After dealing with the Bone Tree, Lin Shuguang and Pei Xi continued onward. Before long, they reached the entrance to the underground cavern she had visited two days earlier.
Waves of baleful, freezing Corpse Qi poured from the pitch-black opening. Even though this was Pei Xi's second visit, she still could not help feeling a chill run down her spine.
Lin Shuguang looked up, gave the entrance a brief once-over, and jumped in without hesitation.
"Hey, aren't you being a little too reckless...?"
Pei Xi drew a breath and hurriedly jumped in after him.
This was her second visit, after all, so she knew there was no danger at the entrance. But Lin Shuguang was a "newcomer" on his very first visit, yet he had charged straight down with his saber in hand, radiating a ferocity that seemed ready to sweep through and destroy the entire cavern.
This guy is way too arrogant. But this is so exciting!
After barely a breath, the two landed one after the other, and the Corpse Qi inside surged toward their faces even more fiercely.
Pei Xi had come prepared. The moment she jumped down, she accelerated the circulation of her cultivation technique, only just managing to withstand the overbearing Corpse Qi.
Standing behind Lin Shuguang, she looked at the twisting, maze-like tunnels ahead and quietly explained, "Once we get through here, we'll reach a huge Corpse Palace. Last time, we only dared to follow its edges. Even though we were that careful, danger still lurked everywhere. There are a lot of unknown threats here."
The ground beneath them was covered in a layer of flowing luminescence, entirely unlike the ground outside that had been corroded by Corpse Qi. Lin Shuguang prodded it with his saber tip. It was extremely hard; he could not