Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 896 - 802: Devilish Voices Assaulting the Ears

"Have you ever devoured humans?"

Jiang Yuan tossed a Five Elements Cloud-Piercing Thunder to interrupt the other's transformation and pursued, "When did that happen?"

The twisted, struggling human form trembled to restore itself and replied with difficulty, "Here, there is no distinction between day and night, and I've long lost track of time.

According to my sense, that was a very long time ago, but you must understand that with our wretched ghostly state, a single day feels like a year, so perhaps not much time has actually passed.

In the beginning, we were all villagers attending the lantern festival.

I was looking at a riddle on a lantern when suddenly a fierce wind rose and an earthquake occurred, chaos spread all around, and the numerous lanterns went out abruptly, plunging the sky into deeper darkness!

I hid under a table, trying to light a candle to at least see, but the flint couldn't strike a spark at all.

Afterward, I felt dizzy, my body seemed suspended in mid-air, and the flint in my hand, along with the table and chairs nearby, all began to pierce into my body!

My hands, feet, even my head sank into my body, painfully so, leaving me unable to scream or move. When I regained consciousness, I had become this ghostly figure!"

Seeing it was about to expand from its human form, spreading into an irregular "mirror" surface, Jiang Yuan intervened again, "Does it hurt when I strike you?"

The main issue was that this thing had no health bar, so he couldn't gauge the force of his blow.

"Perhaps, but I can no longer feel it now," the human form struggled as it couldn't stop itself from transforming, "Since everything around me became one, not a single second has been without pain."

Its newly emerged right hand pointed at its body, "The pain is unbearable, yet there's no escape!

Transforming into a thin wall, all our thoughts and perceptions are shared, but we can't utter a sound, helpless as we watch those carrying swords enter, unable to stop them.

They seem to see some illusions, stepping into our bodies to be fused and devoured. At that moment, our agony and theirs become shared—it's horrifying! So painful!"

Jiang Yuan watched it form again like something molding from metal in a sci-fi film, shattered and regrouping. He empathized with that kind of agony, as though all bones had melted, suffering perpetually yet unable to die.

"You are the strongest person we've ever met." The other struggled, pleading, "Please kill us!

While you can, hurry up. Otherwise, we'll revert to walls here, and once desiccated, collapse again, merging into human forms.

During this, everyone temporarily regains the ability to speak, but the mountain is filled with cries of agony, this place is scarier than Hell itself!

We beg you, have mercy and kill us, it will truly be a release!"

As they spoke, many human forms began to struggle to take shape. Having their mouths open as wide as possible, emitting fearful wails and supplications, even Yan Xuan's spine chilled, swiftly lashing them apart once again.

Casting an Ice Flame casually, Jiang Yuan sighed, "Please bear with it a little longer, I'll try to be quick."

"Thank you, kind sir!"

"Thank you! Thank you all!"

"You have done a boundless deed!"

"Finally free of suffering alive, would we not descend into Hell after death?"

"Isn't this Hell itself?"

"Dying is good. Best that our souls scatter, never to feel pain again, vanished, how wonderful..."

.......

Grateful whispers and mumblings of final relief lingered near, Jiang Yuan and his contracted pet cooperated seamlessly, Yan Xuan smashing everything to pieces while he purified with Ice Flame.

The ground was dotted with jumping, burning Ice Flames, and the sizzling sound of things being consumed filled the air.

"Master, what on earth is Ghost Realm, how can it turn people into such bizarre monstrous forms?"

Yan Xuan was puzzled, "Crucially, their souls remain completely intact, unable to die, truly terrifying!"

"I don't know, I've never seen it."

"Then... if I become a Divine Beast, can I visit the Ghost Realm?"

"You should be able to, after all, you would be a god."

"Then I need to strive for redemption, perhaps visiting the Ghost Realm one day! By the way, Master, the boiled meat for breakfast today was delicious, what meat was used?"

"As far as I remember, it should be Iron-tailed Ox meat, a demon beast that dwells abundantly around Carefree City. Hu Zhile and Yun Mo hunt demon beasts at night near Carefree City, bringing back Demon Cores and their bodies.

The Demon Cores can substitute some herbs in Elixir crafting or be sold at the Market; the demon beast bodies are processed and cut at the slaughterhouse, and 70% of the meat we eat comes from their hunts, the rest from poultry houses and cattle pens."

"I see! Yun Shu can paint talismans, helping the Master find Land Without Master in the void;

Hu Zhile and Yun Mo hunt demon beasts, providing Demon Cores and meat; 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Yun Ying can refine Puppets; Leng Yutang works on Artifact Refining; the Ghost Bride just moved in, it's still unknown what she can do... what about Bai Yunqi and Qing Niao, and Yun Que? What can they do?"

"The Flood Dragon meat you ate is Bai Yunqi and Xie Chenyuan's spoils; besides that, they often bring back treasures found at the Flood Dragon Tomb;

Qing Niao and Yun Que are helping me clean large pieces of polluted land; Wan Mingchuan is on a journey, striving to grow stronger; Ling Di should be returning soon.

Everyone contributes to the courtyard in some capacity; even those who haven't yet, whenever needed, at my command, are committed to protecting this haven, and that is enough."