Sword Qi reaches 9 Heavens; 924 Rotten Bone Toads

"A crackling sound ensued!"

The stone walls on either side began to develop cracks with a sudden, violent tremor.

Then, an explosive rupture thundered from the passage behind, followed by a chorus of falling rocks.

For some reason, this underground ruin seemed on the brink of collapse and destruction.

Liu Ming wasted no time with thought; without a second word, his figure blurred as he shot towards the still-intact passage ahead.

A quarter of an hour later, a shadow flashed and burst from a fissure that had just appeared in the ground.

Finally, Liu Ming had left behind the grandiose underground ruins and returned to the surface, where, circling in mid-air, he immediately sped away without pause.

Barely half a teacup's time after Liu Ming's departure, the rumbling below the ruins became more frequent. A network of wide cracks appeared on the ground centered around the nearby mountain peak.