Chapter 1104

With such obvious teasing, Zi Chen and the others could naturally tell that the show had failed. However, he was extremely puzzled as to what exactly went wrong.

Of course, Zi Chen had never doubted that there was a problem with his acting.

He could not find the reason. In short, there was a problem. Naturally, the show could not be performed according to the original version.

"Zi Chen, we'll go in first."

"Are you guys going in or not? If not, we'll go in."

After being exposed, Zi Chen's expression was a little ugly, and he did not want to act anymore. However, who knew that everyone was still teasing and teasing him? In an instant, his ugly expression became a little gloomy.

Zi Chen released a wave of coldness from his body. It was as cold as the air, and wherever it passed, the crowd shivered. The banter on their faces disappeared in an instant. It was unknown if it was because of the cold, but their faces were pale.

The mocking voices also disappeared instantly. Only then did everyone completely wake up and feel a lingering fear. After all, this was Zi Chen, the number one person in the same level.

Thinking of this problem, everyone wanted to slap themselves a few times. It was none of their business whether the other party had good acting skills or not. No matter how bad the other party's acting skills were, it was their business.

The other party was strong and had the support of several major forces as his backing. Moreover, he had the final say here. Under such circumstances, the other party's poor acting skills were relatively useless.

In the end, the strong preyed on the weak. Since schemes did not work, they could only use force.

As his gaze swept past, everyone shut up. Zi Chen was very satisfied with this effect.

Then, he turned around and frowned. "Why do I feel that there's something wrong with this place? Is the passage here abnormal? Feel it carefully again."

Hearing this, everyone felt uncomfortable in the pit of their stomach. They had the urge to vomit blood.

'Is there any point in acting? We don't even dare to judge you, but you're still acting.'

Beside Zi Chen, the Devil Ape used the Delusion-breaker Eye to investigate. After a moment, the Devil Ape shook its head and found nothing.

Zi Chen also used the Yin-Yang Eye to investigate and did not find anything unusual. However, he also had a strange feeling in his heart.

Almost everyone's attention was on the Spirit Devouring Rat. In this place, it was probably the only existence that could see the heretics.

They hadn't left yet. Naturally, they were waiting to find the real entrance. So, there was no point in hiding at this moment.

The Spirit Devouring Rat held its head high and puffed out its chest, enjoying the gazes of the crowd as it walked towards the passage ahead.

Although they did not personally prove that this path was blocked, everyone could faintly guess. At this moment, when they saw the Spirit Devouring Rats heading straight for the passage, they became very puzzled.

The Spirit Devouring Rat walked to the front of the passageway but did not enter. Instead, it turned around and walked towards the back.

It seemed to be calculating some kind of number. When it stepped forward, its steps were extremely small, and it seemed to be very careful.

It used small steps to take two ninety-nine steps, but for a normal person, it would only take ninety-nine steps.

Zi Chen and the others naturally knew that the Spirit Devouring Rat was showing off, so they did not deliberately urge it. Thinking about it, it was not easy for the Spirit Devouring Rat. It was clearly a rat, but it had always been used like a dog. Now that it finally had a chance to show off, how could they not let it show off a little longer?

As if it felt that it was powerful enough, it pointed its little finger in front of it. As the finger fell, a white energy bloomed from its finger and pointed at the void.

In the next moment, the void trembled as if something had been pointed out.

"Ouch."

Immediately after, under the gazes of tens of thousands of people, the Spirit Devouring Rat let out a strange cry and its entire body flew backwards.

Its body retreated again and again before finally falling, almost falling out of the passageway. Its white fur was full of dust, and there were traces of blood at the corner of its mouth. It looked very miserable.

However, at this moment, no one noticed its sorry state. Of course, it was not that everyone ignored its sorry state, but rather that they ignored the Spirit Devouring Rat.

At this moment, their gazes, including the gazes of Zi Chen and the others, fell on the place where the Spirit Devouring Rat pointed.

In the originally empty place, there was actually a black ancient castle at this moment.

The black ancient castle in front of them was not big. It was not as big as the flaming ancient castle that Zi Chen had snatched back then, and it was thousands of miles away from the ancient castle formed by the Holy Burial Ground.

However, an ancient castle suddenly appeared in this area. Naturally, everyone knew what this meant.

For a moment, everyone looked at the ancient castle with eager eyes.

The black ancient castle was made of the same material as the gate of the Holy Burial Ground. Even through a barrier of light, everyone could still feel the ancient aura from within.

Seeing everyone involuntarily walk towards the black ancient castle, the Spirit Devouring Rat crawled up and said with dissatisfaction, "A bunch of disloyal fellows."

Looking at the black ancient castle, everyone's expressions naturally changed. The middle-aged demon was the first to send a voice transmission, "Your Highness."

"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."

The group of demons slowly approached the ancient castle. The ancient castle was not big, so it naturally could not accommodate thousands of people present.

Therefore, these people surrounded the ancient castle through the barrier.

Suddenly, a cry of surprise sounded, "Passageway, there's a passageway there."

Through the transparent barrier, everyone saw a passageway on the side of the ancient castle. It was different from the previous passageway. This passageway was a flight of stairs that inclined upwards.

Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions became excited. Clearly, there was another layer to this world.

Without needing any instructions, everyone worked together to break through the barrier. As there were too many people, their combined strength was too powerful. As a result, everyone ignored Lv Peng, an array formation grandmaster.

In this world, all array formations could be forcefully broken through with strength, but the premise was that one had the strength to break through the array. Clearly, the combined strength of so many Human Origin realm cultivators was enough.

With a rumbling sound, the barrier outside the array shattered and the black ancient castle appeared.

The appearance of the ancient castle could not accommodate everyone. Some factions that knew that there was no hope of competing decisively abandoned the ancient castle and rushed towards the passageway.

Such thoughts and choices were very realistic. No matter what was in the ancient castle, with Zi Chen and company around, they could not obtain it. They might as well go to the next level to try their luck.

Many people left, but even more people stayed.

Zi Chen's group had unknowingly stood in front of the crowd, in front of the entrance of the ancient castle. Although there was a group of people behind them who were eager and extremely unwilling to give up, they did not dare to voice their opinions at this moment.

"Open the door. No matter what's inside, everyone will fight for it with their own strength," said the Perfect Body first.

The leaders of the other factions nodded when they heard that.

Relying on their own abilities and strength was the least damaging method. At this moment, the people standing together were people who had more or less helped Zi Chen. It was not worth it for everyone to fall out over treasures.

Furthermore, the main reason was that if they fell out, they would definitely die.

"Opening the door might lead to treasures, but the possibility of danger isn't small either." Zi Chen smiled and took a few steps forward. He pressed his hands on the door.

As a wisp of essence energy surged in his body and attached itself to his hands, Zi Chen suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Zi Chen did not exert any strength, everyone was puzzled.

Zi Chen looked at the Perfect Body and said, "Give it a try."

The Perfect Body stepped forward and prepared to push the door open. As a wisp of essence energy was mobilized, his brows pricked up slightly.

"There's indeed a problem," said the Perfect Body.

This time, regardless of whether it was real or an act, no one backed down. Therefore, after looking at each other, the two of them pushed the door open with all their might.

More and more essence energy surged in their hands, but the door didn't open. It appeared very heavy.

"Don't come over." Seeing that everyone was about to help, Zi Chen shouted, "Back off, back off."

Fiend Ape gestured for everyone to retreat.

The light that surged in Zi Chen's hands became even more resplendent. One gold and one silver, like two suns. As for the Perfect Body, it was obvious that he had used all his strength. At that moment, his forehead was already covered in sweat.

The two of them looked at each other and shouted, "Open!"

A powerful force surged into the door like a tidal wave. Following that, the entire door began to glow, followed by cracking sounds.

At that moment, no one knew how powerful the two of them were. If this were in the outside world, the combined strength would probably be able to shatter a soul weapon. However, at that moment, this strength could only open the door, but it couldn't even shatter it.

The door could absorb essence energy, let alone the inside. Therefore, after the door opened a crack, the two of them immediately retreated and looked ahead warily.

Like a rusty iron door, the door let out an extremely ear-piercing sound before slowly opening.

When the door was completely opened, a vast and ancient aura surged out from the door, causing the robes of the people in front to flutter.

When the door opened, other than this aura, there was no other abnormality.

Before anyone could take a closer look, someone swept past Zi Chen from behind and rushed towards the door.

In an instant, a total of ten light figures rushed forward.

"Swoosh." "Swoosh." "Swoosh."

Just as they rushed through the door, rays of light lit up on both sides of the castle. What lit up were balls of flames. These flames formed fireballs that fell from the sky and landed on the corridor in front of the ancient castle.

Following that, shrill screams rang out.

Flames fell from all directions, covering the entire corridor. The Mortal Origin Realm cultivators who rushed in only had time to let out shrill screams before their bodies were ignited by the flames. Then, their bodies melted in the flames.

This scene was just like the Flames of Life that Zi Chen had used back then. The immense power shocked everyone, and their expressions gradually turned solemn.

At that moment, they finally understood why Zi Chen and the Perfect Body were so careful.

After passing through the corridor ahead, they arrived at a hall. The door to the hall was tightly shut, and they couldn't see what was inside.

After the people who rushed forward died, no one came forward. The fireball from before also dissipated.

The corridor was very clean. The flames from before didn't leave any scars on the ground. Even the dead cultivators didn't leave any ashes on the ground.

"It should be a test. If one is fast enough or possesses a strange movement technique, the chances of passing are very high," Zi Chen said after pondering for a moment.

The Perfect Body looked at Zi Chen and said, "I'm not sure about the power of that flame. If it's comparable to the Flames of Life, I'm afraid we won't be able to pass. Why don't you try the strength of the flame?"