Bai Xiao'e and the other woman were startled, then nodded, "Indeed, that's true."
Luo Yu continued to analyze:
"If this main chamber really wanted to doom the intruders, it would only have to place lethal traps where we first stepped."
Bai Xiao'e added, "That's right, we suddenly lost our spiritual power, which was the time when our defense was at its weakest. If there were traps laid out, they would definitely catch us off guard and have a chance to kill us."
Luo Yu nodded, his gaze fixed on the huge stone door in the distance of the tomb chamber.
"That's why I feel it's strange. Logically speaking, an existence that possesses so many treasures must be a remarkable person, one who would not overlook such a detail."
"Moreover, since there is the Bagua Zhenpan, it shows that the master is extremely adept at deduction. Couldn't he have foreseen that people would intrude after so many years?"
"Not to take precautions beforehand?"
Luo Yu's string of analyses immediately plunged both women into thought, because each sentence made sense, indeed, it should be so.
"So, the traps in the main chamber are more like a test for the intruders, if you have the ability, then come in."
"While the traps in the side chamber are clearly meant to obstruct, not wanting anyone to go deeper, where intruders meet their death."
"Makes sense." Bai Xiao'e felt her brain wasn't functioning enough, admiringly looking at Luo Yu, not expecting that not only was his power and talent astonishing, his thoughts were also meticulously detailed to such an extent.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go in and see, if my guess isn't wrong, there shouldn't be a deadly threat ahead."
Luo Yu was the first to walk towards the stone door, his spiritual power once again sealed as if it were being restrained, unable to be used.
No matter how he tried to muster it, it was useless; he couldn't even summon the Ancient Spirits, and he was left with only his physical strength to rely on.
He approached the stone door, his fingers reaching deep into the two recesses of the stone door.
His touch was rough and cold, and tiny droplets of dust fell.
He lifted his hands upwards, but the stone door didn't budge.
"We came over here so easily, just as Brother Luo guessed, there's no danger at all?" Bai Xiao'e said with her mouth agape.
Luo Yu turned his head, "Easy my foot, you try moving this stone door."
"What's wrong?" Bai Xiao'e was surprised, "Even without spiritual power, we martial artists still have a strength of several thousand kilograms. How heavy can this stone door be?"
"Why don't you give it a try?" Luo Yu stepped aside.
Curiosity filled Bai Xiao'e's eyes, knowing Luo Yu would not speak without basis. She puckered up her bottom and tried to lift the stone door with all her strength.
Despite nearly breaking her silver teeth, the stone door didn't move an inch.
Bai Xiao'e stood up, "What the hell kind of stone door is this? It can't be completely sealed, right? I'll go look around for a mechanism."
But after searching for a long time, she found no trace of any mechanism.
Zhen Fu'er said, "Xiao'e, stop looking. If, as Luo Gongzi says, what we are facing now are tests—"
"Then first, our spiritual power gets sealed, and now this giant stone door is blocking our path. It's likely that the tomb owner wants to test the intruders' physical strength."
"Smart."
Luo Yu felt Zhen Fu'er's words were extremely reasonable, and the clues before them all pointed to this indication.
"But... but it's too heavy," Bai Xiao'e said in disbelief. "I just exerted my full strength, my physical power should've reached seven thousand kilograms, yet the stone door didn't even tremble. How much must it actually weigh?"
"Five times, or ten times more? If it's any more, even Brother Luo won't be able to open this stone door, especially since Brother Luo can't summon the Blessing of the Deity-level Ancient Spirits right now." Bai Xiao'e shook her head again and again, feeling despair.
Luo Yu just shook his head.
He didn't say a word.
He went in front of the stone door, crouched in a tiger pounce stance, and once again his hands probed deep into the crevices of the stone door.
The sounds of bones popping and cracking could be heard, Luo Yu's arms, abdomen, back, and thigh muscles instantly engorged with blood, swelling up.
The stone door remained still.
"Crack, crack!"
Below Luo Yu's feet, the bluestone crumbled, and waves of red aura spread from his body. It was the power of qi and blood boiling to the extreme.
The two women were stunned at the sight before them, the sheer force displayed was enough to gauge the difference in their strengths.
"Brother Luo's strength is terrifying!"
"I feel like he could kill me with a single punch even without using Ancient Spirits."
"How come there was so little noise when you moved it?" Zhen Fu'er asked Luo Yu as she watched the blood qi surging from his body.
Bai Xiao'e's mouth twitched, clearly not prepared for such a pointed remark.
"I'm just weak," she said.
"But even so, the stone door was unmoved, how heavy can it be?" Bai Xiao'e exclaimed in wonder.
"Boom!"
Luo Yu's entire body erupted in a tremendous blood qi, like a human-shaped ferocious beast, startling the two women.
"This is scarier than when I use my spiritual power."
"This..."
"This power, this momentum, it must be at least a hundred thousand kilograms."
Luo Yu roared from his throat.
"Give me—"
"Rise!"
"Boom!"
The floor tiles collapsed, and Luo Yu's calves sank straight into the ground.
And that stone door, which had been silent for thousands of years, finally began to vibrate, with large amounts of dust falling down, creating a grinding noise of stone rubbing against stone.
A gap appeared between the stone door and the ground.
"It's open, the stone door was actually lifted by Brother Luo," Bai Xiao'e was shocked by Luo Yu's terrifying physical strength. It was too violent, this brute force alone could probably crush someone to death.
Luo Yu's muscles turned red, emitting scorching steam like a red-hot iron brand.
"Rise again!"
"Boom!"
The stone door was lifted bit by bit by Luo Yu, revealing a gap the height of a person, allowing the three of them to see the interior of the main chamber for the first time.
The main chamber was not luxurious, and was even far less so than the side chambers. The floor was all yellow soil, and a small tree was emitting a bright green light.
All the light came from the small tree.
Beneath the tree was a square clay platform, with two shining objects placed on top.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The moment the stone door opened, the two objects on the clay platform, as if drawn by an invisible force, flew over with a swift motion.
"Luo Gongzi, be careful."
Zhen Fu'er was the first to react and blocked it, only to be struck by one of the objects and sent flying.
And Luo Yu, who was holding up the stone door, was hit by the other object, with no time to block, and he too was sent flying.
"Boom!"
The stone door instantly fell shut, with a loud explosion. Strangely, the ground did not shake, as if all the falling force had been absorbed by an invisible power.
"Are you guys okay?" Bai Xiao'e hurried to help up the two who were thrown together.
"Don't worry, it's nothing."
"I'm okay, just got a scare."
Zhen Fu'er and Luo Yu responded in turn, each clutching the object that had struck their chests.
Luo Yu's eyes widened in shock, for the object in his hand turned out to be the other half of the Tiger Talisman he had long coveted.
"Is this the half that Prime Minister Cao had?"
He had only come with the attitude of trying, to find any clues about the Tiger Talisman would have been good, but he had never expected to actually find it here.
Zhen Fu'er's puzzled voice came: "What's this?"
Luo Yu turned his head to look.
In Zhen Fu'er's hand was a goose egg-sized, rainbow-colored stone, looking like agate, the only flaw being that it was full of cracks.
"I've never seen it before." Luo Yu shook his head.
"Can I have a look?" Bai Xiao'e reached out to take it and examine it, but the rainbow-colored stone wobbled slightly, turning into a streak of rainbow light.
And it actually flew into Zhen Fu'er's forehead.
Bai Xiao'e immediately let out a cry of alarm.
"Sister Zhen!"
Luo Yu frowned, and seeing that Zhen Fu'er was alright, he finally relaxed.
"What did this thing do?"
Zhen Fu'er shook her head, her eyes filled with confusion.
"I don't know."
"It clearly entered my body, but I can't detect it at all."
Luo Yu exclaimed in surprise:
"It's so big, how can you not feel it? That's impossible."
The confusion in Zhen Fu'er's beautiful eyes deepened.
Luo Yu massaged his forehead, stood up, and revealed a wry smile.
"There are coffins in the four side chambers, but not in this main chamber. A tree that has never seen the sun is still alive; that small tree must be extraordinary."
"Shall we go in again?" Bai Xiao'e said with a feeling of being wronged, because both of the others had gotten a treasure, while she had gotten nothing.
Luo Yu let out a breath and tried to move the stone door again.
"Hum!"
This time, the stone door seemed to come alive, with its surface twisting and wriggling, a large ancient 'Seal' character appeared.
This time, no matter how much effort he exerted, the stone door wouldn't budge.
"Dammit!"
"What's going on?"
"There couldn't be living creatures inside this stone door, could there?"
The three of them felt a tingling on their scalps.