Lu Fuyue's expression changed as she suddenly noticed a very subtle fluctuation coming from above her head.
So she subconsciously looked up and immediately saw a skinned head in her line of sight.
Not only was its skin peeled off, but its eye sockets were also empty, with drops of bright red blood oozing from its face and dripping onto the ground.
Lu Fuyue's pupils contracted instantly, and she hurriedly dodged and then thrust her sword at it.
Unfortunately, he missed again.
A woman's plaintive sobs rang out, "Sister, why did you kill me? All I wanted was your face, wouldn't you even give it to me?"
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept in, and its sharp voice reached Lu Fuyue's ears, "Since you are unwilling, then go die!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the white mist gradually dissipated and darkness descended. Countless white skulls emerged from the ground, eagerly opening their mouths to bite Lu Fuyue's feet.
The surrounding trees transformed into skeletons with remnants of rotting flesh and entrails, which slowly approached Lu Fuyue.
Green will-o'-the-wisps lit up one after another, and not far away, a blood-soaked corpse with its skin peeled off was staring at Lu Fuyue with its dark, hollow eyes.
"Sister, your face is so beautiful. Yu Lang loves your delicate and beautiful face the most."
“Once I put your face on me, he will definitely not be able to bear to skin me, gouge out my eyes and nose anymore.”
Lu Fuyue broke out in a cold sweat, but the skull on the ground and the bloody bones all around her prevented her from being afraid.
Oh no, this is a vengeful ghost with strength equivalent to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Suddenly, a bloody, skeletal claw grabbed Lu Fuyue's sleeve from behind.
Her expression changed drastically, and she immediately severed the skeletal claw with her sword. At the same time, countless bones and skulls came at her from all directions.
Lu Fuyue's eyes narrowed slightly. She quickly flew up and stood in mid-air, the sword in her hand transforming into the Weak Water Zither.
She picked up her zither and began to play. The music began to rise slowly, the dark clouds dispersed, and a ray of moonlight fell on Lu Fuyue. Dressed in white, with a zither and a cinnabar mole on her forehead, Lu Fuyue gradually exuded a peaceful aura.
However, less than a foot away from her feet were countless white bones, which kept stretching out their claws, trying to tear Lu Fuyue off, peel off her skin, and then tear her into countless pieces to eat.
Below that were skulls, one after another, their mouths agape as they chuckled and laughed in Lu Fuyue's direction.
As time went on, fine beads of sweat began to appear on Lu Fuyue's forehead, but the movements of her hands playing the zither became faster and faster, while the movements of the skeletons beneath her gradually slowed down.
Not far away, the skinned, blood-soaked corpse sitting atop the skeleton was displeased. It immediately roared, and a terrifying aura spread out in layers, causing hundreds of ghosts to wail.
"Useless! You're all a bunch of useless trash! Skin her alive and bring her to me!"
As soon as these words were spoken,
Suddenly, a dark green light shone from the empty eye sockets of the skeleton, and it broke free from Lu Fuyue's musical restraints. Then, it leaped up and grabbed one of Lu Fuyue's ankles.
Lu Fuyue was shocked and used a burst of spiritual energy to strike the white bone's claw. The white bone twisted its head and looked at Lu Fuyue, letting out a chilling laugh.
Lu Fuyue felt a sudden chill run down her spine. Before she could react, it bit her down. The bright red blood and the white, bony teeth created a bizarre and chilling scene.
A chill shot through Lu Fuyue's veins from where she had been bitten, and gradually her spiritual power began to dissipate.
Lu Fuyue coughed up blood as she absorbed the chilling energy.
Oh no, I've been poisoned.
She hurriedly kicked the white bone skull away and began to circulate her internal energy.
Every step brings forth lotus blossoms, a fiery red lotus!
One by one, red lotuses appeared out of thin air, forming a red lotus bridge in the night sky, with countless red lotus flames burning beneath them.
Lu Fuyue lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped onto the Red Lotus Bridge, then used her footwork to quickly escape.
The bones and skeletons on the ground were afraid of the flames burning on the red lotus and dared not stop it.
The blood corpse was enraged and unleashed a powerful palm strike at Lu Fuyue's back.
But then a cloud of black mist appeared out of nowhere and easily blocked its attack. By the time it made its next move, Lu Fuyue had already escaped.
Damn it, is something inside helping her?
***
Lu Fuyue only learned after obtaining this technique that the Lotus Steps technique was a Buddhist technique, and that the flames emitted by the red lotus were not ordinary flames, but a fraction of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire that specifically countered evil spirits.
She originally didn't plan to use this move, because only those who have reached the Golden Core stage can use it. Otherwise, once she uses it, her spiritual power will disappear within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and it will take three days and three nights to recover.
She ran for an unknown amount of time, until she could no longer run and was completely exhausted.
Although she had taken a Grade 7 Poison Avoidance Pill beforehand, some of the ghost poison in Lu Fuyue's body still remained, gradually stiffening her body.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Fuyue spat out a mouthful of blood, her consciousness gradually blurred, and her spiritual power completely disappeared. Suddenly, she stepped on something, lost her footing, and fell straight down.
...
When Lu Fuyue woke up again, she found herself lying inside a red lotus in the Red Lotus Pond.
A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She slowly propped herself up and looked around, only to find that the Red Lotus Pool was filled with rolling red-gold lava, except for the red lotuses.
What allows the red lotus to grow is not the pond water, but this lava; no wonder the temperature here is so high.
Clearly, this red lotus was no ordinary red lotus. At the same time, a wave of fear washed over her. Fortunately, she had landed on a red lotus; if she had fallen into this raging lava...
Just thinking about it sent chills down her spine.
After a short while, Lu Fuyue finally calmed down and regained her composure.
She carefully looked around; the Red Lotus Pond was located in the very center of this place.
Besides the red lotus pond, there seems to be a huge stone gate not far in front of her, with exquisite and ancient runes carved on it, and a strange-looking magical beast on each side of the gate.
However, because the distance was too great, she couldn't see exactly what it looked like.
Lu Fuyue felt the emptiness of spiritual energy within her body and her extreme weakness. She sighed deeply. The most important thing now was how to get out of here.
Fortunately, her master's pill worked wonders, slowly relieving the ghost poison in her body.
However, due to using the second level of the Lotus Steps technique, she currently has no spiritual power in her body and can only wait three days for her spiritual power to return.
However, her intuition told her that this place was eerie and full of danger.
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