Chapter 490: Ghost Yin Wood

Falling from the boundary crack, Hua Changxi stabilized her figure and hovered again over the vast and boundless dark green Ghost Infant River. The cold aura unique to the Ghost Domain forbidden area swept through her whole body like a tide.

However, unlike the feeling of being full of ghost energy but hiding strange vitality when she stepped into this place last time, the Ghost Infant River now revealed a dead silence that made people's hearts palpitate.

Hua Changxi looked up, and saw that not only the Ghost Infant River under her feet, but also the vast wilderness deep in the forbidden area, and even the majestic Ghost Mother Mountain standing in the distance, were all scenes of devastation.

The eerie and magnificent scene of ghost fire lingering and ghost light flickering in the past no longer existed, replaced by a kind of dead gray and pale appearance after being extracted of a large amount of "vitality" and "spirit."

The thick ghost energy that could not be dissolved dissipated, and the ubiquitous Nether Ghost Fire was extinguished without a trace.

There was no ghost crying and wolf howling that pierced the bones, no cold gale whistling across the face, and not even a stray ghost could be detected.

The whole world was terrifyingly quiet.

Witnessing such a desolate scene, a chill suddenly rushed from the soles of Hua Changxi's feet, sweeping through her whole body instantly.

She understood in her heart: the main reason for the desolation and depression of the Ghost Domain forbidden area was the Heavenly Punishment that had descended.

In a trance, her thoughts were pulled back to the moment she suffered the bombardment of Heavenly Punishment.

That terrifying will that destroyed everything and erased all things seemed to penetrate the barrier of time, casting a shadow on her heart again, making her involuntarily feel the despair of struggling on the verge of death.

"Hum~"

Deep in her sea of consciousness, the black broken knife vibrated, pulling Hua Changxi back to reality from the quagmire of memories.

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the cowardice in her heart, and didn't look at the desolate scene too much. Her figure swept and landed lightly on the bank of the Ghost Infant River.

The moment her feet touched the ground, the "Follow Heart" dharma robe on her body flowed with light, instantly transforming into a pitch-black ghost robe, her face was covered by a hideous skull mask, her aura was restrained, and she perfectly integrated into this piece of dead silence.

Next, the black broken knife was held in her hand.

Then, using the black broken knife as a compass, she followed the direction that induced the vibration of the broken knife, like a silent ghost, quietly shuttling through the desolate Ghost Domain forbidden area.

It had only been a year or so since Hua Changxi fought the Ghost King and suffered Heavenly Punishment, and perhaps because of this, not many ghosts had dared to step into the Ghost Domain forbidden area yet.

Therefore, sneaking all the way, Hua Changxi did not encounter any danger.

With constant shuttling, she had a rough idea of the general terrain of the Ghost Domain forbidden area.

Ghost Mother Mountain was located in the center of the forbidden area, surrounded by Ghost Infant River at the foot of the mountain.

The terrain of the forbidden area was high in the west and low in the east, and Ghost Infant River ran through the entire forbidden area to the southeast.

The hinterland of the forbidden area should have been the place with the thickest ghost energy, but because it was attacked by Heavenly Punishment, the Ghost Domain forbidden area now presented a unique and strange scene. The further out of the forbidden area, the thicker and more vigorous the ghost energy and ghost fire filling the air.

Hua Changxi sneaked east for hundreds of miles, and the majestic corpse-like outline of Ghost Mother Mountain completely sank below the horizon.

However, what awaited her was not leaving the Ghost Domain forbidden area, but a vast forest of ghost energy.

That forest of trees, endless, like a barrier spanning heaven and earth, silently cut off her path.

Hua Changxi exhaled. She was not surprised by the appearance of the forest. If the Ghost Domain forbidden area really allowed "outsiders" to come and go freely, then the Ghost Clan would be too useless.

If she guessed correctly, the forest ahead should be the periphery of the Ghost Domain forbidden area. As long as she passed this piece of Senluo Wood barrier, she could leave the forbidden area.

Hua Changxi restrained her aura and approached the forest carefully.

As the appearance of the trees gradually became clear, her expression became more solemn.

This forest of trees revealed a strange feeling that made people want to vomit.

Looking around, the hundred-zhang-high giant trees were all dead gray and white, their branches twisted and stretched, like thousands of pale and withered claws, greedily grabbing toward the sky.

What was even more terrifying was that at the end of every branch, a black sac-like object was hanging heavily.

Between the cracks in the bark, emerald green fluorescent veins pulsated and flowed like blood vessels.

The entire forest seemed to have life, the bark was slowly squirming and reorganizing, and thousands of living beings seemed to be breathing synchronously under the skin.

Hua Changxi felt her scalp tingle, but her footsteps did not stop, her gaze locked on the front.

Until she narrowed her eyes and saw that the "black sacs" hanging on the gray-white trunks actually wrapped one curled ghost figure after another, she recognized what kind of tree this was.

Ghost Yin Wood!

It is recorded in the inheritance of the Shennong Cauldron that the Ghost Clan has a "Holy Wood" called Ghost Yin Wood. The Ghost Clan drills into the "Ghost Sacs" nurtured by the Ghost Yin Wood and can use the power of the Yin Wood to temper and strengthen the ghost body. The cultivation speed is at least ten times that of other places.

At this moment, Hua Changxi looked from a distance, and the ghost Yin woods were covered with thousands of "ghost fruits," but in fact, they were thousands of ghosts who were cultivating in seclusion.

What was even more troublesome was that there were ghosts patrolling in the forest.

Hua Changxi's mood became heavy instantly. She knew that it would not be easy to pass through the Ghost Yin Wood forest ahead.