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Chapter 263 Encirclement and Ambush (1)_1

Chapter 263: Chapter 263 Encirclement and Ambush (1)_1

As expected, the dark shadow was not killed. When the spiritual energy dissipated, the mass of black fog slowly reformed together, looking almost the same as before it was dispersed, and it even let out a jeering sound, "You cannot kill us like this, hehehe...."

Hei Zi and Qie Yue were facing a similar situation. After shattering the dark shadow, it reassembled itself after a short while.

"What is this thing?" Dugu Qianye was no longer in a hurry to attack and instead stared intently at the dark shadow.

"Hehehe, the great ghost master is about to be reborn, and we shall welcome a new sun, hahaha!" the dark shadow shouted loudly, then dissipated into a cloud of black smoke and vanished.

"Gone?" Qie Yue looked surprisingly at the black smoke that dissipated into the air, leaving only three dried-up corpses behind.

Dugu Qianye frowned and approached the corpses, crouched down, picked up a stick from the side, and poked the body. She found that all the moisture had been drained from the corpses and there was no energy left in their bodies.

"How strange. How did those people turn the bodies into this?" Qie Yue also came to the side of the dried-up corpses.

"Were the dry corpses from last time also formed like this? What kind of creatures are those, exactly?" Hei Zi said.

Dugu Qianye got up, threw the stick in her hand, and then released a flame to burn the three dry corpses. Hearing what they said, she asked, "Have you encountered such dry corpses before?"

Qie Yue and Hei Zi nodded and said, "We discovered several cases of such corpses and sensed something was wrong in the Secret Realm, which led us to investigate."

"Zi Xiao and Kylin are still in the cave. If those dark shadows have gone there... let’s head back first," Dugu Qianye said, and then called for Lan Mei, taking Hei Zi and Qie Yue with her.

Lan Mei was the fastest, and soon they returned to the cave. Upon entering, they saw Zi Xiao and Ci Hun each lying on a chaise longue, asleep. Thinking about how she had already destroyed one chaise longue, and now there were two appearing, how many had they prepared exactly?

Ci Hun opened her eyes and asked, "You’re back? How did it go, did you handle it? Was there anything thrilling that happened?"

Zi Xiao also opened his eyes and, upon seeing Dugu Qianye, said, "You left without calling for me, that’s really inconsiderate."

He had already realized that he shouldn’t pressure her too much, otherwise she would resist. Now he had to resort to a more indirect approach.

"We found a strange creature," Dugu Qianye said, ignoring Zi Xiao’s complaint.

"Oh?" Zi Xiao propped himself up and asked, "What did you discover?"

Qie Yue recounted everything that had happened after they left until the point where Beast "exploded" those people. It seemed that he was reminded of that disgusting scene and stopped talking. Hei Zi took over the narrative and finished the rest of the story.

"Black shadows?" Zi Xiao stroked his chin, seemingly deep in thought. Just when everyone thought he knew what it was, he suddenly said, "I don’t know what it is either."

The rest of them were dumbfounded. If you don’t know, then don’t act like you do, okay?!

"Tell me more about how the dry corpses were formed," Ci Hun said. Although it was usually unreliable and lecherous, its essence was still with the auspicious beasts, and it was rather concerned about such evil matters.

"We weren’t close enough to see exactly how they did it," Dugu Qianye said. "I examined the dry corpses and their bodily essences seemed to have been drained."

"That sounds terrifying," Zi Xiao said, earning himself four pairs of eye rolls.

"Today we faced them head-on. Those few were probably just the lowest-ranking minions. I fear there are more advanced beings here. We don’t understand them and don’t know their weaknesses. If we encounter them, our chances of winning might not be great. So for now, we should avoid splitting up and not act alone," Dugu Qianye analyzed.

"Whatever Little Yeye says goes," Zi Xiao was the first to agree.

Qie Yue and Hei Zi nodded as well. Ci Hun, cough cough, didn’t have the right to speak—who let its master be the way he was!

"If possible, we should try to inform the others who have come in," Dugu Qianye said. "Do you have business here?"

"What are you doing here?" Hei Zi asked.

"Looking for a medicinal herb. The Fuyu Flower, it grows in relatively dry places. Do you know where to find it?" Dugu Qianye said.

"We don’t know what the Fuyu Flower looks like, but we do know where it is dry," Hei Zi said.

Over the past two years, they had also roughly mapped out the Phantom Realm here, knowing where the marshes and forbidden airspaces were.

Hearing this, Dugu Qianye asked, "Isn’t it forbidden to fly everywhere?"

"Of course not. Only the eastern part of the Secret Realm is forbidden airspace. The relatively dry area is to the west."

Dugu Qianye calculated that they had only a little over 20 days. They needed to cross almost the entire Spirit Void Secret Realm, and that was without encountering any other incidents. It seemed they must shorten the journey.

Afterwards, Dugu Qianye made a simple dinner for everyone, and after eating, they all rested.

In a certain area of the Secret Realm, three shadowy figures knelt on the ground. Even though their faces were not clear, one could still sense a somber atmosphere. Suddenly, a figure appeared before them.

"You’ve been discovered," a very calm statement, yet it made the three people on the ground tremble violently.

"Lord, it was not intentional, we didn’t expect the woman to be so cunning; we thought she had already left, so we..." the leading shadow said, knocking his head on the ground as he explained.

"Woman? Aren’t women foolish creatures, how could they have deceived even you?" the tone was still indifferent.

"Mercy, Lord!" The shadow kept knocking his head, and the two behind him did the same.

"Ci Hun." The person called into the air.

A silhouette slowly materialized in the air.

"Lord," Ci Hun saluted the Lord.

"Take some men with you and deal with those people. It’s not yet time for us to appear in this world; anyone who sees us must be completely eradicated," the Lord said.

"Yes," Ci Hun responded.

The Lord’s figure slowly faded, and before disappearing, he said, "Take these three useless ones with you. If they fail again, you might as well dispose of them."

"Yes," came the simple response.

"Thank you, Lord, we will definitely atone for our sins," the shadow on the ground said.

Ci Hun glanced at them and said, "Go."

The three quickly scrambled up from the ground and said, "Yes, my lord," then followed him, flying toward Dugu Qianye and his group.

Early the next morning, Dugu Qianye awoke. He assessed his injuries and found that they were mostly healed. So, he prepared to set out in search of the Fuyu Flower.

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