In the dark tunnel, everyone's hearts were stretched taut. Now that this terrifying scene had appeared, the young people standing at the edge of the tunnel collapsed. They screamed and wanted to run away.
The old Daoist priest turned his head and shouted, "Calm your mind!"
His voice wasn't loud, but when it reached our ears, it sounded like the ringing of a giant bell. It shook our hearts and made us sober up.
I was also flustered, but after hearing his words, I calmed down.
The young people who wanted to run away also stopped and returned to the crowd. However, they still looked a little frightened.
The old Daoist priest gazed at the dark cave for a while. Then, he said to the crowd, "When you followed me from behind, you didn't see any other exits. These two kids came from the front and said that there were no other exits.
So, if we want to get out, this is the only path we can take.
You've seen the danger, but we don't have any other choice.
This time, we'll go in together! "
Then, he lifted his feet and walked toward the cave entrance. When he reached the short stone pillars, he added, "Of course, if you don't want to go in, you can choose another path."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the cave entrance.
After the old Daoist priest brought the torch in, the light became much dimmer. The stifling atmosphere became even heavier. The two young people who had been following him didn't think too much and directly followed him in.
At first, the crowd was a little hesitant. However, after seeing the others enter, the others also swarmed forward like a swarm of bees. They were afraid that they would be left behind.
Everyone had a herd mentality. Even though there was danger in the cave, with the old Daoist and so many people around, they would be able to deal with the danger. If they really stayed outside, it would be even more dangerous. In such a strange underground cave, if they left the crowd, they would probably die.
The fatty and I were still kids, so we didn't have any other choice. Moreover, we were standing behind the old Daoist. After the two young people entered, we also followed.
Although there were glowing pearls at the entrance, we couldn't see the situation inside from the outside. When we got in, I opened my eyes wide.
Since I had fallen into this underground tunnel, I had been walking on a dirt road. The walls were also made of the simplest rocks. It looked like a big rat hole.
It wasn't until they reached the entrance of the cave that it became different. However, it was just a few glowing beads.
Compared to the outside, the scene in front of me was like comparing the Summer Palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing to a rat hole in the African wasteland …
In a gigantic space, a giant gate stood not far from us. I could vaguely see countless pavilions and terraces in the distance. For a moment, I felt like I was in an illusion. It was as if I had arrived outside an ancient royal garden!
Outside the cave, when they saw the glowing pearls, a few of them showed greedy eyes. However, under the great danger, they didn't care about getting rich. But inside the cave … there were countless huge luminous pearls embedded at the top of the cave, as if there were countless stars on the dome, forcibly forming a Milky Way at the top of the cave!
Torches were useless in this place because the light from the pearls was enough to light up the place like it was daytime.
I had grown up in this mountain village, but I had never thought that such a big palace was hidden under this barren graveyard.
Everyone who entered the cave was dazzled. They were shocked by the scene in front of them.
Only one person was an exception.
The old Daoist didn't look at the pavilions and he didn't look at the huge pearls on the ceiling. He was looking at a coffin in front of the gate. To be more precise, he was looking at a skeleton in front of the coffin.
No, it wasn't a skeleton anymore. Its cheeks, neck, and chest were covered in red skin. The other parts of its body were just white bones.
This skeleton's body actually grew flesh!
I couldn't help but recall the scene where the female corpse had thrown a person into the coffin to feed the skeleton … Did this skeleton grow flesh after eating human flesh?
At this moment, Liu Dayi, who had just disappeared, was standing by the skeleton's feet. He had a big wound on his neck, and dark blood was flowing in a puddle on the ground. Apparently, the skeleton had killed him.
However, the skeleton didn't eat. It just stood in front of the coffin and stared at us with its empty eye sockets. Half of the flesh had grown on its cheeks, which looked extremely evil.
When we fell into this underground tunnel, I thought that the stone coffin that the fat man's father had created at the cost of his life had smashed the female corpse and the skeleton to death. But now, it seemed that the stone coffin had only targeted the female corpse, and the skeleton had escaped unscathed.
Not only the skeleton, but the coffin behind it also seemed to be the coffin of the female corpse. It was also intact, but I didn't know how it had followed the skeleton to this place.
The old Daoist was still holding the steel sword in his hand. He pointed at the skeleton and said resentfully, "Because of what happened to you when you were still alive, we were kind enough to keep your corpse. We wanted to send your soul to the afterlife, but we made a big mistake!
You're just a dead soul, yet you want to keep your corpse and eat flesh to grow flesh. Today, I will grind your bones into ashes and send your soul to the netherworld! "
The old Daoist seemed to be hot-tempered than Old He. As soon as he finished talking, he took out a yellow talisman and waved it in the air, chanting, "The Grand Master comes to me, the Three Pure Ones help me.
The Jade Blood Sword is born, please Mao Shu succeed! "
Then, he stuck the yellow talisman on his chest and spurted a mouthful of blood. Coincidentally, it landed on the steel sword in his hand.
The cold light on the steel sword instantly turned into a blood-red light.
Then, the old Daoist dashed forward and reached the skeleton in just a blink of an eye. He slashed at the skeleton.
Just like the previous time, the skeleton stood still and waited for the old Daoist's sword to slash at it. Then, it raised its arm to parry.
However, it was different this time. The power of the old Daoist's sword was much stronger than before. With one slash, the skeleton's arm was cut off!
Squeak! Squeak!
The skeleton screeched in pain, and its half-grown face showed a human-like expression of pain. It took two steps backward, but it still stood in front of the coffin.
The old Daoist didn't give it a chance to breathe. He wielded his sword and slashed again. At the same time, he kicked Liu Dayi's corpse back to us.
The skeleton couldn't resist the second slash, and its other arm was cut off.
The skeleton retreated again, and its back was now leaning against the coffin.
As the old Daoist was about to raise his sword to attack again, we heard a rustling sound coming from the coffin. We were startled. Is there something else in the coffin?
The old Daoist didn't care about that. As he was about to kill the skeleton, the lid of the coffin exploded. A jade-like hand reached out from the coffin and grabbed the old Daoist's sword.
Then, a figure in white jumped out of the coffin. It was the female corpse!
Her face was still beautiful, but the skin on her entire upper body had turned into a pile of rotten flesh. One of her legs was almost completely broken, leaving only a bit of flesh attached to her crotch. Her originally neat hair was also disheveled, making her look like a ghost from the netherworld.
The fat man's father had used his life to unleash that earth-shattering attack. Even though we were standing far away, we felt like we had just experienced an earthquake. However, the female corpse hadn't been killed yet. She was just beaten into a pitiful state. Moreover, the rotten flesh on her body was moving as if it was healing her body.
The old Daoist's expression changed drastically. He could only fight against the skeleton if he used all his strength. However, the female corpse was an existence that he, Old He and the other two couldn't even handle. Even though the female corpse was heavily injured, she wasn't someone that he could handle alone.
The female corpse gently shook her wrist, and the sword in the old Daoist's hand was broken into two halves. The old Daoist was pushed back more than one meter and fell to the ground. He looked at the female corpse with a desperate face.
However, the female corpse didn't look at him. She turned around and looked at us.
I didn't know if the others had the same feeling under her cold gaze, but I felt as if she was staring at me.
The old Daoist struggled to sit cross-legged on the ground. Then, he closed his eyes.
The others also felt desperate.
Among the people who had come here today, two of them had become the skeleton's food. At this moment, our fates seemed to be sealed.
Everyone looked like a prisoner who had been sentenced to death. They stood there with dull eyes. Some of them even slumped to the ground.
However, right at this moment, the giant stone gate not far from us squeaked as it opened. Then, a red shadow walked out of the gate.
I gawked!
The red shadow!
The red shadow that hadn't come out no matter how many times I had called her had now walked out of the mysterious stone gate!
The female corpse finally moved her eyes away from us. She turned to look at the red shadow.
The red shadow's head was still covered by the veil. He lightly walked to the center of the female corpse and the rest of us.
Then, she turned to face the female corpse.
After keeping silent for a while, the red shadow raised her hand and gently lifted her veil.
As the red shadow lifted the veil, I heard a series of cracking sounds. I turned to look and saw that the skeleton that had regrown half of its body seemed to have been crushed by a thousand-pound boulder. The white bones all over its body broke, and countless bone fragments flew everywhere.
When the red shadow lifted her veil, the terrifying skeleton was gone. Only bone fragments were left on the ground.