Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

The bottom of the pit was pitch black.

In the deep and terrifying atmosphere, no one could guarantee that in some corner of the pit at the bottom of the mine, there might be pairs of eyes eagerly waiting for outsiders to break the seal that has suppressed them for so long!

This is reality.

It's not like we're in a movie.

Without the manipulation of the screenwriter, he wouldn't be so foolish as to cause a major disaster and lead to uncontrollable chaos just because he didn't like something!

Calm down and observe carefully.

Zhang Wei noticed that with each suppression of the horde of corpses by the sealing formation left by the Japanese soldiers, wisps of black ash-like substance fell from the sky.

That wasn't coal ash, but rather the ashes that fell from the talismans that had been burned after being threaded onto the hemp rope.

It seems that after losing the maintenance and repair of the main person in charge, this formation, which has been operating for more than ten years, has reached its limit and has begun to decline!

If no one discovers it, the formation will soon fail, and the corpses and even the contents of the pit will gush out.

Of course, with over a hundred highly respected and accomplished individuals on the surface, the worst-case scenario of the mine going out of control is unlikely to occur.

This shouldn't be within his scope of consideration.

When he switched to his vision of malevolent energy, the seal on the pool in front of him changed its appearance in an instant.

The pitch-black pool exuded a thick, almost black, earth-fiend blood aura. The terrifying smoke filled every space in the mine, its viscous and dense appearance creating a suffocating sense of oppression!

The corpses beneath the pool were completely submerged in the water formed by the condensed earthly evil, struggling like helpless drowning victims. Occasionally, they would surface, and their seven orifices, which provided brief respite, would immediately spew out large amounts of evil energy. Before they could even finish exhaling, or catch their breath, their "companions" would impatiently push them back into the water so that they could surface to breathe.

This cycle repeated itself, creating the almost solidified earthly evil blood resentment within the pit.

Similarly, after the excessive evil energy was compressed to its limit, billowing black smoke poured out from the diversion point towards the tunnel leading to the ground.

Zhang Wei even saw that the world below the water's surface and the world above the water's surface were two completely different worlds from the perspective of the malevolent energy.

If the former is merely damp (and malevolent) energy, then the pool is a pure "vast ocean"!

Perhaps Zhang Wei's gaze was too direct. He had only glanced at it a couple more times when the previously quiet creature, which had been at his mercy, suddenly began to surge with increasing intensity, as if something was about to emerge from it.

The next moment, dozens of tattered talismans on the ropes piercing overhead suddenly burst into flames, and beneath the scattered black ash was a feast of corpses in the pool!

The horde of corpses, who had been taking turns breathing, suddenly erupted into a frenzy. A small figure tentatively emerged from the water. Seeing that the sealing formation above it hadn't pushed it back, it excitedly struggled to squeeze itself out of the muddy pool.

It's real, a physical squeeze!

As it squeezed through the corpses to reach the shore and climbed out of the pool, its large, fragile body, which had been submerged for countless years, suddenly split open from the top.

It struggled to its feet from the viscous pool, while the falling water dragged its torn skin back into the water.

A plump, smooth, blood-soaked corpse appeared before Zhang Wei's eyes.

"Plop, plop..."

The newly molted blood corpse opened its mouth as if to say something, but was met only by a bright red blade of light.

If it were a person, he might be interested in saying a few words.

But who knows what kind of trouble this thing, neither corpse nor ghost, might cause if it were to speak?

While manipulating the blade to break the blood corpse's joints one by one, Zhang Wei also channeled his evil energy into heavy hammers, knocking back down any blood corpses that were trying to shed their skin and climb out of the pool.

With so many things to see, it felt a bit like playing whack-a-mole.

[Eliminating Evil: Mineral Essence - Drowned Corpse, Reward: Earth Vein Qi]

A wisp of earth vein energy, a balanced and harmonious energy of heaven and earth, can be used for cultivation or smelting.

It is a type of Qi of heaven and earth similar to the Qi of the Gentle Breeze, but the difference is that this pool in front of us is filled with tens of thousands of corpses. If we were to kill them all, even just the Qi of the earth veins would not be a small amount.

Playing whack-a-mole is a game that tests your eyesight and reflexes.

Although he could control the evil energy at will, the pool was quite large. While suppressing the drowned corpses to come ashore, he also had to dissipate and transform the evil energy. Over time, some oversights were inevitable.

However, when these drowned corpses first came ashore, they were dazed, like wooden figures. They always tried to open their mouths, and their evil energy flew very fast. Zhang Wei was always able to kill them before they could do anything.

Throw them into the pool, bring them ashore, and kill them.

This cycle repeated itself endlessly, and no one knew how long it had been.

After slaying another drowned corpse that came ashore, a feeling of numbness and exhaustion washed over him. His dazed eyes could no longer focus intently on each drowned corpse that came ashore as before, and his wandering gaze somehow glanced into the pool.

That glance instantly brought Zhang Wei's scattered attention back to focus!

He suddenly noticed that beneath a pool of water where only molted skin floated, a huge black shadow seemed to be moving through the dark water.

At first glance, he thought it was an illusion, but upon closer inspection, he suddenly made eye contact with a huge object.

[Congratulations, traveler, you've discovered an Easter egg—a ley line??]

Looking at the subtitles in front of him, Zhang Wei glanced again at the enormous, writhing creature beneath the water's surface, now partially obscured by the drowned corpse.

Zhang Wei smacked his lips and remained silent for a long time.

Earth veins?

You call this thing, which looks like a Frankenstein's monster, with its whole body stitched together from flesh and blood, like a centipede or a millipede without a head or tail, but with a terrifying number of limbs all over its body, an earth vein?

The mere glimpse he saw through the gap in the pool, less than ten meters square, almost filled his field of vision.

What would be the size of the creature that truly swims in the pool?

Blood and Flesh Centipede: Ley Lines - Weird Special Edition?

Just imagining it gave him goosebumps, let alone getting close enough to see the whole picture.

Everyone has a sense of fear. Ordinary people can be terrified at the sight of a caterpillar. Although he gained some knowledge in the [Silhouette], you can't use a super-transformed fleshy centipede as the final boss, can you?

Moreover, fear was only a minor factor. The real problem was that Zhang Wei examined himself and realized he didn't have the means to execute the other party.

True Yang Arrow?

It's a good spell, but it's fine for killing humanoids and weak demons and monsters. However, its effectiveness drops drastically when it comes to monsters that are too large.

Yazi Fa wasn't picky about food, but its body, hidden beneath the surface, was so enormous that Zhang Wei really doubted whether he could dismember it before it killed him in the narrow space of the cave if he angered it.

Earth veins?

Easter egg?

Even though Zhang Wei is quite skilled, he still had to scratch his head when faced with this thing. Who exactly is taking this BOSS easter egg with the novice silhouette?