Hearing what Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe said, Yang Zhen was also startled. He had seen insects before. In fact, both Death Servants and Death Shadow had many insects living inside their bodies. It should be a symbiotic relationship, just like the Companion Heavenly Fire in Yang Zhen's body. It was a relationship of coexistence and mutual benefit.
But the insects in the Southern Frontier are different. These things are somewhat evil and can kill people. They are called witchcraft by people outside the Southern Frontier Continent!
Yang Zhen glanced at the eulogy on the coffin, then turned to Gong Sanhe in surprise and said, "So, this coffin is very likely filled with a bunch of insects?"
Gong Sanhe nodded solemnly and said, "Very likely, but this is only a guess. After all, the coffin hasn't been opened, so we don't know what's inside."
There were no restrictions around the coffin, probably because the Great Saint of Southern Frontier thought that with so many traps set up, almost no one could force their way through and still see the coffin.
Death Shadow took a deep breath, seemingly startled by Gong Sanhe's words, and said, "You want to open this coffin?"
Yang Zhen looked at Gong Sanhe, but Gong Sanhe looked back at Yang Zhen, not answering Death Shadow's question, but instead asking Yang Zhen, "What do you think?"
"Open!"
Yang Zhen said abruptly.
Damn it, we went through all this trouble to get here, we can't just not open the coffin because there might be bugs inside, can we?
However, before starting, Yang Zhen felt it was necessary to ask others, since he wouldn't be facing danger alone.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen turned to Ding Chun and said, "What about you two? There might be danger inside this coffin, deadly danger. What do you two think, should we open it or not?"
Ding Chun was about to speak Wen Yuning her teeth and said, "Open!"
"Open!" Ding Chun said through gritted teeth, almost in tears.
"Then let's open it!"
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and slowly placed his hands on the coffin. Only after seeing no reaction from the coffin did he release his True Essence.
Ding Chun subconsciously took a step back, and Gong Sanhe and the others also gasped, their expressions gradually becoming serious.
The inscription on the coffin gradually lit up, and everyone, including Yang Zhen, stopped breathing. Yang Zhen really couldn't say what was inside this ghostly thing. Maybe a Great Saint would jump out of it at any moment and slap each of them, sending them to the Yellow Springs Purgatory.
Just as the coffin lid suddenly lit up, a loud bang came from behind them, startling Yang Zhen so much he almost jumped up. He turned around, bewildered, his eyes widening in shock. "Damn it, bugs!"
boom--!
A terrifying swarm of insects surged out from a stone door behind the five people, rushing towards them like a flood.
"Not good!" Gong Sanhe's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly pulled Ding Chun and Wen Yuning behind him. "You two, be careful!"
Faced with such an overwhelming swarm of insects, Death Shadow's expression gradually became strange. Instead of retreating, he walked forward.
Yang Zhen was stunned for a moment, then shouted at the Death Shadow, "You old geezer, are you out of your mind? Come back here right now!"
The Death Shadow chuckled, glanced back at Yang Zhen, and grinned, saying, "Kid, I might have to go back on my word."
"Breaking a promise?" Yang Zhen was taken aback, not understanding at first, and hurriedly asked, "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by breaking a promise?"
The Death Shadow didn't answer Yang Zhen's question. His body trembled, his face suddenly contorted into a ferocious expression, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud. He looked up at the overwhelming swarm of insects, grinning, and said, "I didn't expect you to find me so quickly!"
Upon hearing Death Shadow's words, Yang Zhen and the other three were all taken aback.
Gong Sanhe seemed to remember something and suddenly shouted, "This isn't Witchcraft Worms from the Southern Frontier!"
"These are certainly not the Witchcraft Worms of the Southern Frontier!" A hoarse, deep voice rang out, cold and ruthless like the Grim Reaper from Purgatory. The overwhelming swarm of insects suddenly gathered together, forming a human figure.
Yang Zhen's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the figure made up of countless insects. He exclaimed, "Oh my!" and pointed at the figure, asking, "Is this guy a person or an insect?"
The newcomer was very tall, about two heads taller than Yang Zhen. He exuded an endless aura of evil that made people dizzy, like the smell of an insect cave, which was nauseating.
Yang Zhen couldn't make out the person's appearance; it was dark and gaping, like a faceless figure. The person looked around, then stared at Yang Zhen and said, "Boy, watch your tone. If I hear another word from you, you'll be the first to die!"
At this moment, Death Shadow suddenly stood up, smiling as he said, "Young friend Yang, this person before you is one of the Yin- Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang of the Mara Sect, Yin Shadow. His cultivation is even above mine."
Yang Zhen suddenly realized, a strange look flashing across his face, and asked in confusion, "Your cultivation is even higher than yours, so wouldn't that mean you're at the Spirit Transformation Realm?"
The Death Shadow laughed loudly and said, "Breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm isn't that easy. The only reason I say his cultivation is above mine is because he controls my life and death. Without the restraints of the Technique Talisman within his body, what is he?"
Hearing this, Yang Zhen chuckled, immediately understanding. "So, after you left the Mara Sect, they received information that this strange, Mara Sect figure was here to kill you?"
The Death Shadow nodded and said, "Trying to kill me? It's not that easy!"
boom--!
A terrifying wave of energy suddenly erupted from the Death Shadow, filling the sky with black mist as its violent aura clashed with the Yin Shadow.
As the Yin Shadow laughed heartily, it suddenly transformed into two people right before everyone's eyes.
The other person's aura was even more bizarre, almost yin and yang, with an evil tinged with righteousness. He said in a hoarse whisper, "What if I were added to the mix?"
"Dig the grass!"
Yang Zhen was startled; it was true that all sorts of strange things could happen.
This strange, ethereal figure is actually hermaphroditic?
Upon seeing Yang Shadow's appearance, Death Shadow's expression changed drastically. He turned to Yang Zhen and the others and said, "Run!"
It was clear that Death Shadow still had a fighting chance against a single Yin Shadow, but once Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang appeared, even Death Shadow, that arrogant old clown, changed his expression and his voice became distorted.
Clearly, in the face of the Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang, Death Shadow knew he had no chance of survival!
After shouting, a terrifying black wave suddenly erupted from the Shadow of Death Shadow's body, like a raging fire, and in the blink of an eye, it enveloped half of the hall.
The old woman, Yang Shadow, chuckled sinisterly and said, " Death Shadow, you should know that you don't even have a chance to struggle in front of the two of us. What gives you such audacity to dare to violate the principles of the Mara Sect and betray Mara Sect?"
The Death Shadow laughed loudly, spat, and said, "Damn it! I've wanted to leave the Mara Sect for years, but you two inhuman freaks willingly planted the Evil Shadow Technique Talisman in your bodies, becoming walking corpses of the Mara Sect."
The Yin Shadow chuckled, took a step forward, and its terrifying aura intensified. "What's wrong with being a walking corpse?"
At this point, the Yin Shadow looked at the enormous coffin behind Yang Zhen and laughed heartily, saying, "Speaking of which, we two should thank you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to find this Heavenly Secret Lock, one of the Nine Heavenly Secret Sites. It's truly an immense fortuitous opportunity of luck."
The old woman Yang Shadow continued, "Let me see who it is that makes you willingly risk being hunted down by the Mara Sect to follow you. This old man is definitely not it. The people of the Ancient Life Sect are not qualified to make you do such a thing. So, it must be this young master before you?"
"Kill this brat first!" the Yin Shadow sneered.
"You dare!" The black flames on Death Shadow surged even more fiercely as he glared at the Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang and roared, "You two, if you dare to touch Yang Decao, I will detonate my own Technique Talisman to leave you two old geezers here alive!"
"Then try it. Do you have a chance to detonate the Technique Talisman in front of the two of us?" the old woman Yang Shadow said with a smile.
Death Shadow Shadow's expression changed, and he was about to speak when Yang Zhen suddenly walked up slowly, "I say, you two, talking nonsense to yourselves, aren't you being too disrespectful to this Sage of Saunter? Do you think this Sage of Saunter is made of mud?"