Austin knew very well that these crystals which contained more spiritual power than vital energy crystal
were very precious. However, he did not have any grudge against the gnome. First of all, the gnome
could serve him as a treasure guide and could lead him to various kinds of treasures.
Secondly, it also seemed to be completely dependent on him, which made it hard for Austin to be harsh
on this creature.
Hence, even though he still felt reluctant, he was still willing to sacrifice some crystals from time to time
to satiate its belly.
He gestured towards Violet, took out a Space Ring and gave it to her. Simultaneously, the two began to
pile the hills of vital energy crystal on the ground and other rare ores that, many of which were
unknown to them, into their space rings. Pretty soon, the entire cavern was emptied.
After they were finished with the vital energy crystals and rare ores, Austin's attention was drawn by a
stone table situated at the end of the cavern. A round and smooth jade slip was lying on it. It looked
white as fresh snow and cold as ice. It clearly wasn't something ordinary.
When he approached the table, he saw that the jade slip was under the cover of a glowing energy
shield.
From a look, he guessed that it was about martial arts. He had seen several slips like this and
therefore, it was an easy guess.
He wasn't going to just leave it there since it was about martial arts. Ghost Valley was the place where
the Ghost Sect was located, which meant that this jade slip possibly held records of some martial arts
that belonged to the Ghost Sect. Ghost Sect had once fought all of the sects in Violet Orchid Empire.
Hence, it was clear that there was something unique about the sect as well as its martial arts.
However, that glowing energy shield seemed to be quite strong and it wasn't going to be easy for him
to take the slip.
Austin suddenly conducted all of his energy into his right arm and punched the shield. The force that
left his arm through that one punch and landed on the shield was almost 4 tons.
But to his surprise the shield just slightly shook and vibrated for a second.
Damn!
The shield was truly solid. But Austin believed that it could be broken if Violet joined him the next time
he attacked.
"Violet, come on! Let's break it together."
Austin punched the energy shield alternatively with his left and right fists. Violet also used her demonic
power to hit the shield.
Austin was happy to see that Violet's power had grown quite a lot. It was evident the moment she
began striking. Her cultivation base had reached the pinnacle of the medium stage of Earth Realm.
He believed that Violet had been cultivating diligently these days.
Once Austin and Violet joined forces, the shield covering the jade slip began trembling and twisting. Its
booming sounded like the high tide.
Upon seeing it vibrate so heavily, Austin was delighted. He knew that very soon, the shield will be
broken.
However, suddenly his spiritual sense felt that something was wrong.
His face changed. 'Damn it!' He cursed inwardly.
It turned out that for some unknown reason, the mummies outside the cave were being awakened one
by one. They slowly stood on their feet and seemed to be looking for something. They were sniffing the
air in their hunt.
Austin spread out his spiritual sense and saw a mummy, much taller and distinguished from the other
mummies.
Obviously it was several times more powerful than the rest of its kind.
Surrounded by a sort of corpse miasma that was pure black in color and seemed to be physically
touchable, the unstoppable mummy was striding towards the cave in which Austin and Violet had
hidden themselves.
After sizing up the mummy with his spiritual sense, Austin was shocked by its strength, even though he
was supposed to be invincible among his peers.
Even though he was extremely talented and strong, the odds that he could beat this mummy were
extremely thin.
And soon, Austin felt that this taller mummy was waking up the ones who had been lying on the
ground.
As the mummy was striding forward, it left a sort of growling noise. Its growling seemed to be some
kind of a signal that awakened the mummies who were in slumber.
"Damn, Violet. Something's wrong."
Having noticed the tension on his face and the seriousness in his voice, Violet instantly spread out her
spiritual sense and realized what was happening.
She appeared to be worried as well. Obviously Austin and Violet were no match for the hundreds of
mummies outside, let alone the strongest one outside the cave.
Even an elephant can be killed by ants if they have the advantage of numbers. The hundreds of
mummies would already make things hard for Austin and Violet.
"Violet, let's just take this jade slip and get the hell out of here."
Austin gently told her and kept on punching the energy shied with his fists and fierce physical energy.
Violet also used her demonic power and smashed on it again and again.
Soon, the glowing shield began to tremble and seemed to begin falling down. Austin knew that it was
about to be broken very soon.
As he had anticipated, the shield began to crack. First, countless cracks appeared on its surface. First,
countless cracks appeared on its surface. Then it broke up and faded into thin air.
Austin instantly picked up the jade slip and threw it into his Space Ring.
"Violet, let's get the hell out of here."
Austin shouted, reached out his hands and lifted the gnome over his shoulders. Then he took Violet's
hand and they began running outside.
The cave was crossed by numerous tunnels and they all led to unknown places.
Austin and Violet were both spreading out their spiritual sense to sense everything they could about the
tunnels near them. To avoid the strongest mummy was their primary task.
They chose a tunnel in which the number of the mummies seemed to be smallest and ran towards it.
There were only four mummies in this tunnel and they were all awake. Sensing them, they began
walking blindly while sniffing from time to time. It seemed that their sniffing was their way to search for
prey and understand directions.
After walking a short distance, Austin and Violet encountered two mummies coming from the front.
The two mummies sensed their presence immediately and began rushing towards the two while
growling deeply in their throats.
Austin did not escape, instead he confronted these two freaks. .
It did not take long before the mummies fall apart after they received numerous hits from Austin.
The other two mummies in the back heard their movements and followed the sound. Soon, they also
appeared in front of Austin.
'These things are really hard to deal with. Even though my physical strength is very high, and I can just
beat them into pieces one by one, but my energy will be excessively consumed if there are too many of
them.'
For a moment, Austin could not think of a better plan. However, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.
'Wait, I've recently procured a sacred long sword. Though my Violet Royal Sword is useless in front of
these mummies, that long sword might work.'
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