Chapter 154: Immortal Grave 2
"We are almost there," announced Zhi Mei as she landed heavily beside BaiShe, her armor marked by splatters of Yin fluids. "But look at the ground."
Before them, the ashen earth had given way to a carpet of decomposing bodies that seemed to form a living road toward the pagoda. The corpses, some dating from the time of the Rakshasas, were still twitching, their hands reaching toward the travelers.
...
The eternal twilight of the Immortal Grave seemed to thicken with every step, transforming the plain of ashes into a quagmire of spiritual despair. The air, saturated with a Yin Qi of almost liquid density, no longer simply froze the blood; it now attacked directly the mental barriers of the three travelers. Despite this, BaiShe was rather calm...
At his side, Zhi Mei did not share his serenity. The Holy Templar had deployed her Sidhe wings, emitting an azure light that laboriously pushed back the fetid mist. Her blue eyes, usually so pious, burned with a warrior intensity as she scrutinized the moving shadows.
"They are getting more and more numerous..." murmured Zhi Mei, her gloved hand gripping the pommel of her blade with a force that made the leather creak. "These are no longer just ghouls. I sense resentments several millennia old awakening."
"The tomb is reacting to the presence of the Dao Executor, Miss Mei," replied BaiShe in a monotone voice, his monocle reflecting the purple gleams of the sky. "The Ashura does not like people coming to inspect its chains."
Suddenly, the basaltic ground exploded in a deafening crash. From the ashen earth emerged hundreds of higher-rank Yin Entities. They were Void Specters, ethereal forms with elongated limbs and faces frozen in a silent scream. Their number was incalculable, forming a tide of translucent flesh and death Qi that instantly overwhelmed the safety perimeter.
"they are not as strong as earlier..."
Chong Da, the blind monk, immediately sat in lotus position, levitating his body a few centimeters above the ground. A golden shockwave spread from his muscular body, his Buddhist mantras creating a protective barrier for the group.