Traversing the path of life and death

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Mystery Within the Cave

The appearance of this scene clearly brought Lin Yu tremendous pressure. From Lin Yu's facial expression, one could see that the worry on his face was deeply etched.

What was it that made Lin Yu feel so oppressed? On the quiet ground lay a jumble of white bones, riddled with holes, with strange insects crawling in and out, disintegrating the scattered bones.

"What exactly are these bones?" A question lingered in Lin Yu's mind, because the bones on the ground were simply too huge. The smallest bone segment was as tall as Lin Yu himself, making it particularly noticeable. The joints at the junctions of the bones were also enormous, but they had all succumbed to the passage of time and had long since turned into empty bones.

Looking at the huge white bones in front of him, Lin Yu thought that they might be the remains of some kind of wild beast, but what kind of wild beast it was, a deep question lingered in Lin Yu's mind.

Lin Yu stepped forward and stroked a huge piece of white bone. Just as his outstretched hand touched the bone, it instantly turned into countless tiny molecules that flew into the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The scene before him was so familiar. Clearly, these skeletons had been here for a very long time. If the previous scene was an illusion, then this must be real, because Lin Yu could smell the decaying bones here. This smell originated from the most essential existence of the bones, which was also the trace of time.

Lin Yu took a few steps forward, and a complete skeleton appeared before him. This skeleton was much larger than the previous one, and it was clearly a skull. Looking at this skull, a complete image of a wild beast appeared in Lin Yu's mind. The corpse of a giant dragon lay there, gradually turning into a skeleton over time.

The reason why he thought it was a giant dragon was because Lin Yu had previously refined a Nine Dragon Grass. One of the reasons why the Nine Dragon Grass could grow was that it had to grow in the place where a giant dragon had fallen. There were so many white bones scattered here, and they were so huge. It was obvious that ordinary wild beasts could not have such a physique.

Having confirmed that it was the remains of a giant dragon, Lin Yu continued forward, passing through layers of white bones. Each time his palm touched a bone, it would dissipate in the wind, leaving behind a bare spot.

Arriving at the edge of the scattered bones, Lin Yu looked back, but there were no bones left; behind him was nothingness. "What on earth happened?" Lin Yu cried out in his heart.

But this did not affect Lin Yu's pace. He strode forward, and just after taking the first step, the scene changed again. Lin Yu arrived at the new scene, and his vision was blurry, obviously caused by the transition between scenes. After a moment, Lin Yu recovered.

Just as Lin Yu was looking into the distance, a white object lunged at him. Lin Yu quickly dodged, but the white object didn't touch him. Instead, it jumped away into the distance. Then Lin Yu could see what the white object was. However, when Lin Yu looked at it, there was a clear struggle in its eyes.

Indeed, the white object was the once-vanished snow-white giant wolf, now reappearing here. The wolf's behavior was clearly aggressive, and the struggle in its eyes was evident. It was forced to defend itself, its body enveloped in a faint yellow light.

Seeing that it had failed to catch Lin Yu, the giant wolf charged at him again. When Lin Yu saw the giant wolf charging again, he suddenly sprang backward, leaving a faint afterimage. That afterimage was left by Lin Yu's high-speed movement.

If Lin Yu hadn't come to the Wild Beast Forest, he wouldn't have been able to avoid this situation. However, after entering the Wild Beast Forest and witnessing his teacher's combat techniques against the Thousand-Year Corpse King, Lin Yu's strength improved after refining the Nine Dragon Grass. In addition, his deep analysis of combat techniques allowed him to utilize some of the combat techniques used by the Witch Elder, even though the Witch Elder hadn't yet passed them on to him.

Seeing that its powerful attack had failed to harm Lin Yu, the 'Snow White Giant Wolf' attempted to attack him again. However, just as the 'Snow White Giant Wolf' launched its second attack, it leaped up but then fell to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably. Lin Yu, observing the 'Snow White Giant Wolf's' current state, was immediately puzzled. "What's wrong with it?" he muttered to himself.

Lin Yu looked at the giant wolf writhing on the ground, walked over to it, stopped beside it, and reached out to touch the 'snow-white giant wolf'.

"Stop!" An aged voice then reached Lin Yu's mind. Lin Yu knew it was his teacher's voice. The owner of the voice continued, "There is a broken soul inside this Azure Fierce Wolf. That soul is fighting with the giant wolf's own soul for this body. Obviously, the Azure Fierce Wolf's soul is not as strong as that broken soul, but the Azure Fierce Wolf's soul seems unwilling to give up and is fighting it to the death."

“If you reach out rashly, you might be attacked by the disoriented giant wolf. It’s best to be careful,” the old shaman’s voice came again.

"Understood, teacher," Lin Yu nodded.

Looking at the giant wolf writhing on the ground, Lin Yu couldn't bear it and said, "Teacher, is there any way to help the giant wolf and drive away that broken soul?"

After all, the snow-white giant wolf was the first wild beast Lin Yu encountered upon entering the Wild Beast Forest, and the two had spent a long time together. He had witnessed the destruction of the giant wolf pack and entered this cave together. Scenes of him and the giant wolf flashed before his eyes. If the giant wolf in front of him were to be possessed by that broken soul, Lin Yu would definitely not be happy. However, Lin Yu could not help it and could only ask his teacher for help.

The old shaman slowly revealed his form, but his phantom grew thinner and thinner. After he appeared, he said indifferently, "Spirits of Heaven and Earth, quickly return to your places; Souls of the Five Elements, quickly manifest." After the old shaman finished speaking, a phantom soul appeared on the body of the snow-white giant wolf.

Lin Yu opened his eyes wide and looked at the illusory soul. The soul seemed to be a small snake with an unusually curved body. It was particularly small. When the old shaman saw the appearance of the illusory soul, he said in a deep voice, "Considering that your existence is not easy, leave quickly, or you will bear the consequences."

The serpentine soul seemed to understand, and hurriedly fled.

Just after the serpentine soul left the giant wolf's body, the giant wolf woke up, shook its huge head, looked around, and finally saw Lin Yu. It happily ran to Lin Yu and rubbed its huge head against Lin Yu's clothes. Lin Yu just chuckled when he saw the giant wolf like this.

"Take ten zhang forward," the old shaman's phantom disappeared and returned to the ring, but his voice still reached Lin Yu.

"One zhang, two zhang... nine zhang, ten zhang," Lin Yu counted in his mind. Just as he finished counting to the tenth zhang, the scene changed again. Lin Yu returned to the cave. To be precise, Lin Yu walked out of the small maze. After walking out of the small maze, Lin Yu looked ahead and his face was filled with surprise.