Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 145 Hunter

In the deep darkness, the small sword of qi floated silently beside the coffin, its spiritual light illuminating the towering blue stone platform and the magnificent stone coffin with its engravings shimmering with gold.

Pear tugged at Pei Xia's sleeve twice and whispered, "Demon Crystal."

Two glittering demon crystals were scattered on the bluestone steps beside the stone coffin.

Lu Li knows what's good for her and won't act rashly if she doesn't know the details.

On the contrary, Ye Lu's words revealed a hint of anxiety: "The footprints are gone."

Yes, the broad footprints disappeared a few steps in front of them, but the bloodstains continued to drip further away.

Did he use his agility to leap past?

It was pitch black all around, so why did that square-faced man suddenly get up and fly away?
Did he see something?

Pei Xia focused even more intently on the magnificent stone coffin on the distant stone platform, wondering if the so-called deer-carrying warrior of Hei Shi was also attracted by the stone coffin.
What about the others now?

Ye Lu met his gaze, both of them filled with wariness.

There's definitely something strange about this place.

Pei Xia was pondering whether to devise a way to check the condition of the stone coffin as safely as possible, or to return to the cave and explore the other stone door that they had not chosen at the time.

A brilliant light suddenly burst forth from the darkness in the distance.

Immediately following was a sharp whistling sound of spiritual energy, and a burly figure was sent flying backward from the dark corner.

The man was tall and had a familiar back view. In particular, he was carrying the shield artifact that Han Youzhi had shattered on his arm. This was clearly Ye Lu's superior, that square-faced man from the Black Shi gang!
While he was in mid-air, he spat out a mouthful of blood, seemingly having suffered a severe injury.

Ye Lu's eyes widened, and he leaped up to catch him.

But at that moment, another strange change occurred in the darkness on the other side, and a magical nail with powerful spiritual energy pierced through the air!

The long nail seemed to be aimed at Ye Lu, but it also seemed to be off target. Even though Ye Lu did not deliberately avoid it, it only grazed in front of him.

But because of this obstruction, Ye Lu was unable to catch his superior and could only watch helplessly as the man fell heavily to the ground.

With a muffled thud, the man crashed solidly to the ground.

That magical artifact naturally belonged to Han Youzhi.

Pei Xia frowned. Han Youzhi's move was clearly timed carefully. In other words, she should be somewhere in the darkness right now, observing Pei Xia and Ye Lu ever since they entered.

Why didn't she say anything?
Could it be that seeing me walking with Ye Lu made them distrust me?

The thought had barely formed when Han Youzhi's voice came from the darkness.

"Turn off the lights, hold your breath, and stop moving," she said, her voice filled with obvious anxiety and fear. "It's watching you!"

Pei Xia didn't know what had happened, but he subconsciously obeyed Han Youzhi's words, withdrew his spiritual energy, extinguished the light, covered Li Zi's mouth and nose, and quietly squatted down while holding her.

On the other hand, Ye Lu clearly did not have this kind of subconscious trust in Han Youzhi.

His first reaction after his feet touched the ground was to help the square-faced man up.

But just as he reached out his hand, the square-faced man lying on the ground suddenly straightened up, turned his head, and slapped him with his palm!

The surging spiritual power of the Transformation Realm rushed towards Ye Lu like a thousand pounds of pressure!

Ye Lu's eyes widened. He never expected that Hei Shi Shangguan, whom he regarded as an elder brother, would do something like slap him the first thing after being severely injured, spitting blood, and knocked down.

It was too late to dodge. No matter how excellent his talent was, or even that he had cultivated sword energy, the gap between the Profound Realm and the Transformation Realm was an insurmountable chasm.

All he could do was draw his longsword and try to defend himself.

Just then, a very low muffled sound rang out from the deep darkness, as if someone was muttering softly with their mouth covered: "Ugh ugh ugh ugh."

Then, with a "biu" sound in mid-air, Ye Lu's sword was still in place, but he was gone. Before Ye Lu could react, a hand was placed on his head, and Pei Xia lowered her voice: "Hold your breath."

Ye Lu's deep blue longsword fell to the ground with a clang, becoming the last strange sound.

This time, the empty hall finally fell completely silent.

In the darkness, only the heavy footsteps of the square-faced man remained.

He seemed to be searching for something, his footsteps pacing back and forth, his empty hands reaching out in the air, and his body occasionally emitting a glow of spiritual energy, trying to illuminate the person hidden in the darkness.

However, this man seemed to have some difficulty controlling his spiritual power. He could exert all his strength when waving his palm, but he couldn't keep the light stable.

After a dozen or so breaths, the square-faced man, having found nothing, slowly stopped searching.

After a while, a very faint sound broke the silence.

It was like a small pebble suddenly flipping over.

Lu Li, who was being held in Pei Xia's arms, nudged Pei Xia's hand with her nose, gesturing for him to look ahead.

In the deep darkness, the only two points of light began to flicker.

Those were two demon crystals scattered beside the stone coffin.

The radiant demon crystals seemed to come alive, twisting their sharply defined bodies from side to side. After a moment, they actually floated up, swaying gently!
The demon crystal floated into the air, swaying slightly at first, but gradually began to stabilize and then moved down the steps.

The demon crystal, of course, wouldn't move.

Pei Xia activated her senses, trying to see if someone was secretly using spiritual power to manipulate things, but she found nothing.

Pei Xia watched intently as the two demon crystals fell back to the ground. She saw the crystals twitch twice after landing, as if adjusting their position to display their alluring light.

—The direction in which they twitch is fixed.

Pei Xia immediately understood and focused her gaze on the part above the light of the two demon crystals.

Those were two threads so thin they were almost invisible.

Therefore, it is these two lines that are constantly adjusting the position of the spirit crystal.

Is this... fishing?
Pei Xia's gaze followed the extremely fine silk thread upwards.

Then, the towering dome was shrouded in darkness, and nothing could be seen there.

He tried to organize his thoughts.

After escaping the underground river, the square-faced man and Han Youzhi met in a cave and fought. After that, the two fled separately until they met again in a hall containing a magnificent stone coffin.

Did they fight again? What is the "it" that Han Youzhi mentioned earlier when she said "it is watching you"?
Furthermore, Ye Lu's superior is clearly acting very strangely right now. Is he being controlled?
Controlling... If it involves manipulating a person's hands and feet with silk threads, this kind of puppetry technique, though difficult, is not uncommon.

But this is a Transformation Realm cultivator, and he actually used spiritual power just now. If that's the case, then this person pulling the string could even manipulate the spiritual palace in another person's body through the silk thread.
Pei Xia didn't quite believe it.

It's already difficult to remotely coordinate a person's limbs, let alone the human body with its numerous meridians and incredibly complex spiritual energy. Without a master to guide them, the amount of calculation required to control them remotely would be enormous.

Hiss, the amount of calculation... Pei Xia suddenly thought of the dissipated corpses in the coffin room when she arrived.

Computing power!

Indeed, with sufficient computing power, all of this can be accomplished.

Therefore, the one hiding in the shadows is actually a vegetarian!
Just as Pei Xia suddenly realized what was happening, he didn't notice at all that a burly figure was slowly emerging behind the three of them.

He did not come by walking; when darkness engulfed everything, countless threads suspended him.

In the chaos, an extremely sinister smile appeared on that empty face!

(End of this chapter)