Long Chen sent a message to everyone and then silently looked at those corpses. After looking around, the corpses returned to their original immobile state.
Once they were no longer moving, Bai Xiaole and the others sighed with relief. Although Qin Feng and Qi Yu had followed Long Chen the longest and were unafraid of death, they were also covered in cold sweat at this moment.
âBoss, what are these things?â whispered Qi Yu.
âBased on your understanding, they should be called death spirits. You ran into some on the Martial Heaven Continent. However, these death spirits seem to lack spirituality. They really are like corpses, but the flame of their souls has yet to fully extinguish. Amongst death spirits, there are also great differences. Thereâs a line of text in an ancient book of the academy, Yin Soldiers Through the Dao. They seem quite similar to that record,â said Long Chen.
âYin Soldiers?â
Bai Shishiâs expression changed. âThatâs one of the six Daos, the Ghost Dao. It shouldnât exist in the same world as us. How can we see them?â
âHumans and ghosts are on different planes. They should not be able to cross, just like how day and night cannot appear at the same time. However, Yin Soldiers Through the Dao refers to activities of the night appearing in the day. That is why it is called Through the Dao. Such a thing only exists in legends. I didnât expect to run into it here,â said Long Chen.
âWeâre seeing something that we shouldnât see. That invokes a huge amount of karma. We should hurry up and leave,â said Bai Shishi, her face growing increasingly pale.
âYouâre being foolish. What are you so afraid of? Whatâs so wrong with invoking karma? Without planting a seed, how will you harvest anything? Without harvesting it, how will you know whether the result is good or not? Since we donât know the future, we canât know if this is good or bad. Moreover, since weâre already here, we canât leave just like this,â said Long Chen.
âThen what do you want to do?â asked Bai Shishi, her voice quivering.
Long Chen hadnât expected someone as powerful as Bai Shishi to be so afraid of these death spirits. It was very unexpected to him.
However, it seemed that amongst everyone here, he was the only one who wasnât afraid of the death spirits. That was because he had thunderforce that restricted them. But Bai Shishiâs metal energy seemed to be a poor match for death spirits. Furthermore, no matter how strong she was, she was still afraid of the unknown within the domain of death. This was simply natural.
Long Chen eyed these lifeforms. Based on his estimation, when they were alive, they were definitely at the Immortal King realm or perhaps even higher.
There were tens of thousands of them. However, as he looked around, all he saw were more corpses. He didnât see any treasures.
Long Chen looked at the mast, sail, and ropes. They were all treasures, but after the passing of so many years, they were no longer useful.
Seeing Long Chenâs gaze roving around, Bai Shishi was speechless. This fellow was crazy, no? He wanted to steal something from this place?
Even after looking for a long while, he didnât see anything valuable. However, just then, he spotted a sword in the embrace of a corpse.
The sword was covered in dust, so he couldnât see what its original appearance was. However, when he used his soul to investigate it, his hair stood on end. That sword gave him an extremely dangerous sensation.
âA treasure!â
With Long Chenâs years of experience snatching treasures, he was sure that this sword was extraordinary. He looked around again and didnât see any other treasures on the Ghost Ship. The other lifeforms didnât have anything on their bodies.
âAll of you stay here. Iâm going in.â
Long Chen waved to them and climbed over the railing. He rushed over. When Bai Shishi saw Long Chenâs actions, she turned ice-cold. Just how big were this fellowâs guts?
Once Long Chen jumped up, those lifeforms turned to look at him. Bai Shishi almost screamed.
However, curiously, those lifeforms only looked at him and didnât attack. It was as if their heads were spoiled and they were unable to even think.
Long Chen rushed over to the lifeform with the sword. He grabbed it, but that lifeform was holding onto it so tightly that he couldnât take it.
âHey, donât be so stingy. Youâre already dead. Donât hog the toilet if youâre not going to poop.â Long Chen pulled harder.
The sword was finally wrestled free from that lifeformâs grasp. The sword was covered in dust, but as soon as it was in his hand, the dust fell, revealing golden patterns. After that, light flowed on top of it, filling the ship.
âWhat a good sword!â
Even after all this time, the scabbardâs divine runes had yet to fade. This was definitely a divine weapon.
Before he could examine it closely, the lifeform that had been holding the sword suddenly opened its eyes. Its eyes actually hadnât withered. When it opened its eyes, Long Chenâs soul almost exploded.
âFuck!â
Without a second thought, Long Chen transformed into a bolt of lightning, fleeing. He shouted at everyone.
âIâve got the treasure! Letâs go!â
Bai Xiaole and the others immediately rushed down the Ghost Ship. After Bai Xiaole summoned the Deep Sea Devil Shark, they prepared to flee.
BOOM!
Just then, lightning exploded and Long Chen shot out like a cannonball, smashing into the flying boat.
Bai Xiaole immediately ordered the shark to rush away.
âBoss, youâre injured!â
Qin Feng cried out. A bloody hole had appeared in Long Chenâs shoulder. Moreover, fresh blood soaked his upper body.
âDonât look back!â
Bai Shishi and the others were turning back to look at the Ghost Ship when Long Chen shouted. Hearing this command, they immediately fixed their heads in the opposite direction.
Long Chen himself turned back to see the master of the sword standing at the prow of the Ghost Ship. His eyes were cold and emotionless. It was as if they could see through a personâs soul.
The reason why Long Chen didnât want Bai Shishi and the others to look back was because he was afraid that if they saw those eyes, they would see them in their nightmares. Those eyes would then turn into a heart-devil that they couldnât forget.
However, just as he expected, that lifeform was unable to leave the Ghost Ship. The Ghost Ship sailed away until it was nothing more than a black speck in the distance. After that, the sky brightened once more.
With the sky brightening up, it was as if nothing had happened at all. It was like all that was a nightmare that they had woken up from. It made them question whether or not it was real.
If they didnât see that Long Chen was covered in blood, they really would feel like it had been nothing more than a dream.
âBoss, how is your wound?â
Qin Feng saw black liquid dripping out of his wound. It was starting to rot.
Long Chen still felt some lingering fear. âDamn, things almost collapsed just now. That fellow was very likely a World King! Take note of the surroundings, Iâm going to heal.â
Long Chen then took out his bone saber and began to cut off his rotting flesh.