Chapter 926 A Spear

Of course, this is on the premise that you ignore her excessively pale face, empty eyes, and deathly white limbs.

"How...how could she..."

"She is the key to the formation."

"The core of the formation?" Tong Kaibin frowned and looked at Ye Wanxi questioningly.

"Didn't you just say that whenever you get close to here, you feel a force pulling you towards it, trying to suck you in and devour you?"

Tong Kaibin's expression changed slightly: "It's her?"

"Yes, she is the core of the formation, the center of the entire ghost formation, transmitting the yin energy of the ghost formation, and also absorbing the yin energy and devouring the life energy brought by others."

Tong Kaibin gasped again: "So, those wandering ghosts in this house..."

"She's been almost completely devoured. Otherwise, how do you think this black energy escaped? The more she devours, the stronger she becomes, and the wider the area her yin energy penetrates. Don't be fooled by her current appearance; she could probably swallow you whole with just a single hair she throws out."

Tong Kaibin shrank back in fright, swallowed hard, and asked, "Then... what should we do now?"

"Let's find that thing you're talking about first."

This girl is truly pitiful; she was betrayed by her closest relatives while she was alive, and even in death she cannot find peace.

Forced to become the core of the formation and devour others, strictly speaking, she can no longer be considered herself, but rather a composite of countless dead souls.

The most urgent task is to find the black thing that Tong Kaibin mentioned, because it is this thing that caused the house to become a ghost domain and the girl to become the core of the formation.

Only by finding that thing and destroying it can the formation here be broken, and the souls of the dead here find peace.

And this thing is most likely on this girl.

Ye Wanxi and the other woman exchanged a glance, then rushed into the house, one on the left and one on the right.

Tong Kaibin, who was left dumbfounded behind, suddenly changed his expression: "Why did you run away without saying goodbye? Aaaaaah, if you're going to run away, at least help me untie this rope! Ahhhhh, that corpse moved, it's walking towards me, it reached out its hand! Ahhhhh, it's going to grab me, help!"

Tong Kaibin's scream echoed throughout the cabin, but unfortunately, the only two people who could hear him were too preoccupied to pay attention.

The moment the two rushed over, the girl sitting on the pile of corpses suddenly had emotions in her empty eyes, staring at them with a sinister look, and then a stiff smile appeared on her lips.

The surging black mist instantly engulfed her, and she vanished without a trace.

Ye Wanxi thrust her sword forward, only to slash at a wisp of black energy. A scream rang in her ears, causing her to unconsciously furrow her brows.

"A scapegoat? A puppet?"

Feng Tianyu seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes also sharpened: "A common trick."

The opponent added a puppet substitute to the ghost formation. In other words, every time the formation's core absorbs the life force of a soul, it automatically creates a puppet that can help her resist damage.

As long as she absorbs enough souls, she will have enough lives, and as long as the array's core remains, the Yin energy will not disappear.

Once the scope expands, the number of souls absorbed will definitely exceed the number of times she is cut, thus trapping her in a vicious cycle, which is equivalent to giving her an immortal body!

Once they understood this, Ye Wanxi and her companion were suddenly relieved that they hadn't agreed to Captain Liu's suggestion to bring people down, otherwise it would have been tantamount to giving the magic array a cheat code!

“Cutting them down one by one isn’t a solution. Although the Ghost Realm hasn’t expanded yet and the number of Yin Souls she’s absorbed isn’t large, dealing with them one by one would be time-consuming and exhausting. Who knows if these things are just sacrifices used to drain their energy?”

Feng Tianyu was naturally aware of this as well, and pulled Ye Wanxi's hand back two steps: "Step back."

After saying that, he suddenly pulled out a small bottle.

Ye Wanxi turned her head and saw that there was a small flame inside the bottle.

"What is this?"

"The fire of the underworld can burn everything in the world."

"Netherworld Fire?" Ye Wanxi looked surprised. "Isn't this thing supposed to be hidden at the bottom of the Netherworld Valley in the Demon Realm, a place even demons can't reach? How do you have it, Senior Brother?"

Did you even put it away and carry it with you at all times?

"I'll explain later. It's a bit of a waste of resources, but this little bit of fire is enough to burn them down."

As Feng Tianyu spoke, he opened the bottle and threw the flame, which was only the size of a fingernail, into the center of the room.

In an instant, flames erupted, white smoke billowed, and a pungent odor wafted from inside the house.

Where the flames reached, the piercing screams were even louder than before.

The fire burned for less than a minute, and the pile of corpses inside the house was completely reduced to ashes, revealing the girl in the center of the formation once again.

From the moment they entered until now, only a few minutes have passed, and the girl's appearance has changed from completely unharmed to disheveled and miserable.

Her pale, grotesque face glared fiercely at Ye Wanxi and the other woman, tears of blood streaming from her eyes, her empty black pupils concealing a multitude of emotions.

But what is most obvious is sorrow and pleading. Becoming this ghostly state was not her wish. She wants to end it all and seek liberation.

Ye Wanxi realized this, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Let me do it." Feng Tianyu pulled her hand that was holding the sword, preventing her from stepping forward.

At the same time, a flash of sword light pierced through the opponent's heart.

A dazzling light flashed, and the black mist inside the room seemed to be burned and devoured by something, eventually turning into something that fell to the ground with a thud.

Tong Kaibin, who had been hiding in the back and acting like a coward the whole time, heard the noise and peeked out from behind the door. His eyes lit up when he saw what was on the ground, and he exclaimed, "It's this thing! That's right, this is what he threw in that day!"

Ye Wanxi and her companion hurried over, glanced down at it, and frowned, saying, "This is... a spear?"

"A broken spear soaked in blood."

Feng Tianyu tried to reach out his hand, but as soon as he got close, he frowned.

Seeing his reaction, Ye Wanxi immediately became anxious and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this thing?"

Feng Tianyu shook his head: "This is an ancient spear. If I'm not mistaken, it should have been made by a general."

"general?"

"The specifications of this spear indicate that it can only be used by generals. I think the opponent must be an exceptionally brave and skilled general who has personally killed millions of enemies on the battlefield. Therefore, this spear is stained with the blood of millions. And this general, with the spear broken, will probably die on the battlefield wrapped in a horse's hide."

Ye Wanxi suddenly realized: "So, this spear is stained with the blood of millions of enemies, and may even be stained with the blood of its owner. It is an extremely sinister object. So many people have died here, it is already filled with ghostly energy..." With this sinister energy activated, the ghost formation is complete!

(End of this chapter)