Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily)

The harem spirit and the weakling spirit were a bit puzzled.

This was truly a fragrance, and it seemed slightly different from the scent they had just experienced.

The harem spirit said, "Something seems strange—" The weakling spirit interrupted as he walked on, "There's nothing strange about it." He quickly understood. "Instead of calling it a fragrance, it's more accurate to say that we've just sensed Lilly's Order," he said with an admiring smile. "Lilly's power is different this time." Even the food she makes carries her Order, which has spread so far. Perhaps other ghosts who have the chance to smell it would feel rejuvenated, as if they were about to advance to the next level.

Both he and the harem spirit were powerful, and they were close to Lilly, so they were able to sense her Order from such a distance. And now, what they smelled was indeed the aroma of fondue. They were getting closer and closer to Lilly.

And sure enough, as the weakling spirit and the others passed through the forest, they saw a table and chairs set up in the meadow ahead. There was even a parasol, creating a seemingly pleasant scene.

"We've found Lilly!" the weakling spirit exclaimed happily as he ran over.

Cloud was enveloped in a ball of golden light as he continued to sink.

As he descended, he thought he was done for, but suddenly, a golden light illuminated around him, completely enveloping his body.

He remembered that Lilly had said his merit was perfect, so he would be blessed with a golden light. He didn't expect that this golden light could also resist the erosion of the blood-red pond! "Evil... versus righteousness. The golden light represents perfected merit. It's a form of righteousness, so it can resist the demonic pond..." He instantly understood.

However, the golden light was not all-powerful. As he sank further, the golden light grew weaker and weaker.

He tried several times but was unable to float back up. It seemed that he could only continue sinking after falling down here! "I can't go on like this..." He attempted to retrieve the magical artifacts from the ring. Some were given to him by Lilly, while others were given by Crawford Ancestor.

However, none of them had any effect. He couldn't even use them to move slightly to the side, let alone use them as oars to pull himself upward.

In this predicament, he could only keep sinking. He didn't know how long he had been sinking, but the blood-red pond began to fade away, revealing a black pond as dark as ink that immediately extinguished all light.

Even the golden light surrounding him was swallowed up by the darkness.

Cloud reached out to touch the water, but he felt nothing. However, he remained clean and dry, indicating that his golden light was still protecting him.

If there was some visibility in the blood-red pond earlier, it was now completely pitch-dark. He couldn't even see his own fingers when he reached out.

Cloud's heart sank. Not being able to see meant that there would be more unexpected situations. If something was watching him in the darkness, he would be completely defenseless.

Just as he thought about this, he felt the water around him violently churn. It felt as if something had suddenly rushed towards him, causing him to lose his balance due to the resulting shock wave.

Boom... Crack! He heard something lunge at him, and it seemed to bite into his golden light shield.

Although he didn't know why, he could inexplicably feel his golden light shield being bitten. In his mind, he saw a large shark biting a ball and swallowing it.

Every nerve in his body tensed up. He had just awakened as a ghost cultivator and hadn't even reached the level of a malignant spirit. He truly had no way to deal with this situation! Once the golden light shield was broken, he would perish here...

No one would know if he died here.

When he fell, there was only that despicable villain around. After the man ran away, Lilly wouldn't know that he had fallen down here. She might continue to search for him and discover his whereabouts, but he might never see her again. "Lilly!" He felt a pang of heartache.

Just then, he heard a loud Splash! as the black pond water rapidly washed against his golden light shield. Soon, he realized that it wasn't the pond water washing against his golden light shield, but rather his golden light shield being carried by that unidentified creature. It was swimming rapidly, and he had no idea where it was dragging him...

Cloud was dragged deeper and deeper while trapped in the golden light shield. He could no longer feel the golden light shield; he reached out to touch it, only to touch the bone-chilling pond water. In other words, his golden light shield was broken! He gritted his teeth and suddenly slammed himself against his own golden light shield. He couldn't just sit back and wait for his demise. He was doomed, anyway; without the protection of the golden light shield, he might fall into the hands of that unidentified creature after breaking free. However, there was also a one-in-a-million chance that he would find another breakthrough, a glimmer of hope.

Bang! Bang! Splash! After slamming himself against the golden light shield three times, he heard a clatter, and the golden light shield shattered into pieces.

The pond water instantly engulfed him, as if he were still in the Human Realm. The water rushed into his mouth and nose, making him feel suffocated! This is abnormal. As a ghost, I'm already dead. How could | feel suffocated? Cloud hadn't figured out what was happening when the rapid shock wave came again. He knew it was the unidentified creature that had been rushing with him in its mouth. It wanted to devour him! He struggled to swim to one side, but the pond was ice-cold and soon froze him stiff, making it difficult for him to move.

Both the feeling of suffocation and the icy coldness felt just like how a living person would feel. Cloud had a feeling that he hadn't died yet. What on earth is happening? However, he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

That creature had already bitten into him, and he felt its sharp teeth. In an instant, he was swallowed whole...