Chapter 417: The Corpse Forest

The scene before their eyes was extremely bizarre.

The eyes of the inverted corpses reflected the firelight, glowing in pairs, their gazes as venomous as snakes, as if cold, slick bodies were coiling around their skin, making their flesh crawl with goosebumps.

Fatty was so scared he tucked his tail between his legs.

Fu Liang Liang Jian was covered in cold sweat; he desperately wanted to grab Wu Xian by the throat and roar.

"I told you this place was dangerous and terrifying, that we shouldn't come here, but you wouldn't listen and insisted on coming—now we're finished!"

But he didn't say it.

Because he knew that saying such things at a time like this was like an old man eating arsenic—tired of living.

Wu Xian's scalp tingled.

Fu Liang Liang Jian's survival had caused him to misjudge the danger of this coffin maze.

A single inverted corpse wasn't scary; it was just a bit hard to kill. But if the number of inverted corpses increased to nearly a hundred, the level of terror would rise geometrically.

Once entangled by these things, with Wu Xian's current means, there was no possibility of escape.

"Stay calm, don't speak loudly, and help me watch our backs."

Wu Xian made a ghastly face, his killing intent leaking out, his eyes red as he stared down the countless inverted corpses. The corpses stopped their movements, showing no immediate intention of rushing over.

"Listen to my instructions in a moment. Once I say run, run without looking back."

Fu Liang Liang Jian's legs trembled: "But there are corpses behind us too."

"How many?"

Wu Xian couldn't turn his head; once he did, that large group of inverted corpses would swarm them all at once.

"Three. One is covered in hair, one is missing an arm and moving very slowly, and another is an old man. They are walking toward us."

"Keep your eyes on them. Tell me the moment the one in front is about to touch me!"

Fu Liang Liang Jian nodded, staring at the three inverted corpses behind them, not daring to slack off for even a second.

Then Wu Xian gave an order to Fatty.

"Of the three inverted corpses behind us, ignore the one missing an arm. Once I make my move, you pounce on the hairy one. You don't need to kill it, just pin it down."

Fatty let out a low growl.

Wu Xian felt fortunate.

Luckily, Fatty's intelligence had improved after upgrading. If Fatty hadn't understood his words, Wu Xian might have met his end here today!

"It's, it's here!"

Fu Liang Liang Jian suddenly spoke up.

The second after he finished speaking, a withered, thin hand grabbed Wu Xian's ankle. Wu Xian swung his blade, and the hand was severed instantly!

The first one to touch him was indeed the old man inverted corpse.

Although the old man inverted corpse appeared later, his body was light, so he moved faster.

At the same time.

Fatty also pounced on the hairy inverted corpse.

The one-armed inverted corpse wobbled, trying to come over, but Fu Liang Liang Jian kicked its only remaining arm, and the entire corpse toppled over. In just an instant, the three corpses behind them were all knocked down.

Dealing with these three corpses wasn't hard; the hard part was doing it with the fastest speed. If they were delayed here for even two seconds, they would all be finished! "Run!"

The two men and one tiger immediately bolted! The countless corpses in the inverted corpse forest moved simultaneously. Hundreds of corpses charged with a ghastly, twitching motion, all using their hands as feet, rushing over in a posture a hundred times more grotesque than in a zombie movie. Their dangling legs added countless layers of horror! Slap, slap-slap-slap! Behind them was nothing but the sound of palms hitting the ground.

It was as if someone were applauding the two men and the tiger as they ran.

But none of them turned back because of the applause, because just one look back might mean being caught.

There were still foot-worms on the path, deliberately making footsteps to create psychological pressure, but Wu Xian jumped directly over them, and then the foot-worms were crushed by the pattering palms.

Judging by the sound of the foot-worms being crushed, the inverted corpses behind were running quite fast; they were likely not far from Wu Xian and the others. Moreover, when they grabbed people, they didn't grab shoulders, but legs.

Once tripped, it would be all over.

During the tense and thrilling chase, Wu Xian and the others arrived at a somewhat narrow uphill section.

"This is it!"

Wu Xian hurriedly slowed his pace, running at the very back while releasing a talisman.

Oil-on-Fire Technique! Whoosh! Pitch-black grease sprayed from Wu Xian's fingers, flowing down the narrow uphill path. The two leading inverted corpses pressed their palms into the grease.

The slick grease reduced the friction, causing the inverted corpses to slip and fall, which hindered the speed of the other corpses somewhat.

But Wu Xian's goal wasn't just to make them slip.

When Wu Xian reached the top of the uphill section, he suddenly let out a roar.

"Fatty, breathe fire!"

Even before the enhancement, Fatty could understand the command to breathe fire.

Whoosh! A burst of crimson flame erupted from the tiger's wide-open maw, instantly lighting up the cavern and slamming into the leading inverted corpses.

Whoosh! The flames on the inverted corpses ignited the grease on the path.

Almost instantly, the entire uphill section was set ablaze, and the inverted corpses on it were all wrapped in flames.

But these corpses were extremely tenacious.

Even the old man inverted corpse from before only stopped moving after being burned to charcoal, so they couldn't let their guard down yet. If caught by these corpses, they would burn too.

Once the flames spread, Wu Xian turned around, playing cards appearing at his fingertips.

A flaming inverted corpse was about to pounce on Wu Xian.

"Drill-Wood Fire-Starting Incantation!"

Swish! A sharp wooden stake, the length and thickness of an arm, instantly appeared at Wu Xian's fingertips. It spun at his fingertips, faster and faster.

"Go!"

Swish! The wooden stake shot out diagonally downward, piercing through the leading inverted corpse in one go. The immense force pushed the inverted corpse backward, severely affecting the speed of those behind.

These inverted corpses, covered in flames and grease, slid all the way to the bottom of the uphill section. The grease on their bodies only made the flames burn more fiercely.

A small clearing in front of the uphill section.

Dozens of inverted corpses were squeezed together, pairs of cold eyes staring at the three of them. After watching for a while, they finally retreated and left.

Wu Xian let out a long sigh of relief.

His heart was still pounding.

The darkness at the beginning of entering the Fudi could no longer be his psychological shadow, because these inverted corpses chasing him had become a new one.

The two men and one tiger collapsed on the spot.

Especially Fu Liang Liang Jian, who had just run for his life. Now that he stopped, his abdomen ached sharply, and his muscles began to ache.

Wu Xian changed a torch, his breathing gradually smoothing out.

Now all they needed to do was wait for the corpses below to burn out. Even if the inverted corpses were weak, these dozen or so corpses would at least provide Wu Xian with a few sticks of Sui incense.

Perhaps there would even be a divine statue.

While waiting for the corpses to burn clean, Wu Xian turned to look at Fu Liang Liang Jian.

"You must still have details you haven't explained to me. On your own, you shouldn't have been able to survive in the Inverted Corpse Forest until I came to rescue you."

(End of chapter)