The Invincible Dragon Emperor - Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Gates of Life or Death

There was a shiny dark cave entrance located in the middle of the Cliff of Purgatory with an intangible shield covering it, which made the entrance all the more mysterious.

Soon, the four Iron-armored Ships were all close enough to the entrance. Lu Li now could see the young masters and young ladies in fabulous clothes with elegant temperament standing on the other three Iron-armored Ships.

Lu Li saw a familiar figure on the Iron-armored Ship on the left. That was a beautiful lady in a green soft armor with a white jade flute in her hand and a purple flower mark on her neck.

"That is Ye Yuhan, the youngest princess of the Ye Family of the Heaven Cold Kingdom. She is leading the team from that side."

"The other one is Zi Lian, the sixth princess of the Zi Family of the Heaven Martial Kingdom. She is also the leader there."
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Someone was pointing to the three Iron-armored Ships and making an introduction which surprised Lu Li. He didn’t expect that the girl with the jade flute was the princess of the Heaven Martial Kingdom, a talented girl of the Zi Family.

Lu Li found it laughable. The competition at the Tomb of the Dragon King clearly was the exchange and match between the geniuses of the young generation of the Northern Desert. The families naturally would send out their best disciples. The ones that could lead a team must be the best out of the best. Since Ye Yuhan and Zi Lian were leading, of course it meant they were the most outstanding among the young generations in their respective kingdoms.

The Iron-armored Ships moved closer. Finally, they all parked outside the huge dark cave. Bai Leng coldly looked at everyone and ordered, "We have struck a deal with the three parties. You can resort to violence if you have any conflicts in there, but no killing. Understood?"

"Okay, go in now."

"Go!"

Bai Qiuxue was right behind her. Lu Li and the others followed suit. When they were passing through the intangible light shield, a slight light came out which showed there were clearly fluctuations of an Inhibition Formation.

The people from the Thousand-isla

nd Lake already went in. The other three forces were not willing to lag behind, so they flew to the cave entrance as well. Soon, all four teams were in and disappeared into the dark and deep tunnel.

…

As soon as they got in, Lu Li felt cold air assault his senses. It was not the kind of coldness that winter had, more like the cold air from hell…

The six young masters of the Bai Family took the lead. Xuan Energy glared on each one of them. They all took out their weapons and were ready to take action. The other young masters walked on the outside with the young ladies protected in the middle.

"Are those oil lamps Xuan Artifact? Otherwise, how can they be kept in this state for such a long time? The Tomb of the Dragon King has been in existence for more than 10,000 years."

The tunnel extended far. Someone had been here before so it was certain that there was no risk here. Everyone was walking forward fast. They reached the end of the tunnel in the time for just one incense stick to burn.

The hall was not huge, though, with a length and width of about more than 100 feet. Apart from the oil lamps on the wall, there was nothing else. There were only nine stone gates at the north with big characters written on the gates.

Xu Fangfei read the few words, causing her expression to change in a strange way. What was the meaning of the characters of life and death? Could it mean—entering the gate with the character of death on it, they might die?

Rustle, rustle, rustle~

The hall had already been checked beforehand. All the Families had already sent someone here. There was no danger in the hall, just some treasures which were taken by the first family who got here. The treasures were the violet gold chariot, the drip of Origin Blood Essence Lu Li had, and a Heaven Grade Xuan Artifact.

"Lady Xiashuang, Lady Qiuxue, which gate should we go into?"

Ding Heng and Ding Yang went immediately. They tried to find secret gears on the gate and to the sides of it. The rest three teams each decided to try a gate of Life.

Lu Li frowned. His eyes flickered as he engaged in deep thoughts. He had a fuzzy notion on his mind. The Gate of Life represented a way out? The Dragon King was a rare genius. How could he arrange something so idiotic?

"Boom!"

"Don’t do anything so stupid!"

After his scolding, the men stood in front of the stone gates dared not to act recklessly. They started locating secrete gears. This kind of stone gates could not be busted open by force. If they could not find any secret gears, then there was no way to go in. When they got back without even successfully opening a gate, they would be huge jokes.

The four teams all sent men to try with nobody managing to find any secret gears. The four team leaders looked awful. Would they really return with such humiliation?

After he observed for a while, Lu Li walked over and whispered to Bai Qiuxue. She called a disciple of a family over with uncertainty. That young master blinked his eyes and walked to the stone gate.

"Creak, creak~"
Amidst the numerous shocking looks, that disciple managed to push the gate in easily. The stone gate was lifted like a curtain…