119: Chapter 119 Scams and Rituals?

Those blurry figures flickered in and out of sight within the mist.

They kept reaching out their hands, as if trying to drag something inside.

"Leave this place..."

"Leave quickly..."

"Don't be fooled..."

"You will die..."

Intermittent whispers came from all directions, shrill and eerie.

But unlike the ghosts outside, these voices were not trying to intimidate him, but rather urging him to leave.

Su Lin looked around and realized that Lin Weixia and Little Ghost were nowhere to be found.

It seemed only he had been pulled inside.

However, Su Lin didn't care.

Little Ghost was outside, as were the Servants that had turned into spores, so Lin Weixia should be fine.

As for this place—

Su Lin's gaze swept over those blurry figures, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

What was going on here?

"Leave quickly... This is not a place you should come to..."

"You will die... You will really die..."

"While there is still time... Run away..."

The voices continued, becoming more urgent and more shrill.

Su Lin raised an eyebrow but ignored them.

The next second—

"Boom!"

A terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from within his body, sweeping in all directions like a tsunami!

Those gray mists were instantly dispersed over a large area.

However, the dispersed mist quickly coalesced again.

The blurry figures reappeared along with it.

They continued to reach out their hands, continuing to emit shrill whispers:

"Leave... Leave quickly..."

"A conspiracy... This is a conspiracy..."

"A scam... It's all a scam..."

Hearing their words, Su Lin had a rough guess in his heart.

These were likely all previous "Inheritors."

They had been lured here by the so-called "Ancestor's Legacy," signed a contract, and then died here.

Their Souls were trapped in this village, unable to leave and unable to rest in peace.

Day after day, year after year.

They were warning later arrivals to leave.

Su Lin asked, "What happened here? Who trapped you here? What exactly is the situation with that so-called Ancestor's Legacy?"

However, those voices ignored him completely, simply continuing to urge him to leave:

"Leave quickly... Leave quickly..."

"If you don't leave now, it will be too late..."

Hearing this, Su Lin frowned slightly and quickly understood.

It seemed their consciousness was long gone.

Only lingering obsessions remained, mechanically repeating their final thoughts from when they were alive.

It was clearly impossible to get anything out of them.

Just then—

"Hum!"

Deep within the gray mist, something suddenly appeared.

It was an extremely cold, extremely dangerous aura.

It radiated terrifying fluctuations that made one's heart palpitate.

The ghosts seemed to sense something as well and immediately became more restless.

They waved their arms frantically, their voices becoming even more shrill:

"It's too late... It's too late..."

"Run... Run away..."

At the same time, eerie energy fluctuations began to spread from the gray mist.

That energy surged over like a tide, attempting to erode Su Lin's spirit.

However, Su Lin didn't even frown.

[Calm Heart Soul Suppression] automatically took effect.

That mental erosion force hit an invisible wall, unable to get anywhere near him.

"Is that it?"

Su Lin smiled contemptuously.

With the Calm Heart Soul Suppression skill, this bit of mental erosion was not even worth mentioning.

Since that was the case, there was nothing more to say.

Those vengeful spirits had no useful information.

Something deep in the gray mist wanted to erode his spirit.

Then he had no need to waste any more time.

Su Lin raised his right hand.

The next second—

"Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!"

Purple electric arcs suddenly exploded in his palm, the sound of the arcs jumping dense like popping beans.

Su Lin grasped with his five fingers in the air, and those electric arcs began to condense, compress, and shape themselves frantically.

In just one second, a spear condensed from pure lightning appeared in his hand.

And that thing deep in the gray mist seemed to have sensed danger as well.

"No... Don't..."

It let out a panicked cry.

But Su Lin ignored it completely.

He raised his hand, aiming at the depths of the gray mist.

His eyes sharpened.

He threw it fiercely!

"Boom—!!!"

The moment the Thunder Spear left his hand, it erupted with an earth-shattering roar!

"No—!!!"

A shrill roar came from the depths of the gray mist.

The next second—

"Rumble—!!!"

The Thunder Spear exploded in the depths of the gray mist, erupting with a blinding purple light!

A terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, and the gray mist was blasted apart.

"Crack, crack, crack—!"

A sound like glass shattering came from the air.

The entire space began to collapse.

Su Lin felt his vision blur.

The next second, he was back in that dilapidated house.

Lin Weixia was standing not far away, her face full of anxiety.

Seeing Su Lin appear, she was startled and hurriedly asked, "Boss, where did you go just now? You disappeared all of a sudden, you scared me to death!"

As for Little Ghost, that little guy was still floating around, chasing those scattered, fleeing vengeful spirits.

It opened its mouth and sucked up a bunch.

It opened its mouth again and sucked up another bunch.

It was eating so happily.

"Woo-woo~ Woo-woo~"

Little Ghost made a soft, cute sound, its round body swaying left and right as if dancing.

That appearance seemed to be saying, "Delicious, love it!"

It seemed that no accidents had happened outside.

Su Lin smiled, his tone relaxed:

"It's nothing, I was just pulled into an alternate space by some blind idiot, but it's already been taken care of."

Hearing this, Lin Weixia was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes were filled with admiration:

"An alternate space? Boss, you're just too amazing! You can even deal with an alternate space so casually!"

Su Lin waved his hand, not saying much more.

He withdrew his gaze and silently recited in his heart:

"System, extract Materials."

[Extracting...]

[Extraction successful!]

[Obtained Materials: Crystal of Resentment of the Lost (3-Star) — Inheritors lured from all over the world, originally wanting to inherit the legacy, ended up becoming consumables in a ritual, turning into vengeful spirits trapped in Linyuan Village, unable to rest in peace, their resentment condensing into terrifying monsters.]

Su Lin looked at the grayish-white crystal in the System Space and nodded slightly.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed, these were all the vengeful spirits of the Inheritors.

However, the material description said that these people were lured from all over the world.

What did this mean?

Did his Ancestor actually have descendants all over the world?

Or was it that this wasn't an Ancestor's Legacy at all, and it was a scam from beginning to end?

What Ancestor's Legacy, what treasures and wealth, it was all a scam.

Their goal was to lure people over and then use them as consumables for the ritual?

And what did this ritual mean?

Did his so-called "Ancestor" once perform some kind of ritual here?

What kind of ritual was it?

And what was the purpose of the ritual?

He couldn't figure it out, but he knew one thing.

This so-called "Linyuan Village," this so-called "Ancestor's Legacy."

The waters behind it were much deeper than he had imagined.

The entity hiding in the dark, manipulating everything, was definitely no pushover.

"Interesting, truly interesting."

Su Lin's lips curled up slightly.

It seemed that this "Ancestor's Legacy" was even more interesting than he had imagined.

He looked up, his gaze passing through the dilapidated houses and the overgrown paths, landing at the end of the village.

There, stood an extremely luxurious mansion.

Vermilion gates, magnificent decorations, and two stone lions standing at the entrance.

In the dream, it was from that mansion that countless twisted monsters emerged.

And in reality, that mansion was similarly perfectly intact.

The surrounding houses were all dilapidated, but it alone, apart from being a bit old, had no major issues, as if time had stopped flowing within it.

Clearly, that was the core of everything.

"Let's go, it's time to continue investigating deeper."

Su Lin strode toward the mansion.

Hearing this, Lin Weixia quickly snapped out of it and hurriedly followed.

Little Ghost also floated over, let out a satisfied burp, and made a soft, cute "woo-woo" sound, clearly having had its fill.

Although he didn't know what he would encounter next, Su Lin was not panicked.

At least so far, the enemies he had encountered were all small fry.

He hadn't taken them seriously at all.

Since that was the case, what was there to be afraid of?

He wanted to see what secrets this so-called "Ancestor's Legacy" was hiding.