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Hearing this exclamation, everyone became curious. Were they about to enter the lair of the Demon Lord? Would they be eliminated just like the round-faced disciple from Baihe Valley?
It’s worth noting that some people present were familiar with the Phantom Ghost Scroll. After all, Ouyang Feng had used it many times, and the Demon Lord’s cemetery was considered one of the most dangerous places.
Previously, it was rumored that Vice Leader Ouyang had sealed off several dangerous areas, and everyone thought this place had been sealed too. Unexpectedly, not only was it not sealed, but Han Yue was precisely teleported there.
“Where is Han Yue?”
“On the far right of the scroll!”
People hurriedly focused their spiritual sense on the small black dot on the far right. What they saw almost made their souls fly out of their bodies.
Han Yue had actually entered a tomb chamber. The chamber was filled with a sinister aura, and there were over a hundred corpses hanging upside down from the ceiling. The corpses were rigid, their skin was blue, yet their eyes were wide open and lifelike, sending chills down one’s spine at just one glance.
However, Han Yue remained calm and composed, walking forward. She very steadily found the mechanism and opened the tomb chamber door, entering another passage.
The ground was damp and dark, and there was a faint sound of slimy crawling. The corpses hanging in the chamber behind her suddenly turned their heads sharply, their malicious eyes fixed on the direction Han Yue was leaving.
This scene frightened many of the more timid people into screams, wanting to withdraw their spiritual sense but still filled with curiosity.
What did they see?
Heavens!
Han Yue was not afraid at all, walking through the Demon Lord’s cemetery as if it were an ordinary street. Her courage was truly immense.
They thought the hundred or so corpses were terrifying enough, but when Han Yue took out a night pearl, the narrow passage revealed pale faces on both sides. Upon closer inspection, they were actually human skins stuck to the walls, with something seemingly wriggling inside.
Han Yue didn’t stop for a single step and continued walking forward. Suddenly, the human skins opened their mouths, spitting out blood-red spider silk.
Without turning her head, she flung out a short knife. The blade spun in the air, making a sound as it cut through the air. In the blink of an eye, countless strands of silk were severed, and the knife returned to her hand.
A sharp whistling sound echoed through the passage. The human faces twisted and broke open from the inside, revealing black bats that flew out. These bats had infant-like human faces, and their eyes emitted an eerie purple glow. Clearly, they were startled by Han Yue and circled in the air, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on her and suck her blood dry.
“They are sixth-level Evil Shadow Bats!”
“Heavens! There are over a dozen sixth-level demonic beasts in this small passage! Don’t let them land on you! Quickly break the talisman, or you’ll be doomed!”
People exclaimed in horror, worried for Han Yue.
After all, a sixth-level demonic beast was equivalent to the cultivation level of a Martial King. Here, they were in a group, equivalent to a dozen Martial King-level experts attacking her. In such a narrow and dark place, even if she had many magical treasures, it would be of little use. In a space filled with demonic energy, escaping was the key.
Lu Chen, who arrived late, was furious in his heart, cursing the Cultivator Alliance for their unfair treatment. The targeting was too obvious.
Meanwhile, Feng Wanqing, in the safest and most spiritually abundant place, was peacefully cultivating, while Han Yue faced a life-and-death crisis.
To everyone’s surprise, Han Yue was not only unhurried but slowly took out several green sixth-level pills from her storage ring.
“What is she doing with those pills? Is she preparing for injury?”
“Sixth-level pills are very expensive. It’s better to just quit the competition than waste them!”
“Exactly, since entering the Demon Lord’s tomb means no way out, there’s no chance of getting a ranking in this competition. So, don’t waste sixth-level pills.”
However, Han Yue did not consume the pills. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, she dropped the pills on the ground in front and behind her.
People didn’t understand her actions and thought she was using the pills to lure the Evil Shadow Bats into fighting each other, giving her a chance to escape.
Many people thought she was incredibly foolish. Demonic beasts were not human cultivators; they wouldn’t understand the value of pills. Those pills were probably less appealing than flesh with spiritual energy.
But then, a shocking scene unfolded. The ferocious Evil Shadow Bats all fell to the ground from the air, and Han Yue simply walked over their bodies.
What was the psychological shadow area of the Evil Shadow Bats?
“What the heck! What happened? Are the pills poisonous?”
“It must be that the pills are highly toxic and poisoned the Evil Shadow Bats!”
“Idiot! Those weren’t poison pills in Han Yue’s hand!” Lu Chen snorted.
Finally, he was in a field he was familiar with. Everyone stepped back; he was about to show off.
“Poison pills, although the same color grade as regular pills, are not as crystal clear. They have a more solid color with a faint blackish-blue hue. The pills in Han Yue’s hand were clearly not poison pills.”
“If they weren’t poison pills, how did the Evil Shadow Bats fall to the ground?” someone asked.
“Of course, it was because those were sixth-level Spirit Gathering Pills! Don’t you realize? Although the Demon Lord’s tomb is eerie and terrifying, the spiritual energy there is incredibly abundant, even more so than where Feng Wanqing is. The biggest characteristic of the human-faced spiders is their ability to automatically absorb spiritual energy, making their combat power extraordinary.”
Hearing Lu Chen say this, people instantly understood.
Han Yue used the Spirit Gathering Pills to gather all the dense spiritual energy around her. The human-faced spiders absorbed more spiritual energy than they could consume, causing an excess of spiritual energy to accumulate in their bodies, which their meridians couldn’t convert into spiritual power. As a result, they collapsed softly to the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the sound of explosions confirmed Lu Chen’s logic.
Because the human-faced spiders were still absorbing the dense spiritual energy, their bodies couldn’t handle it. Their meridians burst, and the entire passage was littered with limbs and body parts.
At this moment, the scroll trembled a few times in the air.
“What’s going on!”
“The artifact seems unstable!”
“Could it be that the spiritual energy is being consumed too quickly!”
Ouyang Feng, who had been smiling on the high platform of the square, suddenly looked serious and frowned. His bulky figure flew to the side of the scroll and poured a large number of spirit stones into it.
Indeed, the spiritual energy inside was being consumed too quickly. It wasn’t just because of the Spirit Gathering Pills, but because the demonic beasts inside were closely connected to the scroll. They were essentially one entity. The stronger the demonic beasts, the deeper the connection to the scroll. With over a dozen sixth-level demonic beasts dead, the scroll needed repairs, which required more spirit stones to be poured in.
Moreover, Ouyang Feng had a vague feeling that the rapid consumption of spiritual energy might not be just because of this reason.
After adding the spirit stones, Ouyang Feng returned to his seat and closed his eyes.
Meanwhile, a male disciple who was near the Demon Lord’s tomb suddenly quickened his pace towards Feng Siyue.
Di Xuan Shang coldly glanced at Ouyang Feng and somewhat irritably rubbed the jade ring on his hand.
Inside the scroll, Han Yue continued walking forward. At the end of the passage was a half-open door, as if beckoning someone to enter.
“Don’t go in there! It must be the main tomb chamber, and the Demon Lord is inside!”
Someone in the square anxiously shouted. Naturally, Han Yue couldn’t hear them, so everyone watched helplessly as she stepped inside!