At this moment, the Secret Cave Saints hurriedly swallowed pills—precious elixirs meant to relieve pain and purge poison, each one exorbitantly priced and typically fast-acting.
Yet, after consuming them, there was no effect whatsoever.
“Damn it, this isn’t poison—it’s a curse!” the leader of the Secret Cave Saints cursed through gritted teeth, enduring the intense pain. He took out two more pills and swallowed them.
“Brother Xiuluo, take this. It’s a pill to break curses,” he said, tossing another pill to Chu Feng.
In truth, Chu Feng had already realized he was afflicted by a curse and was working to dispel it.
After all, he now knew some techniques for breaking curses.
But they were useless.
None of his known methods could counter the curse within him.
Suddenly, Chu Feng felt the pain in his body vanish.
Not only did the pain disappear, but the talismans glowing red in his body also faded.
“Wow, Boss, this curse-breaking pill is amazing!” the other Secret Cave Saints exclaimed.
Their pain had vanished too.
“You bet! Back then, I went through hell to get these pills…” the leader began, but then he froze, stunned. “Wait, Brother Xiuluo hasn’t taken it yet!”
He noticed Chu Feng still held the pill, unswallowed.
So, it wasn’t the pill at work—the curse had dissipated on its own.
But why would it vanish for no reason?
Bang—
Bang—
At that moment, the two coffins suddenly stood upright.
As they did, it became clear that inside each coffin was a formation gate.
But these weren’t ordinary gates. Glowing figures emerged from them.
Two radiant forms, one from each coffin, intertwined to form several lines of large characters floating above the coffins:
*To break the curse, enter the coffin.*
*Two coffins, one for life, one for death.*
*Choose correctly, live.*
*Choose wrongly, die.*
*The living gain the inheritance!!!*
Seeing these words, Chu Feng and the others’ hearts tightened.
They understood what they had to do.
The curse in their bodies wasn’t lifted—they had to enter a coffin to dispel it.
But one coffin led to life, the other to death.
They had to choose correctly.
A wrong choice meant not only failing to lift the curse but also death.
A right choice would not only break the curse but also grant the Demon-Slaying Emperor’s inheritance.
“Amazing, amazing!”
“Brother Xiuluo, thanks to you, we’ve hit the jackpot!”
The Secret Cave Saints were ecstatic. Despite being eleven old monsters, they were practically jumping with excitement.
For them, treasures held an irresistible allure, and the chance to gain the Demon-Slaying Emperor’s inheritance was thrilling.
“Don’t get too excited yet. If we choose the wrong coffin, we’re all dead,” Chu Feng said, slightly annoyed.
“And stop calling it a coffin—we’re not dead! It’s a gate, a gate for us.”
He silently cursed the Demon-Slaying Emperor for setting up such an ominous test with two coffins. How inauspicious!
“Brother Xiuluo, we brothers have roamed for years,” the leader said.
“We don’t have much, but we’ve collected plenty of treasures.”
“We have one treasure specifically for situations like this.”
“It can only be used once, and we’ve never been willing to use it all these years.”
“But now, it’s time to put it to use,” the leader declared.
“Big Brother, are you using the Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp?” the others asked, their excitement growing.
From their reactions, Chu Feng could tell the Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp was an extraordinary treasure.
“Now’s the time for it,” the leader said, his hand brushing over his cosmos sack.
Instead of a lamp, a talisman appeared in his hand.
Holding the talisman between his palms, he infused it with immense formation power.
“Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp, show me the way through life and death!”
“Activate!”
With those words, he pointed forward.
The talisman transformed, becoming a beam of light that shot forward.
It split into two, each beam entering one of the coffins.
However, they didn’t merge with the swirling formation gates.
Instead, they formed two lamps, each hovering at the center of a gate.
“It worked!” the leader said to Chu Feng. “Brother Xiuluo, the Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp is active. Whichever lamp lights up will indicate the gate of life.”
“Actually, we didn’t need it,” Chu Feng said.
“What do you mean?” the leader asked, confused.
“Look closely. Those formation gates aren’t ordinary. There are clues to follow.”
“They hint at life and death. If we observe carefully, we can tell which gate leads to life and which to death,” Chu Feng said, pointing at the coffins.
The Secret Cave Saints looked and realized he was right.
“Damn, Brother Xiuluo, why didn’t you say so earlier?” the leader groaned, his heart aching.
The Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp was so precious he’d never been willing to use it.
He’d used it today thinking there was no other way to crack the puzzle.
But now, realizing there was another method, he’d wasted the lamp.
His heart was bleeding.
