Chapter 331: Remnant Soul Fragments (1/2)

The ground was littered with dust but also storage treasures. Xue Wei did not mind it and waved his hand, qi erupted from his body and dragged the storage treasures towards him where it landed in front of him, turning into a small mountain.

He quickly put them into his own storage treasure. Now was not the time to check their spoils of war.

Although the battle had been effortless, the fact that so many undead cultivators had appeared was a sign of something dangerous happening on the island.

Before going any further, Xue Wei checked his stock of soul calming pills. He had easily been able to connect the dots - the ones who entered the island without something to combat the fierce killing intent would end up as mindless undead, wandering the island and slowly lose all their soul power.

Some of the experts on the island had already turned to dust long ago, so storage treasures were randomly laying on the ground.

Knowing that he still had a few vials of the soul calming pills, he did not mind it too much. As long as he could get rid of the killing intent that was shrouding the entire island, they would at least not have to fear being made into the undead.

Xue Wei and his friends had their nerves stretched tautly. They understood that this island had to have other dangers than this killing intent and the risk of becoming undead.

They advanced further into the island and came across a withered, grey and dark forest. It stretched as far as the eye could see, and even when they walked by the side of the forest, they were unable to see the end.

Eventually, after walking by the forest for a long time, Xue Wei frowned. ”The forest is likely to cover the entire inner island,” he sighed when he realized that no matter how far they walked, they would still be seeing only forests on their side.

”I have a bad feeling about this dead forest,” Hei Gou said tentatively as he looked into the forest, a bit of dread was in his eyes.

This forest was not giving out any feeling of killing like the rest of the island, but instead, it was silent. It was as if everything that entered became nothing - that no sound could penetrate the thicket.

It was as if, anything that entered was incapable of exiting again.

Xue Wei looked at the forest, but his eyes shone with determination. He was not going to cower in fear; he was going to give it all he could and not back down. If he died trying, he had no regrets.

It was not only Xue Wei who thought like this. When he looked at the others, although he could see worry and discomfort in their eyes, there was no regret, no backing down.

Sensing their determination, he felt proud of having exactly these people as his friends. They were not willing to give up, nor were they willing to let go of any chances. Although they knew that they would encounter danger, they refused to cower!

”Well then, no need to waste any more time considering,” Xue Wei said smilingly, as he took a step forward, and the friends followed suit as they too stepped into the withered and dead forest.

As soon as they entered the forest, it felt as if they had entered another world. This world was utterly silent, not even a rustling of the branches could be heard.

This Thunder Twilight Zone was filled with lightning and thunder; winds were blowing all over the place, making it near impossible for these trees to stand still, and even less impossible for them to not rustle slightly.

But looking into the treetops above them, there were no signs of the wind reaching the trees. Nor were there any signs of life, but that had become normal on this island.

Even so, the danger Xue Wei felt after entering the forest was many times higher than it had been before. His nerves were stretched to their limits, his senses on high alert.

Although the forest felt dead, and although no signs of life could be seen, Xue Wei could sense that something was living in the shadows.

It was observing them. Every step they took was being followed closely, and when Xue Wei's eyes hardened as he started moving deeper into the forest, but all his focus was on the shadows.

He soon found that there were two types of shadows. One of the shadows was completely black. It was moving strangely, not retracting when the lights of the lightning descended from the sky. Instead, it kept stretching its shadow further and further towards Xue Wei.

”It is hiding in the shadows!” he called out and looked behind him, only to find that Luoluo was quite a bit behind, her face showing some discomfort and her body unable to move.

”It is the shadows,” she said with a suppressed voice, ”it got a hold of me,” she continued.

Although she was in a horrible situation and unable to move even a muscle, she was not panicking. Her eyes were bright, and she was looking forward without hesitation.

Xue Wei paused before he rummaged through his storage treasures and picked out five small stones which he then passed on to one each.

As soon as they gained them, they activated the stones. These stones were ordinary stones, but they were inscribed. The inscription on them was explosive, and Xue Wei activated his first.