Chapter 96
The change happened so quickly that no one could react in time. The archaeologist nearest to the sacrificial burial pit was the first to be pulled down.
“Ah, help! Save me…”
In just a blink of the eye, the man’s cry for help stopped. The scholar’s miserable screams were swallowed up bite by bite by the white bones that had rushed up.
When the others saw this scene, they all panicked and screamed as they ran away. When Han Lijun saw this, he pulled Gu Bai behind him. He then immediately raised his sword and led the soldiers to stop the skeletons which had rushed up.
Although they usually use mecha and other interstellar weapons, their own innate skills were not weak. The ancient military techniques of Earth had gone through great development in the Interstellar era. The soldiers’ sword techniques were very fierce and smashed up the skeletons that rushed up like a storm.
However, no matter how fierce the soldiers were, the bones in the corpse pit were in the tens of thousands, so they were simply unable to kill them all. Some unfortunate people were dragged out by the bones that were able to get in through the gaps, and were completely eaten up before they could even get a few words out.
However, what was strange was that those skeletons did not dare to get close to Gu Bai, as if they were afraid of him.
“It’s over! They’re definitely done for…”
The moods of the people who were watching this on StarNet worsened when they saw this.
Those in the tomb were all talents of the Empire, as well as Admiral Han, who was the admiral protecting the empire. The empire was able to reach such a position currently in the interstellar world, all thanks to these people’s efforts.
At this time, Gu Bai ran out from behind Han Lijun’s back, quickly took out a water bottle containing black dog blood, poured out the blood to draw a large circle on the ground, and then sprinkled glutinous rice on top before loudly yelling.
“Don’t randomly run around. These are the resentful ghosts that were buried together to accompany the dead. They already have no humanity. Come into the circle now!”
After he said that, Gu Bai didn’t care to see if they followed his instructions. He took out a long sword and jumped to Han Lijun’s side to help him fight the enemy. Using the long sword with spiritual power, he swung down, and the white skeleton he attacked dispersed into ash.
There was a skeleton that had gotten close to the dog blood circle that he had drawn earlier. As if it had been burned, it screamed and did not dare to go near the circle again.
Everyone was surprised, before they reacted and no longer delayed. They all rushed to hide inside the dog blood circle.
Only after all the scholars with no fighting skills entered the protection circle did the remaining soldiers begin to retreat slowly. They were the best soldiers in the empire, and protecting the empire’s citizens had become their deep-rooted obsession.
Once all of them managed to hide inside the circle, everyone let out a sigh of relief. Staring at them from outside the circle with their wide smiles, the skeletons screeched.
“I-I want to go back. How can there be ghosts in the world? Aren’t they skeletons? Why do they eat people… ”
Everyone’s voices were trembling. Except for the special people like Gu Bai and Nangong Xuan, almost all the interstellar people didn’t believe in these supernatural creatures. Yet at this moment, the reality made it impossible for them to not believe in them.
He was able to stop those horrible, resentful skeleton creatures just by drawing this random circle. How powerful was that? Now no one dared to look down on him. Everyone regarded him as their lifesaver.
“I’ve long warned you guys of the dangers in this tomb. It’s normal to meet a fierce ghost. If you don’t want to die, then don’t randomly scream. In such a large tomb, there’s definitely more than that female ghost. If you want to live, follow my advice. Set these peach wood nails around the place where I’ve sprinkled dog blood at every ten centimeters, then tie up these ropes which have been soaked with liquid medicine…”
Gu Bai took out some peach wood nails and a bunch of black ropes and gave them to everyone. They did not dare to question him this time and did as they were told. However, they were all very afraid, so their actions were slow and shaky.
Han Lijun motioned for the soldiers to help, then firmly grasped Gu Bai’s hand and whispered, “They won’t hurt you, will they?”
Gu Bai was stunned for a moment and then nodded. The serious expression disappeared, turning into a pure smile, and he pointed at his own forehead and said, “The owner of the tomb allowed me to come in.”
“Yes…”
Han Lijun stretched out his hand and cupped his face. Letting out a sigh of relief in his heart, Han Lijun bent down to kiss the flame mark on Gu Bai’s forehead. His action was gentle and carefree. With the permission of the tomb’s owner and the ability to protect himself, even if Han Lijun was not there for him, Gu Bai could get out safely.
These thoughts were not said out loud, but Gu Bai could hear them with tacit understanding. It was as if something was pulling on his soul, making him want to cry.
At this time, the soldiers had fixed all the peach wood nails along the circle. The skeletons surrounding the circle seemed to feel afraid, but did not retreat and continued to surround it.
“Let’s try to see if our communicators and personal terminals can connect to the outside again…”
Everyone looked at the dense group of skeletons surrounding them and felt terrified. They could not help but propose to ask for help from the outside again.
“It’s no use. This place has been blocked by an array. The news can’t be transmitted outside. Even if people outside know it, they can’t save us. If I’m not wrong, the person who set up the array for this tomb was a very powerful immortal. Even if the people outside bombed this planet, this ancient tomb might not necessarily be destroyed…”
They were all Interstellar people and simply didn’t understand what he had said except for the first two sentences. Gu Bai was telling them the cruel reality of being trapped.
“Immortals? Are you talking about the supernatural? How can there be immortals in the world?” Nangong Xuan had an expression of incredulousness and retorted without thinking.
“The universe is so large, so who knows what wonders it has…”
Gu Bai was not in the mood to explain more to her. In fact, the current situation was worse and stranger than what he made it out to be.
From the energy sealing off the ancient tomb, he could see that the array to protect the ancient tomb was indeed made by those righteous immortal cultivators.
The layout of the ancient tomb was not something ordinary people could afford to have. There were green dragons guarding the tomb, and there was water. This was clearly the best cla.s.s of treasured land in feng shui. Adding in the relief stone carvings that lined the path, this was indeed an imperial tomb.
However, what was extremely strange was that the emperor in this tomb did not seem to be the real owner. In particular, the ghost relief carving at the entrance of the tomb clearly represented darkness, but it was also put together with the protection array of righteous immortals.
All of these things were extremely contradictory when put together. It was simply incomprehensible, making people unable to guess exactly what kind of secret was stored in this tomb.
However, before they could discover the secret, they first had to survive. Gu Bai frowned and looked at the increasingly thick Yin energy around them.
The others also felt the strong Yin energy. They didn’t understand it, but they felt it was getting colder and colder. The voice of the female ghost from before emerged again.
“This concubine was kind enough to invite you to our Yellow Springs to live a happy life. Yet unexpectedly, you don’t appreciate my kindness. Don’t blame this concubine for taking offense!”
After she said that, everyone saw the skeletons on the opposite side scattering. In the dim light they could see a dark red figure slowly floating over.
When the figure came closer, could everyone see that it was a woman with her hair draped over her and wearing the clothes of an ancient imperial concubine. She had a beautiful appearance, but her skin was very pale and strangely eerie.
As she approached, everyone felt an inexplicable cold wind blowing from the ground. They all s.h.i.+vered subconsciously; this was the killing aura of the fierce ghost!
“I haven’t smelled such delicious flesh and blood for a long time, hee hee hee…”
The female ghost giggled as she said this.
The next moment following her laughter, her hair became like ribbons of water snakes, moving like waves as they attacked.
“Ah, it came in!”
The hair entered the circle as if it was a living creature. Although it made a “zizi” burning sound when it touched the black dog blood on the ground, it did not hold back the hair, which caused everyone to retreat in terror.
“Help…”
A middle-aged man was suddenly entangled by the hair, and his body was slowly dragged towards the end of the circle. In a blink of an eye, the man was dragged out of the circle. The white skeletons swarmed forward excitedly, and in a short amount of time and effort, they turned the man into a b.l.o.o.d.y skeleton.
The female ghost grinned, licked her lips, and continued to drag people out with her hair. Everyone quickly took out knives and guns to fight back, but they were useless.
“Admiral, help me! Admiral Han, help me…”
Nangong Xuan was in a bad position and was immediately entangled by the hair. She screamed out in terror, and because she stood by Han Lijun’s side, without even thinking, she grabbed the other’s arm firmly and dragged him out with her as well.
Upon seeing this, everyone did not dare to approach at all, and instead they all retreated. Only a few soldiers used knives to help cut the hair.
Gu Bai also responded by immediately raising his spiritual power and made a gesture, aiming towards the female ghost’s hair. The hair immediately burned, and the female ghost let out a scream before taking back her hair.
“Ah, my hair! I’m going to eat you all!”
Her hair was burned, so the female ghost screamed angrily. Her entire head of hair awakened and attacked towards them.
Nangong Xuan had just been released, and she barely had time to even breathe before she saw the terrifying hair coming at her once again. At that moment, without even thinking about it, she grabbed the young scholar next to her, who had been trying to save her, and pushed him out, allowing him to be taken by the female ghost.
The man who was pushed out by her was gnawed clean by the skeleton before he could even scream for help. His screams added to everyone’s terror.
The netizens on StarNet were all shocked when they saw this scene. They would have never even thought that she would use the people next to her as a s.h.i.+eld for herself, and just now that person was still trying to save her!
“It’s simply too much. How can she push her own rescuer to death?”
“Is this still our empire’s genius? She’s just a murderer! If she comes back, the king must banish her and make her suffer in the worst prison on the planet with the worst environment!”
The emotions of everyone on StarNet had flared up. The united Interstellar people would never allow such selfish behavior to exist.
But at the moment, the situation of the ancient tomb was dangerous, and the people inside didn’t care that their current behavior was being transmitted by the smart camera. Everyone only had one idea in their minds, and that was, to protect their own lives. People could do many things that they couldn’t even think of to save themselves.
So when everyone saw that the hair did not dare to approach Gu Bai, they all ran behind him like a swarm of bees, and only Han Lijun stood in front of him.
Unable to catch more people, the female ghost put all their attention on Han Lijun. Her entire head of hair twisted together and came at Han Lijun like a python striking.
Seeing that it was about to bite Han Lijun, Gu Bai quickly pushed him away, and in the end the female ghost’s hair bit him instead.
In an instant, the blood that flowed out from Gu Bai turned into flames that spread up the female ghost’s hair and onto her body, causing her to scream as her body was burned.
After putting out the flames on her body, the female ghost was no longer as fierce as before. Her deathly pale face showed an appearance of terror and fear. She knelt down to kowtow to Gu Bai and cried.
“Aah, great immortal, spare me. This concubine was wrong. This concubine didn’t mean to. Please forgive this concubine. Please spare me, wuwu…”