This small valley was called Zhige Valley. At the center of the valley was a stone tablet. Two strange characters were carved on it, twisting like dragons and snakes. They were the most ancient hieroglyphic characters. No one knew what these two characters meant. A saint translated Zhige.
No one knew when it started, but as long as people came here, no strange creatures would attack them. Since then, this place had become the most important shelter.
One of the two characters was majestic, while the other was curvy, like a dragon and a snake. Hieroglyphs were the most ancient human characters. Usually, they were translated according to their shape. It seemed that they should be translated as dragon and snake.
Luo Kai activated his Mind's Eye and looked at it carefully. Words were supposed to be the simplest communication tool, but these two words were not as simple as just the image. They also contained the writer's spirit and will, which was somewhat similar to Yun Chan's Sword of Accumulating Divinity. It was just that the Sword of Accumulating Divinity could be seen by most people, and the "thoughts" contained in these two words required an extremely high level of spiritual cultivation to be able to pry into them.
Although he could feel the difference, it wasn't easy to understand it in depth. He couldn't understand the meaning behind it in a short period of time. After a while, he shifted his gaze away and looked around the crowd. He found two experts.
One of them was a sturdy man leaning alone on a slope. He was nearly four meters tall and had a very strong Blood Qi. There was an extremely weak airflow revolving around him. He was a high level physical master.
This person seemed to be taking a nap. He slightly opened his eyes, as if he had noticed Luo Kai's gaze. His narrowed eyes flashed with a trace of light.
Luo Kai only felt that this person's gaze contained a bleak and desolate feeling, which penetrated his heart. This person's spiritual power was extremely high. He had cultivated some powerful physical skill to a mysterious level. His specific strength was estimated to have touched the threshold of the Saint Realm.
There was also a sturdy man in silver armor. He was tall and burly, but he always held a silk handkerchief in his hand. From time to time, he would wipe the corners of his mouth. He looked very strange. What was strange was that Luo Kai didn't feel a trace of energy from this person. It was very strange.
Most of the people who had entered the Realm of Shattered Spirit were physical warriors, but there were also some physical masters. Although they were older, they were all battle-hardened and experienced.
Many people had come here a few years ago. Among them, the old man had been here the longest, so he knew the situation of Spirit Realm the best. He was also the strongest. Now that there were three high level physical masters here, they could deal with any danger. It was like a reassuring pill. Everyone's expressions relaxed as they whispered to each other.
For a cultivator of Body Arts, their strength depended entirely on their understanding of the outside world. Only by understanding how everything worked could they have a chance to transcend their own level of existence. The Realm of Shattered Spirit was indeed a huge treasure trove. Almost everything contained endless wisdom that was worth a lifetime of study.
Even if they were free to leave this place, many people would still choose not to leave. The constant presence of unknown dangers and the knowledge within the stone hall could very well allow people to advance successfully without them noticing.
Luo Kai once again focused his mind on the stone stele. He felt a burning sensation, as if he had entered a violent underground volcano. The huge pressure and high temperature made it hard for him to breathe. He was secretly surprised and hastily increased the output of his mental energy. Although it was only on the spiritual level, if he couldn't endure it, it would appear in the real world. In other words, if he was burned by the magma contained in the stone stele, his body in the real world would also be burned.
When it was late at night, the crowd finally stopped talking. Everything was quiet, and only the sound of leaves rustling in the wind could be heard. Everyone suddenly felt sleepy. The sleepiness came so violently that even the physical masters couldn't help but yawn and become drowsy.
Wisps of strange black fog rose from the ground and silently drilled into the mouth and nose of a man. The man's body became thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a short while, he turned into a skeleton. Even in death, he didn't make a sound.
The black fog drilled out of his mouth and nose and then drilled into the mouth and nose of another man holding a steel blade. The silent killing continued. When the black fog approached the four-meter-tall giant, a dazzling golden light flashed. The giant opened his bell-sized eyes and shouted, "What the hell is this?!"
At the same time, he pulled out a blade from his waist and slashed at the black fog. However, the black fog didn't have any substance. The blade light disappeared into the void after passing through it.
The sound was so loud that it instantly woke everyone up from their sleep. Seeing the dried-up corpses around them that had been drained of blood, they said in shock, "The monsters have entered Zhige Valley!"
Luo Kai was also woken up. He was so immersed in the comprehension of the intent realm that he didn't notice the situation outside. He stood up and took a look. His brows furrowed, and his consciousness scanned the surroundings like a radar. With his current mental power, once he fully expanded it, he could see everything clearly. Everything around him was normal, nothing out of the ordinary.
No one felt sleepy anymore. They gathered together in a circle and looked around vigilantly with their eyes wide open.
"Grandpa, why would the monsters attack us in Zhige Valley?"
The old man said seriously, "I've stayed in the Realm of Shattered Spirit for eight years. As long as I'm in Zhige Valley, I won't be attacked by humans or monsters. It might not be something from Zhige Valley. In the past two years, the spatial distortion outside has been too intense. It's very strange."
Lin Xiaolei interrupted, "Grandpa An, do you mean that this place is connected to other places?"
The old man pondered for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know. But if we humans can come in, other species can also come in."
"Grandpa, do you mean other worlds?" It was the giant man who asked.
The giant man's name was Hu Yunfeng. He was also a high level physique master who had been famous for a long time. He had suffered from gigantism since he was young, so his physique was abnormally big. The Wind Cloud Blade Technique he cultivated was unpredictable and powerful.
The old man said to him, "Brother Hu, you're only a few years later than me. You've already gone to all the places you should have gone. You should be able to see some things. This stone palace must have been inhabited by some kind of giant creature. It might be another kind of human. Both Buddhism and Taoism have the Six Paths. Could they be other creatures of the Six Paths who left for some unknown reason and were later occupied by the Evil God?"
The giant man was silent for a moment and sighed, "Maybe. Every life has to cycle in the Six Paths of Reincarnation. If they are human in this life, they might be animals in the next life."
Time passed by slowly. Seeing that the sky was about to turn bright, a man looked at the horrifying dried corpse in front of him and bent down to move it away. Suddenly, the dried corpse opened its eyes and stood up abruptly. Without any warning, it bit the man's throat. The sound of blood being sucked could be heard. The man's body quickly dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the dried corpse's body quickly became plump.
At the same time, the dried corpses in the valley all stood up and pounced on the crowd. Their movements were stiff like marionettes, but they were not afraid of death. For a moment, the crowd was in a panic.
The dried corpse, on the other hand, looked different after it finished sucking the blood. Its mouth was quickly filled with fine fangs, and its nails had become as sharp as daggers. It did not attack the group. Instead, it climbed up a big tree like an ape.
These mummified corpses did not have much fighting power and were quickly slaughtered. However, a large number of mummified corpses appeared in the surrounding forest. They had completely lost all human characteristics and were like wild beasts, pouncing on the group with all four limbs.
The old man waved his hand and smashed the head of a dried corpse. He said coldly, "If it can resurrect the dead, then it's not a strange creature from Zhige Valley. It might be a powerful dark creature. Dark creatures are strange and sinister. Everyone, be careful."
People would not be afraid of things they could see. Some physical masters in the crowd also attacked. Like tigers in a pack of wolves, broken limbs flew everywhere. In a short while, they had killed dozens of dried corpses. Although there were many dried corpses, their fighting power was similar to that of ordinary wild beasts. In a short while, most of them were killed.