"Is this merely a tomb for garments?"

"Or have the bones inside decayed, turning into the corpse water from earlier?"

Mu Jinyu gazed at the yellowed and darkened corpse-wrapping cloth before him, his eyes filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

However, he soon felt that the latter possibility was less likely.

After all, in his speculation, even if the deceased wasn't of the Emperor Level, they should have been of the King Level. How could such a figure have their entire skeleton rot into a pool of corpse water while the corpse-wrapping cloth remained intact?

Thus, it's probably just a single corpse-wrapping cloth here.

As for the corpse water inside, it should have formed from bloodstains that used to cover the corpse cloth.

"Huh!"

Just as Mu Jinyu was examining the corpse-wrapping cloth with some trepidation and suspicion.

Suddenly, the cloth rose without wind, rustling and floating towards him, attempting to bind him!

"Hmm?!"

Mu Jinyu snapped back to reality, a huge sense of crisis looming in his heart.

"Hey..."

He shouted loudly, hurriedly activating the Earth Emperor's Tome, hoping the Ghost Gate, Homeward-Viewing Platform, Three Life Stone, River of Oblivion and other Ghost City formations would shield him and intercept the eerie cloth!

Meanwhile, he himself retreated hastily, intending to leave the area.

Despite the cloth seeming far from ordinary, it felt like a greater and more uncontrollable nuisance.

Feeling that he's already gained enough benefits, Mu Jinyu resolved not to greedily attempt to take the cloth too, lest he end up with a spectacular failure!

"Whoosh!"

Nonetheless, at that moment, the coffin-wrapping cloth, adorned in a black-brown hue with spots of reddish-yellow, suddenly shimmered with phantom light, like a dream, emanating seemingly formidable power.

The Earth Emperor's Tome, which should have suppressed cultivators of the Life and Death Realm and even Creation Realm, couldn't hinder the cloth. The cloth's phantom illuminated it, rendering it motionless, like decay.

"Whoosh..."

The cloth, stinking and lengthy, billowed towards Mu Jinyu.

Mu Jinyu's scalp tingled, his entire body felt numb; he promptly urged the Three-Leaf Youlian, hoping it would emerge to fend off this eerie entity.

Yet, the Three-Leaf Youlian made no move, lying dormant as if playing dead within his Dantian.

"Damn!"

Mu Jinyu couldn't help but curse internally, feeling that those usually fierce companions fail during crucial moments, useless!

"Heh!!"

Mu Jinyu never remained passive, seeing the cloth about to shroud him, he swiftly retreated while unleashing his strongest move, the Life and Death Twin Dragon Fist!

"Boom!!"

Quickly, he gathered Blood Dragon and Bone Dragon into his palms, conjuring a lifelike Divine Dragon, striking at the cloth!

A resounding explosion.

Mu Jinyu anticipated limited impact, but hoped to slow down the cloth's assault, providing a chance for escape.

Who would have thought that the True Dragon-like fist strength struck the cloth, abruptly immobilizing it.

Then, with a crash, its phantom light vanished, and it fell directly from the air.

As if losing its mysterious power, no longer propelled by invisible corpses, it reverted to a common, dirty cloth, drifting to the ground.

Quietly lying...

"Hmm?!"

Mu Jinyu, intending to retreat, paused when seeing the cloth's transformation, unexpectedly.

Instinctively, he didn't leave immediately. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Having not yet retracted the Ghost City formations from the Earth Emperor's Tome.

Although leaving would eventually retrieve them, it would also mean some loss of Origin Power.

And despite the cloth's bizarre phantom dispersing the Ghost City formations, he's uncertain if departure would allow their return.

Should retrieval fail, would the Earth Emperor's Tome become obsolete?

Given the opportunity, retrieving the Ghost City formations seemed prudent.

Despite the Earth Emperor's Tome's lackluster performance earlier, Mu Jinyu hadn't deemed it unworthy of being an Ancestral Weapon.

Knowing he hasn't fully refined the Earth Emperor's Tome, nor does he possess sufficient cultivation to unleash its full power.

Otherwise, the Earth Emperor's Tome wouldn't have performed as such.

"Whoosh!"

Under Mu Jinyu's urging, the scattered Ghost City formations subtly shimmered, then whooshed into him.

Returning to the Earth Emperor's Tome.

"Ah..."

Mu Jinyu sighed in relief, cautiously eyeing the corpse-wrapping cloth, ready to quietly retreat.

"Whoosh..."

Yet, as he retreated, the cloth quietly lying on the ground, devoid of malevolence, began to drift, closing the distance.

"Damn!"

Mu Jinyu cursed internally upon noticing.

Did this eerie entity really intend to cling to him?

"Hey!"

Mu Jinyu lightly shouted, foot racing, instantly retreating several miles.

His speed was so fast, he couldn't perceive the surroundings clearly.

However, upon pausing briefly, he saw the dirty black-yellow cloth quietly drift down nearby.

Truly following him!

Mu Jinyu's expression grew grim.

Next, he forcefully manipulated surrounding space laws, casting Void Shift, unaware of his destination.

Yet upon landing, he again saw the cloth drifting close by...

"Really never-ending, huh?"

Mu Jinyu remarked, staring at the cloth with a grimace.

Unable to fathom why this cloth clung to him.

Despite doing so, unlike earlier, it didn't desperately approach him with malicious intent!

"Indeed, it seems it doesn't mean harm?"

Realizing this, Mu Jinyu's expression softened.

Feeling the cloth bore some peculiarity, wanting to follow rather than harm him.

"Could it be?"

Mu Jinyu waved instinctively.

Immediately, the quietly lying cloth floated with his gesture.

"Hmm?!"

Mu Jinyu's eyes gleamed slightly.

He started performing varied gestures.

The cloth mirrored his command, as if refined into his Magic Treasure.

"How could this happen?"

Mu Jinyu's eyes brightened, yet a subtle frown emerged.

Perplexed, he hadn't refined this cloth, so why did it seem as if it had been?!