Opening the Spirit Medium

Chapter 27: Awakening the Spirit Medium

"Still chasing me? Why do these monsters keep hounding me?"

Li Yi was running for his life, not daring to stop for a moment.

He noticed that on flat ground, these spider-like humanoid monsters seemed to be even faster. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to escape the danger zone alive. At best, he'd be caught halfway and still end up dead.

"What should I do?"

Cold sweat beaded on Li Yi's forehead as he quickly tried to think of a solution.

Just then.

Two figures darted out from a nearby street. They appeared to be other cultivators participating in this operation, and for some reason, they were also fleeing.

The person seemed to spot Li Yi, hesitated for a moment, and then immediately rushed towards him.

"My name is He Jun, who are you?" the cultivator called out loudly.

"He Jun?" Li Yi immediately recalled that this He Jun was a cultivator at the Spirit Medium realm, someone Brother Tao had interacted with before.

"I'm Li Yi, Brother Tao has mentioned you," he replied.

"Brother Tao? Since you know him, that's great. Link up with me, and let's join forces to deal with the thing behind us. Otherwise, none of us will get out of here easily. Don't worry, I'll give you a share of the spoils after we hunt this fierce beast," He Jun said, his figure moving closer to Li Yi.

It was only then that Li Yi noticed the silhouette of a ferocious beast growling and pursuing He Jun.

So He Jun had also run into danger.

"Li Yi, don't believe him. He doesn't want to team up with you; he wants to lure that fierce beast onto you so you can buy him time to escape. One of my colleagues was just killed by him like this. I won't accept it; I'll drag him down with me even if I die. That's why I've been following him, not wanting to sacrifice myself to help him lure away that fierce beast."

Suddenly, a cultivator behind He Jun spoke up. He seemed to feel he couldn't escape any longer and didn't want Li Yi to cover their retreat. So, before dying, he exposed He Jun's malicious intentions.

"What?" Li Yi was shocked.

He Jun actually had such thoughts. As expected, he was an Earth Prisoner, inherently wicked.

However.

Li Yi glanced back. His own situation seemed even more dangerous.

But just as he thought this, a scream echoed.

The cultivator couldn't keep up and was caught. The fierce beast instantly crushed his neck. And after killing one person, the beast didn't stop to feed but continued to pounce on He Jun.

"You deserve to die, spouting so much nonsense when you're already dead," He Jun cursed angrily as he fled.

But He Jun soon realized that Li Yi, after hearing the warning, didn't turn and run. Instead, he continued to rush towards them, which made He Jun's heart leap with joy.

With another unlucky guy to attract the fierce beast, he was sure he could escape the danger zone alive.

But He Jun's expression soon froze.

What was that?

Behind Li Yi, a group of gray-black humanoid monsters with eight arms, like spiders, were attacking at an astonishing speed. And from the looks of it, they seemed much more terrifying than the thing behind He Jun.

"Brat, don't come any closer."

He Jun shouted angrily, immediately slamming on the brakes and changing direction to flee.

"I can't hear what you're saying."

Li Yi rapidly approached He Jun. Since the other party had malicious intentions, he wasn't exactly a gentleman either.

Let's see who's more unlucky.

"Come any closer, and I'll make sure you die by my hand," He Jun threatened.

"If I die, you'll be chased by two waves of monsters. If I live, I can help share the danger. If you're not afraid of death, then make your move," Li Yi said, unfazed, continuing to close the distance.

He Jun was both angry and furious, but he suppressed the urge to attack Li Yi. Because Li Yi was right, having another living person here meant more safety.

If he were alone, the monsters would have no choice but to attack him.

"Damn brat," He Jun cursed inwardly, speeding up as much as possible to shake off Li Yi.

But Li Yi's running speed was no less than his. Coupled with the time he had just wasted, the distance between them rapidly closed in moments.

As he got closer to He Jun, Li Yi could now clearly see what the fierce beast chasing them was. It was a skeletal tiger, its fur completely gone, looking extremely ugly.

Yet, such an ugly, ferocious tiger had killed two cultivators, chasing He Jun so hard he didn't dare to look back.

This was definitely not an ordinary tiger; it was likely a tiger that had entered the path of cultivation.

Li Yi instinctively made this judgment.

"Get lost, don't come any closer to me," He Jun saw the crawling monsters, and his scalp tingled. He couldn't help but curse again.

"Why aren't you getting lost? You're blocking my escape route," Li Yi retorted unceremoniously.

"I think you're tired of living. Offend me, and even if we get out of the danger zone, I won't let you return home alive," He Jun issued another threat.

"Since you say so, then I'm coming over," Li Yi said, directly leading the group of monsters behind him towards He Jun.

Seeing Li Yi actually charging at him, He Jun's face turned pale with fright. Wasn't this kid afraid of the beast behind him?

He had no choice but to change his route, not wanting to get entangled with the monsters behind Li Yi.

The two figures crossed paths.

But in that instant, the ferocious beasts chasing each other had also switched prey.

The group of spider-like strange creatures chased after He Jun, while the ferocious Biao roared and lunged in Li Yi's direction.

"I'll fuck your—"

Seeing the monsters charging at him with several strange arms flailing, He Jun began cursing Li Yi's entire family.

"Stop cursing, save some energy to escape."

Li Yi replied, his voice growing distant, disappearing in the blink of an eye at the end of the street.

However, he wasn't faring any better, with a ferocious Biao relentlessly pursuing him.

Fortunately, there was only one of these fierce beasts, making it less perilous than the large group of monsters from before.

But it still couldn't be underestimated.

The current Li Yi couldn't deal with this fierce beast, and his stamina was gradually failing him.

"Even if I shake off the previous monsters, being targeted by this fierce beast means I can't escape the danger zone. I need to find a place to lose this thing."

Li Yi suddenly remembered something.

When he had followed Brother Tao into the danger zone before, Brother Tao had detoured through a ruined city, saying it was haunted.

However, Li Yi hadn't seen anything, because he hadn't activated his Spirit Medium.

"I don't have a Spirit Medium, so I can't see ghosts. This means I'm less likely to be targeted by ghosts. This is an opportunity for me. I can use the dangers there to shake off the fierce beast behind me." Li Yi's gaze shifted slightly as he recalled the time he helped Old Crow in the ruined city.

Back then, that abandoned building was also haunted, but because he was an ordinary person and couldn't see ghosts, the chance of being targeted by them was very low.

It was precisely because of this that Li Yi obtained that half Knife Coin, possessing his own incomplete Mysterious Artifact.

Perhaps he could try the same trick today.

With that thought.

Li Yi no longer hesitated, choosing the shortcut and heading straight for the streets of the ruined city.

After narrowly avoiding the fierce beast's attacks several times, he charged straight into the dangerous area that Brother Tao had called haunted.

As expected, his plan worked.

When Li Yi rushed into an empty street, the fierce beast suddenly stopped at the intersection behind him, hesitating and refusing to step foot into the area. In the end, it could only roar unwillingly from a distance, watching its prey slip away.

The Biao is a species of tiger, and tigers were called the "Mountain Lords" in ancient times.

Therefore, the Biao also possessed the abilities of a Mountain Lord, meaning its eyes could naturally see unclean things.

So, in the eyes of this ferocious Biao, the street Li Yi was on was not empty, but filled with all sorts of people, bustling like a marketplace.

However, this marketplace was filled with a dead, lifeless aura, exuding all sorts of ill omens and danger.

Even the Biao, known for its ferocity, could only stop in its tracks.

"I should be safe now, right?"

Seeing that he was temporarily safe, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He felt weak all over and sat on the roadside curb to rest.

Recalling the scenes just now, they were truly perilous and thrilling.

In just ten minutes, he didn't know how many times he had brushed shoulders with death.

His body's potential had been unleashed time and time again.

Such life-and-death trials could greatly accelerate the evolutionary speed of a Cultivator.

After a brief rest, Li Yi felt his stamina had recovered considerably, though his arm was still sore, as if injured during the fall. Upon inspection, he found that his injuries were more than just that. His palms were bloody and torn in several places, and a bloody scratch mark had appeared on his back, though he didn't know when it happened.

"This is no place to linger, I need to get out of here quickly."

After catching his breath, he moved again, preparing to leave the area swiftly.

He now felt that the surroundings were dark and cold, and extremely silent, with not a sound to be heard.

This abnormality made Li Yi increasingly uneasy.

However, as Li Yi moved quickly through the streets, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes.

Then, a blurry figure appeared in his sight.

The figure was stiff and chilling, like a walking corpse, flashing past and disappearing in an instant.

"An illusion?" Li Yi's heart tightened, and a chill ran down his spine.

No, it wasn't an illusion.

He then saw several figures floating in mid-air pass by in front of him. They were dressed in what looked like paper funeral clothes, and their faces were deathly pale, clearly not alive.

"Let's go."

Li Yi took a deep breath. At this moment, he felt the air itself was cold, and an indescribable chill pervaded his body.

But the further he walked, the more strange figures appeared in his vision.

At this point, Li Yi seemed to realize something.

He appeared to be activating his Spirit Medium.