Reverse War Surpass Immortal

Chapter 968 - 867: The Mysterious Corpse

"Who on earth is the owner of this palace? Why make it so mysterious?"A martial artist muttered.

Upon hearing the martial artist's mutterings, everyone started contemplating the identity of the palace's owner in front of them.

The martial saints present were all shrewd individuals; if they were in their own plane, they would definitely try to use others' lives to pave the way for themselves.

But now they knew that the strength of their companions was no weaker than theirs; they were evenly matched and unable to command the others.

After advancing a bit further, they suddenly smelled a stench emanating from the passage ahead.

Smelling the extremely unpleasant odor, everyone pinched their noses.

"Oh my god! Why is it so smelly here?"

At that moment, a martial artist started muttering again.

"Everyone be careful, there might be a lot of corpses ahead!"

Duan Gujin's eyes flashed, immediately thinking of this possibility.

Others also promptly thought of the bodies they had seen on the way, and a cold sweat broke out on their backs.

"It seems like others have ventured here before us!"

A martial artist said.

The others felt a sudden tension upon hearing this.

They fully believed the martial artist's words were true. Surely, other martial artists had ventured inside the palace before them.

But fate was not kind to those martial artists; they ended up dying tragically here.

And how those martial artists died needed to be investigated by them.

The group immediately thought there might be a terrifying killing array in the corridor ahead, and many took a few steps back, not wanting to become cannon fodder.

Duan Gujin's eyes flashed, and he said to the martial artists behind him, "You all wait here, I'll go ahead and see what's happening. Does anyone object?"

"No!"

Upon learning that Duan Gujin would venture ahead, the other martial artists were delighted. How could they object?

Although some martial artists suspected that Duan Gujin wanted to be the first in to seize any treasure inside, it was hard to say if there was any treasure at all.

If they objected and were sent to scout instead, that would truly be a headache.

"You go ahead!"

Many encouraged him.

"Alright, you stay here and do nothing!"

Duan Gujin said. He took this risky move only out of necessity.

He was very worried there might be a killing array ahead in the corridor. If his companions couldn't detect it and triggered it, everyone would end up buried with some careless fool.

Rather than worrying about others, it was better to scout the path himself, ensuring he could handle it with caution.

Watching Duan Gujin's departing figure, many martial artists thought he looked like a fool.

They pretended to be serious but were secretly laughing.

However, they didn't know that Duan Gujin volunteered to be the cannon fodder to avoid being dragged down by his companions.

He was confident in himself, believing he could be cautious and precise, not wanting to be ruined by the carelessness of his peers.

After advancing a bit further, the stench grew even more unbearable, causing him to frown deeply. With a thought, he used his primordial power to send countless gusts forward, blowing the rotting scent deeper into the passage.

He cautiously progressed, continually using palm gusts to fan away the extremely unpleasant odor.

Duan Gujin had covered a distance of about a kilometer when he could no longer see his group of companions behind him.

The group of martial artists could also no longer see Duan Gujin's figure.

Some martial artists simply walked out of the passage to sit cross-legged outside, restoring themselves.

"Let's take the time here to recuperate; that guy won't be coming back anytime soon!"

The martial artists remained calm, speculating that Duan Gujin might find treasures inside the palace or he could meet his death there.

If he did find a treasure, undoubtedly it should belong to him.

Duan Gujin's boldness and courage were things they lacked; he deserved any rewards.

Some people, however, were feeling restless and uneasy.

He advanced further and finally saw multiple corpses of martial artists in the passage, their blood and flesh consumed, yet their skins remained intact.

Due to the loss of moisture, the martial artists' bodies had totally shriveled.

Duan Gujin took a sniff but found no odor from the corpses, perplexed as to where the stench filling the passage had originated.

He extended his divine sense, checking the corpses, and found no wounds; it was as if their flesh had instantly been sucked out, turning them into mummies.

"What's happening with these mummified bodies?"

His eyes flickered, and with a wave of his right hand, a ball of Soul Fire appeared in his palm.

With a thought, the Soul Fire shot towards a corpse.

Upon contact with the corpse, the Soul Fire quickly started burning it.

Duan Gujin held his breath and opened his eyes wide, closely watching the burning corpse to see what changes might occur.

He was shocked to find the corpse turned to ash in less than ten breaths under the Soul Fire's burning.

"It appears the inside of that corpse was completely empty, and for some reason, these bodies could maintain their appearance here!"

His eyes shifted as he considered this possibility.

To verify his hypothesis, he retrieved an extremely sharp long spear from his storage ring, carefully using it to remove the clothes from one of the bodies.

Despite his careful actions, as soon as he lightly moved the clothing on the corpse, it began to disintegrate into ash at an observable pace.

He sharply inhaled, not lowering the long spear, continuing to use it to remove the corpse's clothing.

Quickly, he found some strange runes on the body.

But before he could discern what the runes were, the body completely turned to ash.

"Could there be similar runes on the other bodies?"

To confirm his suspicion, he continued using the long spear on the clothing of other bodies to ascertain what was truly going on with the bodies.

He then witnessed the same scene as before; the deceased's body bore some runes.

Yet due to the rapid disintegration into ash, he couldn't clearly see what those runes were.