Chapter 964

Chapter 964 Undead Invasion

 

“Put it on,” Fang Yu said.

Ji Rumei was stunned for a moment, looked down, and only then realized she was still wearing that one-piece swimsuit.

So she had been talking to Fang Yu in this state all along…

Ji Rumei felt her cheeks burning, with even her ears turning red.

“Thank you…” Ji Rumei took the clothes from Fang Yu’s hand, head lowered, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s.

But by this time, Fang Yu had already walked ahead.

Ji Rumei raised her head, glanced at Fang Yu’s back, then looked at the clothes in her hand.

These are Mr. Fang’s clothes…

The blush on Ji Rumei’s face became even more obvious.

But at this moment, she noticed Fang Yu getting further away, so she quickly got up and put on the clothes he had given her.

After putting on the clothes, Ji Rumei jogged to catch up with Fang Yu.

After catching up, Ji Rumei noticed the Void Devourer perched on Fang Yu’s shoulder, her expression changed slightly, and she was about to ask.

“Boom…”

Just then, the ground shook violently!

Ji Rumei lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Fang Yu raised his head to look at the mountain path ahead, his eyes flickering slightly.

He turned his head and saw Ji Rumei getting up.

Fang Yu flashed to Ji Rumei’s side, grabbed her, and then using his true energy, stepped directly onto the cliff beside the stone gate and went upward.

Ji Rumei closed her eyes tightly, biting her red lips, trying hard not to scream.

She knew clearly that her presence in this place was already a burden, and she absolutely could not cause more trouble for Fang Yu.

Fang Yu held Ji Rumei with one arm and discovered a small recessed cave halfway up the mountain.

This cave was extremely hidden and appeared to be artificially created.

Fang Yu didn’t think too much about it and brought Ji Rumei into the small cave.

But as soon as Fang Yu let go, even though Ji Rumei’s feet touched the ground, her legs were still weak.

She instinctively reached out and wrapped her arms around Fang Yu’s arm.

Fang Yu turned his head to look at Ji Rumei.

At this moment, Ji Rumei was also looking at him.

Their eyes met.

Ji Rumei’s eyes showed both fear and shyness.

But in Fang Yu’s eyes… there was a daze.

The Ji Rumei before him increasingly resembled Cold Xun Shuang from his memory.

Fang Yu remembered that when he first met Ji Rumei, he only felt they were about 70-80% similar, but upon closer inspection, there were obvious differences in both appearance and temperament.

But as time passed… Ji Rumei and the image of Cold Xun Shuang in his memory gradually overlapped.

Why was this happening?

Logically speaking, a person’s appearance doesn’t change much after reaching adulthood.

Moreover, Fang Yu hadn’t known Ji Rumei for very long, and they hadn’t met many times.

But with each meeting, something felt different.

Was there a problem with Fang Yu’s perception, or was there another reason?

At this moment, Fang Yu recalled Lin Batian’s comment when he saw Ji Rumei.

At that time, Lin Batian… seemed to also say that Ji Rumei looked exactly like Cold Xun Shuang, even suspecting that Ji Rumei was Cold Xun Shuang.

This meant that Fang Yu’s perception wasn’t wrong.

But why was this happening?

Ji Rumei was born into the Ji family in Jiangnan, the only daughter of Ji Dongshan, a young lady from a merchant family, who had never cultivated and had no interest in cultivation.

Back then, Cold Xun Shuang was born into an ordinary family, showing amazing cultivation talent from birth, and was noticed by the ninth elder of Canglan Gate, a second-rank sect at that time, who took her as a disciple. Later, Cold Xun Shuang fulfilled her potential and became the top disciple of Canglan Gate.

The life trajectories of these two had nothing in common.

And they appeared more than two thousand years apart.

Reincarnation?

Rather than this explanation, Fang Yu preferred to believe it was coincidence.

But the increasing resemblance… couldn’t be explained.

“Boom!”

While Fang Yu was pondering, another explosion came from below.

“Hold the line! We must hold the line!”

Then, a clamor of shouting voices followed.

Fang Yu’s thoughts were interrupted, and he looked down directly.

At some point, a team of cultivators wearing cyan robes had appeared on the previously empty mountain path.

The attire of these people was completely different from the present, and also very different from the cultivation world of the past.

It was clear that these were ancient attire.

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, watching these cultivators.

At this moment, these cultivators were staring intently ahead of them.

Fang Yu shifted his gaze, his eyes moving slightly.

In front of the stone gate, which was where Fang Yu and Ji Rumei had been earlier, a large group of alien creatures appeared.

These creatures had four limbs and stood on the ground, but their bodies were brownish-green, and their heads, faces, and torsos were covered with rotting wounds, extremely disgusting to look at.

They slouched their bodies and slowly walked toward the stone gate.

“Such a large amount of death energy… a bit like the Immortal Tribe, but with an even more unsightly appearance than them,” Fang Yu thought.

Ji Rumei followed Fang Yu’s gaze to look at the group of alien creatures, her face turning pale. She immediately turned her head back, closed her eyes tightly, and dared not look again.

“Fellow disciples, we must guard the entrance and absolutely cannot let these corpse tribe creatures climb up the mountain, otherwise… the consequences would be unimaginable!” the cyan-robed cultivator at the front shouted.

This team of cultivators numbered only fourteen.

And the group of creatures called the corpse tribe numbered at least over a hundred.

The numerical difference was huge.

How could they possibly defend against this?

Fang Yu watched the situation below, his brows furrowed.

He was now thinking about… what was currently happening.

He had entered an ancient relic.

And inside this ancient relic, such a scene suddenly appeared.

The corpse tribe creatures below were targeting this Xuzhen Sect, not him, an outsider who had intruded into the relic.

This was different from situations in other relics.

But these cultivators below, as well as the so-called corpse tribe creatures, all appeared suddenly…

They certainly weren’t living beings, more likely just virtual images or illusions.

This reminded Fang Yu of the last ancient relic he entered, with that giant sky-reaching python… and the virtual images of various creatures attacking it.

“This is a scene that the person who left this relic wanted later visitors to see,” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes and thought.

“Boom!”

By this time, the battle had begun below.

The group of cultivators began to use various techniques to attack the corpse tribe ahead.

Their cultivation level was around the Transformation of Divinity stage, which was quite impressive.

But their attacks, when hitting the bodies of the corpse tribe, couldn’t cause fatal damage.

The corpse tribe’s bodies might be blasted with holes, but their movements didn’t stop, and they continued walking up the mountain path!

Thus, these cultivators consumed most of their true energy, yet not a single corpse tribe creature was eliminated.

And when these cultivators were exhausted, the corpse tribe suddenly launched an attack.

They either ran or jumped, directly engaging in close combat.

“Be careful! The corrosion on these corpse tribe bodies is highly toxic and extremely corrosive. Once touched, your flesh will dissolve!” someone shouted.

But even so, they couldn’t withstand the large number of corpse tribe creatures in close combat.

After a short resistance, these cultivators… were eaten alive by these corpse tribe creatures, their flesh dissolved into pools of liquid.

A foul stench spread out.

Any normal person would find it hard not to vomit at this sight.

Ji Rumei had her eyes tightly closed, but hearing the strange sounds from below, she couldn’t resist opening her eyes to take a look…

Then, she couldn’t take it anymore and covered her chest, dry heaving.

Fang Yu frowned slightly, stood up in the cave, and looked upward.

At this moment, the sounds from below disappeared.

Looking carefully, the corpse tribe creatures from before, as well as the disgusting liquid on the ground, had all vanished.

The scene returned to its original state.

Indeed, they were just virtual images.

“It’s over now,” Fang Yu turned to look at the pale-faced Ji Rumei and said.

Ji Rumei peeked out and looked down.

Indeed, the mountain path overgrown with wild grass was empty, and everything had disappeared.

The stench in the air had also vanished.

“Mr. Fang… what, what was that?” Ji Rumei still hadn’t recovered and asked in a trembling voice.

“The owner of this place is showing us a movie,” Fang Yu said.

“Showing us a movie? Why would he want to show us a movie…” Ji Rumei asked blankly.

“That question… is what we need to explore next,” Fang Yu said.

After speaking, he raised his head to look at the mountain top.