Of the ten strong emergents who entered the passage to the third treasure cave, nine remain.
Ye Chen sighed for a moment, then stepped over the corpse of Yu Shendu and proceeded onwards.
Ahead, the green toxic mist grew increasingly terrifying, its lethality having already reached the Cosmic Emperor level.
Without protection from a Cosmic Emperor-level treasure, one would absolutely not make it this deep, and even with such protection, it might not be completely safe.
Yu Shendu is a prime example.
Without a treasure to defend against the corrosive soul toxins, even with a Cosmic Emperor-level treasure, one could still have the mist seep into their divine soul and perish.
It was only because Ye Chen possessed many treasures that he dared to delve this deep.
However, Ye Chen was also secretly alarmed at this moment.
This was only the third heaven of the Chaotic Heavenly Hall, and it was this terrifying.
The Chaotic Heavenly Hall had Nine Heavens in total; how terrifying could the fourth, fifth, and even the most precious ninth heaven be?
What level would the treasures inside be?
"Who on earth created this Chaotic Heavenly Hall?!
"There are already Star Lord-level treasures within the third heaven; doesn’t that mean that the subsequent heavens likely contain more Star Lord-level treasures?!"
"There are simply too many Star Lord-level treasures in this Chaotic Heavenly Hall!"
Considering this possibility, Ye Chen took a deep breath.
The Chaotic Heavenly Hall, Nine Heavens, are related to the Chaos Void Heaven. Only things like the Absolute Divine Fire exclusive to Chaos Void Heaven... all these suggest that the Chaotic Heavenly Hall is extraordinary.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen’s strength is still far from enough. Now exploring up to the third treasure cave of the third heaven, he already feels a strong sense of crisis. Clearly, with his current strength, he cannot explore all nine heavens of the Chaotic Heavenly Hall completely.
Ye Chen even suspected that even the weaker Star Lords might not be able to explore the entire Chaotic Heavenly Hall!
Perhaps, like the Chaos Void Heaven, the Chaotic Heavenly Hall is also an incredible place!
With his heart shaken, Ye Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Not far ahead, Ye Chen saw another puddle of green water.
This green water was identical to the green water produced when Yu Shendu’s body was corroded by the toxic mist after his death.
Clearly, another strong person had died ahead.
But it was unclear exactly who had died.
Of the ten who entered the passage of the third heaven, only eight remain!
What terrified Ye Chen even more was that after walking roughly a few hundred meters further, the green toxic mist ahead had thickened to resemble a sea of green fog. And directly in front, Ye Chen saw two more puddles of green water.
Two more people had died ahead!
It must be noted that out of the ten people who entered the channel to the third treasure cave, aside from Ye Chen and Yu Shendu, there were only two Divine Masters, and the remaining six were Masters.
By now, including Yu Shendu, four people have died.
This indicates that among the four deceased, there were certainly Masters!
"Which Master has died?"
The Six Great Overlords are all Peak Lords. Their daring to venture into the third channel surely means they have some confidence provided by having Cosmic Emperor-level treasures. For them to die in such circumstances proves the peril of this place.
Indeed, as the two previous stone tablets warned, the third treasure cave harbors great terror and danger!
Luckily, Ning Xiaoxiao and the others gave up on exploring here; otherwise, they might have also died here!
"There are six people left."
"Besides me, only five others are alive."
In Ye Chen’s mind, images of Hua Tianjue, Situ Chen, Hongjue, Hongyu, Yuan Qingzi, Ao Ning flashed by...
Just among the strong ones he knew, there were more than five people.
Clearly, some among those Ye Chen thought of have already died!
"This third treasure cave is the last chance to acquire treasures. If I can’t obtain extraordinary treasures, then this big adventure would be a huge loss."
"I must be extremely cautious and not let my guard down even a bit. Otherwise, many of my trump cards might fall into an inescapable trap!"
Seeing those who perished turning into green water firsthand made Ye Chen’s heart grow numb, and he proceeded with increasing caution.
To Ye Chen’s slight relief, after walking several hundred meters further, he didn’t see any more dead bodies. It seemed those still alive had formidable trump cards in hand, and the danger of the green mist hadn’t claimed their lives yet.
"Why is this passage to the third treasure cave so long?"
Even though he didn’t see more people die, Ye Chen furrowed his brows more and more as he walked. By now, the length of the passage he’s traversed has far surpassed the passage lengths of the previous two treasure caves, yet he still hasn’t seen the guardian Demon of the third treasure cave, making Ye Chen’s heart uneasy.
Ye Chen gathered all his Mind and Spirit and pressed onward.
This time, without going far, Ye Chen finally heard the sounds of battle coming from afar.
"It seems we are finally approaching the entrance to the third Treasure Cave!"
Ye Chen’s mind was invigorated, and he hurriedly moved forward.
After a short distance, Ye Chen could finally see the scene ahead clearly.
The sight before him shocked Ye Chen to the point of disbelief.
He saw, in front of him, a green beast towering on the ground, likely thousands of feet high. This green beast had countless arms stretching to their limits, with thick green mucus flowing on them, looking extremely disgusting.
At this moment, there were five figures fighting against the green beast.
Ye Chen immediately recognized these five figures, and they were Hua Tianjue, Situ Chen, Hongjue, Yuan Qingzi, and Ao Ning.
Obviously, these five people were the only ones still alive.
The others, like Overlord Hongyu and others, had all perished. The green liquid Ye Chen had seen earlier was apparently the remains of Hongyu and the others.
At this time, Hua Tianjue and the five others were fiercely battling the green beast.
All five of them relied on treasures or unleashed their own power, erupting with cosmic emperor-level killing force, but the green beast was terrifying beyond measure, able to contend against all five without losing ground.
In fact, the green beast even had the strength to spare, as it sensed Ye Chen’s arrival before Hua Tianjue and the others did.
The green beast spoke towards Ye Chen, "Oh, another one is here? And it’s an Immortal Divine Venerable youth?"
"For an Immortal Divine Venerable to make it here, it seems you are quite extraordinary."
Immortal Divine Venerable youth?
Upon hearing the words of the green beast, Hua Tianjue and the others immediately withdrew from battle, all looking in Ye Chen’s direction, and upon seeing it was indeed Ye Chen, Hua Tianjue and the others showed expressions of disbelief!
They never expected Ye Chen to have entered the third Treasure Cave passageway.
They couldn’t imagine that Ye Chen could have survived and made it this far!
Especially the Peak Divine Master Ao Ning, who had been moving with Overlord Hongyu, had personally witnessed Hongyu die in the green poison gas.
If it hadn’t been for the unparalleled treasures he had, he likely wouldn’t be alive now.
Even the mighty Overlord Hongyu had perished, yet a mere Immortal Divine Venerable like Ye Chen made it here, which unsurprisingly shocked Ao Ning to the extreme!
"This youth, has a big secret!"
"He has cosmic emperor-level divine light on him, which we didn’t notice during our earlier inspection!"
At that moment, everyone understood that Ye Chen, this youth whom they had already seen as extraordinarily talented, was even more terrifying than they imagined, with secrets far beyond their expectations.
In an instant, Hua Tianjue even thought, perhaps the Star Lord level treasure in the second Treasure Cave was taken by this youth, otherwise, he couldn’t have come this far!
Hua Tianjue at this moment couldn’t help but think of conducting a complete soul search on Ye Chen, to learn all his secrets!
Unfortunately, at this moment, he, along with the remaining powerful ones, were constrained by the green beast, with no extra energy to deal with Ye Chen.
Even if they wanted to deal with Ye Chen, they had a premonition that to have come this far and to have exposed his cards, Ye Chen must have confidence; otherwise, he surely wouldn’t reveal so many secrets in front of everyone.
Ye Chen saw the expressions of Hua Tianjue and the others when they looked at him and understood what they were thinking.
Aside from Yuan Qingzi’s astonished look, the others looked at him as if gazing upon a great treasure, including even Situ Chen, who had been polite to him earlier.
Ye Chen knew that these people were absolutely intent on uncovering his secrets.
Of course, Ye Chen dared to come here and dare to expose cosmic emperor-level treasures because he was prepared. During this Chaotic Heavenly Hall action, Ye Chen already knew there was a great opportunity, and he certainly wanted to seize it well, even if it meant exposing his trump cards, to strive for as much benefit as possible now.
If Hua Tianjue dared to take action against him, he wouldn’t mind letting Hua Tianjue and the others perish here!
Even if, after going out, Hua Tianjue wanted to deal with him, he would have the means to respond. Ye Chen even had the thought that if the gains this time were enough, he would leave Bluegold City directly and venture into other regions of the Primal Beginning Universe, seeking Jiang Yao and Long Li would also be a good plan.
He absolutely wouldn’t give other strong ones the chance to capture him.
In Ye Chen’s mind, whether these few could survive the crisis of the third Treasure Cave was still unknown.
With each group of the six holding their own thoughts, the green beast once again spoke towards Ye Chen, "Youth, having made it here means you’ll be given an opportunity to enter the Treasure Cave just like the others."
"As long as you can dodge my defense and enter the cave, you can claim the treasure!"
As the green beast spoke, it turned its body, revealing a treasure cave behind it, flashing with divine light.
The moment the green beast revealed the cave, Hua Tianjue and the others flew towards it rapidly, yet the green beast had anticipated this. Upon seeing their actions, it let out a mocking laugh, and countless arms moved through the void, blocking them all and continuing to attack.
Even more, a dozen of the green beast’s arms suddenly reached across the void, simultaneously attacking Ye Chen.
At this moment, facing the green beast’s attack, Ye Chen’s mind and spirit were racing: "Hmm? From what this beast says, I don’t need to kill it to enter the cave? Just dodge its defenses and enter the cave to claim the treasure?"
The green beast before him was terrifying beyond measure, clearly, killing it would be no easy task.
However, avoiding its defenses and entering the cave, that was relatively much easier!