Chapter 57: The Corpse King

The sound of the water is faint, coming from the ethereal darkness in front of me, when I first hear it, it seems to be not far away, just walking, but the sound of the water seems to be blurred, and after a while it is a little clearer, so it is so far and near that people can't distinguish it, it looks particularly weird, and the road under my feet is still extending to the depths of the earth.

Shen Shi could no longer tell how far he had gone after entering this cave, the only thing he knew was that he had gone deep underground at this time. The silence in the silent and empty cave passage made his spirit a little nervous, but a similar experience had once in Shen Shi's memory, when he was still young, and Zhong Qingzhu and Zhong Qingzhu accidentally fell into that dark cave in the storm on Qingyu Island.

I don't know if it's because he had such an experience, so when facing this weird cave that looks like an underworld, Shen Shi's mood was quite calm, and occasionally he even thought of Zhong Qingzhu, thinking of the ten days when the two of them struggled to survive together in the desperate situation of the Tiankeng, and then the memory inexplicably thought of this time when she came back, outside the Yunshan Hall of the Shutang, she stood under the shade of the tree and smiled and waved to herself.

There seemed to be a trace of warmth in his heart, and the few friends he had when he was young didn't seem to have changed much, whether it was Zhong Qingzhu, Zhong Qinglu and Sun You.

Not far ahead, Xiao Hei suddenly stopped and snorted lowly.

Shen Shi raised his eyebrows, walked over, and soon saw that under the rock wall on the side in front of him, in the turquoise glow, there was a person who fell to the ground, motionless.

Xiao Hei glanced up at Shen Shi, Shen Shi was silent for a moment, then walked over and gently picked the person with his foot, under the dark light, the person's body turned over a little stiffly, revealing a stiff and distorted face, with pale skin and a frightened expression, but he had been dead for a long time.

Shen Shi frowned, his expression was a little solemn, such a corpse was already the sixth body he had seen along the way, and he had also encountered two ghosts like the Yin Spirit before, but because the Five Elements Spell he used restrained the ghost and was much more powerful than ordinary spells, plus there was a rough and thick little black top in front of him, so Shen Shi dealt with it very easily when he faced the ghosts, and he easily killed the two Yin Spirits in the back with only one fireball technique after finding the opportunity.

However, after killing the Yin Spirit, perhaps because of Xiao Hei's strange behavior when he sucked the Yin Spirit Essence for the first time, Shen Shi has always paid attention to it, but Xiao Hei no longer has any abnormal behavior, and the strange gray haze in his left eye has not appeared again, it seems that the previous abnormality is just a flash in the pan.

The six dead people I saw along the way, almost without exception, were all monks, and they were all people who came to this great tomb to explore and hunt for treasures. Although Shen Shi had been relatively easy to deal with the Yin Spirit in this cave so far, as the number of corpses he saw gradually increased, the frequency of Yin Spirit appearance seemed to have also increased, and it was obvious that the danger ahead seemed to have begun to gradually increase.

Perhaps, shouldn't we continue to venture ahead?

When he was hesitating in his heart, Xiao Hei beside him suddenly seemed to feel something, suddenly raised his head and glanced forward, snorted in his mouth, seemed to be shouting at Shen Shi, and then ran forward.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and still followed.

After walking forward for a few more feet, the surrounding caves hadn't changed much except that they looked much wider than before, but Shen Shi suddenly smelled a strong and choking breath.

It was a strong smell of blood.

Xiao Hei seemed to be a little uneasy in front of him, and roared in a low voice.

Shen Shi glanced at it, his face gradually became gloomy, and then he looked up at the deep darkness in front of him, and after taking a deep breath, he stepped out again.

The strange sound of the water, which had been far and near, suddenly began to become clear, and in the depths of this silent cavern, it flowed quietly like a small river, occasionally splashing, or the water slapping against the stones under the water, making a gurgling sound.

The more humid breeze blew from the depths of the shadows in front of him, and the bloody breath in the air became more and more intense as Shen Shi continued to move forward.

Suddenly, the cave passage that had been continuous and unchanging in front of him suddenly disappeared, and the turquoise glow emanating from the stone wall dissipated, replaced by a huge and strange huge underground cavity in front of him, the top of the cave was about dozens of zhang high from the ground, and there was a space of fifty acres in size, Shen Shi saw the river.

It was a river he had never seen or even imagined.

A red river suspended above the ground.

The red river flowed down from the dark and unknown part of the cave roof, like crimson blood, but for some reason, the torrent of water did not pour down like an ordinary waterfall, but gently like a stream, and just hung off the ground like that, slowly flowing through the air.

The sound of rushing water, faint waves, just like this, found in front of Shen Shi's eyes, so that he could hardly believe his eyes, only to see the strange red river water, and even turned a corner in the air, like a transparent river channel in mid-air, restricting those red rivers from turning and flowing, flowing smoothly into the dark depths of the distance.

Shen Shi even saw a fish in the river water, but the appearance of the fish made him even more creepy, except for the head and tail as usual, the fish that occasionally swam in the river water, the skin and flesh in the middle of the whole section were completely missing, only one bone was connected. However, in this strange river, these bony fish swim like living creatures, shaking their heads and tails.

Without the light of the turquoise glow just now, the huge cavern was darker than before, but near the hanging red river, perhaps because of the strange red light emitted from the red river itself, illuminating the nearby clearing, allowing people to see some of the surrounding conditions.

Shen Shi held his breath, a little unbearable to the extremely thick bloody gas here, he even wondered if the water in the weird red river was directly full of blood, because in the ancient legend, there is a blood river in the Huangquan Difu, where the blood is surging and there are countless fierce insects and snakes, competing for flesh and blood immortals are difficult to cross, only a Nai He bridge across the blood river, those who can cross this bridge can enter the Yellow Spring of the Difu and then enter the reincarnation.

However, although the hanging red river in front of him is weird, it is obviously very different from the legendary blood river of the underworld, and although the weird bone fish in the river are terrifying, they do not have the appearance of attacking the living creatures in the outside world.

Thinking of this, Shen Shi's heart was a little calmer, but he became more and more vigilant and careful, and when he arrived here, he had obviously begun to gradually go deeper into the depths of this underground tomb, although he hadn't found anything until this moment, but when he saw such a strange river, he was afraid that there was probably nothing good here, and what he couldn't figure out was where such a strong bloody aura came from, was it really emanating from the red river?

He slowly took a few more steps forward, and nothing happened, and the dark red light on the red river fell, illuminating his and the little black pig's faces a little eerie. Suddenly, at this moment, Xiao Hei's body slammed suddenly, but it was like a great enemy, his eyes widened and he looked at a shadowy dark place under the red river hanging in front of him, baring his teeth and making a vicious appearance, and at the same time let out an angry roar.

Shen Shi's heart was shocked, and a fireball talisman was already silently held in the palm of his right hand, and then he quickly turned around and faced the darkness.

A strange sound came from the darkness, and it sounded creepy, as if some monster was eating flesh. Shen Shi's pupils shrank slightly, and he took a few steps forward, while the little black pig walked in front of him.

The red light sprinkled down from the red river overhead, gradually illuminating the things in the darkness a little, and Shen Shi's face suddenly turned pale after seeing the scene there clearly.

There were dozens of corpses piled up there, all of them looked like monks who had come to adventure here, but all of them had already died at this moment, and the corpses were piled up in one place, forming a head-numbing hillock of corpses. At this moment, a huge figure that is at least twice as tall as ordinary people is leaning over this corpse mountain and devouring the flesh and blood of the corpse, between the actions, under the red light, it can be seen that this is actually a huge zombie, with a green face and fangs, skin and flesh like iron, two huge arms like iron casting, tearing the flesh easily, eyes like copper bells, two of the ghost fires are burning, and they are much brighter than the yin spirit that Shen Shi encountered before.

Shen Shi gasped, took a step back, and said in a low voice:

"Corpse King!"

Zombies are also one of the more common mysterious and strange ghosts, and the legend is that the corpse of a person is mutated after death, and it is flesh-hungry, with little intelligence, and is usually extremely powerful but clumsy. Among the many zombies, if a coincidental person absorbs the essence of the ghost's yin, it is possible to transform into another extraordinarily powerful zombie, which is the corpse king.

It's just that Shen Shi immediately frowned, and his eyes subconsciously scanned the surroundings, but there was a trace of doubt. He is well-read, and he also knows a little about the common sense of these common ghosts, the corpse king is not common, if he appears, it must be a place of deep evil, and at the same time, there are many ordinary zombies around, let them drive and call, and have never heard of a scene where the corpse king appears alone.

But right now, under the red river, in the shadows, it is clear that there is only this lonely corpse king, and there are no other ordinary zombies at all. As for the Yin Spirits that he had carefully lifted and fought before, there was no one around, but this was not a strange place for Shen Shi, there were many kinds of ghosts, and they never lived in harmony with each other, and it was commonplace to fight with each other, zombies and Yin Spirits were two kinds of ghosts that were incompatible, and it was normal for there to be no Yin Spirits around.

Shen Shi's gaze subconsciously fell on the strange red river in the sky, the red river was like that and the blood river was hanging in the air and flowing slowly, this place was full of weirdness, it seemed that even the ghosts, which were themselves weird, seemed to be affected by some unknown force.

At this time, Xiao Hei in front of him seemed to be a little nervous about the corpse king in front of him, but the hostility was even greater, and he let out a more and more angry roar, and this sound finally alarmed the corpse king who was immersed in flesh and blood, and on the corpse mountain, the ghost thing slowly raised its head and looked over here.

The two burning ghost fires reflected the shadows of Shen Shi and the little pig, flickering non-stop.