I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Chapter 052 Ghost Messenger

Zhou Yunshen's gaze instantly locked onto the dark figure, his eyes wary.

Illusory flames ignited on his body.

As the dark figure continued to approach, he quickly made out its appearance.

This is a woman dressed in black with disheveled hair.

The woman had no legs at all; there was nothing below her knees. She floated about half a meter off the ground, her pale hands outstretched forward. Her floating speed was about the same as that of an ordinary person running, not very fast.

"This should just be an ordinary wandering ghost, not a ghost messenger," Zhou Yunshen quickly scanned the woman and came to this conclusion.

"If it's just an ordinary wandering ghost, then it only has the strength of the Qi Refining level. Perfect for testing the power of the Fire Locust Technique!"

"Fire Locust Technique!" Zhou Yunshen's eyes widened, and the fire elemental energy within his body accelerated its circulation.

Suddenly, a spark appeared a meter in front of him.

The flames quickly transformed into a lifelike fire locust.

"go!"

The fire locust flapped its wings and transformed into a streak of flame, flying towards the woman in black.

Its speed was so fast that the woman in black hadn't even had time to react before the fire locust got close and crashed into her.

"burst!"

The fire locust exploded like a bomb, engulfing the woman in black in a raging inferno.

A woman's heart-wrenching screams echoed from the firelight.

When the firelight died down, only a thick black fog remained, and the corpse was nowhere to be seen.

Clearly, the woman in black was merely an illusory spirit.

"This Fire Locust Technique is pretty good. It consumes little energy but has decent power. It's great for crushing weaker opponents." Zhou Yunshen's face showed a rather satisfied expression.

The document states that there is no spiritual energy in the hellish dungeon, and the true essence in a cultivator's body cannot be replenished; every bit used is less.

Zhou Yunshen tried it and found that he was indeed unable to absorb spiritual energy from the surrounding air.

In this situation, the Fire Locust spell, which consumes less resources, will become much more practical.

Moreover, this Fire Locust Technique can be condensed in advance for backup, so that it can be cast instantly during battle.

Zhou Yunshen began to condense fire locusts one by one.

In this hellish dungeon, the wandering ghosts and the like are easy to deal with, but the monsters called ghost messengers are the difficult ones to handle.

Moreover, judging from the chat logs in the strategy group, this ghost messenger is also elusive and likes to launch sneak attacks. Under such circumstances, it's always good for him to prepare in advance and condense some fire locusts to carry with him.

Then, fire locusts were condensed and neatly landed on Zhou Yunshen's shoulders, and the flames on his body dimmed and became inconspicuous.

Zhou Yunshen conjured nine fire locusts in one breath before taking a step forward and continuing to walk.

As a result, before Zhou Yunshen had gone very far, a skeletal hand suddenly emerged from the soft black soil beneath his feet and grabbed his foot.

Zhou Yunshen was shocked. After looking down at the skeletal hand and claw, he instinctively raised his foot, trying to pull it out.

But the skeletal claws were incredibly strong, and he couldn't pull his feet out at all.

At that moment, a skull emerged from the black soil, its empty eye sockets flickering with a ghastly green flame, and it uttered a chilling voice: "A living person, hehe... There's actually a living person daring to trespass into Hell! Quickly tell the ghost messengers, and with this credit, I can enter reincarnation sooner..."

"Living people, there haven't been any living people here for a long time..." One by one, skulls emerged from the black soil, their empty eye sockets flickering with a ghastly green flame.

There are at least dozens of these skull heads popping up!

Zhou Yunshen had never seen such a scene before, and he was immediately filled with a chill down his spine, even the hairs on the back of his head stood on end.

Fortunately, he has one advantage: when faced with a situation, no matter how terrified he is, his brain will not stop thinking. In fact, when faced with a life-or-death situation, his brain will work even faster than usual.

"Fire Technique!" A fierce look appeared on Zhou Yunshen's face as he unleashed the Fire Technique he had mastered.

Flame Spell is an advanced version of Fire Spell.

After the Fire Spell is upgraded to the Blazing Flame Spell, not only is its power greatly increased, but it can also ignite specific areas, burning wherever needed.

With a hissing sound, flames surged forth from the foot that Zhou Yunshen was gripping with the skeletal claws, instantly incinerating the skeletal claws that were holding his foot into black mist.

The skull head not far away suddenly let out a scream.

As a result, before its screams could even begin, a giant foot engulfed in flames stomped on its head.

The skull was instantly burned into black smoke when the fire hit it.

Upon seeing this, the green flames in the eyes of the other skulls flickered wildly, and they let out terrified cries, each trying to bury their heads back into the ground.

"Since they've all shown up, then they should all die!" At this moment, Zhou Yunshen's fear had transformed into killing intent.

He rushed forward and stomped on a skull, burning it into black mist.

Yes, burning.

These skulls are very hard. With his perfected physical strength, he couldn't crush them at all. Only by burning them with Foundation Establishment level flames could he burn them.

As he stepped on the skull, the nine fire locusts on his shoulder, under his control, all took to the air and flew towards the skulls that had emerged, landing precisely on them.

"Explode! Explode them all!" Zhou Yunshen roared in his mind.

Instantly, nine dazzling bursts of fire appeared, blasting the nine emerging skulls into black mist.

At this moment, both of Zhou Yunshen's feet were engulfed in flames as he continued to stomp on the other skulls.

At the same time, sparks of fire appeared in front of him, coalescing into new fire locusts.

The goal of the Hell Trial is to kill all the ghosts in Hell, including these skeleton ghosts in front of us.

In this situation, Zhou Yunshen showed absolutely no mercy when he took action.

Soon, Zhou Yunshen had destroyed half of the dozens of skulls, and the rest shrunk back into the ground.

But Zhou Yunshen could still sense their presence.

Because he possesses divine sense, he can scan and detect the existence of these skeleton ghosts with a single sweep of his divine sense.

He had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and had only just mastered the power of divine sense. He had forgotten to use it before, but now he was using it.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yunshen's current attack methods are limited, and he is somewhat at a loss when facing these skeleton ghosts that have burrowed several meters or even tens of meters underground.

Under these circumstances, he could still manage to use his Fire Serpent Technique to kill these skeleton ghosts.

However, doing so would be too costly and not worth the effort.

We can't possibly use up most of our true energy just to kill these skeleton ghosts, can we?

If that's the case, what should he do when he encounters a ghost messenger in the future?

Zhou Yunshen hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth, extinguished the flames on his feet, and ran on the ground, quickly leaving the area.

He learned from his previous experience and kept his divine sense scanning active throughout his escape.

His current divine sense can extend outwards up to 15 meters. This distance is not far, but it allows him to scan for ghosts beneath his feet in advance, preventing him from being ambushed by them again.

Not long after Zhou Yunshen left, a figure silently appeared in the area where the skeleton ghosts were gathered.

This was a pale-faced man dressed in the black uniform of an ancient Xia dynasty constable, carrying a chain in his hand, his face cold and hard.