Jiang Yuan used his spear to pry open the tomb woman's hood, but to his surprise, the tomb woman was not in the form of a skeleton or an energy body, but rather a physical body that was somewhere between reality and illusion.

"Why do you call me General?" Jiang Yuan asked, voicing his confusion. The title felt so incongruous.

Upon hearing this, the tomb maiden trembled even more, and she said in fear, "The general proves his path through killing, just like that general!"

"Which general?" Jiang Yuan had a guess, but he couldn't be sure if the tomb maiden was referring to the God of Slaughter, Bai Qi.

"I cannot address you by your name here, General, or I will suffer the torment of having my soul torn apart!" The woman in the tomb dared not raise her head.

"Major Jiang, what on earth is this thing? How come there's a woman in this burial pit?" Long Lei was completely dumbfounded. This thing was neither human nor ghost, and he couldn't tell its origin at all.

"Explain yourself. If you can't give a coherent explanation, then die again!" Jiang Yuan used the butt of his spear to lift the tomb woman's lowered head. If the tomb woman made the slightest movement, the newly born dragon soul in the spear shaft would instantly shatter her soul.

The tomb woman timidly raised her head, revealing a very delicate face, but her ethereal physical form gave off a very eerie feeling.

"Since I gained consciousness, I have been staying here. My daily task is to maintain the Netherworld Barrier for the entire underground palace!" the tomb maiden said tremblingly.

"How did you come to be? Whose memories do you now possess?" Jiang Yuan knew about the Netherworld Barrier, but he was more interested in the origins of the Tomb Woman.

The tomb maiden glanced timidly at the three of them, and knowing that she could not escape, she obediently replied, "I am a tomb maiden born from the Soul-Suppressing Monument absorbing the immense power of the dead. I am a completely new spirit, unlike other dead, and have never possessed the memories of others!"

"A tomb maiden born from the Soul-Suppressing Stele?" Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed; he hadn't expected this outcome.

"If the general doesn't believe me, this can prove it!"