Chapter 1557: The Undead Legion

Chen Yu walked forward, only to see him lying in a pile of rubble, his body wrapped in black fascia; these black fascia were extremely tough and highly adhesive, likely the handiwork of some kind of Dark Creature.

Beneath him was a dense layer of Corpse Worms; these Corpse Worms were merely crawling over Qishu, but they were not attacking him, and beneath them, there seemed to be something important.

"Stop moving. The more you move, the faster it gets. The Queen Insect is laying eggs, and once she finishes, she will replenish her energy; you are the supplement." Chen Yu had already figured out what was going on.

A look of pleading appeared on Qishu's face; to him, Chen Yu was a straw to clutch at for survival, and he had to hold onto this straw tightly, otherwise, he would die.

"I have heard of the Grave-Touching lineage; you've been in many tombs." Chen Yu smiled: "But its successors have long since gone overseas, with several branches. Which branch are you from?"

"I am from the Mountain-Driving branch of the Liang Commandants. I haven't done anything evil. I live in the Chinatown of Dongyang, and people call me Qishu..." Qishu pleaded.

"Oh, a few years ago, someone stole national treasures left behind by Huaxia in a Dongyang museum and sent them back to Huaxia. Was that your doing?" Chen Yu finally figured out the other party's identity.

"Yes, I did that. I beg you to save me; I don't want to die." A glimmer of hope flashed in Qishu's eyes.

He was not a good man, but he was not a bad man either. That incident was the only sensational thing he had ever done, but he never imagined that this incident might save his life.

"Fine, just for the sake of that incident, I will save you." Chen Yu nodded. He reached out, grabbed Qishu, and then, gathering his Qi, forcibly pulled him out of the pile of Corpse Worms.

Just as he pulled him out, those Corpse Worms, each the size of a child's palm, almost instantly exploded. They first scurried about angrily in their nest, searching for their prey.

When they saw that it was Chen Yu who had snatched their prey, they charged toward Chen Yu aggressively.

Chen Yu pointed his right hand, and a flash of fire suddenly swirled between his fingers. Immediately after, a ball of True Fire formed. With a 'Whoosh—', the entire Corpse Worm nest emitted squeaking, strange cries.

These Corpse Worms lived in darkness, and the True Fire was fatal to them. The entire nest of Corpse Worms, along with the Queen Insect, was burned clean in this instant.

"Eat this medicine to neutralize the Corpse Poison in your body." Chen Yu looked at the several bite wounds on Qishu's body and took out a pill.

Although these wounds were not large, the blood seeping out was black. If nothing went wrong, this guy was infected with Corpse Poison; if these Corpse Poisons were not cleared out in time, he would die all the same.

"Thank you." Qishu did not care about the authenticity of the medicine anymore. He took the medicine and swallowed it in one gulp. A moment later, the color of the fresh blood seeping from his wounds became vibrant.

He looked at Chen Yu gratefully: "Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, even if I ran out, I would still die."

"My name is Chen Yu, from Huaxia." Chen Yu said indifferently: "I have heard of you. Although you are a person who won't get up early without profit, you are not a great villain, and your skills are quite good. You should be glad that you did that one good deed; otherwise, I wouldn't have saved you."

"Mr. Chen, in my life, I haven't done anything evil. Although I am a bit greedy, my character is passable." Qishu said with an embarrassed expression: "Thank you so much just now; otherwise, I would have escaped the tiger's mouth only to enter a wolf's den."

"You mean General Ye'er and his group? What happened over there?" Chen Yu asked.

"He... he opened the coffin inside." Qishu's face turned somewhat pale.

"The coffin? Isn't there a pharaoh inside?" Chen Yu asked, puzzled.

"It's not a pharaoh, but a pharaoh's concubine. Her name is Hong Hou..." Qishu said tremblingly.

"It's actually Hong Hou? She is buried here?" Chen Yu was startled.

Since entering Dragon Breath, he had come into contact with quite a few things, and he knew a thing or two about this favorite concubine of the pharaoh.

He knew that this Hong Hou was different from ordinary women; she was ambitious and always thinking about ascending to power.

Moreover, her husband, the last pharaoh before the collapse of the Theocracy, was very old. His sons were enemies of Hong Hou, so she found a way to make a contract with a Demon to obtain powerful strength.

But unfortunately, her plan was interrupted at the last moment, and she was then buried alive in a coffin and sealed in a certain place.

But Chen Yu did not expect that this place was actually the burial site of the famous Hong Hou, which seemed a bit eerie.

"Yes, has Mr. Chen heard of Hong Hou?" Qishu asked.

"I have heard of her, and I know some things about her." Chen Yu said: "Did General Ye'er let her out?"

"Yes." Qishu said with a mournful face: "I tried to stop him, but it was useless. If I dared to say one more word of nonsense, he would have killed me."

"Why does he think he can be an enemy of such a thing?" Chen Yu felt speechless. At that time, this Hong Hou was an important figure who caused the fall of the Egypt Theocracy.

And in the records of Dragon Breath, she was extremely formidable. If she were ever released from her seal, the consequences would be unimaginable. This General Ye'er was a ruthless man; did he think that by relying on his own ferocity, he could ignore all rules?

"I don't know. This General Ye'er is extremely arrogant." Qishu shook his head: "He thinks that with guns and cannons in his hands, all ghosts and gods must retreat before him."

"What a fool." Chen Yu cursed: "Followed closely, yet still a step late."

"Mr. Chen, let's... let's leave quickly. That thing will be here soon." Qishu was a bit scared.

"Leave? Where to? Didn't you see the Curse on the stone door when you opened it?" Chen Yu was also speechless. Qishu was an old hand in the field, so why didn't he understand anything? Was the Curse on the stone door something that could be opened just because he wanted to?

"I... I saw it." Qishu said aggrievedly: "If I were leading my disciples into a tomb myself and saw such a situation, I would have left immediately, because we cannot afford to provoke the things inside."

"But I had no choice. Seeing that thing, if I told the truth, General Ye'er would have shot me dead. That grandson is a cold-blooded killer."

"Then you opened it? That is a Curse. Once opened, everyone on the island will die." Chen Yu said speechlessly: "Even if you run now, where can you run to? Now this place is already surrounded by the Curse. If you don't find Hong Hou and lift the Curse, do you think you can survive?"

"Then what should I do?" Qishu panicked. With Chen Yu saying this, he felt his spine go cold. If this was true, then even if he fled to the ends of the earth, wouldn't it still be a dead end?