Chapter 1679: Chapter 1680: Burial Mound
On the top of the cliff, the chivalrous man, Xu Mingjie, and Du Yanan had already grabbed the vines, pulling back so your speed would increase.
When you’re pulled to the top of the cliff, an arrow swiftly shot toward you. At the critical moment, Wei Yingyue kicked you aside, making you roll inside and narrowly dodge the life-taking arrow.
You rolled over, rubbed your backside, and stood up, saying to Wei Yingyue, "Sister Wei, you don’t have to be so harsh."
"Who told you to show off?" Du Yanan glared at you viciously, then said to all of you, "Quickly, guys, these wolf demons might catch up again."
There wasn’t a path ahead, the chivalrous man opened the way at the front while you all followed him, jogging.
As you ran, Xu Mingjie thumbs up at you while laughing, "Brother Mu Yun, you were truly heroic just now, if I were Sister Yanan, I’d definitely fall for you."
"Oh please, I still want to live peacefully for the rest of my life," noticing strong killing intent nearby as you spoke, you turned and found Du Yanan glaring viciously at you, you laughed, "Kids, don’t talk nonsense, Lao Du, don’t take it seriously."
"I, a young miss, only like cats and dogs, wouldn’t fall for a playboy like you!"
"Whew, hearing that ease my mind," you said lightly, pretending to be relieved.
Looking at your demeanor, Du Yanan felt another taste at heart, a taste she could only swallow herself. To prevent Wei Yingyue from noticing, Du Yanan intentionally made a nonchalant pose, which made Wei Yingyue sigh repeatedly inside.
After jogging for a while, the chivalrous man leading the way suddenly halted, exhausted as you were, and each leaned against a tree trunk beside, taking a rest.
"Hero, did you discover something up ahead?"
You were the most physically fit among all besides the chivalrous man. Slightly panting, you walked in front of the chivalrous man, but found his gaze fixed forward. At this point, you noticed several mountain mounds that appeared continuously, each with tombstones standing tall, and more eerily, as far as the eyes could see, were coffins in various positions.
The other five also approached, looking at the adjacent view, gazing at the full mountains of Yin land.
At this moment, the sky was gradually darkening, a bright moon rose high atop the peak.
Fortunately, with the moon overhead, moonlight sprinkled on the ground, spreading a pale silver-white hue.
Looking at the chivalrous man, you asked, "Hero, should we rush through now or wait until dawn?"
"It’s too late, we must sneak to his back before Wen Zhong gets word and steal his Jiao Long Whip."
"Steal, that word truly delights me. It’s unnecessary to describe Wen Zhong’s prowess here. Honestly, when the hero mentioned Wen Zhong was one of the three bosses, it scared me a bit. Facing Wen Zhong with just us really equates to a suicide mission."
The chivalrous man glanced at you, and continued, "Therefore, we must accelerate now, and reach God-killing Platform by sunrise."
"God-killing Platform, what a domineering name, could Wen Zhong be there too?"
The chivalrous man slightly shook his head, "Wen Zhong is not currently at God-killing Platform, but his weapon, the Jiao Long Whip, is worshiped there. If we want to defeat Emperor Xin, we must obtain the Jiao Long Whip, otherwise, we don’t even have the qualification to meet Emperor Xin."
"As long as Wen Zhong isn’t there," Du Yanan added.
Anyone who has seen the TV series knows, Wen Zhong is a top-tier boss in the Investiture of the Gods. Since the game developers created him, they surely wouldn’t weaken Wen Zhong’s power. You speculate Wen Zhong should be the strongest in this Earth Spirit Realm, while Emperor Xin is an emperor, a ruler, and a commander, his power shouldn’t surpass Wen Zhong.
"In that case, let’s set off now, directly through this Burial Mound," Wei Yingyue’s voice was somewhat low, clearly sensing a trace of a disturbing aura too.
You all nodded. Before departure, the chivalrous man spoke to you, "This Burial Mound is filled with various demons, you must be careful, especially beware of those oddly-shaped ones."
Saying this, the chivalrous man led the way out.
Exchanging a glance with Du Yanan beside, you spoke, "Old rule, Deng Fang and Little Jie follow the hero, Lao Du protect Little Xin Yue, I’ll cover the rear."
This time Du Yanan didn’t quarrel with you. The gusts of cold wind blowing from the Burial Mound not only made her feel physically uncomfortable but also stirred an ominous intuition in her heart.
What exactly is a Burial Mound?
In the old Hong Kong films, this term is frequently mentioned, their depictions often involved a few solitary graves, some bones, and a few broken coffins.
What presents before you all now, however, is a scenario magnified by tens, even hundreds of times from those Hong Kong films.
The moment you set foot into the Burial Mound, even with your constitution, felt a little chilly in your limbs, and actions became a bit sluggish.
"Try not to take big breaths, especially from the smoke emerging from the graves, absolutely avoid inhaling, these fumes are poisonous!" The chivalrous man warned you, drawing his long knife from the waist and leading you ahead.
Under the chivalrous man’s guidance, you’ve encountered no thrilling events on the way, though occasionally you could see some things better left unseen from the broken coffins and opened solitary graves.
In this vast Burial Mound ahead, you’re uncertain about its size, it feels like wandering endlessly, moreover, as you delve deeper, you find the sinister aura surrounding grows stronger and stronger, escalating the unease within.
Suddenly, the originally quiet surrounding emitted peculiar sounds, as if something was about to break out.
Progressing chivalrous man swiftly raised his left hand, saying to you all behind, "From now, follow me at the fastest pace!"
You were actually prepared for the hero’s words in your hearts; seeing him accelerating, you quickly kept pace.
"Uh—"
Sounds that made scalps crawl echoed from afar to near, suddenly, the dirt under Deng Fang’s feet cracked open, a hand fiercely grasped Deng Fang’s foot!
Xu Mingjie, who had been prepared, fiercely stabbed the grabbing hand with his steel fork, once the hand released, Deng Fang hurried forward, Xu Mingjie likewise followed quickly.
"Everyone be mindful of your footsteps, avoid treading on soft soil if possible."
Your warning barely exited your mouth when the soil next exploded open beside, a dozen or so smaller corporeal corpses suddenly lunged at you!
"Run!"
You shouted, brandishing a steel knife towards the corporeal corpse nearest to Liang Xinyue.
Quickly, you noticed these corporeal corpses evidently surpassed those at Blackwater Town, they were faster and more vicious.
Luckily, these corporeal corpses had just emerged from the soil, so their speed was mildly slower. At this moment, you rushed forward with the hero.
The hallmark of the Burial Mound is the word chaos, differing from Blackwater Town, here’s where corpses can potentially spring from anyplace, though the corpse’s threat level was less than wolf demons, but their granularity disgusted people, nobody desired getting touched by them.
Moreover, the Burial Mound had diverse corpse types, some were fast, some slow yet massive in size; concurrently, you also chopped a down a kind of pot-bellied corpulence corpses, since it stood afar and didn’t approach, you momentarily understood its threat level nor its rarity induced oversight.
Among the myriad of corporeal corpses, the most troublesome were those small yet nimble ones, a few couldn’t inflict major harm, yet should they swarm, it spells disaster.
Fortunately, the chivalrous man kept paving the way ahead, lest one couldn’t stride across this Burial Mound.
"Hero, how can we possibly leave here?"