I, a cultivator, have ended up in the world of tomb raiding.

After getting a feel for the surrounding terrain, Li Yue stretched his legs down slightly.

They planned to climb this extremely steep cliff and venture deeper into the underground cave.

He didn't know how deep the cave wall was. He used both his hands and feet to climb for two minutes, but still couldn't see the bottom.

The flickering candlelight around them was constantly extinguished by the rising yin energy from below.

Several lamps were already flickering in the wind, on the verge of going out.

Suddenly, a completely different, cold, and eerie wind rushed up from below.

Li Yue felt that the few remaining candles beneath him had been blown away, leaving only a faint blue wick.

"Pfft—Pfft—"

With two soft clicks, the two lamps beside my feet suddenly went out.

It was as if someone had pressed their hand directly onto it, instantly extinguishing that faint glimmer of light.

Li Yue felt a chill run down his spine, keenly sensing that this gust of wind was completely different from the previous chilling wind.

This gust of wind was much clearer and sharper than the faint scent before, and it had already lifted the corner of his clothes.

He looked down,

A grayish-white, chaotic figure was silently "crawling" along the rock wall beneath his feet.

The withered, cold hand reached straight for his ankle.

The two stone lamps that had just been extinguished were right at his feet.

It was obvious that it was forcibly destroyed by the strange, yin energy of this thing.

Seemingly noticing Li Yue's gaze, the ashen figure paused and slowly raised its head.

It was an androgynous face, with extremely blurry facial features.

In the flickering candlelight, one can only imagine a strange and sinister expression.

But rather than describing it as a human figure, it's more accurate to say that this thing is a blurry human-shaped outline, semi-transparent, like a wisp of drifting smoke.

In the dim abyss, it looked up, its face ashen and silver, its eyes without pupils, and two eerie green flames burning in its eye sockets, making it extremely strange.

The figure was not clinging to the cave wall with its hands and feet, but rather floating in mid-air, surrounded by a thin layer of gray mist.

When Li Yue's gaze met his, the gray figure's lips curled up exaggeratedly, revealing a chilling and eerie smile.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yue saw the figure's distorted and elongated lower body suddenly stretch out, growing several thin and strange limbs that lunged and pounced towards him!

This change happened in the blink of an eye.

Li Yue's eyes were cold and sharp, his face showing no sign of panic, but he was already on guard.

Seeing the eerie phantom rushing towards his feet, he immediately exerted his strength in his feet.

Using the tiny fulcrum of the rock wall's lamp trough, he turned slightly, pressed down with his right leg, and stomped directly on the blurry head of the corpse puppet.

The gray figure was caught off guard and kicked, almost breaking its head.

He was immediately enraged, the eerie fire in his eyes intensified, his features contorted violently, and he flew up again.

Li Yue quickly released one hand to dodge, and simultaneously hooked his leg up for a back kick.

The attack missed its mark.

The corpse puppet, half-ethereal, passed straight through the sole of his boot.

The surrounding gray mist surged, and a cold aura brushed against his clothes, while a dark, chilling power tried to invade his meridians.

Li Yue had expected this, so it's not surprising.

This gray shadow is a corpse puppet formed from the stagnant death energy accumulated underground over many years; it belongs to the category of yin and evil filth.

While physical attacks can cause damage, they are difficult to eradicate completely.

After all, this thing has no real physical form. It takes shape when yin energy gathers, and when dispersed, it turns into gray mist that drifts away, and can gather again in an instant.

Moreover, the corpse puppet is naturally skilled in Yin and Yang and can switch between real and illusory bodies at will.

When enraged and hunting, it solidifies into a zombie-like form, with sharp claws and teeth, and overwhelming brute force.

But if attacked or thwarted, it can vanish like smoke.

It can not only penetrate objects and bodies, secretly absorbing souls and freezing blood and qi, but also seize the opportunity to possess a human body.

Li Yue didn't care about the Yin energy invading the corpse puppet; to him, it was no different from a tonic delivered to his door.

But the abyss is of unknown depth, and if he were to be pulled down by this corpse puppet, he would inevitably suffer some hardship.

He then instantly channeled his inner power to his limbs, gathering his energy without letting it leak out. Using the rock wall as leverage, he spun around at the waist, sharpening his fingertips with yin energy, and struck the illusory figure with a backhand.

Where the palm strike landed, the corpse puppet's body solidified just then, and was knocked backward by the force of the palm. Large swaths of the Yin energy on its body dissipated, turning into wisps of smoke.

But in an instant, it gathered and reformed again, the eerie green flames flickering in its empty eye sockets, as if it had been thoroughly enraged.

The corpse puppet opened its mouth wide, silently howling, but only managed to expel a large amount of Yin Sha death energy.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have wet their pants by now.

But Li Yue has fought countless times against these demons and ghosts.

How could they possibly be afraid of this mere corpse puppet?

However, things are not as they used to be.

In ordinary battles on flat ground, with his current cultivation level, he can easily suppress more than ten corpse puppets at the same time by using the Yin energy surrounding him to suppress them.

But at this moment, they are suspended in mid-air between vertical cave walls.

The only place to stand was a few scattered light troughs and recesses, narrow and cramped, with no room to move around.

However, the corpse puppet's form was elusive and unpredictable, appearing and disappearing at will, constantly wandering and harassing the surroundings.

For a moment, this created some constraints.

At this moment, the corpse puppet's several slender limbs began to dance wildly.

Sometimes it materializes into withered, black claws that tear through the air, and sometimes it transforms into mist that swirls around and attacks from the side.

It moved swiftly to the left and right, its speed so fast that it was just a blur.

The cave was cold and damp, with gusts of eerie wind sweeping through, causing the ancient lamps on either side to flicker restlessly.

Several flickering lamps were extinguished one after another by the deathly aura, and the eerie chill grew even stronger.

Li Yue remained calm and focused, his gaze fixed on the sinister source.

Movement is difficult between the cave walls, and prolonged entanglement and fighting will only result in being passively controlled.

He immediately stopped clinging to the rock face, loosened his grip on the hollow, and let himself fall off the cliff.

At the same time, it draws in yin energy to envelop the body, eliminating the force of gravity and slowing the descent.

In mid-air, he gracefully twirled and flew, his toes occasionally lightly touching the protruding stone walls and the edges of the lamp troughs.

Every touch is incredibly light, without any lingering or residue.

Using this meager counterforce, it shifted its position and moved about in the deep, dark cave.

During the fall, they dodged the relentless attacks of the corpse puppets.

Seeing that its repeated sneak attacks had failed, the corpse puppet's yin energy surged, and its entire body solidified into a physical form.

Its face, devoid of features, was twisted and ferocious as it charged straight at you.

The withered, cold hand locked onto Li Yue's neck with brute force, intending to slam him hard against the rock wall.

Just as the two were about to engage, Li Yue suddenly turned to the side.

He dodged the sharp claws, using the momentum of his fall to spin around and avoid the corpse puppet's attack.

Suddenly, his arm shot out.

The five fingers closed like iron clamps, precisely countering the corpse puppet's neck where the yin energy had gathered.

Immediately afterwards, the magic power in his palm tightened, cutting off the flow of death energy from the corpse puppet.

Despite the opponent's violent struggles and the ever-changing forms of mist, it could not break free from the restraints.

The ethereal power of this corpse puppet was suppressed by his shared Yin energy, preventing it from dissipating and escaping.

Its solidified body was no match for the force that bound it, so it twisted its limbs frantically, letting out a silent roar, and its ghostly green flames pulsed violently, filled with a violent intent.