Dragon-Marked War God

“We still don’t know who the expert in this Shihai Ice Palace is. It looks like it’s time to go ask the old turtle.”

Jiang Chen said in a low voice. At this point he was rather happy. He held the bronze throne and the Heavenly Lightning Decree. Although he still did not know what either of them was for, the rarity of the bronze throne alone already satisfied him greatly, to say nothing of the Heavenly Lightning Decree.

But they still did not know whose tomb this really was. Who that person who looked exactly like Yuan Hua really was also gave them much to ponder. After all, even Yuan Hua did not know, and that was the most frustrating part.

“I think I already know a few things.”

Yuan Hua said, looking at Jiang Chen.

“You know?”

Jiang Chen was delighted and looked at Yuan Hua. There was a complicated look in Yuan Hua’s eyes, and he nodded heavily.

The next moment, Yuan Hua slowly knelt down and kowtowed three times heavily toward the bronze coffin, his expression solemn and incredibly grave.

“There is a fragment of incomplete inheritance memory in this giant axe. The moment I broke through to the Divine Emperor Realm, I received part of that inheritance memory. The person in the bronze coffin should be my ancestor, but what they went through, I can’t tell. He sealed himself here in order to preserve his strength, but in the end he was still killed, and he was trapped to death alive inside the bronze coffin. I only saw a few remaining fragments of the memory, so I can’t be sure who that person was. But I felt that he was simply too powerful. Even someone as strong as my ancestor, a supreme Great Emperor, once injured, had no chance to fight back at all in his hands and was killed outright.”

“That person was simply too terrifying. With a turn of his hand he made the clouds, with another he made the rain. With the heavens above and the earth below, it was as if nothing between heaven and earth could restrain him. But I couldn’t see his face. It was only a phantom image. Whether it was his true body or not, I can’t tell. I don’t even know whether it was a man or a woman. It’s just that the person seemed extremely angry, and after killing my ancestor, he left in a hurry. All I can see are these brief, broken memories preserved in the giant axe. Even if I want to avenge my ancestor now, I don’t know who killed him.”

Yuan Hua said with a face full of shame.

“So what if you knew? Even your ancestor could do nothing about him. What could you possibly do? I’m not trying to discourage you, but until you break through to the Great Emperor Realm, forget about all that nonsense. Someone who kills a Great Emperor expert with a flick of the hand, what kind of being do you think that is? In his eyes, you’re nothing but an ant. Tch.”

Wude said in a low voice, curling his lip with a cold smile. He was clearly saying this on purpose to annoy Yuan Hua, because both Yuan Hua and Jiang Chen had gotten treasures, while he alone had not gotten anything good. How could Wude not be angry?

But at this moment, Yuan Hua fell silent. He did not say anything more, because what Wude said was absolutely right. His own strength was far, far too weak. A Divine Emperor Realm expert in front of such a person would probably be as easy to crush as an ant. Without reaching the Great Emperor Realm, how could he speak of revenge?

Jiang Chen also fell silent. According to what Yuan Hua said, that mysterious, unfathomable expert had killed with a wave of his hand the Great Emperor ancestor who had sealed himself in the Shihai Ice Palace. Just how powerful was that? Such a person was someone they did not even dare to think about, at least for now.

“Then where are we now? Is this really the Shichahai Sea?”

Jiang Chen looked at Yuan Hua doubtfully.

Yuan Hua nodded and continued:

“That’s right, this is the Shichahai Sea. But because this place has been sealed off by space, it’s simply impossible to break through to the surface of the sea. This undersea divine tomb is closed off by nine layers of space. It connects only to the traveling palace of the Five Directions Great Emperor, and there is no way to reach the surface of the Shichahai Sea from here. That’s why, no matter how many tens of thousands of years have passed and how many astonishingly talented people our undersea race has produced, none of them could ever break through the surface of the sea.”

“But I believe that one day I will find out the truth. Even if I’m ground to powder and my bones are shattered, I will definitely avenge my ancestor. My body has now been completely reborn. Reaching this point today and breaking through to the Divine Emperor Realm counts as a good start for me. Also, Brother Jiang, I really must thank you. If it weren’t for you, I might never have been able to step into this Shihai Ice Palace in my whole life, much less learn that the person buried in it was my own ancestor.”

Yuan Hua looked at Jiang Chen, his eyes full of gratitude. He knew his own strength very well. If it had not been for Jiang Chen, he might have stayed at the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm for who knew how many years. And this time, having inherited his ancestor’s inheritance memory and the giant axe in his hands, both his strength and his talent had risen to a whole new level.

“None of that matters. What we need to know most right now is who that person was, or whom your ancestor offended and what his past was. Otherwise, with just this bit of remaining inheritance memory, it’s simply impossible to find the truth. We should still go ask the old turtle. Maybe he knows something.”

Jiang Chen said in a deep voice, his expression extremely serious. Although this matter had nothing to do with him, the Heavenly Lightning Decree and the bronze throne had both appeared here after all. For Jiang Chen, who the master of this Shihai Ice Palace really was and what past he had were also things he was incredibly curious about.

“Let’s go, let’s go. Anyway, you all came away with full hands. I’m the only poor kid who didn’t get so much as a hair.”

Wude said with a curl of his lip, full of unwillingness. But at this moment, a tuft of white fur fell from above his head onto his face.

“What the f*ck is this? What kind of hair… ahhh—achoo—”

Several strands of white fur fell on his face, and Wude could not help sneezing. Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and abruptly raised his head, but he could no longer see the slightest trace. A white shadow appeared before his eyes once more and vanished in a flash.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, but the white shadow had already disappeared. Jiang Chen understood in his heart, but it was already impossible to catch up with that thing. Whether it was that white fox or something else no longer mattered. It was just that its mystery made Jiang Chen sigh with emotion.

Even as they left, they were still full of awe for this Shihai Ice Palace. The mysteries within it were not something to be told to outsiders.

When they left the Shihai Ice Palace, they entered the seabed and found the old turtle. At that moment, the old turtle looked at them as if he were looking at monsters.

“You, you, you… you’re actually still alive? Little Yuan, you’ve actually broken through to the Divine Emperor Realm? My heavens, not even the Shihai Ice Palace could keep you. It seems you really are blessed with great luck.”

The old turtle was full of shock, shaking his head back and forth, his eyes full of disbelief.