Chapter Eighty-Three: Mysterious Forest
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Liu Shaobo led the crowd through a winding corridor and arrived at a room, where one wall was badly damaged, revealing a large hole of about two square meters. The wind outside blew gently in, and looking out from here, you could see the lush greenery outside, like a forest.
"It's strange, we've been here before, and at that time, this wall was still smooth as new." Bai Li looked at the scene in front of him and said with surprise.
"It was indeed so at the time, but during this period, under my careful search, I found this thing." As he said this, Liu Shaobo's hand slowly stretched out. In his palm, a very small beetle slowly crawled around.
This beetle is only about the size of a fingernail, with a glossy black body that shines with a dark luster. At the front of its mouth are two hard, tusk-like protrusions.
"Corpse Beetle!" Luodan exclaimed as she saw the beetle.
"Not bad, it's indeed a carrion beetle. This is also the only living thing we've seen besides us in this period of time. At that moment, I was thinking that carrion beetles rarely appear alone, but since there are no other living things here, it's highly likely that it ran over from somewhere else."
"So I tracked this corpse beetle, but it was extremely agile and I had to follow it several times before finding its trail. I followed it into this room, where it suddenly vanished. This raised my suspicions, and after searching the entire room for a whole week, I finally found an extremely fine crack. Following this crack, I smashed out this large hole."
After listening to Liu Shaobo's words, everyone couldn't help but admire his perseverance. It is worth noting that in these places, conducting a search like a carpet search is a tedious and dull task, yet Liu Shaobo has been doing this dull task with great enthusiasm every day. Until today, he finally brought great hope to everyone.
Zhang Chong and his group slowly emerged from the gap, and outside was indeed a forest with all sorts of lush trees standing upright.
"Beware of your feet..." Under Bai Li's reminder, this group of people also proceeded with caution along the edge of the room, carefully scouting out the surroundings before slowly advancing into the forest. Each person also revealed their own spiritual instrument and magical guardian.
After all, it's unlikely to see ancient martial artists here, but the symbol array method of this tribe is not to be underestimated.
Zhang Chong held the Heart Devouring Stick, riding his horse at the forefront, heading forward. After almost an hour, he had only traveled about ten miles. Just as he was about to take another step forward, he suddenly felt a subtle difference, but what exactly it was, he wasn't quite sure.
"It seems like there's something strange here," Zhang said lightly, but at this moment, behind him was a dead silence.
A sense of foreboding shrouded Zhang Chong's mind, and he suddenly turned his head to look back. This time, it shocked him on the spot. Behind him, there was actually no one, all the people had disappeared in an instant.
At the same time, a low and muffled sound of chanting began to rise, this voice was slow and low, but it struck his heart with every beat, and had no rhythm, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. He immediately turned around and ran towards the back, wanting to find some clues. However, in just a moment, he arrived at a place ten miles away, and what appeared before his eyes was still endless greenery, which, although harmless, seemed to be full of danger in Zhang Chong's eyes.
"Who are you, come out." Zhang Chongliang took out the Heart Piercing Stick, with two black and white misty auras swirling around his body. His muscles were tense, although he was staring forward, but he didn't dare to be careless about other directions.
"Why did the other side take away all the people in an instant, leaving only him behind?" Zhang Chong's mind was tense with thought. Among this group of people, Bai Li, Lan Xue and Luo Mudan were all much stronger than him, and even Liu Sheng and Lin Ye were not much weaker, so why did they leave him behind?
And if it's a mysterious force, if it can easily take these people away, why not also capture Zhang Chong? Why leave him behind?
These problems, though lingering in Zhang Chong's mind, were completely unanswerable.
In the air, apart from the echoes brought out by Zhang Chong's shouting voice, only the chanting sound remained.
That night, Zhang Chong did not sleep all night.
On the second day, Zhang Chong searched everywhere again, leaving many footprints behind. However, he could never find the footprints he had left behind, and every place he went to gave him a feeling that was both familiar and strange, making him feel as if he had been there before, yet at the same time, as if he had never been there before.
This kind of life lasted for a whole week, and after a week, Zhang Chong's mood became calm. The sound of the chanting also didn't seem to disturb his mind as it had before.
"Since I can't go out and no one is coming to find me, I'll just sit quietly and wait." Zhang Chong muttered to himself up to this point, then began to cultivate his fire control.
To be honest, this forest is a good place for cultivation except that it's impossible to leave. The chanting sound initially had a great impact on Zhang Chong's strength, making him unable to exert 80% of his power. However, as time passed, it turned out to be a good method for cultivating one's mind and spirit. As for food, there is no shortage either. In the past few days, Zhang Chong found some red fruit that not only can be eaten but also has the effect of strengthening muscles and bones after consumption.
In this quiet forest, Zhang Chong's fire control skills have also made rapid progress. In less than three months, he has already been able to cultivate his fire control skills to a very high level of proficiency.
Zhang Chong sat on the ground, with a thread of heaven and earth's power flowing continuously in his body. Two flames emerged from the center of his palms, burning quietly in that place, emitting a peaceful atmosphere, with a hint of fiery aura. Feeling this flame, Zhang Chong seemed to think it possessed great power.
Then, he slowly guided the flames, and suddenly, he swung his hand forward. With this swing, two flames shot out like lightning, striking a tall tree not far away.
The flames roared, flying towards the tree, and then only heard "Boom Boom" two sounds. The tree was tilted to about 70 degrees by this force, and then the two bundles of flame stopped there, burning continuously. In an instant, it burned more than half of the tree that was about ten feet high.
Looking at the raging fire, Zhang Chong was also stunned for a moment. He had thought that the flames would have great power, but he didn't expect that the might of these flames would be more than ten times greater than the Fireball Symbol, and apart from the impact, the stronger point of this flame lay in its ability to burn even more fiercely, just like burning down the trees in front of him, it could incinerate whatever it hit.
However, what surprised him was not just that. Just as the trees were about to be burned out, another strange scene appeared. The trees that had been burned like charcoal suddenly became transparent and slowly faded away in that place, disappearing without a trace after a short while.
A moment later, the place where the tree hit by Zhang Chong was located became empty.
"Where did the tree go?" Zhang's doubts were piling up, and just then, an object flew out of that place like a shooting star. The object was entirely green, like a pear, shining with a crystal clear light, resembling the shape of a fruit.
Staring at this translucent green fruit, Zhang Chong subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch it.
But when the fruit was less than a zhang away from Zhang Chong, "Boom!" A loud explosion sounded.
A massive gust of wind surged towards Zhang Chong, instantly sending him flying out.
