Chapter XVII. Discovery
The two mountains stand side by side, separated by a gorge in between.
The canyon is thin and long, and the banks are like knives and axes, steep and dangerous. In general, it is wide and narrow at the bottom, pointed at the front and flat at the back, and straight, looking like a knife without a handle from above. Once upon a time, this place was called the Valley of the Knife.
The current Knife Valley is occupied by a group of strange-looking undead.
This undead spirit has the head of a bird, but it has the body of a spider, and its eight long legs stand upright, and the whole is more than a meter tall. They are purple in color and covered in rotting wounds, similar to carrion zombies.
Lu Yang lay on the top of the canyon, frowning at them.
Because of the urgency of time, he was on his way before dawn in the morning. For a whole morning, a lot of physical strength was consumed, and there was still no gain, and there was not the slightest sign of going out.
He was already beginning to wonder if he was going inland. However, no matter how doubtful he was, he couldn't change direction.
When he was a child, Lu Yang learned a story about digging a well. The water is located 10 meters underground, but the people who dig the well, every time they dig halfway through, they start to suspect that they have chosen the wrong location, and then dig in a different location. In the end, he dug up to a few tens of meters, but still did not dig out the water. Little did he know that many times as long as he insisted on digging another meter or two, he would succeed.
Lu Yang is facing a similar situation now, and when it comes to this, he can only go hard.
Near noon, his steps were stopped by the canyon in front of him.
Lu Yang didn't want to provoke the following group of "bird spiders" - in order to make it easier to call, he gave him a temporary name.
But he tried to go in both directions, and there was no end in sight, and then again, and three times. If you take a detour, I don't know how long it will be delayed.
On the other hand, it is very easy to walk through the canyon. It may have been developed by the people of Fuguang Island at one time, and there are stone stairs built on both sides of the canyon, which are still intact.
Unfortunately, however, the swarm of birds and spiders is located at the lower end of the stone staircase. If you want to cross the canyon, you have to face them.
"Since there is only this choice...... Lu Yang licked his dry lips and his expression became cold: "Then let's go on." ”
In Shadow Isle, there are two very important factors in judging the strength of the undead. One is wisdom, which Lu Yang calls the realm of fear.
The undead without wisdom must be the minions at the bottom. Regarding this point, Lu Yang has seen countless undead in the past month, without exception. This can also explain why the undead lords are mostly ghosts, and ghosts are incarnated by souls, and they have a better soil for birth wisdom than rotten zombies and skeletons.
The undead who gave birth to wisdom have escaped from the bottom and have a certain strength. These undead have the largest range of strengths, and the most powerful of them have similar characteristics, they all exude an aura of fear that is like substance. The reverse is also correct, as long as there is an amazing sense of fear wrapped around them, they are all the top undead on the Shadow Island. Lu Yang has not seen many such undead, and among them, the hammer stone is the most terrifying. The feeling that even his soul trembled with fear was still engraved on his heart.
Even now, Lu Yang felt that if he got close to the hammer stone and didn't need him to do it, his body would collapse with fright.
Through these two characteristics, it is possible to quickly make a rough judgment on the strength of the undead.
There were a total of 6 bird spiders in the canyon, and after a short observation, Lu Yang determined that they did not have intelligence, which was the fundamental reason why he dared to make a move even when his body was weak.
Because there is nothing to hide, a sneak attack is impossible, only frontal.
A layer of gray mist began to envelop Lu Yang's whole body, even his clothes were covered, and he suddenly turned into a "monster" with only a roughly human form.
Anyway, the mana is sufficient, and to be on the safe side, he used his mana to wrap his whole body.
Holding the Bai Feng Sword, Lu Yang stood up and began to slowly descend the steps.
"Hiss...... Hiss ......"
The birds and spiders soon spotted him, clattering on all eight legs, gathering together, all arching their bodies and making chirps of unknown significance.
Lu Yang felt that something was wrong.
The canyon was about sixty or seventy meters deep, and he walked very carefully, and it took him more than ten minutes to approach the bottom of the valley.
The behavior of the birds and spiders was even more strange, they did not rush up, but took a few steps back, and kept roaring at him, the guard posture was very obvious, revealing a taste of strong outside and dry in the middle.
They...... Afraid of me?
The undead are also afraid?
Lu Yang was very puzzled.
"Hiss ......"
But before he could think about it, six birds and spiders rushed up in unison, and the hiss in their mouths became more and more rapid.
"Is it tactical? Showing weakness? Misjudged? Three questions quickly flashed in Lu Yang's mind.
But at this time, he has no way back, what the truth is, you will know when you try. Lu Yang's eyes did not show any fear or panic, and he met him with his sword.
Poof. The blade slashed, and a bird spider split directly into two.
So weak?
Lu Yang was stunned.
He rushed forward again, chopping the other five under his sword like a melon and a vegetable, proving that he had just felt right.
As soon as the mana was retracted, Lu Yang's face was revealed, and only the eyes remained.
He flicked with his sword at the entities he left behind, and the smell of rotting corpses came through.
Unlike the ghost, which dissipates directly after death, this kind of physical monster will leave behind the corpse after death. Moreover, under the influence of the black mist, the corpse will soon stand up again and become a new undead. In fact, the same is true for ghosts, which will soon be reunited. On the Isle of Shadows, these monsters are very difficult to actually kill.
Lu Yang studied it and found nothing.
With their strength, they shouldn't have wisdom, so what is the meaning of what they just did?
After thinking about it for less than a minute, Lu Yang gave up.
What does it have to do with me? Maybe it's just the characteristics of this undead...... Besides, I've only seen a few undead, so how dare I claim to know about them? It's enough not to get in the way of my way.
Swallowing his saliva, Lu Yang felt that his throat was about to smoke.
Let's go. It's important to find food and water first.
He no longer cared about the tarantula and turned away.
The bottom of the canyon is about 8 meters wide, the ground is flat, and the canyon is very straight, and the whole valley floor is like a straight road.
Lu Yanggang climbed two flights of steps and stopped again.
"What sound?" He turned his head in confusion and listened carefully.
"Whoa...... Whoop ......"
The sound is so quiet and intermittent that it seems to come and go, making one wonder if you heard it wrong. If it weren't for the all-round enhancement of Luyang's physical fitness, including hearing, after Lu Yang's upgrade, it would definitely be ignored.
Although the voice was small, it was like thunder in Lu Yang's ears.
"Water...... The sound of flowing water? ”
When he said the first word, his voice was still puzzled, but by the last word it was certain.
"Where?" Lu Yang made every effort to identify: "This way." ”
He suddenly turned his head and walked towards the "tip of the knife".
"Onward, forward...... Continue, still ahead......"
"This is it!"
On the side of the canyon, a black hole appeared in front of him.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yang got in.
As soon as he entered, he narrowed his eyes.
The cave is wide enough, and there are traces of artificial excavation, which must have been left by the people of Fuguang Island.
What's inside?
As you go deeper, the sound of the water becomes clearer and clearer.
However, the length of this cave was also far beyond Lu Yang's expectations.
After walking for a while, there was a change, the cave was getting taller and wider, and stalactites began to appear.
Eventually, he reached a huge cave where dense stalactites hung down, and they were colorful, very beautiful, like being in a fairy tale, like a dream.
However, Lu Yang did not pay attention to this shocking beauty, but stared at the end of the cave, where a small river flowed slowly.