Mushroom Man

Chapter 296 Devouring Evil Spirits, Reborn!
"finally come……"

Upon hearing the rooster's crow, Wu Liang was jolted awake as if from a dream, suddenly becoming fully alert.

However, the crowing of the soul-leading rooster also aroused the group of wandering ghosts.

On the road to the underworld, the soul-leading rooster is the natural enemy of these lonely ghosts.

Wandering ghosts feed on newly born souls, while soul beasts like the Soul-Leading Chicken feed on these wandering ghosts.

As a result, when these wandering ghosts heard the crowing of the soul-leading rooster, they all became restless and fearful.

They pushed and shoved each other, desperately trying to escape.

Unfortunately, Wu Liang happened to be right on their inevitable path.

Compared to Wu Liang, the vengeful ghost with a thousand souls, the soul-leading rooster clearly frightened them more.

In this situation, the group of wandering ghosts rushed towards Wu Liang without hesitation.

Upon seeing this, Wu Liang's eyes turned cold.

He certainly wouldn't just sit and wait to die.

At this critical juncture, if he were to be taken hostage by these wandering ghosts and forced to venture into the underworld, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

"Go away!"

Thanks to the rooster that led the soul, Wu Liang's mind had returned to clarity, and his thoughts were racing.

In an instant, he understood his situation.

Just then, a lone, wandering ghost appeared right in front of them.

Wu Liang didn't back down an inch and slapped him across the face.

These wandering ghosts are, in the end, nothing more than minor imps, slightly more powerful than ordinary wandering spirits.

Wu Liang was a vengeful ghost formed from the souls of a thousand people; how could a mere little ghost be a match for him?

Before the lonely ghost could even react, its soul was shattered by a slap, turning into wisps of black smoke.

Wu Liang did not waste it; he opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing it into his stomach and making it part of his own soul.

"Ah ah ah..."

The group of wandering ghosts screamed as Wu Liang blocked their way, their mournful howls echoing endlessly.

Even though Wu Liang is the soul of a thousand people, he is still afraid of being surrounded and attacked by a horde of ghosts.

Unable to fight against four opponents with his bare hands, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

In an instant, Wu Liang's extremely bloated and swollen soul body began to flicker between light and darkness.

In that brief moment of delay, he was swallowed up by the tide of ghosts without any chance of resistance.

Although these wandering ghosts were weak, their sheer number made them extremely difficult to deal with.

In less than a short while, Wu Liang's soul body was torn and wounded by this group of wandering ghosts.

This kind of damage to the soul is enough to drive a person mad with pain.

Wu Liang's eyes reddened, but his consciousness became increasingly clear at this moment.

He cannot give up now...

Just then, the Bone Immortal from the mortal realm finally ignited the Resurrection Grass.

One by one, the resurrection plants were lit, emitting wisps of blue smoke.

Wu Liang sensed something and glanced at it out of the corner of his eye.

Not far away, wisps of smoke could be seen spreading from a narrow path to the underworld.

Clearly, this is the path he came from.

If he can follow this path and return the way he came, he will surely be reborn!
"You think you can keep me here?!"

With hope in his heart, Wu Liang stood up straighter and straighter.

He didn't want to die, and he couldn't die.

With a fierce determination, Wu Liang disregarded the biting and tearing of the ghosts and went against the tide of ghosts.

The wandering ghosts and spirits tore at him, trying to devour him completely, so he retaliated in kind, biting at the ghosts like a wild beast.

The moment the wandering ghosts bit him, he would grab them off and throw them into his mouth to devour their souls.

In less than a moment...

Wu Liang's soul had become tattered and broken, his entire body covered in soul wounds inflicted by the ghosts.

However, his thousand souls did not shrink as a result; on the contrary, because he devoured a large number of lonely ghosts, his souls grew at a visible speed.

The vengeful ghost that Wu Liang has now transformed into is over two zhang tall and looks extremely frightening.

However, because he had consumed too many wandering ghosts, his soul became even more filthy and full of impurities.

The already bloated and swollen soul body was now covered with all sorts of strange and grotesque ghost faces.

These grotesque faces, like Wu De's, are constantly wailing and screaming, disturbing people's peace of mind.

Fortunately, Wu Liang possessed superhuman willpower.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary mushroom master with a weak will, he would probably have gone mad by now due to the disordered nature of his soul.

"I..."

"You will be a hero in life, and you will be a hero in death."

"No one can stop me from going wherever I want to go."

Wu Liang spoke arrogantly, showing no sign of backing down.

He strode forward, knocking over one lost soul after another in his path.

At this moment, he was like a lion being attacked by hyenas.

Although old and frail, covered in wounds, its fangs and claws are still sharp.

The dangers within that short distance of a hundred steps are beyond description.

Ten steps...

The wandering ghost tore off one of Wu Liang's arms.

Thirty steps...

Wu Liang's legs were devoured by the ghosts, so he could only crawl towards the path of survival with one arm.

Sixty steps...

Wu Liang responded with an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

He tore off the arms of wandering ghosts and used them for his own purposes, transforming them into a six-armed vengeful spirit. Apart from his own arm, the rest came from various wandering ghosts, some thick, some thin, some small, some large, and all looked extremely twisted and deformed.

Using his hands instead of legs, he resembled a human centipede, seemingly insane, rushing headlong towards the path of survival as if possessed.

Ninety steps...

He was just ten steps away from returning to the mortal realm and regaining his body.

Unfortunately, his soul was already at its limit, and even if he tried his best, he could not take those last ten steps.

One after another, wandering ghosts pounced on him, desperately tearing at his soul.

Wu Liang moved all six arms at once, scattering the wandering ghosts and spirits.

But in the end, he was still held back by this group of wandering ghosts.

The ghost tide engulfed him...

Out of jealousy and resentment, those wandering ghosts do not want anyone to be able to escape the underworld and do what they could not do in their previous lives.

So they all stretched out their palms, trying to drag Wu Liang to the depths of the Yellow Springs, so that he would become a lonely ghost like them.

Fortunately, Wu Liang was not alone.

He knew very well that it was virtually impossible for him, a mere mortal, to escape the underworld on his own.

Therefore, Wu Liang had already made a thorough plan.

At that moment, the oppressive aura emanating from the sixth-rank immortal soul beast instantly spread out.

The Soul-Leading Chicken hurried as fast as it could, and finally managed to force its way into the Underworld by following the path left by Wu Liang, thanks to its ability to freely enter and exit the Underworld.

As soon as it appeared, a large number of wandering ghosts and spirits were unable to withstand its oppressive power and were instantly annihilated.

In the underworld, the rooster that leads the soul shines like a small sun, very conspicuous and dazzling.

The aura of the immortal soul beast emanating from it spread in all directions.

In an instant, it alarmed many soul beasts, and even immortal soul beasts, that lived nearby.

Legend has it that the Soul-Eating Dog of Evil Dog Ridge and the Soul-Leading Chicken of Golden Rooster Mountain are mortal enemies.

as predicted……

As soon as the Soul-Leading Chicken appeared, it was spotted by a Soul-Eating Dog that was living nearby.

In an instant, the barking of dogs echoed from afar, growing louder as it approached.

"Giggle!"

The Soul-Leading Chicken accepted Wu Liang's bribes and only agreed to help him return to life, but never agreed to help him fight.

Upon hearing the barking of the dogs, it immediately barked, shattering the spirits of the wandering ghosts and allowing Wu Liang to escape.

Without hesitation, the Soul-Leading Rooster picked up Wu Liang as if he were a worm and immediately returned to the mortal realm along the same route.

At the same time, a Soul-Eating Dog, several meters in size, with a body as black as ink and eyes as red as blood, rushed over.

However, it was ultimately a step too late...

The sight of Wu Liang was too gruesome to bear. He forced his head up and looked at the vicious dog with a ferocious expression.

He grinned, a smug smile on his face.

"If I want to leave, no one can stop me."

"Goodbye to the underworld, no, goodbye forever..."

As soon as Wu Liang finished speaking, the soul-leading rooster carried him away, completely stepping off the road to the underworld and returning to the mortal realm.

Tomb Village, a blessed land, Jinji Mountain.

Gu Zhenren stared anxiously at the two corpses of Wu De and Wu Liang, who remained motionless for a long time.

He paced back and forth, muttering to himself.

"May God protect you, Your Excellency, you must not be harmed."

"I finally managed to latch onto a powerful figure. If I die like this, what will happen to the immortal destiny he promised me?"

Just as he was pondering whether his chance at immortality was about to go down the drain...

The soul-leading rooster flapped its wings and charged out from the road to the underworld.

Wu Liang, which was in its mouth, instantly transformed into a ball of dark blue soul light.

Almost instinctively, this wisp of soul light wanted to drift into Wu Liang's corpse.

But as soon as it touched the corpse, it was immediately repelled.

All of this was exactly what Wu Liang had expected.

He knew very well that if he successfully returned to his body, his soul would instinctively take over his original body first.

That's why, in order to prevent this, Wu Liang chose to truly die once and go to the Yellow Springs.

As we all know, after a person dies, everything will vanish, and all connections with the world will disappear.

Wu Liang used this opportunity to sever his connection with his former self by passing through the Yellow Springs Road.

When the soul enters the underworld, it symbolizes death; when it leaves the underworld, it symbolizes rebirth.

Now that he has escaped the underworld and been reborn, he is, in a sense, equivalent to those newborn souls who have been reincarnated.

In this situation, the new soul is no longer compatible with the old body and must find another body...

The only body in the arena that met the criteria was Wu De's living body.

After the ball of soul light was deflected, it instinctively hesitated.

Because Wu Liang was not on the Road to the Underworld, too much time was wasted.

As a result, Wu De's physical body still retained a certain degree of activity.

The wisp of soul light had no choice but to follow the green smoke emitted by the resurrection grass and enter Wu De's body.

The soul-parasitic flea that had been planted in Wu De's body beforehand stirred slightly upon sensing the soul light.

The Soul-Giving Fleas possess the wondrous ability to harbor souls and nourish remnants of spirits.

Now, Wu Liang's soul has been shattered and weakened by the battle on the road to the underworld.

Now is the perfect time to use the Soul-Snatching Flea to nourish the soul while simultaneously taking over this unclaimed body.

About three to five breaths later...

Wu De's fingers trembled slightly, and he suddenly opened his eyes...

(End of this chapter)