Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 651 - 350: 1 Person, 2 Worlds, 3 Moments of Confusion_2

The bamboo person continued forward, moving in a different direction from Lu Yu.

After walking for a long time in the mist, Lu Yu began to wonder if the Netherworld even had any inhabitants.

Having traveled so far, at least a few thousand kilometers, he had only seen one bamboo person, and that bamboo person had disappeared inexplicably.

Gulp~ A swallowing sound echoed from within the mist.

Upon suddenly hearing a swallowing sound in this world, the first reaction in a normal person's mind would be that a monster is eating something, or that there's a monster in the mist eyeing them, wanting to devour them, drooling heavily and swallowing saliva, instilling fear and dread.

However, Lu Yu felt a sense of "hope," finally encountering something that moved.

He quickly headed toward the direction of the sound, though he approached cautiously as he neared his destination.

He still didn't know the characteristics of monsters in the Netherworld or how to distinguish their strength, so being cautious was never too much.

Silently, he closed in on the source of the sound, which grew louder as he approached.

Reaching this point, Lu Yu realized that the sound wasn't really something he heard; it resounded in his mind.

Or rather, only souls could hear sounds in the Netherworld; physical bodies could not.

For the native inhabitants of the Netherworld had no physical form, and what they emitted was the sound of souls.

As he drew nearer, Lu Yu finally saw the source through the mist—a gray-white snail, making the gulping sound as it consumed soil.

As it consumed more soil, the shell on its back grew darker and darker.

"Is it dangerous?" Lu Yu pondered, not sensing any danger from the snail.

But that didn't necessarily mean the snail wasn't dangerous; he hadn't sensed danger from the bamboo person earlier either.

After much thought, Lu Yu decided to take the risk and approach, as he didn't know how long it would take to find the Nether River otherwise.

Only by finding the Nether River could he obtain the Water of the Moon, forge a Divine Soldier, and communicate with the Power of the Moon.

Lu Yu walked toward the snail, his shoulder muscles slightly tense, indicating he was ready to spring into action.

At the slightest hint of trouble, he would retreat from the dirt-eating snail with the fastest speed.

However, the dirt-eating snail didn't react at all to his approach, not even lifting its head, continuing to eat soil unceasingly.

Lu Yu tried shouting a few times; the snail didn't react, emboldening him to approach and kick its shell twice with considerable force.

The snail shell wobbled, but the snail still didn't respond.

Lu Yu stared at the snail shell, feeling something different with his kicks.

It seemed like he hadn't really kicked the snail shell, or more accurately, his foot passed through the snail shell, and it was only when his soul touched it that he felt the shell's presence.

By now, Lu Yu understood that all undead in the Netherworld existed in the form of Soul Bodies.

Possibly due to the different rules of the Netherworld, as long as there was a soul here, one could see the Soul Bodies, unlike the realm of Divine Warriors where souls were nearly intangible.

Even with Lu Yu's current Soul Power, he couldn't clearly see others' souls, only a blurry shape.

Seeing every detail of the snail, as he did now, was virtually impossible.

Lu Yu touched the snail shell with his right hand; he felt the rough grit on the shell. Tapping it, he felt a strong rebound; the shell was very hard.

On a soul level, the shell was very hard; if taken back to the realm of Divine Warriors and refined into a Spiritual Treasure, perhaps just wearing it could block most soul attacks.

Crackle~ Suddenly, Lu Yu felt his hand pass through emptiness, nearly stumbling as he turned to see the snail shell he had just touched vanishing, revealing the translucent snail body inside.

At that moment, the snail seemed to sense a great threat, instantly retracting tightly into its shell, which then rolled away rapidly in one direction.

Lu Yu watched stunned, quickly reacting to chase after the rolling snail shell.

Although the snail shell wound through the mist, Lu Yu sensed it had a direction and purpose.

Furthermore, Lu Yu noticed something absurd—the snail, while rolling away, hadn't forgotten to eat soil.

Each time the snail shell's opening touched the ground, Lu Yu could see the dark soil being nibbled away, leaving a small pit.

"The Netherworld is too barren..." Lu Yu mused, chasing the snail; along the way, he saw nothing else moving—or perhaps he couldn't see it.

He didn't know how far he'd run before spotting a black curtain amidst the mist, which upon nearing, he discovered was a black wall.

But this wall was so high that from afar, it seemed to connect heaven and earth.

The snail didn't slow down, heading straight for the unknown height of the black wall.

Smash~ The snail was like a bird slamming into a high-speed plane, shattering into pieces; the broken snail shell stuck to the wall like mud.

Lu Yu quickly halted; he didn't want to follow in the snail's footsteps.

As he neared the black wall, Lu Yu slowed completely, stopping before it.