The ghost that Violet had transformed into had a blank expression. Her eyes were lifeless, but she did not participate in the attack on Li Xiang. She floated around Li Xiang for a while before suddenly flying in a certain direction.
"Is she asking me to follow her?" Li Xiang was stunned. He blocked the attack of a skeleton soldier. On the other side, Shadow was still killing, but the number of skeleton soldiers was increasing for some reason. They covered the mountains and plains, attacking from all directions. This was much more terrifying than the last time he came.
These were the ghost soldiers that the Sakura Shrine used to protect the shrine. According to Sakura, they were all ghosts that the First Lady had captured back then. They were sealed in skeletons to protect the Sakura Shrine. Ever since she left, the ghost soldiers had gone out of control.
When Li Xiang and Ise Shizuko came to the island, the ghost soldiers were basically hidden in the black fog. The ones that wandered outside were also very stiff and weak. They were not as difficult to deal with as they were now.
He called out to Shadow and immediately went in the direction that Violet had pointed out.
Shadow was drenched in sweat. These ghost soldiers were not very strong. They were only around the level of a Level-1 Magician. However, their bodies were hard, and there were remnant souls in them. It was very difficult to deal with them.
After warming up, she was about to deal with them seriously when she heard Li Xiang's call. His senses seemed to be more sensitive than hers here. Shadow hesitated for a while and decided to give up on the ghost soldiers for now. She went in the direction that he went to check.
These ghost soldiers were made in a strange way. The original owner or controller was very likely a very powerful Magician. She did not want to fight against a Magician in his territory.
Following Violet's footsteps, Li Xiang shook off the ghost soldiers' pursuit. He also gradually got rid of the black fog that rose into the sky. His vision slowly cleared. When he stepped into a new area, he found that it was a shockingly large unmarked cemetery.
This cemetery stretched out, and he couldn't see the edge of it at the end of his line of sight. Different tombstones stood tall, and there were at least a few thousand tombs here.
The cold wind whistled.
A Shadow Remnant Soul suddenly floated past. It was Violet. She paused for a moment before heading further inside.
Ying's speed was very fast. She arrived at the cemetery almost at the same time as Li Xiang. Seeing the scale of the unmarked graves, even she was shocked.
"There are so many graves. How many people died here?" Shadow tightened her grip on the black blade in her hand. The feeling of being in this place made her feel more and more uneasy, just like when she went on a mission related to Disaster with other players.
Strange, bloody, chaotic, evil, all of these characteristics were exactly the same as the Disaster Habitat.
She even suspected that the other party had successfully mutated. If that was the case, following them would be suicide.
The two of them looked at each other. After a moment of hesitation, they decided to follow him. After all, the other members of the assassination team might be inside. If they wanted to solve the problem here, they had to find the source.
The cemetery was spacious, and the deeper one went, the more horrifying it was.
At first, there were only empty graves. Then, there were cross-shaped tombstones as tall as several people, as well as some strangely shaped tombstones. Some were chained up, some were leaning on shields. Then, there were some huge windmills. The blades of the windmills were turning slightly, blowing a wind with a strong smell of blood.
As they walked closer, they were surprised to find that each blade of the windmill was tied up with rotting corpses. These corpses were completely unrecognizable, and their bodies were full of wounds. They had been left to dry, but they had not completely rotted.
Upon closer inspection, there were many strange bloody words and pictures on the corpses.
Even Li Xiang had never seen these words before. He could only memorize them and prepare to ask the knowledgeable Honey Pear when he returned.
"Why does it feel like something is wrong? It's completely different from when I first came." Li Xiang muttered. When he came to this isolated island, although the island was also filled with a strange atmosphere, it was not as strange as it was now.
His first reaction was to associate this place with the abandoned hospital ruins he saw in Crimson Moon City.
"It should have completely mutated. I suspect that there's another Calamity living here." Ying waved the black blade in his hand, and the white in his left eye gradually spread out before returning to normal. The assassination tattoo at the base of his thigh also dimmed.
The woman's cheeks stopped crying, and even the eyes on them were closed tightly.
"The [Thousand-Eyed Evil Woman]'s original form is an E-grade Calamity. Even though it has been made into an assassination tattoo, it still retains a trace of its Calamity nature. Its ability is [Magic Eye Remnant]. When I use this dagger, it will randomly open its eyes and give me the ability of the dead person. Generally, it will not automatically lose its effect before it is canceled. "
Ying touched his eye that had returned to its original state, and his voice became heavier. "It automatically withdrew, which means that there's a higher-grade Calamity living here. According to your description, even if the little witch that originally existed on the island wants to advance, it won't be so fast, unless there's another one left here!"
Li Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously thought of a problem.
This was the ruins of the Sakura Shrine, one of the Seven Veins of Ancient Martial Arts. An ancient Calamity was suppressed below.
Could it be that it had awakened?
If the First Lady was not wrong, then the place that Tianhu of Cicada Temple had been painstakingly sealing was just an empty nest. The real Sakura Shrine had long been moved here by her.
Then, there was a Calamity sealed below here.
And it was a terrifying existence that even Ying could not deal with.
At the end of the road, Villette's figure flickered again, as if urging them to move forward faster.
Should I go or not?
Ying hesitated. If his assassination tattoo was ineffective, then his combat strength would be sharply reduced. He could not fight against the Calamity with his physical strength alone. Going would be suicide.
However, Ye Tao and the others were very likely inside.
"Let's go. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, we can't avoid it." Ying gripped the black blade tightly and took a step forward.
Li Xiang nodded. There were too many problems here, and he had to go.
The closer they got to the inside, the stronger the stench became. It seemed to be mixed with thousands of disgusting smells. These smells mixed together could completely destroy an ordinary person's sense of smell.
Further ahead, the huge windmills gradually disappeared, replaced by neat rows of black coffins. They were much more orderly than the unmarked graves outside. Every black coffin was engraved with a bloody symbol, not any of the steam characters that were circulating outside.
With so many symbols, Li Xiang could not remember them all. He could only choose the strangest ones to remember.
Dark red liquid seemed to be seeping out of the black coffins. It looked like blood as it slowly flowed into the ground.
Unknowingly, the deeper they went, the darker the sky became. The originally black ground was now emitting a demonic red light, and the smell of blood in the air covered the stench.
Apart from that, Li Xiang could also smell two sweet scents. He had only vaguely smelled them after entering this place. One was Sakura's, and the other was even sweeter. It was very familiar, but he did not know where it came from. It was as if the entire island was filled with this smell.
Violet floated alone on the red coffin at the very front.
That coffin was the strangest. It was alone at the front, and it was also the largest.
Countless bright red vines wrapped around the coffin. The red liquid in the ground flowed into the vines, dyeing the originally black coffin completely red.
"This … Is this a Death Sacrifice?" Shadow suddenly stopped and pulled Li Xiang. His eyes flickered. Finally, he said with certainty, "It should be."
"Death Sacrifice?"
"The entire area here is a Living Death Sacrifice!" Shadow gasped. After a while, he said in a low voice, "No, we can't go any closer."
Afraid that Li Xiang would die without knowing the situation, Shadow explained the so-called Living Death Sacrifice with a trembling voice.
"The graveyard at the outermost area should be filled with tens of thousands of ordinary people. The tombstones inside should be the tombstones of many noble families. The dried corpses on the windmills should be the corpses of magic apprentices. There are also very weak magic waves on them. Because you haven't become a player, you can't sense it …
"And each of these neat black coffins should have a magician buried inside. They were all stuffed into the black coffins when they were still alive. To prevent them from coming out, these bloody symbols were carved. I don't understand the meaning of the symbols, but I've seen them in battle with the cultists. Only those lunatics would do something so terrifying! "
Shadow calmed down and continued, "You should be familiar with the cultists. You've met them before."
"Tarot card people?" Li Xiang immediately thought of those lunatics. They had been entangled with him in both his previous and current lives. It seemed like they would not stop until they died.
"Only a part of it. I don't know when it started, but a group of players who believed in the Book of Evil gradually spread very evil knowledge and beliefs among the players. They claimed that humans and the Scourge were of the same origin, and that the Scourge was the perfect form of evolution. The leader of this group of cultists was an evil leader. No one knew his identity, but the higher-ups said that the evil leader and the Scourge had an unknown deal. "
"What was his purpose? As a player, you should understand the madness of the Scourge. This is like asking a tiger for its skin. " Li Xiang could not understand the thoughts of these lunatics. The tarot card people were crazy enough, and their actions against humanity were constant, but there were still traces to follow. According to Shadow's description, this group of cultists who had been scattered and disappeared long ago were even more evil and terrifying.
"Some people said it was for eternal life, and some said it was to create a new world. I've met a few cultists who were imprisoned in the Eternal Palace. They were all lunatics, and they kept saying all kinds of things about a new world. It was completely incomprehensible. The higher-ups tolerated the tarot cards because their subordinate groups were integrated into the Seven Continents, and many of the tarot card holders were among our higher-ups. They were crazy and terrifying, but they would not cross Lord White King's bottom line. However, the cultists were different. They only had the evil leader and their new world in their eyes! "
"In a clean-up operation more than ten years ago, it was said that the evil leader was killed, and countless people died on that rainy night. After that, the cultists were arrested and killed, and some of them went into hiding. They have disappeared without a trace until now, and have never appeared again. This page has also been turned, and the White King strictly forbade the spread of this information. "
Shadow knew that it was not good to say this, but if she did not tell Li Xiang, he would not understand how scary the cultists were.
Their reappearance, in a sense, was even scarier than the appearance of a new Scourge.
Li Xiang knew a little about the [Night Rain] operation that Shadow mentioned from Baimiya. It was started by the Bai family, and countless people responded. In the end, who knew how many people died on that night. It was said that it was related to the tarot cards. Who would have thought that the final target was the evil leader of the cultists?
The evil leader, The Fool, Li Xiang felt that there was some connection between the two.
He also suspected that the operation had something to do with his background. The White King did not talk about his and Ye Tong's background. The only thing that could make him shut down was the [Night Rain] from more than ten years ago.
"Speaking of which, the red coffin at the front stood out because the living people buried inside were of higher status than these magicians." Shadow's body trembled slightly, and her voluptuous body leaned against Li Xiang in fear.
Unfortunately, he was not in the mood to enjoy this kind of beauty.
What else could be above a magician?
Players!
Someone actually stuffed players into coffins and buried them alive!
What kind of crazy behavior and thinking was this?
"These blood vines were stained with the blood of countless people. They were continuously injected into the black coffin before it was completely dyed red. The resentment of the players who died here would not dissipate. After a long time, it would change. Of course, this is not the main point of the [Sacrifice of the Living]. The most important point of this cult ritual is still inside. Everything outside is just the nutrients for the ritual inside. "
Shadow said the last point.
The blood of the players was just the nutrients inside?
Needless to say, it was clear what was hidden inside.
Violet, who was floating on top of the player's coffin, seemed to become a little impatient. She floated around anxiously, hoping that Li Xiang would quickly enter, but she was afraid of Shadow beside him, not daring to move forward.
"She seems to be rushing you." Shadow noticed this. "Ghosts can't be trusted. Let's retreat. Only Master Jeffrey can eliminate this place."
"No … I can hear her voice. She's calling for me. " Li Xiang closed his eyes. Violet's weak cry for help sounded in his ears. If he did not listen carefully, he would not have heard it.
"Help …"
"Help me …"
"Help me … I'm so scared …"
Her voice was mixed with sobbing. It was erratic, but it was especially horrifying.
It was as if there was a huge pressure eating away at her. Despair, pain, and other emotions surged up and drowned her.
"Don't go. After they're not human, they're creatures from another world. You can't believe anything they say." Shadow grabbed Li Xiang's arm. A light flashed in his eyes. He said resolutely, "The Disaster Camp has no humanity."
"I can tell. Their smell." Li Xiang shook his head firmly. He did not know what Shadow had experienced that made him so distrustful of everything in the Disaster Camp. But he was different. He could smell it.
If it was a mutant or disaster creature, the sweet smell would be discovered by the pale golden aura no matter how hard he tried to hide it.
Violet was just a remnant soul.
And it was very likely that she was not dead yet!
He took a step forward. Shadow reached out to knock him out. But when he raised his hand, it was suddenly entangled by a white thread. The thread instantly turned blood-red and spread to her body. She could not speak. She could only watch as Li Xiang walked over.
"Mmm …"
"Don't move." A loli's voice came from behind her.
Another white thread quietly wrapped around the base of her thigh, sealing the assassination tattoo.
She could feel a few auras suddenly appearing behind her.
"Don't move." Another loli's voice followed. It was very similar to the previous one.
Shadow knew that these two lolis were not strong. The real threat was the cold hand that quietly crept up her back.
"Ah, evil follower … Such an interesting thing happened to me. Don't stop me."
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