"Hmph." Gongsun Huowu snorted coldly, stamping her foot angrily.

Xiao Yi ignored her and instead looked towards the passageways of the other teams.

As he looked, his brows furrowed.

Qing Lin also looked on, similarly frowning.

Among the 15 teams, apart from Xiao Yi and the Black Cloud Academy team, the situation for the remaining 13 was not optimistic.

The 13 teams were almost all in bitter struggle.

One could imagine even Xiao Yi had to exert full effort and yet appeared disheveled while traversing this passageway.

Even on the Black Cloud Academy side, they needed Mo Youu and Qing Lin, two formidable fighters, to join forces to forge a path. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Inside these passageways, numerous demon beasts and puppet blockades were naturally troublesome and extremely dangerous.

...

Another hour passed, and another team rushed out.

"Ye Saint Palm."

With both hands outstretched, Ye Liu unleashed terrifying palm power.

The densely packed demon beasts several dozen meters ahead suddenly cleared out, annihilated under his palm.

Dozens of body cultivation puppets were sent flying.

Several peerless demon beasts were directly severely injured.

"Quickly, move!" Ye Liu shouted hoarsely in disarray.

Swoosh... swoosh... swoosh...

The edge of the passageway’s end was now unobstructed.

The group swiftly exited the passageway’s end.

Ye Liu gasped for breath, shaking with primordial power, and quickly followed to leap out of the passageway’s end.

Almost at the instant Ye Liu exited the passageway, countless demon beasts had already pounced, mouths wide open, devouring fiercely.

"Phew, phew, phew." Ye Liu stood outside the passageway, looking at the hideous demon beasts inside, breathing a sigh of relief, yet was also in disarray.

It was visibly evident that his complexion was pale, his clothes stained with a large swath of fresh blood.

"Brother Ye." Guu Lianxing exclaimed in shock, quickly flashing over.

"I’m fine." Ye Liu waved his hand, "This Ancient Emperor’s Tomb is indeed perilous."

"Fortunately, I left a contingency plan, or else I might not have made it out."

Guu Lianxing saw Ye Liu unharmed, also breathing a sigh of relief, but when she glanced at the team, her brow furrowed.

"Brother Ye, your team..."

Ye Liu’s face flashed a look of guilt, shaking his head, "There was nothing to be done, ultimately couldn’t protect everyone."

"Several had to give up halfway and leave the Cave Mansion."

Indeed, not all of Ye Liu’s team made it out.

Several Heavenly Talents from first-class forces had to give up midway, otherwise, they’d have ended up buried in the bellies of demon beasts.

...

A few minutes later.

Ran Qi, First Yun, Hua Ruolian, and Zhangsun Chilie’s teams also emerged one after another.

These four teams appeared even more disheveled.

The abilities of these four were not weaker than Ye Liu.

However, the composition of their team’s strengths was evidently not as good as Ye Liu’s team.

Thus, only half of these four teams managed to make it to the passageway’s end.

Plus, aside from the four leading Ran Qi and the others, even those who luckily followed them out were all injured.

...

Another half an hour passed.

Lingg Hong, the Four Great Academies, and Ao Yinfeng’s team gradually emerged.

Without a doubt, the numbers of these teams weren’t even half, only about one-third remained.

...

Finally, it was Zhang Nanfeng’s team.

The entire team, once grand and mighty, now emerged from the passageway’s end with just two people left.

One was Zhang Nanfeng, the other was Yuee Tian.

"Nanfeng, Yuee Tian." Xiao Yi looked at the two, his expression shocked, hurriedly flashing over.

Their passageway was originally the weakest.

And the obstructions appearing on their path were also the weakest.

Among the massive demon beasts and body cultivation puppets appearing later, there wasn’t even a supreme-level existence.

Naturally, the two made it past the passage way’s end, but even so, they were still severely injured.

And the other team members they brought had all been forced to give up and leave the Cave Mansion.

Xiao Yi hastily retrieved two elixirs from his hand, "Are you in serious trouble?"

The two took the elixirs, consumed them, and waved their hands, "Thank you, Senior Brother Xiao Yi, thank you, Domain Master."

"Our lives are not at risk, but the injuries are quite severe."

The two consumed the elixirs and quickly sat down cross-legged to meditate.

Not far away, First Yun shook his head, "The Ancient Emperor’s Tomb is indeed perilous to this extent."

"Thankfully, the Cave Mansion has prohibitions that granted the entrants a sliver of hope."

"Even if we can’t compete, we can retreat immediately without risking our lives."

"Otherwise, in all our teams, who knows how many martial artists would end up buried in the bellies of demon beasts, and how many could truly leave the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion alive."

Among the 15 teams, besides Xiao Yi and Black Cloud Academy, no other team could pass through completely unscathed.

teams, nearly three hundred people.

But aside from the 15 named team leaders, all other Heavenly Talents were severely injured or forced to give up and leave early.

And even among the 15 team leaders, only Xiao Yi and Mo Youu remained unharmed. No, to be precise, only Mo Youu was unscathed; even Xiao Yi looked disheveled.

The remaining 13 were all injured, although only lightly.

In truth, since entering the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, the danger was already considerable.

It only seemed commonplace because Xiao Yi and Mo Youu had too easy of a time.

But Xiao Yi was an exception.

He had long stepped into the ranks of famed strongmen.

In the history of the continent, how many could match his overwhelming strength at such a young age?

Mo Youu was also an exception.

He was famously well-known in the Central Region over a decade ago and later acquired the Sword Emperor Origin and Senior Luoo’s Martial Arts Saint Pill.

Thus, he too had entered the ranks of renowned strongmen.

These two were exceptions.

Aside from these two, the remaining 13 team leaders were all supreme monsters.

From stepping into the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, the danger had always posed tremendous pressure and threat to the 13.

But, don’t forget, this was merely the passageway of the mansion; it hadn’t yet reached the mansion’s main area.

The true dangers of this mansion, how much greater could they become?

Everyone’s faces began to turn grim.

Swish, swish, swish...

Suddenly, streams of prohibition power surged.

Within the 15 elongated passageways, demon beasts, puppets, thunder, and the like all vanished.

The 15 passages suddenly dispersed, transforming into 15 streaks of light, akin to having eyes, flying towards the arms of the 15 team leaders.

Coincidentally resonating with the prohibition on each team leader’s arm.

Everyone received the stream of light, sensed it with a glance, and then showed shocked expressions, inhaling a cool breath.

"What an astonishing reward!"

Xiao Yi sensed the reward inside, satisfiedly nodding.

With a wave of his hand, 18 elixirs appeared out of thin air.

"18 Supreme Elixirs?" Guu Lianxing and others widened their eyes.

Among the 18 elixirs, 17 were Supreme Emperor Pills, consuming which could inexplicably enhance one’s cultivation by a level.

And the 18th elixir was the one with the most intense aura among the 18, shining with starlight on its surface, bearing an overwhelming presence.

"Star Picking Pill." Xiao Yi looked at the 18th elixir, nodding in satisfaction, "A holy-grade among Supreme Elixirs, truly the strongest of all Supreme Elixirs."

On the other side.

Mo Youu waved his hand, the stream of light in his hand transforming into numerous puppets.

"Are these the puppets from within the passageway?" The Black Cloud Academy group was shocked.

Next to Mo Youu, two puppets with the strongest auras followed closely.

"Reaching Supreme 9999 Dao level, what a grand reward." Mo Youu showed a face of astonishment, then, as if thinking of something, suddenly displayed a face full of joy.

...

Third update.