Chapter 149 The Real Culprit Behind the Control of the Water Ghost
"ah!"
A gasp shattered everything.
Ye Li snapped out of her daze.
Upon noticing someone standing in front of her, Zhao Yaoguang pointed at her with a terrified expression, "Quick, get down!"
Before Ye Li could react, Zhao Yaoguang pulled her down.
Ye Li keenly sensed something. "Is there something wrong with this swing?"
Zhao Yaoguang didn't answer, but asked anxiously, "What did you just see!"
Just as Ye Li was about to recount what she had seen and heard, she suddenly remembered something and scrutinized her with her gaze, "You've been here the whole time?"
Zhao Yaoguang immediately denied it, "No, I just came over and saw you sitting here."
She paused and then said, "This house is very eerie. I was afraid you might accidentally fall into some kind of illusion, so I quickly reminded you."
"I see."
Ye Li gave Zhao Yaoguang a barely perceptible look.
Zhao Yao is clearly proficient in formations, so why did she come out later than Chu Wei?
"By the way, you still haven't told me what you just saw?"
When Zhao Yaoguang asked again, Ye Li said calmly, "No, I didn't see anything."
At the same time, Chu Wei, who had just gone to investigate the other side, returned. When he saw Zhao Yaoguang, his eyes also showed a bit of scrutiny. "Why did you only come out now?"
Zhao Yaoguang seemed to realize that it was a bit unreasonable for a formation master to have emerged later than a sword cultivator. She said helplessly, "I went to save others, especially that Senior Brother Lu. If he wasn't treated soon, he might be in danger, so I was delayed."
Lu Ziting...
Thinking of Lu Ziting, whom she had left in the room, Zhao Yaoguang wasn't wrong.
Seeing that they didn't speak, Zhao Yaoguang pointed inside, "Some of them are injured or unconscious, so I told them to wait there until we find a way out and then go back to find them."
Ye Li and Chu Wei exchanged a glance and said, "Alright."
However, the moment Zhao Yaoguang turned around, two streams of spiritual energy attacked her simultaneously.
Caught off guard, Zhao Yaoguang was bruised and battered, and dodged away in a disheveled state. She shouted angrily, "What do you want to do? I've been guiding you these past few days, and you repay kindness with enmity by trying to kill me! Even if the Heavenly Gate Sect is the number one sect in the world, my Taixu Sect is also one of the five major sects. If you hurt me, aren't you afraid of causing a conflict between the two sects!"
Ye Li was not intimidated by her rebuke and said coldly, "If the Taixu Sect knew that our disciples had been embezzling and colluding with evil spirits, they would not only not rebuke us, but would also thank us for cleaning up their sect."
Zhao Yaoguang showed no remorse, "I don't understand what you're saying. You accuse me of colluding with evil spirits, what evidence do you have!"
"Don't understand? Then I'll tell you. You said you came out late to save people, but we just tried it. Once the formation is broken, the loop will be broken. So how did you manage to save people room by room?"
Upon hearing Ye Li's words, Zhao Yaoguang's eyes flickered, and her expression was clearly not as righteous as before.
"besides."
Chu Wei said in a deep voice, "The spirit herb soup you've been brewing."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yaoguang's expression changed.
Clearly, Chu Wei was right.
Ye Li belatedly realized that there was something wrong with the herbal soup!
With the evidence irrefutable, Zhao Yaoguang stopped pretending and sneered, "Even if you find out now, it's too late. Once you're here, don't even think about leaving!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground, which had been calm, began to shake again.
The garden disappeared.
Instead, it was a scene of utter devastation.
The walls of the house were cracked and crumbling, and the doors and windows were broken and creaked in the wind.
The original flower bed was now surrounded by murky water and eerie mist. The mist mingled with the putrid smell of sewage, creating an even more sinister atmosphere.
Startled by the sinister aura, Ye Li took two steps back. "Are we trapped in an array again?"
Chu Wei's expression was serious. "No, this is the true face of this place."
No wonder those rooms remained exactly as they were when people left; it turns out they were all controlled by array formations.
As everything around her collapsed, Ye Li was able to see the oasis outside again.
What was once a lush, vibrant landscape was now just withered wood and black mud.
Not only this house is controlled by an array, but the entire oasis is controlled by an array!
To be able to control such a large area requires extremely powerful divine sense and cultivation.
If the master of this place is Ghost Face, then what exactly does he want to do?
Before she could think it through, the lake, shrouded in gloomy mist, suddenly moved.
With a "whoosh,"
A hand emerged from the water, followed by a head that looked like rotting seaweed.
Water ghost!
One after another, the water ghosts crawled out of the lake, and in the blink of an eye, they were surrounded.
Just then, Chu Wei made a move.
He drew his sword, and the blade trembled slightly, emitting a low hum.
The sword in his hand was like a bolt of lightning; with each swing, it created a dazzling array of sword shadows.
Sword energy crisscrossed, weaving a huge net of light in the air, enveloping the water ghosts within it.
Ye Li also joined the battle, activating her spiritual power to create powerful waves that surged outwards.
The atmosphere was grim under the blood-red sunset.
Ye Li forced back another wave of water ghosts, her voice hoarse, "No, these water ghosts are impossible to kill, they're endless."
Chu Wei possesses profound spiritual power. Although he shows no signs of fatigue yet, if this continues endlessly, exhaustion is only a matter of time.
“They all came up from that pool of water; their nest must be down there.”
"you mean?"
Chu Wei succinctly stated, "Go in and destroy it."
Ye Li looked at the dark pool and the distorted water ghosts, gritted her teeth and said, "Fine!"
The two forced back the water ghost in front of them and flew into the pool together.
Perhaps because they had never encountered this situation before, the water ghosts that had been baring their teeth and claws stopped abruptly when the "plop" sound rang out.
The water ghost, who was about to climb out, was momentarily at a loss, his movements revealing a hint of confusion.
As soon as Ye Li plunged into the black water, she felt a putrid, fishy stench assaulting her senses, and she quickly held her breath.
Even though there seemed to be no impurities in the water, Ye Li couldn't see anything, not even where Chu Wei was.
She instinctively reached out and grabbed someone's arm.
Thinking it was Chu Wei, they pulled him over, only to find themselves face to face with a water ghost.
!!
Ye Li was startled and instinctively stabbed him twice with her sword.
However, she discovered that underwater, these water monsters did not attack them, but were in a semi-dormant state.
So she simply gave up looking for Chu Wei and followed the route they had crawled out of to go downstream.
You can't feel space or time underwater.
Ye Li felt herself sinking lower and lower, unable to hear or see anything.
Just as she felt suffocated, suddenly, her feet touched solid ground, and she was freed from the black water.
There's actually a dome-shaped continent here, so this must be the origin of these water ghosts!
Sure enough, she saw a scene that sent chills down her spine.
Countless water ghosts hovered like phantoms on the seabed, clustered together, filling the area to capacity. Their bodies were twisted, their rotting seaweed-like hair swirling and intertwining wildly in the water, completely obscuring their faces, leaving no trace of skin or features. The wildly flowing strands of hair writhed as if alive, adding to the eeriness.
Just as Ye Li felt a chill run down her spine, a reprimanding voice rang out from behind her.
"who!"
Ye Li looked toward the source of the sound and was surprised to see an unexpected acquaintance.
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