Re-entering the Ruins

Shen Yi looked at the map in his hand, a thought crossed his mind, and he stepped into the teleportation array of the Life Gate.

This was the very place where Shen Yi had first entered the ruins. The scene of the bloody vine manipulating nine flesh-and-blood monsters was still vivid in his memory.

With the Coiled Dragon Halberd in hand, Shen Yi was unstoppable this time, killing his way to the vine. Sensing life, the vine danced excitedly, and the nine puppet monsters instantly surrounded Shen Yi, raising their long sabers to attack.

Shen Yi's eyes were cold as he swung his halberd, unfazed by the encirclement. He knocked away a long saber with one strike and knocked down a puppet with a punch. Seizing the opportunity, Shen Yi leaped beneath the vine and thrust his halberd upwards.

"Cloud Shatter!"

The halberd swung, creating countless streaks of light that fell upon the vines, sparks flying.

"Break!"

Shen Yi shouted, adding more force to his halberd. The vines were severed one by one by the halberd, and the puppet monsters, losing their support, instantly turned into pools of blood, corroding the ground into pits.

The vine thrashed its tendrils in pain, and dust fell from its pistil, drifting towards Shen Yi.

"Sun Piercer!"

Shen Yi circulated his spiritual energy, forming a spiritual energy shield around him. He thrust his halberd towards the countless particles of dust. This strike, with the might of piercing the sun, pierced the flower, and the violent spiritual energy pulverized the pistil.

Shen Yi sheathed his halberd and turned to leave. The bloody vine behind him exploded with a bang, turning into a rain of blood.

Back in the teleportation array room, Shen Yi rested briefly before taking Little Black and disappearing into the light of the Death Gate teleportation array.

The place was dead silent, and the decaying, dilapidated aura made Shen Yi very uncomfortable. Little Black, on the other hand, chirped happily around him, seemingly enjoying the environment.

Shen Yi's back suddenly felt cold. He grabbed Little Black and leaped aside, summoning the Coiled Dragon Halberd and nervously watching the direction behind him.

Black smoke billowed, and two red lights flashed within the smoke, revealing a pair of eyes as large as lanterns in Shen Yi's vision.

"Thump! Thump!"

The sound of hooves was like the drumbeat of death, pounding in Shen Yi's heart. His eyes widened in shock. The sound of the hooves made his heart beat violently, as if it would burst at any moment. He quickly circulated his spiritual energy to block his hearing, and only then did he feel slightly better.

"What a terrifying sound!"

The next moment, a warhorse ten feet tall appeared before Shen Yi. It had no flesh or blood, only white bones, and its heart was beating heavily beneath the skeleton. A headless corpse sat astride the warhorse, holding a bronze war spear.

"A Foundation Establishment stage Corpse Puppet!"

Shen Yi looked at the man and horse before him, his face grave, his grip on the halberd unconsciously tightening.

The warhorse reared its head, and two red lights turned into tangible killing intent, shooting towards Shen Yi.

Shen Yi deflected the killing intent with his halberd, and two deep pits appeared on the ground. Seeing that the warhorse's attack had been neutralized, the headless corpse thrust its spear forward. Black smoke swirled in front of the war spear, corroding everything it touched. Shen Yi, not wanting his halberd to be damaged, turned to flee, but saw Little Black roll over and absorb the mass of smoke with a chirp.

"Hic—"

With the black mist broken, Little Black's body visibly plumped up. Shen Yi seized the opportunity and swung his halberd horizontally, clashing fiercely with the war spear.

"Such power!"

Shen Yi planted his feet firmly, exclaiming, and then swung his halberd again. A dazzling beam of light shot out from the halberd. The warhorse's eyes shot out red killing intent again, canceling out the light. The headless warrior thrust its spear, like a dragon diving down.

"Rumble!"

The halberd and spear collided, and the immense force slammed into the distant rocks, creating a massive roar and causing the rocks to crumble.

The blood-red cloak on the headless warrior's body fluttered without wind, and a killing aura erupted from his body, stirring up a violent gust of wind. The entire space seemed to twist. The warhorse beneath him disappeared, and the headless warrior's body split in two. Its blurry figure moved like lightning, and then, two war spears, trailing comet-like tails of light, fiercely stabbed towards Shen Yi.

Shen Yi had no time to think. His body surged forward rapidly, and he swept his halberd backward. With a "bang," it heavily struck the pursuing war spear, smashing it away. He then stopped abruptly, leaning his body back. The immense inertia made him slide, his nose brushing past the war spear, and he could even clearly see the flickering killing intent on it.

"Heh heh!" Shen Yi got up and sneered, lifting his halberd with one hand, pointing it diagonally at the sky. A vast pressure emanated from him, and his immense power swept in all directions like a stormy tide. "Facing the Heavenly Palace!"

Shen Yi's halberd, with the momentum of raising fire to burn the sky, was thrust towards the headless warrior before him.

"Clang!"

With a deafening metallic clash, a dazzling light erupted in the air. Spiritual energy and death qi raged, and the second war spear was also smashed away by the halberd. A shocking wound appeared on the clone's chest, and its imposing aura instantly weakened.

Seeing this, Little Black, with its plump body, actually rushed in front of the injured headless warrior and swallowed it whole, becoming round like a ball.

The remaining clone, seeing this, clearly became flustered. It abandoned the war spear, summoned its warhorse, and rapidly disappeared into the mist.

"This..."

Shen Yi looked at the ball before him, unsure whether to laugh or cry. Little Black also realized its awkward situation and, puffing its cheeks, rolled onto Shen Yi's head, moving erratically.

After a while, Little Black finally quieted down and dragged Shen Yi to the war spear, gesturing for him to use the Coiled Dragon Halberd in his hand to fuse with it.

"It can be done like this?"

Shen Yi was astonished. He followed Little Black's gestures and refined the two weapons with spiritual energy.

The moment the war spear merged with the Coiled Dragon Halberd, the halberd erupted with a dark light that instantly filled the entire space. The dragon patterns on the halberd seemed to come alive, letting out dragon roars. A hint of deathly aura appeared in the air.

"Yiyi ya ya!"

Seeing this, Little Black gestured for Shen Yi to quickly inject a drop of his blood to refine it.

Shen Yi complied, dripped a drop of his blood, and quickly refined the halberd. After refining it, Shen Yi was pleasantly surprised to find a subtle connection had formed between him and the Coiled Dragon Halberd, making it even more effortless to wield.

As for Little Black, it had also digested the energy within its body and returned to being a black mass.

Shen Yi looked at the Coiled Dragon Halberd in his hand, which had been upgraded to a high-grade spirit artifact. He joyfully grabbed Little Black and examined it back and forth, wanting to see what secrets it held, much to Little Black's annoyance.

"Let's go, to the next area."

Shen Yi glanced into the depths of the mist. He had an urge to rush in and drag out the headless warrior, but he eventually gave up. Being able to refine a war spear was already a great opportunity, and it was enough.