Chapter 603: Encounters Inside the Cave

Judging by these people's equipment, they should have been a very important unit during wartime; if they had encountered normal opponents, it would have been impossible for them to be utterly defeated. Why did their entire army perish?

"There is only one possibility." Chen Yu's expression was grim: "The things they encountered were not human."

"Not human?" Everyone's complexion changed slightly; the place where the Witch Clan resided was almost completely cut off from the world.

Such places hide creatures from the ancient era, such as the mountain demons encountered a while ago, as well as the various deadly poisonous insects of the Witch Clan.

Now, everyone was inside an underground karst cave; as for what kind of things could be encountered here, that was not something anyone could guess.

"Chen Yu, should we continue forward now, or what should we do?" Ye Qingning looked at Chen Yu with a complex expression.

Right now, in her heart, Chen Yu was the backbone, and she only acknowledged Chen Yu's words.

"Let's check the situation first; that place seems to have another cave, let's go over and take a look first." Chen Yu pointed forward and said.

That place was the end of this karst cave, and it had a cave entrance that only allowed one person to pass through at a time.

"Alright, let's go take a look, everyone be careful." Li Cheng nodded; he walked in the very front, watching his surroundings vigilantly.

Huang Wei walked behind with two bodyguards, keeping watch on the rear.

Everyone stepped over the piles of white bones and walked to the front of that cave.

But upon reaching the cave, everyone discovered that there were six Fusang Army officers kneeling in this place.

The clothing on these six Fusang Army officers was intact, and their bodies had not decomposed; it was just that because of the long passage of time, the muscles on their faces had already weathered away.

The one in the lead held a military saber; he knelt on one knee on the ground, the military saber in his hand inserted straight into the soil.

The five officers behind him were kneeling on the ground, each of them holding a military saber in their hands; the military sabers in their hands were inserted into their own lower abdomens.

They had died by ritual suicide; even though they had been dead for decades, they still knelt upright, as if guarding the cave entrance behind them.

"What exactly was the reason that caused these people to commit suicide?" Chen Yu's brows locked together, somewhat uncomprehending.

"What is in the cave behind them?" Li Cheng was also somewhat puzzled: "I have stayed abroad before; the way these officers died should be some kind of ritual. They are guarding the things inside the cave."

"But what could be in the cave that would make them commit suicide to guard it?" Ye Qingning was puzzled: "Is there some important person, or some important object?"

"I don't know, let's go in and take a look." Chen Yu said.

Li Cheng was about to step forward, when suddenly Chen Yu grabbed him and shouted in a deep voice: "Back up."

Beneath Li Cheng's feet, a circle of firelight appeared; this firelight burned rapidly, forming a strange star-shaped symbol on the ground, and these suicidal Fusang Army officers were right within this symbol.

As the strange symbol lit up, the officer in the lead who was kneeling on one knee suddenly raised his head slowly; no expression could be seen on his rotten, weathered face.

It was just that a red glint flashed in his eyes; two eerie red glints lit up in his eyes, and these two red glints were his eyes.

This officer stood up with a grunt, and at the same time, the five Fusang Army officers behind him who had committed ritual suicide also stood up slowly.

They pulled out the swords inserted in their abdomens, then slowly walked forward; the officer in the lead suddenly raised the sword in his hand, pointed forward, and issued the order to charge.

"Everyone be careful, this is the Fusang Corpse Ambush Curse; these things are impervious to blades and guns." Chen Yu shouted.

Li Cheng, Huang Wei, and the others quickly raised the guns in their hands, pointing them at these few Corpse Ambushers, while shielding Ye Qingning behind them.

Five figures surged over rapidly, raising their swords to hack at everyone.

Li Cheng opened fire without hesitation; the automatic weapon in his hands made a *da-da-da* sound, and three Corpse Ambushers stumbled and fell to the ground.

But after these Corpse Ambushers fell to the ground, they quickly climbed back up; their movements were swift, their techniques fierce, and every strike was deadly.

Chen Yu stepped forward quickly, his right hand grabbing; five Talismans appeared in his hand. He rushed forward into the midst of these five people, his right hand moving continuously; in almost an instant, the five Talismans were stuck onto the bodies of these five Corpse Ambushers.

After sticking them on, Chen Yu retreated, his hands forming a Dao Formula, and Mind Power was released. *Boom, boom, boom*... five flashes of fire rose up; the Talismans on the bodies of these five Corpse Ambushers emitted a burst of fire.

The five Corpse Ambushers hissed and roared; they fell to the ground one after another, their bodies weathering away at an extremely fast speed. In less than a minute, they turned into five piles of ashes.

Five whirlwinds rose from the ashes they had turned into, floating into mid-air; in less than a moment, these five Corpse Ambushers disappeared without a trace.

"That is damn wicked." Li Cheng couldn't help but curse.

He had been in the military for so many years and had carried out missions many times; he was not afraid regardless of whether the opponent was human or ghost.

But he had never seen this kind of thing before; he couldn't kill the corpses in the forest, and here he encountered Corpse Ambushers that didn't fear blades or guns. He really felt that the things he had encountered were too wicked.

Now, only that Fusang Army officer remained before them; the military saber in his hand was slowly raised, and then his feet crouched, assuming an attacking posture.

"Is this guy trying to duel with us?" Huang Wei behind him couldn't help but say.

"Yes, he wants to duel with us." Chen Yu nodded and said: "The Corpse Ambush Curse is a type of curse technique that Fusang evolved from our Yin-Yang Five Elements."

"It requires six people to cast the curse, drawing Divine Scripts on the ground nearby, then awakening them with Talisman Runes, and then committing suicide with swords, using their heart's hot blood to seal their own souls within their own bodies. Once this curse is formed, it can make them stand for over a hundred years without falling."

"This type of curse is intended for protection; there should be something they need to protect inside this cave, so they cast this curse. As soon as we approach, we trigger the curse method." Chen Yu said.

"Why do I feel like he has his consciousness from when he was alive?" Ye Qingning frowned; she looked at the posture assumed by this Fusang Army officer whose body was nearly weathered away, and this thought suddenly welled up in her heart.

"That's right, they retain a sliver of their consciousness from when they were alive. This guy wants to duel with us in the spirit of Bushido; once he fails, his soul will completely vanish into smoke." Chen Yu said: "He thinks he is defending the things behind him."

"I'll take him, damn it, I don't believe it." Li Cheng sneered, put away his pistol, and pulled a Dagger from his waist with a backhand motion.

"Brother Li, this guy has the curse method's enhancement; he is very powerful." Chen Yu said with a bitter smile.

"What's there to fear? It's just a dead man after all." Li Cheng was disdainful; his ancestors were also soldiers, and his great-grandfather was a captain of the Big Sword Team, who had chopped off the heads of countless devils with a single big sword back in the day.

"Then use this." Chen Yu picked up a Samurai Sword from the ground with a backhand motion, his right hand flicking against the blade; an obscure movement was released from his hand, and a yellow inscription faded into the hilt: "The Dagger you are holding is too short; you'll be at a disadvantage."