Free Web NovelHer vision was blurred by the darkness, but her Spiritual Energy perception and precognitive thoughts were not restricted.
The moment those densely packed crimson eyes appeared, Lu Yibei’s Spiritual Energy perception detected an extremely uncomfortable Spiritual Energy fluctuation.
Sticky, restless, tightly wrapped...
The Spiritual Energy fluctuation level wasn't particularly high, only around B Level, but its coverage area was terrifyingly vast.
It spread from all around her to the very edge of her Spiritual Energy perception range.
Spiritual Energy is often described as a special organ that grows outside the bodies of Psychic and urban legend.
At this moment, Lu Yibei felt as if her Spiritual Energy ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) was tightly wrapped by a blood-soaked, decaying, foul-smelling shroud, being dragged little by little into the mud.
At the same time, her precognitive thoughts constantly flashed through her mind, reminding her that there was a special presence in the darkness, like smoke diffused into the air, myriad and ubiquitous.
Even the intangible space gained substance because of it, making the darkness surge like countless frenzied hands, clinging to the bodies of everyone who passed by, continuously tightening until bones shattered and intestines ruptured.
Immediately after, human faces seemed to emerge from the writhing darkness, slowly opening their mouths, too large to be captured by the naked eye.
Thus, a strange precognitive thought flashed through Lu Yibei's mind.
They poured out their suffering to you.
Pour out suffering? What the hell? Lu Yibei was stunned, and the next moment, the chilling laughter in her ears sharpened, spreading countless vibrating ripples in the darkness like a bat's echo.
As the ripples spread, a severe pain, like sharp steel needles, instantly pierced her brain, churning back and forth twice, and then planting seeds of suffering.
Those seeds took root and sprouted in her mind, absorbing flesh and blood to grow, eventually bearing ugly fruits.
Then, a strong negative emotion surged within her heart.
It was as if it was midnight, the world outside the window was dead silent, and lying quietly in bed, she suddenly recalled past mistakes, regret and self-reproach mixed with a hint of madness, quietly surfacing in her heart.
Finally, in the long torment of seemingly waiting for dawn, she couldn't help but cry and say things like, “I’m sorry for being born human.”
However...
Lu Yibei had always been a “non-human” type; the word “sorry” was as obscure to her as “chan zhao,” and she was also a seasoned Human Hell chef. Most importantly, the Human Fireworks residue in her body had not yet been fully digested.
So, after a brief moment of distraction, she expressionlessly raised her hand, and as brilliant silver light burst from her fingertips, she threw a Little White Dog at the dark figures surging towards her and the young Miss beside her.
These dark figures looked eerie and emitted strong negative Spiritual Energy. Alchemy Dirty Bombs, which usually injure people by applying debuffs, might backfire if used, so she could only use the Little White Dog.
As for more abilities, Lu Yibei dared not use them freely. She even refrained from opening her God Kingdom Prototype, taking out the Xuan Ying Luo Fu, or controlling Lingtai Pure Karma to envelop her whole body.
Since it was already confirmed that the young Miss beside her might be a Night Watch Guardian, who knew how much information she had about Calamity?
If she accidentally exposed her identity, she might be severely beaten by the young Miss and then thrown over to be fed to those dark figures.
What if she couldn't escape without using her full power?
If it came down to it, she would throw the young Miss over and let her “cover” her retreat!
Anyway, wasn't she in danger because she was “saving her”? She should bear some responsibility, right? Lu Yibei thought secretly.
The gaping maw slowly opening in the darkness was about to swallow two pieces of “fat meat,” but someone stuffed a dog into its mouth, making it bite a mouthful of fur, which clearly stunned it for a moment. ƒreewebɳovel.com
The next moment, a loud bang suddenly erupted.
Boom—!
Illuminated by the explosion's fire, Lu Yibei, carrying the blood-soaked young Miss, shot out like a cannonball, propelled by the impact of the explosion.
In an instant, a fierce wind rushed past, whistling across her face.
In mid-air, Lu Yibei tilted her head slightly, looking back at the ground behind her, and her pupils trembled slightly.
The head of that mass of shadows, which had consumed an entire Little White Dog, had been blown apart, yet it didn't die. It quickly grew new limbs as the surging darkness flowed in.
On the ground, the shadows were like surging rivers, covering large areas of houses, constantly writhing and trembling, scattering foul-smelling viscous liquid like a downpour in all directions.
Among the houses, on the crisscrossing streets, the twisted, human-shaped pale trees burst one by one under the shroud of shadows, exploding into large quantities of amorphous, pitch-black viscous matter that rapidly merged into the vast darkness.
It was as if bloodthirsty insects, after a long period of development, had finally broken out of their cocoons and reunited with their swarm.
In the distance, a Psychic from an unknown force unfortunately encountered the surging shadows. In an instant, he seemed to turn to stone, frozen there, until the shadows invaded his body, plundering all life force, and then surged out from his mouth and nose, at which point he regained consciousness and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
“Ah—! Don’t come near, don’t come near, help, help...”
The scream abruptly stopped, followed by the rapid growth of a tree with pale branches from the person's corpse, gradually twisting into a human shape.
Withdrawing her gaze, Lu Yibei flew forward without a word.
Fortunately, those shadows seemed to move less quickly than expected and did not pursue them.
A moment later, only after the surging shadows were completely out of sight, did she look at the young Miss on her shoulder and ask the question in her heart, “What on earth are those things?”
“...” The young Miss thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, “They’re probably aggregates formed by the corruption and degeneration of urban legend suppressed within Yumen Pass. I’m not sure exactly what they are, nor whether they should be considered mutated or hybrid species.”
“...”
Speaking of which, those things really did bear some resemblance to what she encountered in the Great Serpent God’s Bamboo Scroll Illusion...
Yumen Pass was much larger than the Bamboo Scroll Illusion, and it was originally a God Kingdom used to suppress urban legend. It was reasonable for more terrifying things to emerge over time. Lu Yibei nodded thoughtfully.
“However, one thing I can confirm is that those figures hidden in the darkness, though seemingly having countless bodies, are actually one entity. Killing one of them is useless; to completely eliminate them, you probably have to destroy all those countless bodies,” the young Miss added.
“Oh?” A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Yibei’s eyes as she asked, “Even a Calamity Level can’t completely eliminate them?”
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Hearing this, the young Miss was stunned for a moment, then she smiled, “Interesting, how did you figure out I’m Calamity Level?”
Lu Yibei pulled out the jade bao sang cang xiao badge with her backhand and handed it to the young Miss, stating frankly, “When I saved you just now, to confirm your identity, I briefly went through your things and found this.”
Pausing, she added, “I’ve only seen a bao sang cang xiao badge of this material on my Master... our Sect Leader, so I guessed you must also be Calamity Level.”
Lu Yibei deliberately changed her words mid-sentence to call Zhang Huainan the Sect Leader, precisely to leave ample room for the young Miss’s imagination, leading her to think of her as someone close to Zhang Huainan, thereby gaining more trust.
Such information, inadvertently revealed and then fully imagined by the other party, would definitely be far more credible than if she directly told the young Miss, “I am Zhang Huainan’s confidant!”
As for the word “Master,” there were too many possibilities for what could follow.
It could be Master, or Grandmaster... of course, it could also be Junior Brother.
Upon hearing this, the young Miss raised an eyebrow, clearly sensing the hidden meaning in Lu Yibei's words. “You’re the grand-disciple of that Old man Zhang Huainan? Heh heh, then we’re even more like family!”
“Indeed, we are family, otherwise how could she possess the Spiritual Seal condensed from the Quanrong Hunting Chart?” the young Miss thought.
She had diligently studied the “Divine Monkey’s Birth Chart” at Da Chunyang Palace to condense a Spiritual Seal, and incidentally, she also studied other visualization charts for mutual verification.
Although she ultimately failed to learn and condense the Spiritual Seal, it was not too difficult for her to discern the aura of the Quanrong Hunting Chart.
“To tell you the truth, I’ve personally seen that Old man relieving himself behind the rockery in the Night Watch Headquarters’ small garden.”
No, is that old geezer so inconsiderate? Lu Yibei thought, opening her mouth. After feigning hesitation and silence for a few seconds, she finally nodded, “Precisely. Junior Lu Qingyi, a disciple of Yan Yunzi. This is my first mission, and the Sect Leader instructed me not to reveal my identity casually...”
Seeing the young Miss acknowledge her identity, Lu Yibei was overjoyed.
Fang Ji, your luck is truly useful!
As soon as she entered Yumen Pass, she picked up a strong, seemingly easy-to-fool backer, and easily avoided a crisis. Lu Yibei felt this was probably a “miracle”!
At any other time, she would have had to fight those shadows for at least three hundred rounds to escape.
“I understand, I understand!” The young Miss nodded repeatedly, “Are you worried about receiving special treatment because of your identity? That Old man always likes to worry too much.”
“We’ve come all the way to a place like Yumen Pass, who cares if you’re the Black Emperor’s grand-disciple? In a critical moment, your own life is definitely more important!”
Hearing this, Lu Yibei silently gave the young Miss a thumbs up in her heart.
In a critical moment, let alone the Black Emperor’s grand-disciple, even the Black Emperor himself wouldn’t be of much use to her.
As Lu Yibei remained silent, the young Miss spoke again, bringing the topic back on track, “However, you’ll get used to it after staying here for a while. Those ghostly things, like the one just now, are considered easy to deal with in Yumen Pass, since they don’t have much intelligence.”
“There are far more terrifying existences than those ghostly things.”
Are there more terrifying existences than those shadows in Yumen Pass? Has she already encountered them? Lu Yibei secretly noted the young Miss’s words, then her gaze drifted to the “giant” prostrate on top of the small palace, constantly emitting a terrifying oppressive aura, and asked, “For example, that one?”
“I haven’t had a chance to ask, senior, why were you fighting that thing?”
The young Miss looked at the “giant,” then at Lu Yibei, and sighed silently, “I’ve been here for some time. Logically, I shouldn’t be fighting that thing.”
“But just now, when the Yumen Pass city gate opened, I felt the outside aura in that direction, and I originally wanted to rush out in one go...”
She paused, as if remembering something, then changed the subject and asked, “Oh, right, I haven’t asked you yet, what happened outside? Why did the Yumen Pass city gate open?”
Lu Yibei, “...” To tell you the truth, if opening the Yumen Pass city gate required two hands, I might be one of them. freewebnσvel.cѳm
“It was probably the Miracle Order. I’m not sure. When I received the notification and rushed over, the city gate had already opened. When I arrived near the gate, I saw a large number of Miracle Order members passing through it from a distance.”
She had no psychological burden whatsoever in shifting all the blame onto the Miracle Order members.
Although she hadn't personally seen Miracle Order members pass through the gate, Fang Ji had gone to such great lengths to open it, so it was impossible that he wouldn't want to enter.
“Miracle Order?” The young Miss frowned, “As expected, they were behind it. They were the ones who blew up the city wall last time.”
Blew up the city wall? Good heavens, Fang Ji isn't a first-time offender? Lu Yibei muttered to herself, just about to ask for more details, but before she could speak, the young Miss patted her shoulder, pointed forward, and said, “Go that way.”
“I found a secret base over there. We can go there to rest for a bit.”
Lu Yibei followed the direction the young Miss pointed, and amidst a cluster of low earthen houses, she saw a three-story building that clearly stood out.
With white walls and black tiles, massive dougongs, and high eaves, it was clearly not an ordinary residence. Under the deep eaves hung a plaque, but the characters on it were already blurred.
“What is that place?”
“Hmm...” The young Miss thought for a moment, “It’s probably an old brothel or entertainment establishment?”
“Anyway, I’ve observed it, and for some reason, for a long time, no urban legend or other strange things have approached it. It’s a place where we can temporarily settle down and rest.”
“Oh, by the way, don’t let the dilapidated exterior fool you; the inside is still very well-preserved, and even the bathhouse is still usable. Oh, and sometimes you can even hear singing!”
Lu Yibei, “???”
What the heck? First, Lord Bing made underage urban legend drink alcohol, and now an unknown Guardian is taking an underage urban legend to a brothel to listen to music...
None of you Guardians are good people, are you?
Something out of the ordinary must indicate something sinister. Aren't you afraid there's something hidden inside...
Mid-thought, Lu Yibei quickly collected herself, forcefully interrupting the thoughts that were gradually rising in her heart.
Judging by the time, the Luck MAX buff was almost over. At a time like this, if she were to casually set a flag like “there might be something even more terrifying hidden inside,” something big might happen.
Lu Yibei thought, looking up at the ancient, rustic building. As she gazed, it was as if she had an illusion, seeing the weathered, pale wooden railings and corridors quietly turn vermilion, the rusted copper locks lose their rust, and the broken tiles become new again...
It was as if it had suddenly returned to its former prosperity.
Lu Yibei, “...” Just when you fear something, it happens! This ghostly place, should I even stay here?
