C2495 Broken Claw

Despite the aura of the spiritual sand, the cave was still dark. The glow of the sandstone made the cave seem even more eerie. What caused Lin Bai and the rest to tremble even more was that after they entered the deepest part of the mine, all they could see were corpses scattered about everywhere. Furthermore, those corpses were all dried up and covered in skin and bones, as though they were desiccated corpses.

Most importantly, from the time of their death to now, it had only been a short two to three days, but the only remaining layer of skin on their bodies, which was wrapped with bones, could not be seen at all. The skin was like a piece of rotten, dry old paper, as if a casual rub could turn them into ashes.

Such a terrifying degree of decay, could be said to be something that the spectators had never seen or heard of before. Most importantly, they were the outer disciples of the two sects and the captives of the Spirit Spring Sect's army. However, after the fierce battle, their cultivation base had improved by quite a lot.

However, from the looks of the way these corpses were falling, it seemed as if their deaths only lasted for an instant. They did not even have the chance to resist before they perished here. This kind of devastating attack would not count for much to an expert if it was only used against one person. However, the number of people who died in the cave was over 40!

With a single move, he had killed 40 people! Even Lin Bai didn't think that he would be able to match up to such a feat.

"There's blood here." At this time, under the light of the Spirit Sand Twilight, Leng Ying, who couldn't bear to look at the dead bodies, instead, observed the situation around him, suddenly lit up his eyes, pointed to a certain place, and hurriedly said.

Upon hearing the voice, the spectators turned their attention over, only to see that not far away from them, there was a small stain of fresh blood splattering on the ground. Upon seeing these bloodstains, Lin Bai and the rest swiftly determined that these remnants of blood stains on the ground were most likely left behind by the fight between Tai Ah and the so-called unlucky ones in the cave.

Since Taia was able to struggle out of the cave and leave behind quite a few bloodstains, this meant that he had definitely experienced a bitter battle with the existence within the cave. Unfortunately, Taia was in a deep coma and was unable to find out what had happened.

However, since this was a fierce battle, Tai'e's skills were not low either. Especially after this big battle, the cultivation of the Dao of the Sword had greatly increased. No one knew if Taia's ominous existence in the cave would cause any damage in the course of the battle.

If the two of them were to be injured by each other, then that ominous presence would leave behind traces once again. Perhaps, he could determine the so-called ominous shape and the means by which he used. Thinking up to here, Lin Bai did not hesitate. He quickly walked towards where Tai'e's blood was spurting out. His eyes were filled with the power to see the source as he scanned his surroundings, not leaving a single trace behind.

After a few rounds of wandering, Lin Bai finally had a small harvest. He saw that there seemed to be something strange in the pile of rocks around the bloodstain. His mind was extremely nervous. After he had fully prepared himself, Lin Bai slowly bent down and gently flipped the stone over. When he saw what was hidden underneath the stone, he couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air!

Under the cover of the pile of rubble, there was a human-shaped palm. However, the palm was covered in pitch-black hair and there was a sharp fingernail about an inch long at the tip. This strange appearance made people feel as if this wasn't a human palm, but a wild beast's claw.

Not only that, after Lin Bai carefully probed again, he discovered that there was not a trace of blood on this strange broken claw, nor was there any signs of life. Although the broken claw had elasticity and vitality, its composition was incomparably withered, as if it was formed from countless wrinkles.

Lin Bai even discovered that threads of strange grey air were seeping out from the severed claw. Although that aura didn't seem very impressive, it was strange and interwoven into the entire mine. When the crowd was outside the cavern earlier, most of the fog that drifted out of the cavern was released by this severed claw.

What kind of terrifying existence was this? He didn't have any flesh, nor any life force, and yet he had this kind of activity. Moreover, with this kind of terrifying power, just with these sharp claws he was able to slaughter more than forty disciples of the two sects and also severely injure Tai'e! Staring at the strange claw, Lin Bai felt an indescribable terror in his heart. He only felt that this claw was akin to a demon, causing him to tremble in fear.

After a moment of silence, Lin Bai slowly lifted his hand and released the book. He then released his Law Domain and slowly wrapped it around the claw and picked it up. These sharp claws were extremely strange. Although Lin Bai was confident that he could deal with them, he did not want to take the risk of directly coming into contact with them.

"Boy Lin, come look here!" After Lin Bai picked up the claw, the water beast ancestor, who had been silently searching everywhere like a ghost ever since he entered the mine, suddenly spoke in a solemn voice.

What did he find? Lin Bai's eyebrows knit together when he heard the water spirit beast ancestor's shout. At this moment, he also felt that this cave was very strange. However, when he got closer and saw everything with his own eyes, he could not help but gasp. He felt a chill run down his spine as he felt that the strangeness of this place was far beyond his imagination.

In the deepest part of the mine, where the forefather of the Yin and Water Beast was facing, were countless dried bones. They were all dried up and rotten, but the shape of the bones could still be seen.

More accurately speaking, what was hidden inside were not bones, but fossils. Endless amounts of bone had been turned into fossils for some unknown reason after countless years. Looking at the densely packed fossils on the ground, it was hard to count how many people or other creatures had died here.

Under this kind of situation, it made people feel that this wasn't a mine at all, this was basically a ten thousand tomb!

All sorts of strange situations caused Lin Bai to feel a chill run down his spine. Moreover, as he faced this wall with countless bones sealed in dust, he had this strange feeling that the atmosphere here was very strange and extremely cold.

"What is this?" While Lin Bai was still in shock, the forefather of the Water Spirits seemed to have discovered something. Amidst his shock, he slowly lifted his palm and touched a spot within the tens of thousands of skeletal fossils.

Although he was only raising his palm in confusion, the forefather of the Water Beast was still very cautious. He pointed with his palm and released a large amount of Heavy Water of Lunar Moon to protect his soul from any changes.

However, just as the Yin and Water Beast Grandmaster's palm was about to touch that spot, something horrifying happened. The moment the palm touched that place, a blood-red light suddenly appeared, and started flowing back towards the Sound and Water Beast Grandmaster.

AWOO!" Even though the soul of the Yin-Yang Water Beast ancestor was incomparably powerful, when that strange bloody light came into contact with his soul, it was as if it had touched an enormous flame. The shadow of the palm formed by the soul was instantly destroyed by more than half. Furthermore, it had retreated in time and was protected by the Heavy Water of the Moon, causing the damage.

In the instant that the Yin Water Beast drew back its palm, Lin Bai was shocked to discover that the place where it touched the bone fossil started to continuously spew out something that looked like fresh blood. However, regardless of whether it was the bright red color or the strong fishy smell, it was exactly the same as the blood. However, there was no sign of life within the blood.

Hiss! Under this situation, Lin Bai and Leng Yanyan could not help but gasp. They had witnessed the power of the soul of the Patriarch of the Yin and Water Beast Sects. Otherwise, they would not have played around with the people guarding the Spirit Spring Sect.

However, such a powerful soul, which was even contained in the Grand Moon Heavy Water, was able to inflict such heavy damage to the soul just by touching the fresh blood of the bone fossil. They did not dare to imagine what would have happened if the forefather of the water and yin spirits had not done so much just now and had rashly made contact with him.

In just a breath's time, the entire soul of the Yin, Water, and Beast Grandmaster would be incinerated into nothingness by this strange blood gas.

This won't do. I must not stay here anymore before I figure out what kind of ominous existence is this mine! At this moment, Lin Bai only felt that the fossils in the shadows seemed to have come to life. Countless pairs of eyes were staring at him, attentively watching his every move.

This strange change immediately made Lin Bai want to retreat. Without any hesitation, he gave a meaningful glance at the Water Essence Beast Grandmaster and Leng Zhan Yan, and the three of them formed a circle, carefully retreating out of the cave.

Fortunately, they didn't know if the ominous existence in the mine didn't want to provoke them or if they had fallen into a deep slumber. Their withdrawal did not come with any shackles, and it only took a moment for them to escape.

However, neither Lin Bai nor the Patriarch of the Yin and Water Beast realized that as Lin Bai was retreating from the mine, a shadow suddenly floated out from his body and lightly landed in front of the wall formed by the bone fossils.

The shadow's eyes were long and blank as it stared at the fossils. It was as if it had seen something familiar, but it could not remember why these things were so familiar. After a long while, he slowly lifted his finger and touched the place where the forefather of the Water Yin Beast had touched.

However, just as his fingertips made contact with the blood water, the bone fossil trembled as if it was alarmed by something. Two balls of red light bloomed, and the light was strange and dazzling, as if they were the eyes of a person!

The two of them gazed at each other in silence. Their gazes seemed to transcend thousands of mountains and rivers. After a long time, the shadow finally left, and the red light also dissipated.