Deep within the great underground tomb.
The crowd waiting outside the Heaven-Reaching Gate grew restless after a long wait. Ever since that mysterious old man had rushed out, there hadn't been a single sound from within.
Wang Zhiyao cautiously crept forward, peeking her head in to take a look, and was stunned.
The others followed her forward and scanned their surroundings. The vast tomb chamber was a mess, littered everywhere with things like shed bronze fragments. Only the opened coffin and casket and the eighty-one bronze statues were relatively intact.
Not far away, they could see Kong Jisheng kneeling on the ground, long since devoid of life. As for Hou Wushu, the Earth Immortal from Sakata Heavy Industries, and Wu Xiaoxu, they were all gone.
"Dead..." Zhong Wuhe stared at Kong Jisheng's corpse, muttering blankly.
An Earth Immortal was dead.
After a long silence, Wang Zhiyao spoke, her voice trembling:
