Chapter 28

The sword light cut through the nether fog, causing the nether fog to burn into a flame crack.

The sword edge reached the top of the human ghost figure's head.

Accompanied by a shrill scream, the human ghost figure, together with the camel and the ghost flag, fell toward the sea below.

Li Youyi grabbed the rope hanging in mid-air, only to find that he was already twenty or thirty meters away from the side of the ship above, and a lingering fear arose in his heart.

"Splash!"

The human ghost figure fell to the sea surface; it was the evil camel bell carrying it that hit the water first, splashing a large spray.

A moment later, it rushed out of the water, riding the camel, its hooves stepping on the dense floating coffins, heading in the direction where the red-clothed Qi Shanshan disappeared.

A hoarse voice came back: "The ship is a trap, the nether realm has arrived, and the path to life is right before your eyes. If you have the guts, why not follow and see?"

"This ghost thing is really hard to destroy."

Li Youyi knew very well that the other party was luring him off the ship, still coveting the Dao Ancestor's Taiji Fish.

But the human ghost figure was right.

Staying on the ship was not only a trap, but a dead end.

Even though they had been very frugal with food and water, the remainder was only enough to last a few more days.

"The skeleton demon and the camel bell ghost could not have gotten off the ship for no reason; there must be a reason. Before they died, they were very likely living beings of this area."

"Since the bronze ship has stopped temporarily, I will go to scout the path; if there is land and no danger, then everyone will get off the ship together. Within five days, no matter the result, I will definitely rush back. If we die, we die together; if we live, we live together."

Li Youyi was worried about everyone on the ship, so he let his brother stay to preside over the overall situation, and only went down to the sea surface with Gao Huan along the rope, landing on a floating coffin island that was closely packed together.

The reason for bringing Gao Huan was, first, that he had drunk Golden Crow blood, and his physical fitness was very strong.

Second, Li Youyi's trip was not only to find land, but also to save Cai Yutong. Knowing that the skeleton demon did it on purpose, how could he not go?

If land was found, but he had to track the skeleton demon, at this time, someone must return to the bronze ship to report.

Li Youyi closely tracked the residual aura of the skeleton demon and the camel bell ghost, moving rapidly on the floating coffins on the sea. Although the road ahead was unpredictable, there was finally a feeling of having his feet on the ground.

The bronze ship behind him was blurred in the nether fog.

Not long after, it disappeared completely.

The stern of the bronze ship.

That three-zhang copper door embossed with "Ten Thousand Lights" and "Yellow Springs Star River" was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind. Dense light traces flew out from the giant sword inside the door, condensing into two figures.

One of the figures looked into the distance, as if he could see through the vast nether fog, and muttered to himself: "Arrived?"

"If the bronze ship sets sail again, we will be abandoned in this strange blood sea, and can only keep company with the dead things in the coffins."

Leaving the comfort zone, Gao Huan's heart was hanging, very uneasy, and soon added: "Forget it, staying on the ship, there aren't many days left to live. Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Mother, Jade Emperor... all the gods protect us, let us find a path to life."

Li Youyi discovered something, squatted down, and touched a drop of fresh blood on the coffin with his finger.

Gao Huan asked: "Whose blood?"

"Senior Sister Cai's."

Gao Huan said: "Did she kill Dr. Cai?"

"No! She left this drop of blood on purpose to lead the way for me," Li Youyi said.

Gao Huan said: "There must be something she desperately needs on you. If we follow like this, will we fall into her trap?"

"Then let's catch up as soon as possible, and not give her a chance to set a trap."

Li Youyi was more worried that the skeleton demon and the camel bell ghost would join forces. After all, the two evils needed different things and could completely take what they each needed.

The reason the camel bell ghost chased the skeleton demon might be just that.

Chasing for a whole day, the floating coffins under his feet seemed endless.

The two stopped to rest a little, their stomachs were very hungry, but they could only endure it, as the food they carried was quite limited.

Li Youyi's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the top of Gao Huan's head: "Don't move."

Gao Huan became nervous, not daring to move at all, and asked tremblingly: "What's wrong?"

Li Youyi reached out, picked a withered leaf that had just drifted down from his hair, and then looked up into the fog.

"What's in your hand? A leaf!" Gao Huan said.

Suddenly, a strong cold wind blew, and the coffins under their feet swayed with the waves.

The nether fog was blown away quite a bit.

The two who were originally sitting on the ground slowly stood up, widened their eyes and looked forward, their emotions instantly excited to the extreme.

A black mass of mountain body appeared, constantly spreading upward, and the top of the mountain could not be seen.

Because their current position was almost at the foot of the mountain.

Ancient trees like old locust trees grew on the shore not far away, their branches and leaves lush and dense. The trunks were as thick as millstones, and the roots reached strongly into the water, showing their fighting spirit of hundreds or thousands of years.

Giant vines as thick as thighs were wrapped between the branches and leaves of many ancient trees, hanging full of fruits the size of watermelons.

By the water under the trees were patches of shrubs and rushes.

"Clang, clang!"

A green-rusted copper bell flew out from the water behind the two.

In an instant, the bell rang loudly.

Black nether fog surged out from the bell, wrapping the camel, the human ghost figure, and the ghost flag inside, heading straight for Li Youyi.

"Still dare to sneak attack?"

Li Youyi had been guarding, and almost the moment the copper bell flew out of the water, he had already turned around.

While the hilt of the sword hit the black iron seal heavily, the two airflows of cold and heat poured into it.

"Boom!"

Thunder echoed through this bay.

Bright electric light flew out, hitting the human ghost figure riding the camel in the black nether fog, punching a transparent hole in its chest.

The human ghost figure screamed and fell from the camel's back.

It was injured repeatedly, and its combat power declined seriously.

It thought that seeing land, Li Youyi would relax his vigilance, which was an excellent opportunity for a sneak attack. Who would have thought that this kid seemed to have expected it to ambush here, and his reaction speed was too fast.

Gao Huan hurriedly fled to the shore, not wanting to be a burden to Li Youyi.

On the other side, Li Youyi pursued the victory, not giving the human ghost figure a chance to escape back to the camel bell at all.

After three swords.

"Bang!"

The Yellow Dragon Sword cut off the ghost flag pole, cutting the human ghost figure diagonally into two halves.

The soul fog on the human ghost figure dissipated rapidly, terrified: "No... no... I have already returned to the nether realm... how can I die here, I am not reconciled... this king is not reconciled..."

Another sword slashed out, and the soul flew away and vanished completely.

Li Youyi was vigilant about the surroundings, and after confirming that the skeleton demon was not nearby, he picked up the camel bell that had fallen on the floating coffin and tried to shake it gently.

Immediately, a strong wind blew.

"Whoosh—"

That three or four-meter-tall half-virtual, half-real camel mount was collected back into the bell.

"It was collected just like that?"

Li Youyi shook it twice more.

As the bell rang, he only felt that distracting thoughts were born in his mind, and negative emotions surged.

He hurriedly stopped.

This evil camel bell was too evil, absolutely an ominous thing.

But it seemed that it could also collect real objects, which was very extraordinary. That ghost flag that was cut off was a real object.

Li Youyi pulled off the ghost flag and wrapped the evil camel bell tightly, not wanting it to continue ringing.

"Gao Huan... Gao Fish Soup..."

He called twice, but there was no response.

Li Youyi hurriedly went ashore, passed through the rushes, and entered the dark forest.

Not long after, he saw Gao Huan sitting limply on the ground.

"What are you doing? I'm calling you, why don't you make a sound?" Li Youyi gripped the sword hilt tightly and walked over vigilantly.

Gao Huan finally seemed to catch his breath and let out a long sigh: "Damn! Scared me to death, they are all skeletons, and they have no heads."

Li Youyi walked in front of him, saw the scene in the forest clearly, and also felt a bit creepy.

On the ground were dense human skeletons, all headless.

Gao Huan climbed up and pretended to be calm: "Why do I feel that the land is more terrifying than the ship? You say, have we really come to the underworld? This world, won't it all be dead spirits like skeleton demons and camel bell ghosts?"

"No, look there."

Li Youyi found three human corpses that had just died not long ago among the dense skeletons.

"Humans... great, they are human corpses..."

Gao Huan had never been so excited because of seeing corpses.

Li Youyi observed the surroundings and confirmed that there were no traces of animal activity; it shouldn't be the nest of any fierce beast, so he looked down at the three headless corpses. Their neck breaks were extremely irregular, not like they were cut by sharp weapons.

He squatted down and groped in the corpses' clothes.

From the bosom of the first corpse, he pulled out a gray cloth bag the size of a palm, which rattled inside, and after pouring it out, it was a round... coin similar to jade.

The first feeling was that it was a coin.

This cloth bag, this shape, really couldn't be associated with anything else.

"Damn! Master Li, your brain turns fast."

Gao Huan hurriedly went to grope the corpses too.

With money, one can travel the world; without money, even if one comes to land, one will starve to death.

He was nimble, quickly groped the remaining two headless corpses clean, and immediately went to grope the skeletons wearing clothes nearby, no longer having the previous fear.

When he turned back after groping more than a dozen skeletons, he found that Li Youyi had actually put on the clothes of a headless corpse and was tying the belt.

"Master Li, what are you doing?" Gao Huan was surprised.

Li Youyi said: "I plan to explore this world! Along the way, I didn't encounter any danger, you can go back to the bronze ship to report first."

"Why do I feel that this is a monk's robe?" Gao Huan said.

Li Youyi said: "I think so too! However, it's just like the monk's robe in our world. Which proper monk has no prayer beads on his body, but is full of money?"

Gao Huan also changed into a brown robe similar to a monk's robe, feeling that if he encountered the local indigenous humans, he could still muddle through.

What if it really was a monk's robe?

Those who practice Buddhism are popular everywhere.

"I always feel something is wrong, why are there so many headless skeletons here? Who brought them here? We must leave quickly!" Li Youyi suddenly had a sense of danger.

This sense of danger was getting stronger and stronger.

Like it was close at hand.

He looked up, Li Youyi's face changed drastically, and he pulled Gao Huan to leave lightly.

"What's wrong?" Gao Huan lowered his voice.

"Don't talk..."

"Bad!"

Li Youyi looked up again, his pupils shrinking sharply.

Then he carried Gao Huan on his shoulder, the spring eyes at the soles of his feet surged wildly, and he increased his speed to the limit, running away in a panic.

Gao Huan had already seen what it was.

It was that vine as thick as a thigh!

It covered a very wide area, shrouding this dense forest. Previously they thought the fruits on the vine were the size of watermelons, but at this moment these fruits opened their green eyes, and they realized they were human heads.

These heads, there were hundreds or thousands of them, completely growing on the vines.

Their mouths opened as wide as bowls, revealing sharp and fierce teeth, making all kinds of strange calls and strange laughs, men and women, old and young, flying in the branches and forest behind, chasing relentlessly, which was truly terrifying.

(End of chapter)