Li Muyang, the game’s protagonist bearing a system map, could not locate the exact positions of the night demons.
Yet these two night demons could precisely lock onto his location?
Moreover, these two night demons not only possessed slightly more power than the previous ones, but their aura also felt somewhat familiar.
It seemed like he had encountered them somewhere before.
“These night demons are indeed different from other evil spirits in the Ancient Resentment Well.”
Li Muyang muttered to himself.
Apart from their ability to move freely during the day, the various characteristics of these night demons also prove they are not the same type as other evil spirits.
Li Muyang continued his journey in Ding Liang’s carriage.
They had already left Guo Country, being cautious along the way, and the Puppet Masters from Black Feather Pavilion would most likely fail to locate him even if they intended to assassinate Li Muyang.
Meanwhile, up on the Wheel of Reincarnation, Yan Xiaoru’s Star Leading Technique reached an impasse, and two whole days passed without any results.
Instead, it was Li Muyang in the game who was attacked again.
This time, he sat in the wilderness by the roadside, watching Ding Liang busily make a fire and cook.
Not every meal could conveniently happen in town; cooking meals by the roadside during the day was common.
But just as Ding Liang had lit the fire and started cooking, a sinister, pale green shadow slowly emerged from the river not far away.
[Night Demon]
A night demon, carrying a red health bar, appeared silently and launched an attack on Li Muyang.
This battle was slightly more challenging.
It took Li Muyang ten minutes to slay this suddenly appearing night demon.
[Mission Content: Find traces of the night demons, collect fragments of the night demons]
[Current Progress: 23/61]
The Princess of the Defunct Country, as always, pounced forward, screeching as she devoured the night demon.
This terrifying scene had even made the driver, Ding Liang, numb to it, fearlessly sitting by and continuing to cook.
But Li Muyang could not relax.
He frowned at the corpse on the ground, knowing that the night demons must have undergone some sort of change.
Night demons repeatedly attacking him.
How did this group of night demons know his exact location?
Li Muyang narrowed his eyes, recalling the Heart Demon he encountered previously in Heshan Town.
The Evil Spirit that parasitized General Zhong through temptation and was eventually taken back to the Ancient Resentment Well by General Zhong from the mortal world, could also move during the day.
And back then, there were no less than a hundred of such evil spirits parasitizing General Zhong.
Could this group of evil spirits be targeting him in the shadows?
Li Muyang continued on his way, only traveling half a day before another night demon with a health bar appeared at dusk, attacking Li Muyang.
Unsurprisingly, this night demon was also slain.
But Li Muyang felt it was becoming troublesome.
He was not afraid of night demons continuously coming after him, but he disliked the feeling of being targeted by an unseen enemy.
Whether it was evil spirits targeting him, or the night demons consciously attacking him, both irritated Li Muyang.
After pondering in the darkness for a long time, the next day on the road, Li Muyang said to Ding Liang.
“Ding Liang, turn back,” Li Muyang calmly said: “Let’s return to Guo Country, to Red Ridge Mountain.”
Located within the boundaries of Guo Country, Red Ridge Mountain was where Li Muyang had found General Zhong years ago.
After being corrupted and invaded, General Zhong hid and labored in Red Ridge Mountain.
After Li Muyang and Liu Li Fairy found General Zhong, the evil spirits within his body went into complete uproar, frantically chasing after Li Muyang and Liu Li Fairy.
Li Muyang and Liu Li Fairy encountered numerous dangers along their journey, finally escaping with great difficulty.
Currently, the evil entities inside General Zhong have emerged to cause chaos. What about General Zhong, who was tainted and possessed by these Evil Spirits? Is he still at Red Ridge Mountain?
Li Muyang’s intuition told him that heading to Red Ridge Mountain could lead to some progress.
He disliked sitting around waiting to be attacked by nightmares; who knows what the covert enemies would do next?
Thus, Li Muyang and his party turned their carriage around and headed towards Guo Country, which they had just fled from not long ago.
That’s when something bizarre happened.
After the carriage turned direction and started towards Guo Country, Li Muyang surprisingly encountered no more attacks from nightmares.
He and Ding Liang’s carriage traveled unimpeded through the wilderness highways, reaching Guo Country in seven days with ease and continued towards Red Ridge Mountain.
Luckily, Red Ridge Mountain was not far from the entrance they used, and after another three days on the road, the mountain ridge of Red Ridge Mountain appeared before Li Muyang.
The ridge line stretched under the setting sun on the horizon, the scene familiar and almost unchanged since his last visit.
However, once they entered Red Ridge Mountain, Li Muyang’s expression turned solemn.
During the previous visit to Red Ridge Mountain, the scenery was picturesque with lush green forests, and beneath the mountain were villages and paddy fields extending, presenting a paradisiacal scenery.
But now, Red Ridge Mountain under the setting sun was desolate and in ruins, the air filled with a faint stench of decay, with bare ridges as if scorched by a great fire, devoid of any vegetation.
The previously peaceful village at the mountain’s foot had now turned into a deserted village with collapsed houses and no inhabitants.
Everything in sight was desolate, gloomy, and discomforting.
Ding Liang, blinking his eyes, looked at the deserted village before him and said, “Did a lot of people die here?”
The mortals from the Ancient Resentment Well turn into Evil Spirits after losing consciousness and dying, whether attacked while unconscious or after death, all morph into monsters.
Although the specifics are unbeknownst to the mortals, they know that the dead will be possessed by Evil Spirits.
Thus, cremation after death is a long-standing custom within the Ancient Resentment Well.
The strong and pungent smell of burning in this deserted village’s air indicates that many bodies were burnt here.
Li Muyang crossed the deserted village and arrived at the field where he had previously met General Zhong.
This place was General Zhong’s hiding spot, but now it too was burnt down, the paddy field turned to ash, and a thatched house nearby half collapsed.
It seemed as if it had been trampled by some huge monster.
“Eh? Sir, look at this, what is it? I’ve never seen such a thing!”
In the ashes of the ruins, the driver Ding Liang suddenly discovered something, excitedly picked it up, and ran to Li Muyang.
Li Muyang took it and his pupils slightly constricted when he saw it clearly.
What Ding Liang found was a sharp Sword Scabbard typical of Sword Cultivators.
Although only half remained and it was severely damaged, one could faintly sense some remnants of Sword Intent within the scabbard.
Sword Cultivators…
Cultivators couldn’t possibly appear in the Ancient Resentment Well, let alone the rare Sword Cultivators.
Yet, connected to the Tianyuan Continent which was home to many Sword Cultivator sects…
Li Muyang immediately started searching in the ashen ruins and soon found numerous marks left from Sword Cultivator battles.
Many Sword Cultivators had actually been here!
Li Muyang’s countenance turned slightly grim.
“…Has the Mysterious Sword Sect entered the Ancient Resentment Well?!”
Apart from him, the only others who knew about Red Ridge Mountain were Liu Li Fairy Chu Qingxue.
And it wasn’t just Chu Qingxue.
After expanding his search radius, Li Muyang found more traces of battle.
It seemed that Shen Yan from the Blood Lotus Sect and her controlled projection of the Auspicious Celestial Monarch had also entered.
“What are they here for?!”