Chapter 1666: 1665: Killing Huo Yi, Guiding the Way

Chapter 1666: Chapter 1665: Killing Huo Yi, Guiding the Way

“You’re not completely stupid,” Huo Yi replied.

Outside this Five Ghosts Forest, the vast territory of a million miles is all under the rule of the Luo Family.

The forces capable of hiring the Five Fierces of the Five Ghosts Forest are probably very few indeed.

With a bit of calculation, one might conclude it’s only the Luo Family left to deal with.

The young lady is the flesh and blood of the Luo Family Head.

Someone doesn’t want her to return, and they’ve paid a large sum to ambush and kill along the way home.

The old man had originally anticipated this.

He just didn’t expect the other party to be so ruthless.

Even going so far as to hire Huo Yi, one of the Five Fierces, shows a strong determination.

“I’m just a mortal, this trip to the Luo Family is not to seize anything.

It’s merely to fulfill my mother’s last wish.”

From inside the carriage came a woman’s low sigh.

“Why must it be like this?”

Indeed, why must it be like this.

But she understood.

The human heart is unpredictable, and though she speaks the truth, others may not believe it.

The simplest truth is, the dead can’t lie.

“Enough, it’s time for you to be on your way,” the black mist began to swirl.

Moreover, during the conversation.

The black mist had secretly surrounded the area.

To prevent anyone from escaping.

“Wait a minute,” the old man hurriedly said.

“Senior, whatever they offered you, we can pay you multiple times over.”

“You cannot,” the voice in the black mist replied scornfully.

“How can a bastard offer me anything?”

These words sparked outrage in the old man’s expression.

It made him very angry.

The young lady was adrift since childhood, with no other intention in returning home but this time, only to suffer such insults.

“Even if I die, I’ll rip a layer of your skin off today.”

“Sigh, I say, everyone.

If you’re done talking, can someone point me in a direction,” Xu Zimei’s voice suddenly came from the side.

“Where are there many humans nearby, or are there any cities?”

Xu Zimei’s voice seemed to interrupt the heavy atmosphere around them.

In the darkness.

A voice snarled: “Kid, you’re on the brink of death and still thinking about how to get out?”

Then a woman’s voice came from inside the carriage.

“Sir, once you leave this Five Ghosts Forest, you’ll find humans everywhere, cities everywhere.

However, this incident started because of me.

I am truly sorry for implicating you.”

“I apologize to you here.”

“Miss, if he hadn’t stopped us, we may not have been caught up,” the old man grumbled.

“Stop arguing, I’ll send you on your way together,” the black mist roared.

Huo Yi was already somewhat impatient.

With a loud “boom,” the black mist coalesced into a large face, directly engulfing them.

The terrifying thing for the old man was that under the black mist’s shroud, his imperial power seemed to be suppressed.

Even his surging vitality came to a halt.

The old man’s expression became grim.

Rumor had it that the ghost qi of the Five Fierces, after countless years of merging, had become tainted with the rules of Barrenness.

Now it seemed true.

The rules of Barrenness were destroying his body.

It was as if he were a growing tree, beginning to wither bit by bit.

The black mist grew even denser.

The “hee hee hee” laughter added to the fear in this rain-soaked forest.

“Boring,” Xu Zimei lifted his eyelids and said blandly.

The Tyrant Shadow behind him remained unsheathed.

Merely a wisp of Blade Qi leaked out.

The Blade Qi seemed like a Heaven Shaking power, directly tearing all the black mist apart.

“What is that?”

In the black mist, Huo Yi was roaring.

Yet the next moment, that Blade Qi went in all directions, directly slicing into the black mist.

A scream erupted, and all the black mist began to withdraw.

“Really misjudged, you’re a cultivator.”

In the gathering black mist.

A skeletal old man appeared.

This old man had no blood or flesh, seemingly a layer of skin covering bones.

His eyes were deeply sunken with black qi emanating.

The old man was wrapped in tattered robes.

“Boy, you’ve seen my true form.

No matter your identity, you’ll die today.”

This Huo Yi roared angrily.

His tattered robe fluttered.

Countless black qi converged toward him.

“Human Disaster,” Huo Yi’s voice fell.

From his body, countless skulls, ghosts, specters, and corpse puppets all rushed towards Xu Zimei.

“Miss, be careful,” the old man urged as he guarded the carriage warily.

“I’m fine, Great Elder, go help that gentleman,” the woman in the carriage replied.

“My duty is to protect the young lady,” the old man responded, shaking his head.

Meanwhile.

Xu Zimei watched the unceasing stream of ghosts within the black mist.

He waved his right hand forward.

In everyone’s eyes, nothing seemed to happen.

But invisibly, an irresistible force struck Huo Yi.

In an instant.

A wretched scream echoed.

That force annihilated all the black mist, directly shattering Huo Yi into countless bone fragments.

“Who… who are you?”

“Just a traveler,” Xu Zimei replied softly.

He stepped forward, treading directly on the fragments of bones that Huo Yi had turned into.

A crunching sound came as the bones were crushed to powder.

“Even if you’ve killed me, you won’t leave this Five Ghosts Forest.”

Xu Zimei ignored Huo Yi’s threats, a spirit not even at the Great Saint level.

Was indeed no challenge for someone like him, a Half-Step Taoist Fruit.

“I’ve saved your lives, in return, but I’ll be going to the human city,” Xu Zimei turned his head.

Looking at the dumbfounded old man in front of the carriage.

“Senior,” the old man stammered in response.

“I was blind and didn’t recognize you, I hope you’ll forgive me.”

“If I was going to blame you, you’d be a corpse now,” Xu Zimei said flatly.

Just then, the curtain of the carriage was lifted.

A woman stepped out.

She wore a pristine long white dress.

Giving off a sense of frailty.

With an oval face and a high nose, her disheveled hair from the escape gave her an air of chaos.

She was beautiful.

But her bright eyes, white teeth, and red lips made her presence comfortable.

“Luo Mingyue greets Senior, thank you for your lifesaving grace.”

“I didn’t save you, just needed someone to guide me,” Xu Zimei waved his hand dismissively.

“Indeed, but you still saved us, Senior,” Luo Mingyue responded.

“Alright, if you want to thank me, then lead me out of here,” Xu Zimei said.

He had little interest in accepting gratitude.

After all, they were not on the same level.

“Rest assured, young master, barring any accidents, we’ll be out of here in three days at most,” Luo Mingyue explained.

However, Xu Zimei was already uninterested in her.

Luo Mingyue could only return to the carriage, led by the old man.

While Xu Zimei walked in mid-air behind them.

After half a day’s journey, as night seemed to fall.

The fog in the Five Ghosts Forest thickened, and the old man had to stop.