Chapter 3327
Chapter 3327
The skinny Master Ghosty took one glimpse at the casket. "To be buried in a sarcophagus like this, it is safe to say that the deceased was no ordinary venerable master," Master Ghosty spoke with a fearful tone, "If we open it rashly, we may just put ourselves in danger." "Master Ghosty, you're not being a scaredy-cat, are you?"
"I know those who practice the Eight Ghost Shadow Techniques love saying these kinds of creepy things, but the guy's dead. It doesn't matter how amazing he was. He can't come back to life, can he?"
"That's right. He was a powerful master, but now he's just a lifeless corpse. Corpses can't harm us."
Master Ghosty's face turned even paler, "But I feel extremely uneasy."
"Master Ghosty, if you're scared, you can choose to exclude yourself from this," Pascal smiled, "But of course, you won't have your share of the treasures in the casket."
"Yes, I'm more than glad to have more treasures for myself."
"Master Ghosty, I never expected someone like you to be so cowardly! Haha!"
In the end, Master Ghosty came over and joined the others. Perhaps it was because he wasn't able to bear the mockery. Or maybe he didn't want to give up his share of the treasures.
The nine venerable masters exchanged glances and nodded. Together, they let out a gust of force and uncovered the casket's lid.
All nine masters held their breath and hunkered down. They were all ready for a fight.
However, nothing happened after the casket's lid was thrown off. Even the chilly air didn't spread out.
"Um, what's going on?"
They looked at each other with expressions full of doubts and queries. Then, they poked their heads out to see what was in the casket.
They couldn't stop themselves from being startled by the object in the casket.
"This is-"
There wasn't a corpse in the casket. Not even a skeleton. It was a man's right arm.
The right arm was soaked in frost-white fluid. It was well-preserved, its muscle lines were clear. If you look clearly, you could even catch the blood vessels under the arm's skin.
If someone said the arm had just been cut off, no one would doubt the statement.
All nine masters were instantly filled with curiosity.
"What's up with this right arm?"
"Why isn't there an actual corpse in the casket? It's just an arm."
"Perhaps his nemesis killed and dismembered him, so the arm ended up here." "I don't think that conjecture makes sense. If his nemesis did this, he didn't need to make the tomb so luxurious for an arm. They even left so many costly grave goods for him. Even the formation outside was cleverly- designed to keep people out."
"Ah, this..."
The robust Master Lei became impatient, "What's the point of discussing these things? We're here for the treasures, we don't need to find out where the arm came from."
His words knocked the others back to their senses.
After all, they opened the casket in hopes of gaining more valuables.
However, there wasn't even a complete corpse in the casket, so there weren't any grave goods as well. The arm was the only thing in the casket. The venerable masters grew disappointed with the outcome.
"There aren't any treasures here. Alas..."
"How can this be? There're so many precious grave goods outside. This is the core of the tomb, but there isn't even one single treasure?" "Perhaps the treasure is under the arm," someone suggested, "Why don't we check?"
Master Ghosty's face grew pale upon hearing this. He immediately opposed the proposal, "We should not disrespect the dead like that. It's best we do nothing."
"Ghosty, you've grown timid, haven't you?"
"That's right. When you were cultivating the Eight Ghost Shadow Techniques, you must've dug up a lot of people's graves, but now you've turned into a scaredy-cat."
"We've already done so much, it would be a shame if we don't see this through."
The other eight venerable masters rejected Ghosty's recommendation.
Ghosty had no choice, he could only comply.
Therefore, all nine venerable masters amassed their positive energies in their right hands as they slowly inserted their hands into the casket and grasped the arm. They were ready to remove it.
However, just as all their hands came in contact with the right arm...
Master Ghosty suddenly let out a shriek, "Ah!" His face was overloaded with fear and terror.
Everyone else was startled by Master Ghosty's unexpected actions.
"Ghosty, what the heck what that?! You scared the living daylights out of me."
"Ghosty, are you alright? You're too nervous."
Despite that, Master Ghosty was so stunned he couldn't catch what the others were saying. He merely mumbled, "Run, quickly. The arm, it moved." "Um-"
The others were dumbstruck. Ghosty's words made them shudder. Their faces fell, their expressions darkened.
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"Ghosty, what's up with you today? You've been acting weird since we entered just now."
"If you can't see this through, just leave. Of course, you won't get your share of the treasure."
After the other masters finished grumbling, they turned around and prepared to remove the arm once again.
However, during the second attempt, Master Pai's facial expression suddenly altered drastically. He exclaimed, "It moved. The arm moved." "Codey, what did you say?"
"Master Pai, have you lost your mind as well?"
The others cried out.
However, at the same instant, they heard the sound of water splashing, "Splash!"
Master Lei let out a horrible shriek.
"Quick, quickly. Save me!"
When the others heard his cry, they turned their heads and witnessed a horrifying scene.
The right arm in the casket had suddenly risen from the white liquid. It reached out and gripped Master Lei's wrist as it slowly pulled him into the casket.
Master Lei struggled with all his might, attempting to break free of the arm's strong grasp.
Despite his struggles, he couldn't break free. He felt his body gradually falling into the abyss of death.
"Cut off the arm, quick, quick!" Pascal spoke hurriedly in a calm tone.
Several venerable masters gathered their positive energies straight away. Then, they slashed the arm with everything they've got.
However, their positive energies dissipated when they reached the arm. They didn't even lay a scratch on it.
"What? How could it be so sturdy?"
"What exactly is this arm?"
The venerable masters were stupefied by the unexpected outcome.
At the same moment, the arm suddenly shifted. In one swift movement, it dragged Master Lei forcefully into the casket.
Master Lei was robust and giant. He shouldn't be able to fit into that miniature casket.
However, the strange thing was, after the arm pulled him in, Master Lei's entire body seemed to dissolve into the white fluid filling the casket. He was gone in an instant. He vanished without a trace. It was as if he never existed.
The right arm, on the other hand, was like a famished vicious beast. After getting a bite of food, it became more excited than before. In an instant, it jumped out of the casket and came after the other venerable masters.
Master Ghosty, who had been furthest away from the casket, immediately fleed upon seeing this unusual phenomenon.
The rest of the masters made a run for it as well.
However, the arm was not sluggish
et
at all. In one swift motion, it captured three other venerable masters and yanked them into the casket too. Just like Master Lei, the three masters seemed to melt into the while fluid in the casket and disappeared in an instant,
The remaining five escaped the tomb in panic. They didn't even dare look back whilst they rushed towards the exit.
They totally forgot about Fade who fainted next to the coffin earlier. It's hard to save others when you can't even save yourself.
The five masters ran wildly out of the tomb. The arm, too, exited the tomb and pursued them.
However, the arm seemed to have
et
its limits and restrictions. As it became further and further away from the tomb, its speed gradually slowed down. In the end, it could do nothing but watch the five masters escape. It eventually returned to the tomb dejectedly.
As a matter of fact, Fade, who had collapsed on the ground earlier, did not faint at all.
When he opened the coffin earlier, the cold air spewed on his face and froze his body. He fainted dead away.
However, as the chilly air entered his body and prepared to freeze his internal organs...
It came in contact with the Yuan Seal on Fade's lower abdomen. In an instant, the chilly air dissolved into the World Tree Yuan Seal, thus Fade was able to escape death.
to be dead.
However, Fade wasn't able to move for a while due to the intrusion of the chilly air. He could only lie still on the ground and close his eyes, pretending
Luckily, the nine venerable masters were so excited about the treasures that they didn't do a thorough investigation. It gave Fade a slim chance of
survival.
Regardless, when he finally regained his senses and slowly got up from the floor...
He happened to see the arm which was returning from outside the tomb.
The right arm floating in front of Fade gave him the goosebumps. He felt this scalp tingle as his body went cold. He was scared stiff and couldn't bring
himself to move.
As for the arm, it seemed to possess a spirit. It "stared" at Fade for a short while before pouncing onto him. It grabbed hold of Fade's face in an
instant.
Next, an invisible mouth seemed to appear in the center of its palm. It tried to suck Fade in.
Fade felt a terrible attraction force coming from the arm. He fell into despair, knowing that he had nowhere else to run.
However, just as the arm was about to succeed, the World Tree Yuan Seal in Fade suddenly shook. The branches and the leaves on the tree
quivered as well.
Then and there, a unique Yuan Seal aura that was combined and intermixed with other martial essences spread from Fade's lower abdomen to his
entire body.
The arm seemed to sense the aura as it stopped what it was doing right away.
Fade caught a discontinuous voice in his spiritual consciousness, "Who...who are you? Why do you possess the Skyscraper Divine Wood?"
"The Skyscraper Divine Wood, you know what it is? Who on Earth are you?" Fade was clearly startled.
After all, Natalia had told him that
the World Tree Yuan Seal's predecessor was called the Skyscraper Divine Wood. It used be mighty and well-known.
with time, people started forgetting
However, as its power weaken el. re
it's name. Now, everyone knows it merely as the World Tree.
However, this peculiar arm in the tomb knew that Fade's World Tree Yuan Seal originated from the Skyscraper Divine Wood. Fade couldn't help but
feel astonished.
The right arm seemed to be struck dumb why Fade's question.
"Why can't I...I can't remember...a lot of things."
"Who am I? Where am I?"
"Yes, I'm Vincenzo. My name is Vincenzo."