Chapter Seventy-One: The Sea of Flowers Meets Again
The abandoned swamp at night was shrouded in a thin layer of light mist, and the air became more humid and unbearable.
Arthur and Aretha found a piece of reeds to shelter temporarily, and put a large area of reeds under them to cushion them to insulate them from the dampness of the ground.
Two people did not dare to make a fire, and one person had to stay awake at all times, and the swamp that seemed calm at night was actually even more dangerous.
It's been three days since the battle between Anthony and the Flame Maiden, and the two are still wandering around the edge of the swamp, but the zombie flower, the target of this mission, still doesn't have any clues. Even Aretha is starting to get a little irritable, the two of them are now completely lucky, and they are on the verge of death, even a strong warrior like Aretha has encountered two life-threatening situations these days.
Arthur lay on the reeds, looking through the thin mist at the brilliant red and blue moon in the sky, and Aretha beside him did not sleep, nor did he speak, not knowing what was on his mind.
Suddenly, a faint aroma came into the nose, and the fragrance became stronger and stronger, making people yearn for and intoxicate.
Arthur sat up and looked at Aretha beside him. Naturally, the aroma doesn't come from Aresha, and even the most beautiful woman will get rancid if she stays in this ghost place for a week.
Aretha also opened her eyes at the same time, and muttered, "The more intoxicating the aroma, the more deadly danger it hides, and the wisest choice is to stay away from here immediately." ”
"How can you be sure that this scent isn't related to the zombie flower we're looking for?"
Aretha smiled, "Curiosity kills cats, in fact, I can't stop my curiosity, let's go, let's take a look." ”
As they spoke, the two of them quietly touched the direction of the source of the scent, and just in case, they asked Gru to get a few ice clones to explore the way in front of them.
The further you go, the more intense the aroma becomes, the more addictive it becomes, and if it weren't for his sanity, Arthur might even rush over desperately.
More than a hundred meters further, the two of them reached the edge of the reeds, and a sea of colorful and charming flowers appeared in front of them, and the bewitching flowers swayed gently in the moonlight. I didn't expect such a beautiful and romantic place to exist in the abandoned swamp.
But both Aretha and Arthur knew that there was definitely something wrong with the sea of flowers in the swamp, so they resisted the desire and didn't get out of the reeds.
After a short time, two small beasts followed the fragrance into the sea of flowers, and they ran and frolicked among the flowers, and they seemed to have no problems. After that, wild beasts and even huge monsters broke into the sea of flowers, and without exception, they began to roll and jump in the sea of flowers.
"Doesn't seem to be a problem?" Arthur looked at Aretha quizzically.
"Don't you see? There are carnivorous beasts and herbivores, but the herbivores don't eat the flowers, and the carnivorous beasts don't hunt. ”
As soon as Aretha reminded Arthur, it dawned on him that letting the beast behave against his nature was the biggest anomaly in itself. At this time, the two little beasts that first broke into the sea of flowers seemed to be tired of playing, and lay down among the flowers, but they never got up after they lay down.
Arthur understood that it was a sea of carnivorous flowers, and that he had seen similar carnivorous flowers in the Goose Peak Manor in Serenda, but in a different way of hunting. These flowers rely on their scent to draw their prey to it, and then slowly kill the intruder through some kind of stimulant toxin, leaving their flesh in the sea of flowers.
"Let's get out of here, stay away from here. Aretha found out why and prepared to leave.
Arthur also turned to leave, and only after taking a few steps did he suddenly feel as if something was missing?
Gru, the goblin who had been scouting his way ahead, didn't come along!
Arthur was so frightened that he hurriedly ran back to the edge of the reeds, carefully searched for the sea of flowers, and sure enough, he saw a small white head among the flowers. Because Gru is about the same height as these flowers, he almost completely hides his body when he runs into the sea of flowers.
Fortunately, Gru didn't seem to be poisoned, as if he was looking down for something in the sea of flowers.
"Gru, let's go!" Arthur shouted into the sea of flowers.
Gru was reluctant to leave, holding something high in his hand and cooing at Arthur.
"What's in his hand?" asked Aretha, puzzled.
Arthur laughed, "It's the crystal nucleus! ”
This sea of flowers that has existed for I don't know how many years must have killed a lot of demonic beasts, and the flesh and bones of demonic beasts were digested and absorbed as nutrients, but the most valuable crystal nucleus on the demonic beasts was left on the ground as a useless thing, and was discovered by Gru, who broke into the sea of flowers.
Of course, Gru knew the value of these things, and after a while, he picked up a small pile and brought it back to Arthur, although the crystal nucleus level was not high, but the combined value was not low. Without waiting for Arthur to stop him, Gru placed the crystal nucleus on the ground and turned around and ran into the sea of flowers.
"The chronic toxins in the sea of flowers don't seem to have any effect on this little thing?" Aretha muttered in confusion.
"His IQ is by no means below us, it should be that the cold filters out the toxins in the air. Since there are so many crystal nuclei picked up for nothing, we might as well endure it a little longer. "Arthur is more greedy for money than Gru.
It didn't take long for Gru to run back twice, each time with a small handful of crystal nuclei.
As Gru gradually went deeper into the sea of flowers, the crystal nuclei he brought back became larger and larger, which also stimulated him to continue to go deeper into the sea of flowers.
"Don't let him go inside, I'm afraid there's danger inside. Aretha said with some concern.
Before Aretha's words fell, a large cloud of white gas suddenly exploded in the middle of the sea of flowers, and Gru took the lead in attacking.
A figure burst out of the sea of flowers, and Gru's "Spiral Frozen Gas" exploded in all directions. As soon as Gru opened his mouth, several sharp thin Xiaoice guns shot towards the person.
As soon as the long sword in the figure's hand flicked, the ice spear shattered one after another, and with a wave of it, it cut a ravine more than ten meters long in the sea of flowers.
Gru knew that he was invincible and turned around and ran, and the figure chased after him was the second sword, which was affected by the cold sword qi, and Gru was blown away.
"Stop!" Before the man could make up for the deadly sword, Aretha had already flown over.
The man stared at Aretha suspiciously, hesitated for a moment and did not continue to kill him.
"If you don't remember the Blue Enchantress, you should remember the Prison Spirit Mountain Prison, right?" Arthur flew after Aretha.
The figure that popped out of the sea of flowers was the old monster Anthony who was defeated and fled a few days ago, I didn't expect him to be able to hide in this sea of poisonous flowers? At this time, only a few tattered pieces of rags were left on his robe, and his body and face were covered with charred and almost carbonized skin, and it seemed that he had been injured by the Flame Saintess before.
Anthony immediately recognized Arthur, and his guard relaxed slightly, "It turned out to be a little friend, and I haven't had time to thank you for saving my life that day!" It's just that I can't repay you for my embarrassing situation for the time being, please leave your name, if you can survive this catastrophe, you will definitely come to thank you in the future!"
Arthur smiled, "I'll help you get through this catastrophe for the time being!"