Chapter 603: Ye the Great Bluffer

Qiu Weizhi reached out his hand and shook hands with Ye Lin.

Warmth traveled from one hand to the other, finally reaching the heart.

Ye Lin helped Qiu Weizhi up and smiled slightly.

"Alright, let's go quickly! We cannot delay any longer, or we won't be able to escape."

"Okay." Qiu Weizhi nodded.

After the group rested briefly, they walked toward the end of the mine tunnel.

The scene at the end of the mine tunnel made all four of them gasp in unison.

Countless runes were suspended before their eyes, the blood-red light flickering as if some unknown creature were breathing incessantly.

Through the blood-colored mist, one could vaguely see rusted iron chains, and upon these chains were tied one blood-red coffin after another, dense and countless at a single glance.

"This is that killing array, called the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array. Are you sure you can break it?" Qiu Weizhi asked, looking at Ye Lin.

"Breaking the array will alert that Chen Qi, right? But what if the one breaking the array dies inside?" Ye Lin asked in return.

"That would be fine, of course. If the person breaking the array dies, Lord Chen Qi naturally won't pay any attention," Qiu Weizhi explained.

"That's good. Then I'll first test how powerful this Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array is."

Ye Lin utilized One Qi Transforms Three Purities, conjuring three clones.

Afterward, he merged his consciousness into one of the clones and controlled it to walk into the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array before them.

The moment Ye Lin's clone stepped into the range of the array, one of the blood coffins suddenly exploded!

A foul-smelling blood mist surged, and a black figure rushed out from the blood coffin, pouncing toward Ye Lin at extreme speed.

Only after the distance closed did they realize that the black figure had no skin, revealing muscles and blood vessels directly, looking incredibly eerie.

Ye Lin's clone did not hesitate; starting with World-Extinguishing Wild Thunder, the surging lightning instantly blasted the black shadow into smithereens.

But the next second, more blood coffins exploded incessantly, and skinless corpses came straight for Ye Lin's clone.

Under the siege of so many skinless corpses, Ye Lin's clone could not hold on for long; his body was torn to a bloody pulp, and the skin on his body was stripped away directly.

Under the influence of the array, Ye Lin's clone soon became a new skinless corpse.

This eerie scene made all of them feel a chill run through their entire bodies.

Kuai Yan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and he couldn't help but ask.

"So, are all these corpses inside the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array former ascenders who tried to escape the mining area?"

Qiu Weizhi didn't say anything more, just nodded with a heavy face.

"With so many blood coffins, how many ascenders have actually been buried inside this array?" Liu Ruyan frowned deeply.

When alive, they are treated like cattle and horses, and even in death, their corpses cannot find peace, having to be refined into skinless corpses to block other ascenders from running toward freedom.

At this moment, they all felt that their choice to escape was correct.

This mining area simply did not treat the lives of ascenders as lives.

"How is it? Can it be broken?" Qiu Weizhi asked.

"Not sure, but we can try! If you trust me, close your eyes and give me your hands."

Ye Lin looked at the three of them, his gaze gentle yet firm.

Liu Ruyan and the others hesitated for a moment, but still chose to close their eyes and give their hands to Ye Lin.

"Remember, you must not open your eyes, because the forbidden technique I am about to perform is extremely terrifying. If you look around, you will be in mortal danger!"

Ye Lin's voice was incredibly serious.

"I repeat, I am not joking!"

After warning the three, Ye Lin took out the battle-damaged Human Emperor Flag.

As for why there would be mortal danger, it was of course because if they saw it, they would be silenced by Ye Lin.

In an instant, a vast army of soul bodies surged out from the Human Emperor Flag.

Crack.

Another crack appeared on the Human Emperor Flag.

A crack also appeared in Ye Lin's heart.

Nowadays, every use of the Human Emperor Flag adds to its wear and tear, making Ye Lin afraid to collect souls even after killing people.

If it weren't to instantly break the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array before him, Ye Lin would not have been willing to take out the Human Emperor Flag.

The dense army of soul bodies washed out like a torrent of steel, fighting with those skinless corpses.

The combat power of a single soul body is naturally inferior to a skinless corpse, but the soul army wins by having enough numbers and the ability to resurrect infinitely.

The four of them were surrounded by the soul army, pushing forward all the way, walking on flat ground within the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array.

Qiu Weizhi, Liu Ruyan, and Kuai Yan had no idea what was happening; they only knew that the surrounding resentment and evil energy were intertwined, making their hearts turn cold.

The roars of the skinless corpses and the mournful wails of the soul bodies echoed in their ears incessantly.

But they all kept Ye Lin's words in mind and dared not open their eyes at all.

The soul army carried them, rushing toward the outside of the killing array at extreme speed.

At the same time, inside the Lingquan Mine, a lean man suddenly opened his eyes.

The aura on his body was profound and mysterious, as if he could merge with this world and know all the mysteries between heaven and earth.

"Someone actually managed to break through the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array?"

"That's right, the reason why the Lingquan Mine suddenly couldn't dig up any Immortal Source Ore must have something to do with this existence capable of breaking the array."

The man slowly stood up and turned into a breeze, disappearing from where he stood.

On the other side, as the last trace of blood-colored mist was left behind, the four of them finally appeared outside the mining area!

The blinding sunlight made it difficult for Ye Lin to even open his eyes.

Compared to the dark and sunless mining area, the blue sky, white clouds, and sunlight before him were simply the most beautiful scenery in the world.

Ye Lin put away the Human Emperor Flag at lightning speed, then said in a deep voice.

"We are out, open your eyes."

The blinding sunlight left the group a bit dazed, and it wasn't until they looked back at the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array, which was surging with evil energy, that they believed they had truly broken out of the killing array.

"We actually made it out..."

Qiu Weizhi's face was full of surprise, but the next second, as if he had thought of something, his expression changed abruptly.

"Run! Lord Chen Qi must have noticed; if we don't run, we're dead!"

As he spoke, he pulled Ye Lin to escape, but Ye Lin stood rooted to the spot as if his feet had grown steel nails.

"If we run together, we will definitely be caught by that Chen Qi. After all, he is a great cultivator of the Profound Opening Realm, so..."

A look of "if not me, who?" appeared on Ye Lin's face.

"You three run, I will block that Chen Qi!"

"What kind of joke are you making? You can't block him! Chen Qi is not someone that Shuang Wuxiang can compare to!" Qiu Weizhi's expression changed wildly.

"I can block him."

"You can't!"

"I can block him."

"You can't block him!" Qiu Weizhi roared.

"Then do you have a better way to ensure we can all escape?" Ye Lin asked with a smile.

"I..."

Ye Lin's words silenced Qiu Weizhi immediately.

"Alright, stop being so wishy-washy. If that Chen Qi catches up, we won't be able to run at all!"

Ye Lin grumbled as he pushed Qiu Weizhi and the others away.

"Why are you doing this? Are you not afraid of death?" Qiu Weizhi asked with a complex expression.

He had thought that once they were out of the killing array, Ye Lin would reveal his true colors and might even try to kill him.

But he never expected that after leaving the killing array, Ye Lin would actually stay behind to block the Profound Opening Realm great cultivator Chen Qi, leaving the hope of survival to them.

Thinking of how he had treated Ye Lin when he first met him, a sense of guilt could not stop rising in Qiu Weizhi's heart.

"You ask why?"

Ye Lin stood with his back to Qiu Weizhi, his tone calm and firm.

"Because we are partners, and because you are the person I swore a Dao oath to protect!"