The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 667 - 470: Peril in the Darkness

Chapter 667: Chapter 470: Peril in the Darkness

After a brief understanding, Li Yi figured out the lifestyle within this building. Although it was somewhat eccentric, everything became reasonable once the existence of unknown forces was involved.

After buying that special map from the store, he went to the twenty-fifth floor of the building.

Here, a Soul Monster was marked.

And it was right in this room.

Li Yi quickly found the corresponding location.

Behind a door full of knife marks came strange sounds of crying and laughter, like ghostly phantoms, giving a somewhat eerie feeling. For the residents here, the threat level of the Soul Monster far exceeded that of the previous Golden Rat, because without special weapons and methods, it was almost impossible to deal with the Soul Monster.

Just getting it trapped inside the room had already come at a great cost; otherwise, with a Soul Monster wandering in the building, many wouldn’t dare to even step out their doors.

Li Yi peeked through the crack of the damaged door and spotted the Soul Monster with his silver eyes.

He pointed a finger, and a surge of Gang Qi mixed with a thread of Heart Fire Qi shot out, piercing the door like an arrow, striking the Soul Monster’s head accurately and precisely.

Though the seemingly casual strike was powerful, enough to theoretically kill such a monster.

However, Li Yi’s attack went right through, causing no harm to the Soul Monster, instead, it enraged it.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed; the scythe in the Soul Monster’s hand cleaved off a corner of the door, the sharp gleaming blade got stuck on it. A great force came, shaking the door with clanging sounds, almost making it fall, but fortunately, the building was fortified with some power, blocking the monster’s attack, preventing the Soul Monster from easily escaping from the room.

"Ordinary attacks are useless. It seems the Soul Monster is a soul-related creation and must be attacked with something that can harm souls to be effective." Li Yi immediately realized.

The Wind Summoning Technique should work.

After all, the transformation of wind into fire could even burn a Cultivator’s Golden Core or Nascent Soul, let alone a Soul Monster.

With this in mind, Li Yi operated the Daoist Skill, controlled the power, and breathed out.

A gust of wind whirled through the door crack, then transformed into fierce fire, spreading out to form a vast blaze, engulfing the Soul Monster behind the door instantly. With the combustion of the fierce fire, the Soul Monster’s body was ignited, emitting a piercing scream.

It struggled for just a moment before its body quickly vanished.

However, left behind from the floating body were two items: a ragged money pouch and a gleaming wooden-handled scythe.

Li Yi opened the door and picked up the two items.

The ragged money pouch was filled entirely with Gold Coins, about a hundred of them, far less compared to the Gold Coins dropped by the Golden Rat, but the Soul Monster had also left a weapon behind.

He studied the scythe.

Exceptionally sharp, it could easily cleave metal, and ancient runes were carved onto the wooden handle. These runes seemed to possess some Magic Power, making the scythe’s blade emit a faint cold light, granting the scythe the ability to harm other souls.

For a person like Li Yi, an Evolver of such strength, it wasn’t of much use, but it could threaten people below the Soul Realm.

"For ordinary people, dealing with this thing would be really tough." Li Yi mused.

However, Bai You mentioned that Soul Monsters generally don’t enter the building; this was a mere escapee, probably due to a lapse in the building’s defenses that allowed the Soul Monster to sneak in.

"The corpse is linked with the entire building. The damaged parts of the building correspond to the missing parts of the corpse, weakening those areas, allowing monsters to seize the opportunity to infiltrate the building." Xuan Yuezi pointed to the face and chest of the female corpse.

There, the flesh had vanished, leaving only a ghastly white skeleton.

Correspondingly, the energy field on the top floor and the middle floors of the building became weak, insufficient to completely fend off evil objects from outside.

"So that’s how it is." Li Yi realized, immediately understanding the principle behind it.

After storing the money pouch and the Soul-cleaving Scythe in the Five Elements Bracelet, he planned to wander around the building again with the map to see if there were any other monsters. If there were, he would hunt them down, providing a bit of help to the residents within the building.

But just at that moment.

His phone rang once more.

No need to ask, it must be Yang Wei.

In this haunted place, only Yang Wei could get through to this signal-less phone of his, which was utterly ridiculous.

"Hey, Li, I asked you to help out. Instead, you either get lost or go out of contact. Where have you run off to now? I’ve been waiting almost an hour, and you’re still nowhere in sight. This really embarrasses me in front of my friends. Luckily, I’m strong and capable, otherwise who knows how many times others would’ve died already."

On the phone, Yang Wei mercilessly complained, displeased with Li Yi for wasting time.

Li Yi said, "This ghostly place is full of evil objects, also, there are so many buildings, how would I know where you are? You have to specify the correct location, or else I’ll need a few months to find you at this rate."

"Didn’t I tell you the exact spot? Didn’t I say it over the phone?" Yang Wei was puzzled, then continued, "Seems like there’s some force affecting my phone, blocking the transmission of my important information." Then he added, "I’ll state it again: once you enter the world of buildings, find that train passing through the city, pay to board, and get off at the station where you hear dog barking."