snakes, and indeed, after Mo Ga Ru was captured, their speed had slowed down considerably.

They're way too slow...

No threat at all, no way to kill me.

Shen Ye leaned against the wall, waited for the snake swarm to approach, and then took action, leading them all away.

He took a big loop and came back to where Mo Ga Ru had vanished.