Chaotic Sword God - Chapter 2272

Chapter 2272: 2272

Chapter 2272: The Corpses of Ancient Beasts

Jian Chen was in no hurry to leave the concealing formation . Instead, he held his breath and concealed his presence, carefully hiding there and observing the situation at the bottom of the swamp .

Under the protection of the natural concealing formation, he silently waited until the surging mud at the bottom of the swamp gradually settled down . Only then did he become relieved .

He knew that the owner of the powerful senses of the soul had failed to find anything . Otherwise, the thing that had shot over would not have been as simple as the senses of their soul . It would be them in person .

“The senses of the soul seemed to have failed to discover the pile of powder I left there . If the powder was discovered, they would definitely know that someone has been here . If I was them, I’d definitely pay closer attention here or even visit this place in person,” thought Jian Chen as his eyes shone brighter and brighter .

Originally, he believed the rock powder he discarded could no longer hide anything as the presence from the fortune jade had leaked away . After all, the rock powder was no longer able to hide from him . Only now did he suddenly realise that while he could sense the rock powder, that did not mean other experts could sense the power as well .

“If the layer of rock around the fortune jade was used properly, it would have unimaginable uses . It’s just a pity that I’ve realised this too late . I’ve chipped off all the rock already, so the presence in them is constantly leaking away . They won’t last for long,” Jian Chen was filled with regret . He sighed gently before quickly dismissing his thoughts . He temporarily put the matter of the fortune jade aside and began to study the world within the concealing formation seriously .

There was only darkness as far as the eye could see, with no light at all . It was just completely pitch-black .

However, the darkness there did not affect Jian Chen at all . His eyes shone brightly, directly piercing through the darkness and seeing the scene around him completely .

Exposed before Jian Chen was a long, narrow, and gloomy tunnel that led straight into the ground . The tunnel was twisted, spiralling down into the earth . It was impossible to see its bottom, which made it even more impossible to tell its depth .

Jian Chen sent out the senses of his soul instinctively, but to his surprise, the entire tunnel was filled with a mysterious energy that caused great obstruction to the senses of his soul . Even with his soul that had changed drastically after fusing with a sliver of Chaotic Force, having gained various unbelievable abilities, it was only able to expand five kilometres into the tunnel .

He had no idea how deep the tunnel was . Obviously, he found nothing with the limited range of his soul .

“This place is not very simple at all . Maybe there’s some unknown, astonishing secret hidden down there…”

Jian Chen hesitated slightly as he stood within the narrow tunnel before beginning to make his way down .

The underground tunnel hidden by a naturally-occurring concealing formation had piqued Jian Chen’s interest .

Jian Chen used the steps to make his way down . Along the way, he maintained his great vigilance, observing the surroundings at all times . As a result, he did not move very quickly at all .

It was impossible to have a sense over the flow of time in the dark tunnel . After who knows how long, Jian Chen finally reached the end of the tunnel . He was deep underground .

He glanced around . His eyes shone and pierced through the darkness, allowing him to see everything in the surroundings .

All he saw was a huge cavern . He had no idea how many tens of thousand metres it was in height, nor did he know how many tens of thousand metres it was in length . He had no idea how deep it was either .

Even Jian Chen’s eyes were unable to see the end of the cavern .

As for the senses of his soul, the restraint here became even greater . The original five kilometres shrank to one kilometre . He could see further than that with his eyes .

Suddenly, Jian Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly . The light in his eyes flickered as he stared straight ahead . He could vaguely see a colossal shadow crouching on the ground extremely far away .

It was just too far away . With Jian Chen’s eyes alone, he was only able to see a blurry shadow . He was unable to tell what it was .

Jian Chen took a step and unleashed all the power in his Chaotic Body . With a flash, he appeared several kilometres away, rapidly hurrying into the distance .

This place was extremely well-hidden . He did not need to worry about the peak experts on the Desolate Plane discovering him, so there was no need for him to continue hiding his strength .

Under Jian Chen’s full speed, he approached the huge shadow very soon . When he clearly saw what it was, he became completely stunned .

It was a colossal, ancient beast, several hundred thousand metres long . It lied on the ground without moving at all . It was a grand sight, several times larger than a mountain . As Jian Chen stood next to the beast with his stature, he even seemed smaller than an ant .

The ancient beast had evidently died long ago . It gave off no presence of life at all, and it was covered in shackles upon shackles . Each shackle radiated with the power of laws and was firmly wrapped around the ancient beast, plunging into its flesh .

The other end of the chain directly led off towards the depths of the cavern .

Jian Chen became sterner and sterner as he studied the corpse of the ancient beast and the shackles on it . The ancient beast had died many years ago, but the tremendous vital energy within it had not run out yet . It remained as tremendous as an ocean . At this moment, the tremendous vital energy was being led into the depths of the cavern endlessly along the chain .

Jian Chen arrived by the corpse and slowly extended his hand to touch it . He wanted to study the internal situation of the corpse .

The corpse was warm to the touch, not icy-cold . However, before Jian Chen could touch it properly, his face suddenly changed, and with a great jolt, he wrenched back his hand immediately . As if he was struck heavily, he staggered backwards .

The ancient beast was just too powerful when it was still alive . Although it was dead now and reduced to a corpse, the tremendous vital energy within its body continued to circulate constantly . Just the regular circulation had sent Jian Chen retreating .

If it was not for reaching the Major Achievement of the Chaotic Body, he probably would have been heavily injured by that alone .

“So powerful!” Jian Chen was extremely shocked . He sensed his painful right arm that almost shattered from the huge burden as he was in awe .

The ancient beast that had died many years ago and had its vital energy drained still possess such terrifying might . Just how terrifying was it supposed to be when it was still alive then?

Suddenly, Jian Chen’s eyes narrowed, and he saw another blurry shadow in the distance . It was colossal .

With a single movement, Jian Chen shot off like an arrow into the distance to see what was there .

Very soon, he arrived before the second colossal shadow . He was completely taken back when he saw what it was .

The shadow also happened to be a huge, ancient beast . He had no idea how long it had been dead for, and it was also surrounded by shackles upon shackles that plunged into the flesh . The shackles constantly drained away the tremendous vital energy and funnelled it towards the depths of the cavern .

“What is this place?” Jian Chen was astounded . Both of these ancient beasts were extremely powerful and must have made a name for themselves when they were still alive, but they had been shackled underground on the Desolate Plane now, reduced to tools that provided vital energy .