The two people seemed to be under a spell, unable to move a muscle except for their eyes.
Countless stone claws emerged from the headless statue on the altar, resembling an incredibly eerie tree.
The stone claws grew longer and longer, wrapping around the necks of the two people.
Lufei's goosebumps instantly stood up, and he could clearly feel the roughness of the stone claws as they touched his skin.
With just a slight twist, both he and Jing Jian would lose their heads, becoming headless bodies.
The Corpse Rearing Girl hiding under the offering table, wide-eyed, revealed an excited smile.
She had exchanged ten years of her life for the help of the Yin God.
She was determined to put these two to death!
"Hurry! Twist off their heads!"
The stone claws tightened continuously.
Lu Fei's heart pounded like thunder. He steadied his mind and desperately summoned his magical power, trying to break the force that was binding him.
But it was too slow.
The stone claw had already fully gripped his neck, just one final move away from choking him.
"Yellow Springs Umbrella, what are you waiting for?" Lu Fei shouted in his mind.
At this critical moment.
The black umbrella on the side of his backpack trembled. Fine, dark hairs silently emerged and coiled around the rough stone claw at a speed almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.
Then, they tightened!
In the next instant.
The claw crumbled and pieces of stone scattered everywhere.
Lu Fei instantly felt the restraint on his body loosen, and he roared, "Quickly save Jing Jian!"
But the black hair completely ignored Jing Jian and directly retreated back into the black umbrella.
It was clear that Jing Jian could no longer breathe.
Lu Fei took out the lightning wood with the fastest speed, channeled his magical power, and struck it over.
Boom!
Blue electric light flickered.
The stone claw trembled violently for a moment before turning into a cloud of powder, flying everywhere in the temple.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Jing Jian covered his neck, coughing violently.
The corpse-nourishing woman hiding under the offering table had her smile frozen on her face, and she was instantly stunned.
"What? How could he possibly..."
What kind of weapon is that rolling pin-like stick? It can even deal with a Yin God!
"Who exactly is he?" she asked in disbelief, scrutinizing Lu Fei.
"Brother Jing, are you alright?" Lu Fei anxiously checked on Jing Jian's condition.
"No, no, I'm not dead yet..." Jing Jian took a few deep breaths to steady himself. As he looked up and saw several rough stone claws reaching toward Lu Fei, his heart tightened with alarm.
"Be careful! They're coming from behind you!"
Lu Fei turned around, his eyes filled with coldness, as the lightning flashed on his thunderstrike jujube wood staff.
The power of the lightning erupted!
The claws suddenly stopped.
Lu Fei channeled eighty percent of his magical energy. The bright electrical light made the entire dilapidated temple flicker, and his eyes showed the ferocity of someone ready to fight to the death.
They stood at an impasse for two seconds.
The claws retracted back into the body of the headless statue.
Celestial thunder is the nemesis of all evil spirits.
This so-called Yin God is not a god at all; it's just an evil spirit masquerading as one. Any evil spirit that encounters celestial thunder must tread carefully.
Perhaps its cultivation is sufficient to kill Lu Fei, but it may not be willing to take the risk.
The candlelight in front of the headless statue returned to a dim yellow hue.
This indicates that it is willing to cease hostilities.
Lu Fei felt a slight relief in his heart. After observing for a few seconds, he dissipated the power of the celestial thunder from his lightning-willow staff and quickly stepped forward to look under the altar table.
Damn it!
That female corpse raiser and the man-headed corpse demon were actually gone!
It must have been the headless statue that let them go!
After all, she had used ten years of her life span to ensure her safety tonight.
Lu Fei was somewhat annoyed.
Letting her escape this time would surely leave future troubles behind.
But this was the domain of the Yin Spirit, and he had come there to search for the coffin fungus. There was no need to fight the Yin Spirit to the death.
There will be other opportunities in the future.
Jing Jian looked outside for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Lu Fei, look, it's back to normal outside! The rain has stopped, we can go out now."
It is not advisable to stay here any longer.
"Let's go!"
Lu Fei glanced at the headless statue and quickly walked out with Jing Jian.
As they reached the door, he felt something hard under his foot. He moved his foot aside and looked down, noticing that the small stone seemed to have a peculiar shape.
After a moment's thought, he picked it up and quickly left the dilapidated temple.
As soon as the two of them stepped out, the door of the dark temple slammed shut behind them.
The light inside the temple went out, plunging everything into pitch darkness, and it turned back into that inconspicuous dilapidated little shrine.
The crisis was over.
The two of them breathed a long sigh of relief.
Before coming, they only knew there were zombies here, but upon arrival, they realized that everything was bizarre.
To have survived again, it was truly not easy.
"After all this trouble, where is that coffin fungus?"
Jing Jian looked around the pitch-black surroundings and couldn't help but sigh.
Their phones had no signal here, and the time remained at the moment they entered the forest, cutting off all contact with the outside world; they also didn't know what time it was now.
"If we really can't find it, we can only go back for now. At least this time, we scouted the way, and next time we will be much more experienced."
Lu Fei walked to the side before turning on his flashlight to examine the small stone in his hand.
The stone was only about the size of a walnut, and its shape resembled a heart. When he smelled it carefully, he could detect a scent of incense ash.
"Lu Fei, what is this?" Jing Jian asked, full of curiosity.
"I remember when we first started hitting the stone figure, a heart-shaped stone fell out..." Lu Fei thought seriously.
"It has the smell of incense ash, so it must have been exposed to continuous incense for a long time. It might be a wish-granting stone,"
"Wish-granting stone, that's a strange name. What does it do?" Jing Jian felt very intrigued.
"These so-called shade spirits and wild deities actually rely on the faith of their believers. The more devout the believers, the stronger they become. Some objects on the altar, after being exposed to incense offerings for a long time, will also acquire a portion of the believers' wishes and desires.",
"That sounds quite interesting, but what exactly is its use?
"It has an enhancing effect on one's fortune! However, it doesn't distinguish between good or bad luck; when things are going well, they get even better, but when things go wrong, they get even worse. So, it's considered a kind of evil object as well." Lu Fei put the small stone away.
If they couldn't find the coffin fungus, at least having this wish-granting stone made the trip somewhat worthwhile.
"Let's look for a bit longer, and if we really can't find anything, we'll head back."
The two of them got ready and started searching around the dilapidated temple again.
Unexpectedly, they made a discovery very soon.
"Lu Fei, look, what's that?"
Jing Jian raised his hand, pointing the flashlight ahead.
Under the cold white light, there were several coffin boards half-buried in the soil.
"Coffin boards? They weren't here when we were looking before."
"Could it be because of the heavy rain just now?" Lu Fei was both surprised and delighted, "The rain washed away the soil, exposing the coffin boards, and fungi grow most easily after the rain..."
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and look!"
Jing Jian was even more anxious than Lu Fei, and immediately rushed over.
The two of them rushed to the front of the coffin boards, their flashlights converging on it.
Sure enough, they saw clusters of mushrooms of various sizes on these damp coffin boards.
The mushrooms were oval in shape, with a layer of green powder adhering to their surface.
"Great, these are the coffin mushrooms!"
Lu Fei, restraining his excitement, opened his backpack to get the tools.
"Lu Fei, hurry up! I heard that where there are coffin mushrooms, there are bound to be zombies. We wouldn't be so unlucky as to run into one, right..."
Jing Jian urged anxiously, his flashlight nervously scanning the surroundings.
Suddenly.
His hand trembled violently.
"Lu Fei, what's that over there?"