The three ghosts trembled like leaves before the overwhelming power of their natural enemy, utterly terrified. But the first ghost mustered its courage and said in a trembling voice, "Demon, don't even think about it! We will never betray our Lord of Humanity."

The Nightmare Beast completely lost its patience, its eyes gleaming with ferocity: "You ignorant fools! Do you really think my patience is limitless? If you're looking for death, then so be it!"

The three ghosts, appearing extremely "tragic," clung tightly to each other, saying in unison: "Demon, we'd rather die than tell! Eat us! The Soul Lord will avenge us!"

Seeing that the three ghosts were deeply brainwashed, their logic chaotic yet exceptionally stubborn, Li Yu thought for a moment, then gently placed his hand on the bow and arrow and said to the Nightmare Beast:

"Don't rush to eat them. Leave them, or trap them for now. There are still many questions we haven't answered."

Before Li Yu could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred!

"Long live the Soul Master!!" the three ghosts shouted in unison.

A cold and vast will, without warning, pierced through the thick fog and the scorching energy cage, instantly enveloping the three ghosts!

The fear, pain, and stubbornness on the faces of the three ghosts froze in an instant!

Instead, there was a fervent, almost pilgrimage-like devotion!

They stiffly turned in the same direction, kneeling down in unison in the deepest, darkest fog of the abyss, in devout worship:

'Great! The Soul Master has come to our rescue!'

'We did not betray humanity!'

Humanity will live on forever!

The next second—

"Puff, puff, puff."

Three soft sounds, like a candle flame going out.

The three ghosts, who were kneeling in fervent worship just a second ago, instantly lost all vitality in their souls.

As if his consciousness had been instantly stripped away, all his movements froze on the spot, and he became a poor-quality gray corpse, motionless.

They were frozen in their kneeling posture, their eyes empty and lifeless, no different from the dead, ghostly corpses in the mine tunnels before!

Like an empty shell.

"You damned thing!!" Nightmare Beast was furious at the sight, how could they have gotten there first?

The other party actually killed all the ghosts that Li Yu needed to keep alive right in front of it, right under its nose, which was a slap in its face!

Li Yu reacted extremely quickly. The moment the ghost knelt in worship, he immediately used the Soul Devouring Triple Eye to look into the deepest part of the dense fog.

There seemed to be an invisible pair of eyes there, staring back at him through the thick fog.

"Li Yu, get him! I'm not leaving until I dig out this cowardly fellow today!" the Nightmare Beast raged, having never suffered such a humiliating defeat before.

"Alright!" Li Yu grabbed the Phoenix Bow and rushed into the thick fog.

Defeating this Soul Master might end all the white mist surrounding Kangcheng.

The thick fog was torn apart by Li Yu's ferocious speed and then quickly closed again, leaving only a blurry afterimage in the high-speed movement.

Just as Li Yu pushed his speed to the limit, single-mindedly tracking the location of the dense fog in the abyss...

"sand..."

An extremely faint sound, almost drowned out by the whistling, entered my ears without warning.

Li Yu did not slow down, but her mind tensed up instantly.

The Nightmare Beast's pupils suddenly contracted, and Li Yu realized that the Nightmare Beast must have heard it too.

"rustle......"

The sound rang out again, seemingly following closely behind, and very close!

Just a few steps behind him!

How is this possible?!

His current speed is beyond the reach of ordinary awakened beings. What could possibly catch up with him so silently?!

"rustle......"

An indescribable sense of crisis came over Li Yu, and he almost instinctively turned around abruptly!

Just then, the Nightmare Beast suddenly shouted:

Don't look back!

The Nightmare Beast's solemn dissuasion instantly stopped Li Yu's actions.

Li Yu paused, but ultimately didn't turn around to look, unable to help but wonder:

Could it be that the Soul Master from before has set its sights on me and is trying to take advantage of my unpreparedness to attack me with mental means?

But then the Nightmare Beast began to explain in a cryptic manner:

"A person should have three strong wills; when faced with adversity, never look back."

"If you are pursued by evil spirits and turn around rashly, with three yang flames flickering on your head and shoulders, you are most vulnerable to being attacked! Let me take a look at you first."

On the Phoenix Bow, the dark eye gleamed and suddenly looked behind Li Yu.

The Nightmare Beast fell silent instantly, its eyes seemingly filled with... a hint of surprise and uncertainty.

Li Yu stood motionless, not turning around, unaware of what the Nightmare Beast had seen.

"rustle......"

As the sound drew closer, Li Yu felt a growing sense of tension, stemming from her wariness of the unknown creature.

In the deathly silent mine, the eerie footsteps were amplified infinitely, each step feeling like it was stepping on Li Yu's taut nerves.

A few breaths later, the Nightmare Beast's voice came again, but this time its tone was less confident, even carrying an indescribable strangeness and hesitation:

"Um... Li Yu, this... is a special situation. Why don't you go back and take a look yourself?"

Even the Nightmare Beast couldn't be sure about this?! Li Yu was surprised.

Upon hearing that he could turn around, he abruptly turned around and looked behind him.

Li Yu: "......"

The terrifying scene that was expected did not occur.

Just a few steps behind, a ghost about the size of a five-year-old child was running on all fours like a nimble little beast.

It seemed to have been trying to catch up with Li Yu, as if it wanted to compete with Li Yu in speed. Now that it saw him stop, it also stopped.

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