14. Chapter 14
After a night's rest, the planks needed to cross the bridge were also in place, and Liu Huan and his party entered the secret realm again. Everyone fixed the wooden plank to the iron lock in an orderly manner according to the method that Qingxue said. After all the work is completed, this time Qingxue will go to the bridge first.
As soon as his figure flickered, he saw Qingxue flying away on the wooden plank with light skills, and flew to the opposite side of the bridge after a while. When the people behind saw that Qingxue had arrived safely, they all followed suit one by one when they knew that the method was feasible. With the kung fu of the two pillars of incense, everyone safely crossed the bridge and reached the flat ground opposite.
Looking at the suspension bridge behind, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally passed the first level. But when I turned my head to look at the closed copper door in front of me, I couldn't help but feel solemn. Just passing the first hurdle has greatly damaged their vitality, and I don't know how many dangers are waiting for them behind this gate, and the road ahead is really slim.
There was a 'boom' and the door was pushed open. The scenery behind the door is breathtaking, and it is truly unique. I saw a primeval forest, the bright sunlight shining through the dense foliage to the ground, and from time to time you could hear the chirping of birds, full of peace and tranquility. However, with the previous lesson, everyone understands in their hearts that the calmer the place, the more murderous it is. No one dares to take it lightly, for fear of losing their lives if they are not careful.
Liu Huan thought about it for a while, and then changed the formation. The formation is surrounded by a three-layer circular square from the inside to the outside: the outermost Mingzi disciples, the second layer is the four elders, the third layer is composed of Liu Huan's three children, and the middle is Liu Huan himself. In this way, from weak to strong layers of guards, Liu Huan can respond at any time in the middle.
After the formation was adjusted, everyone hugged each other, except for the occasional bushes and thorns blocking the way, everyone was safe. Not long after walking, a child in the rear said to the person next to him: "Did you hear any sound?" โ
The person next to him was stunned when he heard his words, and then slowed down and listened. But after listening to it for a long time, I didn't hear any strange movements except for the occasional birdsong. Feeling that the disciple who had just spoken had overreacted, he couldn't help but sneer, "What? Didn't you be scared by those insects yesterday, but you were shocked when there was a little movement. Or is it not a gentleman? โ
The disciple who was ridiculed suddenly blushed, and listened carefully, but he really didn't hear why, and said in his heart: "Is it really that I heard it wrong?" Immediately, ignoring those who were laughing at him, he hurried forward to keep up with the large army.
And the disciple who fell at the end saw that everyone else had gone away, and just as he was about to catch up, he was entangled in his feet by a vine that suddenly burst out, and was instantly dragged into the dense forest.
The disciple who was ridiculed before found that the person just now hadn't followed after walking a distance, and then remembered the strange sound, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, could it be that the person behind him had an accident?
Realizing the stern nature of the problem, the disciple immediately reported to the elder about the disciple's disappearance. The elder was worried about some ambush, so he reported the matter to Liu Huan. Liu Huan ordered everyone to rest in place. At the same time, he asked the Great Elder Gong Rui to take the six disciples back the same way to find the missing person and inquire about the situation by the way.
After a few people left, others sat on the floor and ate dry food to replenish their energy. But after waiting for a long time, he didn't see the person just now come back, and Liu Huan knew that something must have happened to them, and he was afraid that it was more than lucky. Otherwise, with the skills of the Great Elder, there would be no news. There must be some kind of monster in this dense forest, so that the few people just now can't get out. Looking at the increasingly dark sky, Liu Huan knew that they had to do their best to get out of this dense forest, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Liu Huan saw that everyone was almost rested, so he urged everyone to hurry up. But he hadn't walked far enough to hear a scream from the disciple behind him, and he saw that he was caught up in the bushes by something.
Liu Huan hurriedly asked everyone to set up a formation to defend against the enemy, and only after the formation was set up, he saw that a disciple in the corner of the formation disappeared instantly, and this sudden situation made everyone panic. Qingxue stood with her back to a big tree with a solemn face, in case someone attacked her from behind, and suddenly felt something slowly wrap around her ankle, and instinctively waved her sword to the ground, and she felt that her foot was released. A piercing scream almost punctured everyone's eardrums, and the scream made people's scalps tingle.
Aoxue picks up the severed object from the ground and discovers that it is a vine the size of a small arm, and the vine has barbs attached to it. Qingxue immediately warned: "Be careful of the vines on the ground, they may be man-eating plants."
Liu Huan listened to Qingxue's warning, slowly leaned towards Qingxue, and waited until Qingxue was beside him before asking Qingxue, "Can you tell which direction the vine that just attacked you came from?" โ
Qing Xue thought for a while and pointed to his southeast, Liu Huan took out a dagger, and according to the direction Qing Xue said, he used enough strength to throw the dagger, and when the dagger sank into the bushes, another terrifying scream followed.
Since it is a plant, it will not move, and you can trace the origin by looking for the previous direction. Liu Huan asked two disciples of the โกโก to go forward and pick up the bushes, and they found the culprit who killed people. A two-person thick green stem has a red flower with a diameter of half a meter, the extension of the petals is evenly distributed with black spots, the flower looks beautiful and bewitching, the dagger that Liu Huan threw just now is inserted in the flower stem, and red liquid slowly flows out from the wound.
One of the disciples walked in towards the flower and curiously poked the dagger with his โกโก. With a terrible scream, I saw a flower coming from the center, like the bloody mouth of a fierce beast, through the mouth, it seemed that you could still see the uncorroded head of the disciple who had just disappeared.
Such a scene, even Liu Huan, who is accustomed to seeing bloody rain, feels his stomach churning. Thinking that his disciple was swallowed alive by this beast. Liu Huan was angry for a while, flew over and pulled out the ring knife in the sheath to finish the cannibal flower. The liquid of the cannibal flower is stained with Yoo Hwan's weapon. After wiping the weapon clean and putting it in the scabbard, Yoo Hwan urged everyone to hurry again.
It's just that before they set off, everyone heard the sound of Suosuo appearing in the grass again, and the sound came from far and near from all directions, threatening to surround Liu Huan and others. Liu Huan hurriedly gathered everyone around and fended off each other's enemies back to back.
In an instant, more than a dozen vines sprang out of the surrounding grass and went straight to everyone, Qingxue saw a vine flying towards him, and when it was only a few centimeters away from him, he decisively cut off the vine with a sword, and after a scream, the vine retreated, while some other disciples with low martial arts skills were not so lucky, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were dragged into the bushes.
Liu Huan originally just wanted to fight empty-handed, but when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately pulled out the ring knife. Before everyone could catch their breath, the vines attacked again. However, the strange thing is that the vines only flew towards Liu Huan this time, and did not attack others. Seeing that there was a chance to escape, the others fled in all directions, except for the three Qingxue siblings and the elder Li Ji.
Liu Huan was worthy of being the master of the Martial Arts Alliance, and he used the Heavenly Sword Duel to start maneuvering with the vines, and it didn't take long to repel a few vines. It's just that those vines are like crazy, attacking Liu Huan one after another, and Liu Huan is outnumbered no matter how powerful he is, and he gradually loses the upper hand. The others easily got rid of the attack of the vines, and they didn't dare to help when they knew how powerful the vines were.
Qing Xue on the side didn't dare to act rashly, but just closely watched the battle situation while thinking about the changes in the vines: why did these vines suddenly give up attacking others and only attack Liu Huan? Could it be that they knew Yoo Hwan's identity and turned to attack the leader? No, plants don't have consciousness and don't have such cognition. They only attacked Yoo Hwan from the moment he drew his sword, could it be ......
Could it be that Liu Huan killed the man-eating flower with a knife just now and contaminated its scent, so the other man-eating flowers found the breath of the same kind to take revenge? This hypothesis is the most likely, so Qingxue shouted while throwing her sword to Liu Huan: "Quickly throw the ring knife to catch the sword, that ring knife has the breath of their kind, so it only attacks you." โ
Liu Huan heard Qingxue's words, then threw the ring knife, turned around to take the sword, and sure enough, as Qingxue said, the vines gradually receded, and did not entangle Liu Huan any more. Seeing that the crisis was resolved, the rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, but a vine close to Qingxue suddenly turned towards Qingxue when it retreated halfway, and it turned out that Qingxue also had the juice of man-eating flowers on her feet when she cut off the vines just now, and then it was contaminated with their breath.
Qingxue had already thrown the sword to Liu Huan, there was nothing on his body to resist the enemy, and he didn't dodge the entanglement of the vines even again, and suddenly he was entangled in the feet by the vines, and was dragged to the bushes at a very fast speed, and Qingxue was dragged to the ground and couldn't move. When passing a raised root, Qingxue hurriedly grabbed the root with her hand, but she still couldn't withstand the desperate drag of the vine, and the strength in her hand gradually ran out, and she was about to hold on.
Qingxue looked back at Liu Huan and the others who were standing not far away, her eyes constantly asking for help. Liu Huan wanted to step forward to save people, but was stopped by Li Ji next to him: Alliance leader, let's go quickly. Otherwise, the vines will come back against us. At that point, there will really be no way to save your life. โ
Liu Huan saw that Qingxue was about to hold on, and his heart was a little shaken, should he save it or not?
Liu Yan, who was standing next to him at this time, also helped: "Dad, what are you hesitating about?" She must be dead, and now there are only a few of us left, and we can't afford to take any more risks. โ
Liu Huan listened to his son's words, and then looked at Qingxue, who was exhausted. In the end, he turned his back and left with everyone. Li Ji looked at the dying Qingxue at the moment he turned around, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
Qingxue looked at the back of Liu Huan leaving, and her heart was full of despair. Hehe, these are his relatives, who did not hesitate to turn around and leave when they were in danger.