"What is that?"
In the middle of a desert, Lu Li pointed to the sky in the distance and said to Commander Huang in shock.
In the distance, rays of dark red light were glaring, tearing apart the void and then healing it.
The yellow light wandered around and the void was torn apart again. The yellow light wandered around in the sky, collapsing and healing the void. It was a horrifying and ghastly sight.
"That is the Metal Stream of the Void!"
Commander Huang explained patiently, "That thing is horrifying and it is common in the broken void. You cannot get close to it. Once you are attacked, even warriors at the peak of the fourth tribulation will die."
"What …"
Lu Li's heart trembled. Out of instinct, he was frightened. Even warriors at the peak of the fourth tribulation could be killed. How horrifying was that?
If he were to go closer, he would be blasted into smithereens in an instant.
Along the way, the army cleared out the human-faced scorpion beasts. Lu Li also saw Ghost Worms.
Those were worms that could go invisible. They hid in the void and would come out all of a sudden.
The worms were not large but not small either. They were as thick as a thumb and had sharp fangs. Every time they came out, they would come in groups and there would be over 10,000 of them.
To deal with the Ghost Worms, the warriors had their own special methods. When the Ghost Worms came out, they would take out a kind of sleeping incense.
The mist from the sleeping incense would envelop the warriors. It was not harmful to the warriors but it would affect the Ghost Worms.
In the fog, the speed of the Ghost Worm would be slightly slower, and it would also be confused and disoriented.
Then, the warriors began their merciless killing. But the Ghost Worms were strong. It would take over two hours to kill all the Ghost Worms every time they came out.
Over two thousand soldiers needed more than two hours to kill over ten thousand Ghost Bugs.
That was under the circumstance that the sleeping incense was used. Each strand of sleeping incense would cost thousands of Divine Stones. Lu Li had used more than a dozen strands, which cost him more than 10,000 Divine Stones.
There were many Ghost Worms here. Every time they came in, they would have to use up a lot of sleeping incense, which was equivalent to burning Divine Stones.
If it were not for the fact that there were so many elixirs in the Ghost Universe, the Palace of Hell wouldn't have spent so many Divine Stones. The output must be proportional to the output.
Specters hadn't appeared yet. Lu Li was curious but he could not go looking for specters on his own.
They found some herbs along the way, many of which Lu Li had never seen before. Some of the herbs were not ripe so the warriors did not collect them.
The demons here rarely touched the Divine Medicine, so it was very safe to leave the Divine Medicine here. They could come back and collect it when it matured.
These elixirs were of high grades, much higher than the ones Lu Li got from the Palace of Immortals. Lu Li could tell by the strong fragrance that these elixirs were of the highest level.
"Why is it that the spiritual energy is so thin, yet this place is able to nurture so many rare and precious divine medicines?"
Lu Li murmured with curiosity. Usually, elixirs could only grow in rich Xuan Qi in heaven and earth. This place was strange.
"This is the Void Shatter Land!"
Hearing Lu Li's words, Commander Huang explained with a smile, "Everything is possible in the Broken Void. The Xuan Qi in heaven and earth here is thin but the soil here contains powerful energy.
The soil here is very special, and we are unable to breed spirit herbs when we bring it out. "
"Thank you for clearing my doubts, Commander Huang."
Lu Li cupped his fists. Even though he was the chief commander, he didn't see himself as a leader. Since this Commander Huang had shown him kindness, Lu Li knew how to behave himself.
"Lord, you are welcome."
Commander Huang smiled. He took out a map, walked to Lu Li and said, "Chief commander, this is where we are going. There is a batch of elixirs that have matured in the Ghost Sea. Let's go and collect them."
"Oh, I see!"
Lu Li looked at the map. It was not too far away. At their current speed, they could arrive in a day at most.
"A day or so?"
Lu Li looked around, feeling bitter. They had only been on the road for half a day but at least 300 had died and many were injured.
They had only run into human-faced scorpion beasts and Ghost Worms. Up until now, they hadn't run into a single specter.
According to Commander Huang, specters were horrifying. If they ran into a group of specters, many of them would die.
Another two hours later, a warrior yelled in alarm, "Specters, there are specters!"
"Everyone, sit down and guard your minds!"
Commander Huang and Commander Cao were taken aback. Commander Huang shouted and rushed forward.
All the warriors sat down and guarded their minds. Apart from the two commanders, nobody was alarmed or attacked.
Lu Li stood where he was. He didn't sit down or do anything. Instead, he activated the trace of Dao and used psychic power to check the surroundings. Soon, he found the specters.
From the distance came a gust of black wind. In the black wind, there were some looming monsters. Different from Ghost Worms, these specters were souls. In other words, they didn't have physical bodies.
"Nether Valley, Nether World, Nether Sea, and Nether Specters!"
Lu Li murmured. Many warriors who found this place must have been killed by these specters. That was why it was named the Ghost World. These monsters were horrifying. Could they devour the souls of warriors?
Hou San's information said that specters were horrifying but there was not much information.
Therefore, Lu Li didn't know much about specters. His eyes glowed when he saw Commander Huang and Commander Cao rushing over with secret treasures in their hands.
Commander Huang held a yellow longsword in his hand. The longsword was covered in dense Divine Inscriptions.
He activated the sword and it glowed. Surges of killing intent came out from the sword. Even Lu Li could feel it.
Commander Cao took out several yellow talismans. The talismans also had countless divine patterns on them. He activated the divine talismans, and the talismans burned with raging flames that danced in the air.
"Impressive!"
Lu Li saw the two commanders dashing into the black wind. One of them waved his sword and the other used the divine talismans to attack the specters hiding in the black wind.
"Well … there are specters sneaking up!"
Lu Li noticed a specter sneaking out from underground and entering a warrior's body.
What happened next shocked Lu Li. The warrior opened his eyes, but they were blood red.
"Roar ~"
The warrior bellowed like a beast. He took out his weapon and swung it to the side. Three warriors were smashed away and one of them died.
"Controlling a warrior's soul?"
Lu Li finally understood why the ghosts were so horrifying. Once the ghosts entered a warrior's body, they would be destroyed.
Once a specter entered a warrior's body, a warrior with a weak soul could take control of the warrior in an instant and then kill his teammates.
Think about it, if half of the soldiers or two commanders were controlled by the specters, then the entire army might be wiped out.
"Kill him!"
Commander Huang noticed what was going on. He shouted. Warriors nearby moved and attacked that warrior without any hesitation.
That warrior was killed soon. But a gust of black wind came out from his body and entered another warrior's body. Soon, that warrior's eyes turned red.
"Luckily, there are not many specters!"