"Huh??"
Ye Chen stood frozen in place, questioning everything he knew.
How could his hand fail to touch a perfectly normal person and pass straight through their body?
Unless... they weren't human?!
At that thought, Ye Chen slowly raised his head, his neck as stiff as a machine that hadn't been oiled or lubricated in years.
Looking closely, he realized that the aura surrounding these two figures truly wasn't that of normal people.
Merely approaching them sent a dreadful chill through his body.
And it wasn't an ordinary chill, but one that seeped into his very marrow!
To make sure he wasn't hallucinating, Ye Chen waved his hand again. Sure enough, his palm still passed straight through them without touching anything.
What deepened Ye Chen's sense of unease was that nobody around him seemed to notice these two "people" at all.
Who... exactly were they?
An enormous question arose in his mind.
But immediately afterward, the Ring Elder's wary, anxious voice rang out in his head. "Run! Hurry, run! These two are Underworld Reapers! They've come to seize a soul and claim a life!"
"Seize a soul and claim a life?"
Hearing that, Ye Chen turned and ran, making no attempt to act tough.
They were so powerful that confronting them head-on hadn't even crossed his mind.
"Master, could you be mistaken? I should have at least another hundred years left to live. Why would anyone from the Netherworld come for me?" Ye Chen asked in confusion.
"They aren't here for you. They're here for me!" the Ring Elder said, trembling with fear.
"To think soul-reaping emissaries truly exist in this world! Am I ultimately unable to escape the Underworld's cycle of reincarnation?"
Hearing his words, Ye Chen smiled confidently. "Master, don't worry. Throughout our journey, how many troubles and