The master analyzed slowly,
explaining the seriousness of the current situation.
After all, we had been here for one or two hours.
Apart from the endlessly repeating, identical garage, we had seen nothing else.
In such a oppressive environment, Chu Yue and the others had been trapped for a whole day and night.
During the daytime call, she had even mentioned being pursued by ghosts.
This indicated that this place was extremely unsafe.
"Master, we've been walking for two hours.
They haven't found any trace of them.
Perhaps I should try calling out a few times?"
I was also anxious, so I ventured the suggestion.
Upon arriving here, Master had not asked me to shout loudly in all directions.
Because this was our first time in such a place.
We had no idea about its safety. If we shouted loudly, we might attract malevolent spirits and unnecessary trouble.
Therefore, we had not called out until now.
But now, I felt the need to do something.
Continuing to search blindly might yield very little.
Master took a breath and nodded:
"Alright! Take out your gear and try calling out."
"Okay!"
I replied, drawing the peach wood sword from my sword bag.
Skillfully forming a sword finger, I drew it across the sword's body with my hand.
Then, I let out a low growl:
"Open sword!"
I was already very proficient with the Opening Sword technique, to the point where I could open the sword without talismans.
After I opened my sword, Master also held a copper coin sword.
Seeing that Master was ready, I began to shout loudly in all directions:
"Chu Yue, Chu Yue..."
My voice was very loud, echoing through the vast, continuous garage.
It should be able to travel quite far.
If Chu Yue and the others were nearby, they should be able to hear me.
After shouting a few times, Master and I continued to walk forward.
We occasionally left marks on the surrounding pillars and cars.
Because everything looked the same, if we didn't leave marks, we ourselves might get lost here.
Thus, we walked and shouted for a few minutes.
At this moment, in a corner not far away, a wisp of black energy suddenly appeared.
The black energy flashed and then vanished.
This happened in an instant, but both Master and I saw it.
Master's eyes widened:
"Over there!"
With that, he strode forward in pursuit.
I did not hesitate either and quickly followed.
The sounds of our footsteps echoed in the garage.
Soon, we arrived at the location where the black energy had emerged.
Upon reaching the spot, we found a pool of blood on the ground.
Master immediately crouched down and touched it:
"It's warm. There's a living person nearby."
Master's expression was grave as he said this, scanning the surroundings.
I also shouted even louder:
"Chu Yue, Chu Yue..."
After I had shouted twice,
I suddenly felt a chill on my back.
Before I could react, Master, who was beside me, turned and swung his sword.
"Whoosh..."
"Ah!"
A scream rang out.
When I turned my head, I saw that Master had already thrust his copper coin sword into a malevolent spirit emitting black energy all over its body.
The spirit's face was contorted, its skin sallow, and its body gaunt.
It was currently in a state of pain.
"Malevolent spirit..."
I exclaimed in surprise.
Master, however, looked at it coldly and asked:
"Have you seen any other living people here?"
The spirit's dark eyes held only emptiness.
Its face was contorted in pain, and its claws were constantly clawing at Master.
It was as if it had no consciousness of its own, only beastly instincts.
Seeing that he couldn't get any answer, Master flicked the copper coin sword in his hand:
"Hmph! So you're a spirit that has lost its mind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit let out a scream, its body instantly exploding and disappearing into wisps of black mist.
A spirit without thought, turned into a walking corpse, is called a 'ghost'.
Having drifted for too long, they forget everything, retaining only beastly instincts.
Just as Master killed such a spirit,
the garage suddenly echoed with muffled growls.
The growls started as single sounds, but soon reverberated throughout the entire garage.
In the next second, a terrifying scene unfolded.
Master and I saw, within our line of sight,
wisps of black energy continuously emerging from the scattered cars.
Following that, emaciated figures with sallow skin and pitch-black eyes, malevolent spirit-ghosts, appeared.
One, two, three...
In just a moment, fifty to sixty ghost-demons had appeared from all directions.
Seeing this, my heart sank.
I cried out that it was not good, not expecting such a large number of ghost-demons to exist in this place.
They were like creatures that had starved for more than ten days.
Now that they had appeared, they looked at us in the garage and roared with excitement.
"Ah!"
"Eat, eat..."
These cries of "eat" constantly echoed within the garage.
Immediately after, these ghost-demons, enveloped in black energy, lunged at Master and me from all directions.
Master was currently at the True Light realm of cultivation.
I also had the Soul Palace realm cultivation.
These ghost-demons, apart from their speed, were only at the early Qi Gathering realm in terms of strength.
Seeing them lunge,
Master snorted coldly:
"Disciple, today you will fight alongside me and kill them well!"