Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 486 - 473: Quitting While Ahead (Combined - 4,500 Words)_2
Chapter 486: Chapter 473: Quitting While Ahead (Combined Chapter 4,500 Words)_2
Jia Hong took all the demonic liquid collected by Cui Yan and the others without any hesitation.
He then began to circulate his astral energy to absorb the demonic liquid.
A large amount of demonic liquid entered his body, and Lou Yi’s astral energy was again cleansed and strengthened.
Its power took another step up, getting closer to that of a top-grade spiritual artifact.
He continued walking inside, stopping abruptly after passing through an unfamiliar cave entrance.
On the large open ground ahead, seven or eight demonic ghost giant tigers lay quietly, each over ten feet long.
Not only were their bodies fully materialized, but they were also wearing demonic armor with clear patterns on the surface, and their eyes had a rare intelligence.
The aura they emitted startled Lou Yi, making him dare not act rashly.
Lou Yi instinctively used the detection skill of the attribute panel.
’Low-tier demon general, mid-tier demon general, mid-tier demon general… high-tier demon general!’
’In the distance, there seemed to be even stronger demonic ghosts…’
A red light flashed in Lou Yi’s eyes as he carefully searched the area.
He discovered a hidden array with a killing function among these demonic ghost giant tigers.
It was only because his understanding of arrays had reached the perfection level; otherwise, someone else probably wouldn’t notice it.
Just as Lou Yi was about to retreat and find another place,
a faint urgent voice emerged: “Help me…”
Lou Yi’s heart was stirred.
He hesitated for a moment, fully activating his disguise talent, and continued to move forward.
The demonic ghost giant tigers seemed to sense something, each standing up, their fur bristling, looking around cautiously and no longer lazy.
But Lou Yi advanced only ninety feet before he had to retreat helplessly.
The array between the giant tigers was too complex, and he wasn’t confident he could quickly decipher it.
Moreover, in his mind, the hawk constantly screeched.
The martial artist’s sixth sense told him that moving forward would mean death!
“Help me…”
The voice grew more urgent, but without any hesitation, Lou Yi turned and ran, quitting while ahead.
There was always tomorrow.
It wasn’t his only chance to enter the demonic realm; he could return when his strength improved.
Taking another route through other cave entrances, Lou Yi killed more demonic ghosts, absorbing the resulting demonic liquid, purifying his astral energy, expelling impurities, and further increasing its power.
Noticing the time was running out,
Lou Yi exited the ninth celestial prison and found seven or eight congregation members waiting there, but the wardens were still nowhere in sight.
“Roar!”
A thunderous roar came from a more distant celestial prison, terrifying the congregation members and causing their faces to turn pale.
“What kind of creature is imprisoned in there, could it be a great demon?”
“The warden just left; it seems there was some disruption?”
The congregation members excitedly discussed it, oblivious to Lou Yi’s use of the disguise talent as he swaggered onto the scene.
Lou Yi looked toward the steeper cliffs, winding paths, and the black smoke drifting into the air, then continued sneaking deeper inside.
Soon, he arrived outside the eighth celestial prison.
The entrance was a massive hole, similar in size to that of the ninth celestial prison.
But a lot of cold air leaked out, forming a thin layer of blue frost on the stone walls at the cave entrance.
He touched the frost and abruptly felt as if the blood in his body was freezing, quickly releasing his hold.
Just the sliver of power that escaped was so formidable, what on earth was imprisoned in here?
Lou Yi pondered internally, while his body did not pause, continuing to sneak inside.
At the seventh celestial prison, he didn’t see anything unusual.
Outside the sixth celestial prison, he finally saw many yellow-robed figures hurrying over.
Among them, besides the ninth celestial prison warden who wore a monkey mask, there were also those wearing masks of pigs, snakes, and tigers.
Each had a powerful presence, none below the Foundation Establishment stage, and a few even posed a significant threat to Lou Yi.
He used the detection skill and found that they were indeed in the later stages of the Foundation Establishment.
“Quick, reinforce the unstable array base, this thing is starting to riot again!”
“Damn it, one of the array bases is too close to it. I don’t want to go; the wardens devoured previously weren’t just one or two!”
’Clang! Clang… Clang!’
Lou Yi heard the sound of a massive creature struggling against chains, emitting terrifying roars.
The yellow-robed figures around were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, clearly extremely afraid of the monster within.
He no longer hesitated, pressing further inside.
Outside the fifth celestial prison, he saw purplish-red blood flowing near the entrance.
Bubbles constantly surfaced in the blood, and occasionally vague black shadows emerged, only to quickly burst like bubbles.
Outside the fourth celestial prison, he heard fearful laughter which sent his astral energy into turmoil, nearly driving him into madness.
After painstakingly calming his astral energy, he approached the entrance of the third celestial prison.
Facing away from him at the entrance sat a white-clothed scholar, playing a zither. The beautiful sound relaxed Lou Yi entirely, unconsciously drawing him closer.
’Screech!’
In his mind, the hawk let out a high-pitched cry, pulling Lou Yi out of his unnatural state, revealing a look of horror in his eyes.
He didn’t dare proceed further, suddenly producing a jade leaf with clear veins, emitting a faint herbal fragrance.
Following Jia Hong’s instructions, Lou Yi placed the jade leaf under a discreetly positioned rock.
He found that the leaf gradually merged into the rock and vanished.
’The water in this demonic realm is not just deep.’
Without hesitation, Lou Yi retraced his steps.
Outside the sixth celestial prison, chaos still reigned, with continuous roars, shouts, and wails.
