In this bizarre world, I can extract supernatural powers.

In the still of the night, the sound of footsteps is especially clear, making people shudder.

At the edge of the village, a figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

His figure trembled and his steps were unsteady.

The darkness enveloped him, creating an eerie atmosphere.

At that moment, in the shadows of a corner of the village, Xu Bai hid in an old tree, using the shadows as cover to see the appearance of the newcomer.

A ragged woman walked unsteadily from the end of the village.

The woman's face was ashen, her eyes were deathly pale, and her exposed skin was covered with rotting flesh.

The stench of decay emanated from the rotting area, making one want to vomit.

Xu Bai's gaze shifted downwards, landing on the woman's abdomen, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.

The woman's abdomen was swollen, indicating that she was pregnant.

If you look closely, you will find the head of a dead infant dangling outside the exposed part of the abdomen.

"Strange?"

Xu Bai licked his lips.

He could sense that the strange aura emanating from this woman was identical to that of Master Liu.

Although he seems to be better than Master Liu, it's only by a small margin.

Xu Bai made no move for the time being, hiding in the tree and waiting for the right opportunity.

The woman approached the statue, stretched out her hand covered in rotten flesh, and gently stroked it.

Then, the statue split open in the middle.

The woman immediately crawled into the crack.

The statue was closed again, and from the outside, not a single crack could be seen.

At that moment, a musty smell, carried on the breeze, emanated from the statue and permeated the entire village.

The heart-wrenching screams of children emanated from the statue and spread with the gentle breeze.

"There's an eerie feeling mixed in with this aura."

Xu Bai rubbed his chin, thinking to himself, "Being affected by the strange aura might be the reason for the birth of the stillborn baby."

After a little thought, Xu Bai came up with an answer.

With that thought in mind, Xu Bai didn't linger.

He landed on the ground along the tree trunk with a soft thud.

At that moment, a sensation that made the hairs on one's body suddenly stand on end swept over him.

The statue has cracked open again.

The woman poked her head out from the statue, her gray eyes fixed on Xu Bai with a cruel and tyrannical look.

A gentle breeze swept by.

The woman transformed into a blur and pounced towards Xu Bai.

Xu Bai did not dodge; lightning crackled from his fingertips.

A pale blue light streaked across the night, like a sharp sword tearing through the sky.

The lightning struck the woman's face, producing a crackling sound.

"what!"

The woman let out a terrible scream, as horrible as an owl's cry, and her movements were suddenly halted.

Before the woman could react, Xu Bai raised his hand and pointed again from a great distance.

Yin Wood Thunder Sword Technique!

Once mastered, the Yin Wood Thunder Sword Technique is incredibly powerful, and lightning is especially effective against these strange and unpredictable things.

The woman was struck by lightning and fell to the ground, rolling around.

Just then, a voice came.

Xu Bai turned his head and saw that the village chief had actually opened the door.

When the village chief saw the woman, he looked astonished.

"Weren't you dead?"

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Bai shouted.

"Go back and close the door!"

The village chief realized what was happening and immediately turned around and closed the door.

At this moment, the woman's body was struck by lightning, resulting in multiple charred and festering wounds, rendering her unable to move.

A sudden surge of energy came from her abdomen.

The stillborn baby, which had been motionless, suddenly crawled out of the woman's abdomen.

The woman seemed to have all her strength drained away; she screamed and turned to ashes.

A cloud of smoke appeared before my eyes, then condensed into words.

[Slaying the strange being at the Transcendent Realm grants fifty years of strange lifespan.]

It's done, but not completely.

Xu Bai stared at the dead infant.

"So they were two strange creatures. No wonder they were stronger than Master Liu."

The woman was strange, and so was the dead baby.

With two strange entities combined, their strength naturally far surpasses that of Master Liu.

Moreover, the aura of this dead infant was even stronger than that of the woman.

As he was thinking this, the dead infant roared, got down on all fours, and attacked Xu Bai like a wild beast.

Its speed was so fast that it was almost a blur.

Xu Bai could even see the dead infant's mouth full of sharp teeth.

If you get bitten, you will surely die a horrible death.

Fortunately, after the battle with Master Liu, Xu Bai has adjusted his mindset.

At this moment, I felt not fear at all, but rather a bit excited.

True Qi circulates, and lightning bursts forth at the fingertips.

A deep blue lightning bolt shot out.

However, the ghost infant was extremely fast and managed to dodge to the side, causing the lightning to miss its target, before lunging at Xu Bai again.

The distance between the two sides quickly closed.

In the blink of an eye, the ghost infant was already in front of Xu Bai, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and bit down on Xu Bai.

Xu Bai neither dodged nor avoided, but instead pointed his right hand at the ghost infant as if it were a sword.

"The Yin Wood Thunder Sword Technique is a thunder technique, but it is even more so a sword technique."

Xu Bai unleashed a brilliant sword move, tracing a mysterious trajectory in mid-air.

Thunder accompanied the sword strikes, as rapid as a storm.

"boom!"

At such close range, the ghost infant's forehead was struck by a sword.

A bloody hole appeared, and it rapidly expanded under the burst of lightning.

The ghost infant flew backwards, and while it was still in the air, Xu Bai leaned forward.

He approached and repeatedly pointed his finger at the same spot on the ghost infant.

As the third finger fell, lightning flashed, and the ghost infant turned to ashes before it even hit the ground.

Xu Bai dispersed the lightning and stood still.

The night wind blew by, making his robes flutter loudly.

The pale blue lightning had not completely dissipated, as if it regarded him as an emperor, guarding him at the very center.

Before my eyes, smoke appeared and condensed into words.

[Slaying the strange being at the Transcendent Realm grants seventy years of strange lifespan.]

A great harvest.

Xu Bai smiled slightly.

Just one trip was enough to gain 120 years of lifespan.

It's more advantageous to go out and look for strange things than to stay at the coffin shop.

"Gulp!"

The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard.

The old village chief stood guard by the window, his face filled with awe.

He had witnessed the power of cultivators in his early years, but he had never seen it so closely before.

Xu Bai's thunderous technique and his incredibly skillful swordsmanship at close range left Xu Bai with nothing but awe.

I originally thought he was just an expert, but who would have thought he would be this good?

At that moment, Xu Bai's voice came.

"Come out, I have something to ask you."

The old village chief shuddered and shakily walked out of the room, not daring to get too close, even looking down at the ground.

Xu Bai raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you know that woman?"

The old village chief quickly replied, "I know her. She died in childbirth six months ago and was buried on the western hillside, which is the burial place for the deceased of Xishan Village."

A cemetery?

Xu Bai fell into deep thought.

He thought of something.

The recent activities of the Celestial Heart Sect seem to be related to cemeteries.

Xu Bai's gaze swept to the west, where there was indeed a hillside.

A thought popped into his mind.

"Since we're already here, why don't we go take a look?"

Once the idea came to mind, it became impossible to suppress.

However, before deciding to go, Xu Bai had to do one thing.

Xu Bai's heart stirred.

The smoke appeared in a serpentine shape.

He wanted to deduce the Yin Wood Thunder Sword Technique to break through to the second stage of the Transcendent Realm.