Chapter 2082

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The Martyr

Due to his position, Zhuowen could see part of the scene behind him from the corner of his eye.

An extremely skinny figure slowly appeared in his line of sight.

"It's him!"

When the thin figure appeared in front of Zhuowen, Zhuowen's heart skipped a beat. He could not help but recall the thin figure that his Divine Sense had detected in the canyon.

He dared to conclude that the strange figure that appeared in his line of sight was the emaciated figure that his Divine Sense had detected earlier.

It was a thin old man in a black Taoist robe. He had no hair, and the strange thing was that his lower body was transparent. Zhuowen could clearly see the dense blood vessels and meridians in his lower body.

The man slowly walked over. There was no life in his eyes, as if he was a living dead.

Thump! Thump!

Thump! The footsteps were getting closer and closer. The man finally stopped a few steps behind the five people.

Luo Suo was at the back of the five people. He could clearly feel a bone-chilling coldness. It was getting stronger and stronger. He could not help but tremble.

When the thin old man came to a position next to Luo Suo, Luo Suo's eyes fell on the thin old man. A cold light flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, the skinny old man's footsteps came to a halt. Then, he slowly turned around. His empty eyes stared straight at Luo Suo.

Luo Suo frowned slightly. When their eyes met, his heart could not help but tremble. Then, his eyes were filled with confusion. The Illusory Heavenly Bridge in Luo Suo's body began to slowly appear in the air.

Zhuowen was shocked. He could clearly see that Luo Suo's Illusory Heavenly Bridge was slowly approaching the thin old man. Finally, it completely merged into the old man's body.

After the Illusory Heavenly Bridge entered the old man's body, Zhuowen found that Luo Suo's eyes were as empty as the old man's. He looked as if he had lost his soul.

The old man turned around and continued to walk forward. Luo Suo also raised his feet and followed the old man silently.

Both Zhuowen and the Ghost Curse Lady were shocked by this strange scene, especially the Ghost Curse Lady. She quickly closed her eyes, her body trembling and her face turning pale.

The old man walked silently. Luo Suo, who was following behind him, gradually lost his hair. The lower half of his body gradually became transparent. Dense blood vessels protruded from the lower half of his body, making him look exceptionally strange.

The old man didn't stop and continued to move forward. However, when he passed by Zhuowen, Zhuowen felt that the chill in his body was much heavier than before. Moreover, he keenly sensed that a soulless gaze fell on him.

Zhuowen knew that the owner of this gaze was definitely this strange skinny old man.

Zhuowen's heart trembled. He forced himself to calm down and closed his eyes, not intending to meet the old man's gaze.

It wasn't until the skinny old man's footsteps gradually faded away that Zhuowen slowly opened his eyes. Only then did he realize that his back was completely soaked in sweat. It was very uncomfortable to be stuck to his back.

After the old man left, the bone-chilling cold in the surroundings finally disappeared completely.

Yao Xiong trembled and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The king spirit and the Ghost Curse Lady also let out a sigh of relief.

"Yao Xiong, who was that thing?" the Ghost Curse Lady asked with lingering fear.

"That was a martyr. It is said that when Luo Shen died in battle and moved the Luo Shen Palace to the Waning Waning Crescent, there weren't many disciples left in the Luo Shen Palace."

"However, the few remaining disciples had a deep obsession. They had to revive the Luo Shen Palace. Just like that, they were trapped here day after day, year after year, and finally died with this obsession."

"However, after they died, they didn't turn into a pile of yellow dust. Instead, they became martyrs who were neither human nor ghost."

Yao Xiong spoke tirelessly and briefly about the origins of the martyrs.

"Can cultivators also become martyrs?" Zhuo Wen asked with a sharp gaze.

Yao Xiong smiled and said, "Didn't you see what happened to Luo Suo?

What's the point of asking this? "

Zhuo Wen was silent. Just as Yao Xiong had said, once a cultivator's Spiritual Sense or eyes met with a Martyr, they would be assimilated by the Martyr and become the next Martyr that was neither human nor ghost.

"Are there many martyrs here?" the Ghost Curse Lady suddenly asked.

Yao Xiong said solemnly, "I'm not too sure. This is the second time Brother Di and I have entered this place. Last time, we also encountered martyrs and almost half of them were taken away. This time, we only brought five people, and one of them was taken away. Sigh …"

Speaking of this, Yao Xiong sighed softly. No one knew whether he was sighing for Luo Suo or for his companion who was taken away last time.

"Brother Yao, if there are such terrifying martyrs here, why didn't you tell me before we came in? If I knew there were such things here, I wouldn't have agreed to come in."

The Ghost Curse Lady's expression changed slightly, and she was quite angry. Compared to the treasures in the Luo Shen Palace ruins, the Ghost Curse Lady valued the latter more.

The king spirit sneered and said, "Trash will always be trash. You're retreating after such a small setback!"

Yao Xiong stopped the king spirit from mocking her. He looked at her and said, "If you really want to back down, I won't stop you. But let me tell you this: if you don't have the map, you won't be able to leave this place."

The Ghost Curse Lady's expression changed slightly. If she couldn't leave this place, it would be no different from death.

Zhuo Wen, on the other hand, was sneering inwardly. It seemed that Yao Xiong had already predicted that his team member would back out. Now that he had said those words, the Ghost Cursing Lady, who wanted to back out, would not dare to leave by herself.

"Do you still want to leave alone?" Yao Xiong asked again.

The Ghost Curse Lady's face turned pale. She shook her head and said nothing.

"Let's go. We'll arrive at the Luo Shen Palace ruins after we leave the canyon. I'll need the three of you to enter the Luo Shen Palace ruins together!"

"Don't worry, the three of you. I've never thought of harming you. We're all in the same boat. If we don't work together, we may all die in the Luo Shen Palace ruins."

Yao Xiong looked at the three of them and said calmly.

Walking out of the canyon, the four of them were greeted by a long stretch of mountain range.

Yao Xiong led them around the mountain range and finally entered the deepest part of the mountain range.

Here, there was a huge black rock that was thousands of feet tall.

The pitch-black rock was completely different from other rocks. Its surface was actually suffused with a strange metallic luster. Moreover, the metallic luster was sparkling like the surface of a lake under the setting sun. Countless ripples appeared on its surface, reflecting the rays of the setting sun.

Zhuowen could tell at a glance that the black rock wasn't a real rock. It was just the appearance of a very powerful seal.

As long as the seal was broken, the huge black rock would collapse on its own.

"Ghost Curse Lady, you're the most skilled in array formation here. Can you see what this seal is?

Brother Di and I were trapped outside the seal and couldn't enter. "Yao Xiong's eyes flashed, and he suddenly smiled at the Ghost Curse Lady.

Zhuowen and Di Ling also looked at the Ghost Curse Lady.

Although the Ghost Curse Lady had suffered a loss at Zhuo Wen's hands, it was because she had underestimated Zhuo Wen. In addition, Zhuo Wen's Divine Sense was stronger than the Ghost Curse Lady's. The Ghost Curse Lady was caught off guard and had no time to react.

In terms of array formation skills, even Zhuowen, who had become a Level Six Divine Array Master, was inferior to the Ghost Curse Lady.

However, Zhuowen looked at Yao Xiong and frowned slightly. He felt that some of Yao Xiong's words were not trustworthy.

Although Zhuowen couldn't see through Yao Xiong's array formation skills, his divine sense was much stronger than the Ghost Curse Lady's. When he was deducing the path, he felt that Yao Xiong's array formation skills were not low. He might even be stronger than the Ghost Curse Lady.

Zhuowen didn't know why Yao Xiong wanted to hide his array formation skills, but he knew that Yao Xiong was up to no good.

The Ghost Curse Lady didn't suspect anything. She looked at the black rock in front of her seriously and said, "What kind of seal is this? We have to explore it first to know."

As she said that, the Ghost Curse Lady took a few steps back and formed a seal with her hands. Suddenly, a series of hand seals appeared between her fingers. These hand seals overlapped with each other and turned into an extremely complicated seal.

The Ghost Curse Lady shouted in a low voice and slammed the seal into the black rock in front of her.

The moment the seal landed on the black rock, the surface of the rock seemed to melt. Strange ripples appeared on the surface of the rock, as if a stone had fallen into the water.

However, the moment the ripples appeared, Zhuowen clearly sensed with his divine sense that there were tiny runes in the ripples.

These talisman seals were profound and obscure, and they were like talisman scrawls. Moreover, they emanated a distant and ancient aura.

The Ghost Curse Lady took a few steps back again. She took a deep breath and tapped her chest seven times in a row. Seven wisps of black gas came out of her seven apertures.

The Ghost Curse Lady was surrounded by the black gas, which contained a strong vitality. Then, she suddenly stepped forward and entered the pitch-black rock.

The moment the Ghost Curse Lady's figure disappeared into the rock, the huge black rock began to tremble violently. Then, the ripples on the surface of the rock became faster and faster, and gradually became transparent.

Finally, a pitch-black cave passage appeared in the transparent part. There was no light in the passage, and it was extremely deep.

The Ghost Curse Lady's face was pale. She quickly retreated from the cave and gasped, "It's the Seven-Step Rockfall Formation. This is an eighth-level formation. Isn't the Luo God Palace Ruins a little too extravagant to use an eighth-level formation at the entrance?"

"Is there a way to break the formation?" Yao Xiong asked deliberately.

The Ghost Curse Lady took an elixir, and her pale face eased a lot. She said in a low voice, "Of course there is, and it's very simple. Since this is the Seven-Step Rockfall Formation, when the formation was set up, it took seven steps in this passage."