Chapter 61: The Man-Eating Plant

  In the cave, visibility was inevitably limited, Tian Qi walked out, and Qiu Shen followed him out.

  Ma Wenzhong waved his hand, meaning they were not allowed to go out.

  "We'll just see about that," Tian Qi said, and Ma Wen nodded in agreement.

  The wall is directly connected to the mountain body at both ends, and it's estimated to be over 100 meters long. There are three entrances in front, but except for the wall, nothing else distinctive can be seen from the entrance.

  It's definitely a maze, and perhaps it's a defensive fortification to prevent outsiders from entering. This also shows that the person buried here is not an ordinary person. No wonder so many people who want to find treasure come, but they have a way in, no way out.

  Tian Qi called out to Qiu Shen to return, even if he wanted to go in, he would need to prepare well.

  But just as he turned around, he didn't see Qiu Shen, but found himself already inside the wall. He was actually in a maze! Just now, he was clearly standing outside the wall, more than ten meters away from the nearest entrance to the maze, but now he was somehow already inside the maze, and had no idea where he was.

  It just happened that such a strange thing happened as soon as the sun passed, Tian Qi said it was impossible not to be nervous, he had no feeling of how he came in, from his exit at the cave entrance to turning around and wanting to go back, it was only a short period of ten or so minutes.

  Could it be that some sort of formation has been activated here? Tian Qi speculated about various possibilities.

  "Deep hatred! Ma Wen!" Tian Qi shouted, not knowing if the two of them had also followed in, although Ma Wen hadn't exited the cave entrance, even if he hadn't entered, as long as his current position was near the cave entrance, he could still hear.

  But after shouting for half a day, there was no response at all, not even an echo. The only way out now is to walk out of this maze by myself. At the same time, Qiu Shen is also doing the same thing as Tian Qi, trying to get out of this eerie maze.

  In the entrance of the cave, Ma Wen saw Tian Qi and Chou Shen walk into the entrance of the maze by themselves. No matter how he shouted, neither of them responded. He wanted to rush out, but his body couldn't withstand the sunlight after taking just one step forward, so he retreated back into the cave.

  These days, Qi and Chou didn't know that they thought they had been transferred here by some kind of formation, but in fact, they walked in themselves. It was just that when they found out, it was already too late.

  He walked in one direction, and every time he came to a fork in the road, Tian Qi chose the right side, hoping that this way would lead him out. There was no other better method, because the walls were too high, and the path formed in the middle was only about three meters wide. He couldn't see his surroundings, not even where the sun was shining.

  Being in it and standing outside feels completely different, although both are filled with resentment, but from the outside, it still looks magnificent, however, now standing inside, a chill is revealed.

  Tian Qi's clothes were suitable for autumn, although the temperature in the mountains was lower than outside, but it was just enough. However, he had been standing here and had sneezed several times already. It wasn't just a physical chill, but a kind of coolness that seemed to pierce into his heart. If he hadn't been holding onto the yin-yang mirror, he didn't know what kind of situation it would be.

  Tian Qi was also worried about Chou Shen, he took out a black stick, but it was different from the yin-yang mirror. The black stick itself was a thing with very heavy yin energy, and it was fierce when dealing with evil spirits, but there was a form of using poison to attack poison.

  Although Old Man Zhao said that the black stick was not as simple as he imagined, nor was it easy to form, because there is a heavenly mark on it. The Heavenly Way is not well understood, and at the time, he also asked Old Master, but Old Master said that the Heavenly Way is like the natural law, keeping everything in balance, and cannot exceed this trajectory. Once someone or something breaks this trajectory, they will be punished by the Heavenly Way.

  Having the power of the Heavenly Dao's laws, the black stick will naturally be very formidable. With a deep feud, there shouldn't be any problem, but still can't help feeling worried. People are like this, things that can't be seen or touched, no matter how powerful or great you say they are, can't make one feel at ease in their heart.

  Ke Tianqi didn't have much time to think about it, because he had walked into a dead end. At the very end of this dead end was an enormous plant with three deep green roots, each root having a deep green leaf on top. On the tip of each root grew three round objects that were as big as three basketballs and looked like flower buds, but they seemed somewhat eerie.

  Tian Qi intuitively felt that this was not a good plant and quietly retreated backwards, but the events of the next moment left Tian Qi stunned and speechless.

  That originally quiet plant seemed to have sensed the human breath, and one of its stems suddenly stretched out a lot, sticking to the wall surface and quickly crawling behind Tian Qi. The flower-like thing on top of the stem also opened up, with sharp saw teeth growing both inside and outside, blocking Tian Qi's retreat.

  At the same time, the remaining two roots also stretched out and opened their terrifying heads. If they had noses and eyes, they would be extremely ferocious and frightening now.

  Tian Qi's heart leapt to his throat, this plant was even more terrifying and enormous than the man-eating flower. Although he had heard rumors of man-eating plants in the Amazon rainforest and swampy areas of South America, he had never seen one with his own eyes before. And yet, the one in front of him seemed to have a certain level of consciousness, or else why would it deliberately block its own escape route?

  No time to hesitate, Tian Qi took out the yin-yang mirror and shone it towards the carnivorous plant. Whether the plant was naturally grown or intentionally placed here by someone, it would definitely be affected by the resentment energy. Only those affected would fear the yin-yang mirror.

  But the plants' reaction made Tian Qi's heart sink, the mirror directly shining on them would indeed have some effect, they wouldn't continue to move forward, but it didn't cause any damage.

  Tian Qi just wanted to take a look at that time and didn't make sufficient preparations, only bringing sunglasses and insect repellent powder.

  Should I try the insecticide powder? There's only a small bottle, and this plant is so huge, I don't know if it'll work. He still doesn't know when he can leave, and what to do after all the cards are laid out.

  Tian Qi held the yin-yang mirror and repeatedly shone it on the three stems, which temporarily couldn't get close. He noticed that the main stem of the plant wasn't very thick, about the same diameter as his fists clenched together. If he could rush up and pull out the stem to cut off its roots, it should be easier to deal with.

  Tian Qi was afraid of being detected by the strange plant, so he carefully approached the main stem while holding a yin-yang mirror to scan back and forth. Although he gradually pulled away from the root behind him, he still faced two roots in front of him. The open saw teeth seemed to have sensed Tian Qi's actions and became even more ferocious, at least that was how Tian Qi felt.

  Tian Qi got closer and closer to the main trunk, but at the same time, he was also getting closer to that root. When he kept a distance of about five meters, he stopped and took out a bottle of insecticide powder given by Yingying from his pocket, then poured one-third of it into his palm.

  Victory or defeat is often just a moment, Tian Qi took a deep breath and suddenly rushed towards the main trunk direction, a handful of insecticide powder was sprinkled on two roots, and the yin-yang mirror in his hand also slammed heavily.

  Looking at the two twisted roots, Tian Qi knew it was effective. Just now, because he used too much force, the mirror in his hand almost fell to the ground, but he didn't forget that there was still one root left unhandled behind him. Based on his previous observation, although the three roots looked no different, the one that could stretch so long and react quickly might be the main one.

  He had very little time left, only a few seconds. If he couldn't pull out the main stem of the plant within this time, it would be dangerous.

  He grasped it with both hands and used all his strength, his face turned bright red, but the plant didn't budge at all. He knew he couldn't pull out the main stem of the plant.

  He turned his head and took a look at the rhizome that was catching up, and found that its speed seemed to have slowed down compared to before. Was it due to the influence of the other two rhizomes?

  Holding the yin-yang mirror, he fiercely smashed it towards the main stem of the carnivorous plant. The mirror emitted a crisp sound, just like the collision of metal and metal, but this was a plant, how could it be as hard as steel?

  Just then, the root mass charged over with a huge head, and Tian Qi had to put the yin-yang mirror in front of his chest to protect the key position. It was too late to take out the insecticide powder now.