manynovel Chapter 3258 Lesser Fullness (River of Vengeful Souls)
Chapter 3258 Lesser Fullness (River of Vengeful Souls)
This misty fog marks the second checkpoint of the Blood Demon Cave—the Corridor of Inner Demons.
The fog here can amplify the inner demons of cultivators.
The more unstable one's Daoist mind is, the more karmic obstacles one has accumulated in the past, and the greater the impact one will be.
"what--!"
A piercing scream rang out.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Elder Ghost Eyes acting as if he had gone mad.
His eyes turned bloodshot, his hands gripped his own neck tightly, and he made strange, hoarse noises.
"Demons, you demons, die!" he roared, his eyes shooting out two beams of destructive gray light.
They indiscriminately attacked the tribespeople around them.
"Ghost Eye, you've gone mad!" Mei Zhentian exclaimed in shock, and quickly summoned a bone shield to block in front of him.
"Boom!" The gray light struck the bone shield, instantly covering it with cracks.
"Ancestor, his inner demons have run deep, and he has completely lost control!" Elder Snake Scorpion shouted shrilly as he leaned on his snake-head cane.
In his early years, in order to cultivate his "ghost eyes," Elder Ghost Eyes once slaughtered an entire village of mortals.
Using the souls of three hundred boys and girls as a catalyst, they refined an evil spell.
This matter was his biggest secret and his deepest inner demon.
At this moment, in this corridor of inner demons, the three hundred wronged souls seemed to have all come to life, frantically demanding his life in his sea of consciousness.
The Ghost Ancestor looked at Elder Ghost Eye, who had completely lost his mind and was constantly attacking his own kind. A struggle flashed in his eyes, but it eventually turned into a cold and resolute determination.
He cannot afford any more casualties in the team.
He flashed and appeared behind Elder Ghost Eye, gently placing a palm on his back.
"puff!"
Elder Ghost Eyes froze, the crazed bloodlust in his eyes quickly fading, and a trace of clarity returned.
He turned around in disbelief, looked at his ancestor, his lips moved, but he couldn't utter a single word.
The next moment, his body turned into countless points of light and dissipated with the wind, not even his soul escaped.
Another elder of the Ghost Clan has fallen.
The atmosphere in the team was extremely tense.
Meanwhile, the situation for Hu Xiaoman and the other two was also not optimistic.
Hua Nian's face was unusually pale, and her body trembled slightly.
Before her eyes, the image of her brother Hua Yulou being surrounded by countless enemies and finally collapsing from exhaustion kept flashing.
She could feel her brother's life force rapidly fading away.
"Brother..." she murmured to herself, tears glistening in her eyes, her spirit beginning to waver.
"Little Niannian, wake up!" Yang Rui grabbed her hand and channeled his spiritual energy into her body.
But he himself felt dizzy and his mind was filled with images of his master, Da Ya Zong Jun, trapped in the Blood Demon Cave and eventually turning into bones.
Hu Xiaoman frowned; she had also heard the whispers.
It's Fox Qingye!
She seemed to see Hu Qingye trapped in an endless dark space by Zhou Wenlun, her soul gradually dissipating.
"Xiaoman...save me..."
"No!" Hu Xiaoman felt a sharp pain in her heart, and a mouthful of blood welled up in her throat.
She bit her tongue hard, and the sharp pain instantly brought her to her senses.
She immediately took out two bottles of pills from Man Zhou Shi Kong.
One bottle contained Qingxin Pills, and the other contained Ningshen Pills. Without saying a word, they stuffed them into Yang Rui and Hua Nian's mouths, and they also ate two pills themselves.
At the same time, she picked three "calming herbs" that emitted a faint fragrance from Man Zhou Shi Kong and gave them to the two of them.
Hu Xiaoman said, "Hold it in your hand and guard your mind!"
With the help of the elixirs and calming herbs, Yang Rui and Hua Nian's complexions improved considerably.
But the surrounding fog grew thicker and thicker, and the whispers of the inner demons became clearer and more seductive.
Just as the three were about to fall into the illusion again, a critical moment arrived.
"Ring... Ring..."
A crisp, melodious bell rang out abruptly.
The Nine Spirit Hairpin on Hu Xiaoman's hair moved automatically even without wind.
The nine small silver bells at the end of the hairpin emitted a soft, barely perceptible light.
The ringing seemed to possess some strange magic, flowing like a clear spring through the three people's consciousness, washing away all the whispers of their inner demons.
The dense fog within a three-foot radius around the three people slowly dissipated upon hearing the bell, as if it had encountered its nemesis.
Hu Xiaoman and the other two immediately felt their minds clear and their pressure greatly reduced.
"This...this is..." Yang Rui and Hua Nian both looked at the hairpin on Hu Xiaoman's head in shock.
Hu Xiaoman was also stunned.
She reached out and touched her hair, feeling the clear, ringing sound of the bells.
She never imagined that this seemingly ordinary hairpin could have such an incredible use.
Suppress your inner demons and protect your soul!
This hairpin was a gift from Hu Qingye.
A warm feeling welled up in Hu Xiaoman's heart, but it was followed by a deeper worry.
Zhou Wenlun and Hu Qingye disappeared together.
Where did the two of them go?
But now is not the time to be distracted.
"Let's go, let's rush over there now!" Hu Xiaoman suppressed the distracting thoughts in her mind and led the two of them through the mental demon corridor that had taken the life of Elder Ghost Eye in the clear domain supported by the Nine Spirit Hairpin.
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After passing through the Corridor of Inner Demons, the scene before me changed once again.
A black river, hundreds of feet wide, blocked everyone's path.
The river water was as black as ink and as viscous as oil. Countless distorted, painful faces floated on its surface, emitting silent wails.
Yang Rui, who was following behind, had a pale face and used telepathy to ask, "Junior Sister, where is this again?"
Hu Xiaoman said, "Fourth Senior Brother, look at the river ahead, it's not actually a real river."
"It is formed from the vengeful spirits of beings who died in the Blood Demon Cave over hundreds of millions of years."
"It's called—the River of Vengeful Souls."
"I've heard that the river exudes a terrifying aura that can erode all life."
"Let alone a person, even a stone that falls in will be devoured by vengeful spirits and turn into nothingness in an instant."
Yang Rui shuddered: "My God, this is terrifying!"
Hua Nian continued to place her hand on Yang Rui's back, infusing him with wisps of yin energy, fearing that he would cough again and attract the attention of the ghostly clan ahead.
Hu Xiaoman continued, "Look at that river. That's a log bridge made of the complete spine of an unknown giant beast, leading to the other side."
Since the book didn't mention the name of the giant beast, Hu Xiaoman could only use "unknown" as a substitute.
Yang Rui and Hua Nian looked in the direction Hu Xiaoman pointed.
Suddenly, their eyes widened.
In the center of that enormous bone bridge, a colossal creature was coiled up.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large, completely black snake.
It has nine ferocious heads, each with a pair of scarlet eyes.
Its body is not a physical entity, but rather composed of a more solidified power of vengeful spirits.
The aura it emitted was comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!
Yang Rui's voice trembled slightly: "Junior Sister, what exactly is that thing?"
Hu Xiaoman said, "It is the Nine-Headed Soul Serpent, the guardian of the River of Vengeful Souls."
Yang Rui: "How scary, Xiao Niannian, you have to protect me!"
Hua Nian smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Yang Rui!"
At this moment, the Ghost Ancestor and his group stood by the river, looking at the nine-headed soul serpent that exuded a terrifying aura, their faces extremely grim.