Chapter 1800 - 965: Bell Grass (2)

Chapter 1800: Chapter 965: Bell Grass (2)

Hearing Hua Shengmi’s reminder, Lin Feng also realized that time was tight, so taking everyone up the mountain to search together might be a bit faster.

After all, Lin Feng didn’t know the mountain Dao around here, so with someone leading the way, it’d be much easier.

Lin Feng said to the armored officer, "There are too many people. Just find two who are familiar with the mountain paths to come with me, that’ll be enough." He said this also out of consideration for the others’ safety.

The armored officer heard Lin Feng say that and seemed to greatly respect Lin Feng’s decision; without thinking, he nodded directly to Lin Feng.

Then he went to the front of the group and picked out two capable subordinates, and the three of them followed Lin Feng up the mountain.

The environment on the mountain was extremely gloomy and oppressive. If at this time Lin Feng and the armored officer had left, these two ordinary people would probably have been scared to death on the spot.

No one knew where they’d found that kind of courage, actually following Lin Feng up the mountain without any hesitation.

By now the ridgeline had already fallen into darkness. The four of them had gone up the mountain, torches in hand. They were standing on a section of mountain path when Lin Feng asked the two soldiers, "Do you know where there’s a mass grave around here?"

At the words "mass grave," one of the soldiers’ legs immediately started trembling. He said to Lin Feng, "There is a mass grave, sure, but the folks in the mountains say that place is haunted..." As soon as he finished, the soldier shuddered hard.

Lin Feng smiled at him, very calm as he said, "Relax. With me here, nothing will happen to you."

Hearing Lin Feng say that, the soldier finally muttered, "Follow me then."

Once the soldier finished speaking, Lin Feng followed him along a mountain path to the left. At this moment they were surrounded by forest; without the torches in their hands they probably wouldn’t even be able to see the road.

Before long, Lin Feng and the others arrived at a strange place. All around were toppled, broken tombstones and mounded grave dirt. There was spirit money scattered about and bamboo poles stuck in the ground, with paper streamers hanging from them.

The soldier was a bit fearful and didn’t dare go any farther, but Lin Feng wasn’t afraid at all and went straight in, with the armored officer following him inside.

At this moment the armored officer turned his head to look at the two useless cowards and snapped angrily, "What are you two doing? Get in here and help already..." Although his tone was urgent, he still lowered his voice a bit out of fear.

The two soldiers, hearing their superior’s order, looked at each other, swallowed hard, and finally forced themselves to muster up some courage.

Seeing the two of them walk in, the armored officer finally felt like he’d regained some face.

With his own men acting this cowardly, he as their commanding officer really couldn’t hold his head up, especially since he’d personally picked them to help Lin Feng look for Bell Grass.

But when the armored officer turned back to look ahead, he realized Lin Feng was gone.

That alone wasn’t the main problem. When he couldn’t find Lin Feng, he turned to look for the two soldiers, and at that moment, those two had also disappeared.

In this large graveyard, only the armored officer was left. He sucked in a cold breath, feeling a numb chill spread across his back.

He knew something had to be wrong somewhere, but as he studied the surroundings, he couldn’t see a single thing out of place; it all looked the same as before.

The armored officer didn’t call out. Right now he could feel that something was watching him, as if this entire situation had been created by that "something."

At the same time, Lin Feng had just arrived in front of a grave. He saw a cluster of Netherworld Fire ignite on the grave and immediately pinched his True Yuan in his hand, releasing a blast of powerful Radiant Light energy to disperse the Netherworld Fire, only to draw even more Netherworld Fire to swarm him.

Lin Feng was now trapped in a melee. He could already sense that he’d been surrounded by beings from the Netherworld.

At the same time, the two soldiers had clearly seen the armored officer calling to them earlier, but the moment they walked forward, the armored officer inexplicably vanished.

One of the soldiers complained, "This is all your fault. You weren’t watching where you were going, and now those two are gone. How are we supposed to find anyone in this pitch-black mess?"

The other soldier retorted, "How is that my fault? You’re the one who zoned out." While they were arguing, they didn’t notice the corpses in the darkness crawling up out of the soil.

Lin Feng cast several Seal Techniques in a row, but the Ghost Fire in front of him not only failed to decrease, it actually grew more and more as he killed.

Hua Shengmi whined at Lin Feng, "This is all your fault. Great, now—these are the things I’m most afraid of!"

"Now is not the time for you to be scared. I’m guessing someone deliberately set up an Array for me. Otherwise there’s no way my Spiritual Sense wouldn’t see through it." Lin Feng said to Hua Shengmi in a level tone.

As he spoke, Lin Feng focused his mind and blasted out another Seal Technique, then used his Void Technique, trying to escape. But no matter how he used it, he felt like he was still circling around inside this graveyard, and the three others around him seemed to have vanished as well.

Lin Feng thought, why is this so weird—could it be an Isolation Technique...

But there was only some Yin energy here; how could that be an Isolation Technique? Could it be that earlier grave causing trouble?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng decisively walked back to the grave from before. Right now his hands were forming Seal Techniques, countless hand signs flashing with Radiant Light as they struck the Ghost Fire. For the moment, the Ghost Fire couldn’t get close enough to chase him.

Lin Feng walked up to the grave and took a look. After carefully examining the tombstone, he finally discovered something.

"So the problem lies with the owner of this grave." Lin Feng said with a cold sneer.

Hua Shengmi, now on alert, heard Lin Feng say that and immediately asked him, "What’s up with this grave? What ’this’ and ’that’?"

"Look, this is a Hundred-Man Mound. Yin energy has collected inside, which is why so much Ghost Fire gathered here to feed on it. Earlier I provoked them, so they chased me down. But that still doesn’t explain why we got separated." Lin Feng said. His expression brightened quite a bit—at least he’d finally figured out the key part.

Lin Feng went on to tell Hua Shengmi, "Right now there’s only a single corpse left inside this Hundred-Man Mound. That corpse has become the Ghost King of this place. I’m guessing it’s the one playing tricks in there, setting up this Barrier to separate me from the others."

Hearing this, Hua Shengmi suddenly saw the light as well. Now that she knew what was behind all the haunting, they just had to go deal with it. Earlier, she’d been scared simply because she didn’t understand the situation—fear in the face of the unknown is human instinct. Even though Hua Shengmi was just a peanut, she possessed human Spiritual Sense.

With that, Lin Feng directly summoned his Divine Sword. The sword radiated an overwhelming aura, and the instant it was unleashed, it suppressed everything around. The Netherworld Fire that had been drifting closer was directly shredded by the sword’s terrifying might, souls scattered, annihilated on the spot.

"These Netherworld Fires are the legendary Earth Fire Spirit. Never thought there’d be so many ghosts here." Lin Feng said casually.

Just as Lin Feng was about to strike, he saw the ghosts actually crumble on their own under the oppression of the Divine Sword’s aura. In no time, most were dead or had fled, dispersing completely.

The "Ghost King" lurking in the Hundred-Man Mound graveyard was also extremely wary. Lin Feng was just about to swing his sword to cut down the grave when, from the mound of dirt, a plant glowing faintly with phosphorescent light grew out. The plant looked like a bell, its whole body wrapped in intense Spiritual Power. Lin Feng’s sword was about to fall when Hua Shengmi cried out hurriedly, "Kid Lin, look quick! A plant just grew out on top of the grave mound!"

Lin Feng’s movement was interrupted, and he lowered the hand holding the sword instead of slashing down on the mound. Staring at the inexplicably sprouted plant, he said in delighted surprise, "Bell Grass."

Then Lin Feng plucked the Bell Grass, and the surroundings returned to calm. Maybe the Ghost King had admitted its mistake to Lin Feng and offered up the Bell Grass as tribute...

Right then, the two soldiers, chased by the corpses, tripped and fell to the ground. They’d already given up hope, but after squeezing their eyes shut and screaming for a long time, they never felt the corpses gnawing on them. Feeling something was off, they opened their eyes and saw the armored officer standing in front of them.

The armored officer said to them coldly, "What do you think you’re doing?!"