Chapter 607: Ghosts Cry and Wolves Howl
After confirming there was nothing wrong with the sensing array on the ore, Duan Gujin instructed Miao Yu, Lili, and himself to move forward.
However, much to Duan Gujin's disappointment, he did not expect that just after walking a kilometer, the sensing talisman in his hand could no longer detect the sensing array ahead.
"Trouble!"
His eyes flickered, thinking, this stone forest is really huge!
Having no choice, he continued to set up sensing arrays on a piece of ore.
After setting it up, he placed the ore on the ground.
Afterward, he went on with Miao Yu and Lili.
To his dismay, after walking about seven kilometers, he had to make seven more sensing arrays.
The type of sensing array he was now setting up, although very simple to make, had a fatal flaw—it could only detect very short distances.
To make up for this fatal flaw, he would have to make several more sensing arrays.
An hour later, after setting up thirty-seven sensing arrays and getting lost three times, he finally made it out of the stone forest.
"Great! We finally got out!"
Lili was visibly excited. She had not expected the stone forest to be a vast illusion array and was now able to walk out of it, knowing that she owed it all to Miao Yu and Duan Gujin in front of her.
"Look, there's a beam of light ahead!"
Miao Yu immediately pointed to the sky ahead and informed Duan Gujin and Lili.
Following the direction of her finger, Duan Gujin saw that there was indeed a beam of light ahead.
"Let's go over!"
Duan Gujin took a deep breath, and they walked there together.
Before they could approach the light beam, a deep voice came from the sky.
"Congratulations on passing the test in front of the Sixth Level. Now, you only need to break through the Ghostly Wailing Array ahead to successfully pass this level! If you can break through this level, you will obtain Immortal Destiny! Once you obtain Immortal Destiny, you can directly enter the Ninth Level!"
Hearing that voice, Duan Gujin realized that to gain the Immortal Destiny for this level, they would need to break through the Ghostly Wailing Array ahead.
This was similar to the stone forest illusion array that Duan Gujin had passed before; even after breaking through that array, he was very clear in his mind that it was genuinely easy to get lost in that stone forest illusion array.
Moments later, Duan Gujin saw that ahead was an area completely covered by thick dark clouds.
Fortunately, he did not see any lightning in those dark clouds.
His brows furrowed slightly as he thought this level was very similar to the dark clouds that had appeared at the beginning of the Sixth Level.
Clearly, the dark clouds he was seeing now were different from the dark clouds he had seen at the start.
The dark clouds in front of him had fallen to the ground, covering the entire ground, and no traces of lightning streaking through the clouds were seen.
Recalling their previous experiences, Lili felt a bit fearful.
Her thoughts moved, and she immediately took out a huge wooden shield from her storage ring, with iron rods above the wooden shield.
"Let's charge through together!"
Lili said.
"Okay!"
Seeing the Iron Shield in Lili's hands, Duan Gujin knew how she had broken through the Thunderstorm Array before.
Thus, the three of them carried the Iron Shield together and charged towards the black cloud layer in front.
Once they entered, after advancing a distance, they did not see any frenzied thunder appear; instead, they heard howling voices like ghosts wailing and wolves howling from the sky.
"This place is indeed filled with ghostly wails and wolf howls!"
Immediately upon entering, they felt the place was extremely cold.
As they ventured deeper, they realized the surrounding temperature must have been at least dozens of degrees below zero.
"This is really cold!"
Fortunately, all three of them were in the Martial Emperor Realm, able to withstand the invasion of the Yin Cold Aura.
"Look, there's something flying towards us!"
All of a sudden, Lili shouted out loud.
Duan Gujin and Miao Yu glanced around and quickly spotted what she was referring to.
As soon as they got a clear look at the object, they gasped in shock.
"That's a ghost!"
Duan Gujin reasoned that where a ghost appears, lightning will not strike.
So, he had Lili retract the Iron Shield.
Then, the three of them rushed towards the direction of the ghost.
"Stay away from me!"
Duan Gujin told the two women, as the Giant Demon Elephant Martial Soul burst forth from his body instantaneously.
Seeing Duan Gujin's strength, and sensing that his Martial Soul could instill fear in her own Divine Soul, Lili's complexion drastically changed, and she was taken aback.
"My God! Who would have thought his strength was so formidable!"
A glint in Lili's eyes, she thought to herself how fortunate it was that she had not treated them as enemies before. Otherwise, she would be in trouble now.
She estimated that with her current strength, it would be impossible to overcome Duan Gujin; moreover, Miao Yu's strength at her side was also not to be underestimated.
The two of them joining forces would undoubtedly be able to suppress her!
Duan Gujin's Divine Sense locked onto the ghost ahead, and in the next moment, he saw the ghost turn into a wisp of ghost fire and flee away.
He guessed that the ghost fled, quite likely due to the influence of his Giant Demon Elephant Martial Soul, frightened off by his own Martial Soul.
Thus, he led Miao Yu and Lili quickly towards the front.
After a short while, they saw an abandoned city before them, filled with various buildings, within which was a seemingly endless army of ghosts.
Upon seeing the dense ghost army ahead, Duan Gujin and the others promptly drew a sharp breath.
"So many ghosts!"
The same thought flickered through their minds.
"What should I do if they all rush at me at once?"
Duan Gujin's eyes flashed as he felt he needed to ascertain the Combat Power of those ghosts.
If the ghosts ahead were strong, and he recklessly rushed in, even with his formidable strength, it would be difficult to withstand the fierce assault of that ghost army numbering at least in the tens of thousands.
"Both of you, follow me, and don't let those ghosts detect us!"
Duan Gujin covertly transmitted his voice to Miao Yu and Lili behind him, then led them to a corner outside the castle.
He looked around and finally, after some effort, he found a lone ghost.
However, just when he thought he could trap the ghost, its body exploded, dissipating as light rain and vanishing into the air.
Seeing this, Duan Gujin immediately drew a sharp breath.
He contemplated the terrifying prospect of all those ghosts charging at him and then launching a self-destructive attack; the mere thought made his scalp tingle.
"I can't capture these ghosts, nor can I make them disappear. Can I only sneak past?"
Recalling the message from the creator of the Space-Time Treasure Hall, he understood why the builder had informed them in advance that this level contained Immortal Destiny.
Because, while passing this level could be difficult, it was still achievable.
But to unravel this level, the difficulty wasn't ordinary at all.