Chapter 154 - 93: Mishap
WHOOSH!
Deep in the dense forest.
A foul, pungent wind suddenly kicked up!
The Corpse General’s giant palm, covered in blue-black scales and as large as a millstone, slammed down viciously toward the top of Lin Yi’s head!
Fast!
Too fast!
To the Corpse General, this strike was nothing more than a casual swat, like shooing away a pesky fly.
But for Lin Yi, who was merely a First-Grade Martial Artist, a casual swat from a Fifth-Grade expert was no different from Mountain Tai crashing down upon him!
The terrifying force tore through the air, letting out a piercing shriek.
The hair on Lin Yi’s body stood on end, and it felt as if his very bones were groaning under the unbearable pressure!
’It’s over!’
’I can’t block it!’
’There’s no way I can block it!’
Lin Yi’s pupils constricted, his heart nearly leaping from his chest.
He desperately circulated the meager Qi and Blood Power within him, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Faced with such an absolute disparity in power, he saw no room for even a sliver of resistance!
However!
Just as the giant palm, powerful enough to shatter boulders, was a mere inch from Lin Yi’s head, and the sharp, corpse-like wind was already whipping his black hair into a frenzy and making his cheeks sting—
Something unexpected happened!
BUZZ!
The incomparably ferocious Corpse General’s massive body suddenly went rigid!
The descending palm actually froze in mid-air.
A hair’s breadth from Lin Yi’s head!
What was even more shocking was that its three-meter-tall body, covered in cold Scale Armor, actually began to tremble uncontrollably!
Within its massive, blood-red, lantern-like pupils.
The tyrannical and savage glint from before was instantly replaced by a fear that stemmed from the depths of its soul!
It stared intently at Lin Yi, who was just inches away.
A series of unintelligible, "HURK HURK" sounds, like an old bellows wheezing, escaped its throat.
Its massive body involuntarily shrank back half a step.
It looked just like a wild mountain tiger that had suddenly run into a primeval beast from ancient times.
The suppression originating from its very bloodline made it tremble!
’Is it... the heart-fire Spiritual Essence?!’
In a flash.
A realization struck Lin Yi, and he understood instantly!
Deep within his heart, the strange, fiery Spiritual Essence he had obtained from the master of Wangwu Mountain’s failed tribulation was emitting a faint yet extremely distinct fluctuation!
Clearly, this supremely yang and fiery Spiritual Essence was a natural counter to this creature of ultimate yin and evil!
A cold sweat from surviving a near-death experience instantly soaked Lin Yi’s back.
He suppressed his wildly beating heart, his gaze as sharp as an eagle’s. Carrying Luo Qian, he began to inch backward, his steps excruciatingly slow and cautious.
He didn’t dare to be the least bit careless, much less become arrogant because of this sudden advantage.
’First Grade versus Fifth Grade—the gap is a heavenly chasm!’
’The Corpse General is afraid of the aura of the mysterious Spiritual Essence inside me, not me, Lin Yi, himself!’
’If I foolishly provoke it, this fragile tiger skin will be pierced in an instant, and all that will await me is to be crushed to pieces!’
The Corpse General’s crimson eyes swept over Lin Yi a few times, as if confirming the source of the threat that made its very soul tremble.
Ultimately.
Its instinctual fear of the heart-fire Spiritual Essence overcame its bloodthirsty impulse.
It gave up on the prey before it, which radiated a dangerous aura.
Its ferocious head snapped to one side, its huge nostrils flaring as it sniffed the air, searching for the scent of new prey.
At this moment.
Neither Lin Yi nor Luo Qian, who was slung over his shoulder, dared to breathe.
Seeing that the Corpse General, which radiated a terrifying Evil Qi, had shifted its focus and its crimson pupils were no longer fixed on them, alarm bells screamed in Lin Yi’s mind, and he didn’t dare to hesitate for a second!
"Go!"
He burst forward with a surge of strength. With a soft pulse of energy from his feet, he shot into the depths of the dense forest behind him like an agile cat, still carrying Luo Qian.
Each step landed as light as a feather, the tips of his toes precisely avoiding every dry branch and fallen leaf on the ground that might make a sound.
Every muscle in Lin Yi’s body was taut, his Spirit completely focused. He feared that the slightest noise would reawaken the killing intent of the terrifying monster behind them, dragging them into an abyss from which there was no return.
The shadows of the dense forest flashed past.
The light of the exit was just ahead!
Lin Yi could even feel the suffocating pressure of the Corpse General’s presence behind him receding.
At the edge of his vision, the Corpse General’s massive silhouette was about to be completely obscured by the dense woods.
Escape was within his grasp!
However.
At that critical, hair-raising moment.
An indescribable, bone-chilling cold suddenly shot out from his shoulder!
Lin Yi felt as if he were suddenly carrying a ten-thousand-year-old unmelting iceberg!
The sinister, cold energy penetrated his clothes and pierced straight to his marrow, making him shiver violently.
"Luo, what’s wrong?!"
Lin Yi’s heart tightened as he asked in a rushed, low voice.
Luo Qian’s voice trembled violently, his teeth chattering:
"Cold... so cold! Lin, the... the damn thing inside me... for some reason, it’s suddenly... suddenly gotten really active! It feels... it feels like it’s about to burst out!"
Hearing this, Lin Yi’s pupils contracted sharply!
A sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
’The unclean thing inside Luo Qian came from the tomb, so it must also be of the Yin Attribute, right?’
’Could it be... when I channeled the heart-fire Spiritual Essence to intimidate the Corpse General, its supremely yang aura acted like fuel to a fire, igniting the reaction of this yin-evil thing inside Luo Qian?’
However.
Before Lin Yi and Luo Qian could react—
"ROOOOAR!!!"
A roar even more furious, more greedy, and filled with more endless desire than before, exploded behind them like a clap of thunder!
The Corpse General, which had already turned its back and was gradually moving away, violently twisted its massive body around!