Primordial Emperor
Chapter 579: Into the Bottom of the Lake

Chapter 579: Chapter 579: Into the Bottom of the Lake

Without further ado, all five hundred skeletons that surged out of the lake were annihilated. Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi collected the magic treasures dropped by the skeleton frames, deeply shocked in their hearts.

Because the number of skeleton frames in this wave was around five hundred, Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi’s respective forces had only managed to kill about one hundred each, while Lin Chen alone with his human-shaped puppets had actually killed more than three hundred.

Such combat strength had already completely surpassed the two of them combined.

The power of those human-shaped puppets was definitely above Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi.

Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi furrowed their brows, because they were both thinking about one thing at the moment, that is whether agreeing to a truce with Lin Chen and working together to deal with the skeletons emerging from the lake was right or wrong.

After all, the more they looked at the human-shaped puppets beside Lin Chen, the more familiar they felt.

Could it be that they were refined from these very skeleton frames they were seeing?

And the fierce tiger puppet that was destroyed earlier, doesn’t that indicate that Lin Chen is at least a sixth-grade Puppet Master?

Whoosh—

After killing those skeletons, Lin Chen sent out a human-shaped puppet, which immediately jumped into the lake to explore the situation at the bottom of the lake.

Watching Lin Chen stand by the lake, Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi exchanged glances, then slowly approached as well.

The act of Lin Chen deploying a human-shaped puppet also brightened the eyes of Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi; they were very clear about what Lin Chen intended to do.

However, neither of them was proficient in the Puppetry Technique and couldn’t use a puppet to scout ahead like Lin Chen.

Then, seeing Lin Chen had no further actions, Zhou Yuan and Qi Jianshi immediately sat down on the spot, took elixirs, and began to recover.

...

At this moment, as the human-shaped puppet dove towards the deep part of the lake bottom, Lin Chen’s Divine Soul was connected to the human-shaped puppet. With such a distance, wherever the puppet reached was as if seen through his own eyes.

"What exactly is this black qi? It’s neither Yin Sha Qi nor death qi, yet the qi emanating from those skeleton frames is Yin Sha Qi. Could it be that this qi is formed from a fusion of Yin Sha Qi and death qi?"

The human-shaped puppet in the lake, after descending to a certain depth, allowed Lin Chen to discover the situation at the bottom of the lake through it.

After descending about a thousand feet, Lin Chen saw that there was a black qi at the bottom of the lake, turning all the lake water pitch black. That was not any dye, but rather an extremely eerie qi.

"This... there are so many skeletons here!"

"And so many magic treasures!"

As the puppet continued to dive, Lin Chen was immediately shocked because he sensed countless skeletons at the bottom of the lake—human-shaped, Magical Beasts, large and small, possibly totaling as many as tens or even hundreds of thousands, along with countless magic treasures.

The densely packed scene before his eyes left Lin Chen utterly astonished. With this batch of magic treasures, Lin Chen could directly establish a Sect in the Eastern Domain that was not weaker than any of the six forces of the Divine Flame Alliance.

After all, even within any of the Sects of the Divine Flame Sect, there probably wouldn’t be as many as a hundred thousand magic treasures, and these treasures were all at least Fifth Grade.

Lin Chen could sense that either a strong Yin Sha Qi or death qi was present on those skeletons. He didn’t dare to imagine how these skeletons came to be here—could it be that someone deliberately buried them at the bottom of this lake?

His heart racing with excitement, Lin Chen immediately had the human-shaped puppet continue to dive towards the bottom of the lake. Then, he discovered the source of the black qi.

He saw a fist-sized black pearl, currently in the place where the black qi was the most concentrated, which was the center of the bottom of the lake. It was unclear whether the black pearl was emitting the black qi or if the black qi had nurtured the black pearl.

Whoosh—

However, just as Lin Chen’s Spiritual Sense detected the black pearl, the black pearl seemed to sense Lin Chen as well, causing a jolt in his heart—the black pearl actually had its own consciousness.

Instantly, a stream of black qi shot out from the bottom of the lake towards the human-shaped puppet.

Lin Chen, controlling the human-shaped puppet, was about to dodge when he suddenly lost the connection with the puppet’s consciousness.

"This... the black pearl is so formidable!"

Lin Chen was immensely surprised; that strand of black qi was capable of instantly killing the human-shaped puppet, showing just how formidable its strength was.

If Lin Chen faced that black pearl, he would probably face a vastly unfavorable outcome as well.

It seemed that Lin Chen was destined not to claim the skeletons and magic treasures at the bottom of the lake.

Although it was a tremendous fortune, one had to be alive to claim it.

Lin Chen didn’t even have to think about it; going to the bottom of the lake was definitely out of the question. As a last resort, he would just stay here and wait for the skeletons to emerge on their own.

Hum—

However, just as Lin Chen was thinking this, the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron inside his Soul Sea began to vibrate, then conveyed a thought to him.

"What, you want me to go to the bottom of the lake? And to that black pearl, no less."

After learning of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron’s intention, Lin Chen’s heart was immediately shocked.

But Lin Chen had no desire to go—that would be akin to courting death, and he was adamantly against it.

The black qi could instantly kill a Puppet at the First Layer of the Heavenly Human Realm—if Lin Chen went and got the slightest touch of it, his fate would most likely be sealed.

However, after the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron realized Lin Chen’s reluctance, it vibrated again, and a wisp of red-yellow flame flew out from Lin Chen’s Soul Sea, swiftly enveloping him.

"Just go, with my protection, you will not suffer any harm. This item is of great benefit to my recovery," the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron conveyed its thoughts again.

Feeling the thoughts from the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, Lin Chen didn’t hesitate and jumped into the lake before him.

"The kid is making a move; let’s follow quickly."