Chapter 41 (Part A) – Spirits

Bi Fan did not hesitate at all as he climbed on top of the Chimera and rushed towards the point, from which this evil aura had erupted.

Recently, Bi Fan had been having a lot of difficulty finding suitable opponents, and he felt like taking a chance here.

Along the way, Bi Fan decided that it was better to change his appearance a bit, as he didn’t want to risk being spotted by ‘rising sun’ disciples, as it might lead to unnecessary trouble.

That being said, Bi Fan did not fear ‘rising sun’ disciples, he simply didn’t want to be delayed on his course to ground zero of the incident that had just occurred.

Bi Fan had this strange feeling that the things could get really messy around that area.

“Was the devil’s territory really an ancient battlefield?” Bi Fan was taken aback as he pondered over the idea.

In the ancient past, the strength of men far exceeded that of todays. Their strength was beyond match and so were their weapons.

If this really was an ancient battle field, then any leftover weapons that anyone could find, would certainly be extraordinary by present day’s standards.

Today, the world considered the ‘immortals’ to be an almost extinct layer, and following their decline, the ‘immortal’ weapons had also faded away. Only a very few, handful of very powerful factions around the world were rumored to possess a very small amount of such weapons.

Excited by this thought, Bi Fan kept pushing the Chimera to accelerate its pace.

The Chimera too was very curious, and so was running as fast as he possibly could.

Along the way, Bi Fan encountered several humans and demons, all of whom, where trying to find their way to the point of origination of this freak incident.

Bi Fan didn’t want to get involved in any kinds of fights right now, as getting to ground zero was his top priority at the moment.

The really surprising thing was that Bi Fan spotted several ‘brave’ layer demons on route. He had no idea why he hadn’t spotted them previously, maybe they remained hidden from public sight as they didn’t wish to be disturbed. But owing to the narrowness of the path, they were forced to come out in the open to investigate this incident.

If the demons that preferred their privacy were provoked, then a fierce fight was called for.

Bi Fan was even more excited now; finally, finding new targets for his practice wasn’t going to be a very difficult task.

Although Bi Fan ran into many humans on the way, none of them were sitting on the back of a demon, let alone something as strong as this Chimera. So naturally, Bi Fan was stealing all the attention.

Bi Fan’s Chimera gusted past everyone on the way, as he drifted towards the center of the scene, and eyes balls followed them.

Ground zero of this outbreak was very deep into this level of the devil’s territory, and was awfully close to the second level.

Bi Fan’s ride, the Chimera, reduced its run to a walking pace as they neared their destination.

Bi Fan just stood there, shocked, as he looked at the surroundings he had just arrived at.

In front of him, were tall trees, tall withered trees. A huge expanse of the forest had withered down to a stale yellow color.

The evil spirits that had done this were obviously very strong, but it wasn’t just that, from the looks of it, it appeared that this outbreak was a pretty violent one.

A few humans and demons had already arrived at the scene, but no one was willing to take the initiative of leading the way ahead and into the devastated expanse that lay ahead of them.

No one knew what was really happening here, no one knew why and how these evil spirits had appeared or where they had come from.

The hearts of everyone present were puzzled, but curios, and they all awaited answers.

Ever since Bi Fan had arrived at this place, he could feel that the Yin Yang lotus that inhabited his body had been growing very restless. The black part of the lotus, especially, seemed very excited.

Under pressure from the Lotus that resided in his body, Bi Fan jumped off the Chimera’s back, and started walking towards the area that was enveloped by the spirits.

At present, Bi Fan simply seemed to have no control over anything. It appeared as if the Yin Yang Lotus was making him walk and had taken control over his body.

“Greedy, Chimera, stay back, wait for me outside, do not come in here.” Bi Fan bit his tongue as he tried to gain some control back to issue orders to his companions.

As he entered the region, he could sense his body being affected by the spirits in the vicinity, and he simply could not let the Chimera and the Marten take this risk.

The Chimera was about to follow Bi Fan into the region, but as soon as he heard Bi Fan’s command, he quickly retreated his footsteps.

The Marten had wanted to step into the region several times, but each time, his heart, filled with fear, stopped him. He couldn’t help as he jumped up and down, hoping to channel out the adrenaline rush.

Bi Fan, step by step, slowly walked towards the center of the region that appeared to have been possessed by evil spirits.

All the creature and humans that were present on the scene, stared at him in awe, as if, he was their pathfinder.

As they watched Bi Fan cross almost twenty meters into the region without facing any abnormal activity, finally some of the creatures and humans decided that they too couldn’t wait any longer and decided to venture into the region enveloped by the spirits.

“Ah….” Blood-curling screams echoed, as the minds of these humans and demons were attacked by the spirits. The pain they suffered was beyond the bearable limit, so they quickly retreated their footsteps and fell back.

Some six men had rushed into the area at a very quick, but failed to get out of there quickly enough, and soon fell to the ground, dead.

The ones who hadn’t yet entered into the region, looked on, gasping at the scene they were witnessing.

The creatures that were present on scene had been so badly sacred off by this incident that they backed further away from the spirits.

The Chimera and the Marten were quiet smart, as soon as they heard the screams of the ones that had tried to follow Bi Fan; they quickly realized that no one will be able to follow him into the region. This also meant that some of them might try to create trouble for them, as everyone knew that the two of them were with Bi Fan, so the two of them quickly retreated from their spots and hid.

“Damn it, how has that person managed to penetrate almost thirty meters into the region, no one else can even step foot into it.” A human spoke out furiously.

“We need to find a way to enter the region; otherwise that guy will take away all the credit.”

The people present outside were getting more and more anxious. The demons, however, had taken a few steps back, and had calmed down; they weren’t really interested in magic that much.

Bi Fan had penetrated a decent distance into the area without facing any problems so far, so he gradually relaxed a bit.