Swordholder

The human skin umbrella slowly rotated, and everyone felt as if they were hanging on a swing, their vision following the rotation of the umbrella.

Gradually, the black mist outside the human skin umbrella seemed to lessen, and various ghosts and monsters appeared, some humanoid, some octopus-shaped, some like ferocious beasts, and many more like floating sea urchins... But upon closer inspection, they were clearly human heads floating in mid-air, their hair standing on end, so from a distance they looked just like sea urchins.

Seeing these heads with their red eyes staring at them intently, Chen Yuan and the others felt the hairs on their bodies stand on end.

"Don't speak."

Chen Yuan's voice transmission reached everyone's ears, instantly shocking them.

This method further confirms that Chen Yuan is indeed at the Concentration Realm.

Ignoring the ghosts floating outside, the human-skin umbrella continued to drift deeper into the Cangming Forest.

It seemed to be passing through a very terrifying area, where the sounds of ghosts howling and wolves howling could be heard from time to time.

Gradually, the thick fog thinned out considerably.

In Chen Yuan's and the others' eyes, they saw many graves and piles of bones.

No one spoke; they all clung nervously to the ribs of the human skin umbrella, afraid of falling.

As the human skin umbrella continued to move forward, it was unclear how long it had been floating.

Ahead appeared a series of stone pillars, densely packed together, forming a stone forest.

Many of these stone pillars are bound with huge iron chains, and the stone forest is filled with a large number of iron chains.

The end of the chain extends towards the sky.

It looked like something was floating in the void, but it was being held tightly by iron chains.

Curious about what was tied to the chains, Chen Yuan and the others climbed to the edge of the human skin umbrella and looked up at the sky. Their pupils immediately contracted.

The ends of the chains were tied to enormous feet, which only reached the calves, as if they had been neatly severed by some divine weapon.

These large feet were entirely blue, covered with black runes, giving them a sinister and eerie aura. At the same time, they floated in the sky like balloons.

Iron chains bound them to the stone pillars, as if to prevent them from flying away.

"Could these be the legendary feet of the Giant God?"

Zhu Xin suddenly spoke, her gaze becoming serious.

"That's the giant spirit's foot. Look at the black runes on it? I've seen them in an ancient book before; they're the same as the runes on that spirit's foot."

Zhong Yue's expression turned solemn, and he said in shock, "Within the Great Xiang Empire, the ruins of gods and demons, as well as the many mountain ranges on the border, are all incredibly vast and belong to forbidden areas for living beings."

"I never imagined that so many of the legendary giant's feet had been cut off and were still tied here. What's going on? Who did this?"

Zhong Yue's words also shocked Chen Yuan and the others.

The feet of the Giant Spirit God?

So many of them were killed and are now tied up here?

"What race is the Giant Spirit God? Is it a god?"

Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"A kind of being that is extremely close to the gods; simply put, they are the slaves of the gods."

Zhong Yue explained, "Only they are qualified to serve the gods in the Divine Court."

"Therefore, they are of a higher and more noble status than ordinary people."

"Even if any one of them were taken out and placed in Xiangjing City, the emperor of the Great Xiang Empire would have to show it respect."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan, Li Wei, and the others were even more shocked.

This undoubtedly proves the exalted status of these giant gods.

But this noble creature had its foot cut off and was tied up here?

"Quickly hide behind the umbrella handle."

At that moment, a cold female voice rang out.

Chen Yuan and Li Wei were startled; it was the voice of the mysterious woman inside the human skin umbrella.

The two dared not delay and called the others to fly to the umbrella handle together, where they tightly gripped one of the umbrella ribs.

Zhu Xin, Zhong Yue, and the others looked up at the pitch-black umbrella in shock.

Who exactly is there?

Could it be a spirit of an artifact?

But they dared not ask any questions, because at that moment a terrifying pressure was sweeping in from outside the human skin umbrella.

This oppressive aura was indescribably cold, making everyone under the human skin umbrella feel as if they were in an ancient ice age, and a great sense of terror rose uncontrollably in everyone's mind.

This feeling sent chills down everyone's spines; the life-or-death crisis was incredibly intense.

Everyone held their breath, staring in shock at the outside of the human skin umbrella.

In the dim and hazy fog, a black magic ship, thousands of meters long, silently emerged from nothingness and floated in mid-air.

The black Dharma ship was riddled with holes and extremely dilapidated. Its sails were also tattered and torn, exuding decay and the sense of age, while also carrying an extremely dense aura of death.

This deathly aura was far more intense than that of the previous leader of the ghost generals.

The Dharma ship that appeared hovered in the void beside the human skin umbrella, which Chen Yuan and the others could see clearly, causing their pupils to shrink sharply to the size of pinholes.

"This is a ghost ship."

Zhu Xin's eyes widened, and she spoke in a low voice, which, though soft, was clearly heard by Chen Yuan and the others.

Everyone held their breath, not daring to breathe loudly, but their eyes were still fixed curiously on the decaying Dharma ship.

As the Dharma ship arrived, the oppressive atmosphere transformed into extreme cold, as if freezing everyone inside the human skin umbrella.

"Thump thump!"

"Thump thump!"

The surrounding area was completely silent and still, as if all sounds had been erased, with only the violent beating of everyone's hearts.

Just then, a dark shadow flickered on the decaying Dharma ship.

Gradually, figures in black robes emerged from the cabin.

However, upon closer inspection, there is no flesh inside these black robes, and each robe is about a foot off the ground, as if an invisible person wearing these black robes walked onto the deck.

Beneath the hood, a cloud of black mist swirled.

The mist churned within, and two blood-red eyes appeared, their gazes fixed on the human skin umbrella... Then, they pierced through the black mist beneath the umbrella and landed on Chen Yuan and the others, causing them to feel as if they had been stabbed by a sharp blade, their souls pierced with pain.

"hiss!"

Chen Yuan and the others gasped, clutching their heads and letting out muffled groans.

"Is this a soul attack?"

Chen Yuan's pupils contracted, and he was about to activate his own Dharma Body to resist this terrifying soul pressure, but as the mist surged, the terrifying soul pressure instantly dissipated without a trace.

At the same time, a cold voice came from outside.

"This is the territory of my Ghost Spirit Sect. May I ask who you are and why you are passing through this place?"

The voice was hoarse and ethereal, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes near, sometimes far, making one feel disoriented.

Ghost Spirit Sect!

Upon hearing these three words, Chen Yuan and the others looked bewildered, but Zhong Yue and Zhu Xin's expressions changed drastically.

"The Ghost Spirit Sect? It's them! I've heard they're one of the largest hidden forces in the Eastern Region of the Human Realm. They raise vengeful ghosts and their magic is bizarre."

Zhu Xin exclaimed in shock, "Oh no, we've actually run into them!"

Zhong Yue became even more nervous. "What should we do? The Ghost Spirit Sect is not to be trifled with."

Just as they were worrying, the mysterious woman's voice came from inside the human skin umbrella again.

"roll!"

His voice was cold and devoid of emotion, yet it was full of authority.

The crimson pupils of the Ghost Spirit Sect members narrowed instantly. In a flash, a gale arose on the decaying giant magic ship, and mist surged, as a huge vengeful ghost was about to materialize.

But as the black-robed figure at the head raised a rotting hand, all the swirling mist instantly dissipated.

The remaining figures in black robes remained motionless, silently watching the human skin umbrella float past their magic boat.

When they were so far away from the decaying Dharma ship that they could no longer see it, everyone relaxed and began to breathe heavily.

"Damn, that scared the hell out of me! Ghost Spirit Sect, I'll remember you!"

Li Wei muttered.

Zhu Xin, Zhong Yue, and the others were even more shocked, looking up at the human skin umbrella.