The sun dipped below the horizon, its dying rays like blood.
By the time Lin Feng arrived at the mine, the sky had gradually darkened.
The entire mining area was shrouded in deathly silence. Abandoned mine carts, collapsed sheds, and scattered tools silently recounted the horrors that had once taken place here.
The air was filled with a bone-chilling cold. Gusts of eerie wind kicked up sand and stones from the ground, making a "whooshing" sound, like countless vengeful spirits weeping.
"Master, the resentment here is so heavy!"
Huang Fugui hid in Lin Feng's arms, his small body trembling like a sieve. "I feel like there's a big one hiding in here!"
"Mm, I can see that."
Lin Feng dismounted and looked towards the huge, dark mine entrance not far away.
The entrance looked like the maw of a man-eating beast, constantly emitting a dense, almost tangible, black-gray resentment.
An ordinary person who got close would likely have their mind instantly stolen and be turned into a walking corpse.
Lin Feng didn't rush in. Instead, he had Huang Fugui scout ahead.
Although Huang Fugui was scared, he was already a Second Order demon.
His body flickered, transforming into a yellow mist that blended almost seamlessly with the ground, and he silently slipped into the mine.
Lin Feng found a large rock outside, sat down cross-legged, and waited quietly.
He wasn't worried about Huang Fugui's safety. After his promotion, setting aside other skills, his stealth and escape abilities were definitely top-notch.
About the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn, Huang Fugui, still shaken, slipped back out.
"Master! Master! Inside... inside are all ghosts! Dense, there are at least several hundred of them!"
Its voice was trembling. "They're all mindless vengeful spirits, floating around in the mine tunnels!"
"Only vengeful spirits?"
Lin Feng asked.
"No... not just them!"
Huang Fugui said, still feeling the fear. "In the deepest part of the mine, I sensed a presence a hundred times more terrifying than all those vengeful spirits combined! The aura was cold and hard, like... like a piece of ice that had been buried in a tomb for a thousand years! I didn't dare get close, so I hurried back."
"Ice buried in a tomb?"
Lin Feng had a plan. It seemed that beneath the mine, it wasn't just vengeful spirits at play, but also a more powerful zombie-type demon.
Just then, a commotion suddenly erupted from within the mine.
"Jie--!"
"Roar--!"
Accompanied by sharp, piercing ghostly wails, dozens of semi-transparent, ferocious black figures poured out of the mine like a tide!
These were the vengeful spirits trapped in the mine, starved for countless years!
They sensed the rich Blood Essence of Lin Feng, a living person, and like sharks smelling blood, they charged forward madly!
These vengeful spirits were almost immune to physical attacks. Their specialties were mental assaults and the absorption of Yang energy, making them extremely difficult opponents for ordinary Meridian Opening Realm martial artists.
"Excellent!"
Lin Feng was delighted rather than alarmed. He suddenly stood up from the rock, his Ninth Order Meridian Opening Realm Blood Essence erupting without reservation!
Behind him, it was as if a brilliant sun had risen, making him look like a god!
Blazing Sun Art!
The most potent and Yang-infused True Qi was the greatest bane of these Yin and evil entities!
Upon contact with the Yang energy radiating from Lin Feng, the vengeful spirits let out shrill screams as if they had encountered their nemesis. Their dark energy sizzled and burned.
"A bunch of appetizers dare to be so presumptuous?"
Lin Feng snorted coldly.
He drew his saber.
Golden Blazing Sun Art True Qi gathered on his Hundred Refinements Saber, and he slashed forward fiercely!
"Swish!"
A crescent-shaped golden saber energy, like a divine light that purified all, swept out!
"Aaaah--!!!"
Piercing screams echoed through the night sky.
The dozens of vengeful spirits, the moment they touched the golden saber energy, evaporated and were purified like ice and snow under the sun, leaving not a trace behind.
[Ding! Successfully killed First Order Vengeful Spirits X47!]
[Crit Multiplier increased to 38x! Gained 4700 Crit Points!]
Lin Feng didn't even glance at the instantly cleared area. He held his saber and strode into the bottomless mine.
"Experience points, here I come."
Stepping into the mine, a cold, damp air mixed with the scent of rust and decay assaulted Lin Feng's senses.
The mine tunnels spread out in all directions, a complex spiderweb. Mottled traces left by miners from years past still clung to the walls.
Lin Feng circulated the Blazing Sun Art, a flash of golden light in his eyes, instantly turning the dark environment as bright as day.
"Heh heh heh..."
"Kill... kill..."
From the depths of the tunnels on all sides came bone-chilling wails. Vague black shadows flickered past on the walls, attempting to ambush Lin Feng.
These were merely insignificant wandering ghosts, not even reaching the level of First Order Vengeful Spirits. They were simply evil entities born from the lingering resentment in this place.
Lin Feng couldn't be bothered with them. The Blood Essence of the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm surged from within him, forming an invisible aura.
The wandering ghosts, as soon as they approached, were incinerated into nothingness by this yang-infused Blood Essence, letting out shrill screams.
He was like a walking miniature sun; wherever he went, all evil was repelled.
"Huang Fugui, lead the way."
"Right away, Master!"
Huang Fugui scrambled out from Lin Feng's embrace, energetically leading the way ahead.
It knew the terrain here like the back of its hand.
Man and demon moved swiftly through the maze-like mine tunnels.
The deeper they went, the more concentrated the resentment became, and the more Vengeful Spirits appeared, their strength also increasing.
But none of these posed any threat to Lin Feng.
Continuously channeling the True Qi of the Blazing Sun Art, he unleashed wave after wave of golden blade energy, reaping these "experience points" in swathes.
[Ding! Successfully killed First Order Vengeful Spirit X123!] [Crit Multiplier increased to 42x! Gained 12300 Crit Points!] [Ding! Successfully killed Second Order Vengeful Spirit Leader X3!] [Crit Multiplier increased to 45x! Gained 3000 Crit Points!]
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