Luo Yu fell from the sky, landing lightly on the ground without making a sound, as if he were a feather drifting down.
With the cover of the Bagua Bronze Mirror, no one present noticed his presence.
Including those eight First Rank Martial Artists.
All of this was within Luo Yu's expectations; after all, initially, it took the combination of the Mist Dispelling Divine Pupil, Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze, and the Heavenly Eye for him to see through the mirror's technique. These First Graders were not even on par with Qin Qi, how could they possibly see through his techniques.
Looking at the blood-soaked ground of Mt. Li, Luo Yu surprisingly felt no eerie discomfort. On the contrary, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if something beneath Mt. Li was calling out to him.
"Is it because of the First Emperor's Spirit within me?"
"Or is it because of the Tiger Talisman?"
He felt it was necessary to go down and investigate; if there were any clues above, they would have been discovered long ago, and these people would have had no need to remain here so steadfastly.
However, to split open the ground with one punch would be too ostentatious, and even a fool would be able to sense it.
After all, the splitting of the ground could be concealed locally, but the seismic vibrations would travel far, which was why Luo Yu had employed the Technique of Lightness to land softly.
"Tch."
Luo Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, not in a rush to use any techniques, instead immersing his spirit to continue reviewing a divine power.
Shortly after,
he opened his eyes, and with a single step, he instantly employed an earth-traveling technique far more clever than any tunneling technique.
Earth Travel Immortal.
"Whoosh!"
The indestructible rocks beneath his feet softened, rippling in waves, and with a leap, he plunged in as though diving into water.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished from the surface.
Surrounded by grey-brown rocks, Luo Yu moved as comfortably as a fish in water, sending out ripples of spiritual energy to probe his surroundings and determine his direction.
He continued to descend, stealthily moving downward, encountering numerous bloodstains left by ferocious beasts along the way, as if the ground had once been torn apart.
Some unknown entity seemed to have forcibly dragged these beasts down, hence the trail of blood left behind.
But along the way, he saw bloodstains without any remains of the ferocious beasts.
Luo Yu frowned, retracting his freely released spiritual energy, becoming alert to every movement around him.
Something was off.
Definitely off.
Initially, he speculated that the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang must be hiding countless Terracotta Soldiers, and with the Tiger Talisman in his possession, a mere wave of his hand would call forth a mighty army to emerge from the tomb and eradicate the outworld marauders. Now, the bizarre situation he encountered made him doubt this speculation.
If the Tiger Talisman were indeed the key to activating the Terracotta Soldiers, then they would never attack living creatures on the surface.
This sprawl of bloodstains reminded Luo Yu of a person, Lord Black Tiger.
Upon its awakening, it was voraciously consuming blood to break the seal and restore its strength. The situation was strikingly similar to what he was witnessing.
Could it be that instead of hiding his reinforcements, there was a prehistoric fiend being sealed beneath?
Luo Yu's head began to ache, surely Emperor Qin would not leave such a calamitous legacy for his descendants repeatedly.
Despite the risks, he had to go down and see for himself; after all, he was to participate in the upcoming national competition soon, leaving even less time to prepare Great Xia for an unknown crisis. Holding the Tiger Talisman, he must make his way through the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
"Swoosh Swoosh!"
Even though he voluntarily slowed his descent, in just ten seconds or so, he probably dropped more than a hundred meters, yet there was still no sight of the tomb?
Damn!
How deep was it exactly?
It was after descending about three hundred meters that Luo Yu finally left the earth behind and entered a dark space.
He discreetly stimulated the Eyes that Break Delusion, looking around, when his pupils suddenly constricted.
...
While Luo Yu was descending to the foot of Mount Li, on Bullet Island, the hills were blanketed with splendid pink cherry blossoms.
At the foot of Takamanopara appeared a wild dog-like ferocious beast.
It looked utterly miserable, missing an ear with scars all over its body, as if it had suffered brutal lashings, yet the marks seemed not man-made but rather caused by other beasts. The most pitiful part of the wild dog was its hind side, which was bloody and mangled.
"Awoo!"
"I'm back, the Great Master has finally returned," the wild dog's eyes lit up with human excitement as it howled. This was because of Abe no Seimei, the first Onmyoji who had entered the body of the wild dog.
"Damn it, where did this wild dog come from in the sacred land, die!"
A shadow moved swiftly along the ground, leaping high into the air—it was a martial artist clad in black, who instantly aimed a kick in its direction.
"Awoo!!"
In his excitement, Abe no Seimei accidentally let out a dog-like cry.
"Impudent, you truly are a brazen wild dog-beast!" the black-clad ninja glared, obviously enraged, ready to kill with one strike.
The Great Onmyoji barely avoided the ninja's attack with a dog-like scramble, but his back still got scraped by the fierce wind, peeling off a layer of skin and flesh.
Causing him excruciating pain.
The ninja, having failed to make a successful hit, glared even more fiercely.
"Too arrogant!"
He reached for the katana hanging at his waist.
"Iaijutsu, Sword Draw Strike!"
The flash of the blade was lethal and imposing.
"Damn it, are you blind or what, look who I am, awoo!!" The wild dog's mouth uttered a human voice.
Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, the ninja's expression hesitated, then he changed his move, striking the ground next to him.
"Boom!"
Countless cherry trees tilted and shattered in an instant, with cherry blossoms fluttering everywhere, and a deep gash appeared in the ground.