"Hide your aura, don't move."
Mo Nian's expression changed, and he hurriedly sent a soul message to everyone.
Long Chen instinctively wanted to draw his sword. After Mo Nian's reminder, Long Chen realized he was wearing Mo Nian's disguise costume.
The five stood motionless like wooden figures. Only when the creature approached did everyone clearly see its face.
It was a humanoid creature, with two black horns on its head, hands shaped like eagle talons, hands past the knees, and a tail trailing behind it. Its whole body was shriveled, but as it approached, the power of its blood and energy pressed down on everyone, making it hard to breathe.
This was a terrifying ancient being, but no one had ever seen such a creature before—not even Mo Nian, Long Chen, or the learned Yue Xiaoqian.
A shriveled evil corpse, by all accounts, should have had very little essence left, yet it still exerted endless pressure. This evil corpse was definitely not a nobody.
That being stood right in front of Long Chen and the others, and no one dared to move. The creature noticed them but didn't attack them. Instead, it circled them twice before leisurely leaving.
Seeing the creature leave, everyone felt their hearts leap into their throats and finally relaxed. This meant that Mo Nian's disguise could indeed fool the evil corpse.
Evil corpses are formed by the evil energy within the tomb. They have no consciousness, but whenever they encounter living beings, they attack fiercely.
Regardless of the evil corpse's own strength, just the death aura on its body would be fatal if bitten or scratched by them.
Therefore, when Mo Nian robbed tombs, his greatest fear was encountering evil corpses. They were too troublesome, and even Mo Nian would have to run against terrifying evil corpses.
The evil corpse slowly left, and only then did everyone move forward, cautiously moving forward. Passing through the passage, a vast area stretching several hundred li appeared ahead.
"This is a fatal pit. All the death energy in the great tomb is gathered here, then passes through the death passage and is expelled through the death gate.
We need to bypass the deadly acupoint to enter the main tomb. Be careful—this is the place where evil corpses are most likely to breed. "Mo Nian transmitted to everyone, urging everyone to stay alert.
"Guo Ran, don't pull me, I'm scared too!" Xia Chen felt someone pulling him from behind and couldn't help but say irritably.
"I... I didn't pull you! Guo Ran's voice trembled, his face full of terror as he looked at Xia Chen.
At Guo Ran's words, the five of them instantly felt their scalps tingle.
"Whoosh" Suddenly,
Long Chen slammed his fist into the void with a muffled thud, and a wave of energy erupted.
"Screech!"
Long Chen's punch seemed to hit some kind of monster, causing it to cry out in pain.
But what made everyone's scalps tingle was that they didn't see what the monster looked like. For a moment, all five of their expressions changed.
"Long Chen, did you see what that is?" Yue Xiaoqian asked.
"No, I just threw a punch based on feel. It felt like it wasn't big and weak, like hitting a piece of scarf." Long Chen said.
"Damn, I've been raiding tombs for so many years, and finally encountered a ghost?" Mo Nian's eyes nearly popped out.
"How is that possible? How could there be ghosts in this world? Xia Chen retorted.
"The ghost he mentioned is not the ghost mentioned in the mortal realm, but the ghost realm, one of the six realms.
They are a kind of spiritual being, able to hide between heaven and earth, invisible to ordinary people, unless they possess spiritual pupils. Spiritual pupils—yes! As
Long Chen spoke, he closed his right eye, and when he opened his left, he activated the Eye of Purgatory.
In that instant, Long Chen saw countless translucent light orbs wandering in the void—these were ghostly beings.
Long Chen used his soul power to share his perspective with everyone, so that everyone could see these transparent spirits.
These spirits were only the size of a fist, like a cloud, trailing a tiny tail behind them, swimming back and forth like fish.
If Long Chen hadn't shared his perspective, they wouldn't have been able to see these ghost realm beings at all. However, these ghost realm beings harbored no malice; they seemed to be swimming without consciousness.
There were even several ghostly beings swimming back and forth around Xia Chen and Guo Ran, seemingly very curious about them.
Perhaps because Long Chen punched them, those ghostly cultivators dared not provoke him and only lingered around others.
"These beings have neither murderous intent nor malice. I once read a book in the Origin of the Primordial Demon Source that recorded ghostly beings distinguishing between good and evil—some will take lives, some will help others. However, some are greedy for wealth and love to play tricks on people. The more afraid you are, the more they love to toy with you.
Long Chen, do you remember? You once bribed a ghost cultivator to guide you. Yue Xiaoqian said.
Long Chen smiled. He had indeed bribed ghostly beings before, and he wasn't afraid of them. His tribulation power was their nemesis.
"You mean, this is a bunch of troublemakers?" Long Chen said with a smile.
"Whew."
Suddenly, Xia Chen mustered his courage to reach out and grab a ghostly being swaying in front of him, but to his shock, his hand passed through the creature and caught nothing, as if it were nothing but an illusion.
"What's going on?" Xia Chen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Many beings of the Ghost Realm are special energy entities. Among the Six Realms, the Ghost Realm is the most difficult to comprehend. They can switch between physical and void. When you try to capture them, they become nothingness—you simply can't catch them." Yue Xiaoqian explained.
"Huff huff"
Xia Chen was unconvinced. He tried several consecutive grabs but couldn't catch the creature. The creature seemed to find it very amusing—not only was it not powerful, it even ran back and forth around Xia Chen, luring him to catch it.
"Since they're harmless to us, let's ignore them and keep searching." After the initial curiosity, everyone gradually calmed down, Mo Nian said.
This place was fraught with danger, and many evil corpses were roaming around. They had to hurry and search for treasure.
"Whoosh"
Suddenly, Long Chen reached out his large hand, and a creature that had been circling Yue Xiaoqian was grabbed by Long Chen in one swift motion.
"Jiji ji...
The creature was caught by Long Chen and instantly transformed from a cloud of mist into a palm-sized humanoid being, crying out wildly and struggling wildly.
"You actually managed to catch him?"
Everyone was shocked. Suddenly, the ghostly cultivator flew into a rage, opened his mouth, and found venomous snake-like teeth growing from his mouth, biting Long Chen's finger in one bite.
Long Chen's fingers were in sharp pain. He had thought his physical body wasn't afraid of this little creature's bite, but unexpectedly, his finger was bitten and bled by this creature.
And the moment Long Chen's finger bled, the creature in his hand,They suddenly froze in place, and the ghostly beings wandering back and forth in the void also stopped moving.
They began to tremble in the void, as if they had seen something terrifying them.
"Jiji ji... The
creature in Long Chen's hand was now crying out in fright, as if pleading for something, continuously making prayers to Long Chen.
"Could it be because of ... Ghost Emperor's Mark? "Long Chen's heart skipped a beat.