There was something unusual about the swamp. Gray clouds of mist floated above the swamp. Given Gu Fei's ability, he could not sink into the swamp if he tried to walk into it.
However, the mud in the swamp was really soft. If he did not use the Lightening Technique, the soft mud in the swamp would not be able to withstand a person's weight.
What should he do?
After discussing with Old Tortoise for a while, Gu Fei decided to wait until daybreak before entering the swamp. There were definitely unimaginable dangers lurking in the swamp.
It was much safer to enter the swamp during the day than at night. Therefore, Gu Fei and Old Tortoise started a bonfire in the bushes outside the swamp.
After dinner, Gu Fei sat cross-legged by the bonfire, channeled his Qi, and entered a state of cultivation. Old Tortoise, on the other hand, leaned against a piece of dead wood and slept soundly.
Old Tortoise's Corpse General clone held the Earth Stabilizing Pillar and stood guard by his side. From time to time, the silhouettes of ferocious beasts could be seen in the distance, but they dared not approach.
The powerful aura of death emitted by the Corpse General clone terrified all the ferocious beasts. They only dared to linger in the distance.
The swamp was eerily quiet. Only the sound of the grass rustling in the wind could be heard. Although they were still twenty to thirty feet away from the swamp, the smell of rotting mud drifted over.
The Yin energy in the swamp seemed to be very heavy.
The night passed uneventfully. The next day, when the sun rose, the Corpse General clone walked into the depths of the bushes next to the swamp. Then, a few beast roars were heard from the bushes.
Soon, Old Tortoise's Corpse General clone returned with a ferocious beast that looked like a wild boar but was covered in thick black scales. It was more than ten feet long.
After cutting open the beast's stomach and roasting its meat, Gu Fei and Old Tortoise set off after having a hearty meal. Gu Fei and Old Tortoise stepped into the endless swamp.
Beneath his feet was the soft turf, and beneath the turf was of course a thick layer of black mud. If an ordinary person were to step on this turf, they would probably be swallowed by the swamp in an instant.
After walking into the swamp, the smell of rotting soil became even stronger. One man and one tortoise cautiously advanced. Both of them had already restrained their auras as much as possible.
They didn't want to alarm the powerful creatures in the swamp. Although the swamp looked dead on the surface, there were definitely powerful creatures hiding in it.
The swamp was shrouded in fog. The fog was gray, and the smell of decay caused some of the wild beasts outside the swamp to retreat, unwilling to approach. In the black sludge, apart from the rotten grass, there was nothing else. There were also many animal skeletons.
After traveling for about ten miles in the swamp, Gu Fei discovered that the skeletons he found in the weeds and mud varied in length from about ten feet to twenty to thirty feet. Most of them were half-submerged in the mud. The Yin Qi in the swamp seemed to be getting thicker and thicker, and there was a faint and dense aura lingering around it.
The swamp was abnormally quiet. Gu Fei and Old Tortoise didn't see a living beast in the swamp. There wasn't even a bird or a butterfly.
Occasionally, he would hear the sound of bubbles bubbling under the turf. When he passed by the sporadic lakes, he would even hear the sound of splashing water, as if something was flipping in the water. Even though it was daytime, it was still extremely frightening.
The scary lakes, the dead swamp, the snow-white skeletons, and the lingering gray fog above the swamp made it seem like the swamp was really a dead place.
When they entered about twenty to thirty miles into the swamp, the swamp became no longer silent. Deep in the swamp, there was a faint howl, as if a powerful and terrifying existence was roaring. It was extremely frightening to listen to.
At noon, Gu Fei and Old Tortoise came to a large lake in the swamp. Here, Gu Fei and Old Tortoise stopped because they sensed something strange.
The lake, which was shrouded in Yin Qi, was as calm as a mirror. The surface of the lake was gray and shrouded in a thick layer of death aura. Even the midday sun could not penetrate the layer of death aura and shine on the lake.
Gu Fei and Old Tortoise were about to take a detour, but at that moment, suddenly, the sound of water splashing was heard from the dead lake.
Then, Gu Fei saw a huge figure breaking through the water, setting off heavy waves, and quickly approaching them.
"What's that!"
Gu Fei and Old Tortoise were shocked and quickly retreated.
"Peng!" Just as Gu Fei and Old Tortoise retreated more than thirty meters away, the surface of the lake in front of them suddenly exploded. Then, water splashed all over the sky, and a seven to eight-meter-long behemoth rushed out of the lake and pounced toward them.
Gu Fei discovered that the lake water that exploded was mixed with eerie white bones. The lake water was as black as ink, and an extremely fishy smell pervaded the air.
It was a terrifying creature that resembled a crocodile. Some parts of its body were snow-white without any flesh or blood, while some parts seemed to have rotten flesh that had not completely decayed.
The rotten flesh was soaked in the lake water until it was badly mutilated, and it was extremely disgusting.
There was a dazzling light flickering in the skull that was almost a skull. There was no breath of life, but there was a strong soul fluctuation.
It was a Dead Creature, and a terrifying one at that. Gu Fei and Old Tortoise knew that they had intruded into a Dead Creature's territory.
"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"
Gu Fei and Old Tortoise retreated again. "Peng!" The Dead Creature fiercely pounced on the place where they were originally standing, and the grassland immediately shattered. Then, the Dead Creature scuttled directly into the ground.
There was mud under the grassland. The Dead Creature sank into the mud and disappeared. The grassland surged up and down like waves.
Seeing this, Gu Fei and Old Tortoise could not help but be startled. In the next moment, they soared into the sky. Just as their feet left the ground, the grassland under their feet exploded with a "boom".
An endless aura of death surged out from the ground. As the aura of death lingered, the Dead Creature that had scuttled into the mud under the grassland rushed out of the ground and madly pounced on Gu Fei and Old Tortoise. In the horrifying crocodile's mouth, the sharp barbed teeth made one's heart palpitate.
"Hmph!" Old Tortoise stood in the air and pressed his palm down on the Dead Creature that rushed out from below. A vast power surged from his palm.
"Bang!"
The Dead Creature was immediately smashed down from the sky by Old Tortoise's palm and smashed into the soft mud below. It could be seen that the pitch-black soft mud that splashed up was mixed with many dry bones.
There seemed to be an endless number of dry bones under the swamp, which made Gu Fei's hair stand on end. He could not fly in the air like Old Tortoise.
He slowly descended, and just as his feet landed on the grassland, there was a sudden vibration under his feet. 'Oh no!' Gu Fei's expression changed. Without thinking, he displayed his Eight Steps Extreme Speed and took a step forward.
The moment Gu Fei took a step forward, the grassland under his feet suddenly sank. A huge mouth instantly swallowed Gu Fei.
"That was close!" Gu Fei's figure appeared ten feet away, and his heart could not help but pound. Just now, if he had hesitated for even a moment, he would have been bitten by the Dead Creature.
It turned out that the Dead Creature had swallowed the afterimage that Gu Fei had left behind.
"Damn it!" After a moment of fear, Gu Fei could not help but fly into a rage. The vertical mark between his eyebrows began to emit light, and the power of the Inner Space was guided out by Gu Fei. The power of the Ruin Sky Realm around him was repelled.
Gu Fei's power began to rise sharply, and a powerful aura began to emanate from his body. At this moment, his power was no longer suppressed by the Ruin Sky Realm.
Gu Fei took a step forward and directly appeared above the Dead Creature that had rushed out of the mud as if he had teleported. His right foot fiercely stomped down on the Dead Creature's head, which was rotten to the bone.
This was the first step of the Eight Steps Eight Kills of the Eight Desolation Steps. A terrifying power surged under Gu Fei's feet, and a part of the world trembled under his feet. The ancient battle technique displayed great power.
The Dead Creature let out a fierce roar and directly pounced on Gu Fei, leaving an afterimage on the ground. A gloomy, cold wind surged.
"Bang!"
The Dead Creature's head fiercely collided with Gu Fei's right foot. The force of the collision was so strong that it directly knocked Gu Fei into the sky.
Gu Fei only felt that his step was like stepping on a piece of divine iron, and his right leg was shaken to the point of numbness. The first step of the Eight Steps Eight Kills was actually useless. The Dead Creature's head was harder than metal, and there was no damage at all. This made Gu Fei extremely shocked.
The Dead Creature's power was most likely above the Transcending Mortality Realm, and it was at least around the Third Heaven of the Transcending Mortality Realm. Otherwise, the Dead Creature's head would have long been smashed by Gu Fei's step.
Moreover, the Dead Creature's disgusting half-rotten body did not break after being hit by the Old Tortoise's palm. It must be said that the Dead Creature's body was very tough.
"Old Tortoise, quickly kill this guy so that we can continue forward." Gu Fei said loudly to the Old Tortoise. With his current cultivation, he really could not defeat the Dead Creature.
"Hehe! I wanted to see you fight with this Dead Creature. Since you said so, I'll reluctantly do it! "The Old Tortoise said with a smile.
"This ten-thousand-year-old tortoise, so it turns out that he wants to see me make a fool of myself." Gu Fei cursed in his heart. He was just wondering why the Old Tortoise could not kill the Dead Creature with a palm strike.
"Swoosh!" The Old Tortoise directly appeared in front of the Dead Creature. The strong rancid smell made the Old Tortoise frown.
"It stinks!" The Old Tortoise quickly held his breath. He almost threw up the beast meat he ate this morning.
"Roar!" The undead creature seemed to have sensed danger. It roared and opened its horrifying mouth to devour Old Tortoise. Each of its teeth was several inches long and looked like a sharp knife.
If a person was bitten, at least half of their body would be bitten off.
The Old Tortoise's expression did not change. He stretched out his hands and directly grabbed the Dead Creature's upper and lower jaw. He then pulled hard with both hands.
"Crack!" The old turtle actually tore the undead creature's head in half, and a resplendent Soul Fire rushed out of the shattered head.
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