Chapter 484: Chapter 484: Searching for People and Asking the Way

Li Rui had been using the All Heaven Great Thunder Fire Seal Spell for a long time but had not attracted Cheng Mingyue.

The two of them discussed and decided to use Guan Gui’s resurrection as they took the initiative to attack.

The good news was that the darkness could block most people’s senses, but its impact on the resurrected seemed limited.

Li Rui quickly deduced the mystery behind this.

The resurrected dead are known to be Fengdu techniques, and since Fengdu’s roots are in the Thunder Division of the Exorcism Institute, the control level of the dead isn’t much lower than that of the Upper Realm.

Just like Divine Thunder, those resurrected are definitely not as agile and keen as in other places, but in the dark, at least more convenient than ordinary people.

At this point, the two were following the footsteps of the resurrected to search forward for a while, and Li Rui also told Guan Gui what had happened just now.

The latter didn’t have much of a reaction, merely said extremely blandly: It’s truly surprising.

But Li Rui couldn’t hear which word in that sentence actually sounded surprised.

Relying on the resurrected’s limited perception, they searched all the way, and halfway through, Guan Gui suddenly said, "There’s something ahead."

"Could it be Sister Yue?" Li Rui asked.

"She ran," Guan Gui said calmly.

"...."

The muscles at the corner of Li Rui’s mouth twitched, "What’s going on?"

Guan Gui explained, "The foremost resurrected just discovered the target, and the other party immediately distanced themselves."

"Quick, chase after them," Li Rui said.

Yet, in such darkness, it’s not easy to pinpoint a direction, especially when the target can flee rapidly in panic, while they must steadily pursue forward to avoid getting separated if a third party isn’t found.

Li Rui felt this chase wouldn’t be easy.

.....

At this point, Cheng Mingyue felt devastated. The last time she saw a living person was when Li Rui went to check the lamp in Yuan Qing’s hand, and in a blink of an eye, after just a couple of head turns, there was nothing left by her side.

She yelled for a while at her original spot without getting any response and eventually had to start finding her way out.

But what felt eerie was that after crossing the last ridge, there was indeed a downward slope ahead, and she walked in the opposite direction for quite a while but never returned to the original place.

Eventually, she got completely disoriented.

Alone in the boundless darkness, without Divine Thunder to illuminate, without the resurrected to guide her, her situation was far worse than Li Rui and Guan Gui.

If not for being an Extraordinary who’d already faced all sorts of desperate situations in the Secret Realm, she would have given up long ago.

Without any means of navigation and no references, she had no idea that here, both sight and hearing, and even smell, were suppressed.

So, when she was groping in the dark and suddenly heard a low growl almost face-to-face, she screamed, frightened, and dashed away.

"Help!"

This shout usually could be heard afar, but due to the darkness, Li Rui and Guan Gui couldn’t hear it immediately.

She began running aimlessly at high speed, but soon found out that the whimpering sounds in the darkness kept following her.

The resurrected can’t speak, so they had no way to call her; they could only follow passively.

Cheng Mingyue dashed left and right in the dark, ran for an unknown length, and finally, her will broke.

"Enough is enough, to hell with it, I’ll fight you all!"

In desperation, she switched to an aggressive stance, attacking at any hint of someone nearby.

Quickly, she realized these sneaky beings in the darkness were hardly a challenge, incapable of any effective attack on her.

Consequently, she grew increasingly confident until a massive force almost pinned her to the ground.

Done.

Cheng Mingyue’s heart turned ice-cold.

She hadn’t expected such a powerful opponent, whom she couldn’t resist at all, to suddenly appear.

Could she be about to die here?

No, she couldn’t give up; if she were to die, she must at least pull a harsh strike!

She had already prepared to go all out, only to hear a familiar voice before she could act.

"It’s me!"

?

Cheng Mingyue froze for a moment, feeling the force holding her release. She groped around in the darkness and, after feeling a warm body, finally exhaled in relief, "Why are you only here now!"

Li Rui said in exasperation, "Only now? You just ran around, I couldn’t call you back."

"...I didn’t hear you calling."

The two exchanged their experiences after getting separated.

"Ah? Who would have thought? I thought Mr. Yuan looked like a good person, but he turned out to be this kind of person."

Cheng Mingyue still found it hard to believe that the thick-browed, big-eyed Yuan Qing was actually a supporter of Zuo Qiutian, "What do we do now? According to him, leaders of successive academies couldn’t go deep into this place; how can we get out?"

Li Rui kept the Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture activated, slightly illuminating the three. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"I think we still have a chance, after all, Yuan Qing didn’t expect us not only to have Divine Thunder but also to have Fengdu’s skills. Brother Gui, it’s up to you."

In this place, it really depended on Guan Gui; his resurrected were eyes in the dark, only he could aid the three.

"I just checked."

Guan Gui said, "The way out is completely untraceable, but I’ve discovered a path leading deeper."

He looked at the other two.

Li Rui said, "There’s nothing to hesitate about; even if we retrace our steps, it’s hard to guarantee Yuan Qing won’t be there waiting."

"And if he rallies the people from the academy, we surely can’t beat them," Cheng Mingyue added.

"Exactly, so we first delve deeper, see what’s inside before deciding."

Thus, Guan Gui summoned a group of low-level resurrected to scout ahead, while Li Rui used Divine Thunder light near them, inspecting for environmental clues, and Cheng Mingyue told jokes to lighten the mood because the darkness was pretty oppressive.

The three stumbled and bumbled along, following the resurrected, for who knows how long, when they encountered something unusual ahead.

"Enemies are present, my resurrected have perished," Guan Gui said.

All three became vigilant and rushed to the enemy’s location under Guan Gui’s guidance.

Once they crossed a certain line, their surroundings became considerably brighter, at least returning to the light of their original position on Ghost Cry Ridge.

Li Rui looked up, seeing ahead yet another stretch of hills, all overrun with Evil Demons, those responsible for killing Guan Gui’s resurrected.

"Ah, it seems we have work to do."

Li Rui carried the Yin Yang Umbrella forward, while Cheng Mingyue immediately cast him a supreme buff.

There was a flash of gold as the fierce battle commenced.

Though they didn’t know if they were still at Ghost Cry Ridge or emerged into a dark recess, whatever the case, first they must eliminate this swarm of Evil Demons, then explore carefully to figure it out.