Chapter 696

You jerk, get up! What exactly is this place?

Don't come here, don't come here! Let me go, let me go! The mortal at his feet clutched his head and crouched on the ground, his terrified expression making Yunhua unable to communicate.

Yunhua sighed, having no choice, he looked around, planning to explore and find a way out.

This place is quite strange; the eerie spiritual energy and the blood-red stars in the starry sky made him feel waves of discomfort.

"This feeling..." Yunhua frowned, feeling as if he had experienced it before, but for the moment he couldn't recall where he had felt this.

If you want to live, follow me.

Yunhua said, ignoring the strange mortal who clearly had no magical fluctuations, yet Yunhua sensed a deadly danger from him.

Even if a deranged great cultivator were like this, it wouldn't be so bad as to be reduced to a laughingstock among mortals, getting punched and kicked.

Although Yunhua knew this person was not ordinary, for now he didn't know what place this was; better to first find a way out.

Don't go, don't go, take me with you!!

The strange mortal followed him up, and Yunhua looked at him doubtfully: "Do you know what place this is?"

"A place where people die... many died... many..." the mortal said, covering his forehead and letting out a painful wail.

Yunhua shook his head; it seemed this guy might indeed be connected to this place, and leaving him alone probably wasn't a good idea, so he decided to bring him along.

Passing by a river, Yunhua was about to fly him across when the mortal suddenly recoiled in terror: "No, no, there's a monster inside!"

Monster?

Before Yunhua could react, a catfish covered in tumors suddenly surged from the river, two huge tentacles breaking the surface and lunging at the two on the shore!

Seeing this, Yunhua frowned and drew the sword on his back!

In an instant, Yunhua first retreated with the mortal, placing him in a safe spot, then shot up into the air!

Meteor Slash!

Derived from a sword technique Yunhua himself comprehended over five hundred years, the moment the sword's edge broke through the air, it cleanly severed the giant catfish monster's tentacles; in an instant, the sword light transformed into countless sharp blades, even slicing the wound into minced flesh that fell into the river.

Seeing the sword aura approaching, the pain-ignoring catfish monster immediately flipped over; its tumor-covered belly resembled a gathering of countless faces, chanting in a language Yunhua couldn't understand, the demonic sound ringing in his ears and making his head spin.

Damn, does it also have a divine sense attack?

Seeing that his strike hadn't killed the catfish monster and was instead countered by its divine sense attack, he didn't retreat but advanced, realizing the monster wasn't just physically strong but also possessed divine sense attacks, knowing ordinary techniques would hardly slay it.

At that moment, seeing Yunhua's attack, the catfish monster instinctively activated its power; the tumors on its body fell away, forming one after another of inhuman fish-headed monsters that came trampling the waves, their terrifying mouths emitting piercing cries.

Lotus Step!

Only then did Yunhua not retreat; instead, a power utterly different from magical energy surged around him—this was the martial artist's True Essence!

Yunhua actually had Dao comprehension cultivation; as his True Essence was aroused, the Dao Mark of the Martial Dao hidden within his original Nascent Soul Cultivator's magical power was fully unleashed!

As the fish-headed men lunged, Yunhua leapt into the air, stepping on a golden lotus to break out of the encirclement; in an instant he finished gathering his True Essence, then dove down and struck with a fierce palm!

"Buddha's light shines upon all!"

"Boom—"

"The enormous golden palm imprint carried the Buddha's compassionate intent to save all beings, yet at this moment Yun Hua's surrounding True Essence resembled that of a Buddhist cultivator, but it was not the ordinary monk's compassionate pity; instead, it exuded a fierce killing intent, bearing the aspect of an angry Wisdom King."

"After smashing all the fish-men with a single palm strike, the residual force fell into the river, raising hundred-meter waves; Yun Hua landed on the ground, not hearing the catfish monster's voice, and let out a cold snort:"

"You got away fast!"

"Yun Hua hurried back to look at the strange mortal and asked, 'Are you alright?'"

"I'm dying, I'm dying...."

"It's not that easy to die; being alive is always better than dead." Yun Hua sighed, taking him along as they continued forward.

"They crossed the river and kept moving forward."

"The surroundings were desolate; Yun Hua instinctively sensed something amiss and immediately drew his sword, slashing the ground."

"As expected."

"The ground was easily sliced open, but beneath was not soil, but layers of red-and-white interleaved flesh, as if they were standing on some monster's body."

"No, this is.... human flesh?"

"Yun Hua's face darkened as he recalled some unpleasant past."

"Upon closer inspection, he found the surroundings were all the same, meaning this place...."

"So you're saying many people died here?" Yun Hua covered his mouth, his face turning pale as he felt a bit nauseous.

"This secret realm was likely not naturally formed, but piled up from countless human corpses; otherwise, it couldn't have nurtured such a terrifying monster."

"But for some reason, these corpses had not decomposed, seemingly retaining their original vitality, which is why what we see underfoot is not soil but chunks of meat."

"And what is that blood-red star in the sky? Is it because of that thing that this place has become so strange?"

"Near Duan Po Mountain, I also seemed not to sense any spiritual energy before; perhaps it's all been sucked in there? Then that blood-red star might be the conduit linking this place to the outside world—I need to find a way to get close."

"Yun Hua looked at the mortal beside him and asked, 'Do you know how to get back?'"

"Everyone's dead, everyone's dead...." the mortal stared ahead in terror.

"Yun Hua raised his eyebrows, followed the direction he was looking, and suddenly discovered a palace forged of flesh and blood, exuding an enchanting allure that drove Yun Hua to keep advancing!"

"This.... I must go to that place...." Yun Hua's gaze grew cloudy, his body seemingly uncontrollable as it moved toward the flesh-and-blood palace.

"The strange mortal grabbed Yun Hua, shaking his head quickly: 'Don't go, don't go, you'll die, you'll die!'"

"I want to go...."

"Yun Hua's expression gradually turned foolish, as if his mind had been seized."

"The mortal gritted his teeth, walked up to Yun Hua, and tremblingly raised his hand."

"Slap!"

"With a slap, Yun Hua's head jerked to the side, spitting out two bloody teeth."

"The intense pain snapped Yun Hua back to awareness; he hurriedly circulated his True Essence to shield himself, and the Buddha's light emanating from his body managed to resist that strange temptation."

"You...."

"I didn't mean to....."

Yun Hua froze for a moment, looking at the blood groove tooth on the ground.

Your hand strength is quite big.