The Buried God's Tomb had already stopped feeling like an exploration mission.
At the start, many groups still carried excitement in their eyes because every chamber held resources, techniques, old weapons, and hidden materials worth risking their lives for. However, the deeper everyone went, the clearer reality became.
The tomb was taking lives faster than it was giving rewards.
Several smaller guilds had already been wiped out completely, while others lost members one corridor at a time. Some died to monsters, others to formations, and a few simply disappeared after taking the wrong path.
Even the stronger groups were beginning to slow down.
The dead qi inside the tomb had thickened further, and the deeper sections no longer allowed careless fighting. Mana recovery had become slower, wounds healed poorly, and every battle consumed far more energy than it should have.
Broken Dawn was already feeling the effects.
