[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter":3,"chapter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-359":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1516998,1969,"Chapter 359 - 138: Paradise Garden’s Corpse-Puppets Slay a Fifth Grade—The Enemy Is Right Beside You!","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-359",359,"\u003Cp>A chilling aura crawled up his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen was momentarily stunned as he recalled the way those two chased him, seemingly driving him toward somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the trap?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen focused his gaze and saw a translucent spider web, with its threads brimming with a chilling aura that seeped into his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without saying much, seeing the two from the sky chasing after him again, he propelled himself with Shadow Blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tricks of the weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt, this was another artifact of Xinghai, but so what? Like a mantis trying to stop a car!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The web shriveled back with a hiss after being burned by the Shadow Blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen was about to flee when he suddenly noticed something amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two pursuing from the sky seemed to have frozen in place, just staring at him from afar with peculiar expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen felt a hint of suspicion, but he suppressed it and turned to fly away. As he moved, he sensed something was very wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was once again stuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He released more Shadow Blood, trying to burn away whatever was sticking to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the burning had no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen had lived for over a century, experiencing countless events but never encountered such a bizarre situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly turned around, only to see that the space behind him had darkened, and he was stuck to a grim and eerie white spider web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This web was far more terrifying than the translucent one from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The web was densely packed, extending inward to form a Netherworld passage, like a pathway to a kingdom ruled by ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen broke free from the original spider web, only to attract a larger one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the passage formed by the web behind him, a black shadow emerged swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bizarre \"spider\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a spider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spider’s center was the body of a child stripped of limbs, surrounded by assembled limbs forming the \"legs\" of a spider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those limbs weren’t just arms; there were legs, and even spines with human heads. Each head was gnawing at the web, quickly approaching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen’s mind wavered, but he forced down his dread, quickly spitting out a mouthful of Shadow Blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was known that every drop of his Shadow Blood contained the power of the Ancestral Talisman, potent enough to repel an evil ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Blood landed on the ghost spider, rapidly \"withering,\" congealing into scabs, and sliding off from both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Chen’s pupils shrank, and he could no longer respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost spider dragged him straight into the depths of the web. Mu Chen, a Fifth Grade Powerhouse, struggled helplessly and howled in despair, vanishing in mere seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s dead...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenlou and Peng Ming landed, looking at the disappeared Mu Chen, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, a slender man walked out, the same \"Chang Qi\" who had appeared in Beijiang Prefecture before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his hands, and two transparent wave traces in the air returned to his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenlou looked at this frail man before him, a man he could crush with one finger, and couldn’t help but ask, \"How did you kill Mu Chen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chang Qi rasped, with a cold laugh, \"How I killed him is my business, none of your concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... since we’re teammates, I’ll reluctantly tell you that the ghost spider just now came from Paradise Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place is near Paradise Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenlou was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near Paradise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was still nearly a prefecture away from the large Ghost Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From such a distance, near?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wenlou took a deep look at this frail man...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xinghai, truly mysterious and unpredictable...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for this, his Liu Family would indeed have no reason to defect from the Divine Wood Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having witnessed some bizarre methods, Liu Wenlou knew that the Five Elements Forces, including the Divine Wood Hall, were certain to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this was a power the Five Elements Forces had never seen, never studied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sure that Mu Chen was not destined to die, merely something he did led to his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say, Mu Chen did not die from power but due to... a lack of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had known how this thing kills, he might still be trapped but wouldn’t have died so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elder Mu Chen is dead...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In just half a year’s time since the great battle began, three Fifth Grades have died...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patriarch of the Guo Family and the Ancestor of the Guo Family were killed by Peng Mi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Peng Mi used a Residual Array forged by Zhu Ban.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Elder Mu Chen’s cause of death is unknown...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t Elder Liu said to be acting with him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Cui Family, clansmen were discussing heatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they were discussing, the fear among them was evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the start, when the two from the Guo Family died, the Cui Family was pleased, but now that a strong Elder like Mu Chen was also dead, they began to feel something was amiss with the turn of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly, someone else said, \"Elder Liu said that he and Elder Mu Chen fell into a trap, and Elder Mu Chen was dragged away by a ghost spider.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost spider? What ghost spider? Did they enter the Ghost Realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But even if they did enter the Ghost Realm, Elder Mu Chen should have been able to escape, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many in the Cui Family displayed bewildered looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan was silently listening in the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, his worst fears had been realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The traditionally powerful Divine Wood Hall had not adapted to the new mode of combat at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Ghost Realm has its rules and coverage area, just like near the original Hua Mo County, where you might enter a Carpenter’s Shop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that Carpenter’s Shop only covered Hua Mo County, the wild, outer armor, and half of Shanbao County’s size. Beyond that, you won’t trigger its rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when fighting within Hua Mo County, you need to be particularly aware of the \"doors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While in other places, there are other things to beware of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, in future battles, understanding the battlefield’s Ghost Realm in advance is vitally important, which constitutes the \"geographical advantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Xinghai had a deep understanding of these \"geographical advantages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they can’t face High Grade Martial Artists outright, if used as support, in coordination with High Grade Martial Artists, their impact would be terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan quietly withdrew, leaving the Cui Family, intending to take a carriage home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as he got to the Imperial Hand Seat, his expression shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the carriage driver sitting at the Imperial Hand Seat, whose strength was initially between \"175~198,\" had suddenly changed to \"190~210.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference wasn’t vast, but it was completely two different sets of data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the appearance, height, and build of the driver were unchanged; he was indeed the driver arranged by the Cui Family for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Li Yuan not known that his [Rouge Box] could alter appearance, change physique, and even gender, he might have thought otherwise...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt, some Xinghai had used his Rouge Box and infiltrated the Divine Wood Hall Inner City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan didn’t expose him but quietly boarded the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the carriage was a letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan deliberately asked, \"Xiaocui, why is there a letter in the carriage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the front, the Xinghai was surprised, \"Master Li, I... I don’t know either, my carriage was parked inside the Cui Family the whole time, no one even came close.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan thought briefly and tossed it to the Xinghai, \"Open it for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xinghai compliantly opened it, then handed it back to Li Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan glanced at it, the letter read, \"Yuan’er, the old man’s longing for you and Huayin grows daily. How about you come over here, and we reunite as a family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you feel the same, someone will meet you at Hengwu Restaurant at midnight tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The signature was: Zhu Ban.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Yuan knew, Zhu Ban couldn’t have written this letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Hengwu Restaurant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, it had also been infiltrated by Xinghai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense; by now those Xinghai could be quite affluent, possibly having bought back their curses long ago, no longer afraid to linger outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Yan, oh Sister Yan, the things you sell at your general store are indeed useful, not just me, even those Lotus Sect folks are using them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan set down the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the letter placed in the carriage and the meeting at Hengwu Restaurant were threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This threat told him: I can approach you anytime without you knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan glanced at the carriage driver at the Imperial Carriage, feeling a bit like snapping his head off but held back.\u003C\u002Fp>",1488,"2026-06-06T05:24:25.078Z",1,"novelbin.me","46c684c608d3f346fb643d5ac6c20ce2f9f81432f8c5b07047038a5533bbedd5","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-274","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-273",563,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-cover.jpg"]