Chapter 446: The Weird Changes on the Paper Bridge
“How dare you, you evil spirit! Mars is leading the way, and the moon is leading the flag, and you dare to obstruct us? You really don’t know how to live or die. Kill them all!”

Lu Dao shouted loudly and was about to slam the guide flag he was holding high down under his feet.

When the flag fell halfway, Lu Dao suddenly realized that what he was standing on was not the land, but a thin layer of paper. It would be terrible if he punctured the paper bridge.

So Lu Dao hurriedly stopped the guide flag in his hand and started shaking it instead of pounding it on the ground.

The white ribbons on the flag immediately flew out and attacked the corpses and evil spirits who were trying to climb up the paper bridge and shake it down.

Seeing Lu Dao taking action, Shang Lu and others no longer hesitated and used their own methods.

In an instant, thunder roared, sword lights flashed, accompanied by surging witchcraft energy and the rumbling of witchcraft weapons, all bombarded the rotten corpses and evil spirits that were crawling on the bridge.

Amidst the noise, there were also people imitating Lu Dao’s shouting:

“You are so bold and evil, you don’t know how to live or die, kill them all!”

Lu Dao was confused.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with these words when I say them myself, but why do I feel so awkward and shameful when I hear others imitating me?

He really wanted to shout, “There’s no need to learn this sentence.”

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he swallowed them back.

Because he remembered the warning that Jian Cheng had left on the stone tablet. At this moment, all these voices came from behind him. Was it really Shang Lu and the others who were imitating him? Or was it the weirdness on the paper bridge that was taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble? It was really hard to say.

If he responded, there was no guarantee that he would not be caught!
Something that could make the Supervisor specifically remind him must be not simple, and Lu Dao didn’t want to put himself in danger.

In the short few breaths that his mind was turning, the corpses and evil spirits climbing the paper bridge were all knocked away by the fierce attack of the crowd.

Just like dumplings put into the pot, they fell back into the river of blood with a plop.

These corpses and evil spirits were seriously injured by the attacks of the crowd. After falling into the blood river, other corpses and evil spirits immediately pounced on them, but they did not want to help them heal their wounds, but to tear them apart and eat them.

The corpses and evil spirits that ate the fragments of their companions began to undergo strange changes rapidly.

Or grow a new head, or grow new arms…

Afterwards, these strangely mutated corpses and evil spirits also rushed towards the paper bridge, without any hesitation or delay because their companions were being torn apart and eaten.

They came one after another, determined to climb up or overturn the paper bridge and drag Shang Lu and his companions into the blood river.

When the seven people saw this scene, they couldn’t help but frown.

The corpses and evil spirits were not that powerful, but their numbers seemed endless.

Moreover, Shang Lu and his companions could see clearly that from the blood river in the distance, there were huge crowds of rotten corpses and evil spirits pouring in.

Not to mention, after the corpses and evil spirits devoured and merged with the remains of their companions’ souls, they not only underwent strange changes, but also saw their strength increase.

It’s like refining a Gu.

If they continue like this, Shang Lu and his seven companions cannot be sure what powerful and strange thing they will eventually refine in this river of blood.

The most important thing is that their progress in crossing the bridge was slow because of the corpses and evil spirits climbing the bridge.

Not to mention that there are other strange things hidden on the paper bridge, the longer you stay on the bridge, the more dangerous it becomes.

It only said that if they still couldn’t find the well of resurrection to leave the dangerous place of the underworld after twelve hours, their bodies would rot, their souls would change, and they would become part of the underworld.

This means they can’t afford to waste time.

Just as Shang Lu and others were thinking of a solution, they saw Lu Dao, who was at the front of the team, waving the guide flag in his hand again.

At the same time, the Kuipi drum in his other hand sounded “dong dong” by itself, and he sang a spell: “Spread money to form a road, return to the void… Hurry up and follow the orders of the Heaven and Earth!”

After a brief pause, he told everyone: “Throw the paper money into the river of blood.”

Shang Lu and his six companions immediately did as they were told and threw the paper money they had been holding in their hands off the bridge.

All I saw were rays of witchlight flying out from Lu Dao’s guiding flag and shooting into the paper money.

As the paper money fell into the blood river, an unexpected scene happened: whether it was the evil ghosts who wanted to climb onto the paper bridge, or the rotten corpses who were shaking the bamboo bridge piers, all of them were attracted by the paper money. They actually gave up the paper bridge and jumped back into the blood river to compete for the paper money with other rotten corpses and evil ghosts.

The river of blood began to boil again.

In order to get paper money, corpses and evil spirits did not hesitate to kill each other, and each one was more brutal than the other.

Seeing this, Shang Lu sighed in his heart: “It is said that money can make the devil work. Now it seems that this money can not only make the devil work, but also make the devil work itself…”

“Go quickly, don’t stop, the money for the passage won’t last long.”

Lu Dao, who was at the front of the team, shouted loudly, waved the guide flag in his hand, and walked quickly forward to lead the way.

Shang Lu quickly put away his distracting thoughts and followed the pace of Lu Dao and Lu Yang in front of him.

After walking more than ten steps, I saw that there were fewer holes on the paper bridge.

Those who tried to fly over the paper bridge, or cross the bridge with light body skills or swift walking skills, must have broken the paper bridge before and fell into the blood river. No one dared to take advantage of loopholes or be clever here.

After walking another hundred steps, the seven people saw several people lying on the paper bridge in front of them.

Only when we got closer did we see clearly that all these people were dead.

And the cause of death was very consistent – the neck was strangled, the head was missing, and the whole body was dry, like rotten wood.

It feels like these corpses have been dead for many years and have been dried up by the cold wind on the blood river, turning into headless mummies.

But soon, the seven people recognized the identities of these headless mummies from their clothing and the various objects they carried – most of them were rice thieves, but there were also people from the Three County Witch Academy.

What on earth had happened to these people on the paper bridge? Why did they end up like this? Not only were their heads cut off, but their blood was also sucked out?
Lu Dao kept walking and continued forward, passing these mummies.

But he was reminding everyone, “Be careful, remember the reminder given by the Supervisor on the stone tablet. The people who died on the paper bridge had good cultivation, but they all turned into ghostly appearances. It shows that the weirdness on the paper bridge is not simple! And there are dead people here, so weirdness should appear soon.”

The six Shanglu people nodded in unison.

The people from the Three County Witch Academy who participated in the mission to eliminate the rice bandits, the weakest of whom were at the Zhoutian realm. Those who were able to enter the core area and were swallowed by the blood mist to the underworld, were even above the Tongtian realm.

Such people died on the paper bridge and turned into headless mummies. How could Shang Lu, Lu Yang and the other three dare to be careless?

Even when they saw the good stuff on these headless mummies, they didn’t dare to search for them, fearing that these things were traps left by evil creatures.

“what?”

As he stepped over a headless mummy, Shang Lu caught a glimpse of a red figure out of the corner of his eye. It floated onto the headless mummy and quickly took out a few objects.

It was Sanniang who was helping him “touch the corpse”.

Shang Lu subconsciously wanted to stop her, but then he thought that Sanniang knew much more about the various secret realms than he did. Since Sanniang dared to “touch the corpse”, she must be sure.

Shang Lu swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and after a closer look, he found that Sanniang did not touch every corpse, nor did she take all the treasures on the corpses.

He even clearly felt that some treasures were obviously better and more valuable, but Sanniang just refused to pick them up and even avoided them.

“It seems that there are indeed some strange things hidden in these corpses, but Sanniang can tell which ones are treasures that can be picked up and which ones are traps that cannot be touched.”

Shang Lu thought to himself that he was very curious about how Sanniang could tell the difference, but now was not the time to study this matter, so he could only suppress his curiosity in his heart.

“It’s always a good thing to be able to touch the treasure.” Shang Lu was secretly happy, but he discovered something else: everyone, including Zishu Xunshou, not only could not see Sanniang, but also had no idea that she was “touching the corpse” to search for treasure.

“Sanniang’s abilities have improved.” Shang Lu was getting happier. This was good news for him. Not only did it save him the trouble of explaining to others, but it also made it easier for him to turn danger into safety when he encountered it.

As I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt that the blood mist above the paper bridge had become much thicker.

Shang Lu was startled and quickly looked away, only to see the lanterns swaying on both sides of the paper bridge. There was no wind, but they were shaking violently.

The blood words written on the lantern were oozing out as if they were free.

“Everyone, be careful!”

Lu Dao, who was at the front of the team, also noticed this situation and immediately spoke out to remind them.

At the same time, his pace did not slow down at all, and even quickened a lot.

Lu Dao wanted to take everyone a few more steps before the strange thing appeared.

The faster you can cross the paper bridge, the better.

Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. Just as Lu Dao quickened his pace, he saw the white wax in the lanterns on both sides of the paper bridge go out one after another.

As the candle flame went out, the blood mist, which was already thickening, suddenly became thicker, and everyone was back to the dark state when they first entered the dangerous place of the underworld.

This time, there was no need for Lu Dao to remind them. Shang Lu and the others stopped in unison and held their breath.

They had memorized the reminders left by the Supervisor on the stone tablet.

“Clatter, clatter…”

Just as they held their breath, a strange sound came from the blood mist.

Something was hiding in the blood mist, moving towards them.

If the Supervisor had not said on the stone tablet that they should hold their breath and not move after the candlelight went out, I’m afraid they would have already taken action and attacked the unknown existence in the blood mist.

The next moment, the seven people saw a burly figure appear in the blood mist.

The figure was as tall as two or three people. He was wearing a tattered ghost uniform and a tall hat with a pointed horn on his head. There seemed to be words written on the hat, but they were covered by a pool of smelly blood.

However, Shang Lu still used his extraordinary eyesight to recognize that the three words written on the tall pointed hat were “Soul Guide”.

The face of the “soul guide” was extremely ugly, with half of his face rotten and pieces of flesh, pus and blood constantly falling off.

On its left shoulder, it carried a coffin made of countless dry bones and human skins.

And under its feet, there was a set of bronze shackles, which made a rattling sound when it walked.

Seeing the appearance of the “Soul Guide”, everyone suppressed the urge to take action and held their breath and remained motionless.

But they did not relax their vigilance, and were secretly exerting their strength. If the situation was not good, they would take action immediately.

The strange thing was that the “soul guide” clearly saw them, but did not launch an attack. Instead, it moved its ugly face close to the seven people, not only staring at them with wide eyes, but also breathing in through its nose.

The “soul guide”‘s strange face was full of confusion.

It seemed to be wondering, these guys are obviously human, why are they not breathing or moving?
Seeing that holding their breath and not moving was really effective, the seven people from Shanglu all breathed a sigh of relief.

Rat Patrol even muttered to himself: “I really made the right bet… This kid really has good luck.”

At the same time, he was also very curious. What would happen if someone did not hold their breath and continued to move after the “Soul Guide” appeared? Were the headless corpses he had seen before killed by it?
And what is the strength of this ugly and weird “Soul Guide”? Can we defeat it?

Rat Patrol would certainly not risk his own life for testing, but he had a way.

A strand of hair floated down from his head quietly, and after landing on the paper bridge, it turned into a little gray mouse.

Not only was it breathing and crawling, it was also making a “squeaking” sound.

The Soul Guide immediately turned around and looked at the little gray mouse. His eyes sparkled with excitement, and he opened his mouth and roared, “Alive creature!”

The coffin it was carrying on its shoulders opened immediately, and a beam of blood flew out of it, instantly grabbing the witch rat on patrol and dragging it into the coffin.

The Rat Patrol’s face looked very ugly.

Although what was taken away by the coffin was only the witch rat he released, he was able to indirectly fight with the “Soul Guide” through that witch rat.

The result was not optimistic: no matter how hard he tried, the witch rat was taken away in an instant.

It’s not that the “Soul Guide” is so powerful, but that the coffin is too strange and completely ignores the witchcraft of the Rat Patrol.

Shang Lu and the others all saw this scene and held their breath even more seriously.

At the same time, when Shang Lu opened the coffin lid, he saw several corpses inside. Like the headless corpse he had seen before, all of them had been drained of blood and turned into “firewood”. Only their heads were still there, but they looked so withered that it was difficult to recognize their identities.

The coffin closed again, and the “soul guide” turned around and continued to stare at everyone.

Fortunately, ten breaths of time passed quickly.

When the wax in the lanterns on both sides of the paper bridge reignited, the thick blood mist quickly dissipated as if it had met its nemesis, and even the “soul guide” disappeared without a trace in an instant.

At this moment, everyone finally breathed again.

It was also at this time that everyone heard Lu Dao’s call: “Hurry up, and cross the bridge quickly while the weirdness is over.”

“Speed ​​up across the bridge.”

Lu Yang subconsciously wanted to pass this message down and at the same time quickened his pace.

But just as he said this and took a step forward, Lu Yang’s face suddenly turned ugly, and he shouted in his heart, “It’s going to be bad!”

“Lu Dao”‘s voice came from behind!
Without any hesitation, Lu Yang slapped the sword box and was about to release the flying sword to protect himself.

At this moment, he heard a strange laugh behind him:
“You responded to me, you responded, hehehehe…”

(End of this chapter)