Chapter 37

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Kill!

In the stone cave, there were three new corpses, three injured people, and Shi Yan.

As soon as Shi Yan stood in the cave, he felt an endless stream of essence energy surging from the three new corpses. The essence energy drilled into his 720 acupoints, causing a faint pain in each of them.

Naturally, Shi Yan activated the "Rampage" technique. His muscles withered, and his already slender body became even thinner.

A cold, sinister, and evil aura quickly spread from the white mist surrounding him, filling the entire stone cave.

This evil aura seemed to have a strange power to bewitch the hearts of people.

The three living martial artists involuntarily inhaled some of the misty white gas, and a mad urge to kill suddenly arose in their hearts.

"Boy! I'll flay you alive!"

The leader of the group shouted coldly, and a strange gray-green poppy flower suddenly bloomed in his palm. The poppy flower was purely condensed from essence energy, vivid and lifelike, and it grew visibly in his palm.

In an instant, the gray-green poppy flower grew to the size of a fan, with icy cold light emanating from its stamens, spreading a hazy green glow.

With a casual wave, the fan-sized poppy flower flew out of his palm.

The poppy flower's petals resembled a ferocious blood-stained mouth, lunging at Shi Yan's head as if to swallow his skull into its stamens.

"Roar!"

Shi Yan growled, and the negative energy he had just absorbed into his acupoints instantly condensed, floating out of his pores and forming three ghostly figures in front of him.

The ghostly figures hovered in front of him, sinister and terrifying, their eyes filled with endless resentment.

"Second Brother! Fourth Brother! Sixth Brother!"

The thin young man, with a look of horror, stared at the ghostly figures floating in front of Shi Yan and couldn't help but scream in terror.

The three ghostly figures were clearly the images of the three new corpses on the ground!

The leader's face also changed, and he took a step back, but the strange poppy flower did not retreat, still aiming at Shi Yan's head, tearing at him fiercely.

"Break!"

Shi Yan punched, and a stream of white mist condensed, gathering the negative energy into a pale white silver snake that drilled into the center of the poppy flower's stamens.

"Boom!"

The poppy flower exploded, and the icy cold light shot out like brilliant fireworks, strange and eerie.

"Be careful!"

The leader shouted, quickly stepping forward to protect the other two, the strange light in his palm flashing as he embraced them, absorbing all the icy cold light points into his chest.

Shi Yan's expression was cold, and with a thought, his body turned to stone in the dim cave, becoming dark brown and as hard as iron.

Several icy cold light points shot at him, but his petrified body blocked them all, only allowing a faint coldness to seep through his muscles into his body.

The coldness rushed through his body but was mostly neutralized by his petrified muscles.

In an instant, Shi Yan's limbs returned to normal, and he no longer felt any coldness.

"Ding Yan!"

Di Yalan rushed in, seeing Shi Yan facing three martial artists alone, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Are you okay?"

"Use 'Blue Demon Flame' to block the leader, I'll kill the two innate martial artists first!"

Shi Yan gave a cold order, and with a thought, the three ghostly figures in front of him suddenly lunged at the three people in the cave like hungry wolves.

The cave was too small, barely accommodating these few people. Any attack was hard to dodge, and they could only endure it.

When the three people saw the ghostly figures lunging at them, they all showed signs of fear.

People are naturally afraid of the unknown.

Especially when these three ghostly figures were their brothers just a minute ago!

The three wanted to retreat but found their backs already pressed against the rock wall, with no way to escape.

"Don't be afraid!"

The leader screamed, the icy cold light in his chest forced into a ball, forming a circle of icy silver light barrier in front of the three.

Shi Yan sneered inwardly and thought again.

The three ghostly figures stopped in front of the three people, separated by the silver light barrier, baring their teeth and making a tearing and gnawing gesture, their eyes filled with endless resentment.

The negative energy seemed to gather in the eyes of the ghostly figures, penetrating the minds of the three people through eye contact.

Under the impact of the negative energy, the three suddenly felt they were in the netherworld, with countless ghosts rushing at them, trying to drag them into eternal torment.

The three froze, their faces showing indescribable fear.

"Lan, dissolve the icy barrier!" Shi Yan shouted.

Di Yalan trembled, without hesitation, and the "Blue Demon Flame" she had prepared shot out, transforming into a fiery bird that plunged into the silver light barrier.

"Zzz!"

The silver light barrier melted under the high temperature. The barrier, condensed from essence energy, clearly could not withstand Di Yalan's "Blue Demon Flame" soul, and a fist-sized hole suddenly appeared.

The three ghostly figures, like wisps of smoke, slipped through the hole, splitting into three and entering the bodies of the three people.

Shi Yan charged forward.

His entire body's essence energy surged into his arm, and as he lunged, a sound like a mountain collapsing echoed in the air!

The mist around his iron fist condensed into a paste-like substance, covering his hand, making his emaciated arm look terrifying, like a demon's claw.

"Thud!"

Shi Yan's hand, like a sword, pierced the chest of the thin man who had once teased Mu Yudie, his fist penetrating the man's body and slamming into the rock wall, which echoed with a dull boom.

"Boy, you're asking for death!"

The leader, with the cultivation of the Human Realm, woke from his nightmare and, seeing another brother die, roared in anger. A bright silver light in his palm struck Shi Yan's chest.

A mountain-like force, accompanied by icy coldness, exploded on Shi Yan's chest.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Shi Yan took three steps back before stabilizing.

Enduring the full force of this Human Realm expert, he felt a slight pain in his chest but quickly checked and found his body unharmed.

Except for the coldness that froze his chest, he had no injuries.

The second stage of the "Petrified Soul" was indeed powerful!

Shi Yan laughed inwardly, circulating essence energy rapidly in his chest to warm the frozen area.

Di Yalan, with her short sword, was already fighting the leader. The "Blue Demon Flame" transformed into a fiery bird, becoming her strongest aid, helping her to counter the leader's icy coldness and even suppress his mysterious martial technique.

"Are you okay?"

Mu Yudie, covering her nose, entered the cave. The strong smell of blood almost made her vomit.

"Stack the corpses!"

Shi Yan frowned and ordered, not waiting for Mu Yudie's response, and charged at another innate realm martial artist still in a nightmare.

"Little Five!"

The leader's face turned pale, screaming in urgency.

He couldn't believe that Shi Yan, who had only the innate realm cultivation, not only survived his attack but also had the strength to fight again!

He was at the second level of the Human Realm!

"Brother..."

At his scream, Little Five suddenly woke up, instinctively calling out.

But that was all he managed to say...

The next moment, his scream was cut off as he slammed into the rock wall, blood gushing from his seven orifices.

Shi Yan, relying on the terrifying impact force from "Rampage," pushed the man into the rock wall, shattering his bones and killing him.

"Little Five!"

The leader screamed in pain, watching his brothers die one by one, regretting for the first time.

—Regretting provoking Shi Yan, this killing star, and regretting coming to the Dark Forest.

"Miss Mu! Stack the corpses!"

Shi Yan turned and glared at the panicked Mu Yudie, coldly saying, "If you don't want to die, move faster!"

Mu Yudie trembled, forced to ignore the blood and gore, and began moving the dismembered corpses to one corner, stacking them up.

"Ding Yan! Help!"

Di Yalan shouted, "This guy's essence energy is thick, I can't deal with him quickly!"

Outside the cave, more and more beasts were gathering, their roars echoing. It wouldn't be long before the valley was filled with beasts. Di Yalan knew time was precious and needed to quickly subdue the leader.

"Coming!"

Shi Yan rushed forward, blocking in front of Di Yalan, facing the leader head-on.

"Boom!"

The leader's hand glowed silver, striking Shi Yan's chest again.

"Heh heh!"

Shi Yan sneered, relying on the second stage of the "Petrified Soul," enduring the blow and forcing the leader against the rock wall, leaving him no place to retreat.

The "Blue Demon Flame" transformed into a fiery bird, flying over and landing on the leader's shoulder.

Flames wrapped around the leader's shoulder, burning and spreading to his waist, attacking his vital points.

"Ah!"

The leader screamed in agony, frantically attacking Shi Yan, trying to break through and escape.

"You forced your way in, now you want to leave? Heh heh, too late!"

Shi Yan raised a black light shield, using the "Petrified Soul" to endure the leader's attacks, his emaciated body like a thousand-year-old rock, immovable.

Di Yalan sidestepped, her short sword piercing the leader's leg.

"Let me go! I have treasures stolen from the 'Thunderwing Silver Wolf' cave. If you let me go, they're all yours! Please, I beg you!"

The leader, with a grimace, begged Shi Yan to show mercy.

"I want the treasures! And I want your life!"

Shi Yan sneered, pale white mist suddenly enveloping the leader, and with a finger, he pierced the leader's throat.

The leader's eyes quickly dimmed, his body sliding down the rock wall.

Without a second glance, Shi Yan turned and glared at Mu Yudie, coldly saying, "What a hassle, still not done."

Mu Yudie, despite her discomfort, was stacking the corpses, but with her cleanliness issues, it was already a struggle for her to do this much, and expecting her to be efficient was impossible.

Shi Yan, without a word, frowned and, with bloodied hands, began stacking the corpses like a tower, coldly saying, "The beasts are gathering in the valley. Whether we live or die is up to fate."

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