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The voice kept coming from outside, and with it came the strange Divine Sense from before.
That Divine Sense kept invading Lin Jingâs mind.
Fortunately, Lin Jingâs Divine Sense was extremely strong. Apart from the initial lack of guard, the influence was minimal now.
If it werenât for the fact that the black-robed elder had said not to send out Divine Sense no matter what happened, Lin Jing would have wanted to send out his Divine Sense to see what was happening outside.
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Just then, that voice outside came again:
âLin Daoyouâ¦â
âI didnât expect you to distrust me so much, it really chills my heart, well thenâ¦â
âLet us part ways here and now.â
With these words, the footsteps of someone leaving could be heard from outsideâ¦
During this time, Lin Jing did not pay any attention to the movements outside.
Then, silence returned to the outdoors.
Lin Jing continued to sit cross-legged, pricking up his ears to listen to the noises outside.
It wasnât long after Lin Jing sat down that another voice came from outside.
This voice entering Lin Jingâs ears made his whole body suddenly stiffen.
Because the voice was identical to Huang Qinglingâs.
âLin Jing, Iâve come to play with you. Itâs been so long since we last met, have you forgotten about meâ¦â
And the tone was exactly like Huang Qinglingâs too.
With this voice came a more intense influence from the Divine Sense.
Lin Jing dispelled the influence of that Divine Sense, his eyebrows tightly knit. Could this place also probe oneâs memories?
That matter concerning System Spaceâ¦
At this moment, Lin Jing no longer wanted to probe further.
He decided to see what exactly lurked in the night.
Therefore, Lin Jing directly called out to the System, entering the System Space.
Upon entering the System Space, the torrent of Spiritual Power instantly surged towards Lin Jing, from the previous lack of any Spiritual Power to now being extremely dense, a change in environment in a momentâs time.
Lin Jing took a moment to adjust before regaining his composure.
Then, without delay, Lin Jing spoke:
âEnter Observation Mode!â
As Lin Jingâs words fell, immediately, the view in front of Lin Jing changed, appearing right outside the System Space.
At this moment, Lin Jingâs point of view was still within the cave.
Thus, Lin Jing directly controlled the observation view and moved it outward, passing through the black boulder blocking the cave entrance.
He directly saw the scene outside.
At the entrance to Lin Jingâs cave,
were several cultivators in blood-red robes, standing stiffly at the entrance of Lin Jingâs cave.
These cultivators, like the walking corpse from before, had distracted, unfocused eyes.
However, the difference was
these cultivators were covered in blood-red, even their eyes were red.
It seemed that these must be the blood corpses.
Moreover, among them was one larger than the others, and atop its head crouched a black, strange evil spirit.
This evil spirit was not very large, just slightly bigger than the blood corpseâs head, looking like a fierce ghost with a ferocious face and sharp fangs.
Furthermore, this strange evil spirit did not have a body; from the chest down it became ethereal, merging into the body of the blood corpse.
At this time, a series of bizarre syllables came.
â@ï¼, %@*#@ï¼$â¦â
â#$@%ï¼â¦â
It was at this time, while observing the strange evil spirit, that Lin Jing realized that the bizarre syllables were coming from its mouth.
Moreover, as the evil spirit emitted these strange syllables, black ripples spread out, unaffected by the black boulder, penetrating into the cave.
It seemed that the black ripples had been influencing Lin Jingâs Divine Sense.
Unexpectedly, the ripples were so formidable that what Lin Jing had heard was unmistakably Huang Qinglingâs voice. It seemed that even with the Divine Sense at the Nascent Soul Stage, he could still be affected by this strange evil spirit.
Making Lin Jing believe he had heard Huang Qinglingâs voice.
After observing these blood corpses, Lin Jing then turned the direction of view elsewhere.
The sky had turned pitch black by now.
However, through the pitch-black skies, one could still make out those blood-red clouds, which were still floating.
But they were obscured by the pitch-black sky.
Then, Lin Jing shifted the view upward and saw a patch of light within the thick red clouds, which appeared to not have emerged yet.
That must be the moon of the Devouring Spirit Blood Realm.
The black-robed elder had said not to look at the moon or to be illuminated by the moonlight.
That moon probably had its own significant issues.
However, Lin Jing observed the moon through Observation Mode from within the System Space, so it should be fine.
Next, Lin Jing continued to look towards the entrance of his cave, where the blood corpses were still standing.
The strange evil spirit on the leading blood corpse once again spoke.
â@%ï¼#*â¦â
After speaking, the blood corpse also raised its arm and tapped on the black boulder.
Shortly after, seeing still no movement inside the cave, Lin Jing could also detect a hint of a desolate emotion in the strange syllables:
â#@$ï¼*%ï¼, #@*ï¼%ï¼â¦â
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After waiting a while longer and seeing no movements from within the cave, the eerie spirit controlling the blood corpses began to lift its feet and then set them downâ¦
Imitating the sound of someone leavingâ¦
Moreover, the sound grew fainter and fainter, as if someone truly had left.
This eerie spirit was truly terrifying.
If one was not careful enough, they could easily fall victim to its tricks.
Next, Lin Jing no longer paid attention to the few spirits outside his cave but controlled the Observation Mode to explore other areas.
After moving away from the vicinity of the cave, Lin Jing saw that the entire mountain was filled with a kind of red fog.
Within the red fog, blood-red blood corpses occasionally passed by.
On top of the mountain, there were occasionally a few giant black stones, which seemed like kryptonite to the red fog; it simply could not approach the vicinity of the black stones.
Even the blood corpses would intentionally bypass these black stones.
However, the blood corpses outside his cave showed no fear of the black stones and even dared to knock on them.
It seemed likely that they were controlled by the eerie black spirits, which is why they behaved in such a way.
Then, Lin Jing controlled Observation Mode to survey the vicinity for quite a whileâ¦
During this time, he even saw blood corpses possessed by eerie spirits, walking with a staggering corpse towards the Sea of Blood.
The walking corpseâs clothes were tattered, its body covered with countless wounds, and some wounds were still bleeding profusely.
Clearly, this person had been through a battle, but it seemed that they were no match for the walking corpse at all.
â¦â¦
After observing, Lin Jing prepared to return the Observation Mode to check if the blood corpses at the entrance of his cave had left.
But just then, a pale red light suddenly appeared in the sky, shining down from above.
As the pale red light fell, the red fog that was scattered everywhere also dispersed with it.
Lin Jing turned the Observation Mode upward and saw that the thick red clouds parted to reveal a âmoonâ emanating red light.
While it was called a moon, it truly wasnâtâ¦
Lin Jing looked at the âmoon,â which resembled an eye that had opened, and at the moment, it was sweeping its gaze across the entire Devouring Spirit Blood Realm.
Seeing this, Lin Jingâs brows knitted tightly, and he couldnât help thinking to himself:
âWhat exactly is this Devouring Spirit Blood Realm, to be so eerieâ¦â
âAnd that red eye in the sky, is it a cultivator or some other being?â
That blood-red eye seemed to be patrolling, constantly scanning the Devouring Spirit Blood Realm.
And with the eyeâs motion, the red âmoonlightâ also moved continuouslyâ¦
After observing for a while and finding nothing else, Lin Jing controlled Observation Mode to return to the entrance of the cave.
Upon returning to the cave, Lin Jing saw that the blood corpses at the entrance had still not left.
At that moment, the eerie spirit began to emit a string of strange syllables:
âï¼@$,#@ï¼%ï¼#,ï¼$@%ï¼%@$â¦â
Having spoken, the sound of falling stones followed, emanating from the spirit, as if someone were chiseling away at a giant rock.
Then, Lin Jing exited Observation Mode, left the System Space, and returned to the cave once more.
Outside, the sound of stones ceaselessly falling continued.
If Lin Jing hadnât witnessed the situation outside for himself, he might have thought that someone was really outside the cave, destroying his giant rock.
No wonder the black-robed elder had said that no matter what happens, one must not move the giant rock.
As for using Divine Senseâ¦
Given Lin Jingâs Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense, it was still susceptible to influence, which was tellingâ¦
If he were to use Divine Sense, he would certainly not escape either.
It might even be possible for his Divine Sense to be affected and controlled by the eerie spirit outside.
At that moment, the sound of falling stones ceased.
Qi Yuanshuâs voice came from outside again:
âLin Daoyouâ¦â
âIâm about to break through this giant rock; do you really need me to come in for you to believe?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lin Jing did not respond, but instead sat down cross-legged and resumed meditation.
Then, Qi Yuanshuâs voice came again:
âFine, fine, fineâ¦â
âIf thatâs how it is, then donât blame me for turning hostileâ¦â
âOnce Iâm in, Iâll surely refine you.â
Following that, the sound of digging at the stones resumed, and it became even clearer, as if someone was indeed about to break through the giant rock.
Lin Jing, however, remained calmly meditating, not heeding the outside world.
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Afterward, the eerie spirit kept trying various methods to tempt Lin Jing to leave the cave.
But Lin Jing simply acted as if it did not exist.
He paid no mind to everything that was happening outside.
Only after experiencing these things did Lin Jing truly understand how dreadful the Devouring Spirit Blood Realm was.
Moreover, he became even more cautious when dealing with those Puppet Cultivators.
Because, those blood corpses and the eerie spirits could only lure the cultivators within the caves to move the giant rock themselves; they couldnât truly destroy the black stone.
But the Puppet Cultivators were different, their puppets were capable of destroying the giant black stones.
And with the blood corpses and eerie spirits outside providing cover, he couldnât extend his Divine Sense to discern the real from the fake.
He could only choose his cave further away from them.
That way, it would be easier to protect himselfâ¦