Time slowly passed, and Li Xiaotian's range of activity grew. However, the items within the palace were all damaged, leaving nothing to explore.
The headless corpse was the only exception. Unfortunately, Li Xiaotian could not get close to it yet, so he could only hone his physical body with killing intent from its side.
In the interim, Li Xiaotian went out once and brought Long Yi and others, whose strength had reached the mid-King level, to the outside of the palace to cultivate under the palace's oppressive aura.
This not only stimulated their physical potential but also tempered the strength of their bodies.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Xiaotian began to try again. His body had already adapted to the killing intent within the palace.
"Boom!" Li Xiaotian advanced towards the headless corpse. His eyes flickered; the corpse's blood and the ancient sword inserted into its neck were extremely alluring to him.
Regardless of whether he would absorb the energy from the headless corpse's blood in the future, collecting it first as a trump card would be beneficial.
Moreover, there was the ancient sword, capable of killing Heavenly realm experts, nurtured by the headless corpse's killing intent for countless years. It was easy to imagine its terror.
Gradually, Li Xiaotian approached the headless corpse. He felt a chill all over, his heart filled with tension. Although he knew the other party was already dead, the surrounding atmosphere made him feel as if the corpse was still alive, as if it could strike and annihilate him at any moment.
A rich, alluring scent of blood wafted over. At this moment, Li Xiaotian felt a strong craving within his body. His Blood Sea cultivation technique even began to operate autonomously, wanting to absorb the blood.
"Humph!" Li Xiaotian gritted his teeth, using the Heavenly Tablet to suppress the impulse in his heart.
At this point, Li Xiaotian had arrived before the headless corpse, with only an arm's length between them.
Li Xiaotian's eyes gleamed. He began to circulate the energy within his body, manipulating the surrounding heaven and earth energy to collect the headless corpse's blood.
At the same time, he was shocked. After so many years, the headless corpse's blood remained fresh, and it was still flowing from its wound.
So strong! Li Xiaotian couldn't help but marvel.
Suddenly, a change occurred. The headless corpse moved. It extended its right hand and grabbed Li Xiaotian's arm.
"Boom!" Instantly, Li Xiaotian's mind went blank, filled with terror. Cold sweat streamed down his forehead!
It was still alive!!!
"You've come!" Following this, a sigh echoed in his mind.
Li Xiaotian's body hairs stood on end. He felt an intense coldness all over. The other party was indeed still alive!
Rumble! Li Xiaotian's mind roared, his head feeling as if it would explode, causing him unbearable pain.
His strength was too weak. The headless corpse's mere sigh caused his mind to collapse instantly.
"Boom!" Subsequently, images flashed through Li Xiaotian's mind. With each flashing image, his head throbbed with pain.
However, the scenes depicted in those images stunned Li Xiaotian.
The scenes showed the palace before him, and a middle-aged man in black sitting on the throne, eyes closed in slumber.
Is it telling me what happened back then? Li Xiaotian's heart stirred. After the headless corpse grabbed him, it stopped moving. Moreover, although the images in his mind were painful, they did not threaten his life.
Is this its dying act? Li Xiaotian mused. What was its purpose in doing this? Did it want him to avenge it?
In the scene, the man in black sat on the throne. Suddenly, he opened his eyes sharply, his face filled with rage.
He instantly rose, a long sword appearing in his hand.
But then, a massive dark shadow appeared in the palace, like a cloud of mist, instantly engulfing the man in black.
Li Xiaotian immediately focused his attention, staring intently at the black mist that engulfed the man in black.
Suddenly, a faint glow flickered within the black mist. It was a pair of eyes.
Li Xiaotian's scalp tingled instantly, his heart filled with terror. Those eyes seemed to have discovered him, staring directly at him!
How is this possible?!!!
Li Xiaotian was shocked, but the eyes flashed and vanished. Then, the black mist dissipated.
The figure of the man in black reappeared. At this moment, he had become the headless corpse, with the long sword inserted into his neck, blood flowing. Then, the corpse sat on the throne.
Boom! Instantly, Li Xiaotian's mind went blank. He felt immense terror, even beginning to doubt if what he saw was real.
A Heavenly realm expert was killed so easily?
It seemed to take only a second.
How is this possible? What happened within the black mist? Li Xiaotian's scalp tingled as he desperately tried to recall everything he had just seen.
The man in black's reaction, the appearance of the black mist, those strange eyes.
These were the only clues. After the man in black woke up, he had become a headless corpse with almost no resistance.
Li Xiaotian felt a chill all over and regretted opening the palace. An unparalleled expert was killed so easily.
Moreover, he was killed by his own weapon by a shadowy figure.
Li Xiaotian had previously thought the long sword on the headless corpse belonged to the enemy, but he never expected that sword to be his own!
Li Xiaotian trembled. The scene just now had shocked him immensely. What was even more incomprehensible was that the headless corpse was already dead, so why would it preserve the scene for later observers?
What was its meaning? Was it trying to tell future observers something, or did it want them to avenge it?
Li Xiaotian felt as if his head was exploding, experiencing immense pain. Had he known this would happen, he certainly would not have entered.
He had a hunch that by seeing those images, he had been drawn into a major storm.
Great terror awaited him in the future!
The methods of Heavenly realm experts were unfathomably mysterious. Since the other party had prepared all this, they must have left behind contingency plans.
At this moment, an anomaly occurred. Li Xiaotian suddenly felt a terrifying energy fluctuation surge from the headless corpse's right hand, which was gripping him, into his body.
Almost instantly, his flesh and blood exploded. He had no time to react to this sudden change.
Subsequently, Li Xiaotian's consciousness began to blur, his body losing all sensation, as if he were about to fall into a deep sleep at any moment.
Am I going to die? Li Xiaotian thought. At this moment, he could not feel any part of his body, nor could he even have any extraneous thoughts.
The next moment, Li Xiaotian's consciousness became hazy, and he felt nothing.
Meanwhile, the headless corpse began to change at a visible speed. Previously, it looked as if it had just died, with flesh and blood still intact.
But now, it rapidly withered, turning into a mummified corpse in the blink of an eye.
"Bang!" The mummified corpse exploded into powder, and the long sword also fell, lying quietly on the throne.