"There's someone ahead!"
Ye Chen interrupted Li Ying and Luo Tianya. Then, he charged toward the source of the scream.
Three hundred meters away, an old man in tattered clothes was lying on the ground, screaming miserably. If one were to look carefully, they would notice that only white bones were left on his legs, as if they had been completely eaten by something.
The flesh on his legs was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, only his face was left.
"Ah!"
Li Ying could not help but take a few steps back in fear.
The man looked at Ye Chen and the rest in despair. There was a strong desire to live in his eyes, "Save me … Save me …"
As soon as he finished speaking!
His entire body had completely turned into a skeleton.
Luo Tianya shook his head slightly, "This person's cultivation base is insufficient, but he insisted on barging in. He deserves to die …"
Li Ying suddenly said, "Look, it's his soul!"
Everyone's eyes focused. A soul suddenly shot out from the skeleton, as if it wanted to escape. However, it was still enveloped by the surrounding black fog and was completely torn apart.
The sound of sand falling to the ground rang in everyone's ears. The black fog grew much stronger again.
"As expected!"
Ye Chen squinted and said softly, "Patriarch, it seems like our previous guess was right. The black fog is made of soul fragments."
"In other words, there used to be many ghosts here!"
The Patriarch of Hell nodded and said, "But there must have been a great battle later on, causing these ghosts to be shattered and form the strange black fog!"
Li Ying and Luo Tianya nodded one after another.
"There's another possibility!"
However, Ye Chen shook his head and said, "There's a battle between living people. After their souls are shattered, they'll also condense such soul sand. Because it's the soul fragments of countless people, it's mixed with the seven emotions and six desires and negative emotions …"
"There's some truth to what you said."
The patriarch nodded thoughtfully.
…
As the group went almost three thousand meters into the black fog, they encountered many people with weak cultivation bases who died along the way. Apart from their flesh and blood being devoured, their souls were also torn apart and turned into soul sand.
Not long after, an incomparably huge ancient city broke through the black fog and gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.
This ancient city was too grand. The city walls were over a hundred meters tall, larger than any city in the outside world. Moreover, it was filled with an eerie and ancient feeling.
The sky above the city was covered in dark clouds, preventing people from seeing anything in the city. However, Ye Chen could see the name above the city gate clearly.
"Gates of Hell!"
The three blood-red words exuded a ghostly aura, as if it was a silent warning to the living.
Not far away from him, there were more than ten people who stopped one after another. They were the powerhouses who had entered before Ye Chen.
"Gates of Hell!"
"It's actually the Gates of Hell. My god, we're actually at the Gates of Hell? Could it be that the legend really exists? "
Some experts shuddered.
"A great omen, a great omen!"
A Daoist immediately took out a tortoiseshell to divine for himself, but the tortoiseshell instantly shattered. He couldn't help but panic.
"I'm withdrawing, withdrawing!"
Without another word, he walked back the way he came, as if he wanted to return. However, he had only taken a few steps when he let out a blood-curdling scream.
Under everyone's fearful gazes, a bolt of red lightning suddenly descended from the gloomy sky, directly blasting the other party into pieces.
Then, a rain of blood fell from the sky.
Deathly silence, a deathly silence!
That was a quasi-saint, yet he was killed in the blink of an eye. Even until he died, he still did not understand why.
A few seconds later, a cry of surprise erupted, "What was that red lightning just now?!"
"Looks like we'll die even if we return the way we came. We have no way out …" a powerhouse said with a trembling voice.
The Patriarch of Hell narrowed his eyes and said, "Fellow Ye, did you see what that was?"
"It was too fast!"
Ye Chen frowned and said slowly, "However, I can vaguely sense a soul fluctuation …"
At the next moment!
His expression changed slightly.
It was because he sensed the unusual movement of the Ghost Child Cry Soul Beast!
Previously, he had kept the beast in his Soul Beast Pouch and had never released it. Now, this was the first time the beast had sent a signal that it wanted to come out.
"Could it be that the Ghost Child discovered something?"
He frowned without batting an eyelid. Then, he said to Li Ying and the rest, "Be careful. You must follow me closely!"
"Pretending to be mysterious, pretending to be mysterious!"
Right at this moment, a loud shout exploded from the crowd in the distance.
Then, an old man holding a sword leaped up, "The Gates of Hell? What a joke. Do you think you can scare me with just three words?
"If the legendary Underworld really exists, I don't mind wreaking havoc in the Underworld today!"
With that, the old man slashed through the air with a sword gleam, and he actually rushed towards the ancient city.
Seeing that someone was following suit, another figure shot out from the crowd, "Let's go. We'll die if we retreat. Instead of that, we might as well charge in!"
"Let's go!"
Ye Chen did not hesitate. He swept his sleeve and swept up a gust of wind. He carried Li Ying and the rest away quickly.
There were many ancient buildings in the ancient city, and it seemed extremely quiet at this moment.
The spacious street was no different from the surrounding buildings. It was unknown what material it was made of. The color was like dried blood, red and black.
Apart from Ye Chen and the rest, no one dared to move. They looked around vigilantly. Even though there was a faint light in the ancient shop next to them, no one dared to enter.
"Ahhhh!"
Right at this moment, an extremely shrill scream suddenly broke the silence in the dim street.
Everyone immediately looked over and saw a hole in the chest of a supreme giant powerhouse. A black shadow passed through the hole.
"Patter …"
That person's body instantly turned into a pile of bones that scattered on the ground.
"Something evil is attacking us!"
Someone cried out in alarm. Then, many people gathered together and stood back to back, looking around vigilantly.
Someone said with a trembling voice, "Did you guys see what that was? Could it be a ghost? "
"Boom …"
The old man suddenly slashed behind him and shouted, "Who are you? How dare you ambush us from behind?!"
However, two more screams answered him.
Two more skeletons appeared on the ground.
"How dare you play tricks in front of the patriarch!"
Two bolts of lightning flashed in the Patriarch of Hell's eyes as he sneered, "I'd like to see what you guys are!"
At that moment, a black shadow attacked from behind Li Ying.
"Watch out!"
Ye Chen reminded. Then, he grabbed the black shadow with his palm. However, what he grabbed was an extremely light black spirit body.
"Hungry ghost?!"
The Patriarch of Hell suddenly recognized it, "It's a hungry ghost!"
The black spirit body turned into a woman in strange clothes. She bared her teeth at Ye Chen's hand.
Ye Chen said, "And it's a beginner-stage Golden Core hungry ghost!"
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
