Chapter 877: West Emperor's Mummy

Very well, Your Excellency A-yang. You are incredibly powerful and exceptionally talented. With your profound capabilities, few across the entire Yingzhou Continent could rival you. Since you are so interested in the inheritance of the Western Emperor's Tomb, we will no longer interfere. However, this inheritance is of great significance. May we be permitted to observe from here? After all, opening the main part of the Western Emperor's Tomb requires immense strength and good fortune; otherwise, it would be a futile endeavor.

Hearing the gray-robed elder's words, Xu Yang nonchalantly raised a hand and said, "If you wish to watch, suit yourselves!"

With that, Xu Yang turned away, ignoring them, and walked straight towards the dark golden main coffin before him.

At first, Xu Yang noticed nothing unusual. However, as he began to exert force, attempting to push open the lid of the dark golden ancient coffin, he finally discovered the anomaly.

It turned out that the ancient coffin was imbued with the laws of the void. This meant that for Xu Yang to open the coffin and retrieve the sealed treasure inside by himself, the power required would be almost equivalent to tearing open a rift in the void.

This was precisely why the gray-haired elder had to resort to strategy, using Xu Yang's power to open the Western Emperor's Tomb.

With their own strength, even if they managed to conquer the five elemental formation eyes and obtain the five golden keys to open the Tai Chi Gate, they would still find it extremely difficult to do anything with the Western Emperor's ancient coffin itself.

The only one capable of opening this ancient coffin by himself was Xu Yang.

Xu Yang began to exert force gradually. Relying solely on the raw power emanating from one arm, he actually began to shake the incredibly heavy coffin lid.

As it slowly opened, all three major bandit factions present, including the gray-robed elder, were stunned.

The most shocked among them was the young girl in gray clothes, suspended barefoot, who was the gray-robed elder's granddaughter.

She had never dreamed that the young man she had met by chance in the Tiger Pill Alliance would be so powerful. "My heavens," she exclaimed, "this guy can defy the laws of the void with one hand! How powerful must an opponent be to achieve that? If we were to make an enemy of him, one wrong move could truly lead to our demise! Master, what do you think?"

The sword-wielding middle-aged man beside her, who had at least had a close encounter with Xu Yang before, knew very well that when Xu Yang appeared in the desert previously, in front of Yun Yixuan, he had almost entirely concealed his true strength. The Xu Yang before them now was his true form, far from as simple as they had imagined.

"Don't rush," he replied. "It's still too early for us to make a decision. Opening this ancient coffin is one thing; obtaining the sealed inheritance within is another."

"However, judging by this young man's power, we absolutely cannot make an enemy of him unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the consequences would be truly unimaginable."

The elder had clearly made two sets of preparations. However, Xu Yang's strength was simply too formidable; otherwise, they would have unhesitatingly resorted to robbing and killing him.

Finally, Xu Yang let out a low grunt. The entire coffin lid was sent flying with a single palm strike from him. Yet, the void energy emanating from the lid alone was comparable in strength to any divine artifact on the Yingzhou Continent.

After opening the coffin, the scene that appeared inside truly astonished Xu Yang.

Inside lay a mummified corpse!

All the moisture and life force seemed to have been completely drained from it.

Aside from that, Xu Yang found no magical artifacts resembling ancient jade.

"How can this be?" Xu Yang wondered. "Who is this old fellow? Could this mummified corpse be the Western Emperor himself?"

Xu Yang was truly full of questions, instinctively wanting to seek guidance from the Goddess of the Moon in his soul realm.

However, at that very moment, before Xu Yang could even speak, another incredibly powerful aura suddenly appeared above everyone's heads.

This time, the Black and White Envoys led the way, followed by a dozen black figures in the center, pulling a completely black sedan chair large enough for ten people, escorting a captivating woman in a long black dress.

On the folding fan in the woman's hand, a striking spade totem was clearly engraved. Undoubtedly, this woman was the Spade Queen, the leader of the Black Spade Royal Faction, one of the three major bandit forces in the Eastern Region!

"Heh heh," she chuckled. "I never expected our three major bandit forces from the Eastern Region to reunite in the Western Emperor's domain! It seems I haven't arrived too late; the Western Emperor has not yet fully recovered."

Xu Yang gazed deeply at the captivating woman. From the words she had just spoken, he deduced that she likely knew some secrets about the Western Emperor.

"Your Excellency A-yang, you truly went to great lengths this time. Had you not personally intervened, few in this world would have been able to open the Western Emperor's Tomb."

"More importantly, our two bandit factions can also share in the spoils. It's all thanks to you."

Xu Yang met the woman's gaze and sneered. "Spade Queen, is it? You seem to be thinking a little too much. When did I ever say I would share the inheritance here with you?"

"You believe yourselves to be the masterminds, using my power to achieve your goals, yet you are unaware that you have no right to be masters of this situation."

As Xu Yang spoke, the Spade Queen calmly shook her head.

"There's something you might not know yet," she said. "The mummified corpse lying in this ancient coffin is actually the Western Emperor himself."

"How to use this mummified corpse, how to activate it to revive the Western Emperor's power, and all the other secrets within—you know nothing about them! Even if you possess immense power, if you choose not to cooperate with us, in the end, your efforts will be futile. There's no benefit for you in doing so."

Xu Yang burst into laughter. "If that's what you think of me," he said, "then you've probably overestimated my desire for these inheritances! For me, acquiring these inheritances or even ancient jade fragments is merely icing on the cake."

"If I get them, I'll play around with them. If not, destroying them outright is merely a flick of my finger."

"Dreaming of gaining an advantage over me through schemes is utterly wishful thinking, my friends."

As Xu Yang's words fell, with a raise of his hand, he directly grasped the mummified corpse in the coffin within his palm, using his actions to directly inform everyone present with their own hidden motives not to provoke his anger.

"Your Excellency, please do not act rashly!" the gray-robed elder quickly interjected. "If this mummy is damaged, the Western Emperor may never be revived!"

The gray-robed elder quickly interjected a warning. However, what interested Xu Yang was why these individuals were so intensely interested in a Western Emperor who had already become a mummy. What secrets were truly hidden within?