Chapter 589: Chapter 334: Old Demon’s Terrifying Finger
White snow blanketed the landscape, and the surroundings were draped in silver.
Thanks to the recent period without new snowfall, the traces left by people on the mountain remained, and sometimes you could even see bloodstains and severed limbs on the snow layers.
This clearly indicated that the battle here previously was very brutal.
Through the footprints, Duan Yun could deduce the martial arts skills of these individuals; the shallower the steps, the better their light body skills.
At night, Duan Yun ventured deep into Bai Mei Mountain.
Earlier, from a high vantage point, he could occasionally see some greenery at the mountain’s base, but here, it was no longer visible.
Even at night, the forest wasn’t completely dark.
The moonlight spilled onto the snow, rendering it a silvery white.
The only color differing from the white surroundings was the black of the large tree trunks.
Occasionally, a few flying birds became the rare moving scenery.
The forest immersed in deathly silence, as Duan Yun walked, producing a rustling sound.
Though he now could walk without leaving a trace in the snow, he chose not to, as only the sound of his own footsteps could break the cold stillness.
The world was silent, yet filled with people.
Dead people.
Initially, Duan Yun thought he had taken a wrong turn.
Because it had been a while since he saw footprints or signs left by people on the ground.
Then he encountered numerous corpses in the snow forest.
These corpses belonged to both the Jade Sword Sect and the White Socks Sect.
Duan Yun recognized them solely because of the legs still wearing white socks in the snow.
Legs without bodies.
These legs in white socks were long frozen by the snow, standing there, looking quite eerie.
At a glance, many trees had collapsed, with close to a hundred corpses scattered around.
This illustrated that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Under the moonlight, these bodies, many incomplete, still bore clear expressions due to the cold.
One might say, under the moonlight, they appeared as if still alive, just missing limbs and frozen, eerily.
In such a snow forest, the sole living person, even Duan Yun, felt a sense of eerie foreboding.
After walking for about the time it takes to brew two cups of tea, the heap of corpses was behind him.
They lay there, with the ice and snow as their companions, but Duan Yun had a persistent illusion of them watching him leave.
In this environment, Duan Yun recalled the rumors he had heard earlier at the Qingqi Bureau.
Su Lizhi and the others might also have been in a similar snow forest, on a similar moonlit night, when they suddenly heard children’s laughter and bird calls, then faced catastrophe.
An official from the Qingqi Bureau believed they had encountered a ghost.
Duan Yun didn’t have much faith in ghosts, but in this scenario, he couldn’t help but wonder.
The dilapidated snow forest, full of incomplete corpses and the rigid legs in white socks, was truly a scene from hell.
However, passing that section, the density of corpses decreased.
They could be seen occasionally, but not as densely as before.
Yet, the sudden bird calls during the night still provided a spine-chilling sensation.
Corpses were still ahead, and Duan Yun couldn’t help but take a closer look.
Among the corpses, there was often a difference; people are usually less appealing dead than alive, but if someone was attractive before death, they could make a stunning corpse.
What Duan Yun saw now was a glamorous corpse dressed in pale yellow.
This woman was a beauty in life, and even in death, she appeared vivid.
She lay there, lifeless, yet amidst the ice and snow, she resembled the most exquisite ice sculpture, shockingly beautiful.
Duan Yun glanced twice, then continued following the traces on the road.
Ahead, the ground was stained dark with blood, and a black bird was pecking at a corpse’s head.
The bird showed no fear of humans, even as Duan Yun approached, it showed no intention of flying away, continuing to peck.
It was pecking at the corpse’s eye socket, almost having hollowed out an eye.
In Duan Yun’s perception, the bird seemed berserk, frantically feeding as if the more it ate, the crazier it became.
With a ’snap’.
The black bird fell to the side, its head now missing.
It was quiet now.
Duan Yun flicked his fingers, continuing forward.
He had confirmed the bird had indeed gone mad from eating human flesh, or why else would it dare to eat in front of a young hero?
In the next moment, Duan Yun halted, hairs standing on end.
Something evil was afoot!
For he spotted the glamorous corpse again.
The glamorous corpse in pale yellow lay beside the body whose eyes had just been pecked, exactly the same as before.
I’ve really encountered ghosts!
And they’ve latched onto me?
Duan Yun always remembered this glamorous corpse due to its striking appearance.
Including the moment just seen, he had now encountered it three times.
To see the same corpse at three different places, could the corpse have moved itself?
Unless someone was playing tricks!
Without any hesitation, Duan Yun unleashed a Jade Sword Finger at that glamorous corpse.
A white qi sword finger accurately hit its navel, blasting open a bloody hole.
From start to finish, the entity did not change.
This was conclusive evidence of death.
By now, Duan Yun also felt a considerable eeriness.
In truth, he bore no prejudice against female ghosts, unless they had been evil demons while alive.
He wondered if the spirit relentlessly followed him because it had an unfulfilled wish?
This reminded him of the last time he went to Old Mother Mountain and encountered the lion with the child’s skeleton that guided him.
Is it easier for such eerie matters to arise in snow mountains?
Judging by the glamorous corpse’s attire, without white socks, and dying here, it was highly probable she was from the Heroic Spirit Jade Maiden Sword Sect.