As the woman in green cast her spell, the spiritual power in her hand flashed and disappeared into the corpses of the three ghost-faced fish. Immediately, the fish corpses quickly withered, and three balls of blood-red light flew out.
The light spheres condensed the blood energy of the three demon fish's entire bodies.
Then, a stream of black air flew out from the green-clothed woman's hand, turning into a black mist that engulfed the blood-colored light spheres.
A buzzing sound emanated from within. After a while, a green light spot detached from the black air and struck the giant door in front.
The spiritual light originally covering the black gate turned blood-red. This change only lasted for a few breaths.
Finally, with a 'poof' sound, the spiritual light on it disappeared without a trace.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling and the old man were both a little surprised that this senior so easily broke the restriction on this stone door. She seemed to know how to break the restriction on it.
The stone door opened with a soft sound. The three walked in.
It was dark inside, but some firelight illuminated the passages on both sides, emanating from the stone statues standing on either side.
The stone statues were not human-shaped but resembled demons. Zhang Ling was no longer surprised by this. The passage was very long, and there were some bright murals on both sides.
One side depicted scenes of cultivation, including alchemy and weapon refinement, ascension to immortality, and grand preaching scenes.
The other side depicted a 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' (百鬼夜行图: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons). Among them were scenes of demons eating people, mortals sacrificing to ghosts and gods, and a 'Ten Thousand Demons Descending to Earth' (万鬼降世图: Ten Thousand Demons Descending to Earth) scene.
The murals on both sides were vastly different, seemingly opposing each other. It was unknown why they were painted.
Soon after, the three passed through the passage and arrived at another space, where they were immediately attracted by the scene.
This was a large space. There was a long staircase in front of them, leading deep down, and the ground was sunken.
Below was a white expanse, actually a large area of white bones and skeletons, like a burial pit. Nether green ghost fire floated around, illuminating a strange scene.
Whistling wind sounded.
Countless white bones swayed and floated towards the center, building a white bone altar on the ground.
On a staircase paved with white bones was a young man. This man had a pale face and wore white clothes, with a blood-red paper umbrella floating above his head.
The young man slowly walked up the white bone steps. His left hand held a 'Ghost Seal' (鬼玺: Ghost Seal) high, and cold wind drifted around, with countless demon phantoms behind him.
Jingling! Jingling……
The crisp sound of bells echoed throughout the space. In the demon phantoms, five tall demons carried a bronze coffin behind him.
"Hmph, it seems that the burly ghost was killed by you."
An old voice sounded. Zhang Ling and the old man quickly withdrew their gazes and looked towards the source of the sound.
In the mid-air not far away, an old man in burlap clothes looked at the woman in green with sinister eyes.
"What is your relationship with the 'Ghost King Sect' (鬼王宗: Ghost King Sect)?"
The woman in green's spiritual power surged upon seeing the old man, appearing as if facing a great enemy.
"'Ghost King Sect' (鬼王宗: Ghost King Sect), little girl, it seems you have some knowledge. But I'm not in the mood to explain to you."
"This place is about to be sealed off. Being buried here is also your good fortune. Prepare to die."
As the old man spoke, his aura greatly increased, and he condensed more than a dozen black skulls in front of him, attacking the woman in green.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling and the old man's faces changed drastically. They mobilized their spiritual power with all their might, each releasing several defenses.
The old man gave the impression of being several times stronger than the woman in green. Without thinking, they knew that this person was definitely not someone they could contend with.
Zhang Ling even left the woman in green's side and retreated more than ten zhang away. The light shields formed by three talismans tightly wrapped him, and at the same time, the flying spirit shield trembled and blocked in front of him.
Still not feeling at ease, a flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, and the "Yellow Bright Pearl" (黄明珠: Yellow Bright Pearl) talisman treasure was grasped in his hand. He fully urged his spiritual power to inject into it.
At this time, the woman in green naturally also made a move. The jade brush appeared in front of her, and then she spat out a mass of azure essence and shot it onto the brush.
Immediately, the jade brush's spiritual light flowed, dancing around her. In the blink of an eye, she drew three spiritual talismans. As the light flashed, the talismans formed ice arrows, rushing towards the old man.
Immediately, several loud rumbling sounds rang out in mid-air. The阴风(yin wind) and white mist raged, shaking the nearby mid-air and buzzing.
After the yin wind passed, many skulls and ice arrows disappeared.
The woman in green flashed with a green light and flew into mid-air. With a wave of her hand, two jade gourds appeared in front of her.
One was cyan-blue, and the other was scarlet-red. With a touch of the jade brush, the two jade gourds swelled to half a person's height.
Runes flowed on them, and blue or scarlet-red lines appeared. In the blink of an eye, they spewed out a blue-black spiritual light, which stretched and transformed, condensing into a blue ice snake more than ten zhang long.
The red gourd also released a scarlet-red spiritual light, transforming into a scarlet fire phoenix several zhang in size.
"The means of the 'Jade Talisman Sect' (玉符宗: Jade Talisman Sect), hehe." Seeing this, the old man narrowed his eyes, and a dark black alms bowl treasure appeared in his hand, condensed with yin energy.
Then, in the midst of several incantations, the bowl's surface flowed with blood light, and a half-red and half-black mist flew out.
A strange cackling sound came out, and in the blink of an eye, blood-red skulls flew out.
With a 'whoosh', they all rushed towards the woman in green.
At this moment, Zhang Ling and the old man watched the high-level cultivators fight, not knowing what to do for a while.
Zhang Ling released all his divine sense to explore the surrounding situation. After entering this place, his divine sense was no longer suppressed.
At this moment, with his divine sense fully open, the situation within a mile of the vicinity was imprinted in his mind.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, not only did the spiritual energy in the body transform into liquid, but the cultivator's divine sense also greatly increased. Generally, the divine sense of the early stage of Foundation Establishment can cover about a mile when fully released.
Because he cultivated the Nameless Soul Refining Technique, he was stronger than ordinary cultivators. When fully deployed, most of the space was in his mind.
Zhang Ling paid attention to the battle between the woman in green and the old man, while looking for a way to escape from this place.
But he explored most of the space and did not find any other place. His face sank like water. With a bite of his teeth, he fully urged his divine sense to explore in one direction.
This was a risky behavior.
But it also greatly increased the range of divine sense exploration. Divine sense was concentrated in one place, only exploring one direction. The range of exploration was reduced.
But the farthest distance that could be explored was greatly increased. With his current divine sense, he could roughly explore the most marginal location of this place.
As he explored, he suddenly found a dark passage on the mountain wall on the left side. This passage was located behind a boulder. If he hadn't fully urged his divine sense, he would have almost missed it.
Is it an exit?
Zhang Ling was overjoyed. At this moment, a flash of black light suddenly appeared in front of him, and the yin wind rose sharply.
A blood-red skull was reflected in his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, it was more than ten zhang away from him.
This scene immediately made Zhang Ling's back sweat coldly, and his heart jumped wildly several times.
He had been paying attention to the fight between the woman in green and the old man with some of his divine sense, and he had not seen the old man attacking them.
But this was obviously the old man's method. When he discovered this blood-colored skull, the blood skull opened its mouth wide, and a black beam of light spewed out.
It was too late to dodge. Zhang Ling could only condense his spiritual power, and the 'Yellow Bright Pearl' (黄明珠: Yellow Bright Pearl) talisman treasure in his hand lit up, and a layer of earth-yellow light罩(light罩: cover) shone on him.
Boom!
