Chapter 38: A Place of Great Calamity, Hard to Survive Even If Not Dead

  It has been many days since entering the Soulless Path, and this time it can be said that I have truly found my destination. Before me lies a majestic and unattainable great peak. The only thing is that the leaves are falling, withered yellow leaves drifting between heaven and earth, adding a touch of desolation and solemnity, while losing a hint of prosperity and vitality.

  The gloomy sky seemed to be avoiding the abnormal eeriness of this soul path, and the dull weather was shrouded around, as if the calm before a storm. After passing through the ancient trees, we climbed up dozens of meters and reached the cave that we had seen earlier.

  When we looked down before, the cave wasn't that big. If it weren't for the special functions of God Hand's sniper scope, we might not have found this place this time. Now as we enter, the cave is only over a meter high. What's strange is that there are no trees at the entrance, not even a single blade of grass! The dark mud exposed under the dim light looks rather ominous.

  "I didn't think it would be so easy to find, could it be a trap?" The evil bird eyed the cave in front of him, his resolute and somewhat dark face filled with vigilance and doubt.

  "Are you all right?" The God of War didn't answer him, but instead looked at Kong Qianyan.

  That Kong seemed not to be a simple role, only to see his clear and delicate but somewhat weak face, his expression changed or unchanged, lightly said: "The mountain is reversed, the water rushes away, the water does not return to the hall, this forest, the magnetic field is chaotic, the spiritual energy cannot gather, the vital energy cannot enter, the dead energy cannot leave, after a long time it becomes a great calamity, and it's hard not to die."

  "Are you saying this is a place of great calamity?!" Upon hearing Kong Que's words, the evil bird became even more astonished. I also looked at him with suspicion, although he spoke so many words this time, but I only understood that it was a place of great calamity, where one would rather die than stay. However, if it really is a place of great calamity, would anyone actually choose to build a tomb here?

  "Logically speaking, there shouldn't be so many ghosts in this world, but on this journey, you've also seen it for yourself - the living and the dead are mixed up, and every time night falls, those filthy things come out to cause trouble. Do you think it's possible to bury people? No matter how ugly our faces look, as soon as the topic of feng shui is brought up, I feel like this Kong Jiaoyan has become a chatterbox!"

  Kong saw that they were few in number and still wanted to reason with them, but the wicked birds had already become somewhat disordered. They hastily flapped their wings and said: "Then you tell us where we should go!"

  "It's clear that we don't have time to find another entrance." After saying that, he looked at the small cave in front of him, it seems like they still had to go in.

  "Are you sure this cave leads to the ancient tomb?" I blinked and asked. To be honest, I didn't think much of this cave at first, but after hearing him talk about it being a place of great evil, where one would rather die than enter, I had a growing feeling that going in wasn't a good idea!

  Kong spoke little and looked at me for a moment before saying, "If it doesn't work, make it work." After that, he actually fell silent.

  Perhaps seeing everyone's morale being said to be almost disheartened, Shen Shou spoke up and said to Kong Jueyan: "You also shouldn't scare them like that, when things reach an extreme they will reverse, when it reaches the most critical point there will be great fortune, just take a look inside and you'll understand." After saying this, he led the way and walked in first.

  Although the entrance is only about one meter high, after entering, it was discovered that there was another cave sky. Especially after walking for a while, light suddenly appeared in front of us. Looking up, although we couldn't see the blue sky and white clouds, but only thick dark clouds, at least there was some light to be seen. And the path we were on could indeed be called "a thread of sky".

  The mountain above was somehow split open with a gap, about enough for three or four people to walk side by side, and below, that is, the piece of mountain we were walking on, was also enough for three or four people to walk side by side. On the right-hand side was a precipice of rock entering the clouds, and on the left-hand side was a river!

  It's actually a river, but it can be more vividly described as a dead ditch. It winds its way forward, and I don't know if it's the accumulated water left behind every time it rains or if there's another hole in the ground up ahead. At first glance, it's also hard to tell how deep the water is below, but that black and putrid surface of the water is already making me feel somewhat unbearable.

  "Is there something in the water?" someone said.

  "There won't be big fish, right?" said the unreliable crow.

  Although I didn't want to mock him, I couldn't help but tease him with a sentence: "Is there a big fish or not? You go down and feel it, if you really touch it, maybe it's enough for you to eat for one or two days!" In fact, this is just a joke. After all, even if there are any fish living in this dark and smelly water, no one dares to go down, and who knows what these fish will feed on? If they... Hmm, the more I think about it, the less I want to get close to this black water!

  "How about it, looks like you really want to go down and play with the fish?" The evil bird walked up beside me, grinning at me with a playful expression. Looking into his sparkling eyes, I firmly shook my head. I believed that if I nodded, this crazy bird would really throw me down.

  "With a 'crack', just as I shook my head, someone suddenly let out a shrill cry and unfortunately fell into the dark water! Yes, you didn't see it wrong, that person was originally standing there, but at some point a long rectangular rock protruded from the ground! Although the rock only reached my waist, it was very long and was now firmly embedded in the right side of the mountain wall. I only took one glance before shifting my gaze to the person who had fallen into the water."

  Just as the man was about to fall into the water, the person next to him pulled out a rope from his bag and threw it at him. The man, covered in dark mud, struggled frantically in the water for a few moments before grabbing onto the rope. Before he could even be pulled up, I was stunned, and I'm sure everyone else was too. Because where the man emerged from the water was covered in hair, lots and lots of black hair...

  That person may not even know what he looks like at this moment, only terrified to pull the rope and climb ashore, but as soon as he climbed a few steps, many black things stretched out around him! Then with lightning speed, they pulled him down into the water. All of these almost happened in just a few seconds, from falling into the water to disappearing, it was only a few seconds.

  The water surface did not calm down due to the sinking of that person, and those black things that had just emerged from the water should be hands? Although they were covered with black sticky substances and hair, their shape was clearly human-like...

  I couldn't help but take a few steps back and stuck to the mountain wall, just as I moved, Shenhands yelled not to move, but it was too late. Just as I stuck to the mountain, "click" a hard object suddenly pushed my waist, almost instantly, my feet left the ground. The waiting time for falling into the water was very long, I felt that all the cells in my body had solidified, and my mind was full of being pulled down into the water, being pulled down into the water...

  But after waiting for several seconds, I didn't hear the sound of falling water, nor did my body feel wet, not even a suffocating feeling from drowning. Had I already died!? As soon as this thought emerged, I opened my eyes wide, but when I opened them, I saw that the evil bird and others were staring at me with their eyes wide open, looking at me in utter disbelief.