Originally, both Ren Tianxing and Ren Tianxing thought that the headless ghost would get into the underground cave, but they didn't expect that the headless ghost didn't enter the cave at all, but floated towards their hiding place.
This immediately made Ren Tianxing panicked and very anxious.
But just when he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, the headless ghost suddenly stopped, then slowly turned around and returned, directly diving into the hole drilled by Ren Tianxing and the others, and entered the underground passage.
Seeing this scene, Ren Tianxing was surprised at first, and then he was overjoyed.
It turned out that the headless ghost floated into the cave first to observe the footprints on the ground, but found that as it walked further in, there were no strange footprints on the ground, and there were no signs that the bones had been turned over, so it thought that Ren Tianxing and the others
Instead of continuing to escape deeper into the passage, he entered the underground passage.
Just like that, after a long time, the headless ghost entered the underground passage and never came up.
Ren Tianxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought that the headless ghost should have entered the underground passage and gone far away, and it would be impossible to come up for a while.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt that Liu Mei's originally stiff body was now very hot and limp in his arms.
Ren Tianxing was startled, and quickly looked down, but was surprised to find that he was too nervous before, and his hand not only tightly covered Liu Mei's mouth, but also his nose.
At this moment, Liu Mei's little face had turned purple from suffocation, and her eyes were a little blurry, as if she was about to be suffocated to death by him.
"No! Isn't this girl going to suffocate me to death?"
Thinking of this, Ren Tianxing quickly let go of his hand.
As soon as he let go, Liu Mei let out a long breath, and then struggled to get up from his arms softly.
Seeing this, Ren Tianxing asked a little embarrassedly: "Are you okay?"
"You still said it was okay? You almost choked me to death!"
Liu Mei glared at Ren Tianxing resentfully.
Ren Tianxing smiled bitterly and said, "I was too nervous just now and didn't pay that much attention. But if you feel that you are suffocating, you should struggle!"
Hearing this, Liu Mei's little face turned slightly red, and then she said: "Let's not talk about that, how should we get out of here now? There are headless ghosts looking for us in the underground passage, and the exit of this passage is
There is no way out of the Ghost Mist Valley. Now there are dead ends at both ends, and we have been trapped and died in this passage. Moreover, the headless ghost may return at any time. When it returns again, I am afraid it will be our death.
."
Ren Tianxing nodded slightly: "You are right! However, have you noticed that the deeper you go in this passage, the fewer the bones are. If these dead people are really killed by headless ghosts, then this
The phenomenon illustrates a problem."
"what is the problem?"
"This shows that the headless ghost has been trying its best to prevent humans from approaching the depths of the cave, so the deeper you go into the cave, the fewer corpses on the ground, because many people were killed by the headless ghost before they entered the depths. But the headless ghost
Why prevent others from entering the depths of the cave? Is there a secret hidden in the depths of the cave that is related to its vital interests? Or is there another exit deep in the cave?"
Hearing this, Liu Mei suddenly realized: "No wonder you have been staring at the bones in the cave before. It turns out that you were observing this detail. However, your analysis makes some sense. The bones along the way are indeed getting closer to the cave.
The deeper it is, the less it is, and the closer it is to the exit of the cave, the more it is. Maybe there really is some mystery deep in this cave."
"Well, that's what I conjectured. Let's go deep into the cave now to see if there is a way out? Not much more, let's act quickly! Judging from the previous situation, the headless ghost is not stupid.
If no trace of us is found in the underground passage, it will definitely come back up. If we wait for it to come back, the situation will be bad!"
Hearing this, Liu Mei's heart tightened and she immediately felt anxious.
At that moment, the two of them stopped talking and quickly put on their shoes and headed deeper into the cave.
But not long after the two of them left, in the underground passage behind them, a white shadow quietly floated up from the underground passage.
That white shadow was the headless ghost that had crawled into the underground passage earlier.
The headless ghost seemed to have discovered Ren Tianxing and the two of them a long time ago. As soon as it appeared, it quietly floated close to the corner, watching the retreating figures of Ren Tianxing and the others, quietly observing...
However, Ren Tianxing and Liu Mei in front did not notice the movement behind them and continued to move deeper into the cave.
Along the way, Liu Mei also paid close attention to the distribution of corpses on the ground. Finally, she found that they would encounter a corpse every five or six meters, and then they would see one every ten meters.
After that, you could only see a corpse every thirty or forty meters. In the end, the two of them never saw a corpse again. It was obvious that no one could go deep into the passage behind it.
All these signs indicate that the deeper you go into the cave, the harder it is for anyone to break in, which further validates Ren Tianxing's speculation.
Unknowingly, Ren Tianxing and Liu Mei walked in the cave for a meal and finally arrived at the end of the passage.
At the end of the passage is a very spacious cave hall.
But what shocked Ren Tianxing and Liu Mei was that there was a huge formation altar in the center of the hall.
I saw a blood-red skeleton suspended cross-legged in the center of the altar, with a faint red light emitting from its entire body, which was very strange.
And above the blood-red skull, eight mahogany coffins were suspended.
At this moment, all the runes on the altar were emitting spiritual light, and the eight coffins were also moving slowly. A stream of blood mist continuously overflowed from the eight coffins, wrapping the blood-red skull.
Seeing the scene in front of them, Ren Tianxing and Liu Mei both looked horrified and felt some inexplicable fear.
After a long while, Liu Mei swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked in a lowered voice: "Ren Tianxing, is it that the headless ghost has been preventing people from entering here, and it is this altar that it wants to protect?"
"To be precise, it should be the red skull!"
Ren Tianxing looked at the blood-red skull in the center of the altar with a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
Hearing those words, Liu Mei nodded slightly. Although she couldn't understand the function of the altar, she could also tell that the formation altar was to worship the blood-red skeleton.
Thinking of this, she looked around the cave anxiously, only to find that she had reached the end of the cave. Apart from the entrance to the cave hall, there was no other cave passage.
Seeing this, Liu Mei couldn't help but be disappointed and said: "Ren Tianxing, there seems to be no exit here!"
Ren Tianxing did not answer, but silently stepped forward to inspect the cave walls around the cave hall, listened with his ears against the stone wall, and finally shook his head slightly with a disappointed look on his face.
"There's no movement behind this stone wall. It seems like this is a dead end!"
Liu Mei immediately asked anxiously: "Then what should we do? We originally thought of finding a way to survive from here, but now there is no way here. Can we just wait here for the headless ghost to come and kill us?"
Hearing this, Ren Tianxing also felt a little anxious.
But when he turned his attention to the blood-red skeleton in the center of the altar, a bold idea suddenly came to his mind.
Then, with a fierce flash in his eyes, he lowered his voice and said: "Liu Mei, judging from all the current signs, the thing that the headless ghost wants to protect seems to be the blood-red skeleton in the center of the altar. If we destroy the altar,
, can we use the blood-red skull in our hands as capital to blackmail the headless ghost? Let him use it as a trap to give us a way out?"
Upon hearing these bold words, Liu Mei immediately looked at Ren Tianxing in horror, unable to close her mouth for a long time.
After a long while, she said in a dry voice: "Ren Tianxing, you are too courageous! Then... is that feasible? The headless ghost is not a human, it is a ghost! Will it negotiate a deal with you? Besides,
If we really destroy the altar, the headless ghost will definitely not let us go and will definitely kill us!"
Hearing this, Ren Tianxing smiled coldly: "Hmph! Do you think the headless ghost will let us go if we don't destroy this altar? The bones along the way speak for themselves. The people who entered this passage should not be dead.
People can survive. Anyway, they will die, so it is better to take risks and find an opportunity. Besides, I vaguely feel that the blood-red skeleton in front of me hides a huge secret, which is related to the existence of Ghost Mist Valley. It should solve all questions.
That’s the key.”
Hearing this, Liu Mei's thoughts were shaken, and then she bit her jade teeth and said fiercely: "Forget it! Anyway, we have no way out, let's give it a try! Ren Tianxing, what should we do next?"
Ren Tianxing turned to look at the altar and said, "We have to destroy this altar first and make it stop functioning, and then... Hey! Why is that coffin here..."
Only halfway through saying this, Ren Tianxing's eyes suddenly fell on the latest coffin among the eight coffins. He seemed to have discovered something, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
But then, extreme anger and confusion appeared on his face.
"How...how is this possible? Did I see it wrong? How could it appear here? No! I must find out!"
Seeing Ren Tianxing suddenly showing a strange expression, Liu Mei quickly asked: "Ren Tianxing, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing this, Ren Tianxing looked coldly at the altar in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "I was just desperate before, so I wanted to destroy this altar to find a way out. But now, I have a reason to destroy this altar.
.I want to see what is contained in the eight coffins in the altar?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he held a spear in his hand and walked towards the altar in front of him with sorrow and anger in his eyes...