638: Let you run first

Seeing no reaction, Shen Bei moved closer to observe carefully.

On her neck, there were four bloody holes on each side, eight in total. The wounds were dark and bruised, and the blood had already coagulated.

And on the top of her head, there was a hollow the size of a baby's fist, her skull was completely empty, with nothing inside.

Shen Bei looked at the eight bloody holes on her neck; the ones in the middle were slightly larger, while those on the sides were a bit smaller.

Stretching out his hands to compare, a chill involuntarily rose in Shen Bei's heart.

Blood Depletion Dao Consort, it turned out, was brutally impaled in the neck by someone's bare hands, her neck almost torn apart. Looking at the subtle bumps visible on the skin, a touch would reveal them to be shattered cervical vertebrae.

However, whether she was truly dead was hard to say.

When he and Yan Jingchang chatted idly, Yan Jingchang had mentioned that Blood Depletion Dao Consort knew the Corpse Dissolution method, a rare cultivation technique in the Great Wilderness.

When the Corpse Dissolution method is performed, power rapidly increases in a short time, and then this power, along with the Divine Soul, breaks through the fontanelle and flees. After abandoning the Physical Body, some Corpse Dissolution methods even take the cultivation base with them.

As long as there is a suitable Physical Body, one can undergo Possession and Rebirth, starting anew. At most, the Realm will drop, requiring a long time to recover.

In the face of certain death, the Corpse Dissolution method is that sliver of hope.

Shen Bei carefully examined Blood Depletion Dao Consort's corpse. Besides the four bloody holes on her neck and the shattered cervical vertebrae, no other injuries could be found. Her internal organs showed a decline in vitality, but there were no signs of external force.

This indicates one problem.

Blood Depletion Dao Consort was impaled in the neck by someone's fingers at close range, utterly defenseless.

Despite suffering severe injuries, she unhesitatingly performed Corpse Dissolution and fled, showing no signs of resistance.

This suggests that the enemy was far stronger than her, and she had to escape immediately to grasp that sliver of hope.

Combined with the fact that no Magic Treasures could be found on Blood Depletion Dao Consort, Shen Bei felt this deduction was likely the truth.

So the question arose: what did Blood Depletion Dao Consort encounter?

This was merely the entrance to the Dao Palace, yet she had met a tragic end here.

Shen Bei became twelve times more vigilant.

Going straight through the front, there were mostly important halls: the Hall of Imparting Dao, the Hall of Deliberation, the Central Hall, and the Ancestral Temple were all located here.

These places were all quite important and would normally be guarded. Now that it was confirmed there was something eerie here, the probability of it appearing in the center was higher.

On the left and right sides, there were halls centered around Medicinal Pills, Artifact Refining, and so on. Although there might be traps or Formations guarding them.

Shen Bei had also studied Medicinal Pills and Artifact Refining, but not very well.

Looking at it now, going around from the side was clearly the best option.

Having made his decision, Shen Bei headed to the left, preparing to go around that way.

Walking along the main path, in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, just as he exited a fork in the road, he saw Duan Kong approaching from the other side of the fork, running frantically with a tired expression.

Behind him, a Ku Xue Dao Soldier, with a withered face, skin and bones, and Death Qi swirling around its body, followed closely, covering tens of meters in a single stride.

Upon seeing Shen Bei, a look of joy flashed across Duan Kong's face, and he immediately shouted loudly.

"Brother, lend me a hand, and this piece of Wusang Divine Wood is yours!"

Duan Kong casually tossed a palm-sized piece of black wood, which flew over.

A layer of wave-like divine light swirled around the divine wood. As soon as it appeared, a faint fragrance wafted out, dispelling the surrounding Death Qi.

"Giving me something?"

Shen Bei's mouth curved into an arc, and he narrowed his eyes, glancing at Duan Kong and the Ku Xue Dao Soldier chasing behind him. Without hesitation, he reached out and snatched the divine wood in his hand.

Heat and cold alternated, changing hundreds of times in a single breath, surging into Shen Bei's body. On Shen Bei's face, red and green lights flickered frequently. The sudden change caused him to stand rooted to the spot, unable to move at all.

"Hahaha, Brother, thank you for your trouble!" Duan Kong shouted, but his speed suddenly increased as he fled to the side.

Shen Bei snorted. This divine wood had a trap that could immobilize people, but although Shen Bei fell for it, his resistance was too high, and he broke free in just one breath.

At the same time, Shen Bei's blood Qi erupted, and with a stomp of his foot, he directly burst the air, his body like an arrow released from a bowstring, shooting backward.

In the blink of an eye, he left Duan Kong far behind.

"You're really generous, giving gifts upon meeting. You have a future!"

Shen Bei, like a whirlwind, with a loud laugh, vanished around the corner in a flash...

In a place where various flying or escape techniques cannot be used, comparing physical strength, 100-meter sprint, or high-speed long-distance running with a Body Cultivator?

Wake up, it's time to move bricks...

Oh no, don't dream anymore.

Let him run forty meters first!

If I can't catch up within three breaths, I'll admit defeat.

Duan Kong watched Shen Bei turn into an afterimage and instantly disappear around the corner. By the time he chased after him, he couldn't even see his back.

Duan Kong stood expressionless, his eyes deep. He showed no panic or regret, and he didn't even spare a glance at the Ku Xue Dao Soldier howling and almost catching up behind him.

As the Ku Xue Dao Soldier, baring its fangs and with a ferocious expression, chased forward, its two arms about to grab Duan Kong's neck.

Duan Kong didn't even look. He simply stretched out his hand casually, his arm twisting in a way that could dislocate bones, reaching behind him, and instantly gripped the Ku Xue Dao Soldier's neck.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, the Ku Xue Dao Soldier's neck, which was like a dried corpse and three points harder than profound iron, was slowly squeezed thin by Duan Kong, its bones emitting a chilling crunching sound.

That was the sound of bones being forcibly crushed bit by bit.

The Ku Xue Dao Soldier's sharp claws grabbed at Duan Kong's head, tearing his hair to shreds. But when the half-foot-long claws struck down, they produced a clang of metal.

Aside from Duan Kong's hair and clothes continuously tearing, not a single drop of blood appeared.

The Ku Xue Dao Soldier's neck was almost crushed; on a living person, it would have long been dead, but the Ku Xue Dao Soldier's ferocity intensified, and Death Qi, like boiling oil, overflowed from its body, pouring down onto Duan Kong's head...

Duan Kong stood motionless, allowing the condensed Death Qi, like corpse oil, to contaminate his entire body.

But then, the fiercely raging Ku Xue Dao Soldier let out a terrified wail, struggling to escape.

The condensed Death Qi that had covered Duan Kong's entire body slowly disappeared, as if seeping into Duan Kong's body.

No, it was more like it was being absorbed by Duan Kong.

After the corpse oil adhering to his body disappeared, Duan Kong's hair completely vanished, his head gleaming brightly, not a single hair root visible...

Duan Kong's neck slowly twisted, with a crackling sound of bones. His head forcibly twisted half a turn, his face now directly facing the Ku Xue Dao Soldier behind him.

"Aow..." The Ku Xue Dao Soldier's terrified wail intensified. As soon as its cry left its mouth, Duan Kong squeezed its neck, cutting off its wail, leaving only its eyeballs bulging out of their sockets...

However, this terrifying Ku Xue Dao Soldier, with its emaciated face and bulging eyeballs, was filled with terror.

The Faceless Man opposite him had completely lost his facial features.

His face was completely flat, as if cut by a knife, yet his skin was perfectly intact, just like his brightly gleaming forehead, without a single injury.

The Death Qi overflowing from the Ku Xue Dao Soldier's body seemed to gush out like a spring, continuously being devoured by the Faceless Man.

Struggling and wailing were useless. The Ku Xue Dao Soldier slowly stopped struggling, its Physical Body casually thrown to the ground by the Faceless Man, shattering into a pile of dust that scattered with the wind.

The Faceless Man, with his arms and head twisted backward, had a completely changed demeanor. He bore no resemblance to the former Duan Kong.

Cold, profound, like a humanoid abyss, filled with an ominous aura.