Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Everything is predestined, and nothing is up to us.

If you had come two days earlier, I would have been able to change the course of events, allowing you to quell the calamity here and use the local geomantic energy as a foundation to further enhance your wrathful magic.

But you deliberately gave the old Taoist priest only half a night, neither too early nor too late.

Even if I possess extraordinary abilities, you still don't have such a magnanimous heart.

Go ahead and devour as much as you can under the cover of night. When I call you at dawn, come out immediately, lest you waste time and lose your life!

Hearing the words of advice behind him, Zhang Wei strode forward, but after only a few steps, his figure was completely swallowed by the darkness of the pit...

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The mine looked eerie from the outside, and with the "filter" of the malevolent aura, Zhang Wei saw something indescribable.

But only by actually stepping into it can one truly feel the weight of Master Yiming's words.

From the moment he stepped into the mine and his figure was swallowed by darkness, an inexplicable despair gripped Zhang Wei's heart.

A bitter taste, helplessness, fear, and even a touch of hysteria?

This inexplicable feeling was very strange, but Zhang Wei found it hard to ignore its influence. Like cockroaches and maggots in a latrine, their presence meant that many of these creatures had been lurking in places unseen around him.

He had originally thought that with the methods left behind by the Japanese devil and the seals later placed by the monks and Taoists in the camp, even if the mine was not peaceful, the location of the entrance would at least provide some buffer.

After all, Zhang Wei's trip was only at the behest of his prospective master to borrow the Earthly Fiends and use their resentment to fuel the Yazi Magic, not to resolve the root of the trouble in the pit.

Zhang Wei's original plan was to stop at the cave entrance and gradually move inward, intercepting as much of the malevolent energy as possible before dawn.

But now it seems that the situation inside the pit has deteriorated far beyond what outsiders expected... No, perhaps his prospective master knows everything.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that Zhang Wei and the other party cannot get along peacefully!

Upon realizing this, the murderous aura emanating from his body surged forth like boiling water, and a large amount of blood-red aura rapidly filled the tunnel beside him. Dozens of arrows and blades of murderous aura shot straight into the darkness ahead!

"Bang! Bang!"

"Bang!"

From the darkness in the distance came the sound of stones colliding and falling.

The rain of dozens of arrows, brimming with malevolent energy, failed to force out anything that might be lurking in the darkness; it merely plundered a portion of the earthly malevolent blood and resentment on its return journey.

The returning malevolent energy, like a giant millstone, mercilessly crushed the earthly malevolent blood and resentment. As it churned, the pure malevolent energy and evil energy were preserved, and a large amount of dregs fell at Zhang Wei's feet like scattered snowflakes.

Compared to the malevolent energy he had previously absorbed from the outside world, the energy in the mine was much more concentrated and pure, but the impurities were also more stubborn and difficult to remove!

This is a good thing!

Although the conversion speed is much slower, the quality is high. Moreover, the Yazi method is a powerful tool for snowballing. As long as there is enough time and enough conversions are made, the efficiency will also undergo a qualitative change with the participation of more evil energy.

However, the purer and more refined malevolent energy also signifies the terror of the things in this mine.

If the entrance to the pit is already so dense, what about inside?

What would a real mass grave look like, and what kind of simple creatures would emerge from such an environment?

Zhang Wei's slightly agitated emotions calmed down at this moment. He stood there, using his baleful aura to support the area within ten steps around the tunnel, which transformed into a fine net that was constantly being thrown forward to capture.

With the Yazi Magic suddenly operating at full speed, the black ash beneath his feet accumulated at a visible rate.

During this process, the inexplicable emotions gradually became heavy and irritable.

The once dry cave entrance began to condense moisture, and a biting, eerie wind blew in continuously from the depths below.

Waves of mournful, desperate cries echoed from the darkness below.

The voice was like the tune favored by romantic wanderers, whispering softly beside you, the subtle touch drawing your attention away.

In a daze, at a certain point in time, everything around seemed to have changed.

He seemed to have traveled back in time, leaving behind the silhouette, or perhaps returning to more than ten days ago, to the day he rode in his uncle's car, swaying all the way back to the old house.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

Amidst the surging emotions, the surrounding darkness vanished completely, and the narrow tunnel, barely wide enough for two people to pass through, quickly transformed into a grand and bright space. A cacophony of voices filled his ears, and a familiar voice and the nearby hospital bed suddenly appeared before his eyes: "You're back..."

Fantasy?

He was never obsessed with it, so how could he possibly be trapped in an illusion...?

But now is clearly not the time to worry about these things.

Before the emaciated figure on the bed could finish speaking, Zhang Wei raised his hand and unleashed a feinting slash: "Your ability to read people's minds is truly disgusting!"

A faint dragon roar echoed in my ears, followed by a blinding crimson light that tore the illusory scene to shreds.

Seeing that the other party still intended to maintain the illusion, Zhang Wei unleashed his murderous aura. It wasn't heavy, but the ferocious blood aura transformed into a small wave that crashed down and shattered the illusion before him. In the blink of an eye, the blood aura dispersed and wiped out everything that remained.

As the illusion before him suddenly collapsed, the surrounding environment seemed to revert to the narrow tunnel entrance. However, with the help of the spreading malevolent energy, Zhang Wei could sense something crawling out from the deep pit during the brief moment when his eyes were blinded by the illusion!

Thirty steps away, the malevolent energy that had just shattered the illusion first made contact with the opponent.

It was as if fuel had collided with a raging fire, suddenly emitting a sizzling sound.

It's like a river flowing into the sea, where fresh and salt water converge, and the combined force washes over each other.

But in the end, Zhang Wei's side was at a disadvantage!

His malevolent aura came from the intermittent extraction of demons and monsters from Xiakou Village over the past six days and five nights; but what he was facing was a mineral vein that had been nurtured and transformed by evil magic for at least several decades.

The menacing aura at the front could not withstand it and was the first to collapse and flow backward.

Then Zhang Wei saw a "tide" that was black and red, and looked like countless maggots gathering, rolling and twisting.

The surging water overflowed from the pit, gushing forth and crashing through the narrow tunnel. Countless shadows followed the tide, their bodies black and mutilated, with tumor-like protrusions growing in their remaining places.

As they got closer, Zhang Wei suddenly realized that what they were were not tumors at all, but pieces of minerals that had grown from flesh and blood and from the soul!