After entering, he came upon a massive mausoleum.

"Brother Shi, those skeletons outside are breaking in! I can't hold them off!"

Duan Gujin shouted out loud, but he didn't expect to hear Shi Potian's screams coming from the mausoleum ahead.

Duan Gujin quickly had Tie Yi step forward to check. After a while, they saw Shi Potian lying on the ground in a very miserable state, bleeding from many places and covered in wounds.

Shi Potian sighed and said, "Duan Gujin, I totally underestimated the situation here! The Demon King here is very powerful!"

Seeing Shi Potian in such a sorry state, Duan Gujin felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, feeling that Shi Potian truly got what he deserved.

He hurriedly scanned Shi Potian's injuries with his Divine Sense and then realized the severity of his wounds.

"We should get out of here immediately!"

"Okay!"

Thus, Duan Gujin instructed Tie Yi to make a swift escape from the place.

Along the way, they were attacked by ten skeletons.

However, these ten skeletons did not conceal their aura, and upon sensing them, Tie Yi avoided their attacks.

After 15 minutes, they managed to escape to the outside.

Once outside, they quickly sat down cross-legged to recuperate.

Duan Gujin was uninjured, contrary to Shi Potian, whose injuries were so severe that even his bones were visible.

Seeing Shi Potian's pitiful state, Duan Gujin touched his nose, as he had originally intended for Shi Potian to feel the ferocity of those skeletons.

However, he had not anticipated that Shi Potian would suffer such severe injuries; perhaps he had already clashed with the Emperor Master Demon King's True Body inside.

Doubts flitted through Duan Gujin's mind, but to know the truth, he could only wait until Shi Potian had recovered from his injuries.

At that moment, although the sky was still bright as day, that light would only last for one more day.

Duan Gujin was curious to know whether Shi Potian would release another Bright Sky Lantern after one day passed.

A day went by, and Shi Potian's injuries showed no significant signs of improvement, nor did he release a third Bright Sky Lantern.

At that time, the dense fog around started to condense bit by bit.

Duan Gujin extended his Divine Sense outwards, estimating that it would take three days for the fog in the territory of the Netherworld Dark Clan to return to its previous state.

By then, Duan Gujin's ability to inspect via Divine Sense would be heavily impacted, and the previously dispersed Netherworld Dark Clan would return to normal.

"Even if Shi Potian releases another Bright Sky Lantern, it won't affect the lair of the Emperor Master Demon King!"

With that thought, Duan Gujin sighed.

Two days later, after two days of recovery, Shi Potian finally fully recuperated.

"Are you all okay?"

Once he had recovered, he asked Duan Gujin.

"We're fine, we went to find you after seeing that things were not right!"

Duan Gujin replied indifferently.

"I completely underestimated the strength of the Emperor Master Demon King, it was my mistake, and I only realized his power after seeing him when he had completely refined the mausoleum!"

Shi Potian said.

"What kind of mausoleum is this?"

Duan Gujin asked curiously.

Shi Potian explained, "This was the mausoleum of a person from the Demon Path long ago, the one I told you before who possessed the Soul Transformation Seal! He had set up a powerful Light Element Magic Array here to keep the nearby Netherworld Dark Clan at bay. Therefore, he brought people here to build his mausoleum! Before he died, he killed all those who built the mausoleum. But that person from the Demon Path had made this place his secret base, so I came to know about this mausoleum! It wasn't like this before, did you see that high tower above? Actually, that high tower is a lighthouse, as long as a special material is placed inside, it can illuminate the surrounding void, preventing the Netherworld Dark Clan from approaching."

Hearing Shi Potian's words, Duan Gujin realized that the cave he was seeing was actually the mausoleum of a person from the Demon Path.

"Shi Potian really went back to his old ways!"

Shi Potian sighed, having previously underestimated the strength of the entire Underground Mausoleum's guard and the Emperor Master Demon King.

"I never thought I would capsize in the drain!"

Recalling everything that had happened, Shi Potian's face, which was rarely red, blushed.

After all, he was a man who had lived twice.

He failed to use his superior experience to defeat his enemies, and nearly fell at the hands of the Demon King of the Netherworld Dark Clan.

He felt this was a great loss of face for him!

But soon, his expression returned to normal, as he had a thick skin.

"Don't worry, I'll lead you back in!"

Shi Potian led Duan Gujin and Tie Yi back to the cave, secretly laying several magic arrays on the ground, then he brought Duan Gujin and Tie Yi back in front of the Netherworld Dark Clan and the ten skeletons.

"Brother Shi, you should eliminate those ten skeletons first! If you don't, once we enter the mausoleum, they might follow us in, and then it will be even more difficult for us to deal with them!"

Duan Gujin said.

"Okay!"

Shi Potian agreed readily without any hesitation.

Duan Gujin looked at Shi Potian with some puzzlement, wondering why he was so agreeable.

After a while, they saw the Netherworld Dark Clan and the ten skeletons behind them.

Shi Potian took out a treasure from his storage ring, a hand lamp, swiped it on, and let the light from the hand lamp illuminate the ten skeletons.

Seeing the hand lamp, Duan Gujin's expression changed drastically; he recognized it as the Long Light Hand Lamp.

It was said that the Long Light Hand Lamp had the power to destroy all evil spirits.

Of course, this is just a legend.

To fully unleash the power of the Long Light Hand Lamp, many factors need to be combined, it's not just about releasing it and expecting the evil spirits to be destroyed.

Soon, Duan Gujin excitedly saw the ten skeletons disintegrating at a visible speed.

Seeing this, he was overjoyed.

"I didn't expect the Long Light Hand Lamp to be so powerful!" he sighed in his heart.

Moments later, the light released by the Long Light Hand Lamp became very dim.

At the same time, the ten skeletons completely fell apart, and the Netherworld Dark Clan had already escaped into the cave inside, their whereabouts unknown.

Seeing this, Duan Gujin and Tie Yi gasped in shock.

Duan Gujin looked at Shi Potian, puzzled, and asked, "Brother Shi, if you could easily destroy those ten skeletons, why didn't you act earlier?"

Shi Potian sighed, "I had misjudged the enemy situation earlier. I thought that disturbing the ten skeletons would alarm the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King! Therefore, I had to strike before his true body fully recovered. I only asked you to hold off those ten skeletons for a while to buy me some time. I never expected you to defeat them!"

Tie Yi became interested.

"Brother Shi, it seemed effortless for you to defeat those ten skeletons. Why didn't you release the treasure you had when you first entered the mausoleum?"

Tie Yi asked, puzzled.

"It's because I just used up the divine power inside this treasure. Let me put it simply, I just wanted you to briefly hold off those ten skeletons and the Netherworld Dark Clan to allow me to attack the not yet fully recovered true body of the Emperor Master Demon King! Though I can destroy them, as you see, it took me a full 15 minutes, which is very time-consuming! This treasure and I are connected mentally; only I can operate it, others can't!"

Shi Potian stated gravely.

Duan Gujin, upon hearing this, had a sudden realization.

"Are we going to confront the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King now?" Duan Gujin blinked and asked.

"We are limited on time; we must hurry in! The one who severely injured me earlier wasn't the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King but a clone created by him!"

Shi Potian said.

After hearing Shi Potian's words, Duan Gujin and Tie Yi's faces changed dramatically; they just realized the strength of the enemy they were facing.

"Brother Shi, are you confident we can defeat both that clone and the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King?"

Duan Gujin looked at Shi Potian and asked.

"Well, to answer your question honestly, my confidence is only moderate, but with you two helping me, I think we can overcome any difficulty!"

Shi Potian immediately gave Duan Gujin and Tie Yi a motivational pep talk.

Duan Gujin listened, his mouth twitching slightly, knowing that even if the three of them joined forces, they might not be able to defeat the clone and the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King.

A black line appeared on his forehead as he became even more sure that Shi Potian was not very reliable.

Moments later, they arrived at the mausoleum where Shi Potian had been badly injured before.

This time, they were cautious.

After a while, they finally saw the cultivation level of the clone of the Emperor Master Demon King.

"It's a Martial Emperor Ninth Realm human corpse!"

Upon confirming the corpse's power, their brows furrowed.

Duan Gujin locked his Divine Sense onto the corpse.

Moments later, he inspected and found many high-level Human Clan Dark Weapons on the corpse.

"Darn it! I didn't expect there to be so many high-level Human Clan Dark Weapon treasures on that corpse!"

Duan Gujin gasped.

From the decay of the corpse, he estimated it was less than a century old.

"You're not eyeing the Dark Weapons on that corpse, are you?"

Duan Gujin felt disgusted inside; if it were him, he wouldn't be able to accept using Dark Weapons looted from that corpse on himself.

"The real treasures are deeper inside; the treasures on that corpse are just the tip of the iceberg!"

Shi Potian said.

"What shall we do next then?"

Duan Gujin asked.

"You and your subordinates draw that corpse out! Don't be scared, I've just set up an Array on the ground that can temporarily trap that corpse!"

Shi Potian said lightly.

"Isn't this too dangerous?"

Duan Gujin didn't believe him at all. If Shi Potian were that powerful, he wouldn't have almost died earlier.

"Duan Gujin, we are pressed for time. I've noticed that the true body of the Emperor Master Demon King hasn't shown any abnormalities yet, but I'm worried that if we delay further, it might awaken. Once it wakes up, defeating it will become very difficult!"

"Prepare for battle immediately! Your task shortly is to lure that corpse out; you saw the Arrays on the ground, right? As soon as the zombie charges onto those Arrays, it will be counteracted by the Arrays. Anyway, don't worry, it was just a mishap earlier on my part!"

Shi Potian touched his nose and said.

Duan Gujin took a deep breath, sensing that Shi Potian might be hiding something.

But since the other party didn't mention it, he didn't pursue the matter.

After a while, Shi Potian set up some Arrays on the ground and then shot a flare at the corpse ahead.

The flare exploded in the air, immediately catching the attention and eliciting a roar from the corpse.

"Lead it away! Run!"

Shi Potian transmitted his voice.

Duan Gujin exhaled a turbid breath, knowing he was being used as cannon fodder.

But under the current circumstances, he had no better choice.

"Let's go!"

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