And I know that it is precisely at times like these that we cannot back down!
I endured the biting cold and slowly pushed the three-edged bone needle in.
But the water ghost's venomous eyes were fixed on me, and the rotting loaches in its belly were desperately crashing into the three-edged bone needle!
A series of recoil forces struck, causing my hands to tremble involuntarily!
As the thickest loaches continued to ram the three-edged bone needle with their bodies, the needle, which had already been pushed in three inches deep, was slowly pushed out.
I gritted my teeth and used all my strength, my muscles tensed up, but I still couldn't push it forward.
Just then, Luo Tianhe arrived. I had just told him to find a way to make the fire bigger, but after looking around, he still couldn't find anything that could be burned.
But he absolutely cannot take off his pants; otherwise, he'll be left with only his underwear.
I won't even go into the cold; how am I supposed to face people?!
So he looked around and set his sights on Li Huai. Ignoring Li Huai's resistance, he forcibly ripped off his shirt.
Li Huai's shirt was far inferior to his. The fabric was probably of very poor quality, and it smelled of burning. However, the flames had visibly intensified.
I feel much better about my cold arms.
With a sudden burst of force, the three-edged bone needle pierced right through the mudfish that kept crashing into it.
As those rotting loaches were defeated, I also pierced the water ghost's abdomen.
Instantly, the originally tiny hole slowly corroded from the inside out, eventually turning into a fist-sized opening.
A thicker, almost tangible black mist, mixed with foul-smelling yellowish-green pus, gushed out from the breach like a burst dam!
I was startled and quickly backed away, narrowly avoiding the foul-smelling pus.
Not only that, but rotting loaches and white, wriggling maggots also rushed out of the hole in a frenzy!
It fell to the ground with a clatter!
The rotting loaches continued to writhe and leap on the ground, and with their slapping, maggots flew everywhere.
This bizarre scene made my stomach churn, and I almost threw up.
Soon, the rotting loaches, upon contact with the aura of yang fire in the air and the red sulfur that Old Chen had scattered on the ground, sizzled like ice cubes thrown into a fire.
Their bodies rapidly shrank, and soon turned into wisps of foul-smelling black smoke.
And the water ghost let out the most miserable and desperate howl in history!
But I heard a sense of relief in that howl.
His body shrank and shriveled rapidly, as if his bones and flesh had been removed.
The fine, dense scales on his body curled up in large patches, eventually turning into something resembling charcoal.
I staggered backward until my back slammed heavily against the cold tomb wall before I stopped.
A strong feeling of exhaustion swept over my body, and my vision blurred.
I didn't sleep all night, then I did some high-intensity exercise crawling through tunnels, and now I've gone through another tough battle. I'm so exhausted that I can't even lift my arms.
My lips trembled, and my eyelids felt as if they had been sewn shut with needles:
"Old Chen, is there a safer place here? We need to rest first, otherwise, I feel like my grandpa is coming to pick me up."
"Your grandfather, how did he find his way here?"
Old Chen revealed a look of surprise.
In his view, my ability at such a young age must be due to the guidance of a master!
And that expert must be the grandfather I mentioned.
Now that such a highly skilled person is coming here, perhaps we can take the opportunity to rescue him from the village as well.
At this moment, Luo Tianhe also saw through his intention, and couldn't help but laugh awkwardly, scratching his head and saying:
"You've misunderstood. Chen Yan's grandfather has already passed away."
Immediately, the smile on Old Chen's face froze, then he showed an apologetic expression:
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I do know a safe place, which is the side chamber at the back of this tomb. I checked it before and it's relatively clean."
“We can’t stay in this tomb anymore. The evil energy is too heavy and it’s easy to attract unclean things. Besides, we made such a big commotion just now. We can’t guarantee that we won’t disturb those things in the village.”
With that, Old Chen led the way.
Luo Tianhe and Li Huai supported me on either side.
Although they, like me, had stayed up all night and then rushed through the tunnels, at least they didn't contribute much in the battle just now.
Luo Tianhe simply lit a fire, while Li Huai, that coward, just squatted there like a grandson for a while.
We quickly bypassed the nauseating lunchbox in the center of the main burial chamber and headed towards an inconspicuous archway at the back of the chamber, which was already half collapsed. Old Chen skillfully cleared away some loose soil and rubble, revealing a low passageway.
Thankfully, it wasn't a tunnel. The three of us, including Luo Tianhe, breathed a sigh of relief. After everything that happened yesterday, we were allergic to tunnels and felt a physical aversion to the sight of such things.
We bent over and crawled inside. After walking for a short while, we arrived at a small multi-chambered room.
Although it was only five or six square meters, the air was still stuffy, but the strong fishy smell and malevolent aura had faded considerably.
We all breathed a sigh of relief, our bodies went limp, and we leaned against the wall.
Luo Tianhe handed me the last bit of water, which I sipped slowly to moisten my chapped lips.
Then he handed the kettle over.
I rested for a while and caught my breath.
I looked at Old Chen, who was carefully tapping on the walls and floor of the side room with an iron bar, and asked:
"Old Chen, didn't you think that thing was very strange? It didn't seem like a wild thing; it seemed more like something that had been artificially processed."
Old Chen continued tapping, and with his back to me, he said:
"It does seem a bit strange; I've never seen anything so eerie before."
Seeing that Old Chen didn't realize anything, I could only be more direct:
"Old Chen, this graveyard has such strange things, yet Uncle Qi led us here. Do you really think it was just to let us hide?"
Hearing what I said, Old Chen paused, turned around, and his expression was somewhat complicated:
“I know what you mean, but I’ve lived in the village for three or four years. If it weren’t for Uncle Qi, I probably wouldn’t be alive today.”
"Moreover, my seventh uncle is a man of deep thoughts that I cannot fathom. The path he pointed out should be the path to survival."
"After all, although that thing was indeed dangerous, none of us were injured, and we even had a chance to recuperate."
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