Dan Tie

Chapter 343 What Kind of Bizarre Phobia is This?

"Roar—!"

The demonic beast seemed to be enraged, its roar even louder than before!

Then, a fierce demonic energy erupted from the beast's body, and with red eyes, it charged towards the group.

The little demoness calmly channeled a bit of demonic energy into her whip, and the flexible whip suddenly sprang to attention!

Upon seeing the straightened whip, the demonic beast's expression instantly became one of utter shock, as if it had seen a ghost!

It desperately applied its four legs to brake, kicking up a cloud of dust from the ground.

However, it was still too late to stop, and it tumbled forward.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble..."

The demonic beast rolled and tumbled on the ground for a long time before finally stopping.

Once it regained its footing, the beast shot up, turned, and fled!

As it ran, its body trembled violently, and it tripped and fell several times due to its weak legs...

Now, the little demoness and the two demons finally understood.

They had never expected that the demonic beasts within this ruin would be afraid of stick-shaped objects!

They didn't even need to fight; just seeing the shape was enough to make them wet themselves on the spot!

But...

What kind of situation was this?

It was too absurd!

Did the demonic beasts in this Evil Flame Ruin have some kind of collective quirk?

After eating his fill, Ye Fan picked up a pebble and drew on the ground for a while. When the time was right, he prepared to go to bed.

In truth, he wasn't tired at all.

After all, his monstrous mental strength was there.

Ye Fan was doing this merely to appear more like a normal person.

Besides,

It was so comfortable to lie in bed and think!

Fortunately, although the great hall was dilapidated, there were quite a few surrounding rooms.

Ye Fan chose one, took out bedding and other items from his ring, and set them up. Xiang Jiao Jun and Shan Ji went to other rooms.

The little demoness naturally chose to share a room with Ye Fan.

After Ye Fan got into bed, the little demoness lay down beside him.

"The night is so beautiful tonight," the little demoness mumbled. "Look how gorgeous the starry sky is."

Ye Fan looked up at the bare ceiling in confusion...

"Snap."

The little demoness snapped her fingers, and a large hole immediately appeared in the roof.

Now, through the hole, they could indeed see the night and the starry sky...

Ye Fan: ...

"What are you plotting again?" Ye Fan eyed the little demoness suspiciously. "Just say it if you have something to say."

"I understand everything. You were hinting at me just now." The little demoness looked at Ye Fan with burning eyes. "You don't need to hold back, just say the word. It's late and quiet now, let's do something happy together!"

As the little demoness spoke, her face moved closer to Ye Fan.

"If you have nothing better to do, go back and cultivate or go out and have fun," Ye Fan said, covering the little demoness's face with his right hand. "I'm tired, don't bother me."

"Tch," the little demoness swatted Ye Fan's hand away. "So unromantic..."

The next day.

After breakfast, Ye Fan and his group continued on their journey.

In the following days, Ye Fan harvested more herbs, and the signs of battles and corpses became increasingly frequent.

During this time, they encountered more battles between cultivators and demonic beasts and also discovered more bizarre phenomena.

The fact that the demonic beasts here were afraid of stick-shaped objects had been officially confirmed from previous battles.

However, it seemed these demonic beasts were afraid of more than just stick-shaped objects...

Take the battle this morning, for example.

At that time, a group of cultivators was on the verge of annihilation when one of them suddenly took out a pot-like magical artifact.

It was likely a natal artifact, as he looked pained when he took it out.

And the result...

Before he could even make a move, the demonic beast, upon seeing the pot, immediately wet itself on the spot!

It lay on the ground, trembling non-stop, and did not retaliate no matter how the cultivators attacked!

The once arrogant demonic beast was dismembered in such a bizarre way...

The next battle was even more absurd!

A group of unfortunate cultivators encountered a Void Comprehension level five demonic beast, and it was a mutated one!

Let alone these people, even a peak Void Comprehension level nine expert would have had trouble.

One of these people was a body cultivator.

This fellow was also a formidable individual, driven by the ambition to fight back even if it meant death. He prepared to make a heroic sacrifice.

He stretched his limbs, and a faint crackling sound came from his bones as he clenched his fists.

Then, the mighty mutated demonic beast acted as if it had seen a ghost and turned to flee!

It vanished in an instant!

As if it had never appeared!

Leaving a group of cultivators utterly bewildered and disoriented...

Witnessing all of this, Ye Fan's expression grew increasingly strange.

An absurd and unbelievable thought gradually formed in his mind...

If this were true...

Then it would truly be beyond ordinary absurdity...

It would be completely outrageous!

"But it's strange," Ye Fan muttered. "According to logic, Huang Huihong and the others should have arrived by now. Why is there still no news?"

As Ye Fan spoke, he took out a communication jade slip, attempting to send a message to the other party.

"Huh?" As soon as he took out the communication jade slip, Ye Fan froze.

The communication jade slip had no signal?

Seeing this, the little demoness and the two demons also took out their communication jade slips and found that they also had no signal.

"It seems there's something in this ruin that's blocking signals," Ye Fan muttered. "Perhaps they've already entered by now..."

Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Fan and his group arrived in front of a building.

At the same time, over a hundred cultivators also approached from all directions.

These cultivators stood in three groups, appearing to represent three different factions.

Everyone glanced at the plaque above the gate.

It read: "Warehouse No. 1."

"What bad luck," someone immediately complained. "We risked our lives to get here, only to find a place for storing miscellaneous items."

Despite the complaints, everyone still entered in sequence.

After all...

They had already come this far...

The interior was not large, only about twenty zhang in length and width.

The walls and ceiling were bare, and in some places, the paint had peeled off due to disrepair.

In the center of the room were ten chests, and nothing else.

However, all the cultivators' gazes immediately turned fiery!

Because those chests were emitting incredibly potent spiritual energy fluctuations!

Everyone simultaneously gripped their weapons.

The three leaders looked at each other, their eyes becoming increasingly sharp!

The atmosphere in the room instantly tensed!

"Leader Zhang, Leader Li," one leader proposed, "Our three factions are of equal strength. Fighting amongst ourselves would only benefit others. In my opinion, it is best for our three factions to quickly divide the spoils before others arrive."

"Agreed!" Zhang and Li both nodded in unison.

At this point, this seemed to be the best course of action.

If they waited for others to arrive, who knew what might happen then.

They might even lose their lives here!

As for Ye Fan and his companions nearby?

In their eyes, the little demoness, who had the highest cultivation, was merely at the Nascent Soul level ten.

Such insignificant beings were not worth considering.

If these few dared to be foolish and cause trouble later, they would simply be eliminated.

The three leaders sheathed their weapons and walked towards the chests on the ground.

One by one, the chest lids were opened, and a blinding light erupted from within the room!