Evil Immortal!

The sound sounded familiar to Meng Yuan, just like last night—it was like someone wolfing down food, biting, chewing, and swallowing it greedily…

This time, however, the sound didn't come from her sister's room next door, but from the street outside.

"..."

Meng Yuan frowned, grabbed the Green Dragon Blade beside him, quickly stood up, and climbed over the wall, but saw no trace of anyone, only a pool of blood on the ground...

Human blood!

Meng Yuan remained silent for a moment, briefly covered up his thoughts, and then returned home.

Then, he knocked on his sister's door.

crunch--

When Meng Yu opened the door, her face showed no signs of sleepiness or annoyance at being disturbed in the middle of the night. Instead, she was calm and quiet, looking at Meng Yuan without saying a word, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Meng Yuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Xiao Yu, was that noise you made?"

Meng Yu tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment, and nodded gently.

Upon seeing Meng Yu admit it, Meng Yuan's face showed no relief. Instead, his heart sank, and he felt a rare sense that things had slipped out of his control.

He recalled his sister Mengyu's past behavior. He hadn't noticed it before, but now, upon closer reflection, he realized that everything about her seemed unusual and strange.

For example, Meng Yu was taciturn and never uttered a single word...

He's always stayed at home and never went out...

The eyes were an abnormal grayish-white...

Normal people have seven emotions and six desires; they might be gluttonous, lazy, greedy, lustful, easily excited, angry, sad, or fearful, or curious about certain things. However, none of these traits were present in Meng Yu, the younger sister...

Thus, Meng Yuan felt a rare sense of unfamiliarity towards his younger sister.

It seems... he never truly understood his younger sister, Mengyu.

After a moment of silence, Meng Yuan asked again, "Was someone watching us outside just now?"

Meng Yu nodded, then extended her slender finger and pointed specifically at Meng Yuan.

Meng Yuan asked in surprise, "You mean, that person was staring at me?"

Seeing Meng Yu nod, Meng Yuan sighed almost imperceptibly. His troubles had been resolved by his sister, but he wasn't particularly happy because an even bigger problem had arisen.

There are clearly some unknown secrets hidden in the younger sister, Meng Yu.

Seemingly sensing that Meng Yuan was in a bad mood, Meng Yu stepped forward, gently took Meng Yuan's hand, and placed it on her head.

Meng Yuan felt a little relieved, smiled, gently stroked her soft hair, and comforted her, "It's okay, you are my sister after all. I was just worried that something bad might happen to you."

Upon hearing this, Meng Yu shook her head and then pointed to a corner of the room.

Meng Yuan looked in the direction she pointed and immediately froze.

Because he saw a lifeless figure, yet one that seemed somewhat familiar.

Mutant Starving Ghost

Template: Elite (Light Red)

Order: Second order

Introduction: Originally a corpse corrupted by demonic energy and possessing the characteristics of a starving ghost, it was transformed into a starving ghost due to the influence of some strange power. Now, after further mutation, it has become an even more unique mutated evil spirit. Its claws and teeth are sharp, it possesses corpse poison, and its body has extremely high defense, making it virtually impervious to blades and spears. It even possesses an innate supernatural ability to devour evil spirits, with a certain probability of acquiring the abilities of the evil spirits it devours.

Danger level: Extremely high!

......

The figure in the corner was short and thin, like a bamboo pole, with only her belly bulging high, like a woman ten months pregnant, and stood there motionless.

That wrinkled old face was stiff and wooden, with a sinister look on it; it was clearly the old man Chen who had died yesterday!

Moreover, a gash appeared on its cheek, from which a scarlet eye peeked out, swirling and turning like a living creature, exuding a ferocious aura that made it look even more sinister.

At this point, Old Man Chen had transformed into an evil spirit!

The scarlet eyeball looked somewhat familiar to Meng Yuan, quite similar to the blood-red eyeball of the Thousand-Armed Corpse Centipede, the clone of the Blood-Eyed Ancestor.

Clearly, Old Man Chen, or rather this mutated starving ghost in front of us, killed and devoured the Tianmu Sect disciple and has already obtained his Blood Eye Divine Power!

......

"You can control Old Man Chen... no, this starving ghost?"

Meng Yuan looked at his younger sister, Meng Yu, in disbelief.

He finally understood why Old Man Chen had disappeared last night; it turned out that it was his sister who had done it.

He sensed an extremely dangerous aura emanating from this mutated, starving ghost.

Considering that this starving ghost already possessed the terrifying ability to devour evil spirits, and now has also obtained the Blood Eye Divine Power of the Heavenly Eye Sect disciple, it's like adding wings to a tiger. Its strength is probably even above his own now!

Meng Yu nodded slightly, waved her hand, and the mutated starving ghost turned into wisps of black mist and disappeared.

"..."

Meng Yuan remained silent for a moment, a flood of questions welling up in his mind.

Seeing a hint of sleepiness on his sister's face, he didn't say anything more, just gave her a few words of advice, and told her to rest quickly.

In any case, with this ability, at least Meng Yu, the younger sister, is no longer powerless. Even if she encounters danger in the future, she will have the strength to deal with it.

Moreover, my younger sister is also a victim of demonic energy.

According to his understanding, while most people who are contaminated will experience physical or mental abnormalities or distortions, resulting in serious consequences, a very small number of them will awaken some unexpected abilities.

Perhaps, Meng Yu, the younger sister, is one of these lucky ones.

......

The next day, Meng Yuan set off early and headed straight for the Red Mud Swamp, which was about three hundred miles away from Black Sand City.

In the wilderness, one can often see wandering corpses, ghosts calling for souls, and other evil spirits.

Most of them are relatively low in danger and can be dealt with by ordinary people, but occasionally there are some troublesome evil spirits such as the Copper Armor Corpse, the Weeping Woman, the Hanging Ghost, the Flying Head Barbarian, and the Lantern Demon, which can often only be dealt with by cultivators who have changed their profession.

Meng Yuan was lucky; he didn't encounter any troublesome evil spirits along the way.

Of course, this is also thanks to his knowledge of which places are more dangerous and which areas are relatively safe.

After deliberately avoiding some dangerous areas, Meng Yuan arrived at the outside of the Red Mud Swamp.

Red mud marshes, as the name suggests, are a marshland that stretches for thousands of miles and consists mostly of puddles. They are named for the dark red color of the mud within them.

This swamp is perpetually shrouded in miasma, teeming with poisonous insects, and haunted by monstrous beasts and evil spirits, making it quite dangerous. It will soon become a well-known monster-hunting area for players.

However, for ordinary people, putting aside the poisonous insects, monsters, and evil spirits, the miasma and poisonous gas permeating the air alone would be unbearable. They would probably die instantly within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Only second-tier cultivators, and those who must take the corresponding antidote pills beforehand, can withstand the harsh environment here.