I shouldn't have believed you.
“Those things are coming—you want to die, but I don’t!!!”
"Take out whatever magical instruments you have! At this point, what's the point of having them? Saving lives is what's most important!"
"Are you using those magical instruments as burial objects instead of saving lives?! I'm telling you, if you die now, you won't even have a complete corpse!"
From above the tall mountain of corpses came screams.
One person's eyes were red as he shouted angrily, "What's the point of asking us?! The few magic weapons we have have melted into the sea of blood! If you want to ask, you should ask these immortals! They have a bunch of rare treasures in their hands, hiding them and refusing to use them, just waiting for us to pave the way for them!"
The others on the pile of corpses didn't know whether they were angry or desperate, or both. Their eyes were red, and they howled with ferocious expressions as they joined in.
"That's right! They were the ones who lured these monsters here, why should they let us die?"
"It's these people who are so cunning! If they hadn't wanted to come here, why would we have come to Grandma Forest——"
"What kind of fox spirit is this? Bullshit fox spirit, there's not even a hair on it, it's all just this bullshit!"
"This is a trap set by Baizhuan Qianhui! They might have created these things to lure us here to our deaths!"
"If we die here, no one will know what happened to us..."
"It's all a scam... I shouldn't have believed you... Now it's over, there's no going back..."
They cursed angrily, and eventually they started to sob.
Several figures with bloody heads fell from above one after another. The first few people who reached the top either rolled down from the pile of corpses or gritted their teeth and retreated back down.
The temperature around them rose rapidly, and the scarlet sea of blood surged like a raging fire. Hot winds blew from below the crowd, and boiling blood waves slammed into the countless debris.
The corpse melted bit by bit, and the dense black figures in the black tide who were clinging to the bones with their hands and trying to climb up screamed miserably. In an instant, they melted and their bones fell into a piece of black mud, and were swept into the boiling sea of blood by the blood waves.
The pile of corpses formed by countless bodies began to shake a little bit. The people who were clinging to it were sweating profusely but had no energy to wipe it off. Despair was in their eyes, and their lips were moving but they could not speak.
“Zheng——!”
Amid the rumbling sound of heavy objects being moved, the familiar sound of a sword being unsheathed suddenly rang in everyone's ears.
Everyone was startled and turned to look in the direction of the sound.
In the scorching heat, the surging sea of blood below reflected the red color of the vast mountain of bones.
Atop the pile of corpses, Prince Yu, covered in blood, clutched his longsword in one hand and flung aside his scabbard with the other. The exquisite scabbard tumbled down the pile of corpses, making a series of crisp sounds before melting into the blood-red waves in a few seconds.
"Swish--" The guards around him also decisively drew out their swords.
His blood-red robe rustled in the heat. Prince Yu looked down at the hellish, hellish scene below the mountain of corpses. Then he looked up at the vast mass of dark shadows swirling in the sky due to the intense heat. Without even glancing at the others, he simply shouted sternly, "Go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out of the deep pit like an arrow.
The people on the pile of corpses, already unconsciously weeping, were suddenly stunned, glancing at the figure in bewilderment. Then their eyes lit up, as if they had grasped hope of escape. They pushed and shoved back and forth, all of them gathering their strength to climb upwards at a rapid pace.
Jiang Jingyuan pursed her lips and followed.
Prince Yu's figure passed through the pile of corpses so fast that only an afterimage was left. He was surrounded by a group of guards, who held their swords tightly in their hands and were ready to attack.
“Wow—wow—”
"Wow--!!"
A large group of dark gray human-faced strange birds gathered in the sky like a black cloud. Seeing the people climbing up quickly and powerfully below, they became a little irritated and had to cheer themselves up and shout a few times. They flapped their wings, and a large black cloud crushed towards the people!
Everyone held their swords, and amidst the humming sounds of swords, before they could even make a move to block, they saw the blood-red figure at the top and the guards beside him swinging their cold swords upwards.
In the violent wind, the condensed and powerful sword energy slashed towards the huge and terrifying black clouds in the sky with a devastating force!
The heat waves rolling in the sea of blood retreated, and the tall trees in the distance bent backwards. The terrifying sword energy instantly split the thick black cloud upwards. The majestic sword energy, which had not yet dissipated, rushed straight through the large gray-white mist in the high altitude and continued to move upwards!
The sky and the earth changed color, and the black clouds above instantly split into two. The surroundings were quiet for a moment, and then an extremely shrill scream erupted from the sky.
Countless black shadows fell from the sky.
The people below were shocked and subconsciously widened their eyes.
Even Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but exclaim inwardly, "Fuck!" as he looked at the scene in the sky, thinking, "This is a true cultivator..."
Is this the strength of the immortals...
Above, Prince Yu staggered a few steps at the edge of the pit, and was supported by a group of guards. Without even turning his head, he shouted impatiently:
"Walk!"
Everyone suddenly came to their senses, raised their feet and continued to climb quickly, their eyes fixed on the lush forest ahead.
“Wow—wow—”
A group of dark grey figures in the sky dived down, yelling angrily.
The sparse black shadows clinging to the mountain of bones below screamed and fled upwards frantically.
Not far behind, the huge and bloated black figure as big as a hill saw its prey escape, opened its huge mouth angrily and roared, the whole forest trembled wildly, and the boiling sea of blood suddenly rushed up the mountain of bones made of corpses, and the hot boiling water instantly scalded a black tide and several people who were exhausted and lagging behind.
The only remaining giant eye of the twisted black figure began to spin rapidly, and its huge body, as big as a mountain, melted and sank into the sea of blood bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In a pool of twisted and strange black shadows, a dense mass of eyes of all sizes suddenly opened, rolling around and staring at the tiny figures climbing up the edge of the pit in front of them.
brush--
Countless pitch-black mud figures grew out of the dark shadow. Their bodies quickly stretched out, and they stabbed at the nearby mountain of corpses and the human figures outside the deep pit with their fangs and claws!
The screams were like a tide, one wave higher than the other. For a moment, there was a sound of ghosts howling and wolves howling under the cliff, as if it was hell on earth.
The first person who reached the summit ran past him wailing. Prince Yu, covered in blood, stood still. Layers of barriers appeared around him, expanding little by little above the sea of corpses and blood, blocking countless attacks.
The people climbing up the mountain of corpses looked at the layers of barriers above them and burst into tears. They clasped their hands on the corpses and quickened their climbing speed.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Countless black shadows landed on the layers of barriers, making a series of huge crashes that covered up the screams of the people below who had not climbed into the barriers. Ripples spread across the surface of the layers of barriers, firmly protecting the people inside.
"Help me! Help me! It's going to catch me ahhhh——"
"Pull me up, pull me up, please—help me, I'll give you all the storage bags after I get out, okay—"
"I have more things in my storage bag! Help me! I'll give you all my wealth—"
"Save me—I'll work like a slave to repay you after I get out!"
"Brother, brother, I was wrong. I was a beast and I was talking nonsense before! Please save me, please save me. I was really wrong. Save me, I will kneel down for you! Save me, and you can do whatever you want to me from now on!"
Amidst the screams and pleas, Prince Yu and his entourage who were holding up the barrier turned a deaf ear to them. Their faces grew paler and paler, and beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads.
Beneath the mist on the cliff, the sound of "bang bang bang" was endless, and the blood-red and pitch-black colors were intertwined, occupying almost everyone's vision.
Amid the wailing, panicked cries for help and mercy gradually turned into angry curses.
"Why didn't you take out these magical weapons earlier?! If you had taken them out earlier, how could so many of us have died?!"
"So many people have died, and now you're still acting so hypocritically?! You pulled this whole scam, and now that we're dead, are you happy?!!"
"If you hadn't been so cunning, how could we have been led here? You brought us here, how could you just watch us die—"
"You are a bunch of demons in human skin!!!"
"If I die here today, I won't let you guys go even if I become a ghost!! You evil demons who take human lives lightly, even if I become a ghost, I will send you to hell!!"
"I'm telling you—either you save us all today, or if even one of you survives, your true identities as a bunch of evil demons will be exposed to the world!!!"
"We were all killed by you—"
"None of you can escape!"
Prince Yu, standing on the edge of the huge pit, had a pale face and a trace of confusion in his eyes, but it only took a moment for him to become determined.
He can't retreat!
If we retreat at this point, all our previous efforts will be wasted.
If he lowered the barrier at this moment, the countless attacks outside would first fall on them - he could be angry, he could vent his anger on others, but he could not be angry at the lives of those around him.
Thinking of this, he blocked out the cursing in his ears and concentrated on maintaining the layers of barriers around him.
Most of the strange birds with human faces in the sky had fallen into the boiling sea of blood, and the few that remained hesitated for a long time before turning around and flying away.
Prince Yu stood within the layers of barriers, looking at the pitch-black clay figures clinging to the barriers, his pale and bloodless lips unconsciously pursed.
“Zizizizi…”
The pitch-black clay figure, with its scorching heat, hit the invisible barrier again and again, making a creepy sound of boiling oil.
Those clay figures had no legs, and their long legs were connected to the huge twisted black shadow not far away. Wherever the clay figures passed, the living people or the black shadows in the black tide were all stunned for a moment. When they lowered their heads, they saw that their flesh and blood had all slipped off and piled up at their feet.
"ah--!!!"
The screams shook the earth, and piles of bones and flesh either rolled down the mountain of corpses or piled up to become part of the mountain of corpses.
Everyone near the barrier looked pale.
"Go...go quickly..." Prince Yu's body was trembling, his eyes were slightly dazed. He gasped for breath, frowned, raised his head and said to everyone.
He didn't need to remind them. Except for their group, everyone was running. Those outside the barrier tried their best to squeeze into the barrier, and those inside the barrier ran into the deep forest without looking back.
What he meant by saying this was that he was going to put away the barrier, and if everyone didn't hurry up they would have to stay here!
Everyone understood what he meant. For a moment, people inside and outside the barrier pushed and shoved even more frantically. Pairs of feet were raised and put down, and no one knew how many people were knocked to the ground.
Prince Yu's body was shaking. He saw the right moment, suddenly put away the barrier, and turned around and ran away with the help of a group of guards.
Behind them, the howling of ghosts and wolves became even louder, and hands, some covered in blood and flesh, some just broken bones, stretched out high in their direction.
“Save me—!!!”
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