Chapter 137 - Awed And Perplexed

Once Xiao Lin thought all that, he prepared to leave the room that he was in.

Then in the passageway as he was heading towards a particular exit door to leave the treasure storage house, he bent to pick up the shield of the statue.

Then after stowing it away into his spatial ring, he immediately left the treasure storage house before anyone will appear and ask him for the treasures that he took from the treasure storage room.

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Many moments after he left there, cultivators began to appear one after the other.

Then seeing that the door of the treasure storage house had been slashed open, they became surprised.

Then they chose to go into the treasure storage house with great caution in their eyes, as they didn't know what awaited them in there.

After entering and walking for a bit within the treasure storage house, they suddenly sighted drops of blood on the ground.

Then as their brows furrowed since their minds immediately sank into thoughtful states, one of them that entered suddenly said, "I think that someone who came into this place has been seriously injured. And given the lethality of the traps that are concealed at strategic places within this house, the person could probably be dead already."

That person said while the people with him nodded their heads in agreement.

One then said with a contemplative expression appearing in his face, "All the better for us. As the traps kept here wouldn't try to attack us since it would have launched all the deadly projectiles that were stored into it."

"Right!" Another said.

However, not lowering their guards and raising the caution and wariness of this place in their hearts to a higher degree, they all fell silent and began to carefully and observantly look around, or they could be suddenly struck by poisonous darts or other sorts of projectiles that would be launched at them by the traps kept in hidden places within the treasure storage house.

But after carefully walking forward for sometime, they were amazed to discover that they weren't suddenly attacked by any sort of deadly trap hidden within this place.

"My guess must be right. That person that owns those drops of blood that littered the floor of the treasure storage house must have tried his best to deflect the projectiles that would be launched at him by those traps." The person that first spoke when his group entered the treasure storage house, said with a definite tone in his voice.

"Yes, your guess must be right. And we would definitely find his dead body, or numerous shreds of his corpse in the distance if we continue to walk further within this treasure storage house." Another said with the others around him nodding their heads in agreement to what he said.

However, after following the trail of blood to the passageway, they became amazed that they still hadn't come across the body of that cultivator that they felt should have been long torn to hundreds of pieces by the dart, spear, arrow or other projectile attacks that would be viciously fired at him by those lethal traps concealed at hidden places within the treasure storage house.

"Are you guys sure that the guy that first walked into this place is dead?" One unexpectedly asked.

Then before anyone could give a response to his question, that same person said further "As for me, I believe that he is still alive. And I want us to be really careful because if only one person can come into this place and still be living, despite all the grievous wounds that he must have sustained from being struck by the projectiles launched by the killing traps well hidden at different places in this treasure storage house, that person must be quite powerful and will be exceedingly dangerous to us, since the person could feel that we are here to reap fruits from his hard work and so could decide to attack us before we can possibly offer up any form of explanation to him or her."

"So, I will advice that we ready whatever artifacts or weapons that we have with us and use them to immediately lash out with our Spiritual Energies at whoever we would suddenly come across in our path in this place." The person said.

"Hmm. You are right." One of the people in their group said.

He then said further, "Guys, let's do as he says. Let ready our weapons so that we can quickly send out attacks at whoever that we would meet in this place and immediately annihilate such person so that we can take all the treasures in here for ourselves. Or what do you think?"

"Yea" Everyone of them said in unison.

Then they began to produce all sorts of treasures and artifacts from their spatial rings which they wielded and began to pump Spiritual Energies into them. And as they did so, they began to operate all sort of battle techniques in their minds which they would instantly fire once they came across any form of hostility or at any person that they would deem an adversary within this place.

However, not quite long, they came across the tall statue in the wide and long passageway which Xiao Lin used both the Awakening Doom blade and the Sorrowful Sea blade to pierce it head so that he could kill it.

"I guess it was that person that did this" One said.

He then continued before anybody else in his group could speak, "That person must be really strong, seeing how far he has gone within this treasure storage house that's basically a slaughterhouse."

"Yea, I myself know that even with our group of seven male cultivators, it's not all of us that would be able to make it to this place. But that person did. When I see the person whether he's still alive or dead, or before he turns our adversary, I have to show him my respect. He really deserves it." Another said with the rest nodding their heads in agreements.

Then when one of them noticed the gash in the wall of the passageway that they were in, the person said with astonishment in his eyes "Everyone, look at the gash in the wall that runs into the distance. That person must have been involved in some sky-shaking level battle within this place. Haha!"

After walking for a bit more, they finally got to the door that Xiao Lin broke into to get to the storage room that decorated vases supposedly rumored to contain heaven-defying pills were kept.

However, upon entering the room and immediately noticing the condition of the room, they became greatly astounded.

"What the hell happened here?" One of them asked with tremendous shock in his heart.

"I don't understand too. It was like a battle greater than the one that could have been fought in the passageway was fought here, with absolutely no restraints allowed." Another said as he looked around with an highly baffled expression in his face.

As they all looked at the room with deeply puzzled expressions in their faces, they couldn't help but perceive the anger that was used to slash out at all the walls of the room. It was like the person that was here, and had surprisingly descended into a really mad and frenzied state, had vengefully slashed out in a resentful manner at the treasure storage room like it was it only great adversary in this world.

"I still wonder what kind of battle took place in this room" One said while looking around with a perplexed expression in his face.

Then a few moments later of looking around with deeply shocked expressions in their faces, they brought their intense gazes upon the vases that lied in dozens of small pieces before them on the ground.

"Wha--?" The leader of the group asked with an anguished expression in his face.

"There is not even a treasure containment case remaining. Damn!" Another said as he looked around on the floor with a sharp but bewildered gaze in his eyes.

"Is that why a great battle occurred here? And maybe there were two of them that arrived within this room and began to fight one another for the treasure, with the stronger one taking the treasure for himself?" One suddenly asked.

"That could be what must have happened. But damn! So, no treasure or even a single pill for us. Ugh! We only came for nothing. This is bad!" Another in their group said with a bit of sadness and frustration in his tone.

"No. Not yet. The slashes in the room are still fresh, meaning that the person that came into this place couldn't have gone really far. Therefore, if we can employ our tracing method and our best Movement Techniques, we should be able to come across the person that entered this room and possibly, greedily took all the treasures and pills in here for himself." The leader of the group said with a really determined gaze in his eyes, as he also badly wanted the pills or treasures rumored to be stacked in this treasure house for himself.