Soul Eater Book

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The land of despair, the ancient battlefield of monks, it is said that in ancient times, this place was a piece of fertile land, and it was also the location of the Zombie Temple, the sect that dominates Tianwu. Some ancient books can find a few words about describing this place as a fairyland, it is said At that time, all the resources of the entire Tianwu were concentrated here, but afterward, the Tianwu sect launched the unparalleled battle against the Corpse Demon Palace, and this place was completely destroyed, and countless monks fell here. The Demon Corpse Palace, which dominates Tianwu, has also been completely reduced to history, leaving only some remnants to hide.

After the great battle, this land of despair has become thinner, and many high-ranking monks who died at that time chose the ghost way skills that could not fall into reincarnation. Gradually, this land of despair became It is a paradise for ghost cultivators, where countless ghosts and ghosts, even resentful beasts transformed from monsters after death, gather here. Usually, few monks will come here.

No one would have thought that the remnants of the Corpse Devil Palace would dare to return to this place, and they would recuperate here for thousands of years. They did not appear until now, breaking the original tranquility of Tianwu Continent.

Chen Zhi and the other sixteen monks landed on the ground after entering the Land of Despair, and walked forward slowly. Fortunately, the decisive battle on the battlefield ahead had officially started at this time, and there were few monks from the Corpse Demon Palace in the Land of Despair.

But this area is haunted by countless ghosts and ghosts.

Less than an hour after entering the land of despair, Chen Zhi and the others encountered three or four waves of evil spirits and fierce ghosts. After a fierce battle, their spiritual power was greatly consumed, and then they came to a place marked as a black water pool on the map. Stop and rest.

Shen Xiu and Chen Zhi set up formations respectively, and entered into the formation with tired faces. At this time, the monks in the formation sat down to recover their mana. After all, the evil spirits and ghosts in this place are not like the ones they usually see. Wronged souls are so useless as ghosts. These unjust souls were all monks in the foundation-building period before they were alive. Even if they turned into ghosts and lost their sanity, after tens of thousands of years, their strength is comparable to that of foundation-building monks. In addition, the aura here is extremely thin and cannot be replenished during battles. , so the spiritual power in the body is consumed extremely quickly, even if you sit down to recover, you must rely on pills and spirit stones.

"Damn place" Cheng Bao said depressingly.

Speaking of which, his strength is not very strong. The reason why he was selected was that he needed to prove his loyalty to the Hehuan Sect at this time, and on the other hand, he was good at concealment and investigation. His performance was not even as good as Chen Zhi.

But at this time, even the monks of the Tianshan sect didn't have the energy to ridicule them. They took the spirit stones to recover quickly one by one, and Yao Yan'er and Yunmeng, because they didn't make a move along the way, and the golden core monk Ling The power is solidified, and the consumption of spiritual power is not much. At this time, the two girls are discussing something through sound transmission.

"It can't go on like this." Yao Yan'er frowned slightly, and said through voice transmission: "If you stop and go like this, it may be a few days before you reach the entrance of the magic palace. Recently, small-scale contact has begun on the battlefield. I am afraid that the decisive battle will start soon, and this decisive battle, sister, you should also be aware that the Tianwu Sect is actually testing whether the Corpse Demon Palace can be destroyed, but both my master and the sword body think this decisive battle is very difficult. It may end in a short time, let the sects recuperate, if you dare not enter the Demon Palace before the decisive battle is over, it will be difficult to get out of your body."

Yunmeng nodded, and also said via voice transmission: "Why don't you let them walk slowly first, let's go first?"

"No." Yao Yan'er shook her head: "Master said, the two of us must work together to remove the source magic bead, and they will need to hold back the attacks of the remaining cultivators in the Corpse Demon Palace."

Hearing this, Yunmeng and Yaoyan'er couldn't help but fell silent.

At this time, Shen Xiu, Chen Zhi, and Cheng Bao also gathered together, discussing in low voices while absorbing the spirit stones. They could naturally see the current situation clearly, and they all knew in their hearts that it would definitely not work if they continued like this.

"Senior Brother Shen, Brother Chen, I don't need to talk about this situation. Can you two set up a magic circle to speed up the recovery of spiritual power." Cheng Bao said a little depressed.

"If there was that kind of formation, I would have already become a golden elixir." Shen Xiu said angrily, for a monk like Cheng Bao who "doesn't understand formation", he was not as polite as Chen Zhi.

"Then what should we do? If this continues, when we enter the Demon Palace and the decisive battle is over, let alone completing the mission, it will be a question of whether we can escape unscathed."

"No way, we must complete this task."

"Aren't you talking for nothing?"

Cheng Bao rolled his eyes, glanced at Chen Zhi, but found that Chen Zhi was frowning and thinking about something, and immediately said: "Brother Chen, what do you think, what's wrong?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Chen Zhi standing up and striding towards Yao Yan'er and Yun Meng.

The arrangement of this formation was originally small, but as soon as Chen Zhi stood up, everyone was startled, even Yun Meng and Yao Yan'er turned their heads, seeing Chen Zhi approaching, the two girls frowned in unison.

"What's the matter?" Yao Yan'er asked coldly, seeing Yunmeng again, she couldn't help but think of how she was when she woke up, and of course she didn't have a good look at Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi didn't care, he saluted respectfully, and said calmly: "For the current situation, I have a solution, but I don't know if this solution will work."

"Is this true?" It was Yunmeng who asked.

"Don't dare to lie to the two seniors." Chen Zhi glanced at Yunmeng, waved his hand, and a jade bottle suddenly appeared in his hand, which contained fifteen gray pills.

As soon as Chen Zhi opened the bottle cap, a breath of death and decay gushed out from the bottle, Yao Yaner's face changed slightly, and she frowned, "What is this?"

"Corpse Transformation Pill." Chen Zhi said calmly: "This elixir was obtained by this junior after killing a cultivator of the Corpse Demon Palace. There were originally sixteen elixir. Within two hours, the spirit power and aura of the demonic beasts will become exactly the same as those of the cultivators of the Corpse Demon Palace, and they may be able to hide these ghosts and resentful beasts. After all, the cultivators of the Corpse Demon Palace can pass unimpeded in this desperate place. It is due to the similarity with these ghosts and resentful beasts."

This elixir is the elixir given to Chen Zhi by the Jiuxie Demon Corpse. Of course, Chen Zhi didn't try it, but just followed the script, but of course he couldn't say that the Jiuxie Demon Corpse gave it to him, so he made up a random reason. As for what to give to the monsters, it's completely nonsense, but Chen Zhi believes that the Jiuxie Demon Corpse will not tamper with this pill.

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Hearing Chen Zhi's words, Yao Yan'er and Yun Meng's eyes lit up immediately, but they still looked at the pill in Chen Zhi's hand with a trace of doubt.

Of course Chen Zhi knew what the two girls were worried about, so he smiled lightly, poured one out of it, and swallowed it in one gulp.

The elixir melted at the entrance, turned into a cold air flow, and slowly entered his dantian. Chen Zhi clearly felt that a gray mist suddenly appeared above the spiritual power in his body, but this mist was obviously harmful to his body. There is no harm to his body.

And just after Chen Zhi took the pill, Yunmeng and Yaoyan'er's complexions changed at the same time, because they found that Chen Zhi's aura gradually changed, with a smell of death and decay, which was not at all the same as that of the monks of the Corpse Demon Palace. It's not any different.

In the magic circle, other monks stood up one after another, looking at Chen Zhi with horror.

Chen Zhi didn't care about this, instead he calmly pinched his hands together and shot out a life-threatening rope. However, when the life-threatening rope was released, the original dense devilish energy on it disappeared, replaced by a kind of death and decay. breath.

"How is that possible?" Shen Xiu exclaimed. It would be reasonable to just change the aura of his body, but even the aura of casting spells can be changed...

The eyes of Fairy Yunmeng and Yaoyan'er lit up, they looked at each other, and immediately stood up.

"Okay, if there is this pill, this operation will go much smoother." A smile appeared on Yunmeng's face, and he suddenly thought of something, hesitantly said: "But it's a pity that there are only fourteen pills left , and there are 15 of us besides you..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expressions suddenly became complicated. After all, everyone knows the danger of this mission, and before coming this time, a large number of rewards have already been obtained. There is such a fair reason to escape, and no one can bear it. Stay tuned.

Yun Meng also frowned, and looked at Chen Zhi with a complicated expression. If Chen Zhi hadn't taken the elixir in advance, Chen Zhi, who should have the lowest cultivation base, should have been left behind, but now...

"Let Senior Brother Cheng Bao stay." Chen Zhi said with a smile. Originally, he shouldn't have opened his mouth at this time. After all, at this time, not only the members of the Hehuan Sect, but also the Seven Little Swords of Tianshan couldn't help being a little moved , and as the person who took out the elixir, Chen Zhi had a great say in this matter and could easily offend others.

However, since Chen Zhi opened his mouth, of course he had his own thoughts. He glanced at everyone and said calmly: "We all know the degree of danger of this mission. Brother Cheng Bao was originally good at concealment and reconnaissance, so at this time Cheng Bao is good at hiding and reconnaissance. It is most suitable for Senior Brother Bao to stay here. As long as Senior Brother Shen Xiu and I work together to arrange a formation, it will allow Senior Brother Cheng Bao to stay here as a fulcrum. When we retreat, Senior Brother Cheng Bao can also support us. Provide guidance, and this place can also be used as a fulcrum for rest."

As soon as the words came out, everyone nodded involuntarily, but Cheng Bao gave Chen Zhi a grateful look. Although he couldn't leave immediately, he still could tell the difference between staying here and going deep into the underground magic palace.

"That's it, let's take the corpse pill and move forward." Yao Yan'er nodded, snatched the medicine bottle from Chen Zhi's hand without hesitation, took out a corpse pill, and the others also stepped forward After receiving the Corpse Transformation Pill, soon, the magic circle was filled with the breath of death and decay.

"Okay, let's go." Yunmeng glanced at the aura on her body, frowned slightly, and seemed to be a little disgusted, but when she thought that this medicine pill could help them arrive quickly, the resistance in her heart was also reduced a lot.

The crowd quickly finished their adjustments. After Chen Zhi and Shen Xiu blessed the magic circle, Cheng Bao was left alone, and a group of people marched mightily towards the depths of the land of despair.

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A tiger-shaped resentment beast that was the size of a one-story house and gleaming with phosphorous fire walked slowly past. Suddenly, the resentment beast stopped, swept the side slopes, sniffed lightly, and wrinkled in an extremely anthropomorphic manner. Frowning, he continued to walk forward, and not long after the resentful beast tiger passed by, fifteen monks suddenly walked out from behind the slope. The joint team of the Tianshan faction.

"It's really useful." Looking at the back of the resentful beast and tiger leaving, a female cultivator of the Tianshan school said in surprise, while speaking, she glanced at Chen Zhi, and the corner of her mouth slightly curled up: "This junior brother's elixir is actually effective."

Chen Zhi smiled faintly, and was about to say something, when he suddenly noticed two eyes sweeping over him, and he shuddered alive, but when he turned around, he saw Yaoyaner and Yunmeng Ernv seemed to be talking in a low voice, the corners of his mouth twitched, He just returned a faint smile to the female nun of the Mountain Sect that day, and then turned around to check the surrounding terrain on his own.

Only then did Yao Yan'er look away, only to find that Yunmeng was looking at her with a smile, her face suddenly blushed, and she quickly changed the subject: "I didn't expect this pill to be really useful, but he still has some effect."

"Indeed, this time, our master miscalculated." Hearing this, Yunmeng frowned and said, "After observing along the way, these resentful souls and resentful beasts are clearly searching around in an organized and organized manner. An order was received."

"Maybe it's the old ghost of phosphorous fire." Yao Yan'er said absent-mindedly.

"Okay, let's move on. The Corpse Transformation Pill is only available for two hours, and the deeper you go into the land of despair, there will be more and more resentful beasts and ghosts. You must arrive at the underground magic palace within two hours."

Encountering this tiger-shaped resentful beast was just a small episode, but it made everyone understand the role of the corpse pill. Soon, the group continued to go deep into the land of despair. As they went deeper, the surrounding air gradually became turbid When he got up, there was not even a trace of spiritual energy in the air, and what was left was only the extremely strong breath of death and decay.

This time, Yunmeng and Yaoyan'er seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and directly took out more than a dozen foundation-level poison-avoiding pills. After taking them, there was no need to waste excess spiritual power to resist the corpse poison that might be contained in these breaths, but In order to hurry, everyone used spells such as divine movement, and there was no spiritual power around them, so they had to absorb it with spirit stones to offset the consumed spiritual power.

After rushing forward for two hours like this, everyone quickly entered the center of the land of despair, and soon, a huge mound appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

This mound has a radius of several miles. The mound is covered with the bones of various monks and monsters, like a huge open-air mass burial pit, and on this bone mound, there are even more A huge resentment beast is entrenched, hundreds of feet long, with a ferocious face, and will-o'-the-wisps flickering in its pupils. At the tail of this resentment beast, there is a cave made of white bones, which is the entrance to the underground magic palace.