Chapter five hundred and nineteen hidden in the shadows
Luo Youfang once successfully refined a living person into a corpse. Since he could use a living person to refine a corpse, why couldn’t the old man who appeared in Dazhai use a mountain demon to refine a corpse?
And I suspect that this demon corpse may still be alive, and it is hiding deep in the honeycomb cave at this moment.
While thinking about these, I identified the direction in the complex cave groups. I noticed that these caves seemed to have been corroded in a short period of time. Small holes were everywhere on the cave walls, each hole was about the thickness of a little finger, with a depth of about half a centimeter. Their appearance made the cave walls look like steel corroded by acid.
After passing through several caves, a huge hole five meters wide appeared in front of me. The evil god's Qi field came from it, and at the same time, there were very faint fire and noise from afar.
I turned off the flashlight immediately, and Master Zhang and the others also turned off the lights.
I leaned against the cave wall and listened carefully. The noise sounded...it seemed to be someone singing, and it seemed to be someone crying.
Liu Shangang came to me, stuffed something into my hand, and whispered to me: "I have brought this kind of lamp, you can lead, you can bring it."
It was pitch black around me, and I only realized that he was the one who came over after hearing his voice.
After saying that, Liu Shangang lit up the lamp, and the light blue light fell lightly around us, presenting the outline of everyone.
The travel distance of this kind of light is very short, and you can't see any light without entering within five meters of me.
I put the headlight on my forehead and said to him: "Take good care of Lao Yang."
Liu Shangang nodded, turned around and wanted to leave, but I grabbed him again and asked him, "Can you hear what the sound is ahead?"
He came over again, and listened with his ears on his back for a while. Then he looked at the direction where the fire light came, and then said to me: "The large group of shadows are dancing around the fire, as if they were worshiping. I don't understand what they said. Brother Dao, those things should be short mules, and there are a lot of them. Do we have to walk through this hole?"
I also looked in the direction where the firelight came for a while, but unfortunately I saw nothing except the little firelight.
"You have to walk, the evil god is deep in the cave." I said to Liu Shangang: "Is the distribution area of the dwarf mules very wide?"
Liu Shangang: "It's not wide, they are very concentrated, and they are all around the fire. But... it's hard to say, some places are too dark, and I'm not sure if there are dwarf mules in those places."
I asked him, "Can you come to me if you didn't turn on the light just now?"
Liu Shangang said: "That's because I remembered everyone's location before turning off the lights. This is one of my usual training courses."
I nodded and told him again: "Protect Lao Yang."
Liu Shangang said "yes" and quickly retreated to the back.
The fire was located on the left side of the cave. In order to avoid the large number of dwarf mules there, I deliberately moved slowly along the cave wall on the right. Every time I walked a distance, I had to stop and carefully observe the surrounding environment to ensure that there were no dwarf mules lurking in the dark nearby.
But the cave was very wide at the beginning, and the deeper it became, the narrower it became. When the firelight turned into a blazing bonfire and appeared in my sight, the distance between us and the dwarf mule was already very close.
The short mules knelt in a circle around the bonfire. They waved their arms from time to time and made sounds similar to chanting mantras.
When I walked in a little further, I saw some small stone tablets standing around the bonfire. Each stone tablet had a mosaic pattern, with a root cut off from it, and there was a winding tree next to it, with the size of the roots as big as a tree.
Soon I recognized that the tree was the sacred tree that was contaminated by blood, and that piece of root was the "head" of the mountain monster.
It’s impossible to make a mistake. The demonic energy here must be related to the mountain monster!
At this time, Mr. Zhang Er touched me from behind. I turned around and looked at him. He waved his hand at me, and then retreated to the end of the team. Liu Shangang came over again and became one of the leaders of the team instead of Mr. Zhang Er.
Previously, Mr. Zhang was by my side to deal with the emergencies ahead with me. Now it was changed to Liu Shangang, so that Liu Shangang could play the role of a scout and explore the situation ahead with me.
Liu Shangang came to me and pointed to the shadow on the right side of the bonfire.
The fire did not shine on that area, and Liu Shangang walked in that direction, which seemed to indicate that he confirmed that there were no dwarf mules there.
I turned around and looked at Lao Yang. At this time, Du Kang was next to Lao Yang. He found that I looked at Lao Yang, so he nodded at me and signaled that he would take care of Lao Yang.
After that, I turned off the headlight.
As soon as the light went out, we could see nothing except the firelight twenty meters away and the low mule kneeling near the firelight.
The people behind can only follow my steps by judging the sound of my footsteps. However, to prevent exposure, I must deliberately lighten my steps, so before the action, I touched Liu Shangang and grabbed his clothes.
Liu Shangang immediately understood what I meant. He grabbed the corner of my clothes with one hand, and then patted Du Kang behind him. I could hear the sound of his palm slapping Du Kang.
I waited for a long time before heading towards the shadows.
I took a step, and Liu Shangang followed him, and then the people behind him took action in turn.
In this way, we quietly arrived at a place less than ten meters with the dwarf mule.
If I were in an area shining with fire, I would definitely not be able to see the shadows, but the dwarf mules here have been thriving in the dark for thousands of years and have a strong adaptability to light and darkness. I am not sure if they can see us.
I was indescribable at that time. There were at least two hundred short mules on the bonfire. If they suddenly rushed towards us, things would become very troublesome.
When fighting the low mule in the tunnel, the tunnel was only more than two meters wide, and the low mule could not surround us from all directions. However, now, although the cave is getting narrower and narrower, it is still much spacious compared to the tunnel...
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sweat.
I held the green steel sword in my right hand and placed it on the Fantian Seal involuntarily with my left hand. If these short mules were really alarmed, I would have two life-saving tricks, one was the Gang Step and the other was the Fantian Seal. But now we are so close to the Evil God, as long as I activate the Fantian Seal or go to the Gang, the Evil God will definitely discover us.
Which one is more cruel, the evil god or the dwarf mule? It is hard to say.
I was worried while lowering my voice and quietly walked forward.
As I walked, Liu Shangang suddenly pulled me hard from behind. Although I stopped, the leg that I had just stepped out touched a fluffy thing.
I immediately realized that I must have kicked a short mule just now!
My legs were pressed against the short mule, and the short mule moved. I felt it swaying and something relatively hard hit my calves.
Although I couldn't see anything clearly, I could guess that the short mule should have pushed my shoulders to my legs when she turned around.
I restored its current posture in my mind, and then quickly took action, grabbing its neck accurately. The touch of contact with my throat came from my hand. I immediately stretched my palm forward, grabbed the back of the short mule's neck, and pinched it hard.
The next moment, the short mule's body softened and its shoulders slid down my legs. I was afraid that it would make a sound when it landed, so I grabbed its neck and gently placed it on the ground.
When the short mule leaned against the ground, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, but at this moment, the short mule that had been standing by the bonfire suddenly stood up. It stared at me with wide eyes and raised its arms high.
My left hand touched the buckle of the fire silk cloth and was about to take out the Fantian seal, but the short mule bent down by the bonfire bent down again. It crawled on the ground, holding the stone tablet directly in front of it, looking extremely pious.
After this incident, I became even more careful. I had to wait a few seconds before taking a step. Liu Shangang didn't pull me, so I dared to step out my legs.
We spent a lot of time avoiding these short mules, but finally we were in danger. It was not until the singing of the short mules and the flames were far away from us that I carefully turned on the headlights.
Liu Shangang, who was behind me, also breathed a sigh of relief.
I turned around and looked at the people behind me. No one was lost. Even Lao Yang, who I was most worried about, followed closely by Du Kang.
Since we are still uncertain whether other dwarf mules are lurking in the shadows of the cave, we still have to be very careful along the way.
I followed the evil god's Qi field to the edge of the cave. There was only a semicircular hole on the wall of the cave. Its shape was very regular, more than two meters high and more than two meters wide. I felt that the hole was more like a door dug out by man.
The dwarf mules can draw murals on earth walls, but I don't believe that with their ability, such a regular semicircular door hole can be dug in such a hard stone wall.
But if it weren't for the short mule, who left this door?
Liu Shangang quietly approached me, lowered his voice and asked me: "Come in?"
I patted his shoulder: "Be careful of everything."
As I said, I quickly got into the hole.
The height of two meters is still a little shorter for Erye Zhang. He had to bend over when entering the hole. I turned around and looked at him a few times, for fear that he would hit the top of the hole.
If he bumped into it, his inhuman strength and steel-like flesh would definitely make a loud noise. In this quiet honeycomb cave, such a sound would probably cause a huge chain reaction.
Fortunately, as we gradually deepened, the cave became wider. Later, Mr. Zhang could walk upright, and the left and right width of the cave was enough for us to move forward side by side.
Since entering the cave entrance just now, the evil god Qi field has remained in a very rich state and has not changed. However, as we go deeper, the demonic energy and corpse energy have become more pure.
And I unexpectedly noticed that there were two demonic energy deep in the cave, one strong and the other weak. The two were very similar, with extremely subtle differences. They were far away before, and even I thought there was only one source of demonic energy here.
Hu—Hu—
I don’t know how far I walked, but a heavy breathing sound came from behind me. At first I thought it was Lao Yang, but at this time, Liu Shangang pulled me hard from behind.
I stopped immediately.
When the people behind saw me stop, they all stopped.
After the footsteps disappeared, the breathing became clearer.
Lao Yang was also gasping for breath now, but his voice was lighter, far less powerful than another.
Chapter completed!