Chapter 491: The Strangeness of the Black Broken Knife

As the barrier on the periphery of the Ghost Domain forbidden area, the Ghost Yin Wood forest, like Ghost Mother Mountain and Ghost Infant River, must contain the laws of heaven and earth order.

Having experienced the sword splitting Ghost Mother Mountain and the fire burning Ghost Infant River, which invited Heavenly Punishment, Hua Changxi had to raise her spirits to twelve points when facing the Ghost Yin Wood forest.

She couldn't use the Floating Light Sword, nor could she use the karmic fire. Her offensive and defensive means were severely restricted, so the danger of crossing this strange and unpredictable Ghost Yin Wood forest would undoubtedly increase exponentially.

But no matter how dangerous it was, she had to pass.

Hua Changxi didn't dare to be careless, restrained her aura to the extreme, and approached the wood forest cautiously.

As soon as she stepped into the edge of the forest, the temperature around her dropped to freezing point instantly.

Continue to go deep.

Nothing happened at first, and the Ghost Yin Wood forest seemed not to have discovered her intruder.

However, after she went deep into the forest for a thousand meters, countless branches on the originally gray-white trunks faced her without warning, as if they were dead "staring" at her, the uninvited guest.

At the same time, the mist ahead suddenly rolled, and vaguely, a strange sound like a baby crying but mixed with an old man coughing came out, which was particularly harsh in this dead silent forest.

Immediately after, the ground began to tremble, and dozens of thick Ghost Yin Wood roots broke through the soil, turning into black giant pythons, and strangled toward her with invincible momentum.

These roots were extremely fast, surrounding from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, they blocked all her retreat paths.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

At the moment of the attack, Hua Changxi quickly pulled off the five-grade soul hairpin from her hair.

The sound of breaking through the air rose suddenly.

In an instant, eighty-one soul needles as thin as cow hair shot out. The needles did not carry her own spiritual energy, but pulled soul power, attached with ghost fire, and accurately pierced the Ghost Yin Wood roots that were ready to move.

She deliberately restrained her

This time, sneaking into the Forbidden Land of the Ghost Territory was primarily to investigate the reason for the broken blade's vibration; if possible, she did not want to cause too much of a commotion.

The last time she entered the Forbidden Land of the Ghost Territory, it resulted in the Ghost Mother Mountain and the Ghost Infant River becoming desolate and withered. If she were to burn the Ghost Yin Wood Forest again this time, not to mention whether it would invite heavenly punishment, the powerful beings of the Ghost Clan would certainly attack her in a swarm.

"Boom!"

Perhaps sensing the presence of the ghost fire, those originally violent Ghost Yin Woods actually hesitated for an instant, their offensive slowing slightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hua Changxi immediately manipulated the soul needles to weave back and forth through the forest.

Pierce, retract, then pierce again!

Borrowing this brief interval, she forcibly cleared a path through the airtight encirclement of roots.

However, the pause of the Ghost Yin Woods was only for a moment.

Following a teeth-gritting sound of friction, more roots twisted and killed their way over again like black pythons.

Relying solely on the soul needles and ghost fire to defend against the enemy was, in the end, a bit stretched.

Just at the moment when the soul needles could not return in time to defend, a thick branch of Ghost Yin Wood descended from the sky, fiercely attacking Hua Changxi.

At the critical moment, Hua Changxi instinctively swung the pitch-black broken blade in her hand to block.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound suddenly exploded.

That Ghost Yin Wood, which was originally so hard that even ghost fire could barely burn it at all, was, the moment it touched the broken blade, as fragile as an eggshell hitting a giant rock, instantly snapping.

What was even more hair-raising was that the broken branch did not fall to the ground, but instead seemed to be firmly seized by an invisible suction force, sticking tightly to the blade.

The next moment, the hard broken branch of the Ghost Yin Wood melted rapidly like ice and snow meeting boiling soup, turning into pitch-black sap, which was greedily and hurriedly swallowed up by the black broken blade.

In the blink of an eye, the originally rust-covered blade, crisscrossed with cracks, actually faintly glowed with a deep and eerie black light, captivating the soul.

"Hmm?"

Hua Changxi was slightly stunned, her eyes full of disbelief; she never expected that this broken blade, already damaged to such a degree, would still be so sharp!

What surprised her even more was that the broken blade could actually 'absorb' the Ghost Yin Wood.

Because of the broken blade, the surrounding Ghost Yin Wood roots that had originally been crazily besieging her actually stopped their attacks again.

This pause was far longer than before, as if the entire forest had developed intelligence and was filled with deep dread toward this black blade.

When the Ghost Yin Woods launched again, the reckless, exterminating momentum was gone, replaced by cautious, probing attacks.

Since she knew that this broken blade cut the Ghost Yin Wood like cutting tofu, Hua Changxi had no more scruples; carrying the broken blade, she directly faced the Ghost Yin Wood roots head-on.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

Crisp snapping sounds followed one after another, as if playing a movement of a harvest.

In just a few breaths of time, large swaths of roots were severed to the ground.

However, soon, Hua Changxi fell into a situation of 'nothing left to cut'—all the Ghost Yin Wood roots that had been attacking from all directions had retreated, and not a single one was to be seen.

Not only that, the originally airtight Ghost Yin Wood forest actually took the initiative to retreat to both sides, forcibly yielding a path, as if urging her—hurry up and leave!

Witnessing this scene, Hua Changxi was stunned at first, then her gaze fell upon the black broken blade that was crazily 'absorbing' the Ghost Yin Wood roots, and she understood in her heart.

Where is this a weapon?

This is clearly the nemesis of the Ghost Yin Wood, an overwhelming sharp weapon!

As the last wisp of roots was swallowed up, the thick layer of rust on the surface of the black blade peeled off for the most part, revealing the deep, ink-like metallic color beneath, faintly flowing with a captivating luster.

Hua Changxi was filled with both surprise and joy, her gaze becoming fiery and focused, happily examining the broken blade in her hand.

However, just as she stared at the blade, a sudden change occurred.

Her originally happy and gentle gaze was unknowingly stained with a layer of deep ink, and deep in her eyes, a vortex seemed to be slowly rotating, and even her mind swayed along with it, as if it were about to be sucked into that pitch-black blade.

"Hiss~"

A sharp, stinging pain came from the back of her hand, like ice water poured over her head, instantly waking Hua Changxi up.

She snapped back to her senses, cold sweat soaking her back.

Especially feeling that the originally stable black flame above her Nascent Soul had a tendency to lose control and surge, Hua Changxi's expression immediately became incomparably serious.

However, being in the Ghost Yin Wood forest, where dangers lurked everywhere, she could not investigate too much; she could only forcibly suppress the palpitations in her heart, no longer look directly at the blade, but tightly grip the hilt, collect her mind, and carrying this both tempting and dangerous black blade, cautiously traverse this Ghost Yin Wood forest that had yielded a path of survival.

Without the obstruction of the Ghost Yin Woods, Hua Changxi traveled rapidly and soon walked out of the forest.

As soon as she left the forest, at the end of the distant horizon, a towering and eerie giant castle appeared in her field of vision.

The castle stretched on endlessly; inside, palace halls were layered one upon another, with overlapping eaves and flying corners, as if there were no end.

Thousands of green ghost lamps dotted the space, the green light eerie, swaying and jumping in the darkness, reflecting that behemoth like a ghost palace, exuding a suffocating solemnity and evil.

Hua Changxi looked around; unable to figure out the direction, she finally decided to move toward the castle.

After her figure completely disappeared into the darkness, several members of the Ghost Clan emerged from the Ghost Yin Wood forest.

"Quick, report to the Ghost Realm Fortress; a powerful Netherworld expert has come out of the mountains, broken into the forbidden land, and cut down a batch of Ghost Yin Wood to nourish a magical artifact."

Ghost Yin Wood is not only the sacred wood of the Ghost Clan, but because it can absorb and purify the Netherworld Qi, it is a highly nourishing object coveted by all living beings in the Nine Netherworlds; it can be used to cultivate and increase power, or to nourish magical artifacts, or to irrigate Netherworld plants and soul herbs.