[Ye Ying Gui] pressed his head, his expression pained, as if trying hard to recall something.
"What can you remember?" Brother Ji asked in a low voice.
Suddenly, [Ye Ying Gui]'s expression changed, his face showing immense fear.
He shouted at Brother Ji, "Leave here quickly!"
Brother Ji was stunned.
He looked at Lu Fei, "It's telling us to leave quickly."
Lu Fei suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, his scalp tingling.
"Why is it telling us to leave?"
Brother Ji looked back.
"What happened here?"
[Ye Ying Gui] said in terror.
"They've awakened! They've returned!"
Brother Ji was bewildered.
"Who are they?"
[Ye Ying Gui] shook his head speechlessly.
"Demons, demons..."
Brother Ji curled his lips, thinking to himself, aren't you one yourself...
Unable to find an answer, Brother Ji patiently waited for [Ye Ying Gui] to calm down.
A moment later, [Ye Ying Gui] looked at Brother Ji, "Thank you for saving me, but please leave here quickly and don't go any further up. I don't know which level they are on, but they have been searching for me."
Brother Ji was somewhat doubtful.
"Then why don't you leave here?"
[Ye Ying Gui] lowered his head, "I cannot leave here. I must guard this place forever, waiting for him to return."
Brother Ji wanted to ask further.
But [Ye Ying Gui] did not answer his subsequent questions.
Brother Ji turned back to Lu Fei and relayed the conversation.
Lu Fei analyzed, "So this [Ye Ying Gui] is specifically guarding this tomb, waiting for someone's arrival?"
"That's not it, Brother Ji, that's not the point."
"Who are the demons in the air? And what does it mean by 'awakened'?"
Brother Ji shrugged.
"It didn't say."
Lu Fei frowned, this gave him a headache.
Hei Dan, who had been silent for a long time, guessed and spoke.
"Could it really be that thing?"
"What thing?"
Hei Dan exhaled and slowly said, "In my past era, there was a type of contracted beast called [Eternal Nightmare]. These things had ordinary combat power, but they were very annoying. They were skilled at invading the mental world of other creatures, controlling their brains to be used for their own purposes."
"Speaking of which, this thing is indeed troublesome. It was one of the more powerful opponents I encountered. If it were a one-on-one fight, I could have easily dealt with it, but this thing is invisible and its physical form cannot be captured. It's also skilled at launching large-scale corrosive attacks, so many of my kin were controlled at that time, which put me in a passive position."
"But this species of contracted beast was clearly eliminated by me, so it shouldn't be..."
"Shouldn't be."
Hei Dan muttered to himself repeatedly.
Lu Fei's expression was serious.
Hei Dan had always been a proud being, but when he mentioned the [Eternal Nightmare], he was clearly deep in thought and serious. Could he really deal with an opponent that even it considered troublesome?
Changing the subject, Lu Fei raised the most crucial question.
"If we really encounter it, can you handle it?"
Hei Dan was silent for a long time.
"If it's facing the [Eternal Nightmare] from back then, then it's probably doubtful, but I think even if there are still such things here, they are most likely descendants of that guy. They should..."
Hei Dan paused as if he had something to say.
Finally, he said solemnly, "Escaping is not a problem, but winning is hard to say."
Lu Fei gasped, his expression solemn.
He remembered something: before entering the Tower of the Undead, someone had warned that many beast tamers who had entered before had not come out. Some suspected that the cultivation conditions within the Tower of the Undead were more favorable, or that there were many ancient treasures within the Tower of the Undead, which is why they became immersed and refused to leave.
As a result, people continued to enter despite knowing the danger.
But now, thinking about it, could those who ascended to the higher levels and never came out be related to that possible [Eternal Nightmare]?
Brother Ji suggested:
"Old Lu, why don't we leave here first? This dark guy has no clue, and we're even less of a match. If something unexpected happens, we won't get any benefits and will lose our lives, which isn't worth it."
Lu Fei pondered for a moment and nodded.
After calming down and thinking, what he heard was only the one-sided account of this [Ye Ying Gui], and who knew if it was true. Moreover, Hei Dan was also doubtful whether such legendary contracted beasts still existed.
Lu Fei thought to himself.
Perhaps it would be better to inquire at the town first to gather some information, as quite a few people had come out of the Tower of the Undead unharmed.
"Let's leave here first."
Lu Fei said.
Tie Tou Wa also returned to Lu Fei's side. Before leaving, he glanced at [Ye Ying Gui] before removing the restraint on it.
Just as everyone turned, Lu Fei took out the jade stone and prepared to crush it.
"Wuwuwu~~~"
[Ye Ying Gui] let out a few cries.
Lu Fei turned his head to look at Brother Ji.
"It said, how did you guys get here?"
Lu Fei was bewildered.
With so many people climbing the Tower of the Undead recently, what was so strange about this?
"How should I answer?"
Brother Ji asked.
"Ask it, besides us, have you not seen any other humans?"
Brother Ji nodded and acted as a messenger.
After a while, he relayed back, "It said no."
Lu Fei's brow immediately furrowed.
No?
Could it really be as he thought, that upon entering this space, they would be teleported to different locations?
It seemed that this place was not as simple as he had imagined. This was not a simple ruin, nor was it a place restricted to low-level beast tamers. As for what existed here, perhaps no one knew.
Thinking of this, a figure suddenly flashed in Lu Fei's mind.
The vagrant?
He had been stopping people from entering here, did he know something?
"Never mind, let's get out first."
Lu Fei asked Brother Ji to make up any excuse to deceive [Ye Ying Gui]. After all, lying was its specialty. He then crushed the jade stone and left the third level of the Tower of the Undead.
When he opened his eyes again, Lu Fei found himself back in the original open space.
Suddenly, he heard a shout.
"Captain!!! Lu Fei is out! Lu Fei is out!"