The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 679 - 479: The Building Without Bodies

Chapter 679: Chapter 479: The Building Without Bodies

Everyone thought Li Yi was fierce enough to easily kill the evil creatures in the darkness. He could even withstand a legendary monster like the Undying Sword King and force it into a second form, yet no one expected that the woman beside him was even more terrifyingly powerful.

With one kick, she sent the Undying Sword King in its second form flying, her strength so terrifying that the Undying Sword King crashed through a building.

Faced with such power, the witnesses fell into silence. Even the evil creatures nearby felt the dreadful pressure exuded by Xuan Yuezi and retreated, not daring to come closer. After all, they were evil creatures, not brainless fools. In this situation, charging forward was akin to courting death.

"However, the Immortal’s strength is not well-controlled. If she could harness this power, one kick would not just send it flying but would penetrate its body and kill it instantly. If the Immortal has time, she could delve into martial arts, which would help her control the Dragon and Tiger Power," Li Yi commented, with the perspective of an old Martial Artist.

Even in the Four Seas and Eight Continents, martial arts have their merits in the Cultivation World.

The precision in body control and power execution is unparalleled in martial arts. Even now, Li Yi benefits greatly from it.

Xuan Yuezi nodded, "Makes sense. In situations where Daoist Skills are unsuitable, martial arts combined with the Dragon and Tiger Power are indeed needed. I will look into it when I have time."

Having said that, Li Yi proceeded to withdraw the Cloud Soaring Technique and the Xuanhuang Seal, descending from mid-air. He said, "But we can’t be careless now. We must first hide in that building ahead to escape the darkness. Staying here could attract even more dangerous evil creatures."

With that, he didn’t hesitate and strode toward the nearest dimly lit building.

In the darkness ahead, evil creatures blocked the way, but with Xuan Yuezi’s arrival and the emission of Dragon and Tiger Energy, these evil creatures dispersed like a tide, clearing a path.

However, although the evil creatures dared not attack Xuan Yuezi, they did not disperse entirely because other passengers were around. Those people’s strength was weak, their aura faint, making them excellent prey for the evil creatures.

Confronted with this opportunity delivered by the train, these evil creatures were unwilling to give up such a good chance.

"Quick, follow that gentleman and the lady in front, with them around, the monsters won’t dare touch us. Let’s go!" someone realized, raising their arms and calling out, leading dozens of adventurers off the train to gather toward Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi.

However, as soon as they left the train, the evil creatures in the darkness couldn’t help but act.

A dark shadow swiftly passed through the crowd, and an adventurer screamed as half their body vanished instantly, blood gushing out, coloring the surroundings red.

The pungent smell of blood seemed to further provoke the ferocity of the evil creatures. Their eyes turned scarlet as they once again approached from the darkness.

"Run!" Seeing this scene, everyone shouted and began to run frantically.

Li Yi glanced at the people behind him. Their presence stimulated these evil creatures’ behavior, too much food, even deterred by Xuan Yuezi, they would still have the urge to prey. It seemed inevitable that another fight was ahead.

Without saying much, he raised his hand, releasing strands of Gang Qi into the darkness, slicing through several monsters’ bodies, helping these innocent adventurers carve a path to survival, allowing them to keep pace with him and Xuan Yuezi.

Whether they could ultimately survive depended on their own fate.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, Li Yi shouted, his hand weaving silver Gang Qi, forming a phantom great axe that turned into reality. Thus, the weapon could sever not only the monster’s body but also slay their souls.

He swung the great axe, Gang Qi pouring out, forcibly shattering the darkness ahead. Those lingering evil creatures couldn’t react in time and were sliced apart, blood spraying, limbs flying, dying on the spot.

Xuan Yuezi, her beautiful eyes filled with killing intent, scanned the surroundings. For weaker evil creatures, she did not act, leaving them for Li Yi to handle. Her aim was to deter more powerful evil creatures lurking after the darkness, avoiding another encounter of that level of monsters.

In the darkness at this moment, a blob of black and red flame flickered. Within that firelight, a monster stood holding a Great Sword, skin red as a Demon, horns on its head, glaring over with emerald eyes, its mouth revealing fangs, lowly growling.

It seemed to want to make a move but feared Xuan Yuezi’s strength and dared not approach.

Not only this demon-like monster was watching in the shadows, but other legendary evil creatures also observed this group from the darkness. However, they all witnessed the fate of the Undying Sword King and dared not make a rash move.

Only those evil creatures who couldn’t restrain their hunger attempted to attack Li Yi’s group.

Without any top-tier evil creatures confronting Li Yi, with his combat strength, breaking through this darkness posed no problem.

Soon enough.

They completely left the train and had arrived beneath the nearest building.

The pathways inside the building were engulfed in darkness, devoid of guards, and there were no kerosene lamps lit, which meant this building had fallen in this world, likely with no living residents inside, possibly occupied by terrifying monsters.

However, Li Yi had no choice, for the nearby buildings were all in darkness. This building was slightly better, at least some lights were on, suggesting there might be survivors here.

"Get inside the building." Li Yi called out, stopping before a passage, planning to help these people buy some time.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to leave this darkness alive.

Once again, several silver Sword Gangs were unleashed, forcefully repelling waves of evil creatures trailing in the darkness, saving many lives. Yet even so, only about half of them made it into the building alive.

The rest were eaten along the way by evil creatures.

And this was merely a short stretch of the journey.

If the journey is long, more people will die.

"Thank you to this gentleman and this beautiful lady for your help." The adventurer who safely entered the building corridor sincerely expressed his gratitude to Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi.

"Don’t waste any time, hurry inside the building." Li Yi urged.

The others did not dare hesitate and rushed into the building as quickly as possible.

Though this building may have already fallen, it is still better than staying outside.

Li Yi held his giant axe at the rear for about a minute, and only after most people had fled into the building did he turn to leave. However, in the darkness, screams and calls could still be heard, obviously from adventurers who were less fortunate and left behind in the dark.

He did not rescue them because it was impossible to do so.

Those evil objects intentionally left injured adventurers to lure other companions into the darkness, then seized the opportunity to feed.

Moreover, Li Yi had no obligation to risk his life for irrelevant people; he had already done a good deed saving so many.

He and Xuan Yuezi subsequently walked along the passage deeper into the building.

They occasionally looked back to check if the monsters were following, but luck was on their side—the monsters in the darkness stopped at the doorway, seemingly afraid of the building and did not rush inside.

"Roar!"

Some monsters, unwilling in the darkness, let out angry roars, not wanting to see such a group escape before their eyes.

However, the darkness did not dissipate.

Monsters lingered near the building, surrounding it tightly, seemingly looking for other openings to see if they could infiltrate and kill everyone inside.

Meanwhile.

Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi had already entered the building, while the adventurers ahead remained in the center of this U-shaped building, neither advancing nor retreating, staring wide-eyed at the Sacred Corpse in the middle.

Every building has a Sacred Corpse; this is common knowledge.

The condition of the Sacred Corpse determines the safety of the building, so the people inside often try to maintain it, slowing its decay. If they hunt rare, powerful demons, they would use the demon bodies to nourish the Sacred Corpse.

Yet, this building’s Sacred Corpse was gone.

Indeed.

The Sacred Corpse vanished.

The center of the building was empty; not even a single bone was left.

"Where’s the Sacred Corpse? Such a large corpse can’t just disappear. Even if this building had fallen, overrun by monsters, the Sacred Corpse would have left a skeleton..." Sun Fei searched everywhere for traces of the Sacred Corpse, eyes wide open.

But regrettably.

No corpse was found in this building.

"What a joke! Without the guardianship of the Sacred Corpse, monsters can invade anytime. We can’t survive here,"

"We’re doomed. There must be a major problem here. We shouldn’t have disembarked; we should have stayed on the train, waiting for it to restart towards a less monster-infested area. The issue isn’t just with this building; nearby buildings have problems too. To leave here, we either wait for the next train or trek through the darkness, escaping this danger zone."

"It’s impossible. Given our strength and numbers, we can’t last until the next train arrives, nor can we trek out of this perilous place. We’ve stepped into a dead end."

Immediately, panic spread among the crowd.

These adventurers, having narrowly escaped death, found themselves facing an even greater crisis before they could celebrate.

Li Yi frowned too, but he had prepared for this. That call from Yang Wei inviting him here undoubtedly led to no good, but he realized the peril of this eerie place only after arriving.

Even Xuan Yuezi from the Tri-Floral Realm dare not claim to tread freely.

This gentleman truly knows how to choose the underworld.

Yang Wei found such a bizarre, dark world, fitting the demeanor of those in World 36.

"Everyone, calm down." Li Yi glanced at the noisy, panic-stricken crowd and shouted.

His voice was like thunder, disorienting everyone, instantly silencing the group, and the scene fell quiet.

"Li, finally, you’re here." Suddenly, from a certain floor of the building came a familiar voice.