Chapter 259: A Tragic Fellow

In this sinister and terrifying underground world, the wandering Flame Giant was seen by some unaware rogue cultivators and sect disciples as a moving treasure.

On its huge left hand, it held a treasure chest that radiated a precious aura, leading everyone to believe that the chest contained treasures.

Even Lin Fan, if he hadn't known it was a trick by the Flame Giant, would have been fooled by the chest.

During the time he followed, the Flame Giant had killed several groups of rogue cultivators, all dying in extremely gruesome ways that sent chills down one's spine.

Lin Fan found a map on each of the corpses of those rogue cultivators.

The map marked the location of the Burial Sea Demon Ground on the Seven Saints' Treasure Map, and there was a line of text on it.

"Ancient mighty being's treasure..."

Lin Fan sighed. It was all caused by greed. But this Burial Sea Demon Ground was too eerie; even the Flame Hell was not one percent as terrifying.

Surely this was not the work of the Seven Saints.

The Flame Giant paced along a path, as if waiting for prey.

Although the Flame Giant's strength was at the middle stage of the Small Heavenly Position, Lin Fan had noticed along the way that its combat power might not be limited to that level.

Lin Fan then decided not to alert it. Instead, he took a different path and continued deeper, determined to figure out what was going on.

...

As he explored further, Lin Fan sensed a very strong aura emanating from the depths, somewhat familiar yet strange.

"Ah..."

At that moment, a miserable scream suddenly came from the pitch-black depths.

Lin Fan's expression tightened, and he quickened his pace.

A palace stood underground, not large, but floating in midair. Outside the palace, iron chains wrapped around it, anchored to the walls. Each link of the chains bore several mysterious glowing marks, as if suppressing some evil entity.

The palace, entangled by chains, seemed bathed in a pool of blood, covered in stains. Many runic marks emitting mysterious auras had lost their divine light from erosion.

On a high platform outside the palace, surrounded by four pillars covered in spikes, a figure was nailed to one of those spiked pillars.

Lin Fan, hiding in the shadows, focused his gaze and was shocked. He hadn't expected the person nailed to the pillar to be Zou Tenglong.

"Who are you? Give back my divine bones!" Zou Tenglong, pierced through the body by a spike and nailed to the pillar, roared angrily, his ferocious face hiding a trace of horror.

Zou Tenglong had entered the Burial Sea Demon Ground to secretly plan his resurrection.

This vessel's aptitude might be good for ordinary people, but in his eyes, it was only mediocre. To return to his peak, he needed a perfect furnace.

After countless hardships, he finally found the cave dwelling he had set up before his fall. But when he found it, he was stunned speechless by what he saw.

The jade-white skeleton he had left behind was gone, and in its place, iron chains imbued with sealing power locked the area.

From within the dark and gloomy palace came faint breathing, slow like a heartbeat, dull and terrifying.

A black light flickered, and a decayed skeleton instantly appeared on the stone platform.

Zou Tenglong looked and was completely dumbfounded. This was one of the jade-white skeletons he had split off, but now it was dull and lusterless, like waste bone.

Zou Tenglong's ferocious expression gradually became calm, and the flames dancing in his eyes slowly dissipated.

At that moment, Zou Tenglong's chest suddenly tore open, blood gushing out, and a jade-white skeleton forcibly emerged from within.

"I won't let you off," the floating jade-white skeleton said without moving its mouth, but the voice echoed through the sealed space.

Behind the jade-white skeleton, the space rippled like a stone thrown into a lake. Then the void tore open, and the skeleton stepped in, intending to leave.

But at that moment, Lin Fan clearly felt a force in the void cutting off the space. The void torn open by the skeleton instantly closed.

The jade-white skeleton was startled, clearly not expecting this. It clawed fiercely with its ten fingers, but the void was sealed by a mysterious force.

In an instant, countless giant hands formed of black mist extended from the blood-stained palace, reaching for the jade-white skeleton.

"Great Sun Blaze."

At that moment, the jade-white skeleton's ten fingers joined together, and behind it suddenly appeared seven points of light like blazing suns.

The Seven Saints' Shining Sun Record?

Lin Fan, hiding in the shadows, was stunned. The moment the jade-white skeleton appeared, he had already understood what was going on.

Zou Tenglong had clearly been killed by him, yet now he was resurrected. Obviously, it was the jade-white skeleton's doing.

"No..."

In that instant, the jade-white skeleton was seized by countless black hands. No matter how it struggled, it was useless, and it was dragged into the blood-stained palace.

At that moment, everything fell silent.

Lin Fan watched all this, holding his breath, hardly believing it. Were the Seven Saints really this tragic?

The carefully laid plan had been ruined by a mysterious entity, and it seemed they had been made a pawn for others.

Lin Fan now prepared to retreat. This was too damn terrifying. Whatever treasure was inside, he no longer wanted it.

Compared to his own life, these things were mere external possessions.

Lin Fan was furious. This wasn't how the script was supposed to go.

Why were forbidden grounds always like this?

In Lin Fan's view, forbidden grounds were supposed to be places where losers could become rich and powerful. But now, this place was utterly a death trap.

Just as Lin Fan was about to leave, a sense of crisis came from behind.

Without looking back, Lin Fan immediately dodged. When he saw the situation, he was shocked. Could it be that the enemy could detect him while he was invisible?

That was impossible. In his invisible state, as long as he didn't move, even a Great Heavenly Position Great Perfection expert couldn't sense him.

At that moment, countless black hands extended from the palace, rushing toward Lin Fan.

Lin Fan instantly activated his movement technique to evade.

What the hell was this thing?

Lin Fan wanted to escape through the cave entrance, but in that instant, countless black hands blocked the cave, overlapping to seal the only exit.

"Brother, let's talk this out," Lin Fan shouted, hoping the entity hiding in the palace would give him a chance.

Of course, that was wishful thinking on Lin Fan's part.