Chapter 1262: Schemes

The corpse appeared a bit strange.

Its body was about the size of a courtyard, currently floating with its face under the lava and its back on top, bobbing up and down on the surface of the lava, slowly drifting towards the group.

When the corpse was only around a few hundred meters away, Gu Qing Shan’s eyes flickered a bit before speaking: “Why can’t I see anyone from the Wraith realm? And where are the ones who wished to cooperate with them?”

The child looked around, sure enough finding that the group that harshly opposed them previously were nowhere to be seen.

“Show yourself!” he curtly shouted.

From beneath the lava, a man clad in an incandescent glow flew out, kneeling in front of the child: “Reporting sir, not too long after you led everyone away, those people stepped onto the Wraith’s back and followed it into the great tomb”

The child questioned: “Why are you the only one remaining? You mean to say that not a single one remained?”

“Sir, that is indeed the case”

“Hmph, people of the Wraith realm naturally had never set foot into the great tomb, so their souls would not be caught up by the Apocalypse, but what about the others? They’re the same as us, from where did they get the courage to enter the great tomb?” the child shouted sternly.

The man covered in lava lowered his head and reported: “Sir, the rest of the people you arranged to be here had actually gone to their side while acting loyal to you, so they found out about the scales”

The child didn’t appear angry when hearing that, only casually asked: “Did they also find those dark purple scales?”

The man trembled a bit, then answered with a shaking voice: “Sir, the 15 pieces of scales that you had hidden away were all taken away by them. This subordinate was alone, unable to win against them all, so I could only conceal myself and wait for sir to return before reporting the situation”

Saying so, he prostrated himself close to the ground.

“Hm, I don’t blame you for this, I merely trusted the wrong people” the child dejectedly said.

The man was shocked.

Why is the sir so magnanimous today?

But since he had just escaped from being punished, he was too concerned with thanking the heavens rather than ask about it any further.

The child appeared doubtful, then turned to Gu Qing Shan and asked: “The current main point of interest should be this Wraith’s corpse, so why would they enter the great tomb so early? What do you think?”

Gu Qing Shan’s gaze met with the child.

Gu Qing Shan slowly shook his head, answering with a doubtful tone: “I’ve only just awoken not too long ago, so I haven’t even met those people face to face. If you don’t understand their motives, then I would also not”

——the Samsara Delimitation Artifact was currently holding this entire tomb in place, ensuring that the Apocalypses within would not be released all at once.

If someone could enter the tomb first and take this Samsara Delimitation Artifact for themselves, then they’d hold everything in their hands.

The Wraith’s corpse might be related to a lot of mysteries and secrets, the wielder of this Delimitation Artifact would be able to control the Apocalypses within the great tomb, practically holding the lives of everyone in their hands.

Secrets were indeed important.

But their lives were a lot more important!

With these two matters under consideration, those people would naturally choose to enter the tomb and search for the artifact.

Gu Qing Shan was sure that this ancient monster hiding inside a child’s body would be able to recognize this fact.

However, this monster obviously had other plans, so it was acting oblivious.

Combined with how it practically gave me a piece of scale earlier, most likely…

Gu Qing Shan suddenly talked telepathically with Shan Hai Qi Xia:

“Tell me, the people of the Wraith realm, as well as the tomb entities who joined their sides, how many people were there in total?”

“14, your grace, what’s the matter?” Shan Hai Qi Xia replied.

“It’s nothing”

Gu Qing Shan quickly realized what was going on.

Right, it must have been information purposely leaked by this monster.

It must have also not told the others of the usage time limit of the scales.

After those people tried using the scales, they would certainly discover that they were able to avoid the Apocalypses this way.

And then, there was a conjecture that the path on which the Wraith’s corpse floated was a safe path.

A path that had been determined.

While the mermaid scales allowed the tomb entities to avoid having their souls taken by the Apocalypses that sealed them away.

What a God-given opportunity this was!

Those people naturally couldn’t wait any longer and entered the great tomb first, wishing to obtain the artifact for themselves.

——–the group of people substituted by the tomb monsters together with those from the Wraith realm totaled 14 individuals, while the child left 15 pieces of scale.

It was more than enough for one person each.

And they’ve all entered the Tomb River.

——in other words, they didn’t even consider the issue of manpower.

This proved that they had no idea that the mermaid scales of the Calamity River could only be used for one day.

The Apocalypses would discover them again after one day.

But there were 6 tombs, 5 of which were fake, the Tomb River was full of Apocalypses and monsters, how would anyone reach the true tomb in a mere day?

Even if they could, the danger of the inner tomb wasn’t something that could be dealt with in a single day.

They’re definitely dead!

Gu Qing Shan silently glanced at the child.

This ancient monster hidden inside the body of the child didn’t even need to lift a finger, yet was able to easily lure its enemies into a deathtrap of their own accord, truly an impressive level of scheming!

After thinking it through, Gu Qing Shan remained completely calm without mentioning a word.

After all, the child had also given him a piece of scale.

He was also one of the targets for this scheme!

Hearing Gu Qing Shan’s words, the child nodded without noticing anything and said: “It seems they’ve given up on this Wraith’s corpse, took advantage of the subordinates I stationed here to steal my scales and entered the Tomb River ahead of us to retrieve that Delimitation Artifact”

“Then it was all your fault, putting us into the current disadvantage!” Gu Qing Shan grudgingly said.

The child generously admitted his fault: “That was truly my fault, but now that it had happened, we need to quickly consider what we need to do now”

Gu Qing Shan coldly snorted, but didn’t say another word.

Seeing the two bigshots quarreling, everyone went silent.

The river of lava became silent for a while.

Only the Wraith’s corpse continued to drift towards them slowly.

Any sentient entities that remained within the Tomb River would be tough to deal with.

Only this Wraith’s corpse from the previous era had been able to drift between the Tomb River and lava without anything happening to it.

Gu Qing Shan observed the Wraith’s corpse, keeping in his mind that it was actually still alive.

What is it actually planning?

Tch——–

What a headache.

The situation is too complicated, there’s too little information, and every monster here is absurdly powerful beyond imagination.

Never mind breaking the status quo, I’d be happy to just survive, but…

There is a sword inside this great tomb.

A sword belonging to the Samsara.

Gu Qing Shan’s thoughts turned, then sighed after a while and said: “If they’ve all gone inside, then we need to quickly go after them. If they obtain that Delimitation Artifact before us, we’re in huge trouble”

The child said: “Then this Wraith’s corpse——-”

Gu Qing Shan turned to the Wraith’s corpse.

He silently calculated.

It’s currently night, I’ll be able to use my Sumeru Thaumaturgy.

In the worst case scenario…

I still have 100 million Soul Points.

The War God UI should still have quite a bit of secretly stored Soul Points.

Some things simply can’t be redone if one is fearful of attempting them.

Gu Qing Shan made up his mind, then raised his voice: “Let’s follow it to enter the Tomb River, then act as the situation calls for it later on”

The child pondered for a bit, then said: “Very well, that’s the only way”

——-I didn’t think the Shaman would make such a perfect suggestion for me, then I won’t need to waste any unnecessary efforts.

“Let’s go!”

Everyone jumped up and landed on the Wraith’s back.

The lava continued to flow.

The Wraith drifted along the current of the lava for a while, eventually entering an underground river current.

“The Tomb River is just up ahead. From this moment onwards, prepare yourselves for combat at any moment” the child declared.

Everyone kept up their guards.

Gu Qing Shan also released his inner sight to pay close attention to his surroundings.

He held the Nine Serenity Yin Incantation Jade Tablet in his hand, sending his voice inside: “Guys, I’m currently standing on the back of that Wraith’s corpse, travelling with a group of monsters into the Tomb River”

After that, he mentioned the truth about the monsters using their inheritance to steal the bodies of humans, then infused it with 1 Soul Point.

Receiving its Soul Point, the jade tablet vanished without a trace.

A few moments later.

The jade tablet appeared in Gu Qing Shan’s hand again.

He scanned it with his inner sight, immediately hearing the message from one of his ‘other self’:

[We’ve already known about the matter of the inheritance, not too long ago, we opened a tattered tomb to save a guy with a monster body but human soul. Unfortunately, he couldn’t endure the ravages of the Apocalypse, his soul quickly dissipated after the rescue]

The voice of another ‘him’ then resounded:

[Be careful, we just saw an unknown Apocalypse appearing on the Tomb River. It’s currently heading towards the course of the Wraith’s corpse. Most likely it will directly run into you]