Along the way, Su Ran quietly absorbed the death power of dozens of spirit beasts, and his cultivation also broke through to the sixth layer of the Tongmai Realm.

"Huh, what is this?". Duanmu Lingwan suddenly found a spirit beast corpse, and when she looked closely, it turned out to be a snake, with nine heads, the snake body was extremely long, eighteen eyes were tightly closed, and she was paralyzed on the ground, and the snake body looked slightly stiff, as if she had just died.

Su Ran stepped forward and gently rested his palm on the snake's body, "Strange, how can the death power on this nine-headed spirit snake at the peak of the Tongmai Realm be so small, and it is barely roughly equivalent to the spirit beast at the peak of the Convergence Qi Realm."

"It's not good, retreat quickly", Su Ran thought of a possibility, quickly got up, kicked the ground with one foot, and quickly retreated.

I saw that the eyes of one of the heads of the nine-headed spirit snake suddenly opened, emitting a dazzling cold light, and the huge snake tail was thrown towards Su Ran and the others like a giant dragon.

Su Ran was going to dodge through the Qingyun Shattered Star Step, but saw that Duanmu Lingwan was so frightened that her face turned pale, as if she had forgotten to dodge the attack of the snake tail, and she was about to die.

"Hey, it's okay, after all, you woke me up"

Su Ran sighed, moved his footsteps, swept towards the stunned Lingwan, hugged him into his arms, and jumped to the side with all his might, using all his strength to dodge the deadly attack.

With a bang, although Su Ran had raised his speed to the extreme, he was still slammed to his back by a small piece of snake tail.

Pitch-black blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, although Su Ran was now a corpse puppet, and his physical strength far exceeded that of the same level, but the spirit snake that had reached the peak of the Tongmai Realm was almost smashed to pieces.

Su Ran felt that countless cracks had appeared inside the corpse puppet's body, and his strength had been greatly damaged.

The nine-headed spirit snake also seemed to have exhausted its last strength because of this blow, and its eyes that had just opened closed again, and its nine heads were limp on the ground, and its whole body was already extremely weak.

Su Ran tightly protected Duanmu Lingwan, the pain caused his pupils to constrict, but he didn't let go of a trace of strength. Duanmu Lingwan felt the warmth on his body in Su Ran's arms, but she also clearly felt the trembling of his body.

Duanmu Lingwan looked at Su Ran's appearance of being injured in order to save her, and her eyes were full of shock and doubt.

"Why? Why did you sacrifice your life for me, a slave of the soul? Duanmu Lingwan asked tremblingly. She couldn't understand why Su Ran risked her life for a slave like her.

"Because it's you, Duanmu Lingwan. It was you who woke me up from my long-slumber with the art of corpse golems. If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I would have been asleep. Saving you this time can be regarded as repaying your kindness. “

"You, who is it" After she became a soul slave, she couldn't figure out Su Ran's true identity and temperament, and her heart was full of doubts, and she didn't dare to ask. Now, she couldn't help but ask.

"The former young sect master of the Qingyun Sect, Su Ran."

"So you're not dead, so ....." Ling Wan said again.

Su Ran didn't speak again, but walked towards the nine-headed spirit snake that was completely out of breath.

"Half a foot has stepped into reincarnation, and its ferocity has prompted it to deliver such a strong blow, this Netherworld Forest is really evil."

It turned out that it had been seriously injured by the cruel laws of the Nether Forest, and it was besieged by wolves.

Although he killed the crazy one-eyed black wolf pack, the nine-headed spirit snake had already run out of oil, and when he was dying, he sensed the approach of humans, and the Netherworld seemed to have a strange magic power, prompting the spirit snake that had stepped into reincarnation half a step to launch the final blow.

That's why when Su Ran first saw it, he noticed that the spirit snake in the Tongmai Realm only had the death qi of the Convergence Qi Realm, because it was not completely dead.

Su Ran squatted next to the spirit snake, stretched out his right hand, and greedily devoured the qi of death.

Although it was not the first time that Ling Wan on the side had seen this scene, she was still stunned by Su Ran's visible cultivation to increase her speed, and she didn't even understand what kind of demonic Dao technique he was cultivating.

The sixth layer of the Tongmai Realm

The peak of the sixth layer of the Tongmai Realm

The seventh layer of the Tongmai Realm

The pinnacle of the seventh layer of the Tongmai Realm

Finally, Su Ran stopped absorbing and slowly took a breath.

"Whew, comfortable".

I saw Su Ran's index finger and middle finger together, a sharp sword light burst out from between his two fingers, and after a few brushes, the sword flashed, and the nine heads were divided into two, and the nine turquoise crystal nuclei in the skull exuded dazzling brilliance.

Su Ran waved his hand, and the nine crystal nuclei were in his pocket, although this thing could not be absorbed by himself, it could be sold for a good price in the future.

"Let's go, it's weird here, we need to get out of here as soon as possible," he said, and walked south.

"Oh, uh-huh" Duanmu Lingwan replied, looking at Su Ran's eyes that became more complicated.

As the two of them went deeper and deeper into the hinterland of the Netherworld, the strange aura became stronger and stronger. The fallen leaves under your feet seemed to have a ghostly whistling sound, and from time to time there was a low wail, which sent chills down your spine.

Suddenly, Su Ran stopped, and the scene in front of him made him feel a little uneasy. A mysterious altar appeared in front of him, surrounded by black thorns and withered trees, giving people an endless sense of oppression.

The altar is round in shape, made of jet-black stone, and is surrounded by strange vines, which seem to exude an ancient and evil aura. In the center of the altar was a large skeleton, what appeared to be the remains of some unknown creature, large in size and exuding an eerie aura.

The ground around the altar was covered with strange runes, which seemed to be some kind of mysterious language, exuding a strong coercion. Around the altar, there are also several human skeletons, which seem to have died a long time ago, but the bones are still well preserved, giving a sense of foreboding.

Su Ran and Duanmu Lingwan cautiously approached the altar, only to see that next to the bones of the owner of the bones, there was a stone tablet with a broken line of words written in blood: "I'm finally free, Qing'er, I'm here." ”

The blood words have congealed, weathered, and apparently aged many years, but still retain an eerie aura.

The blood congealed into mottled shapes, glowing with a dark red sheen, and time didn't seem to dissipate the chilling aura. There is a strong emotion in the handwriting, as if these words carry some kind of unspeakable pain and longing.

Duanmu Lingwan looked at Su Ran nervously, and said worriedly, "It's too evil here, let's leave." ”

Su Ran's eyes were firmly fixed on the blood words on the stone tablet, and he felt that strong emotion spreading, as if the soul seeking liberation was calling. He bowed his head and said, "You're right, it's too weird here, it's better for us to leave as soon as possible." ”

However, just as they were about to leave, a muffled chanting was heard in the distance. As the voice drew closer, they were surprised to see a group of monks dressed in various costumes of various imperial sects.