Entering the gate of the Imperial City, you will see a row of black stone steps rising step by step. The main hall of the Imperial City stands at the highest point.
We climbed up the steps and walked in quickly.
The main hall was empty and dim, not even a ghost could be seen. Only the black throne directly in front still showed the majesty of the owner of this palace.
"Where is the underground grotto?"
I looked around and saw no sign of any grotto, so I asked the Black Tower sternly.
"I remember Young Master Juexin said that the underground grotto is right under the throne of the city lord."
Heita pointed to the black wooden throne in front and said softly.
I asked the Void Belly Ghost General to look at the black tower, then walked to the black wooden throne and walked around in a circle.
After checking, there seemed to be nothing unusual, but I soon discovered that there was a faint gap in the rock formations under the black wooden throne.
I pushed the throne away and stepped on the crack. With a little force, the crack expanded a bit.
Under this crack, it is indeed hollow!
I waved my hand and asked the Void Belly Ghost General and the Fish Demon Princess to follow them.
"This should be the underground grotto."
"Brother Corpse Demon, let me come!"
After the weak-belly ghost finished speaking, he wiped his sleeves, aimed at the crack in the rock formation, and punched it.
boom!
With a loud noise, the crack opened instantly, revealing a dark hole.
"You, lead the way!"
The weak-belly ghost pushed the black tower and shouted sternly.
The Black Tower had a mournful expression on its face, and was naturally reluctant. However, under the gaze of the Void Belly Ghost General, it could only obediently crawl in.
We followed closely and got into the hole.
There is a stone staircase at the entrance that winds down to unknown depths.
Heita's face was full of nervousness, and he was tiptoeing, as if there was some danger in the darkness.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the steep stairs finally leveled off and we stepped onto solid ground.
At this moment, Heita suddenly screamed and everyone jumped up.
"Help me, help me!"
I walked over quickly and saw Heita lying on the ground, rolling back and forth, with an extremely painful expression.
I knelt down and took a look, only to see that Black Tower's body was densely covered with colorful bugs.
The bug was about the same size as a corpse worm, but it was very different from a corpse worm. It was covered with colorful spots that made people's scalp numb!
Devoured by these strange bugs, countless wounds appeared on Heita's body. Black gas emerged from the wounds, and his soul became more and more insubstantial.
Heita shook his body desperately, and countless insects were thrown to the ground.
But the strange thing is that no matter how hard Heita struggles, the bugs on his body not only do not decrease, but increase at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, insects began to crawl in and out of Heita's nose, mouth, ears, and even eyes, constantly eating away at his soul.
"This is a soul-eating insect. Brother Corpse Demon, don't come close!"
The weak-belly ghost behind him saw this and couldn't help but remind him loudly.
"This thing lives in the depths of the underworld and lives by devouring ghost souls. As long as it is nourished by the soul body, it can breed a litter of offspring in a few seconds and is completely unable to defend itself."
"You can't save him."
At this time, Black Tower was still struggling desperately, but under the devouring of the Soul-Eating Insects, his soul became more and more empty and began to collapse inch by inch.
"help me……"
With a face full of despair, Heita lay on the ground and reached out to me for help.
"I'm sorry, I can't save you."
I stood up and said calmly.
The incident happened suddenly, and the reproduction speed of these soul-eating insects is indeed too fast. Even if I take action now and rescue Black Tower, I still can't repair his damaged soul. It won't take long for him to still be gone.
In less than ten seconds, the black tower was devoured by the soul-eating insects, let out a final roar, and disappeared without a trace.
After devouring the soul of the Black Tower, the soul-eating insects more than doubled in size and began to surge towards us like a tide.
Although these soul-eating insects are terrifying, they can only kill ghosts. In my opinion, they are not as difficult to deal with as the corpse-carrying insects in the Styx.
Therefore, I naturally don't take these Soul-eating Insects to heart.
"court death!"
I snorted coldly, and while releasing the corpse energy, I condensed a thunder and fire talisman in my palm and blasted it out suddenly.
In the violent explosion, the pieces of soul-eating insects were directly vaporized, and the passage in front of them instantly became unobstructed.
"Everyone, we can only rely on ourselves from now on."
Without the Black Tower to lead the way, we had no choice but to risk our lives. This time I walked at the front and let the Void Belly Ghost General come behind and be responsible for protecting the Fish Demon Princess and Shi Zhenxiang.
Not long after, there were bursts of painful moans from the front.
"This is the voice of our tribal elders!"
The fish demon princess pricked up her ears and said excitedly.
We couldn't help but speed up and continued walking forward for a while. A cave appeared on the left side of the passage.
The cave was dug along the rock formations, and the entrance was blocked by a piece of black soul wood. The sound just now came from inside this cave.
Obviously, this is where Young Master Juexin imprisoned the elders of the Fish Demon Tribe.
"Elders, I am the fish demon princess, are you in there?"
Through the wooden door, the fish demon princess shouted inside.
"Princess? Is it really you?"
"It's unmistakable. I watched the princess grow up, and this is her voice!"
"It's great that the princess came to save us!"
A sound of surprise and surprise soon came from the cave.
"Elders, please wait a moment, I will come to rescue you right away!"
The fish demon princess was also overjoyed and quickly asked us for help: "Mr. Corpse Demon, Mr. Xudu, please help open this door. If you can save a few elders back, I, the fish demon tribe, will be grateful!"
Before I could say anything, the empty-belly ghost took the lunch one step ahead and stood up.
"Let me do it!"
As he spoke, he pulled out the ghost-headed sword and slashed at the black soul wooden door.
Click!
The sharp ghost head knife instantly cut the black soul wood into two pieces, and five old men in ragged clothes appeared in front of us.
"Elders, you are free."
The ghost-belly ghost took back his ghost-headed sword and said to the elders.
"your Highness!"
Seeing the fish demon princess standing in front of them, the elders were also excited and burst into tears.
"Elders, you have suffered..."
Looking at the elders of her tribe who were now tortured to look sallow and thin, the fish demon princess couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes.
"As long as the tribe can survive, I will die waiting for it, so what's the problem?"
The great elder finished speaking with emotion on his face, and then he turned his attention to us.
"Princess, who are these two?"
"They are Mr. Corpse Demon and Mr. Xudu from Emperor Song City. They and Zhenxiang rescued me from the palace and came with me to rescue you."
