The Game with Fairies

Chapter 223

This city was discovered by Li Muyang when the Emerald Blade Mantis was at tier 7.

But at that time, the Emerald Blade Mantis was still weak, and Li Muyang didn’t dare to approach, keeping his distance from it.

Now that the Emerald Blade Mantis has evolved to the 9th tier, Li Muyang dares to stealthily approach and observe the city shrouded in mist from afar.

A bustling city in the dilapidated and decaying underworld?

The scene seemed incredibly bizarre.

In the past, Li Muyang had seen several cities in this broken and desolate underworld.

But those cities were all in ruins, many reduced to mere remnants of walls, and even the lingering souls were scarce.

The remnants of souls in the underworld mostly wandered the wilderness or lay dormant in one place.

Li Muyang had never seen a scene as lively as this city before.

He instinctively sensed something was amiss and controlled the Emerald Blade Mantis to stealthily move closer and silently observe.

The tier 9 Emerald Blade Mantis had awakened a talent for sensing danger.

When encountering powerful enemies or stepping into dangerous areas, a crisis value would appear below the health bar of the Emerald Blade Mantis to alert Li Muyang.

A crisis value over 90 was red, indicating the need for immediate retreat.

The corpses of deities wandering the wilderness all posed this level of danger.

As Li Muyang approached the ghost city, the crisis value of the Emerald Blade Mantis slowly fluctuated but eventually settled at 40, green.

This number represented a general danger.@@@@

Only slightly more dangerous than the enemies the Emerald Blade Mantis needed to hunt.

Seeing this crisis value, Li Muyang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

He controlled the Emerald Blade Mantis to get even closer and finally saw the wandering soul shadows on the city walls.

These weak and transparent souls posed no threat at all, looking fragile and ordinary.

They were simply the souls of mortals.

However, their attire left Li Muyang dumbfounded.

All the ghostly figures walking on the city walls wore red headbands and lotus flower armor robes.

These ghostly figures... looked exactly like the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect?

Li Muyang controlled the Emerald Blade Mantis to stealthily move beneath a collapsed section of the city wall.

The collapsed wall offered a glimpse inside the city.

From a distance, Li Muyang saw a massive shadow standing like a mountain in the center of the city, obscured by mist, with only its rough shape visible. ????aNƟBĚș

She spoke to herself, then suddenly thought of something and frowned.

“No, that’s not right! Although you made a blood oath, you don’t have a soul shard in the Four Directions Cauldron, and there’s some strange force blocking the effect of your blood oath.”

“Even if you died, you couldn’t possibly enter the Four Directions Cauldron...”

The girl continued, puzzled, then jumped down from the city wall towards the huge Emerald Blade Mantis.

“What exactly...”

Bang!

The girl who jumped down from the city wall hit an invisible barrier the moment she left the city wall’s confines and was bounced back.

The girl, rubbing her face as she stood up from the city wall, looked at the huge mantis in shock and said,

“You’re not inside the Four Directions Cauldron? You’re outside the Four Directions Cauldron?”

The girl had a look of disbelief on her face.

Li Muyang, watching this scene through the Emerald Blade Mantis, remained silent.

Could this ghost city actually be the Four Directions Cauldron?

And the girl in front of him...

Li Muyang hesitated for a moment, then controlled the Emerald Blade Mantis to write a line of text on the ground.

【Who are you?】

“Me? My name is Shen Miao, Shen Yan’s younger sister,” the white-robed girl introduced herself without hesitation.

“When I was born, my father killed me and offered me as a blood sacrifice to the Four Directions Cauldron. Since then, I’ve always been here, growing up inside the Four Directions Cauldron.”

The girl in white spoke of her past nonchalantly, then curiously examined the giant mantis before her.

“People say that the souls that entered the Four Directions Cauldron were all muddle-headed, ignorant, and unaware. It’s the first time I’ve seen someone as lucid as you.”

“Hey! Li Muyang, how did you get in here? Why have you turned into a giant mantis?”

The girl looked at Li Muyang with curiosity, her bright eyes filled with anticipation: “What’s it like outside the Four Directions Cauldron? Is it the human world?”

“Can you bring me some tasty food from outside the Four Directions Cauldron?”

“Like candied hawthorns, pastries, snacks, and the like. I’ve seen my sister eat them since I was little, but I’ve never tasted them myself. I don’t even know what they taste like.”

As the girl in white spoke, her saliva unceremoniously dribbled down.

She wiped the corner of her mouth and looked at Li Muyang with great anticipation.

“Can you bring me some delicious food from outside the Four Directions Cauldron?”

“I really want to know what the food outside tastes like!”