Chapter 76: Ghost Brain Mushrooms and Guardians
This time, Zhao Tai rarely accosted Jasmine, but walked over leisurely to say hello to the two standing behind Jasmine.
"Did Nanshan find it?" Zhao Tai inquired as he walked around the stout lamppost in the middle of the main ship.
"No, I was delayed for a long time by a group of aliens...... Now, I can't track her breath......"
For the first time in his life, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness, just as he had lost contact with Bai Miao and Bai Xiaohua not long after he arrived in the underworld, and now his powerful tracking technique and the Eye of Silence seemed to be out of order and could not be used.
Qing Yue ridiculed him for being too greedy for cups before, which damaged his spirit, and when he heard it, he immediately wanted to kill the Quartet - what he had was the first generation of spirit! Is it such a child's play?
He still remembered that Nanshan and Jasmine had met the resentful spirit in the big city not long ago, according to Jasmine, there was a protective barrier around the big city, which was set up by the creator god Qianqian himself, and the little resentful spirit didn't even have a little loophole...... Jasmine analyzed: Since there are resentful spirits appearing in the big city, it means that this protective barrier may have been damaged, or the protective power has weakened after tens of thousands of years.
However, Dong Li's divine power was being suppressed more and more by this gradually weakening enchantment at the moment, and he couldn't help laughing at himself, could it be that the former self really made Qian Yi so jealous?
"Brother Dongli, don't worry, the disappearance of the Nanshan girl and your two classmates should be inextricably linked to the recent series of changes in the underworld, some guys have a long life, I'm afraid they are a little carried away, but since I have already stepped in with one foot, I will definitely not hesitate...... Hey, Brother Dongli, don't go......"
Zhaotai was originally touching his chin, analyzing the head of the road, looking full of confidence, who knows, when he looked up, he found that Dong Li was not listening to him at all just now, and at this time he had followed Qingyue to the upper deck, and there was a noise from above, which made him a little curious, and turned back to find Ning Sha, and found that he was still clumsily studying the railing at the stern, as if he was thinking about whether he should jump over, or should he bow his head and bend over.
"Don't look at it, can you hurry up? I'll go up first, and you'll come with you later. Zhao Tai shouted at Ning Sha, and Tiankui and Jasmine, who were talking on the side, turned their heads to look at them.
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, said hello to the two of them, and immediately turned around and jumped onto the upper deck.
There are already a lot of familiar figures on the deck, several of them are experienced old boatmen of the Water Division, Zhaotai is relieved, it seems that the Underworld didn't get the news so quickly, or perhaps, these "big things" in the Underworld are simply a big fuss in their eyes.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the strange roll of equipment in Yao She's hand, which was a ball of ordinary-looking hard tape measures, and there was a pile of earthy brown hemp rope at Yao She's feet.
Yao She is really old, but a pair of hands are very dexterous, he picked out the head of the tape measure and tied it with the hemp rope, the tape measure stretched out like a long white bamboo pole, Qing Yue had already secretly laughed, he poked the east fence beside him with his elbow, and whispered: "Look at this old man's posture, he wants to fish......
Dong Li ignored him, and watched Yao She's operation to himself, only to see him raise his hand and throw the hard ruler into the river.
The tape measure is heavy, and it sinks quickly after entering the water, and the hemp rope emits a dark green light in the river, these hemp ropes are specially made from the sap of plants turned into the resentment of the underworld, and naturally they will not be afraid of the resentment in the river, on the contrary, with the pointing of the tape measure, the hemp rope quickly follows closely behind, like a swift water snake, and goes deeper to the bottom of the river.
The water of the Aglon River, which had been sometimes clear and sometimes muddy, was now clear and clear wherever the tape measure passed, and two old boatmen immediately turned the huge lamppost to reflect the river as if it were a mirror.
"Bailuo ruler really works!" Yao She's face stretched, and he pointed to the river with a smile excitedly.
Zhaotai pushed all the guys who were blocking his view to the side a few times, and finally stood behind Yao She, he was surprised: "Lord Yao, aren't you so afraid that those resentful spirits in the river will climb up along the rope?" ”
Yao She was not surprised to see that it was Zhaotai, and he bowed and explained: "Bailuo Qi is the magic weapon of Lord Tiankui, I don't know how many resentful spirits and evil ghosts have been subdued over the years, and those under the water are a group of little guys who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, and it is too late to hide, how dare they approach?" ”
"Oh......"
"What we need is patience," Yao She's leaning to the side, letting Zhao Tai follow his direction to look at the water, "Look, Lord Hades, that's where the Kuroshio gathers the most......"
"It's too quiet, it's abnormal, it's ......weird," Zhaotai shook his head.
"That's right, in the past, the ordinary tide of resentment was enough for our water affairs department to be busy up and down for several months, but this time there is a black tide, but it is so quiet......" Yao She looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.
As he spoke, there was a splash of water in the river, and then, from the deep bottom of the water, a long series of cries like whale whistling came out, and Yao She felt that the Bailuo ruler mother plate in his hand shook violently three times - this is the ruler head hitting something under the water!
The water cracked open, and an ugly-looking half-man, half-fish suddenly rushed out of the water, its long tail covered with rotten rotten flesh, green fangs, and sunken in many places on its face, and its whole cheek seemed to be eaten by insects and flies, mutilated, and it stood on the tide with its tail, and when it saw the towering ship in front of it, it was not afraid, but the corners of its mouth hooked a sneer.
At the same time, Yao She and the others on the bow of the boat subconsciously took a few steps back, because as this strange mermaid flew out of the water, an unbearable stench filled the sky over the entire Agron River, almost like the kind of stench that squeezed everything that could be rotted in the world into one place.
Yao She was so shocked that both eyes swelled, and the hands holding the master plate trembled slightly, he was closest to the bow of the boat, and saw that the strange mermaid opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth, spit out a mouthful of blue-yellow poisonous gas, and came straight towards Yao She.
"Lord Yao! Stand back! Zhao Tai shouted, and with one hand and a finger, a powerful air wave spun and rushed in the direction of the strange mermaid.
However, the strange mermaid's reaction was also very fast, and he immediately closed his mouth, his body shrank and flicked like a leech, and his tail brought up a wall of water to block the air waves shot by Zhaotai, and the strange mermaid showed an evil smile again, and as the water wall rose higher and higher, it was almost as high as the mast of the main ship.
Dongli's pupils shrank, and he shouted: "Zhaotai! This beast wants to destroy our ship! ”
Looking up at the wall of water that seemed to be connected to the sky, Zhaotai's palms suddenly opened, and the artifact "Imperial Spirit" appeared from his palm, he stomped under his feet, and his body was covered with brilliant and dazzling golden light, and after the light spread out, the entire ship was wrapped in this layer of dazzling light, forming a huge golden protective outer wall.
Zhaotai gently crossed the piccolo, blowing a poignant and long music, at this time Ningsha has also arrived behind him, there is a unique shape of the guqin in his hand, the body is only half the size of the ordinary guqin, but there are twelve strings of different thicknesses, Ningsha did not wait for Zhaotai's command, immediately hung the piano in front of him, his fingers skillfully stroked those strings, and then a pleasant sound of the piano perfectly matched the sound of the flute, and the audience was shocked.
It wasn't uncommon among them who had heard the sound of the harp that often came from the Nether Temple, but they had never thought that such a beautiful music could have such a lethal effect.
I saw that the sound of the piano and flute seemed to turn into countless tangible arrows, spinning wildly, and shooting through the wall of water of the strange mermaid like a torrential rain.
The strange mermaid's face changed, and it roared, its hollow giant eyes suddenly exploded with fierce light, and the surrounding river surged with monstrous waves, forming a huge palm shape, and catching those sharp arrow tips with teeth and claws.
Although the fight was fierce, Qingyue was not panicked at all, and even closed his eyes and began to enjoy the beautiful music.
Dong Li frowned, an extremely uncomfortable feeling of restraint had spread from the soles of his feet all over his body since just now, he looked at Qing Yue who was leisurely and complacent, and wondered in his heart: "Why is he not affected at all...... And I'm ......"
The strange mermaid finally became a little unstable in the intertwining of the flute and the sound of the piano, after being hit by several arrows on its body, its heart was crossed, and it turned around and dived under the water with the risk of being pierced into a sieve in an instant, the huge fishtail slapped the surface of the water, and for a while the sharp arrows formed by the music did not enter the splash, and the strange mermaid took advantage of this gap to speed up its swimming speed and burrow into the dense aquatic grass at the bottom of the river, and disappeared.
And at the moment when the strange mermaid's body slipped into the aquatic plants, the things that Bailuo Qi touched revealed their form from the cracks in the aquatic plants, and the river was turbulent, but it was still crystal clear, and many pairs of eyes on the boat saw the white columnar objects between the aquatic plants at that moment......
"Ghost Brain Mushroom! It's a ghost mushroom! ”
Yao She was the first to scream, his eyes widened, and the old shipwrights and the cruise officials of the Water Affairs Department were also shocked into a cold sweat, opened their mouths wide, and looked at each other.
"Oh? Ghost Brain Mushroom...... It's more interesting now......"
Kiyokoshi, who had been blowing the wind and closed his eyes to enjoy the music, slowly opened his eyes at this time and set his eyes on the water with interest.