Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 877 - 874: Exploration

Seeing foul creatures blocking the path ahead, Shen Siyuan did not panic. He raised his sword to advance, but Dou Dou interjected, "Let me do it."

Dou Dou charged out wielding a small axe.

The mouse-shaped creature, upon seeing this Little Douding rushing at it, opened its small mouth wide and emitted a sharp screech.

The mouth full of tiny teeth was enough to trigger anyone’s trypophobia.

The powerful screech formed wind blades like sharp swords, carving deep ravines on both sides of the narrow valley path.

The gale struck Dou Dou, and though her armor shielded her entire body from harm, she was still blown backward.

"Help~"

She turned and ran, directly hiding behind Shen Siyuan.

The impressive display she showed when charging out was now pathetic and embarrassing.

Shen Siyuan swung his sword, and the Glazed Sword Qi pierced through the entire valley path.

The mouse-shaped creature was naturally impaled directly, but instead of dying, it split into countless smaller mouse-shaped monsters, spreading towards them like a tide.

These mouse-shaped creatures kept emitting dizzying screeches, their claws scraping the ground, peeling a layer off the hard mountain rock.

Shen Siyuan was shocked, using several successive sword strikes but failing to kill these mouse-shaped monsters as they continued to divide even more.

"Let’s fly up to the sky."

Actually, he didn’t need to remind them; the three little creatures had already flown into the air, ready to escape at any moment.

This was something Shen Siyuan taught them: if you can’t win, run away and never fight head-on.

Duoduo floated with the Qiankun Umbrella above Shen Siyuan’s head, always prepared. If Shen Siyuan made a wrong move, she would instantly relocate them to a different spot.

At this moment, Shen Siyuan also realized that his Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword probably couldn’t deal with these mouse-shaped creatures.

With a thought, a bright sun emerged from behind his head. Under the scorching sunlight, these creatures halted their steps, daring not to advance.

"Ha, scared now?"

Dou Dou, feeling smug, stood aside acting like she was powerful because of someone else’s force.

Shen Siyuan didn’t speak; he shook the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword in his hand, and the orange Divine Fire instantly spread across its blade, turning it into a fiery red Divine Sword.

Striking again, this time under the Divine Fire, these mouse-shaped monsters were quickly reduced to ashes.

The foul creature was also capable, dispersing its body everywhere. Even though Shen Siyuan’s Divine Fire was powerful, he couldn’t eliminate them all at once, and some creatures still escaped.

But this did clear the path ahead, revealing a narrow and deep valley.

The group continued walking inside. They didn’t know how long they’d walked, never reaching the end.

Dou Dou first became impatient.

"Duoduo, you really didn’t see it wrong just now?"

"Is there anything so far away that you saw it?"

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Actually, not just Dou Dou, Shen Siyuan also felt perplexed. This valley path was not only long and deep but also rugged and winding. Unless you flew high into the sky, it was difficult to view the whole picture.

Duoduo, upon being questioned by Dou Dou, also felt doubtful.

Could it be she really saw it wrong?

Her small face full of bewilderment.

But now she was turned into a wisp of blue smoke, having no face, so naturally, it was hard to see her expression.

Shen Siyuan, unlike Dou Dou, was not impatient. Although just as puzzled, he said nothing more, continuing to walk forward.

After around another ten minutes, the view ahead suddenly widened, revealing a massive valley.

The valley was filled with jagged rocks and towering stone pillars forming a huge stone maze.

"Let me take a look." After hovering in the air, Dou Dou tried to rush inside.

"Come back here." Shen Siyuan reached out into the air, pulling her directly back from mid-air.

"Don’t be so rash." Shen Siyuan released her, leaving her in Xiao Yue’s care.

Although she was the Vanguard General, there weren’t always times when she could rush forward.

"Brother~"

At this moment, Xiao Yue, who had not spoken, suddenly called out to him.

"Doesn’t this look like a horse?" Xiao Yue pointed at a giant stone in front of her.

"Huh?"

At her words, the group noticed that these stones resembled horses, people, people riding horses, and soldiers holding spears.

Although they didn’t have specific features, they resembled a precise army standing silently in the valley, awaiting orders to embark on a new journey.

Shen Siyuan extended his Divine Sense to sense the interiors of these stones but found nothing special, realizing they were truly just stone.

He then pinched a dharma seal with his fingers, aimed directly at a nearby giant stone. If a soul was hidden in the stone, it would be pulled out.

After all, as the owner of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, manipulating souls was his ancestral skill.

Yet no soul was pulled out, confirming he hadn’t overlooked anything.

"This is truly strange indeed." Shen Siyuan surveyed the surroundings, perplexed.

"Truly strange indeed." Dou Dou mimicked Shen Siyuan’s actions, looking left and right.

Suddenly, Dou Dou raised her axe and struck at a nearby stone.

With a clang, her axe bounced back, leaving the stone entirely unscathed.

Although Dou Dou’s axe wasn’t a Divine Artifact, it held considerable power, yet left no mark on the stone.

Seeing this, Shen Siyuan tapped the stone with his Primordial Magnetic Divine Sword, and indeed, the stone showed no damage. He noticed a unique force directing his strength underground, thus protecting the stone.

This realization struck Shen Siyuan; if the stones weren’t protected, the mouse-shaped creature they encountered earlier would’ve already destroyed the place.

Its screech alone had left finger-deep grooves along the valley walls.

Unable to deduce anything further, Shen Siyuan turned to Duoduo and said, "Remember this place; we’ll come back next time."

Duoduo, still in the form of blue smoke, drifted around Shen Siyuan. She replied with an ’okay,’ remaining elusive and seemingly ready to dissolve into the wind at any time.

"Let’s go."

With Shen Siyuan’s words, Duoduo twisted the umbrella handle, and the world seemed to flip upside down. Everything around fell into a whirlpool, and within a blink, everyone found themselves elsewhere.

As they left, the valley echoed sudden cries of "gray gray."

"Wow, it’s so beautiful here," Dou Dou exclaimed in amazement.

A large lake lay ahead, its blue waters like a giant mirror reflecting the sky.

Around the lake grew countless Red Spider Lilies, their fiery petals burning brightly and sharply contrasting against the blue lake.

This place seemed unreachable by the Yin Wind, rendering the whole world eerily silent.

Thus, Dou Dou’s exclamation was amplified in this quiet world, startling even herself into hiding behind Shen Siyuan.

Only then did she realize, peeking out from behind Shen Siyuan and awkwardly sticking out her tongue.