Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 198 Finally Here

The mountain stream is long and narrow, with dense vegetation, steep cliffs, and a lingering mist. The shadows of the trees are rustling. Before I even reach the cave, I can feel the oncoming yin energy. My pores can't help but stand up. I pay attention to the weapons that have rusted into red soil and the broken bones exposed on the ground.

Wuzhan looked around as he walked, thinking that the feng shui of this place was extremely gloomy, very suitable for setting up a fierce formation to suppress the wronged souls. The gods in the sky really knew how to choose a place, and they would disregard human lives in order to enhance their magic power.

The mountain gate is a rugged stone wall more than ten meters high, covered with moss. If Qingyang hadn't pointed it out, it would have been impossible to tell that it was a door. This is why Qingyang came here.

Although it was an autumn day, the stone wall exuded a strong murderous aura, as if as soon as the door was opened, unimaginable things would burst out violently.

Qingyang climbed up the stone wall, found the position, used the sword to push away the moss, dug a small hole the width of a palm, reached his hand in, stepped on the stone wall with both feet, and leaned his body vertically against the stone wall. He shouted loudly, his veins bulged, and his whole body was filled with internal energy. The stone door moved open with a "boom" sound, creating a gap.

"Puff..." A cold black air mixed with a fishy smell suddenly gushed out from the gap. Everyone covered their faces and couldn't help but step back several steps, with their hands on their weapons.

Qingyang continued to move the mechanism in the small cave, and the stone door opened with a rumbling sound, more than a foot wide, enough for one person to pass through. It was pitch black inside, and a cold wind blew in the face.

Qingyang jumped down and looked into the cave. A cloud of gloom shone on his face. He sighed and said, "We can only open this much. There is a magic circle inside. It is very dangerous. Everyone, be careful."

Wuzhan said calmly: "Master, have you remembered the past? Now you are the only one alive!"

Qingyang ignored Wuzhan's sarcasm and walked in first. If he could kill this sickly guy along the way, Wuzhan would have to die countless times. No matter whether he could subdue the wronged souls inside this time, he would never let Wuzhan walk out of the cave alive.

Wuzhan also saw this point and challenged Qingyang's bottom line from time to time along the way. He would not leave any room for him if he could make him angry to death.

The team prepared sufficient food, water, lamps, etc. so that they could survive for a longer period of time if trapped in the formation.

As soon as they entered the cave, the temperature dropped suddenly, and a cold and gloomy air filled the air. A pungent stench filled the air. The lights shone on the dark and wet stone walls, reflecting the crooked shadows of the team of people, as if none of the shadows belonged to them.

The light at the cave entrance had long disappeared. Everyone was worried as they circled the several-meter-wide cave, where there were many crossroads. There was no word from anyone, only the sound of footsteps and their own heartbeats.

Qingyang and Jiang Yuan stopped at a crossroads. The black fog ahead was getting thicker. The flame in the lantern made a crackling sound and was about to fade away, unable to illuminate anything more than a few feet away.

Qingyang used his sword to mark the stone wall and said, "If we go forward, we will enter the magic circle. Everyone, follow closely and don't leave the team." He glanced at Wuzhan contemptuously and said, "To ensure the safety of the adults, please stay with us."

Wuzhan said calmly: "Master, you are too nervous. Am I not following you now?"

He Biliu said: "I am not afraid of any wronged ghosts with my 'Thousand Mile Soul Chaser'. I will lead the way!" He laughed and disappeared into the black fog.

As soon as he entered the black fog, his eyes went dark, a gloomy air pressed down, a sharp low humming sound came into his ears, and a chill ran through his heart. He Biliu couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly picked up the deadly hook, took a step back, and shouted, "Are you guys in?"

No one answered for a long time, and He Biliu's heart suddenly rose to his throat. He struck the fire twice, but failed to light it. Suddenly, he felt a cold wind blowing through his loose hair, and his scalp tightened. He turned around and stabbed, "puff", and there was only the sound of the iron hook breaking through the air.

He Bilu never expected that this formation was so strange. He was left alone after only taking two steps. Could it be that they had not come in yet and he could not hear anything from outside? While trying to light the fire, he retreated in the direction he came in, feeling timid and cold all over.

Why should I leave the memory? I had only taken five steps at most, but now I had already retreated twenty steps and still hadn't left the magic circle. I shouted again, "Have you come in?"

"Here!" A vague voice came from not far to the right. There was a faint green light flashing in that direction. He Bilu hurriedly chased after it.

When he was about to see the green light clearly, it suddenly disappeared before his sight. He Biliu stopped in a hurry, and his hair stood up. He had never been so frightened before. His mind was blank when he suddenly felt something attacking him from behind. He turned around quickly and couldn't help but gasp.

He saw a group of dark green shadows with more than a dozen hideous ghost faces attacking him. How could He Bilu dare to delay? He circulated the true energy in his body, swung the iron hook and stabbed out a beam of lightning towards the shadow. With a "puff" sound, the shadow was broken up and split into more than a dozen ghost faces that scattered and danced around He Bilu.

He Biliu knew that these were the wronged souls of the Zhao army. Their souls were trapped in the formation and could not dissipate. The longer the time, the heavier the evil spirit would be. If they were invaded into the body, they would lose consciousness and become the host of the wronged souls.

While he was thinking, dozens of hideous ghosts appeared from all directions, making low hissing sounds and pounced towards He Biliu.

He Biliu was calmer on the contrary, at least he didn't have to think too much, and he used all his life's skills to move in all directions, with light and shadow flashing around him. As long as the iron hook was within its reach, he would disperse the target.

In less than a moment, He Biliu was sweating profusely, and the number of wronged souls around him increased. He became anxious, thinking that if this continued, he would run out of energy and eventually be taken advantage of by the wronged souls.

He felt regretful in his heart that he had underestimated the wronged souls in this formation. Qingyang had been here before, so he should have just followed him closely. The only way now was to get rid of these wronged souls and find them.

He Biliu shouted loudly, identified a direction, swung the iron hook, broke through a group of wronged souls, and ran as fast as he could. Soon he got rid of the wronged souls behind him, and ran and shouted in the darkness. He thought to himself that he had chased people for thousands of miles and took their lives. Everyone in the cultivation world knew about it, but today he was being chased by real wronged souls. If this got out, others would definitely laugh their heads off.

There was nothing under his feet, so He Biliu instinctively jumped and fell. With a few "crackling" sounds, his feet seemed to break something hard. With the faint phosphorescence emitted from the ground, he looked down and saw that he had broken several bones. Finally, he ignited the fire. Looking around, even though he had seen countless dead bones, he was still shocked. He was alone in the sea of ​​bones. "Puff" the cold sword pierced from his heart, and He Biliu trembled all over. This sword was too fast, and it attacked from behind without any signs. Blood flowed out of his twisted mouth, and his pale face turned the same color, gray.

He tried to turn his head to look at the face of the man who attacked him. The man's face was white. He Biliu used up his last bit of strength and said in a trembling voice: "It's you!"

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The green void beast is shaped like a maggot. It is taller than a human lying on its side. Its body is covered with densely packed ghost masks, its tongue is sticking out, its mouth is huge with sharp fangs, it is dripping with mucus, and it has a pungent fishy smell that is disgusting.

Jiang Yuan's Taoist robe fluttered as he swung the several-meter-long blue sword and slashed at the green virtual beast that had swallowed him. "Puff..." The sword light broke through the huge mouth and split the beast in half. The splashing green liquid instantly turned into ice chips and fell down. Countless green ghost-faced souls rose from it and fled in all directions.

"Huh..." Jin Xingzi blew out a breath of fire, turning the just-dispersed wronged soul into burnt smoke.

This was already the fifteenth one. Jin Xingzi chuckled. He was the only one who could still laugh.

Passing through the thick black fog, Ruogu asked Jiang Yuan, "He Biliu disappeared just one step ahead of us. Now that we have passed the fog, should we go look for him?"

Qingyang said: "No need to look for him, he may be dead!"

Ruogu was illuminated by the firelight and showed a rare look of surprise. "His cultivation is not inferior to Ruogu's. How could he die so easily?"

"This formation is too strange. Maybe because of the first step he took, he is far away from us. Anything can happen in here."

“Although these green beasts are ferocious, with his skills, there is no way they can be easily devoured.”

"The situation here is very different from what it was 20 years ago. I haven't seen this green virtual beast before, so I have no idea what he might encounter. If he encounters several virtual beasts like this at the same time, how can he survive alone?"

After hearing this, Ruogu sighed and said, "He is so careless!" He turned to ask Wuzhan beside him, "Excuse me, sir, do you know what kind of magic circle this is?"

Wuzhan didn't want to say it, but along the way, he was the only one who came to take care of him from time to time, and he had a good impression of him, so he said lightly: "If my guess is correct, it should be the 'Illusionary Light Transforming Blood Formation'."

"Hearing the name, I know it is another fierce formation. I wonder if you can tell me how powerful this formation is?"

"This formation uses a cave as a urn and is arranged according to the Heavenly Stems. It changes alternately, trapping people from outside and seizing people from inside. Once a mortal enters the formation, they will lose their way and find it difficult to escape. If the seizure formation is activated again, the souls of the creatures inside will leave their bodies and their bodies will turn into dry bones and blood."

Ruogu continued, "This formation is so brutal, I wonder if you can break it?"

"This formation has been damaged, and the one that took over the formation has long disappeared. It can only trap the wronged souls inside. Otherwise, how could Qingyang have walked out of here after eating maggots for a month?" Upon hearing this, everyone almost vomited out the food they had eaten and looked at Qingyang in surprise.

Qingyang was angry but he couldn't lose his temper. His expression was as ugly as it could be. He didn't want to say another word to Wuzhan. In fact, he had nothing to say.

Suddenly, he felt a dark shadow approaching. Jiang Yuan immediately drew out the Bei Ming Yin Fire Sword and shouted, "Who is it?"

"It's me, hehe, I finally found you!"

When everyone heard this, they felt relieved, because it turned out that it was He Biliu who came back.

Seeing He Biliu walking by, Qingyang scolded him, "Who told you not to follow us? It's a miracle that you came back alive."

"Who knew this place would be so weird? I couldn't find you in a blink of an eye."

Ruogu asked, "Didn't you encounter the Green Void Beast up front?"

"How could I not have encountered it? If it weren't for my quick movements, I would have been killed by it."

Wuzhan glanced at He Biliu and said calmly, "Is Daozhang He's injury not serious?"

He Biliu was startled, then looked down at the cut on his chest. His entire robe was stained with blood. He quickly stared at Wuzhan and said, "It's nothing serious!"

(End of this chapter)