Chapter 216: Beneath the Serpent Vault Elias had initially planned to explore the ancient tomb alone — quiet, methodical, unseen. But of course, that plan didn’t last long. Sheina, ever the assertive one, caught wind of his preparations and promptly declared that she and the Dragonborn siblings would be joining in. Before he could protest, the campaign had transformed from a silent infiltration into what looked suspiciously like a family field trip into hell. To the Dragonborns, the expedition wasn’t perilous — it was an outing. Despite the stories of adventurers melting alive and vanishing into acid pools, they treated it as if they were about to stroll through a training ground. Truth be told, they’d earned the right to their confidence. Months of relentless sparring with Agnes had refined them beyond human limits. Their movements now carried the precision of honed blades and the arrogance of beings born for combat.

Chapter 218: The Apex of Shadows – Jaguar of the Sixth StarOut from the suffocating dark, a beast emerged—a jaguar vast and terrible, its obsidian fur rippling like liquid night under torchlight. Its eyes, bright as twin moons soaked in blood, held not the dull haze of the undead, but a cold, calculating awareness. This was no mindless monster. This was a predator that thought.The chamber fell silent, the air heavy with dread. Every footstep of the creature echoed like war drums. The adventurers stiffened, blades shaking in their hands. The veterans among them recognized the danger before any appraisal spell could confirm it.This was an apex predator of the sixth star, a heartbeat away from the seventh realm, where magic itself bent to instinct.The four strongest parties were already locked in their own desperate dances, battling corrupted jaguars that clawed and shrieked with necrotic hunger. None could afford distraction.Sir Jon turned his head for a split second—enough for dis

Chapter 220: The Pulse of Necrotic PowerThe Apex Jaguar’s body slammed into the stone-brick walls with a thunderous crack, splintering dust into the air. The ground shuddered under the force, and Elias felt it—the crystallized Earth mana that wove through the tomb’s foundation flickered, destabilizing for a heartbeat.Now.His thoughts raced through the shared link. Nexus-1, execute the scan.For an instant, the entire chamber’s defenses faltered—an imperceptible flicker to ordinary eyes, but to Elias, whose mana sensitivity bordered on divine madness, it was as though the veil of reality had lifted. He saw through the shimmering curtain, glimpsing the intricate architecture hidden within the tomb’s walls.That sliver of vulnerability was all Nexus-1 needed.> [Acknowledged. Initiating deep analysis of mana lattice structure.][Progress: 63%… 77%… 90%… 99%.]Data surged through his mind like a tidal wave o

Chapter 222: The Bone General The ancient sarcophagus, carved with symbols that looked like they were drawn by a mad god with a ruler and a grudge, began to tremble as if the tomb itself was shivering in fear, and then the lid slid open without any sound, releasing a chill that made Elias’s skin tighten like a violin string pulled too far. From within the darkness, the skeleton rose, its bones faintly glowing with a sickly bluish green light as Dark and Poison mana gathered around its pores, seeping out like a poisonous mist that had finally been given permission to breathe. The chamber itself answered the awakening with a violent shake, and the whole tomb trembled as though a great beast had been kicked awake beneath the earth. Dust cascaded down from the ceiling in thick, choking waves, and the stone walls, though magnificently crafted and ancient, groaned under the stress of the shaking. Elias, who had seen enough ruins to know that most of them were held together by pride rather