The ferocious beasts below were directly shocked.
The gigantic tiger stared with its black eyes, "Shit, is this kid some kind of freak? He even summoned the Most Pure Heaven's Honored One from the legends?"
The black python cursed with bubbling fury, "What's there to fear, obviously it's dead and not real, we are blessed with Saint Power, could it be that we are still afraid of this brat behind us?"
"Clang clang clang!!"
The black python's body had expanded to over three hundred meters, its huge and bizarre flesh had overflowed the pit, the countless black tentacles extending from its body gave the entire mausoleum an oppressive and eerie atmosphere, the bronze chains were on the verge of collapse, their glow increasingly dim.
"We can't wait any longer."
"Samadhi True Fire."
Luo Yu directly summoned the colorless flame and aimed it at the black python, the flame that began as a single bloom divided into hundreds as it fell, landing on the body of the black python.
"This young master's Samadhi True Fire burns everything, don't believe you can withstand it," Luo Yu was full of confidence in the Samadhi True Fire.
After all, even the Vajra Indestructible Great Sage Equal to Heaven and the Bronze Bagua Mirror from the legends couldn't withstand the Samadhi True Fire; how could this latter-day black python possibly escape, it was surely doomed.
"Pathetic tricks, don't embarrass yourself, your methods are of no use to us," the black python said with a mocking voice.
Then Luo Yu saw that the Samadhi True Fire initially had an effect upon touching the opponent, but it quickly extinguished.
Yes, it extinguished as quickly as duckweed without roots.
Or rather, it was as if encountering a natural enemy, like a common fire meeting heavenly water from above, extinguished in an instant.
Luo Yu's pupils contracted, he was completely shocked.
"This..."
"How is this possible?"
"Isn't Samadhi True Fire said to burn everything, to incinerate all things?"
He couldn't believe that the scene before his eyes was real, once again he urged a large swathe of Samadhi True Fire to burn towards it.
But this time it was even worse, the opponent shook its body, and instantly countless palms made of black liquid flew out, forcibly extinguishing the Samadhi True Fire. They also reached out for Luo Yu's body, while the teetering bronze chains were now showing extinguished cracks, making the noise indicating they were about to shatter.
"Damn it!"
Luo Yu unfolded an eightfold domain layered with the power of gods to stop the countless invading black tentacles. Their speed was delayed, but those pairs of black tentacles seemed to be able to devour the power of his domain, which was visibly shrinking.
"Fuck!"
Luo Yu's heart shuddered, it was too bizarre; he had always restrained others, never imagining the day when he would be restrained.
All the overpowering divine powers now lost their effect against the black liquid.
If there were ten like Qin Qi at the First Rank Summit, they should have been beaten to death by him, but the giant python below didn't have a scratch.
If he hadn't had the Tiger Talisman as a trump card, he would have already thought about retreating.
The opponent was simply incomprehensible with human reasoning.
A tentacle suddenly struck from behind, Luo Yu instinctively dodged, brushing past it, and in that instant, he shivered as if a sheep had encountered a hungry wolf. The black liquid had an innate suppression of his power.
No!
It wasn't just suppressing him, but suppressing all martial artists of the current age. He was being driven to such a state; had it been anyone else, they would have died hundreds of times over.
Why does such power exist?
It seemed like it was specifically designed to counter his cultivation system. If the Great Divine Power was ineffective, then the ancient Qi Refiners would naturally not be an opponent to this creature either.
How exactly did Emperor Qin Shi Huang manage to subdue these four?
Luo Yu gained a new level of recognition for the strength of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. These four creatures had been sealed for countless years and still possessed combat power that left him helpless.
"Clang clang clang!"
Countless sounds of metal shattering echoed through the air, Luo Yu's pupils narrowed because all the bronze chains had completely broken.
The several hundred-meter-long black python had broken free.
"Hahaha, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, you could imprison me for two thousand five hundred years, but could you imprison me for a lifetime?" The giant python let out a long howl.
The underground world was shaking, and if not for the massive throne and countless Terracotta Soldiers suppressing it, it would likely have already been an apocalypse.
Luo Yu was pondering whether to use the Tiger Talisman at this critical moment.
The problem was, he had already dealt with a number of these Terracotta Soldiers below; even he couldn't defeat them, could they handle this black python?
It seemed a bit unrealistic to him.
If he summoned the relic of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, wouldn't this beast become even more frantic in its frenzy to kill him?
"Kid, you can't escape."
The Black Python opened its massive maw, belching out innumerable strands of sticky black mist that instantly flooded the surroundings, forming a dark barrier in the air that ensnared Luo Yu within, leaving no chance of escape—and Luo Yu did not intend to run anymore.
If the Giant Python were still sealed here, he might have left, but since it had awakened, he couldn't just ignore it.
Otherwise, if this creature escaped early, the already unstable Great Xia would become even more precarious.
"You must die here today!" Luo Yu declared with absolute certainty, refusing to believe that he, with the legacies of over a hundred gods, would fall at the hands of the Four Beasts sealed by Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
"Dragon, help us break the seal quickly!"
"Hurry up, let the three of us aid you."
The tiger, the tortoise, and the bird urged in unison, their voices much weaker than before, all because they had given their strength to the Black Python.
"Help you?"
The Black Python flicked its forked tongue, laughing provocatively: "I won't kill this kid first, I'll savor him fully later. Let me help you first!"
"Good."
"Thank you."
The three beasts were very polite, their eyes brimming with eager anticipation and excitement, yet at the very depths of their eyes, there lurked a profound fear.
After the Black Python arrived, it opened its enormous mouth, which astonishingly revealed countless other mouths, filled with sharp teeth, biting fiercely toward the three beasts.
"Ah!"
The Gigantic Tiger was bitten in half, with no blood flowing out, only black ooze.
"Dragon, you're not keeping your word!"
"What are you doing!"
"We are the Four Great Holy Beasts!"
Cries of alarm rose, and as the Black Python chewed the flesh and bones of the Gigantic Tiger, a sneer emerged: "Not keeping my word?"
"When have I ever kept my word?"
"It only makes sense for me to be the only one among the Four Great Holy Beasts."
"Don't play dumb, if any of you had been the first to break free, you would have done the same as I."
"Delicious, this is truly delicious, I'm going to devour you all one bite at a time."
A look of ecstasy crossed the face of the Black Python, and as it absorbed the Gigantic Tiger's half-body, its mutation became even more aggressive.
Its body swelled and mutated into countless deformities, various odd shapes visible.
Luo Yu stared intently at everything unfolding before him.
He cursed silently in his heart, what kind of mess had Emperor Qin Shi Huang left behind.
"What have you encountered, what's with this black ooze on your bodies, tell me! I can protect the three of you."
"Kid, it's none of your business."
"Scram!"
"Don't think you can pry news of the Holy God from us."
The tiger, the tortoise, and the bird simultaneously let out ferocious roars of refusal, surprising Luo Yu even more— had these three gone mad? Would they rather be eaten than beg for mercy from him?
Amidst screams, the Black Python devoured all three ferocious beasts, and the sound of it crushing bones sent chills down one's spine.
Suddenly, three more heads grew from the Black Python's body, the heads of the Four Great Beasts, all of them with closed eyes, attached to the deformed serpent's body.
No, it could no longer be called a serpent's body, but a massive clump of sticky black ooze, with countless black tendrils thrashing about.
"Insignificant human, it's your turn now."
"Today, it's not just you who must die, all life outside will be embraced by the Holy God."
"Cha!"
"Tiger Talisman, come forth."
"Shua!"
As if alive, the Tiger Talisman answered Luo Yu's call and immediately flew out from within his body.
In the moment the Tiger Talisman appeared, the heavens and earth trembled, the massive and silent throne erupted with dazzling golden light, black and golden dragon patterns swirled atop the throne, and all Terracotta Soldiers shone with a brilliant greenish-gold light, as if coming to life in an instant.