The group who had escaped the chessboard-like formation was astonished by the fierce battle between Ye Chen and Tiger Demon Teng, and Tiger Demon Teng, who was being suppressed and continuously forced back by Ye Chen, felt a tremor in his heart when he heard the commotion from Azure Blue Lake and saw the people breaking out of the formation!
Utilizing the "Void Great Treasure Cover," he had originally intended to deplete the power of the Heavenly Saint borrowed by Ye Chen, but to Tiger Demon Teng's surprise, Ye Chen somehow managed to emit new Light of the Heavenly Saint and recover to full strength after each moment of seeming weakness!
Tiger Demon Teng could never have imagined that Ye Chen had thirteen Heavenly Saint Law Beads. Before he could exhaust the power of Ye Chen's Law Beads, he was completely overpowered by Ye Chen after the latter had activated just three Heavenly Saint Law Beads!
To make matters worse for Tiger Demon Teng, he hadn't expected that the other twenty-seven people trapped in the black and white chessboard would also manage to escape successfully, and among these twenty-seven people, he could vaguely feel a young man who possessed a Heavenly Saint Level power that made even him shudder!
Encountering two Heavenly Saint Level powers one after another was a complete shock to Tiger Demon Teng!
Tiger Demon Teng even couldn't help but consider retreating!
While Tiger Demon Teng paid attention to the stir at Azure Blue Lake, Ye Chen also noticed it. While attacking Tiger Demon Teng, he glanced towards Azure Blue Lake and, upon seeing Fairy Nishang and others breaking out of the formation, Ye Chen revealed a trace of a smile.
He had intended to deal with Tiger Demon Teng first before rescuing the others trapped in the deadly chessboard, but surprisingly, these people had managed to break out on their own!
Clearly, these people had their own aces up their sleeves, just as Ye Chen had predicted.
With the help of the Heavenly Saint Law Beads, Ye Chen had already suppressed Tiger Demon Teng, and with some extra assistance, they would definitely be able to deal with this Tiger Demon Teng!
With that thought in mind, Ye Chen swung his Black Fire Sword in a sweeping slash, forcing Tiger Demon Teng to madly retreat in the direction of Azure Blue Lake.
Seeing Ye Chen's actions, the other Tomb Explorers immediately understood; it seemed that Ye Chen wanted to push Tiger Demon Teng towards them so that they could join forces to kill it.
In the crowd, while others dared not move, Fairy Nishang and Yun Luo charged towards Tiger Demon Teng without fear, and Liu Yan, after gritting his teeth, also surged forward to attack Tiger Demon Teng.
Since Tiger Demon Teng was already at a disadvantage against Ye Chen, it was their chance to ride this momentum and eliminate this major nuisance!
Watching Fairy Nishang, Yun Luo, and Liu Yan swarm in and feeling the relentless pressure from Ye Chen behind, Tiger Demon Teng's eyes flickered with resolve.
"Who would have thought that these youngsters could be so troublesome!"
"Two Heavenly Saint Level powers, there are actually two Heavenly Saint Level forces here!"
"It seems that the spiritual sea beings entering this ancient tomb this time really surprised and delighted us!"
"Well then, if that's how it is, let's proceed to the final step of the plan!"
After numerous thoughts flashed through Tiger Demon Teng's mind, it no longer engaged in a battle of attrition with Ye Chen and ignored the others surging towards him. Its entire body shrouded in rolling black air suddenly concentrated all its energy into the Void Great Treasure Cover in its hands.
Then, Void Great Treasure Cover blasted open a path through Fairy Nishang, Yun Luo, and others and shot towards the deeper recesses of the ancient tomb.
Fairy Nishang, Yun Luo, and the others had not expected that Tiger Demon Teng would flee as soon as they took action, and for a moment, they stood frozen on the spot.
Ye Chen, too, was slightly stunned.
At this moment, everyone turned their eyes to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen, who had suppressed Tiger Demon Teng, was now emitting the power of the Heavenly Saint that made everyone else's spine tingle with fear; even Yun Luo, who possessed a sacred flying dagger, was no exception.
Of course, they looked to Ye Chen for a decision.
Ye Chen spoke out decisively without hesitation.
The truth of the ancient tomb and the clues to leave it were very likely to be found on the escape route of Tiger Demon Teng; Ye Chen certainly wouldn't let Tiger Demon Teng get away so easily!
Having expended three Heavenly Saint Law Beads, Ye Chen wouldn't let the beads go to waste; he was determined to capture Tiger Demon Teng and force out the truth of the ancient tomb.
Even if Tiger Demon Teng had any schemes up his sleeve, Ye Chen still had ten Heavenly Saint attack Law Beads unused, in addition to another set of thirteen Heavenly Saint defense Law Beads that he hadn't yet deployed; he certainly wouldn't fear Tiger Demon Teng's machinations.
Even if it meant pursuing Tiger Demon Teng to its lair, they were resolved to capture him!
Having declared the chase, Ye Chen set off in the direction Tiger Demon Teng had fled, leading the way.
Fairy Nishang, Yun Luo, Liu Yan, and the others exchanged glances and followed behind Ye Chen, chasing after Tiger Demon Teng.
The central island of the ancient tomb was even more massive than the ten large islands on its periphery.
Until now, Ye Chen and the others had only seen Azure Blue Lake on the central massive island; in the course of pursuing Tiger Demon Teng, they finally got to see other parts of the central massive island.
Upon seeing these places, Ye Chen and the others were all greatly shocked.
Because all of them realized that throughout the central giant island, there were demon beasts everywhere, all of which had auras that had reached the level of Heavenly Saint Level Demon Kings!
It was not too surprising to find Heavenly Saint Level Demon Kings in the ancient tomb of Heavenly Saint Moya, but what shocked Ye Chen was that these Demon Kings were different from the golden demonic carp they had seen before.
The golden demonic carp was clearly a subordinate of Tiger Demon Teng, but these Demon Kings similar to the golden demonic carp seemed to be kept like livestock; they did not attack when they flew by, but instead wandered aimlessly over the land of the central giant island.
It was as if they were Demon Kings without any intelligence!
You must know that true Demon Kings have intelligence comparable to humans, but the countless Demon Kings that appeared on this central giant island had no intelligence at all, only possessing exceptional powerful auras, which of course, surprised everyone.
Ye Chen had no idea that at the moment when Tiger Demon Teng flew into the Void Great Treasure Cover, fleeing toward the deeper parts of the tomb, at the deepest part of the tomb, within that vast swamp, on top of the giant bronze coffin, the other seven Demon Towers began to emit a strange glow as if they were activated.
Among them, after Tiger Demon Teng, the next two Demon Towers that were about to be fully illuminated were now as if they were trying to leap out from the giant coffin.
Looking closely at these two Demon Towers, one could see that they were indeed the Eagle Demon Tower and the Python Demon Tower!
As Tiger Demon Teng flew towards the depths of the ancient tomb, and while everyone was in pursuit, after half a moment of the seven great Demon Towers emitting that strange and peerless light, it suddenly turned into seven beams of light, shooting skyward from the giant bronze coffin.
When these seven beams of light soared to the sky, the entire sky of the ancient tomb began to gather an endless amount of dark qi.
Seeing this scene, the Tiger Demon Teng, which had previously fled and was now coming out of the Void Great Treasure Cover again, looked back at Ye Chen, who was closely pursuing it, and then towards the deepest part of the tomb.
Afterward, overwhelming light also emanated from the Tiger Demon Teng's gigantic head, shooting up into a colossal pillar of light.
Although Ye Chen did not understand the meaning behind Tiger Demon Teng's action, when he saw the colossal pillar of light rising from the head of Tiger Demon Teng and the seven beams of light rising into the sky from the deepest part of the tomb, he had a bad premonition.
These eight colossal pillars of light seemed to be part of a ritual!
Perhaps, this was the ritual of the tomb's conspiracy!
At this thought, Ye Chen "whooshed" and brandished the Black Fire Sword in his hand, directly slashing towards the Tiger Demon Teng, which had stopped in midair; he intended to interrupt Tiger Demon Teng's ritual!
Looking at the incoming attack from Ye Chen, this time, Tiger Demon Teng did not attempt to block, instead, it gave a sinister smile, "Too late!"
Following this, Tiger Demon Teng disappeared directly under Ye Chen's sword.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Before Ye Chen could figure out what "Too late" meant, the dark qi in the sky, which had gathered due to the eight beams of light, suddenly burst toward the land of the ancient tomb below.
This dark qi had little effect on Ye Chen, but when it reached the ground, all the mindless Demon Kings on the ground were swept up in a whirl of black qi, surging crazily towards the deepest part of the tomb.
When all the Demon Kings on the ground turned into dark qi, the whole land of the ancient tomb began to collapse and obliterate!
This situation made Ye Chen, who was standing in the sky, focus his gaze sharply!
Not far behind Ye Chen, other Tomb Explorers who had followed him in pursuit of Tiger Demon Teng also noticed the anomalies of the tomb.
They also noticed the countless Demon Kings dying and turning into black qi, rushing towards the deepest part of the tomb, and saw the whole land of the ancient tomb collapsing and being obliterated!
This situation caused all of their expressions to change drastically!
If the situation on the ten islands above had startled them, and the golden demonic carp in the Azure Blue Lake, as well as the later appearance of Tiger Demon Teng, had made them fearful, the current situation now utterly frightened them from the depths of their hearts.
The entire ancient tomb's ground was collapsing and being obliterated, with rolling black qi like torrential currents pouring towards the deepest parts of the tomb. One didn't need to think to realize that this was definitely the ultimate deathtrap of the tomb!
They feared that they were about to face the last and most terrifying crisis of the tomb!
With drastically changed expressions, after being stunned for a while, as if they had come back to their senses, they no longer dared to watch the continuously collapsing and obliterating tomb's ground or the chaotic streams of rolling black qi between heaven and earth.
All of them chased after Ye Chen frantically.
By sticking close to Ye Chen, they felt more confident as they faced this increasingly bizarre tomb.
When these people all flew close to Ye Chen, they saw that Ye Chen was looking at the endless dark qi rushing into the deepest part of the tomb.
These people also looked towards the deepest part of the tomb.
Then, astonishingly, they saw that with the influx of endless dark qi, the seven beams of light rising into the sky from the deepest part of the tomb were slowly converging into shadows resembling the Demon Towers.
Finally, as everyone continued to approach the deepest part of the tomb, they could see an area of land that had not yet collapsed—a black swamp!
And on top of this black swamp, there were seven gigantic demonic creatures formed by the seven beams of light!
And the Tiger Demon Teng, which had previously disappeared, was surprisingly standing beside these seven gigantic demonic creatures!
Eight great demonic creatures.
Tiger Demon Teng! Eagle Demon Teng! Python Demon Teng! Lion Demon Teng! Ape Demon Teng! Turtle Demon Teng!
Eagle Demon Teng! Leopard Demon Teng!
These were the legendary eight great Demon Towers of the Defying Demon Sect, the eight guardians of Heavenly Saint Moya!
Incredibly, after the countless Demon Kings on the outside died and the vast land was obliterated, at the deepest part of the tomb, Heavenly Saint Moya's eight great Demon Towers had all awakened!