Chapter 448 The third eye?

Shang Lu and his six companions did not hesitate. They immediately stopped collecting wax and followed Lu Dao, running to the other side.

After they stopped collecting wax oil, the paper bridge was still shaking, but it did not deteriorate any further. The bamboo strips under their feet broke, and the collapse of the paper bridge behind them suddenly decreased a lot.

“It seems that we can’t collect the wax oil here.”

A voice came from behind, as if Bai Lingxu was speaking.

Shang Lu was not sure whether the voice was from Bai Lingxu or from the strange sound on the bridge, so he did not respond.

But in his heart, he had a different view: “It’s not that we can’t collect wax oil, but we can’t be greedy.”

If these waxes were really strange, Sanniang would definitely stop him from collecting them.

Since Sanniang did not stop it, it means that the wax can be collected.

The problem was that they collected too much – they almost took the lanterns with them.

Many things in the secret realm seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they are all inextricably linked.

Since wax can burn and kill rotten corpses and evil spirits, dripping it into the blood river may not be without the intention of suppressing the evil spirit in the blood river.

As a result, most of the wax was collected by them, and the resentment in the blood river could not be effectively suppressed. It rushed up and hit the paper bridge, causing all kinds of commotion.

In fact, when Lu Dao shouted to leave, Shang Lu was still a little worried. He was afraid that the noises of bamboo strips breaking and paper bridge collapsing behind him were also created by the ghost on the bridge to deceive them.

Once you move, even if you respond, you will be attacked.

He was even prepared. If anything unusual happened to Lu Dao, he would immediately release his positive energy to help suppress it.

As a result, Lu Dao was fine, and Lu Yang, who was running behind Lu Dao, was also fine.

Shang Lu then felt relieved and ran forward with him.

However, the positive energy he mobilized did not dissipate, but remained in a state of readiness to prevent any accidents.

In a flash, everyone ran more than ten steps.

The strange thing on the bridge still did not appear.

It is now certain that the collapse of the paper bridge was not a scam created by some strange trick, but something that really happened.

Shang Lu clearly felt that Lu Dao also quickened his pace at this moment.

Obviously, Uncle Lu had the same concerns as him before, but fortunately his bet was right.

Although the monster on the paper bridge did not attack Shang Lu and his companions, the rotten corpses and evil spirits in the blood river felt that the time had come when they saw the shaking paper bridge.

At this time, the paper money that everyone had thrown into the river of blood had almost been snatched away by this group of rotten corpses and evil ghosts.

The rotten corpses and evil ghosts who snatched the paper money swallowed it into their mouths, and then sank to the bottom of the river and disappeared.

The remaining corpses and evil spirits saw the strangeness on the paper bridge disappear and the paper bridge began to collapse, so they immediately climbed up the bridge again.

There were even rotten corpses and evil spirits that directly hugged the bridge piers made of bamboo strips, shaking them vigorously and biting them with their mouths.

The paper bridge, which had stopped collapsing, began to shake again and continued to be damaged under the destruction of this group of corpses and evil spirits.

Everyone kept walking and used their own methods to attack these rotten corpses and evil spirits.

For a moment, witchcraft energy surged on the paper bridge, and sword lights and knife intentions were constantly flashing.

But everyone soon discovered that this didn’t work.

Just like before, after being injured or killed by the crowd, these corpses and evil spirits will immediately be devoured and merged with other corpses and evil spirits, forming a group of corpses and evil spirits with stranger appearance and stronger strength.

In just a few short breaths, everyone discovered that there were already several huge rotten corpses with multiple heads and arms in the blood river, as well as a horrific ghost temple formed by the fusion of dozens of evil ghosts.

Shang Lu didn’t know whether the paper bridge would collapse if this continued.

But in the blood river, there will probably be several powerful ghost Gu and corpse Gu!

“We have to buy the way with a paper bridge.”

Shang Lu did what he thought. He quickly grabbed a handful of paper money from his bag and scattered it under the bridge.

But this time, no matter the rotten corpses and evil spirits climbing the bridge or those in the blood river, they were all unmoved.

No one was fighting for paper money.

“what happened?”

Shang Lu was stunned and couldn’t understand why these rotten corpses and evil ghosts suddenly stopped caring about money?
The voice of the Rat Patrol came from the back of the team: “Don’t waste your energy. These paper money have not been through the Yin ritual. In the eyes of the rotting corpses and evil spirits, they are no different from waste paper. They will not accept them.”

Shang Lu was not sure whether the voice was from the patrolling Rat, so he did not respond. He just felt in his heart that what he said made sense.

The money they had used to bribe the enemy was held in their hands and walked around the altar three times.

Now, these paper money have been kept in the bag before. It is true that they have not been baptized by the Yin ritual.

“Paper money is useless, so what about wax?”

Shang Lu thought of the wax oil they had just received, which could directly burn and kill the corpses and evil spirits. Other corpses and evil spirits did not dare to devour and fuse it, and even had to stay away from it, for fear that once they got close, they would be affected by the flames erupting from the wax oil and burn and kill themselves as well.

Shang Lu, who had an idea, immediately pulled out the gourd that was used to hold wax from his waist.

He pulled out the stopper and used his Qi to control objects.

With a sharp “whoosh” sound, a few drops of creamy yellow wax flew out of the gourd, turned into a fine oil mist, flew down the paper bridge, and instantly landed on several rotten corpses and evil spirits that were climbing the bridge.

“boom–“

Just as Shang Lu expected, as soon as these rotten corpses and evil ghosts came into contact with the wax, a ball of Yin Fire immediately erupted from their corpses and souls.

The Yin Fire instantly burned the rotten corpse to pieces and burned the evil ghost’s soul to pieces.

It also rushed towards other rotten corpses and evil spirits in the surrounding area, scaring them so much that they immediately gave up climbing the bridge and jumped into the blood river to hide.

Seeing this scene, Shang Lu was surprised at first, but the next moment he thought to himself that it was bad.

However, they saw that the Yin Fire not only rushed towards the rotten corpses and evil spirits, but also splashed onto the piers of the paper bridge.

This is a bridge made of bamboo and paper. If it encounters fire, it will be destroyed immediately, right?
His heart was in his throat, but he found that although the Yin Fire splashed onto the bridge piers, it did not ignite the piers, but instead quickly went out.

“The Yin fire of wax oil will not harm the paper bridge.”

Not only Shang Lu, but also Lu Dao and others were overjoyed after seeing this scene. They took out the wax they had collected before, chanted spells, and threw them out.

Under the impact of the wax, a large number of the rotten corpses and evil spirits climbing the bridge were immediately burned to death.

But the corpses and evil spirits did not give up. They kept pouring in from all directions, climbing and gnawing on the paper bridge.

Seeing this, Shang Lu and his men could only throw wax to burn the corpses and evil spirits to stop them from destroying the paper bridge, while speeding up and rushing to the shore.

On the way, Shang Lu and his companions encountered several situations where the lanterns went out and the soul guide appeared.

Fortunately, they had experience and had no problem dealing with it.

At first they were still worried that the rotten corpses and evil spirits in the blood river would take advantage of their breath and motionlessness to speed up their climb up and destroy the bridge.

However, they found that when the soul guide appeared, these corpses and evil spirits were more afraid than them.

They jumped into the blood river one after another and hid in the deep smelly and sticky blood water. They would not reappear until the soul guide left for a few breaths.

This is actually good for Shang Lu and others.

It only took them a few breaths to run a long distance.

In addition to the soul guide, the faceless ghost also kept following them, impersonating various voices in an attempt to trick them.

With Lu Yang’s previous experience, Shang Lu and the others were extra careful. As for the sounds coming from behind them, they pretended not to hear them and just ignored them and continued on their way.

Anyway, although this faceless ghost is weird, as long as they don’t respond or look back, the faceless ghost will not be able to harm them. Shang Lu once wondered if this faceless ghost is blind and must hear the sound before it can lock onto their location?
In a flash, Shang Lu and his men had rushed to the end of the bridge.

There were only a few dozen steps left to cross the bridge and reach the shore.

The corpses and evil spirits in the blood river obviously noticed this situation and began to climb and destroy the bridge more frantically. Even if Shang Lu and his men threw wax, they were unable to stop the corpses and evil spirits from coming one after another.

Even the blood waves, one after another, rolled up high and hit the paper bridge.

How could this bamboo-and-paper bridge withstand such destruction? It began to break and collapse. Shang Lu and his companions had to watch their step as they ran.

Because you never know when a hole will appear in the paper under your feet, and a corpse or an evil spirit will come out.

Fortunately, everything was a near miss.

Soon, Shang Lu and his men rushed to the end of the bridge.

Lu Dao was the first to rush down the paper bridge. After reaching the shore, he immediately turned around and inserted the guide flag on the ground beside him. He clasped his hands together and chanted a spell, urging the witchcraft energy to turn it into chains that wrapped around the paper bridge so that it could last longer.

Lu Yang was the second one to rush down the paper bridge.

He wanted to help, but unfortunately his magic power had been drained away by the Faceless Ghost and he had not recovered yet, so he could not do the same as Lu Dao.

He could only barely control the flying sword to sweep away the rotten corpses and evil spirits that were climbing up and destroying the paper bridge.

When Shang Lu was about to rush out of the paper bridge, his feet suddenly felt empty.

It was actually a rotten corpse that had bitten through the paper bridge surface, trying to make Shanglu fall into the river of blood.

Fortunately, Shanglu responded promptly.

He used his Nine Transformations of Speed ​​to kick the corpse’s head, which was opening its mouth as if to bite, and bounced up using the force, just like Mario picking mushrooms.

At the same time, he waved his right hand and the beast whip flew out with a whistling sound.

The tip of the whip instantly entangled the guide flag that Lu Dao had inserted into the ground.

Shang Lu exerted force on his hands and used the force of the whip to leap onto the shore, leaving behind only the rotten corpse that failed to bite Shang Lu’s feet, roaring and helpless, and crawling out of the hole, trying to block the way of the people behind him.

The rotten corpse, trying to stop a chariot with its arms, was instantly torn to pieces by the Rat Patrol and Xu Shan’s concentrated fire.

After getting ashore, Shang Lu exhaled a breath of foul air. Without taking time to rest, he immediately turned around and swung the whip in his hand, allowing several people who were still on the paper bridge to grab it.

At this moment, the paper bridge completely collapsed and fell into the blood river. Lu Dao’s witchcraft chains could not delay this situation.

“Come here!”

Shang Lu roared, pushed his feet hard, and used the “Danshan” skill.

“boom–“

A powerful force burst out from Shanglu’s body, causing the beast whip to explode with a “bang bang” sound.

Bai Lingxu, Xu Shan and the other three who grabbed the whip were immediately pulled ashore by Shang Lu’s whip.

The blood wave swept up and was blocked by the witchcraft shield wall held up by Lu Dao and the witchcraft formation released by Xu Shan.

Although it only held off the enemy for a few seconds, it was enough for the four of them to reach shore safely.

“Phew… I was so scared. I thought I would die here today.”

After getting ashore, Bai Lingxu slumped down on the ground, gasping for breath.

But he saw the blood waves in the river were unwilling to give up and hit the shore, scaring him so much that he rolled and crawled to hide away from the river.

There were rotten corpses and evil spirits who were unwilling to let Shang Lu and his men get away. Some of them even tried to climb ashore and drag them into the bloody river.

As a result, as soon as these rotten corpses and evil spirits came ashore, they disintegrated on their own before Shang Lu and his men could take action.

The rotten flesh on the corpse fell down with a rustling sound, and in an instant it turned into a pile of bones. A gust of cold wind blew, and the skeleton shattered with a “bang”, turning into powder on the ground.

As for the evil ghosts, their souls were shattered in an instant and they disappeared completely.

The experiences of these corpses and evil spirits scared the other corpses and evil spirits so much that they dared not come ashore and could only roar helplessly in the river of blood.

“What the hell are you yelling about? Come and hit me if you can. Come and hit me if you can.”

Seeing this, Lu Yang became emboldened and made a provocative gesture towards the rotten corpses and evil spirits in the blood river.

But soon, he frowned again, turned his head and asked Lu Dao: “Uncle Lu, if this paper bridge collapses, how can people who come in later to explore and develop the dangerous land cross this bloody river?”

The underworld is indeed a strange place.

But the more bizarre the place, the more treasures it produces.

Next, the dangerous place of the underworld must be explored and developed.

Therefore, although he has not left the dangerous place of the Netherworld, Lu Yang is already thinking about what to do next time he comes in.

He had been to the underworld once, so he had more experience than others. If he came again, he might be able to find some treasures. At the very least, he could make a lot of contributions.

After hunting down the Eight Ghost Immortals and obtaining the remaining spiritual roots, Lu Yang felt that he had no chance. He could only strive to gain merit and be rewarded in exploring and developing the dangerous land, so that he could exchange his merits for some materials needed for a breakthrough.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Lu Dao made a hand gesture and tapped the guide flag and Kui Pi drum twice, reducing them to an inch in size and putting them back into his sleeves.

Glancing at the ruins of the paper bridge floating on the blood river, he said, “After we leave, another paper bridge will appear. Maybe Jian Cheng and his men have had similar experiences before.”

Lu Yang felt relieved.

Shang Lu was secretly amazed: This paper bridge is so new?
At the same time, I was very puzzled: If Jian Cheng and his companions had walked across this paper bridge before and also encountered the bridge collapse, then when did Jian Cheng leave the stone tablet on the other side of the river? How did he leave it there?

It couldn’t be that the Supervisor crossed the bridge and then walked back, right?

The abilities of a fifth-grade Neifu realm master are indeed not something that an eighth-grade Zhoutian realm person can imagine out of thin air.

Shang Lu was thinking about it when he suddenly found that Lu Yang was looking at him with surprise and said “Huh”.

Before he could ask, Lu Yang spoke up: “Junior Brother Shang, when did the tumor on your forehead disappear?”

The tumor disappeared? Shang Lu raised his hand and touched it. Sure enough, there was no tumor on his forehead, only a scar.

He drew out the witch knife, and with the faint light reflected from the blade, he saw a scar similar to an eye in the center of his forehead.

“Is it because of Sanniang?” Shang Lu guessed.

It was Sanniang who covered the tumor before, allowing him to open his “third eye”.

But he said it vaguely: “I don’t know either. Maybe I just used the Righteous Qi Technique to dissolve the chaotic divinity and reduce the swelling of the tumor?”

“Why can you make the sarcoma disappear, but mine becomes worse?” Lu Yang lamented.

Not only were his eyes still pale and pupil-less, but the circle around them was now red and swollen, and it was obvious that the change had worsened.

Lu Dao glared at him and snorted, “Who told you to talk nonsense on the paper bridge just now? You didn’t lose your life because of Shang Lu.”

Rat Patrol nodded in agreement, looked at Shang Lu and said, “Your chance is indeed great, not bad.”

Not bad? What’s not bad? Shang Lu wanted to ask, but the Rat Patrol didn’t continue the topic and immediately ordered everyone to investigate the surrounding situation.

After some investigation, they found nothing. Instead, they discovered that the place they were in was not so much a shore as it was a gravel road about five meters wide.

It twists and turns, and I don’t know where it leads.

Although both sides of the gravel road were no longer strange and dangerous rivers of blood, they were all filthy quagmires.

It was endless, with no idea where the boundary was, and it emitted a strong stench.

It’s like the smell of corpses in a mass grave, rotting and fermenting.

When he discovered the quagmire, Shang Lu tried to release a paper man to explore the situation. However, even though the paper man was so light that it was almost weightless, it immediately sank into the quagmire after stepping into it.

Not only did it disappear in an instant, but Shang Lu also lost contact with the paper man and could no longer see the situation inside the swamp through the paper man.

Zishu Xunshu and others did not give up and tried again, but found that the result was the same as Shanglu’s paper man. They all sank into the deep mud in an instant and could not be traced or contacted.

Even the wooden kite released by Gongshu Lingwujia, after flying over the swamp, was sucked in by an invisible force and fell into the swamp, just like what happened on the paper bridge before.

This made Shang Lu feel very sad, and he secretly said: What a waste, it would be great if I could use it.

“It seems that this is the only way to go.”

The Rat Patrolman glanced toward the gravel road and called everyone to get on the road.

“Let’s go! We have limited time. We must find other people as soon as possible and find the Huanyang Well that will lead us out of the dangerous place of the Netherworld Ruins.”

(End of this chapter)