Chapter 163: Before the Storm
While everyone was not paying attention, Jinhuang picked out the two scarlet beast eyes of the Demon Dragon, condensed them with a condensation charm, and put them in the storage bracelet.
She planned to go down the mountain next time she went to the refining workshop to ask someone to refine this beast eye into a beast bead, and then embed it into the fire thorn to improve its spiritual power.
The east of the Canglang River faces the Near East China Sea, so the many rivers that run through the Canglang Mountains are all tributaries of the East China Sea, and the Di River is the largest of them.
The Di River runs through the two secret realms of the dense forest and the Hongyuan. However, because there is a powerful enchantment formation to isolate it, the water demon beasts in the two secret realms will not be connected to each other because of the Yan River.
The man-eating ray that Xiangyun wants to catch is a kind of water-based monster that lives in the Yan River.
According to the "Chronicle of Demon Beasts", the man-eating ray is a water-based monster that looks very much like a fish. Unlike other monsters that live on the ground, man-eating rays are relatively short, and the largest is no bigger than an adult's palm.
Usually very docile, and does not easily attack other beasts. However, once it catches the smell of blood, even the slightest bite, the man-eating ray will go berserk and turn into a ferocious and brutal monster, revealing its sharp fangs, quickly tearing and eating the bleeding beast, leaving only a pile of bones.
The strength of the man-eating rays is not strong, but the most terrifying thing is the swarms of crazy man-eating rays. Once surrounded by countless man-eating rays, even a monk in the Jindan period will not escape his doom.
In his previous life, Jinhuang had witnessed a group of man-eating rays tearing a bleeding third-level bull to pieces in an instant, and finally only a pile of skeletons remained.
As soon as she remembered that scene, she could feel Sensen's severe chill rising from the soles of her feet, and her whole body shuddered.
Because of this terrifying aggressiveness, the man-eating ray can easily defeat other water monsters in the Di River and become the overlord of the Di River.
The level of the man-eating ray is not as fast as that of the monsters on the ground, but because of its terrifyingness, it has a longer lifespan than other monsters. To a certain extent, it makes up for the lack of strength improvement.
Each time the man-eating ray rises to a level, the sides of the red fins on its back will condense water-blue transparent spirit crystals, called water ray crystals. The higher the rank of the piranha ray. The higher the aura carried in the water ray crystal, the stronger the spiritual power that it can enhance as a magic weapon.
Xiangyun just wants to catch a second-level man-eating ray, obtain the water ray crystal on its back, and embed it in her spiritual weapon.
Four people ride in pairs on flying magic machines. Go in the direction described on the map.
After a few tea-making sessions, shortly after noon, the four of them came to the vicinity of the Di River. Probably because of the abundant water vapor, the more they went to the Di River, everyone clearly felt that the distribution of beasts and spirit grasses became more and more dense.
With the help of Wen Lan's booklet that recorded the spirit grass and spirit flowers. With the assistance of hidden treasures such as the Jiuli Yin and Yang Beads, the four of them gained a lot. Not only did he capture a lot of demon beasts, but he also collected a lot of precious spirit grass and spirit flowers.
However, what is quite strange is that after passing through a certain boundary, further on, the spirit grass is still dense, but the beasts have decreased strangely suddenly, and there is almost no trace of beasts in the future.
Jin Huang scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, and then summoned the mapped map. It was found that there was not the slightest beastly breath within a radius of a few zhang.
It stands to reason that there are a variety of rare and rare spirit grasses growing here, and it is impossible to be left and right without the protection of beasts, just like the magic dragon guarding the spirit grass. Things must be reversed, and there must be demons when things go wrong!
"Ah Ding, can you detect anything?" Ah Ding, who had been extremely active since entering the secret realm, suddenly calmed down at this moment.
"No, I don't notice anything. There's not even a hint of life here. Ah Jin, you have to be careful, it's too weird here. ”
Even Ah Ding couldn't even notice it! Jinhuang's heart tightened. His eyes were dyed with solemnity, and he continued, "Then did you sense the specific location of the fragment?"
"No! It's so strange, Ah Jin! I could sense the fragments near here before, but when I actually got here, I didn't feel the slightest sense. Ah Ding said strangely.
The ominous feeling in Jinhuang's heart became stronger and stronger as Ah Ding's words fell. Spread silently. Under such an eerie calm, is there a bloody storm that is gathering momentum?
She didn't tell them about it, lest they panic. She had to get the Ghost Ding Fragment, and if something really happened then, she would immediately use her spiritual power to send the three of them away.
However, she also noticed. A hint of solemnity appeared on Wen Zhu's face. He has always been meticulous and observant, and he has already noticed the strangeness of this place, but he, like Jinhuang, did not tell Xiangyun and Wen Lan.
By the time the four of them had hunted and collected the beasts and spirit grass, it was already close to ten in the evening.
Under the dim and bright sunset, Jinhuang and others rested in the open space. Because of the notoriety of the man-eating ray's ferocity and brutality, and the fact that it operates in unfamiliar waters rather than on the ground, the hearts of the four of them are a little drummed. So, after discussion, it was decided to make a round-up plan first, then rest for the night, and after recuperation, then catch the man-eating rays the next day.
The sun soon set over the mountain, and then it darkened very quickly. In the dense forest that obscured the sky and the sun, in the blink of an eye, the dark night was shrouded.
Unlike the thrilling night before, this night was very peaceful.
Everyone meditated with their eyes closed in peace until dawn. The mist in the forest is steaming little by little in the wisps of sunlight, and the crisp and melodious chirping of the spirit birds in the depths of the dense forest comes like nothing, and the whole forest seems to have the breath of a person.
The four of them opened their eyes in the warm sunshine, and after tidying up, they gathered at the riverside of the Di River. Each of them sacrificed a flying magic weapon and flew over the surface of the Yan River. The four of them are divided into one direction, forming a four-cornered shape.
Wen Zhu spread out the palm of his right hand, conjured up a piece of bloody beast meat hidden in the storage gourd before, and with a wave of his arm, threw the beast meat into the air above the center of the quadrangular array. The blood on the flesh of the beast fell down one by one, dripping onto the otherwise calm surface of the lake, and the lake immediately rippled in circles.
The faces of the four of them were condensed, and their eyes stared at the lake under their feet without blinking, holding their breath.
However, after nearly half a cup of tea, the river was still calm and waveless, and there was no movement at all.
It's so weird!
You must know that man-eating rays are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, and the slightest smell of blood can provoke a large group of man-eating rays to attack violently, it is impossible to be so calm!
It's unusual, it's weird!(To be continued.) )