HPDBC Chapter 234 Dry Corpse Valley
Chapter 234 Dry Corpse Valley
"We have to leave immediately!" Lin Yuan turned to An Xin, his tone grave. "Xuanjizi is enraged and will definitely hunt us down with all his might. Although the lightning earlier interrupted his investigation, it also allowed him to pinpoint our general direction. We can't delay any longer; we need to reinforce the seal on the blood coffin first!"
"Okay!" Anxin nodded vigorously.
Both of them knew that the current situation was somewhat urgent.
Xuanjizi has cultivated for many years and is very powerful. Once they face each other head-on, they must go all out and cannot afford to be distracted in the slightest.
The blood coffin is the most important part of their mission, as it determines the success or failure of the mission. If something goes wrong with the blood coffin and the blood zombie inside is released, they will probably be completely doomed in this mission world!
"We can't be careless. No matter how strong we are, we can't withstand being attacked from both sides," Lin Yuan said in a deep voice. He bent down to check the blood coffin. Sure enough, the crimson coffin trembled slightly, and the light of the sealing patterns dimmed a little. A faint flow of yin energy could be seen flowing out. "Let's hurry on our way. While we're on our way, we need to keep an eye on the blood coffin. We must reach the yin energy replenishment point before Xuanjizi catches up with us and reinforce the seal."
After saying that, Lin Yuan leaped onto the carriage and urged the paper horse on with all his might. The paper horse stomped its hooves on the ground, making a crisp hoofbeat, and galloped towards the mountain road ahead, several times faster than before.
An Xin sat on one side of the carriage, holding a sniper rifle in one hand and keeping watch on the surroundings to prevent any accidents!
The two dared not stop for even a moment, traveling day and night, rushing towards the Yin energy replenishment point marked on the map.
During the day, they avoid areas with strong sunlight, traversing through the mountains and forests to avoid living people.
At night, they sped along the main road, traveling at full speed. The two did not waste any time, as the situation was urgent and they had to hurry!
Time passed by little by little, and two days flew by in the blink of an eye.
Over the past two days, Lin Yuan and An Xin have barely slept, traveling day and night, and finally arrived at the Yin Qi replenishment point marked on the map before Xuanjizi caught up with them.
The paper horse slowly came to a stop. Lin Yuan and An Xin jumped off the vehicle and looked up at the scene before them, a hint of solemnity flashing in their eyes.
Before them lay a barren valley, flanked by towering cliffs covered in eerie runes. The air was thick with a chilling, stench of decay.
Scattered skeletons can be seen everywhere in the valley, some intact, some incomplete. The wind blows through the valley, making a "whooshing" sound, like the wailing of wronged souls, making it seem particularly eerie and terrifying.
"This is the Valley of Dried Corpses." Lin Yuan took out a map from his pocket, spread it out on the carriage, pointed to the mark on the map, and said slowly with a solemn tone, "According to the map, an unknown number of dried corpses are entrenched in this valley. These dried corpses were formed by absorbing the yin energy in the valley over the years. Their strength varies. Although ordinary dried corpses are no match for them, their large numbers can cause considerable trouble if they are surrounded."
After a pause, Lin Yuan added, "In the past, some corpse drivers have mistakenly entered this place. Those who survived left behind scattered records saying that there are thousands of dried corpses hidden deep in this Dry Corpse Valley. There are not only ordinary walking corpses, but also a leader of dried corpses that has absorbed a hundred years of yin energy. Their movement speed is far beyond that of ordinary dried corpses, and they are impervious to swords and spears. Most of those corpse drivers were surrounded and attacked by the dried corpses, and their bodies were completely destroyed. Only one person managed to escape with his life and left this warning, saying that the yin energy in the valley can corrode magical artifacts, and ordinary methods are difficult to use."
Upon hearing this, An Xin's expression grew even more solemn. Instead of responding immediately, she quickly raised her sniper rifle, slowly pulled back the scope, and aimed the lens at the interior of the valley to carefully investigate.
Through the sniper scope, the valley's scenery was magnified, and every detail was clearly visible—the dry bones on the ground were layered upon layer, some piled up to form a half-person-high pile of bones, and some scattered in various places. The finger bones and skulls were hideous and terrifying, and black bloodstains remained in the gaps, long since dried and solidified.
The camera slowly panned, and soon Anxin saw the dried corpse wandering in the valley.
Closest to the valley entrance were some ordinary mummies, their bodies hunched over, wrapped in tattered black strips of cloth. The cloth had long been corroded by the yin energy, turning black and hard, clinging tightly to their shriveled bodies. The ribs and spines protruding under the skin were clearly visible, as thin and fragile as withered tree branches.
Their skin is bluish-gray, clinging tightly to the bones, and covered with cracks. There is no blood at the cracks, only grayish-white rotting flesh, emitting a pungent stench of decay.
Anxin slightly turned the camera to look into the depths of the valley, where the dried corpses looked even more terrifying.
There was a mummified corpse with its head mostly missing. Half of the skin and flesh on one cheek had long since rotted away, revealing the stark white skull. A turbid black eyeball was embedded in its socket, with no white in the eye, staring intently ahead. The corner of its mouth was stretched open, revealing jagged yellow teeth, with dried bits of flesh still remaining between the teeth.
There was another mummified corpse without hands, its severed wrists blackened and oozing pus, yet it still moved slowly with its stiff body, emitting hoarse, dry, and grating "hoarse" roars from its throat, as harsh as a broken bellows.
What's even more chilling is that some of the mummified corpses are still wearing tattered Taoist robes, clearly cultivators who strayed into the valley years ago and have now become mindless evil beings. They move faster than ordinary mummified corpses and hold rusty magic weapons in their hands. Although the magic weapons have long lost their spirituality, they are still tightly gripped in their hands and wildly waved in the void. The yin energy around them is also more concentrated than that of the other mummified corpses.
An Xin slowly lowered the sniper scope, her face pale, her tone full of vigilance: "The yin energy here is indeed very dense, which is just right to reinforce the seal of the blood coffin, but there are more dried corpses in the valley than we expected, and some of them have a strong aura, so they don't look like they will be easy to deal with."
Lin Yuan nodded, his gaze falling on the blood coffin on the carriage, his brows furrowing slightly.
At this moment, the abnormality of the blood coffin became more obvious than before. The coffin body trembled incessantly, the light of the sealing patterns flickered, a faint blood-colored mist seeped out from the cracks in the coffin, and a powerful and evil aura surged out from the coffin. Clearly, the seal could not hold for much longer.
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