Although the coffin nail had clearly pierced the fierce ghost before them, the supernatural presence on the stairs had not dispersed. That was somewhat abnormal.
But anything could happen in supernatural incidents. Yang Jian merely frowned slightly and was not overly surprised.
"Looks like the supernatural presence on these stairs is more complicated than we imagined. Since we can't deal with it, we'll ignore it."
Yang Jian immediately changed his mind. He continued using the coffin nail to suppress the old corpse with its eyes shut, then went around it and continued forward.
Yet there were no stairs behind the old corpse, only darkness, which made everyone uneasy.
Still, Yang Jian chose to press onward. His ghost fire spread out, illuminating the darkness and turning into stairs that extended into it.
After everyone had gone around the old corpse, Yang Jian stopped restraining it. He withdrew the cracked spear and deliberately released it.
There were too many ghosts here. Yang Jian could not leave his coffin nail in that old corpse forever; it had to remain available for use at any time.
They picked up speed.
Yang Jian and the others soon left the released old corpse behind and continued onward through the darkness.
"Yang Jian, that old corpse seems to be following us again."
Suddenly, Liu Qi heard movement behind them. Heavy footsteps were closing in again. This time, they were no longer the sounds of someone climbing stairs, but descending them.
"Ignore it. That old corpse is a manifestation of the supernatural, not its source. Even pinning it down with the coffin nail couldn't make the supernatural presence on the stairs disappear. The most important thing now is getting out of here. Wasting time on that old corpse isn't worth it."
Yang Jian replied and continued onward.
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