Chapter 3 - Black-Haired Beauty!

Yu Yin's eyes almost popped out of his head! He had an incredulous look on his face and his jaw was hanging wide open. Out of nowhere, had appeared the most beautiful women he had ever seen. She had a slim waist and a curvaceous body donned in an elegant purple dress. The dress was short skirted and sleeveless, exposing her small delicate arms and her long, porcelain looking legs. Her hypnotising crystal blue eyes looked like small, sparkling diamonds and the astonishing contrast between her flawless white skin and her silky smooth, wavy pitch-black hair was almost blinding! Overall, she was completely gorgeous and looked no older than 17 years of age. It must be said that Yu Yin had seen all sorts of pretty girls at the Yu Family palace, but this one trumped them all easily. Yu Yin blinked a few times and tried to say something, but no words would come out his mouth.

He had been rendered literally speechless by her beauty!!!

The black-haired beauty seemed unfazed by Yu Yin's almost worshipping gaze. She looked him up and down before making a playful expression and resting her beautiful eyes upon his. She then gave him an angelic smile that could light up the darkest of nights and melt even the coldest of ice. Yu Yin felt he was absolutely looking at a goddess, that is until he felt a tugging force coming from her dainty hand which was tucked below his. The black-haired beauty winked at him, snatched away the bronze locket, and took flight towards the cave entrance! She made a grasping gesture as she took off, causing the other dark tinted locket to fly off the other alter and into her free hand.

It was at this point that any feelings of attraction and chivalry disappeared from Yu Yin like a fleeting wind. Only one thought was going through his head!

"Woman! How DARE you take my treasure!!"

In his anger, he unthinkingly lobbed the Silver Qilin horn in his right hand at the black-haired beauty! If the Silver Horned Qilin whom it once belonged to, saw this scene, it would probably hang itself there and then!

The Qilin horn flew across the dome at a considerable speed, closing in on this mysterious woman.

"EEeeeeeeeekk"

The black-haired beauty turned around and made a small squealing sound as the Qilin horn made a well-placed landing on her rear end, knocking her out straight of the air. She landed on the ground in a heap, which caused a layer of dust on the ground to rise and settle on her purple dress. She got up, turned around, and gave Yu Yin a ferocious glare which actually in a way looked kind of cute! What wasn't cute however, was that she then began to release soul power fluctuations which caused Yu Yin's eyes to immediately narrow.

"She's a Soul Cultivator!!"

The black-haired beauty flicked her wrist, causing a blade to materialise in front of her which began to fly towards him at a shocking speed! The blade looked like a black scimitar, but it was extraordinarily long reaching 1 and a half meters in length. Yu Yin made a panicked expression and immediately snapped his fingers and slapped his chest.

"[Acceleration]!!"

With the sudden boost of speed from his blood skill, Yu Yin easily dodged her scimitar-like blade which flew passed him and lodged into the wall of the dome! He inwardly sighed with relief.

"This soul cultivator is surprisingly weak!"

With this thought, Yu Yin decided that there was nothing to fear from this girl. Therefore, he could act as he liked. He proceeded to point at the black-haired beauty.

"Women, I saw those lockets first so naturally they belong to me. Return them now and we can both walk our own ways".

The black-haired beauty instantly retorted.

"Who says that whoever sees something first gets to take it! I touched them first so of course they would be mine!"

Her voice resounded like the chiming of bells and the singing of birds! It was most wonderful sound Yu Yin had ever heard, leaving him momentarily distracted. It didn’t change the fact that she had the reasoning of a child, but at least she was nice to listen to. He quickly resumed his false bravado.

"Silence women! If I say they are mine, that means they're mine! Now quickly return them!"

She sneered at him.

"Oh really now? You're just a mortal with a few tricks up his sleeve so what right do you have to say such things! Come back in a few hundred years and maybe I'll let you touch them!"

"Tch! Do you really think that I won't slap you to death! Give me back my treasure!"

She reached out her hand in another grasping gesture, causing the crescent blade to dislodge from the wall and fly towards her. She put the bronze lockets into her away into her interspatial ring, caught her scimitar-like blade, and locked gazed with Yu Yin. She smirked at him as if to mock him for his incompetence before waving her hand, conjuring three more blades that were identical to the first. They floated around her in an intimidating fashion with their tips pointing at Yu Yin.

"Go ahead and try, and we'll see what happens!"

A vein was bulging on Yu Yin's forehead due to his rising anger. He was really, really getting fed up with this woman! How dare she sneak up on him take his hard-earned treasure whilst pretending she was in the right all along! So what if she's a little pretty and has a tiny bit of cultivation! She's absolutely in the wrong here! However, he was a little fearful of the new blades that she had produced so, he didn't make any rash moves.

"How the hell did you get in here anyway? I'm sure nobody was following me!"

The black-haired beauty lifted her hand to cover her mouth and let out a patronising laugh.

"I simply used the lowest level stealth technique, [Camouflage]. It’s a real shame, anyone with even a slither of soul cultivation would've been able to see through it...."

She elegantly flicked her hair with her hand and then nonchalantly scraped off a bit of dirt from under her fingernails. Finally, she glanced up at Yu Yin.

"How unlucky for you!"

After hearing this, Yu Yin had to actively stop himself from coughing up blood in anger! This girl was simply too much!

Suddenly, deafening rumbling sounds could be heard across the cave and powerful tremors could be felt shaking the hidden plane! The coffin at the centre of the dome was visibly shaking! Both Yu Yin and the black-haired beauty looked towards it with expressions of fear and shock! Although they didn't notice, shocking spatial power fluctuations had been building up as soon as the black-haired beauty took the bronze lockets. A powerful suction force could be felt across the room, originating from the sinister looking coffin from its centre.

"AHHH!"

Yu Yin let out a yelp as he saw the lid of the coffin slowly open by itself. It was at this point, that Yu Yin knew he had somehow completely screwed up! He used [Acceleration] on himself and looked at the black-haired beauty who was at this time also looking at him. She had put away her four blades and was fear plastered all over her pretty face. They nodded at each other as if in tactic agreement, and both darted towards the cave exit. They had only been running for a few seconds when the suction force suddenly increased by fivefold! At this time, Yu Yin was just about to pick up his Silver Qilin horn from off the ground when it flew towards the coffin. He had an expression of pure grief as he turned around and reached towards the coffin.

"NO! My precious!"

Yu Yin watched in complete despair as his one of his legendary Silver Qilin horns was swallowed up by the coffin. He gritted his teeth before turning around and following the black-haired beauty in front of him, keeping a tight hold on his heavy backpack as he escaped. At this moment he truly wished he owned an interspatial ring just like she did! Just as they had reached the long tunnel leading to the surface, the already shocking suction force increased by fivefold again! Yu Yin and the black-haired beauty found themselves unable to move any further forward no matter how much they tried! By this point the coffin was already fully open, with its lid hovering vertically above it. Jagged edges could now be seen across the rim of the coffin and at the edges of its lid, making it look like a giant gaping maw trying to devour the heavens! The silver eye in its centre was wide open and looked very much alive and incredibly domineering. It had an expression as if it were a child discovering some brand-new toys, eager to play with them. Yu Yin made a bitter laugh and turned around to face the coffin. He pointed at it and spoke in a domineering manner.

"Damned piece of junk! If you think you can eat me with no consequences, you've got another thing coming!"

With that, he focused on holding his ground and began contemplating how to defeat this formidable adversity, as escape was simply no longer an option. He knew that if he died, his mother would eventually discover that he was missing and would come and search for him and his Silver Qilin horns. Upon realising that he had been eaten by this demonic coffin, she would exert her full force to destroy it in the Yu family name. It wouldn't matter that it belonged to a departed [Solid Soul] cultivator, such things meant nothing to a raging Yu family. Of course, this would all be useless to Yu Yin as he would be long dead by that time. He had to find a solution on his own in this unsolvable dilemma!

"I could use [Deceleration] if I got close to that thing, but it'd probably eat me before I got the chance..."

While Yu Yin was sat thinking how to beat up the coffin, the black-haired beauty obviously had other ideas. She took out a dark piece of jade and immediately crushed it. Yu Yin recognised this piece of jade at a glance. It was actually an engraved magic teleportation spell! A white runic circle filled with mysterious characters appeared around the black-haired beauty as the spell started to activate. Yu Yin had an awful look on his face as he watched her about to leave!

"Am I, Yu Yin really going to do battle with that thing while the little thief escapes with my two ancient relics?! Is my luck really that bad?"

At this time the black-haired beauty had a relieved expression on her face. Although both her hair and her clothes were completely dishevelled, she still looked just as stunning as she did earlier! She was going to escape relatively unharmed after narrowly escaping death, whilst still obtaining some riches to make it worthwhile. Frankly, apart from her rear end still being a little sore, she was in a wonderful mood. She gave Yu Yin an apologetic look before letting out a long sigh. The teleportation spell would only take one more second to activate before she left this godforsaken place!

Unfortunately for her, the coffin had other plans! It let out a shrill scream which echoed throughout the hidden plane and the suction force increased again, this time by tenfold, causing the teleportation spell to break down completely! Both of them were pulled towards the coffin by three meters before being able just able to hold their position! Yu Yin punched into the ground, creating a handhold to grasp onto while the black-haired beauty re-conjured two of her scimitars to anchor her into place. She had an expression of complete bewilderment as she processed what was happening! But before she could react, the lid of the coffin rose up another meter and let out a deafening shriek. Its silver eye narrowed as if it had lost any patience or interest it had with the little ants in front of it! The suction force increased again by tenfold, then again by twentyfold, and then again by fiftyfold, all times in quick concession. Yu Yin closed his eyes and let out a tired sigh.

"Is there really no way out of this… so be it…”

The black-haired beauty also had a complicated look in her eyes before closing them in acceptance of her fate.

With that, they were both swallowed into the bottomless pit which was the coffin. Its lid lowered from the air to close on top of its main body. Just as the coffin was about to close, two bronze lockets flew out of it from inside it. One locket had floral patterns while the other was dark tinted. They both flew onto their respective altars, looking as if they had never moved.

All that was left in the dome was an eerie silence. Apart from a small slit in one of the walls, the dome looked exactly the same as before!

The silver eye on the coffin closed as if it had never opened.....