Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 683 - 615: The Strange Artifact Revealed (Combined - )
Chapter 683: Chapter 615: The Strange Artifact Revealed (Combined Chapter)
The area of the Fogless District is not large.
The team walked for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, the terrain continued to rise, the fog reappeared, and gradually became dense.
It was obvious that everyone had already reached the area where the Jingsu District was located.
Compared to the Shisu District, the gravity here increased by a good twenty to thirty percent.
The smell in the air was more unpleasant, not only with a distinct sulfur smell but also a faint stench of swill.
“It stinks!” Lin Xuan couldn’t help but cover his nose and complained.
“You’ll get used to it. Jingsu District is considered good. If you go to Guisu District, you’ll know that place really isn’t fit for humans, with an extremely strong smell of corpses…
Being assigned there is truly unlucky,” Elder Gui said with a bitter smile.
“Every Su District in Tianyuan is the same.
If it weren’t for breaking through to the Golden Core, I wouldn’t even want to stay here for a day,” Ding Shiniang said coldly.
So long without taking down the two newcomers in the team made her gradually lose her smile and her face became increasingly cold.
The world before them was still filled with vast gray fog, and the gray-brown rocks beneath their feet emitted a faint warmth.
The scene in Tianyuan has been monotonous for a decade.
Lou Yi thought, thanks to the Cultivators’ strong will, if it were ordinary people, they’d likely suffer from depression.
“Everyone, stick the talisman paper on well. This is a treasure I got from traveling traders in Tianyuan,” Elder Gui said. “Unless it’s sticking to your face, those demons can’t see our true forms.”
After speaking, Elder Gui began to distribute a type of black talisman paper.
The white lines drawn on it were chaotic and disorderly, unlike the fine depictions of typical talismans, resembling ghostly scrawls.
Lou Yi stuck the talisman paper onto his body.
After inputting a trace of Spiritual Power, the light on the talisman paper changed erratically.
It immediately transformed into a soft, fluffy, spongy unknown black substance that adhered to the surface of his body.
The black sponge then continuously expanded, quickly increasing his size by several times, turning him into a black creature as tall as thirty feet.
The surface of the angular body was covered with densely packed bumps, looking quite intimidating.
After turning into the black creature, Lou Yi walked around in place.
He discovered that the black sponge was not only light but also very breathable, preventing any stifling sensation, making him click his tongue in wonder.
This way, as long as they didn’t encounter a demon up close, everyone would be black creatures, and their identities as the Human Race would not be exposed, greatly enhancing their safety.
Moreover, in Tianyuan, strangers, human or demon, are highly wary of each other, often adopting a touch-and-go relationship with little chance for a face-to-face scrutiny.
The group walked in the Jingsu District for most of the day before finally reaching a yellow soil area full of fissures.
In this area, the fissures varied in size, some long, some short, spreading out like a spider web.
Even with prior experience, Elder Gui and Lin Xuan took quite a while to identify the fissure they needed to enter.
The fissure was relatively narrow, about six to seven feet long and two feet wide, only allowing one person to pass through at a time.
Moreover, the passage inside descended almost vertically into the ground, looking bottomless.
“It’s here,” Elder Gui said to Lou Yi. “There are quite a few spiritual creatures inside, so be careful.”
“I know,” Lou Yi nodded.
He thought for a moment and took out a Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact level defensive shield, grasping it in front of his body.
Then, he firmly gripped the edge of the rough stone walls of the vertical passage with both feet.
The whole person was in a position perpendicular to the passage and parallel to the ground, slightly hunched, moving slowly deeper step by step.
It was as if walking on flat ground, without any sense of weightlessness.
The light in the cave was very dim.
But a faint red light of Gang Qi appeared on Lou Yi’s eyes, coupled with the detection skills from the Attribute Panel, allowing him to be fully aware of the circumstances for at least dozens of feet ahead.
The other cultivators in the team saw this and followed Lou Yi into the fissure, entering the narrow passage.
Upon sensing intruders within the cave, the native creatures inside immediately reacted.
’Whoosh!’
A shadow shot in front, followed by the sound of a fierce break in the air.
But Lou Yi, who was prepared, held the Spiritual Artifact shield in front of him.
’Clang!’
The Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact level shield’s surface of Spiritual Light dimmed somewhat from the impact, indicating the tremendous force of the collision.
Yet Lou Yi remained as steady as a mountain, not retreating a single step.
’This collision had instantaneous force of five to six hundred thousand pounds and the speed reached twice the speed of sound? Lou Yi was astonished, “At this level of strength and speed, it’s indeed challenging for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to handle up close.
One careless move, and there’s a risk of injury or even death.”
The creature that collided with Lou Yi’s shield was dazed and fell to the ground.
A flash in Lou Yi’s eyes revealed it to be an entirely gold-colored heavenly bull, palm-sized, with two sharp horns on its head glinting with metallic sheen, giving an impression of being indestructible.
’Pa!’
Lou Yi stepped forward and crushed the golden heavenly bull.
A faint white Spiritual Light emerged and was absorbed by Elder Gui, who followed with an emerald jade bottle.
“These spiritual creatures don’t seem that strong either…” said another newcomer in the team, He Shuli, indifferently.
Before he finished speaking, his expression changed.
’Whoosh whoosh whoosh!’
’Whoosh whoosh whoosh!’
