Zhao Yuezhu cried and cursed, "Li Po! Why don't you go die… no, why don't you run! Is this the time to joke around?"

"I can't help it! I was born with a smiling face. Even if you ask me to cry, I can't!"

Actually, I wasn't trying to be glib with Zhao Yuezhu. It was that I was trying to distract myself. The pain of having ten thousand ghosts devour you was like being slowly sliced with a knife, with someone deliberately rubbing salt into your wounds. The pain was indescribable.

I could only try to distract myself.

Besides, doing so would also reassure Zhao Yuezhu somewhat.

Zhao Yuezhu cried, breathless, "Li Po! I'm begging you, please run, okay? The hungry ghosts are coming! So many hungry ghosts! You can't withstand them!"

I could also hear the sound of the hungry ghosts rushing towards us. This time, the sound of the hungry ghosts charging was scraping along the ground. They wanted to gnaw off my feet.

Hungry ghosts hunting was like a swarm of starving ants. They would rush madly in one direction, regardless of life or death. Even if the ones in front of them were reduced to ashes, the rest of the group would still desperately rush towards the target.

They didn't care how many of their kind died in the process of hunting. What they wanted was to completely overwhelm their opponent with numbers, then tear their prey into pieces and send it into their stomachs to commemorate their dead companions.

The hungry ghosts weren't planning on giving up any prey. They wanted to keep us all here.

I stood up straight in the middle of the Connecting Heaven Bridge. "How much further to the other side?"

"Halfway there!" It was the bride I had carried out who spoke.

I laughed and said, "Little girl, have you ever ridden a flying car? Uncle will take you for a ride. Hold on tight, don't fall off. If you fall under the car, I won't be responsible."

As I laughed, my true energy exploded. The hungry ghosts that had been clinging to me instantly exploded into streaks of light and fire, scattering across the Connecting Heaven Bridge.

I grabbed the Soul-Chasing Rope with both hands and soared into the air. My feet stepped into the void as I shot forward. The carriage, dragged by me, flew three inches off the ground like a flying car, rushing after me.

Half the distance remained on the Connecting Heaven Bridge, which was enough for me to risk my life.

At first, I would rather let the hungry ghosts tear at my flesh than unleash my final inner strength to desperately charge across the bridge. It wasn't that I didn't want to escape, but that I wasn't sure I could.

Those martial arts experts in TV and movies who use their skills to force out poison are half the time just fooling around.

When a martial arts expert circulates their inner strength, their blood will flow faster. If the poison is in their hands or feet, they can use their inner strength to force most of the poisoned blood out of their body. But those who drink poisoned wine or are hit by poisoned darts in the stomach and try to force out the poison are just asking for death.

The faster the blood flows, the faster the poison will take effect. The poison was in my eyes. I couldn't very well use my inner strength to force my eyeballs out, could I?

Using my inner strength to protect my body was already speeding up blood circulation. If I unleashed my inner strength again, I estimated that I would die on the bridge before I even reached the halfway point.

Halfway across the Connecting Heaven Bridge was exactly the distance for me to risk my life!

As I sprinted wildly, the Connecting Heaven Bridge continuously collapsed under my feet. As soon as my feet touched the ground to gain leverage, I felt my soles sinking.

I didn't know when the Connecting Heaven Bridge had become so brittle! I didn't have time to think about anything else. I only knew to charge forward, charge again, desperately charge forward.

As my strength gradually gave out, I desperately shouted, "How much further?"

"Five zhang!" It was still the bride who spoke. If Zhao Yuezhu was speaking, she would probably tell me it was about fifteen meters.

"Ah—" After a long howl to the sky, I soared into the air and landed directly on the distant bridgehead. When I heard the sound of gravel scattering under my feet, I knew I had succeeded.

When I came from the Connecting Heaven Bridge, the first thing I passed was a gravel road. I staggered forward a few steps before barely stopping. I turned my head to look behind me. "Are you all okay?"

Actually, I couldn't see anything. Zhao Yuezhu and the others could see me staring at them with a pair of eyes streaming with black blood.

As for my body, there was no way to look at it. Besides the wounds and blood, there probably wasn't anything else left.

Zhao Yuezhu covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly. I could only hear her making "uh-huh" sounds.

"It's good that you're okay!" As I spoke, I spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

Zhao Yuezhu crawled off the carriage and struggled to my side, step by step. "Li Po! Wake up, say something! Don't scare me, Li Po, wake up!"

I had heard that people would have a moment of clarity before they died. I didn't know how to explain it scientifically. In the words of a sorcerer, it was a bit of pity from the heavens, allowing people to say a few last words.

At that time, I had already fallen into a coma, but when Zhao Yuezhu called me, I regained some clarity.

I couldn't see Zhao Yuezhu's face, but I smiled in the direction her voice came from. "There are two knives behind me, and the chains in my hand. Take them all to Ye Yang. Tell him to take them to my master and let my master have the chance to find another successor!"