However, the warning in his intuition did not disappear. This made his judgment somewhat uncertain.
At that moment, a faint green light appeared in the canyon, and its range gradually expanded.
Under the illumination of more than a dozen searchlights, the group could vaguely make out the object in the canyon.
"Squad leader, didn't they say that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, spirits were forbidden? What is this thing?"
"Holy crap, don't ask me... how would I know!"
What came into view was a mountain of corpses.
Countless mutilated limbs, severed bodies, and undead corpses were glued together by a greenish substance, forming a verdant mountain of corpses.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan finally understood. Whether it was Feng Shigu or the Black Sheep King, all their scheming and plotting ultimately resulted in defeat. The true enlightened ones were neither of them. They hadn't even managed to cultivate a single so-called Corpse King.
It was those corpse moss, those corpse moss that grew amidst yin energy and corpses, that ultimately received this blessing.
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Chapter 230 The Final Brink (End of Volume)
Lu Xuan's body soared into the air, and the beam of moonlight in the sky seemed to be drawn to him, converging on his body.
In contrast to the chilling evil aura on the ground, Lu Xuan in the sky was dashing and elegant, like a celestial being.
The soldier instinctively looked for his squad leader, wanting to ask if this was some kind of deity. Turning around, he saw the squad leader with his hands clasped together, already in prayer.
"..."
Corpse moss is an extremely yin substance, theoretically only growing in places with heavy yin energy and a large number of corpses. The Earth Immortal Village undoubtedly meets this requirement. However, this substance is merely a byproduct. Although poisonous, most experts wouldn't even notice it. Yet, the truth is, this corpse moss, previously unnoticed, ultimately became the culmination of the Earth Immortal Village's millennia-long preparations.
Endless Yin energy, along with the vital essence extracted from countless living people, combined with extremely Yin-attribute Feng Shui formations, created a vast and chaotic pool of primordial energy within the underground palace. Whatever contingency plans Feng Shigu had left behind, they were all rendered ineffective by this complex energy flow. And those corpse moss, as the lowest-level product of Yin energy, actually survived and evolved in this frenzied environment.
Lu Xuan didn't notice anything at first because the thing originated inside the two corpses and had long since become one with them. It wasn't until the bodies were shattered by lightning that the corpse moss hidden inside was finally exposed.
Although this thing has grown powerful, it is ultimately not human. Its initial imitation of humans may have been influenced by the human body at its inception. However, after its body shattered, its true nature was revealed. It indiscriminately devoured and merged with everything around it, ultimately transforming into this mountain of corpses before us.
In the sky, Lu Xuan's body was enveloped in a faint moonlight. He descended from the heavens. The silver spear in his hand, like a lightsaber, pierced straight towards the mountain of corpses.
The writhing mountain of corpses seemed to sense danger. A piercing scream erupted from somewhere. Then, the top of the entire mountain of corpses suddenly exploded. A jet of dark green liquid shot out, striking Lu Xuan in mid-air.
This spit attack was practically invincible. Lu Xuan's face changed in exasperation as he forcibly dodged the spit, which was clearly not a good thing. His body floated lightly through the air like a paper doll, changing direction, and then suddenly accelerated in the next second.
The spear in his hand changed from a thrust to a smash. Like a laser, it sliced open a large gash in the mountain of corpses from the side.
However, a wound of this size is almost meaningless against a mountain of corpses that has already swelled to over twenty meters high. The wound is rapidly healing.
But then Lu Xuan waved his left hand, and a string of grenades was thrown in. Military-grade high-explosive cluster grenades.
The corpse moss was clearly not very intelligent, and perhaps even lacked any consciousness whatsoever. It simply fused a whole string of grenades into its body.
This thing, even though it has gained an opportunity, is truly intellectually deficient. It has almost no ability to adapt.
Lu Xuan immediately felt relieved. He did not continue the attack, but instead made way for the approaching army.
The cluster blast had directly blasted away 20% of the mountain of corpses. There weren't any more dried corpses left for it to absorb. Its growth rate had clearly slowed down.
"Mr. Lu, what exactly is this?"
The leading officer was practically going crazy. Although they had been told beforehand that they were on a highly classified military mission, no one had expected it to be like this.
In this era, the information explosion of later generations had not yet occurred. Film and television productions were not as advanced, and such inhumane depictions were utterly shocking to these simple and honest Chinese soldiers.
"Simply put, you can think of this as a... monster."
"A monster!!!! But..." The commander thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to express his thoughts. He could only turn around and report to his superiors truthfully.
At this moment, dozens of soldiers armed with flamethrowers had surrounded the mountain of corpses and began burning it from a distance.
The lichen split open several times, instinctively trying to spray venom, but the intense heat of the flames repelled it.
In the realm of modern civilization, a sentient corpse moth really doesn't have much to be arrogant about. Besides its ability to devour corpses and repair itself, its only other skill is spitting venom. It hasn't awakened any other supernatural abilities; it's incredibly weak. Its only redeeming qualities are its resilience and high vitality.
More than twenty flamethrower soldiers, having exhausted their fuel, still couldn't truly burn the thing to death. The core, a mass of flesh and lichen, was still writhing.
Governments are all the same; seeing such a rare item, how could they not take it back and study it? And Lu Xuan not only didn't stop them, but instead helped them capture the thing.
Times have changed. Europe and America have already begun similar research. China, naturally, cannot lag behind in this area. Lu Xuan even joined a national department to assist in this research for a period of time.
However, he eventually returned to the mountains and fields to focus on his own cultivation.
After completing the major circulation within his body, Lu Xuan vaguely sensed some problems within his body. He perceived the existence of another power within him.
He couldn't manipulate or touch it. Lu Xuan couldn't even be sure if it was his imagination. But as time went on, his perception became clearer and clearer.
He still couldn't influence or manipulate that power. He didn't even know where it was located in his body, or if it didn't exist in his physical body at all, but rather in his soul or spirit. But he knew it existed. He even vaguely understood that this power was the source of his ability to traverse.
Previously, he possessed no spiritual energy or even any other form of energy within his body, resulting in extremely low perception. He was unable to detect the existence of that power. However, as he embarked on the path of cultivation, his perception greatly improved, and he finally managed to vaguely sense the existence of the power of transmigration.
Lu Xuan spent many years trying to understand, and even manipulate, this energy. But he simply couldn't.
It was a very strange feeling. That power was something he could barely feel, something that was there and yet not there. When you calmed down, you could sense its presence. But when you looked for it, it disappeared.
His attempt to manipulate this power failed. Lu Xuan simply stopped worrying about it and focused on cultivating immortality, trying to break through to the next stage.
In later eras, these supernatural existences became no secret. Various supernatural events occurred frequently around the world, with an increasing number of witnesses, eventually leading to a full-blown outbreak. Lu Xuan and his group's spiritual energy revival plan can be considered a success.