Dashing Student-Chapter 1077: What a Pity

Chen Nan felt omnipotent at this moment, and his mind was filled with many memories that told him he had already reached the pinnacle.

Master Xuanming, the Wang Family Ancestor, and others who saw him as an ant were now kneeling at his feet, humble like servants.

Even his beloved Nie Xiaoyu was by his side, able to be with him forever.

Isn’t this what he wanted?

Chen Nan smiled, opened his arms to embrace Nie Xiaoyu, who happily ran towards him.

At this moment, the Shariputra on him suddenly activated on its own, and golden Buddha Light instantly flooded into his eyes.

Chen Nan finally regained his senses; those extra memories in his mind were just an Illusion Technique implanted in him.

In front of him, there was no Nie Xiaoyu or humble Master Xuanming, only a withered corpse holding a decaying longsword, thrusting it toward Chen Nan’s forehead!

Clang!

Chen Nan reacted instantly, summoned the Wind Roar Sword, and struck hard to deflect the corpse’s sword, only for the decayed longsword to shatter into pieces.

However, the corpse still charged straight at him, pressing its hands on his shoulders, opening a mouth with only teeth left, as massive Death Qi surged from it.

The surging Death Qi instantly enveloped Chen Nan!

Death Qi only forms in lethal areas where countless dead have gathered, requiring perfect conditions of time and place.

If one is contaminated by Death Qi, the life force within may be severed, possibly turning one into a mindless zombie.

Chen Nan quickly released Mana, forming a layer of Mana defense on his body to resist the Death Qi, but it was gradually corroded, turning jet black.

Any ordinary Cultivator in such dense Death Qi, even if not dead, would shed a layer of skin.

Chen Nan immediately thought of the Demon Suppressing Sword and quickly summoned it, its blade instantly glowing red!

Then the Demon Suppressing Sword seemed to come alive, voraciously absorbing the Death Qi until none was left.

"Whew, that was close!"

Chen Nan breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the grinning corpse in front of him, and with a reverse slash of his sword, he split the corpse in two.

The surrounding mist continued to churn as the corpse was gradually swallowed by the white mist.

Nearly falling for it just now left Chen Nan with lingering fear, so he held the Demon Suppressing Sword in one hand and the Shariputra in his palm, ensuring no fear of illusions.

He didn’t know how long he had walked, but the surroundings were eerily silent, and Chen Nan’s heart sank to the bottom.

He was trying to find his way back using his instincts, yet it hadn’t taken this long before; he should have already exited to the passageway.

"Tricked by that Divine Calculator again, that damn fraud!"

Chen Nan cursed, deciding to continue forward, not needing the map in his hand since he couldn’t tell where he was in the mist.

After walking for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, he suddenly stumbled over something and looked down to find a dead Cultivator.

The corpse was fresh, clearly not dead for long.

Chen Nan squatted down to inspect and found a terrified expression on the deceased’s face, as if frightened to death.

Just then, a shadow suddenly rushed at Chen Nan from behind, but as it approached three feet of Chen Nan, golden Buddha Light suddenly flared.

"Ah!"

After a cry of anguish, the shadow vanished completely.

"Resentful soul?"

Chen Nan stood up, looking a bit surprised.

After all, he was quite familiar with these, having encountered many in the Ancient Realm Secret Realm.

To other Cultivators, resentful souls were troublesome, able to attack the Divine Soul, corrode flesh, and were impervious to ordinary attacks.

Only a few techniques like Thunder could harm resentful souls.

But for Chen Nan, these resentful souls were simply giving away their heads!

The Demon Suppressing Sword and Shariputra in his hands were specialized in countering resentful souls!

The white mist swirled, revealing resentful souls emerging with sinister, hateful faces, lacking bodies, starting as wisps of black smoke.

The next moment, all the resentful souls charged at Chen Nan with a vast, endless force!

From the strokes in the passageway before, Chen Nan knew that to seal the Demon Cultivator, the Righteous Cultivators made huge sacrifices, and countless people died in the battle to seal the Demon Cultivator.

At the same time, the Demon Cultivator slaughtered countless beings, which could have become these resentful souls.

Holding the Demon Suppressing Sword, Chen Nan rushed into the resentful souls, each sword strike killing a resentful soul, which the Demon Suppressing Sword absorbed immediately.

If any resentful soul breached Chen Nan’s vicinity, the Shariputra’s Buddha Light would completely dissolve it, leaving nothing but ash and smoke.

Screams filled the air, and Chen Nan didn’t know for how long he fought; he had already slain most of the countless resentful souls, and the red glow on the Demon Suppressing Sword intensified significantly.

Like blood!

Finally, the resentful souls retreated into the mist, disappearing without a trace.

"Don’t go!"

Chen Nan hurriedly pursued them, as the Demon Suppressing Sword was blissfully absorbing, and he couldn’t let them leave.

The more resentful souls it absorbed, the stronger the Demon Suppressing Sword felt, a good opportunity he’d rather not miss.

Unfortunately, once the resentful souls vanished into the mist, they were nowhere to be found.

"What a pity,"

Chen Nan shook his head, sighing, feeling unsatisfied.

But if other Cultivators knew he had singlehandedly slain so many resentful souls, they’d be dumbfounded.

Consuming a lot of Mana, Chen Nan didn’t continue his journey but stayed to meditate and cultivate.

Though he didn’t know what the surrounding mist was, he dared not absorb it indiscriminately, instead using Elixir Pills and Spirit Stones to restore his Mana.

He then continued forward, this time without any more hindrances, quickly leaving the mist’s boundary.

Just as he stepped forward, his foot suddenly slipped, plummeting down without control.

With a booming sound, the Thunder Wings unfurled, and Chen Nan looked back to find himself at the edge of a towering cliff, with the white mist marking the cliff’s end.

Below was a forest with towering, massive trees and two suns hanging in the sky, though the suns emitted no warmth.

At this moment, he almost forgot he was still underground.

After landing smoothly, Chen Nan quickly used Divine Sense to scan his surroundings, discovering he was the only living being, not even a bug was in the vicinity.

Yet the towering trees were astonishingly huge; even the weeds were as large as trees, and he felt like a tiny ant venturing into a giant kingdom.

Chen Nan quickly took out the map, finding that this place was indeed marked, named the "Inverted Forest."

The location of the Array Eye was just not far beyond the Inverted Forest!

As Chen Nan entered the Inverted Forest, in the Divine Hall, the Divine Calculator emerged from the underground passageway.

"Junior brother, don’t blame me; the Daoist fears death too, so I sent you to explore the path."

"Rest assured, the Daoist won’t let you die in vain!"