Chapter Seventy-Four: The Horror in the Heart of the Tree
We followed the trail on the ground and came to a hideous dead tree, covered with galls, and behind the dead tree with gray scales and black scales, there grew some ghost hands that were as transparent as snakes. Suddenly, without warning, it flew through the air and came at us.
The gray-white ghost hand growing behind the dead tree pulled everyone to the ground, and then slowly pulled towards the dead tree. The cold stiffness of my left ankle, which was held by the ghost hand of the transparent mist, spread to my entire leg, and the lower half of my body was already unconscious, and I saw that the biting chill was about to spread to my waist. At this time, I had been dragged by the ghost hand and moved nearly a foot away.
Although I don't know what this ghostly gray-white transparent ghost hand is, I have already subconsciously slashed the vajra in my hand towards the gray ghost hand, but I didn't expect that when the vajra slashed through the gray-white ghost hand, the ghost hand was withdrawn from my ankle like an electric shock, floating in mid-air, looking down at me like a poisonous snake.
The moment the gray ghost hand left my ankle, my stiff lower limbs were able to move, and I immediately quickly bounced up from the ground, and then rushed to the front of the monkey who was still being dragged away, and slashed the vajra in my hand at the ghost hand wrapped around his ankle.
The gray and almost transparent ghost hand is very afraid of the vajra in my hand, and I can't help but think that the vajra was originally a magic weapon that could be used to enchant the border, but in ancient India, it used to be a weapon that could be used to destroy evil things.
Seeing the ghost hand sticking out from behind the big tree and fearing the vajra, I immediately gained confidence and pulled the monkey and rushed towards the other teammates.
Seventh Master Zha was also tied and fell to the ground with his legs tied, but he took out the yellow talisman from his arms and threw it towards the gray ghost hand. It's just not of any use. I rushed to his approach and swung the vajra in my hand towards the gray ghost hand. The ghost hand left the death and was electrocuted, trembling and sending away the seventh master.
Next, I successfully rescued the fat man from the ghost hands. The smoke man jumped down from the tree, everyone gathered around me, I waved the vajra and asked the seventh master, "What should I do, do you want to move on, or retreat first?" ”
The trail marks on the ground disappeared in front of the dead tree, and if this mystery in their hearts was not solved, it would be difficult for everyone to let go, so Seventh Master Zha gritted his teeth and said, "Keep going." ”
A dead tree with gray-white transparent ghost hands growing on its back is very suspicious. There must be something weird, and it will be difficult for everyone to leave this place with peace of mind without exploring it. Looking at the slender and long gray-white transparent arms that shook all over the sky, a bad feeling suddenly surged in my heart.
The monkey grabbed my arm tightly, and asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Senior brother, what are these strange things?" ”
Monkeys are usually bold, like fat people, they love to get into trouble, and they are not afraid of big things. But he has a penchant for worrying. Although he is not afraid of physical monsters such as spirits, he is afraid of illusory and mysterious unknowns such as ghosts and gods, which is similar to that of fat people.
The long gray-white transparent arms stretched out from the back of the dead tree resemble the molt of a poisonous snake. But it's not an entity, it's a ghost or something like that, and it's not complete. It's just a single long arm shape, and it can only be called a ghost hand for the time being.
Gray-white transparent ghost hands growing on the back of a dead tree. I was very afraid of the vajra in my hand, so everyone hid behind me. I walked in front with a vajra peg. The ghost-like translucent arm swayed in the air around the crowd, waiting for an opportunity like a viper.
As we got closer to the dead trees, everyone felt colder and colder at the same time, and the cold air increased dramatically. When they were only five paces away from the dead tree, the group stopped.
The mottled and ragged dead trees seemed to absorb all the cold air around them, and only then did the translucent arms that sprout like poisonous snakes grow from behind them. Those gray arms are all transformed by yin energy, so they are afraid of the vajra that is just to the yang.
Suddenly, the monkey behind me pulled the corner of my coat with his hand, and I turned to look at him, only to see him sticking his head out from behind my back, pointing to the ground in front of me with a frightened face.
I hurriedly turned my head to look at the ground, but I gasped, and saw that the roots of the dead tree, climbing branches, were covered with a layer of blood, and on closer inspection, it was not difficult to see that the blood was flowing from the tree.
When we killed the cyan arm before, when the coffin board was cut off, blood also flowed out, but it was very sticky and smelly, not so much human blood as corpse blood. But the blood under the roots of this tree, bright in color and without a fishy smell, looked as if it had just flowed out.
But a dead tree is not a human being, how can it bleed?
Suddenly, a very bad thought rushed to my mind, and everyone, including me, suddenly felt a chill down my spine and my heart chuckled.
Everyone forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts, thinking "how is it possible", and took a step closer to the dead tree. A heavy step felt as if I had stepped to the other side of the world, and the trembling steps betrayed everyone's hearts. Once again, I took a step forward, and the dead tree was close at hand. But in order to observe the tree more closely, we had to take heavy steps and take another step forward.
At this time, everyone was shocked to find that the body of the dead tree like an old woman had cracked, and there was a very inconspicuous crack in front of the tree, and the dry bark on the left and right sides was not tightly connected together.
I stretched out my hand to pick the bark, but for some reason my hands trembled, and the vajra in my hand almost fell to the ground.
The outstretched hands finally fell weakly, and I turned my head and asked, "Who's coming?" ”
I really don't have the courage at this time, in case the situation inside the dead tree, as I imagined, how would I face this fact.
No one spoke in the face of my question, and then the translucent arm behind the dead tree began to move, waving restlessly in the air.
Seeing this, the monkey gritted his back molars and said, "I'll come." Then he walked up to me, and at once grasped the dry bark with both hands, but his hands hesitated to make any further movements.
Seeing this, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'd better come!" ”
The monkey did not reply, but with the strength of his arms, he broke the bark of the dead tree, and then he fell to the ground.
When everyone looked inside the dead tree, they felt as if their hearts had stopped beating and the earth was spinning faster. (To be continued......)
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