Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1175: Chapter 1174: Beneath the Lonely Grave, Corpses Gather

Xiao Ling was wrong, she also failed. Initially, she thought that by bringing the egg of the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon, she could use it as a trade to rescue her mother from the hands of the Black Wind Old Woman. Unexpectedly, the Black Wind Old Woman was not willing to make any trade. Xiao Ling was no match for the Black Wind Old Woman, and Xiao Ling’s mother wanted to sacrifice her life to save her daughter, yet Xiao Ling had the same special constitution as her mother. Even if she died, Xiao Ling would replace her and become the Black Wind Old Woman’s cultivation material. In this way, this mother and daughter duo was truly pitiful, posing no threat to the Black Wind Old Woman at all. Xiao Ling was too eager to save her mother, not thinking things through.

”Ah, Xiao Ling, run, Xiao Ling...” Her mother, startled, struggled desperately to shout.

However, the Black Wind Old Woman, after years of cultivation, was of considerable strength and realm. Otherwise, how could she have a foothold on this ”Penglai Fairy Island”? Xiao Ling’s Cultivation Realm was not high, and her mother, after years of torment, had no strength left to resist. This mother and daughter could only look at each other and cry in pain, not even having the chance to embrace.

”Mother, mother...” Xiao Ling also cried out, tears streaming down her face.

”Tsk, tsk, throw this mother and daughter together. Truly, there’s a road to heaven that you refuse to take, charging into the hell with no doors to enter!” The Black Wind Old Woman’s sinister voice said.

Xiao Ling and her mother, holding their heads, cried bitterly together. Their emotions were indescribable, especially Xiao Ling’s mother. In those years, to let Xiao Ling survive, she stayed behind to block the Black Wind Old Woman and threatened her, saying if she dared to harm Xiao Ling, she would kill herself. At that time, the Black Wind Old Woman did not know that Xiao Ling’s constitution had also inherited from her mother, so she did not dare to act rashly. But now, Xiao Ling wanted to save her mother, not only was her constitution discovered by the Black Wind Old Woman, but she also delivered the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon’s egg for nothing. This was truly bad luck!

”Mother, we can finally be together, finally be together...” Xiao Ling held her mother tightly and said.

”Xiao Ling, you shouldn’t have come, shouldn’t have come here, it’s going to be fatal!” Xiao Ling’s mother said, tears falling down.

”No, even if it means death, I want to die with my mother. Xiao Ling cannot be without her mother!” Xiao Ling cried like a little crying girl.

”Hahahaha, then let you both become the materials for my cultivation. This way, you can be reunited!” The Black Wind Old Woman laughed sinisterly.

Xiao Ling’s mother held Xiao Ling tightly. She naturally wanted to protect Xiao Ling, to protect her child, but she did not have the strength nor power. She remembered when Xiao Ling was just born, her father left the ”Penglai Fairy Island”, and it was her and Xiao Ling surviving in this same world where the strong prey on the weak. The mother and daughter relied on each other for survival. However, when Xiao Ling was eight, the Black Wind Old Woman discovered them, especially after noticing Xiao Ling’s mother’s special constitution, she captured her. Xiao Ling, just an eight-year-old girl, lived alone for ten years. One could only imagine what kind of life that was, just thinking about it brought heartache.

”Heavens, why, why do you treat us like this...?” Xiao Ling’s mother couldn’t help crying and shouted at the sky.

Pa!

The Black Wind Old Woman acted, extremely vicious and domineering, extending a huge palm towards Xiao Ling and Xiao Ling’s mother, intending to take them back to her massive solitary tomb. She was an old Demon who drank human blood and ate human flesh without blinking. Xiao Ling was going to suffer!

Swish!

Pu!

A ray of sword light slashed down, directly severing one of the Black Wind Old Woman’s arms, causing her to scream and shout angrily, ”Who dares to attack me?”

At this moment, Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment. Her face broke into a joyful smile, and as she looked up, she saw Ye Tianchen holding a Divine Sword, coldly looking at the Black Wind Old Woman with a look of contempt saying, ”You dare to come out and scare people looking so ugly, aren’t you ashamed?”

”Ah, kill him for me!” The Black Wind Old Woman shouted, commanding the nearby female Evil Spirit.

Swish!

Unexpectedly, just as the Black Wind Old Woman finished her words, Ye Tianchen’s sword light fell, directly causing the female Evil Spirit charging at him to disappear into a puff of nothing, leaving the Black Wind Old Woman staring in disbelief, her hollow eyes rolling as she dove underground, seemingly fleeing back to her massive solitary tomb.

Ye Tianchen frowned slightly. What exactly was this Black Wind Old Woman? Not quite human, nor quite a monster, living in such a solitary tomb gave a very uncomfortable feeling.

”Thank you, young man, for saving us!” Xiao Ling’s mother thanked Ye Tianchen.

”No need to be polite!” Ye Tianchen said with a faint smile.

”Xiao Ling, quickly thank this young man...” Xiao Ling’s mother felt something strange, why didn’t Xiao Ling thank him?

Xiao Ling glanced at Ye Tianchen, feeling undoubtedly happy inside. With Ye Tianchen here, she and her mother would be safe; even the Black Wind Old Woman was scared away by Ye Tianchen, which showed that his power far surpassed hers.

”Why are you here?” Xiao Ling looked at Ye Tianchen and asked indifferently after a while.

”Am I not supposed to be here?” Ye Tianchen looked at Xiao Ling, frustrated, and asked.

”I don’t want to owe you anything. Don’t think that just because you saved me, that means I owe you!” Xiao Ling puffed out her cute little mouth and said to Ye Tianchen.

”Xiao Ling, how could you speak to this young man like that...” Xiao Ling’s mother felt something strange and said.

”Mom, this guy... this guy is bullying people, I’m ignoring him!” Xiao Ling recalled what happened last night, gave Ye Tianchen a fierce look, and said, her face blushing with embarrassment.

”I... never mind, I can’t be bothered arguing with you. You all stay here and wait for me; I’ll thoroughly deal with the Black Wind Old Woman so she won’t harm anyone else.” Ye Tianchen said to Xiao Ling, exasperated.

Watching Ye Tianchen walking toward the large solitary grave with a Divine Sword in hand, Xiao Ling gave him a fierce face, sticking out her tongue; actually, Xiao Ling was just too shy. She didn’t know why she unconsciously leaned into this guy’s arms last night. She was an eighteen-year-old girl, just beginning to understand feelings, and had never had contact with a man before. Recalling it now still made her blush deeply.

”Young man, this Black Wind Old Woman is a corpse that has cultivated for hundreds of years with strong Yin Qi, she’s not easy to deal with; you must be careful!” Xiao Ling’s mother couldn’t help but speak up when she saw Ye Tianchen going to kill the Black Wind Old Woman.

”Mm!” Ye Tianchen nodded and descended beneath the large solitary grave.

After entering the vast solitary grave, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but frown. It was filled with sinister and eerie energy everywhere, especially beneath the grave, where there was a massive stone palace with many small stone chambers. Which chamber the Black Wind Old Woman was in, Ye Tianchen couldn’t determine immediately.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Gusts of cold wind blew past, swirling around Ye Tianchen like menacing ghosts baring their fangs and claws. If it were an ordinary person, they’d be scared to death by now, but Ye Tianchen wasn’t affected. He knew these ghostly apparitions aim to disturb one’s Divine Thought, making your willpower unstable, and induce hallucinations. With these hallucinations, you act as if living inside them, unwittingly hurting yourself. Therefore, there’s no such thing as ghosts; even if they exist, they can’t harm you physically, only make you harm yourself subtly. As long as you hold onto your true self and remain unmoved, all demons and monsters break without attack.

Ignoring the ghostly figures clawing at him, Ye Tianchen, holding the Taie Sword, walked step by step into the grave’s depths. Though he didn’t know where the Black Wind Old Woman was hiding, his powerful Divine Thought had already detected many coffins within the grave. The largest coffin was right in its center, which Ye Tianchen suspected was the Black Wind Old Woman’s. Her destruction lay in destroying that.

In the Martial Arts World, various types of cultivation exist. Like the Black Wind Old Woman, a dead body in an extreme Yin place wrapped in Yin Qi leads to the creation of unbelievable things, preserving a bit of the dead person’s Spiritual Sense or arousing a new one—not the same person who had died. Revived, they continue cultivation; such things do exist.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The sound of countless coffin lids opening was terrifying. Ye Tianchen could also feel the Yin Qi in the stone chamber had suddenly thickened, showing that many corpses had emerged.

Swish!

A corpse lunged at Ye Tianchen, its hands reaching for his neck. Ye Tianchen frowned and struck with the sword, slashing the corpse in half. Immediately, hundreds of corpses charged out; Ye Tianchen had to retreat. Although with his Cultivation Realm, exterminating these corpses wasn’t difficult, being cautious was wise. The Black Wind Old Woman’s location was unknown, and getting ambushed wouldn’t be worthwhile at all! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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