"There really is a ruin ahead!"

Qin Mu dashed along with the herd of beasts. Suddenly, he saw that the terrain ahead dropped, and a canyon appeared. In the canyon, there were still many ancient buildings preserved. There were scattered palaces, a spacious square, and towering buildings.

In front of this ruin, there was a towering gate, connecting the two ends of the canyon. Thick ornamental columns with coiled dragons were on it.

The herd of beasts was rushing towards this gate and into the ruin.

"The darkness is coming!"

Qin Mu looked up, and his scalp went numb. He saw that the darkness flowed down along the cliff from above the canyon like ink and poured into the canyon!

This darkness would soon reach the gate of the ruin and submerge the gate!

The herd of beasts became even more frenzied and rushed towards the gate madly. The herd of beasts became extremely dangerous. The strange beasts collided and trampled on each other. If one wasn't careful, they would be smashed to pieces.

But there was no time to care about this now. If they couldn't rush into the ruin before the darkness arrived, they would die a worse death!

Qin Mu rushed forward wildly and suddenly grabbed the tail of a huge beast. The huge beast was extremely majestic, like a black mountain moving at high speed. Wherever it passed, it knocked other strange beasts flying and trampled them flat.

The strange beasts behind this huge beast also jumped up one after another and grabbed the tail of the huge beast, letting the huge beast carry them into the ruin.

Qin Mu looked down and saw that the ferocious strange beasts that were usually fierce as devils were now trembling and holding the tail of the huge beast tightly, not daring to move. He looked back and saw that Senior Brother Qu, Senior Sister Qing, and the other five people who were chasing him were also dashing towards the ruin like mad, not far from him.

Finally, before the darkness submerged the gate of the ruin, the huge beast rushed into the huge gate, and at the same time, the darkness like ink submerged the gate.

Senior Brother Qu, Senior Sister Qing, and the others rushed over with a howl. However, only Senior Brother Qu, Senior Sister Qing, and another teenager rushed into the gate before the darkness submerged the gate. Among the other two teenagers, one was a step too late, and only one arm reached into the gate. The face, chest, leg, half of the abdomen, and one arm of the other teenager rushed into the gate, and the other half was swept by the darkness.

Senior Brother Qu landed in the gate and immediately reached out to grab his two junior brothers. He grabbed the hand of one of them and pulled hard, dragging out a white skeleton from the darkness.

Before Senior Brother Qu's other hand could grab the other teenager, he saw the teenager fall to the ground.

Senior Brother Qu and Senior Sister Qing were horrified. They saw that the front part of this teenager's body still had flesh and blood, but there was no flesh and blood on his back. They didn't know what in the darkness had eaten all the flesh and blood on his back!

"What on earth is in the darkness? How could there be such a thing?" Senior Sister Qing shrieked.

Senior Brother Qu composed himself, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and said in a deep voice, "When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. The two junior brothers died while eliminating demons and defending the Tao. They died a worthy death, a heroic death. The little demon cub deliberately came to this ruin just before the darkness arrived. He must have wanted to use the darkness to kill us!"

The other teenager was filled with righteous indignation and said hatefully, "He is also in this ruin. With darkness all around, he has nowhere to run! Find him and tear him to pieces to avenge the two junior brothers!"

"There he is!"

Senior Sister Qing saw Qin Mu jump down from the tail of the huge beast and immediately shrieked, "Little demon cub, you killed my two junior brothers. Do you still want to run?"

Qin Mu was furious, "It was you who chased me for no reason and relentlessly. As a result, you chased until it was dark and ended up killing yourselves. What does it have to do with me? I have never provoked you, but you came to kill me. How innocent I am!"

Senior Sister Qing gritted her teeth and said, "The little demon cub still dares to quibble..."

"Devil your grandpa!"

Qin Mu 怒道，"Granny and I just killed one deer to make clothes, and you said we were devils. But you killed a whole herd of deer, and you still dare to call us devils?"

Senior Brother Qu's face was gloomy, and he stepped forward, "The little demon cub is good at bewitching people. There's no need to waste words with him. Just kill him directly!"

Just as the three of them were about to take action, suddenly, a series of low roars of beasts came. The three of them were shocked and looked around. They saw that there were thousands of strange beasts gathered in this ruin, and among them, there were even some lord-level strange beasts. They all looked at them with unfriendly expressions and fierce eyes.

Senior Brother Qu thought something was wrong and quietly took a step back. And when those strange beasts saw that they didn't take action, they all calmed down and didn't make any further moves.

Qin Mu clicked his tongue in wonder. Those strange beasts usually fought fiercely for territory and prey, but now they were living in peace, which was very strange.

"Could it be that these strange beasts have set a rule that no fighting is allowed in the ruin?"

Qin Mu blinked. Many of the strange beasts were natural enemies that would fight to the death, but they were also living in peace, which meant that his guess was true. The people in the village often said that strange beasts were spiritual. The Demon Ape that Qin Mu met could also speak, calling him "little brat" all the time. These strange beasts might really have set such a rule here.

Senior Brother Qu also thought of this and let out a sigh of relief, whispering, "Don't take action tonight. Wait until dawn and kill him immediately!"

Senior Sister Qing and the other teenager nodded.

Qin Mu looked around and saw that the ruin covered a very large area. It was like a city in the canyon. There were strange beasts everywhere, but there wasn't a single strange beast on the square.

There were only skeletons on that square. They were human bones, about two or three hundred of them. For some unknown reason, they died here and were still wearing gorgeous clothes.

"These people are all women."

Strangely, these female skeletons were all sitting cross-legged in neat rows. There were fifteen rows, with fifteen skeletons in each row. It seemed that a disaster suddenly occurred when they were meditating, leaving them no time to escape, and they died and turned into skeletons in an instant.

He came to the front of the square and examined them carefully. He saw that these female skeletons also had a leader, sitting cross-legged in front of the row of skeletons.

These skeletons and the skeleton of the leader were all facing that huge gate, in the same direction.

"Senior Brother, look!"

Senior Sister Qing's eyes lit up. She pouted at the skeletons in the square and whispered, "There are treasures in the hands of these skeletons! Each skeleton has one!"

Senior Brother Qu's eyes swept over them, and his heart couldn't help but pound. In the hands of those skeletons, some held swords, some grasped whisk brooms, some wore jade pendants, some held precious bottles, and there were various weapons.

These treasures were still shining brightly, as if they had just been made. Obviously, they were all extraordinary treasures!

The most eye-catching was the pearl held in the hand of the skeleton leader. The pearl was in the palm of the skeleton and was floating there. It seemed that there were clouds and mists flowing in the pearl.

This was actually a huge treasure trove!

"If we could get these treasures..." Senior Sister Qing whispered, her breathing a little 急促.

Even the treasure trove of the Five Elders of Lijiang River was far inferior to this place!

If they could get these treasures, I'm afraid they could establish their own sect and become an independent faction!

Senior Brother Qu's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "Heaven has been kind to us! Fifth Junior Brother, go and fetch these treasures."

The Fifth Junior Brother stepped forward. Just as he entered the square, suddenly, the dust threads of the whisk broom in the hand of a female skeleton fluttered gently. Each dust thread was like a living thing, growing slowly. One of the dust threads came in front of the Fifth Junior Brother.

That dust thread was like an extremely small spirit snake, looking up at the Fifth Junior Brother.

"Senior Brother Qu..." The Fifth Junior Brother's voice trembled a little, and he didn't dare to turn his head.

Senior Brother Qu said in a deep voice, "These treasures are all inanimate and ownerless. Don't worry..."

Before he could finish speaking, suddenly, that dust thread shot out like lightning and drilled into the Fifth Junior Brother's eye. The other dust threads of the whisk broom howled over and drilled into the Fifth Junior Brother's eyes.

The Fifth Junior Brother opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Qin Mu, not far away, saw this teenager shrivel up at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a dried corpse in an instant!

And the whisk broom was still wrapped around him. Soon, the skin of the dried corpse also melted, and the bones melted too, leaving only a few pieces of clothes and a pair of shoes on the ground.