The Mummy Comes Back to Life
To a Seventh Rank Thief Saint, killing someone was merely the snap of a finger.
Screams of terror rang out from the crowd. A Path of the Witch God practitioner wearing a black robe, who had always been hiding in the ranks, rushed out like an arrow, charging straight through the crowd and fearlessly towards Mo Lian!
"Run!!" This was his last will in the human world.
This Path of the Witch God practitioner was only at the Fifth Rank. He was a member of a civilian Path of the Witch God organization in the Wuji Domain. Because he was worried about this group of children crossing the Gray World, he volunteered to come and escort them... And now, he attacked without hesitation, Like a Moth to a Flame.
In front of Mo Lian, he was no different from a slightly larger ant. But to the civilian Path of the Witch God practitioners currently struggling to survive in the cracks of the domain, he was already among the strongest.
The burly men pushing the carts were all Ordinary Persons. When had they ever seen such a bloody scene? They were all terrified silly in an instant!
Screaming in terror, they completely forgot they were in the Gray World. Releasing the tattered pushcarts in their hands, they turned their heads and ran madly into the distance!
At the same time, the other children walking relatively at the back also fled in an uproar.
Mo Lian was covered by that Path of the Witch God practitioner's Domain, yet there wasn't the slightest change in his expression. Leaning on his Cane, he casually walked within it, not forgetting to shout to the distance at the same time.
Boom—!!!
A Shadow Centipede as large as a skyscraper abruptly broke through the earth of the Gray World. Its sharp mouthparts were deadly pursuing a figure wearing a White Baseball Cap. And behind it, there were three more rampaging Shadow Centipedes following closely!
For some unknown reason, these centipedes seemed to harbor extreme resentment towards Bai Ye. Sharp roars resounded through the sky, and one of them even changed direction upon discovering Mo Lian, charging straight towards him!
Mo Lian: ???
"It seems our luck isn't very good." Bai Ye pressed down on the baseball cap on top of his head with one hand so it wouldn't be blown away by the strong wind, speaking helplessly at the same time, "This seems to be the Nest of this group of Calamities..."
"Damn it, why at this time?!" Mo Lian cursed loudly.
Mo Lian's killing through the air, and the terrifying Calamities that consecutively rushed out, had completely terrified the remaining children silly. Most of them collapsed to the ground with weak legs. Even if they desperately wanted to make themselves run away, their bodies just wouldn't obey, and one after another, shrill cries and screams rang out continuously!
But among them, there were some exceptions.
Zhu Zhong, who had hit someone just now, although his face was also pale with fright, at least he could still move. He broke into a run towards a certain direction in the Gray World, and the other relatively older children also followed closely behind him, crawling and tumbling.
"B-Brother Xiao Li..." Ah Qian spoke tremblingly, her legs completely disobedient.
The Hemp-Clad Youth didn't say a second word, putting her back on his back. After his gaze swept over the surroundings, he hesitated for a moment, and still locked onto the direction Zhu Zhong and the others fled.
In a place like the Gray World, no matter where it was, it would be dangerous. But traveling with companions would always be relatively safer by a thread...
But first, they had to be able to evade the Calamities' tracking.
The Hemp-Clad Youth walked with large strides, rushing to the side of the forgotten pushcart. At this time, a mummy-like figure was lying straight on it, motionless.
He forcefully tried to push the Holy Remains away, but no matter how much he used all his strength, he could only push the cart a few centimeters...
After all, this was a heavy item that took two adult burly men pushing together to barely move. For the Hemp-Clad Youth alone, while still carrying a girl, to easily push it away was fundamentally impossible.
"Damn it... damn it!!" The Hemp-Clad Youth was incomparably annoyed.
Without the protection of the Holy Remains, running in any direction was certain death, but he just couldn't push it... Under these circumstances, in a while, whether it was that cane-wielding man who killed people or those terrifying centipede Calamities, they could all easily kill him!
Just as the Hemp-Clad Youth was on the verge of despair, the mummy figure lying on the flatbed cart actually sat up with a swish!
The Hemp-Clad Youth and Ah Qian were both startled, almost falling on their butts to the ground.
"So troublesome."
The Mummy said a sentence muffledly, and then did a carp kick-up to jump down from the flatbed cart. With one hand for each, he grabbed both the Hemp-Clad Youth and Ah Qian onto the cart bed, and pushing the cart, he took off running madly into the distance!
The Hemp-Clad Youth: ???
Having lived this long, it was the first time the Hemp-Clad Youth truly experienced the feeling of "moving like lightning".
The oncoming strong wind almost made him unable to open his eyes. The bumpy ground forced him to tightly grip the edge of the flatbed cart to avoid being directly jolted off. While he tried his best to stick his body onto the flatbed cart, he couldn't help but speak:
"Are... are you alive??"
"You're being a bit presumptuous." The Mummy paused for a moment. "... Just like that group of people just now."
"... Sorry."
The Mummy silently pushed the cart. After about a minute,
Just as the Hemp-Clad Youth thought he wouldn't reply, he finally squeezed out a sentence muffledly:
"It's fine."
"..."
Just as the Hemp-Clad Youth was preparing to ask something else, that group of figures who had fled a step earlier was gradually outlined in the distance. Without a second word, The Mummy again threw the Hemp-Clad Youth and Ah Qian off the cart with one hand each...
Then, he himself performed a Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate, and with a thump, lay straight on the flatbed cart, motionless, instantly "resting in peace".
Even before resting in peace, he specially raised his hand and made a "shush" gesture to the Hemp-Clad Youth.
Rumble—
The flatbed cart carrying the corpse-playing mummy slowly stopped under the effect of inertia. The Hemp-Clad Youth and Ah Qian followed behind it with bewildered faces...
Zhu Zhong and the other figures simultaneously turned their heads to look in this direction. Resting their hands on their knees, while panting heavily, they spoke in shock: "You guys have so much strength, you actually pushed it over here?!"
"..."
"If we didn't push it over, we would all die." The Hemp-Clad Youth took advantage of the situation and agreed.
He didn't know why this mummy was clearly a living person but wanted to play dead. But since he didn't want to be exposed, the Hemp-Clad Youth wouldn't expose his savior either...
"They will definitely chase over in a while!" A youth spoke nervously. "We have to quickly find a place to hide!"
"Over here! There seems to be a hidden cave down here!"
Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a deep crevice extending as if to the end of darkness on the rugged and broken earth... like a pitch-black eye, staring at the sky.
Seeing that cave opening, everyone felt an inexplicable fear in their hearts, and for a moment no one dared to step forward.
"You! You go down first!!" Zhu Zhong, who was the tallest and sturdiest, forcefully pushed the skinny youth beside him, speaking viciously.
As if recalling the scene of Zhu Zhong almost beating someone to death just now, that youth's face turned somewhat pale. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't dare to resist, silently curling up his body and drilling into the depths of that crevice...
"How is it down there?" Zhu Zhong shouted.
"Down there... it seems quite big down here, there are a lot of large pillars..." The youth's voice drifted out faintly from below, seeming to be trembling somewhat. "On the walls... there seems to be words too."
"Words? What words?"
"... Emperor... what... what... Vault??"