The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1231

Chapter 1231: Chapter 1228: Ghastly Yin Fog Chapter 1231: Chapter 1228: Ghastly Yin Fog “Good place…” Shen Luo, upon hearing the Ghost General's words, was moved and rose to his feet, transforming into a streak of blue light, fleeing toward the direction indicated by the Ghost General.

Along the way, he tried to contact the Ghost General through voice transmission but found no response from the other party.

Although he was somewhat puzzled, at this time, he had no choice but to make a plan upon arriving at the place.

A moment later, Shen Luo landed near a certain area of the sand sea. The terrain here was much lower than the surrounding sand sea, stretching out in a long shape for twenty or thirty miles, and looked rather eerie.

Shen Luo extended his Divine Sense to investigate, and his expression soon turned serious.

Many ruins of buildings were buried deep in this part of the sand sea, appearing to be a vast city. Although it was not as grand as Chang'an, it was comparable to Jianye City; it was uncertain from which dynasty it originated.

Through his connection with the Ghost General's divine soul, Shen Luo could barely sense that the latter should be deep beneath these ruins but couldn't pinpoint his exact location.

He tried to transmit his voice to the Ghost General again, but after two attempts, there was still no response.

He frowned and took out an Escape Earth Talisman, sticking it to his body and transforming into a streak of yellow light as he burrowed into the underground, continually descending.

As he delved deeper into the ground, the magnetic qi and various deadly qi from the earth's layers became denser, and the yellow light bestowed by the Escape Earth Talisman struggled to fend it off.

Shen Luo waved his sleeve, and a grey cloak appeared on his body, the very item taken from the Fox Demon in Yunmeng Marsh.

The cloak's name was unknown, but the prohibitions within were profoundly mystical. He had only recently completely refined it, mastering its three marvelous functions. The first was to conceal the wearer's entire Qi, without leaking a trace; the second was to blend into the surrounding environment like a chameleon; the third was to turn the body into a semi-ethereal state, moving through the earth and stone as if it were nothing, undetectable even by Divine Sense.

That day, the Fox Demon had relied on these three abilities to repeatedly launch surprise attacks on Wu Man'er and the Ghost General.

Shen Luo felt that the cloak had more marvelous uses than these, but for now, he had no time to delve deeper.

Once the cloak was on, he immediately felt the external pressure disappear and swiftly accelerated his pace underground. He quickly located the Ghost General and the Tiger-headed beast through his Divine Sense.

The two were standing in a subterranean passageway at that time, a passage that clearly showed signs of man-made modifications, meandering further into the depths.

Deep within the passageway, a black fog churned, exuding a rich Yin Qi and deadly Qi, which was some kind of Yin Fog.

The Yin Qi and deadly Qi within the Yin Fog condensed and significantly impacted Divine Sense, preventing exploration of its depths, leaving the true length of this passageway unknown.

Fu Donglai was waving the Green Blood Ganqi Axe, as if an invisible force enveloped the black fog within the passage, drawing it all into the axe.

As the black Yin Fog continued to pour in, the Blood Light emitted by the Green Blood Ganqi Axe grew brighter and more vivid, like flowing fresh blood.

The Ghost General was also sucking in the black fog with his mouth to supplement himself, but his absorption rate was far slower than Fu Donglai's, and his eyes were filled with urgency.

Just at that moment, a flash of yellow light passed overhead, and the figure of Shen Luo floated down from the passageway's ceiling.

“Master, you're here. This passageway actually contains a great amount of Ghastly Yin Fog; let's collect some quickly,” said the Ghost General, seeing Shen Luo appear and speaking urgently.

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“Ghastly Yin Fog!” Shen Luo was taken aback, looking at the black Yin Fog before him.

He had once read in some classics about Ghastly Yin Fog, a rare fog formed only in places heavy with Yin that gathered copious amounts of ghostly Qi from innumerable souls. It was an excellent material for refining yin-attribute magical treasures, and he hadn't expected to find so much of it here.

However, other than the Qiankun Bag, he had few yin-attribute magical treasures on him, so gathering the fog was going to be quite difficult.

Shen Luo sighed in annoyance and immediately brought out the Qiankun Bag, quickly gathering the black Yin Fog within the passageway.

The Yin Qi inside the Qiankun Bag had been completely infused into the Ghost General during its breakthrough, and now the bag was empty. As the Ghastly Yin Fog continued to pour in, the Yin Qi inside the bag rapidly thickened, casting an intense black light over the surface of the bag.

Shen Luo's face brightened, and he increased his mana to urge the Qiankun Bag, speeding up the absorption of the Yin Fog even more.

As the bag devoured more and more Yin Fog, its weight also noticeably increased, and it soon made creaking sounds as if it could not bear the burden.

Shen Luo hurriedly stopped the absorption. While the Qiankun Bag had the ability to absorb Yin, the materials it was made of were of average quality, and there was a limit to how much Yin Qi it could handle.

The Ghastly Yin Fog in the passageway ahead still rolled and surged like a Flood Dragon, hardly diminished at all.

Shen Luo felt a sense of helplessness, much like standing in a mountain of gold and silver but being unable to take any with him.

“Brother Shen, you're not gathering it anymore? Then Fu Donglai shall be unreserved,” said Fu Donglai, seeing Shen Luo stop gathering. He laughed heartily and wielded the Green Blood Ganqi Axe with even greater force.

The Blood Light on the Green Blood Ganqi Axe surged violently, and the Ghastly Yin Fog in the passageway formed a thick black cloud as dense as a water bucket and as substantial as a solid, pouring into the blood axe. Shen Luo watched with great envy.

“Master, don't you have any other treasures that could store the Yin Fog?” asked the Ghost General.

“All the magical treasures on me are of the Chun Yang attribute and can't absorb this Yin Fog. Yin attribute treasures…” Shen Luo began to say, shaking his head, but he stopped midway, remembering that he did have one yin-attribute treasure.

He reached into the Linlang Ring, and an object appeared in his hand–a small bloody flag corroded with many little holes, the Bloodthirsty Flag.

This treasure had been heavily damaged by the blood rain of the Nine-Headed Insect, but its core prohibitions had not suffered much damage. The Bloodthirsty Flag, being a treasure of the blood path and its power also a form of Yin Sha, was connected to Yin Sha in some ways. Perhaps the Ghastly Yin Fog here could repair the flag.

With this thought, Shen Luo's hands glowed with blue light, wrapping around the Bloodthirsty Flag as he tossed it into the Yin Fog ahead and swiftly formed a series of magic spells with his fingers.

The damaged Bloodthirsty Flag immediately emitted a strong Blood Light. Under the drive of his rapid succession of magic spells, it swiftly expanded into a bloody banner several meters across. The corroded holes became even more apparent, making it look like a leaking, worn-out window.

Shen Luo stretched out his fingers, and five streams of blue light went into the Bloodthirsty Flag, activating the prohibitions inside.

A loud wailing rose as the Blood Light on the surface of the flag rushed about, and soon, a half-meter wide Bloody Vortex formed. The surrounding Ghastly Yin Fog, as if finding a place to vent, poured into the flag.

Shen Luo saw this and was overjoyed; the Bloodthirsty Flag could indeed devour the Ghastly Yin Qi. However, since Ghastly Yin Qi wasn't exactly the power of the blood path, he wondered whether a large amount of it would have any adverse effects on the flag.

The Bloodthirsty Flag's absorption rate was far ahead of both the Qiankun Bag and Fu Donglai's Green Blood Ganqi Axe. Fu Donglai, seeing this, also hurriedly urged his blood axe to increase the absorption of Yin Fog, but still could not match the Bloodthirsty Flag.

With the joint efforts of the two, the Yin Fog in the passageway ahead quickly thinned, revealing a large open area. Fortunately, the Yin Fog deeper in the passageway seemed infinite and unending.