Underground
Owing to the yin corpses’ adaptation abilities, Greater Heaven Caster Lu and Zhou Jinglin could only use one skill once. Once they ran out of techniques, all they could do was wait for death – if they weren’t worn out before then. Moreover, there were still more yin corpses coming. As such, Greater Heaven Caster Lu was exasperated Celestial Star Sect didn’t inform them so that they could prepare.
Mu Yu: We’re dead meat at this point. I’m going to have to take a gamble.
Mu Yu searched for a yin corpse that he could’ve dragged underground as he couldn’t use his Wood Spirit Sword. There was the risk of being their feast instead of being dragged underground, true. Howbeit, there was evidence to show that they didn’t eat Celestial Star Sect’s disciples and converted them instead. Admittedly, that spawned more questions.
“I reckon they’ll only eat your head or your heart. Once dead, you’ll become part of their family. Luckily, even if they rip you apart, you can glue yourself back together, so don’t worry, Mu Yu,” Xiaoshuai pointed out.
“You have a point… Wait, I don’t want to lose half of my head!”
A Spirit Severing Realm yin corpse noticed Mu Yu sitting around and classified him prey. The yin corpse belted down the protective formation.
“Feng Mu, watch out!”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu was too occupied to go to Mu Yu’s aid. In a last ditch effort, he launched a punch from a formation at the Spirit Severing Realm yin corpse, blowing it apart. Due to his output, he blew a hole two metres deep in the ground next to Mu Yu. Coincidentally, that was exactly what Mu Yu needed – a trench where he could work out of sight.
“Feng Mu, what are you doing?! Hurry over here!”
After Mu Yu jumped into the hole, multiple yin corpses jumped in after him.
“Perfect. Over here, bros!” Smiling, Mu Yu jumped into Wood Spirit Sword and began drilling into the ground as a tree root.
“Feng Mu!” cried Greater Heaven Caster Lu, sensing Mu Yu’s qi go out.
“That’s the self-defence you teach Foundation Establishment Realm disciples? You sure you aren’t mixing up stupidity with self-defence?” jibed Zhou Jinglin.
Greater Heaven Caster Lu was upset to lose Mu Yu, who he took a liking to.
The yin corpses weren’t interested in the tree branch drilling its way deeper underground.
“What did the caster have to dig so bloody deep for? Was he trying to lose weight?” Xiaoshuai whined.
“He ate too much like you,” chided the dragon vine.
“I’ve never eaten too much. I don’t even know how full feels.”
Flying five hundred metres wasn’t such a big deal, but digging five hundred metres seemed comparable to an eternity and tiring. There was a never-ending stream of yin corpses crawling up to the surface.
“Hurry! Hurry! Only fifty-three metres to go!” Xiaoshuai cheered.
They eventually reached a dark place void of moist soil. They could hear rustling and footsteps along what they assumed to be a passage.
Mu Yu threw a fist-sized luminous pearl he imbued with spiritual energy for light. Ku Mu left him with over a hundred of them. He, therefore, could use them liberally. They used the pearls as a replacement for candles back at Ku Mu Valley.
The footsteps belonged to an army of yin corpses plodding along. Guess where they were: the army base! Mu Yu hurriedly jumped into the wall using Wood Spirit Sword. Thank heavens the yin corpses didn’t have good vision because he exposed himself when he lit up the passage. In truth, the yin corpses hunted prey based on their qi. Since Wood Spirit Sword was contaminated with death qi, it didn’t raise suspicion.
They were in a narrow passage two metres high and over three metres wide. Miraculously, the soil above didn’t collapse. The yin corpses crouched down to crawl into the grey qi holes on either side. The yin corpses also demonstrated the abilities to line up orderly and split off to hunt for prey.
“They must be crawling to the surface from here. Do they only go bonkers if they see living beings?” Mu Yu questioned.
“Who cares? Let’s find the formation foundation below. Eating is more important.”
The ends of the passage were too far away to see in the darkness. Mu Yu decided to find where the yin corpses originated instead of digging lower as he believed their den could be where the formation core was. If Xiaoshuai couldn’t eat the ten thousand plus formation foundations fast enough, they’d be in trouble. Logically, then, it would was quicker for them to target the formation core. Besides, Mu Yu didn’t want to destroy the formation. Let Celestial Star Sect suffer. Instead of destroying the formation core, why not seize control of it, thereby controlling the formation?
Mu Yu bribed Xiaoshuai with a Lesser Heaven Stage formation foundation and two drumsticks to inspect the passage. He used the luminous pearl on the ground for lighting – they weren’t an item that could only be used once. He had Wood Spirit Sword assume Xiaoshuai’s form and followed the pearl.
“This is pretty fun. Why didn’t I come up with it sooner?” remarked Xiaoshuai, running on the luminous pearl.
“I’ll get you a big wooden ball when we get back. You can even take that into the water as it won’t sink,” promised Mu Yu, trying to ease his nerves.
They managed to avoid being stomped thanks to the luminous pearl’s light; however, the strategy eventually stopped working because the end of the passageway was a staircase. The top of the staircase was just as dark, but they could confirm there was a stream of yin corpses coming down. Mu Yu had Wood Spirit Sword pick up the luminous pearl and climbed the staircase.
The staircase led to a spacious cave. Mu Yu rolled several luminous pearls along the ground. At a glance, the cave was roughly twenty metres tall. There were too many yin corpses blocking his vision to tell how wide it was, though.
As he scouted the cave, Mu Yu noticed a Spirit Severing Realm divine sense circling around him. His first theory was that one of the yin corpses had evolved and developed intelligence.
“Keke, something dares to trespass into the great Desert Eagle King’s City and desecrate it? You shall lay down your life!”
The screechy voice echoed off the walls. The yin corpses stopped and turned to Wood Spirit Sword, then started whispering to each other!
Talk about being startled!
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