Chapter 31

"A.I.Chip, Scan the area for any traps, Work in highest efficiency."

[Beep! Mission Established! Scanning....Through the cracks on the stone walls and the layout of the floor tiles! Suspicious area found in North-East direction 56 m away from the host, crack filled with hollow space, Classified as Trap! ]

With the help A. I. Chip scanning and his own calm and collected deduction, Nie Li could easily distinguished where the traps were, Bypassing them.

Nie Li suddenly stopped moving forward. He picked up a rock and threw it out five-six meters and *pa* it smashed onto a cyan brick.

Sou sou sou!

Dou dou dou!

Arrows were flying about at the passage in front of him like a storm. The tip of the arrows flashed with green light.

Nie Li looked at the scene with indifference, he determined that the traps are fairly easy to break and this was either done deliberately or this area is just plain not so important.

Nie Li continued forward still maintaining a careful attitude, moving towards the depth of the passage.

Roughly about five-six hours later, Nie Li entered a open area and stared at a magnificent hall from a distance away.

Walking into the hall, the scene before him was very tragic. Bones were everywhere around this hall. There were bones of adults as well as bones of children. They were densely stacked together. It seemed like they had a painful struggle before they died.

'An underground palace huh! It could have been a treasury but looking at the scene, later it was used as an evacuation centre, that is why the security was not too ridiculous, maybe it was altered, anyone aware of the traps could easily come here.'

Nie Li looked over the area and a deep sense of desolation over took him, although he is not very emotional, The scene of this many stacked up remnants of people, along with many dried up corpses of innocent kids and common people still made him a bit sad. This scene is enough to shock anyone and sadly he was not an exception.

'Pain and fear consume us all; those who die dies, it's the left one who take the toll!'

*Sigh* Nie Li inhaled the air full of desolation and dread, opening his eyes, they were back to his indifferent self.

Nie Li began to search the whole hall. He showed no hesitation to all, to pocket all the necessary and useful stuffs present on these corpses, this is not about disrespect or indifference, it's simply the way of the world. The wheel keeps turning and to stop it is a sin. He will be a sinner if he didn't use all the things provided to him to become stronger and better.

'I will be a sinner of my own will!' Suddenly as Nie Li continued to keep on scouring the remnants, he felt a wierd sensation in his body, It felt as if some kind of barrier was broken, he felt unnatural comfort and an energizing force running through his vein.

"A.I.Chip Scan my body "

[Beep! Scanning, Soul force reacting.... The cultivation speed increased. Investigating the souce of abnormalities! Host's Heavenly Anarchy Cultivation Technique producing enhanced effects]

'This! Did I reach the required mental fortitude needed to maximize the cultivation techniques potential. No, I don't think so! Actually I am quite far from it.. But I have somehow broke some sort of a mental barrier in my subconscious and achieved an greater spiritual level. I feel as if I were to cultivate now, I could reap better benefits and ata higher speed. ' Nie Li thought excitedly as he analysed the situation, he doesn't know the cause of such a phenomena but he was happy to know about the results.

Nie Li decided to start cultivating later, after thoroughly searching and collecting all the treasure. He continued to search and found a some bronze rank items, a well preserved silver rank dagger and the most valuable piece of soul stone, an item capable of helping a Gold rank expert to breakthrough to a higher realm.

After some time, Nie Li's gaze fell to the center of the hall. At the center of the hall stood a huge stone coffin that was three meters long and about one meter in height. The surface of the coffin was covered with mysterious incarnations. Those incarnations were quite complex, and he was unable to recognise it out.

Moving closer to the supposed Emperor Kong Ming's stone coffin, Nie Li felt a mysterious force rushing towards him. It felt, as he stood beside the stone coffin, like he was standing in the middle of the roaring ocean and could fly out any time. He also felt a small migraine and his head began to hurt. It was no wonder that those who died around here did not get close to the stone coffin.

'This is not good.' Nie Li retreated, although he felt only a small effect, he was still considerably away from the coffin. He decided to let it go, it could be dangerous.

"A.I.Chip, Scan the coffin."

[Beep! Initiating Scan! Scanning..... Beep! Scan Failed! Huge amount of remnant soul force, the Coffin contents cannot be verified]

Nie Li checked around the stone coffin. The stone coffin was completely sealed with all kinds of mysterious inscription patterns on the top. Even though Nie Li tried to scan and understand the inscription, again he failed. So he just decided to record the inscription patters and turn back.

'It's too dangerous!'

Nie Li decided to continue walking, he could find something else. This could be troublesome. As Nie Li started to walk away, he mildly turned his head and looked at the coffin, ' Even if it is dangerous, I still want to pry open it's secret. Somewhere in my heart, I feel a calling to go through with my desire.... Could it be a bewitching attack!'

'No, I don't think so. It feels more like a insatiable thrist, and this is a well which can quench my thirst. Is it because of the remaining soul force, this could be a very good source for me to become stronger in a short while. According to various theories I have read it is plausible.'

Nie Li kept thinking and at last he decided, 'Since when did I become so indecisive, Let's just do it. I will be careful.'

Nie Li decided his course of actions, and unknown to him, a unique force surged inside his body. Even his A. I. Chip, couldn't record this phenomena, He went near the coffin again and this time oddly he didn't fell any headache. Nie Li looked around him.

Ripples of energy were coming out at all directions. It must be some expert's un-dissipated soul force.

Soul force is a kind of eternal energy. Even after thousands of years, it can still be attached to a particular object preserving it.

This stone coffin was made from pieces of stone board and was combined together. It didn't have any trace of being opened before.

Nie Li felt the soul realm within his body was surging. The unique sounds of a suction force that was in the depths of his soul realm became clearer and clearer. He took a step towards the coffin. Nie Li placed his right hand on the stone coffin lid.

Suddenly, a pillar of light shot into the sky. The light began to flow on top of the stone coffin.

Boom!

That powerful pillar of light bombarded Nie Li's body.

"Ahh!" Nie Li felt as though the bones all over his body are coming apart. Even Nie Li, felt a soul shaking pain in his body and he shuttered, Nie Li was very confident in his pain tolerance ability but currently it was for nothing.

The light was like tens of millions of needles that fiercely pierced into Nie Li's body.

His soul realm felt as though it was about to burst, "Retreat! I should retreat! "

As he thought along those lines, he felt a weird suction force emerging from his body and combine with the light, and rendering him immobile.

Boom boom boom!

Nie Li's soul realm jolted and splitted nonstop. However, To his surprise it was also healing and repairing nonstop at the same time.

His soul force formed into a funnel like a black hole, and was swallowing the white light nonstop.

Nie Li wasn't in a proper state to do anything, so he commanded the A. I. Chip, to use his last bit of conscious and tightly guard his soul realm. At this moment, He was incapable of thinking anything but he could feel that the complex soul deviation pattern formed in his soul realm through cultivating Heavenly Anarchy Technique is responsible for this uncanny situation. His gut told him that he should follow it's lead because it is the fragment of his own inner desires.

Nie Li trusted his gut and used his last bit of energy to operate his soul realm and frantically absorbed all the white light within.

Boom boom boom!

"It's not so easy to break me! " Nie Li coldly snorted, opportunities and danger always coexisted together.

The soul force slammed into Nie Li's soul realm without any obstruction.

Hiss! Nie Li inhaled. That turbulent soul force was raging within his soul realm, wanting to overflow and explode his soul realm.

Nie Li felt a new force awaken inside him and he achieved an epiphany. He looked at his soul realm, is still very small and was unable to contain so much soul force that was forced inside. Cracks began to appear on the surface of Nie Li's soul realm.

The pain caused Nie Li's face to pale. The pain of a soul realm fragmenting isn't something an ordinary person could endure.

Nie Li kept quietly chanting the [Heavenly Anarchy Technique] non-stop and operated his soul force to repair the cracks to prevent his soul realm from exploding.

"In the eye of the Nihility, there is fear and pandemonium; Fear spouts Wisdom, and pandemonium none could sheer! "

Wave after wave of soul force rushed into Nie Li's soul realm. Under the impact of this soul force, Nie Li's soul realm began to swell up little by little. Every time it swelled up, Nie Li would experienced unimaginable pain. Every time, it felt like his soul realm was about to explode, but with the [Heavenly Anarchy Technique], Nie Li's soul realm managed to barely endure it.

Cracks would constantly appear and they were constantly being repaired.

Under this terrible ordeal, Nie Li's soul force was like a steam. It would gather together and would gradually increase.

Nie Li still suffers from the intense pain of his soul force overflowing, however, his eyes gradually became clear and bright. Because as his soul force expanded and strengthened, the intense pain eased a little.

Soul force is a mysterious power, it's invisible. But with enough practice, one can feel the existence of soul force within them.

Legend has it that soul force is a gift from the gods!

With a powerful soul force, one would be able to break the limits of the human body and step onto the road towards ultimate power.

In everyone's body, there's a soul realm in the depths of one's mind. With the practice of soul force, the soul realm would gradually become larger and larger.

When the amount of soul force exceeds the capacity of the soul realm, the soul realm would easily burst..

But this is also an opportunity. After receiving a large amount of soul force, Nie Li's soul realm grew larger.

Nie Li felt the surging power within his soul realm. His eyes flashed with light, although the soul force's level of integration within his body isn't very high weirdly not even a drop was wasted, he managed to fuse it. His soul realm just bursted out with dazzling cyan light. The light became more and more flourished.

Within his soul realm, the cracks that surfaced on the barrier to 2-star Bronze rank soon burst

The soul force continues to fuse.

Boom!

Nie Li heard a booming sound in his head. Ripples were set off in his soul realm and the faint roaring sound of a primordial creature can be heard. It would seem that the thing that is hiding within his soul realm got stronger.

2-star Bronze rank!

3-star Bronze rank!

The white light continuously entered Nie Li's soul realm, however, the white light did not cause any ripples in the soul realm and disappeared.

Nie Li felt that, although the white light disappeared without a trace in his soul realm, it still expanded Nie Li's soul realm a little.

The violent soul force caused his muscles to become more solid, the impurities within his skin was also excreted with sweat. Nie Li's physical body felt as though it had undergone some remodeling.

Roar!

After opening his eyes, the scenes in front of him gradually became clear.

Nie Li immediately took out bottles of elixir and potions from his interspartial ring and began drinking them. The skin which was dried up due to the lack of water immediately, mysteriously became moist again. At this moment, Nie Li outer appearance looked a but more refined, his eyes became a bit darker and his hairs as well.

Looking towards the front, the stone coffin in front of him disassembled nonstop and the coffin lid slowly opened.

Nie Li loooled inside and was surprised that the inside of the coffin was actually empty.

'?'

Nie Li was not in a mood to think much, he was feeling very tired and he could feel that there is still some remnants of soul force left to absorb, he wanted to get to recovering as soon as possible.

When he saw the insides of this stone coffin was indeed empty. It did not have any corpse inside, nor did it have any trace of a corpse being stored inside. The bottom of the coffin was smooth, without any debris.

If the corpse had been fully decomposed, it should, at least, leave behind some bones.

At the bottom of the stone coffin sat ond thing.

a lonesome gemstone pendant.

"A.I.Chip, Scan!"