novelraw Chapter 1372 1370: A Hundred Ghosts Wail, Netherworld Ghost Fire! What the Hell Is This Place?!
Chapter 1372 1370: A Hundred Ghosts Wail, Netherworld Ghost Fire! What the Hell Is This Place?!
However.
This time, Lin Fan miscalculated.
The prison was eerily silent, not even a ghostly shadow in sight, let alone a person.
Lin Fan waited for a long time and saw no one emerge.
The sound from earlier seemed like an accident, suddenly emerging then disappearing into the darkness, as if it had never happened.
Lin Fan furrowed his brow, waited a bit longer, and still heard no sound.
"Come out! I saw you!"
His face was calm and composed as he called out softly, his tone very steady.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
The surroundings were shrouded in inky blackness, as if it covered his eyes, making it impossible to see the environment.
Lin Fan mumbled to himself, this ghostly place truly had no light at all, if one stayed here long enough, even if they didn't die, they'd go crazy or blind.
"Stop pretending! I know you're hiding behind, you've been exposed, staying hidden any longer is meaningless, just come out."
Lin Fan's tone remained calm, as if he were just chatting casually.
In truth.
He hadn't seen anything, he just hoped to bluff the other into revealing themselves, to see if someone was truly there.
If there were someone, maybe they'd be frightened enough by his words to step out.
This place was so dark, cats probably couldn't even see in here. If I could see, I'd have become an Immortal by now, Lin Fan complained in his heart, but he maintained a steady breath, not showing a hint of vulnerability to the opponent.
Of course, assuming there really was someone here.
However, it was very clear.
Lin Fan guessed wrong; there was no one here.
His calls were like stones sinking into the ocean, receiving no response, and no one appeared.
Could it be that the noise from earlier really was just an accident?
Lin Fan didn't believe such a conclusion.
How could such a coincidental event occur in this world!
Gong Wenya just happened not to know, and happened not to have someone tracking Zhu Sui in secret, and when Zhu Sui came to the prison, just happened to make a peculiar noise.
None of this added up.
Based on their recent interaction in Changwen Hall, Gong Wenya would not be such a careless person.
This guy is insidious, devious, and surely saw through the exchanged glances between me and Zhu Sui, but just didn't show it.
Yet, no guard was set to watch Zhu Sui, a truly unusual situation.
"Hey!"
Lin Fan suddenly shouted.
"Being alone here is quite boring, why not come out and chat? I just arrived in the Five Elements Realm, got locked up without knowing a thing, why don't you tell me about the Fire Clan or the Five Elements Realm to pass the time!"
This time!
The prison responded!
But it wasn't that someone appeared.
Rather, the bizarre column in the center of the prison suddenly lit up!
The column suddenly blazed with roaring flames, the fire shot skyward, the intense flames consuming the entire column in an instant.
Lin Fan was taken aback, quickly standing up, coldly staring at the column.
Abnormalities in the previously calm prison, there was certainly someone up to tricks!
He took the opportunity from the firelight to glance around the prison, yet he still saw no figure. The entire prison remained desolate, with only the bizarre column in the center fiercely burning.
"Ah—"
"Ah—"
Suddenly!
Shrill screams echoed through the prison, the once silent Void filled with those harrowing cries, as if someone was enduring extraordinary torment.
Even.
The sounds didn't seem human!
Pain!
Despair!
Horror!
Howling!
Lin Fan couldn't help but shiver upon hearing those sounds.
The screams surged from all directions, instantly pouring into Lin Fan's ears.
Lin Fan initially tried to locate the source of the sound, but he quickly discovered that the sound was continuously resonating in the Heavenly Prison, making it impossible to find the actual source.
And just at this moment!
Buzz—
Lin Fan's head suddenly rang, going blank.
He suddenly realized this was no ordinary sound.
This was the Hundred Ghosts Wailing!
It could seize a person's soul, cause one to lose reason, and even maliciously corrupt Spiritual Energy!
Lin Fan was taken aback; blocking one's ears had no effect against the Hundred Ghosts Wailing! Even with ears blocked, the shrill terrifying cries could still be heard.
It didn't spread through hearing, but through Divine Sense, directly reaching into the depths of one's heart, waking the deepest fears!
He took a deep breath, his expression solemn, eyes narrowing, staring intently at the bizarre column.
When he set foot in the Heavenly Prison, he sensed the column was peculiar, with an unspeakable eerie feeling.
But he was never able to articulate what kind of feeling it was.
However, when the column started burning, he suddenly realized the bizarre column was embedded with skulls!
Under the illumination of the fire, the skulls looked fierce, as if truly screaming, trying to crawl out of the column, attempting to escape a purgatory.
Lin Fan then understood, this was no ordinary column, but a purgatory!
All who died in the prison were sealed into the column, forever remaining in the lightless prison!
So that's why he sensed this column exuded such a menacing aura, it was all the wronged souls who tragically perished there!
This place, indeed, is extraordinary!
Even Zhu Sui probably doesn't know because all of this is Gong Wenya's doing!
Just when Lin Fan figured it out.
The column, as if seeing through Lin Fan's thoughts, exploded with a tremendous sound, the fierce flames swiftly climbing the chains connected to the cell, rapidly heading towards Lin Fan's cell.
One breath!
Two breaths!
Three breaths!
Even if Lin Fan wanted to stop it, he couldn't; the chains were outside, and he was inside, having to watch helplessly as the cell door was consumed by flames!
The room's temperature suddenly spiked, becoming extremely hot.
Dammit!
Lin Fan cursed in his heart, feeling a burning sensation on his skin, the ground beneath becoming scalding, unable to stand upon.
He pondered, this fire likely wasn't ordinary fire, but the most terrifying Netherworld Ghost Fire!
No matter one's Cultivation Realm, or how strong their body, when engulfed in Netherworld Ghost Fire, in ten breaths they'd turn to ash, with even their soul scorched to extinction, Divine Sense annihilated!
"Little Fan! This is... Netherworld Ghost Fire!" Emperor Jade suddenly leapt out, exclaiming in terror.
"I know." Lin Fan frowned tightly, speaking impatiently. The ground was already too hot, so he stood on the stone bench.
But soon the stone bench would also become as scalding as the ground.
The flames not only didn't show signs of subsiding, they even grew more intense upon encountering Lin Fan's presence, as if exultant, aiming to consume Lin Fan.
"Emperor Jade, what to do? This is Netherworld Ghost Fire, we're probably not getting out of this one." Lin Fan was slightly resigned, indeed feeling a bit at a loss.
He never imagined he'd die so pitifully in such a ghostly place.
"Little Fan, you forgot, there's a place to evade the Netherworld Ghost Fire, a place impervious to burning."
"Even if there's a place to hide, the problem is I can't get out."
Emperor Jade rolled its eyes, scornfully saying, "That place is on you, did you forget?"
Lin Fan blinked, smacked his forehead, and shouted, "Damn it, Mystic Iron Mountain!"