Looking at the lantern in his hand, the captain muttered to himself.
"Could it be that the Crown Prince and the others really didn't follow us?
Otherwise, how could they resist eating the Dark Soul in the abyss? "
The captain sighed inwardly. Ignoring the human skin lantern's struggles, he quickly formed a seal with his left hand and pressed it against the face of the lantern that was 80% similar to his.
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The lantern's face was ferocious as it let out a low roar.
However, as soon as it roared, the captain bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Immediately, the lantern's face was covered in blood.
"Shut up. You're the face I left here in my previous life. How dare you roar at me!"
As the captain spoke, Xu Qing's figure had already walked through the mountain range and stepped onto the altar.
The candle in his hand had just finished burning. After the mist dissipated, Xu Qing could clearly see everything around him. His gaze finally fell on the captain and the lantern in his hand.
The captain raised the lantern proudly.
"I left this thing behind and hid it here.
Because it doesn't have a brain and only has a face, its intelligence is limited. "
As the captain spoke, the others stepped onto the altar one after another. The captain smiled at how smoothly things were going and continued, "At first, it told you not to look back because it wanted to win your trust and because it was worried that the existence in the abyss would steal its food.
"After it won your trust, it told you to run quickly because it wanted to reap your harvest.
It's fishing, and I'm also fishing. Although this thing doesn't have a brain, it's instinctively cautious. If I don't fish, it won't come close.
"As for this checkpoint, it's actually not that difficult with my candle. What's difficult is that I have to think of a way to obtain it."
The captain patted the lantern's face.
After the face was sprayed with blood, it was on the verge of death. At this moment, it suddenly opened its mouth and tried to bite the captain's finger, but the captain slapped it.
"Give it to me!" You Jing's gaze was cold as she said indifferently.
The captain blinked and tossed it over. This was one of the prices he had to pay in exchange for You Jing agreeing to follow him.
After receiving the Human Skin Lantern and seeing the face that was 80% similar to Chen Erniu's, You Jing's eyes turned red. She raised her right hand and slapped him.
The blood loss did not stop there. Slap after slap, the Human Skin Lantern wailed in agony. The sound was so miserable that even Ning Yan, Sword Shaman Wu, and the others were shocked.
The captain cheered from the side.
"Good job! Use all your strength! Come on!"
Hearing this, the Nether Spirit became even angrier. The Human-skin Lantern was also strange. No matter how the Nether Spirit attacked, it did not collapse. Even if its face swelled up, it would quickly return to normal.
It was a very strange scene.
Xu Qing swept his gaze over and was just about to speak.
However, at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"This lantern is quite interesting."
The voice was old. It was the Crown Prince!
Xu Qing closed his mouth. He was neither surprised nor surprised by the voice in his head. Then, the voice in his mind continued.
"Yes, it's a treasure. Especially the way he refined it. It has the style of Huang Tian. The origin of this Chen Erniu is indeed mysterious."
This was Princess Ming Mei.
This was the Eighth Lord.
"Compared to that, I'm actually more interested in knowing where the mysterious god that he's working with came from!
Is it like what we've analyzed before? "
This was the Fifth Madam.
The Crown Prince smiled.
Hearing these voices in his mind, Xu Qing silently looked up at the sky. At this moment, they were at the peak of the sky. As far as the eye could see, the pitch-black sky seemed to be where the abyss was.
Especially the scar in the sky. When they were at the starting point of the mountain range, it was still fine. Now that they were up close, the scar looked like a huge canyon. It was a shocking sight.
Thunder and lightning flashed within, but it could not illuminate the darkness. Only the occasional rumbling echoed and spread in the darkness.
Noticing Xu Qing's gaze, the captain walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile.
"Little Ah Qing, although the second stage is dangerous, I've already prepared for it."
"As he spoke, the captain took out a stack of long talismans and distributed them to everyone."
When I go in later, I'll burn them as I walk. This time, we won't split up. We'll stick together. As long as the fire isn't extinguished, those souls won't get close.
These skins are all good stuff. You guys use them sparingly … "
The captain was a little reluctant and reminded them.
After Xu Qing took it, he immediately recognized that it was the Eldest Senior Brother's skin. So, he looked at him sympathetically.
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He felt that he should not tell the Eldest Senior Brother about the arrival of the Crown Prince and the others. Otherwise, the Crown Prince might be in a bad mood.
Although the Crown Prince and the others should be here soon, at least the captain would be happy for a while.
Xu Qing sighed in his heart and walked toward the straight canyon ahead.
The moment he entered, heaven and earth reversed.
The sky turned into the earth, and the earth turned into the sky.
The canyon that was originally in the sky appeared in front of Xu Qing. The mountains on both sides were towering, and the canyon was like a line of sky. The mountain range that used to be like a blade had now become the sky.
The way it was slanted, it really looked like a big blade that was raised high in the sky and would fall down at any moment. It would fall into this canyon, and … it would fit perfectly.
The danger of a blade hanging over his head rose in his heart.
While everyone was shocked, the captain took out a piece of skin and burned it with a wave of his hand, producing a fire.
The darkness around them turned into countless wisps and slowly retreated in all directions like ink, leaving the area where the fire was.
"Don't waste it. Just keep two pieces of skin burning at the same time. I'll keep them lit. As for you, each of you can light one piece at a time.
Big Sword, you go first, then Little Ningning, Li Youfei, Big … Sister Nethery, and Little Ah Qing. "
As the captain spoke, a warm feeling spread out with the fire, enveloping everyone's hearts and bodies. Outside the fire, it began to distort. Xu Qing could clearly see pairs of cold eyes in the darkness.
In the surging undercurrents, there seemed to be some huge creatures lurking in the darkness, eyeing them covetously.
A sense of life-threatening danger grew in Xu Qing's heart.
But thinking of the Crown Prince and the others, Xu Qing was relieved.
Wu Jianwu also quickly lit a piece of talisman skin, making the range of the fire a little bigger.
"Let's go."
The captain took a deep breath and walked forward. Xu Qing followed behind. They walked along the canyon and into the darkness.
As they walked, the area they were in became the only source of light in this dark world under the illumination of the fire. While it blocked the outside danger, it also attracted more evil intentions hidden in the darkness.
Together with the tilted mountain range in the sky, it also brought great pressure to everyone.
Ning Yan and Wu Jianwu already regretted coming here. Li Youfei followed closely behind Xu Qing. He felt that this was the only way to feel safe.
Nethery was at the back. She sneered as she continued to slap the human-skin lanterns.
Just like that, time passed. Soon, two hours had passed.
After walking through the canyon for a short while, the group had burned more than ten skins.
The further they went, the faster they burned. Although the captain was well prepared, seeing his skin being burned so much made his heart ache. His expression changed …
After all, he had painfully skinned each one.
At this rate, he was worried that he might not have enough skin and might have to skin them again.
"No way …"
The captain sighed.
In the end, Xu Qing couldn't bear it and whispered in his heart.
"Senior …"
"I know. We've attracted enough souls," the Prince said indifferently.
In the next instant, the talismans in the captain's and Ning Yan's hands were extinguished.
Everyone was shocked and on guard. The captain's eyes widened.
At the same time, as the fire disappeared, everything fell into darkness again. The souls that had gathered in the darkness rushed toward the group with greed and madness.
Ghostly wails and howls echoed in all directions. But in an instant, these sounds turned into cries of terror and spread in all directions.
It was as if they had encountered something that terrified them.
But it was too late. Xu Qing felt his sleeve shake a few times, and several figures flew out. Then, the cries of terror turned into shrill screams.
Along with the terrifying sound of chewing, countless souls were being devoured!
Thunder boomed, and lightning flashed, illuminating the area a bit more clearly. Xu Qing could vaguely make out the figures of the heirs crown prince and the others, all of whom had transformed into vortexes in different directions.
Countless souls were torn apart by the vortexes and eventually sucked into the vortexes, becoming food.
At this moment, the old grandpas and grandmas no longer gave Xu Qing the feeling of kindness he usually saw. Instead, they were cold.
Xu Qing's expression was normal, and he was not surprised.
He knew that this was actually Spirit Accumulation.
With the word "Spirit" in it, in a sense, it had surpassed the original category of life.
The reason why they had been kind was because they were facing Xu Qing, the juniors in the medicine shop.
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But to outsiders, the word "Spirit Accumulation" was no different from a god!