Chapter 394

As it turned out, in the rain, these pieces of rotting flesh that had turned into sludge were showing signs of regrowth.

And they were growing all on their own.

At this sight, even Lin Moyu felt his hair stand on end.

Ugh!

Dongfang Yao finally mustered the courage to peek out, only to see the scene of the axe smashing into the head.

She immediately felt waves of nausea and the urge to vomit, and in her fright, she quickly closed her eyes again.

Lin Moyu ignored Dongfang Yao. This corpse head was already unusable, so he switched targets.

Soul Fire ignited, aimed at another corpse head.

The firelight landed, but there was no scream, no movement, not even the slightest reaction.

"These guys have no souls…"

Lin Moyu paused slightly; Soul Fire was ineffective.

The opponent had no soul.

"What kind of monster is this, anyway?"

They couldn't be truly killed, so Corpse Explosion couldn't be used.

Without souls, Soul Fire couldn't be used either.

Lin Moyu had the feeling of having seen a ghost.

At this moment, Dongfang Yao, enduring her nausea with a pale face and extreme weakness, said, "I heard from my father that the corpses in the Corpse Realm cannot be killed."

Lin Moyu shook his head, "There is no such thing as something that cannot be killed; it's just that the right method hasn't been found yet."

As Lin Moyu spoke, a Skeleton Archmage appeared beside him.

Skill: Elemental Explosion!

With a loud boom,

the corpse head was blasted into smithereens.

Most of it was annihilated in the Elemental Explosion, leaving only some tiny, almost invisible debris.

These fragments disappeared as soon as they hit the ground.

However, Lin Moyu kept them firmly locked in his sights.

Lin Moyu discovered that they were starting to grow again amidst the rain.

The speed was very, very slow. Lin Moyu watched for a while and made a rough estimate in his mind.

At this rate, if one were to wait for it to fully recover into the shape of a head, it would take at least several years.

Then, the Skeleton Archmage continued to act.

Elements roared, and explosions followed one after another.

Lin Moyu didn't even let a single tiny scrap go.

In the end, not even a speck could be found.

However, Lin Moyu still never received a kill notification.

He couldn't be sure if there was no kill notification, or if he hadn't killed it at all.

So far, this world felt nothing but eerie to Lin Moyu.

Subsequently, Lin Moyu looked at the last corpse head.

He pointed his hand, Skill: Curse of Aging!

Red light shone, but the head had no reaction whatsoever.

Lin Moyu's pupils constricted; there was actually no reaction.

The Curse was completely ineffective.

He realized one thing: these corpses were not living organisms.

Even undead creatures like skeletons, while not alive, still possessed souls.

The soul is the most fundamental existence of a living being.

But the corpses before him had no souls; they were true corpses.

That was why they were unaffected by Curses and feared no soul attacks.

The reason they couldn't be killed no matter what was because they were already dead.

But why could they still move and attack even though they were already dead…

And even recover after being blasted into smithereens?

Lin Moyu couldn't understand.

"Let's go." The experiment was over, and there was no point in staying here any longer.

Since there was an exit in the center, he would find a way to locate it.

Dongfang Yao breathed a sigh of relief and followed closely behind Lin Moyu, not daring to fall a single step behind.

The two moved forward in the rain, the rainwater hitting the Bone Armor and making constant hissing sounds.

Lin Moyu replenished the Bone Armor for himself and Dongfang Yao.

Along the way, they encountered several more corpses, all of which were directly blasted to death by the Skeleton Archmage.

The corpses were very weak; a single Elemental Explosion could blast them into smithereens.

The skeletons were constantly suffering corrosion damage from the acidic rain. Lin Moyu couldn't put them away and had to wait until they left the rain's range.

After walking for half an hour, they finally left the area of rainfall.

Lin Moyu casually put the skeletons away.

The Skeleton Archmage successfully returned to the Summoning Space, but the Skeleton Berserker could not.

Lin Moyu stopped in his tracks, feeling strange.

They had clearly left the rain's range, so why couldn't the Skeleton Berserker be recalled?

He sensed carefully and discovered that the Skeleton Berserker was still taking damage.

The damage was extremely faint, so small that if he didn't sense it carefully, he wouldn't even notice it.

It was precisely because of this damage that he couldn't recall the Skeleton Berserker.

Lin Moyu searched carefully and finally found the source of the damage.

It was the spot where the corpse head had bitten it earlier; there was a tooth mark smaller than a hair.

Such a small wound, such a small attack, yet it could persist for so long.

Counting from the moment it was bitten, it had been at least several hours, and it was still there.

Lin Moyu looked at Dongfang Yao, "You said before that one must not be bitten by a corpse, right?"

Dongfang Yao had calmed down a lot by now, "Yes, Father said that if you are bitten by a corpse, you will eventually turn into a corpse."

Dongfang Yao's expression changed slightly, and she exclaimed, "You mean your skeleton was infected with Corpse Poison?"

"Is this poison? Or something else…" Lin Moyu's heart stirred, and the Lich General appeared.

Brilliant white light shone on the Skeleton Berserker.

Skill: Purify.

[Purify (Level 3): Removes all abnormal statuses from legion members.]

Under the Purify skill, the wound on the Skeleton Berserker's bones quickly disappeared.

Lin Moyu breathed a sigh of relief. Although this world was eerie, it wasn't unsolvable.

At least this wound could be treated.

He tried to put away the Skeleton Berserker, and it went smoothly.

Clearly, it was fine now.

Dongfang Yao's eyes widened, "You neutralized the Corpse Poison?"

Lin Moyu shook his head, "I didn't neutralize it; my summon did."

Dongfang Yao asked urgently, "Then can your summon neutralize someone else's Corpse Poison?"

— Seeking Flowers —

"No, the summon's skills are only effective on my summons."

Lin Moyu's answer caused a flash of disappointment on Dongfang Yao's face.

Dongfang Yao sighed softly; the glimmer of hope that had just risen was extinguished again.

Lin Moyu continued walking forward, and Dongfang Yao immediately followed, while saying softly, "Lin Moyu, if one day you have the ability to cure Corpse Poison, could you help me save someone?"

Lin Moyu nodded, "As long as it doesn't affect me, I can."

Dongfang Yao showed a faint smile, "Thank you."

Lin Moyu continued to ask, "Have you figured it out now? Why did we end up here?"

Since the Dongfang Family had guarded the [Corpse Realm] for generations, there must be a reason why they ended up here.

It must have something to do with the Dongfang Family.

Dongfang Yao was very smart; once she calmed down, she would surely be able to guess it.

Dongfang Yao had indeed already guessed it, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be that Third Uncle tampered with the teleportation array."

Lin Moyu glanced at her, signaling her to continue.

"Third Uncle is called Dongfang Tuo, and he is Dongfang Shun's biological father."

"He is a top-tier Professional at level 81. He is very strong, and his status in our Dongfang Family is not low; he has quite a lot of power."

"Moreover, he has been to the [Corpse Realm] before and knows the location of the [Corpse Realm]."

Listening to Dongfang Yao say this, it was indeed the case.

Lin Moyu revealed a sneer, "Is he not afraid that I will return alive?"

Dongfang Yao shook her head, "Perhaps he never considered that we could return alive. The [Corpse Realm] is terrifying; even a God-level powerhouse could be in danger if trapped here."

"Besides, even if we were lucky enough to return alive, I'm afraid there would be no evidence."

Murderous intent surged in Lin Moyu's eyes, "Although there is no evidence, sometimes, evidence is not needed."

"I hope that when the time comes, your Dongfang Family doesn't choose the wrong side."

Dongfang Yao felt a chill run through her entire body.

The way Lin Moyu said this made her feel terrified.

No one had ever dared to threaten the Dongfang Family like this.

Since the founding of the Shenxia Empire, their Dongfang Family had been the royalty, the masters of the empire.

The royal family governed the state, while the Divine Generals led the military.

The two sides complemented each other but were also independent, not interfering with one another.

But once a Divine General died at the hands of the royal family…

Then things would truly be serious.

To the military, the Divine Generals are like heaven.

The soldiers would think, 'I am shedding blood on the front lines to defend the country, and you are plotting to kill the Divine General in the back.'

The result could be imagined.

Dongfang Yao clutched her head, "Lin Moyu, after we go back, I will definitely give you an explanation."

"For the sake of the empire, please give me a chance first."