Chapter 718: Search (6,000 words)
Under his frightened gaze, the ordinary-looking middle-aged man first stretched his body briefly, and then let out a crisp joint sound of "click" all over his body.
Then I saw that its body gradually expanded, and the original skin surface seemed to expand to the limit, and cracked textures gradually appeared, which was extremely terrifying.
First the hands and feet, then the head, the whole body seemed to be torn apart, and what was exposed from the cracks was armor with a black and gold metallic sheen......
When the cover of the human skin on the surface was completely torn apart, what really appeared in front of him was a tall and terrifying figure!
Although it was impossible to see its appearance because of a layer of shadows, the part of the skin exposed under the armor was covered with layers of dragon scales, and although some indescribable powerful momentum was not deliberately released, you could still feel the fear from the heart!
It was as if he was facing a real natural enemy, suppressing him from his bloodline, so that his originally high arrogance was suppressed again and again, and even his breathing was a little unsmooth.
"Not human?"
The river god's eyes instantly became solemn, and he really cheered up his spirit, staring at him tightly.
What's more, the true face of this person was not only unexpectedly terrifying, but also the aura made him vaguely feel a little familiar.
It's like somewhere before......
"Wait, you're the one behind that strange scholar from before?!"
Finally, he reacted with a look of surprise!
He didn't forget the group of the Su family at that time.
After all, Du Bai has a righteous body, and there is something else on his body, which is like a delicious dish that attracts him, so he does not hesitate to give up the rest of the Su family and use means to force him to come back......
But alas, in the end, it failed.
He still clearly remembered that the terrifying momentum that erupted from that scholar at that time was definitely not weaker than that of any ghost king!
It is precisely because of this that he was afraid and did not act rashly.
Who knows, after more than half a year, the other party will take the initiative to come to the door to take revenge?
What made his face even worse was that the strength of the ghost king in front of him was much more terrifying than what he had felt before, far beyond his imagination!
Even if he has the phantom protection behind him, he still ......
"Just thinking about it now? It's a pity it's too late. ”
Du Bai didn't give him any respite at all, and after he completely showed the true power of the Dragon King, he immediately used his power to volley towards the other party!
Although the punch had no substance, its power was so great that it seemed to condense all the breath of the air together, and even the light was temporarily distorted, forming a fragile void everywhere, carrying an incomparable power to bombard the front.
The river god's face was frightened, and he hurriedly controlled the phantom behind him to protect himself, and the mana in his body was running to the extreme, exuding a strong golden light, trying to resist this move!
However, this still did not help.
When the punch really landed on the phantom, it was just a blink of an eye, and there was a crisp sound like glass being smashed.
I saw that the phantom began to spread inch by inch from the position of the arm, and the cracks like cobwebs spread inch by inch until they were all over the body.
Then, after reaching a limit, maybe it was a small wave or a breeze, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, it finally couldn't support it, and the whole huge body exploded and fell, turning into countless fragments and flying away in all directions.
And the one who was most affected by it was naturally the river god, and the brilliance on his whole body instantly dimmed! If it originally seemed to be the stars in the sky, then at this time, it seems to be a fire that is so faint that it is about to be extinguished, and it can't even hide its original appearance.
It was also at this time that Du Bai really saw his appearance clearly for the first time, but when he saw it for the first time, he couldn't help but be stunned.
I saw that the face under the light was not the appearance of a heroic immortal in my imagination, but was covered with some strange gray-brown lines, and the facial features were slightly different from ordinary people......
There are no ears, a protruding jaw, no nose above the mouth, only two hollows......
With such a strange appearance, Du Bai was stunned for a moment, and then thought of a very similar animal-turtle.
If it is accurate, the image of the other party is like a large turtle that has turned into a human form, but the appearance still retains some of its original appearance.
The extra hands behind it are actually just an evolution of the turtle's shell, which looks like a shield protecting its back.
What's more, the demonic aura on his body does not retreat, and the immortal aura is weak, not at all the immortal aura that he imagined, and he is clearly just a goblin with a higher path.
After Du Bai was stunned for a moment, he laughed twice: "What kind of river god are you?" It's just that a king has become a spirit, and he really thinks of himself as a god? ”
However, although he was sarcastic, he remained cautious in his heart.
The only strange thing is, what happened to the spell that the turtle had used before?
It doesn't look like an ordinary ghost.
After the "River God" was exposed to his true face at this time, his face was extremely ugly, and the momentum on his body was constantly condensed, but he already knew the difference in strength between the two sides, so he could only choose to take a step back temporarily: "I may have made some mistakes before, I can apologize to you!" ”
"You and I are not enemies of life and death, why do you have to make trouble to the point of your life and death?"
Du Bai shook his head: "No, I didn't intend to let you go from the beginning. What's more, I'm more interested in the truth behind you now. ”
His figure flashed, and in the next moment, he was already not far away in front of the river god.
The river god's face was startled, his pupils shrank, and then he heard Du Bai ask curiously, "Honestly, where did the immortal power in your body come from?" ”
"Hmm...... I guess you accidentally found the relics of some immortal after he died, and then couldn't resist the temptation to eat them? ”
According to Du Bai's previous experience, most of these monsters have this idea.
Who can resist the temptation to ascend? Once you become an immortal, both your strength and status will be different in an instant.
But alas, they don't know that this kind of power that they swallow raw to forcibly obtain will only bring disaster to themselves.
What's more, there was something strange about the aura of the turtle in front of him.
Like the white snake, at least the strength on his body has skyrocketed, and he has a little Buddha spirit. But although the strength of this turtle is very strong, its breath is still demonic......
Even because he had killed too many people and sinned heavily, after losing the cover of the immortal aura on the surface, the thick strange and evil aura had been unscrupulously released.
As soon as people come into contact with it, they are full of disgust and resistance, as if they have seen an evil ghost in hell!
Looking back now, the terrifying aura I felt for the first time in Suwon Village was probably the appearance of this turtle itself.
It was the first time that he really came into contact with the existence of the "immortal god" before he was familiar with the secrets of this world, and he was really shocked.
However, as soon as he had finished speaking, the turtle seemed to be completely enraged, and roared and retorted: "Don't talk nonsense! How can you slander the power of the immortals? How could I dare to devour the things of the immortals? ”
"Oh? It's interesting. Du Bai glanced at him in surprise, and vaguely noticed that things didn't seem to be as he thought, but he didn't care, just smiled slightly, "That's okay, if you don't want to explain honestly, then I'll solve you and investigate it myself." ”
The turtle's complexion changed, and he turned into a streamer and wanted to burrow back into the river, but Du Bai just stretched out his hand, and the surrounding space was frozen in an instant, and white light began to converge from all around, as if it was a narrow cage trapping it in it, unable to move.
"Want to escape?"
Du Bai slowly withdrew his hand, and the streamer was forcibly captured, and gradually transformed back into the appearance of Fang Cai's human form.
The turtle was still trying to struggle with a frightened face, and the momentum on its body continued to explode, but all this was in vain, and it could not be shaken even in the slightest.
When it was pulled back, Du Bai looked at it carefully and smiled: "Still unwilling to explain?" Then don't blame me for being rude. ”
After the turtle realized that the gap in his strength was too big and he was not an opponent at all, his eyes gradually became resolute, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I die, you don't want to get involved!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Du Bai noticed that the aura in his body suddenly became violently vibrating, as if some great danger was brewing!
He couldn't help but be startled, and immediately retreated behind him, and as soon as he retreated, the turtle's body suddenly exploded!
"Boom!"
The entire space instantly erupted into violent vibrations, and a strong air current rolled away in all directions with it as the center!
The river directly below seemed to have been overturned, and huge waves continued to rise and crash against the embankment. And the villagers on the shore who had rotted too much were overturned and shattered in an instant.
It is also accompanied by a strong high temperature, not a flame but even more flame, the burning sensation of the flame also comes, accompanied by a "hiss" sound like the water boiling, a large amount of water mist rises on the surface of the river, hazy, and the sand and gravel on the shore is crystallized, which is amazing.
Even though Du Bai had quickly moved away, he could still feel a scorching wind blowing in his face, blowing over his body, bringing some kind of uncomfortable burnt smell.
With a wave of his hand, he set off a gust of wind, blowing away all the thick mist in front of him, and now there were only some fragments left in the original location of the river god.
However, most of them are just some of their original clothing, and they look like the material is quite delicate, so they are not completely damaged.
It's just that the turtle that pretended to be the river god was dead and couldn't die anymore, leaving only some scorched scraps of flesh floating on the surface of the river.
"Did you really blow yourself up?"
He frowned, feeling that this was really beyond his expectations.
Before it really killed itself, it was so excited that it didn't hesitate to blow itself up to hide it because it said it would investigate its secrets......
This is somewhat unreasonable.
Unless......
"Its secret contains information that must not be leaked. Even if this news needs to be guarded with its life, it will not hesitate to ......"
Du Bai's heart moved, his eyes swept over the peaceful scene of the world around him, and finally landed on the surface of the river, with some doubts in his eyes.
It stands to reason that if the owner of this small world is dead, then this world should automatically die, and the situation he has experienced before will be the same, without exception.
Unless......
This turtle pretending to be the god of the river is not the real master of this small world!
The real owner is still hidden somewhere in this little world!
"If that's the case, then maybe something makes sense."
Du Bai nodded lightly, thoughtful.
If this turtle is actually just a puppet that has been put out, it would never dare to divulge the news of its owner, and it is reasonable that it will explode and die in a hurry.
But where is the real master?
Why did even if he hit the door, and even forced the turtle to blow himself up and die, the other party didn't show any signs of making a move?
"Could it be that this so-called master is even more timid than Wang Ba?!"
Du Bai vaguely felt that things should not be so simple.
In the end, he chose to set his sights on the river beneath his feet.
From beginning to end, this river is the most suspicious, and if nothing else, it should be in it.
He leaned down and flew towards the bottom of the river, trying to find some clues.
It's just that the river is too turbulent, mixed with a lot of sediment and dirt, and it looks very turbid, especially in the bottom of the river, and the visibility is very low at a glance, and you can't see your fingers.
It's hard to imagine how that turtle had lived here for so long......
Du Bai was a little disgusted, so he simply stretched out his hand and forcibly used mana to isolate the entire river from the middle for a long distance, exposing a long section of the bottom of the river.
And this look is also particularly shocking.
I saw that in addition to those aquatic plants, there were more human bones!
That's right, densely packed, there are dozens of them in a rough count!
All of them were discarded haphazardly at the bottom of the river, some of them may have been old, or some of them were buried in the bottom of the sediment, and some of them had been eroded by the current, leaving only some sad residues......
These are probably the bones of the girls who were sacrificed in the past, or the poor people who suffered misfortune like the villagers.
Du Bai sighed lightly, and quickly looked away, looking at the rest of the riverbed, observing every detail, hoping to find any clues.
However, after a long time, he still failed to find any traces.
The sediment was almost unusual, except for a few dents left by the bombing.
Even if Du Bai didn't believe in evil and forcibly dug three feet into the ground in the literal sense, he still didn't find it!
For a long time, he stood on the bed of the river that he had dug with pits, and looked around suspiciously: "Could it be that the river god is really so honest and obediently sleeps at the bottom of this dirty and messy river?" ”
He didn't believe it, but felt that there must be some clues that he hadn't noticed.
And at this time, he suddenly thought of one thing - if there were really any immortal Buddha relics, would it be related to that immortal text?
Just like when he was in Lin'an before, when Fahai opened the small world of the Red Feather Immortal, he also used the immortal text. If there is a real owner here, then there may be such a possibility.
Thinking of this, he immediately began to draw the immortal script.
After this period of practice, he has some proficiency in the relatively simple immortal script, so that his eyes will not be blackened.
For example, at this time, you can use an auxiliary symbol specially designed to cooperate with other immortals, and then you can use it to sense whether there are other immortals around.
His fingertips slashed directly through the air, condensing the immortal energy stored in his Dragon Ball on his fingertips, leaving a faint light in the void.
He can't master it as skillfully as Akabane Daisen now, and it is impossible to make it with a pinch of his palm, so naturally he can only honestly depict it step by step.
And just after he wrote the first stroke, the aura around him that had originally dispersed seemed to sense something, and they all began to converge rapidly towards this side, constantly condensing towards the brushstrokes.
The magnitude of its attraction is several times greater than that of the ghost text, I don't know if it's an illusion, even the sun has dimmed, and the sky has become a little gloomy.
And this immortal text is even more violently extracting the power in his body, if it weren't for the fact that the power of desire in the Dragon Ball is quite sufficient, otherwise there would be some trouble.
Fortunately, in Du Bai's serious depiction, this simple immortal text was finally drawn.
And at the moment of completion, a dazzling light burst out from it, spreading out in all directions like a scanner, as if it was actively searching for something.
Du Bai's eyes followed closely, waiting for the final feedback.
If this method doesn't even work, then he really has some clues, maybe he can only defend it, or destroy it cleanly.
Anyway, this is just a small world, not a real reality, even if it is destroyed, it will not be distressed.
It's just at this time that something strange suddenly happened!
I saw that the light that spread in a certain direction suddenly stopped in an inconspicuous corner of the riverbed, as if it had encountered some obstacle.
Immediately, I saw a slightly illusory one-person-high gate gradually emerge there, and there were runes full of mysterious aura flickering slightly on the surface, as if echoing something.
"Xianwen!"
Sure enough, it's here!
Jun Bai breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that his guess was not wrong. He flew over quickly, taking a closer look at the door.
I saw that there was nothing special about its appearance, it looked like the wooden door of an ordinary farmhouse, but the faint fairy text on it was always a reminder of its goodness.
If other mortals try to break into this place, then I'm afraid that just these immortal texts will be enough to make their minds suffer a violent impact in the first place, and they may become stupid and stupid from now on.
And this is still Xianwen did not take the initiative to defend, just to express its implicit meaning, it is already so.
Among them, there are a few complex immortal texts, even Du Bai now seems to feel a little faintly swollen, and it is not good to look at them too directly.
Perhaps only after he has thoroughly understood all the immortal texts in the future, will he really be able to observe without fear.
He took a deep breath, covering himself with a layer of willingness, before slowly reaching out and pressing it against the door.
It's a little strange to the touch, not like it's pressed against what it looks like on a hard wood board, but more like something soft.
But fortunately, there were no other prohibitions or traps, and after he pressed slightly, the door had been gently opened inside, and inside the door, it showed a completely different scene from the riverbed.
In other words, it was so pure that Du Bai was a little surprised.
The door frame is first of all a thin bubble-like diaphragm that intercepts water and dirt from the outside, and the inside is a real small farm yard.
Yes, the most common farmhouse yard.
A circle of bamboo fences encloses a small vegetable garden, there is a large water tank for watering, and some vegetables are planted in the yard, which seems to be constantly cared for by someone, and because there are no insects in this place, the growth is quite good, lush, and full of aura.
And next to this vegetable garden is a small wooden house.
Through the window, you can see that the inside is also very simplely dressed, and there are bookshelves with books displayed on the wall, and the owner should be a person who likes to read books very much, and the books are neatly placed and cherished.
It was just his instinct that told him that the owner of this wooden house should not be the big turtle.
That guy doesn't look like a literate person who can read at all.
He was reminded of the Confucian phantom of the protective body summoned by the turtle before, and the gentle and elegant temperament of the scholar could never be faked.
If that's the man......
Du Bai thought for a moment and tried to step into this door.
He didn't feel the danger from it.
After stepping through this door, the air instantly became much fresher, less of the rancid smell of the riverbed, but filled with the scent of earth.
The only strange thing is that the temperature is much colder than the winter days outside, as if it is a cold winter, and the wind here seems to be going through all the cracks in the body, penetrating into the bone marrow, making people's souls feel cold to the bone!
In addition, he also noticed that the sky here was overcast, and the sky seemed to be covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, and there was no ray of sunlight in sight.
The courtyard is illuminated by white lanterns hanging from the eaves, the faint light that gives the place the only light.
But at least it is possible to distinguish foreign objects.
The farther away that the road spread, was a deep depth, which could not be seen far away, and he had doubts in his heart, so he did not go to check it for the time being.
He was now more focused on the wooden house in front of him.
And his arrival did not cause any other reaction, let alone the imaginary "owner" of the wooden house came out to greet him.
"Not at home? Or ......"
His thoughtful gaze slowly swept over some of the details of the wooden house around him, and he already had some guesses in his mind.
He didn't stay any longer, he continued to walk towards the cabin.
After pushing open the door that seemed to have been sealed for a while, the house was still very tidy, even to the point of spotlessness, and it was Du Bai's arrival that added a little popularity to the place.
He glanced briefly at the furniture, which was not remarkable, and finally landed on the bed against the wall, his gaze ......
I saw a rather young-looking scholar lying on the bed, with a delicate appearance, a gentle temperament, and his eyes slightly closed, as if he had just fallen asleep.
And the dress is obviously the same as the Confucian student he saw outside before!
"Is that him?!"
Du Bai looked at him with some surprise, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards him again.
Although this person's appearance was still intact, and even his face was ruddy, as if he was just in a dream, Du Bai could clearly feel that he was dead.
There's no anger or warmth.
It's just a cold corpse.