Chapter 240: Exorcism Circle
The high ground ahead is equivalent to a 'battlefield' for everyone.
As long as you are on the ground, you have the power to fight these water ghouls!
Because underwater and on the ground are completely two different concepts.
"Jump!"
When the distance was the closest, Xu Tianchuan decisively jumped from the stalactite to the high ground opposite, and landed his feet smoothly and safely.
Because of the close distance, Xing Chang and Jiao San also jumped over without hesitation.
This high ground clings to the left edge of the cave and is about three or four meters wide, but as it extends deeper into the cave, the high ground inside becomes wider and wider
That is, the three of them have just settled on the high ground one after another.
A large group of water ghouls in the water also frantically climbed ashore and pounced fiercely towards Xu Tianchuan and the others.
For these water ghouls who climbed ashore with them, Xu Tianchuan had already made the best psychological preparations in advance, and instantly pulled out the Heavenly Sword and slashed at him head-on.
Xing Chang and Jiao San also expected that these water ghouls would climb ashore, so they had long regarded this highland as the ultimate battlefield for a duel with water ghouls, each holding a black gold ancient knife and a steel fan, and the anger in their hearts had already reached the critical point of outburst.
As mentioned before, water ghouls are different from ordinary rice dumplings, because they are soaked in water for a long time, so their own defense is very low.
Even if Jiao San's black gold ancient knife and the regular steel fan do not have the special effect of exorcism, with the strength of the two of them and the sharpness of the black gold ancient knife, they can still split these water ghouls into two knives and four pieces!
The three of them are on their own, and the cooperation is also tacit, these water ghouls are like wolves, and the black pressure climbs ashore from the water, although there are many of them, but the three of them rely on the sharp weapons in their hands like meat grinders, so that these water ghouls do not have the slightest chance to get close, let alone come up and bite.
That's why the three of them were so excited to see the highlands just now.
Then again, without the strength of one and a half pounds and twos, who would dare to break into the tiger's den in Longtan?
For Jiao San, this is definitely the coolest time he has chopped, or Jiao San never dared to think that there will be such a day to cut zongzi in this way, just like chopping vegetables, with the black gold ancient knife in his hand, the black limbs of these water ghouls fly everywhere, and flow out viscous corpse water, although there is not a lot of corpse water in the body of the water ghouls, but it is extremely fishy, with a strong smell of rotting corpses!
"Shopkeeper Xu, there seem to be a lot of underwater zongzi!"
Jiao San, who had already cut off the red eye, shouted hysterically.
Jiao San was right, because in the water just now, some of the water ghouls sank underwater, so he couldn't accurately see the number of water ghouls.
And now, these water ghouls all began to swarm and climb to the shore, as if the ants of black pressure poured out of their nests, crawling endlessly.
Even when the knife is not curled, the person will be weak.
"Uncle, look at those water ghouls in the back!"
That is, as soon as Jiao San's words fell, Xing Chang seemed to suddenly notice something.
It was the cracking of the bodies of some of the water ghouls in the back, just like the cracking of the earth after a long drought, and the cracked cracks were getting bigger and longer, and even the same blackened bones could be seen from the cracks.
"That's because of the lack of water!"
"These water ghouls are soaked in water all year round, so their bodies have become accustomed to water, once they leave the water for a long time, their bodies will crack like arid land, and it is also an oxidation phenomenon caused by long-term exposure to the air, just like an antique that suddenly encounters air and oxidizes after being sealed for a long time."
This is exactly the same as the account of water ghouls in ancient books.
However, this oxidation does not have much effect on the water ghouls in the short term.
The so-called short time is within an hour.
If a water ghoul is left in the air for more than an hour without water, its body will completely dry up and crack into a real dried corpse.
Obviously, it is certainly impossible to carry it for an hour.
And there are a succession of water ghouls who have just climbed ashore from underwater.
"You two retreat first, run to the depths, I'll cut off here!"
Xu Tianchuan made a decisive decision, there were many more water ghouls in the water than Xu Tianchuan imagined in advance, and the expedient measure was to retreat first!
"Shopkeeper Xu, let's top it together!"
Jiao San gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Uncle, otherwise I'll clean up the aftermath, I have a way!"
Xing Chang also shouted loudly.
The method in Xing Chang's mouth is afraid that he will have to use his ultimate trick - bloodletting.
Xu Tianchuan felt that his method should be a little more practical than the usual punishment!
"Don't grind, let you withdraw, you withdraw! Don't forget that I have light skills! ”
Xu Tianchuan refuted the words of the two seriously, and at the same time took out the ink cartridge from his backpack, and while quickly retreating, he wrapped the ink fountain wire around the rocks on both sides, trying to hold the speed of the water ghoul pounced.
As soon as Xu Tianchuan mentioned his light skills, the two of them really couldn't force them to stay, because Xu Tianchuan's light skills were indeed very perverted.
In other words, if Xu Tianchuan was the only one in this situation, there would be no need to break the back at all, Xu Tianchuan did a light flip, and left here early with the help of the hanging ladder.
In this way, Jiao San and Xing Chang are still dragging Xu Tianchuan back?
So Xu Tianchuan is indeed very suitable for the queen to break.
In this case, what is needed is decisiveness, and there can be no drag in the slightest.
Xing Chang and Jiao San glanced at each other, and immediately turned around and quickly ran towards the depths of the cave.
As for Xu Tianchuan, he also retreated all the way, intricately winding the ink fountain line like a spider web onto the stone walls on both sides.
The ink fountain line has a certain exorcism effect, and when the water ghoul's body touches it, it is immediately crackled by the scorching, and white smoke emits a snorting smell of burning.
But after all, the number of water ghouls is very large, like a surge rushing forward, hugging and squeezing forward, so the slender ink fountain line does not have much substantive effect, and it is easy to be forcibly broken.
But that's basically enough, as long as you delay the speed of the water ghoul a little, you can shorten the distance.
Xu Tianchuan relied on the ink bucket line to block alone, watching Xing Chang and Jiao San run farther and farther into the depths of the cave.
But just as the figures of the two were about to disappear into the deep darkness, they suddenly stopped.
"San'er, what are you stunned about, keep running!"
Xu Tianchuan looked at the figures of Jiao San and Xing Chang who suddenly stopped, and yelled loudly.
"Shopkeeper Xu, there's no way ahead!"
Jiao San responded loudly.
"And corpses!"
Xing Chang also shouted.
Out of the way?
Corpse?
It seems that my group is not the first to come here.
There is no road ahead, so it must be blocked here by this group of water ghouls.
It's really uncomfortable.
It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, this cave extends all the way to here, how can there be no road ahead?
"!"
Since there is a dead end ahead, there is only a hard recklessness on the scalp!
Xu Tianchuan gritted his back molars with a fierce expression, and planned to stop using the ink fountain line to continue to block, anyway, there was no way back, and in the end, it was a desperate fight!
What surprised Xu Tianchuan was that just as Xu Tianchuan threw away the cartridge and re-grasped the Youtian Sword.
The water ghoul in front of him took another step forward, but let out a strange scream and instantly retreated.
"What's the situation?"
Xu Tianchuan frowned in surprise, as if a 'thirty-eight line' appeared out of thin air in front of these water ghouls, making these water ghouls with hideous expressions not dare to continue to take a step forward, but roared at Xu Tianchuan's non-stop strange screams with hideous expressions.
"Formation!"
No matter what Xu Tianchuan said, he can be regarded as a veteran who is familiar with all kinds of tomb robbery knowledge, and when he encounters this treacherous situation, the first thing that comes to mind is the formation!
"Exorcism Formation!"
"Someone must have set up an exorcism formation here, so these water ghouls don't dare to take half a step forward!"
This is also one of the most plausible and plausible explanations.
Otherwise, it would never have been possible for these water ghouls to be so jealous that they would not dare to take another half step forward.
The so-called exorcism formation is to use the exorcism occult technique to set up an exorcism array in a specific area, so that all the evil spirits dare not approach.
Xu Tianchuan thought of what Xing Chang said just now and saw the corpse.
Someone has been here before they do.
And those who have the ability to come here are definitely not ordinary people, and nine times out of ten they may be peers!
Looking at these terrifying water ghouls in front of him, but he didn't dare to take half a step forward.
Xu Tianchuan subconsciously breathed a long sigh of relief, not to mention the future things, at least now he can breathe a little easier.
Xu Tianchuan turned around and strode over to join Jiao San and Xing Chang.
At this time, Jiao San and Xing Chang were standing in place in surprise and looking around.
There is indeed no road ahead, it is really the end of the cave.
As for the corpses that are often referred to as the case, it is almost impossible to find them without a close look at them with a miner's lamp, because the corpses have almost decomposed into a black powder, and the most obvious is only long hair, mixed with dirt and moss.
This is probably because the water level in the middle has submerged the entire cave many times, and under the long immersion of the water, such a small amount of bones remains.
But it's not just one.
Xu Tianchuan took the miner's lamp and shone it carefully, almost everywhere in this area, roughly counted it in his heart, at least there were more than thirty corpses, although some of the bones had been completely mixed in the soil and moss, but the traces of hair were still there.
Because of the special nature of hair, it is very resistant to corrosion, and some are even buried in the ground for thousands of years without rotting.
It seems that the one who came here before himself was still a large-scale tomb robber gang!
"Shopkeeper Xu, I don't think these should look like martyrs, right? Looks more like a colleague who came here before us! ”
Jiao San looked at the remains around him, and said with a serious expression and a deep frown.
Xu Tianchuan nodded, and at the same time gently picked up the remains on the ground with the Youtian Sword, these almost powdered remains were mixed with rusty iron slag, these iron slag should be accessories on the clothes they wore before their death or protective iron armor used for defense, judging from the corrosion degree of this iron piece, it is at least more than a thousand years!
Except for the martyrs, there are only tomb robbers.
Tomb robbers from a thousand years ago?
Isn't this equivalent to the existence of the ancestors of the industry?
Jiao San looked at Xu Tianchuan and nodded with a serious expression, which was considered to agree with his guess, and then he wondered: "These peers all have long hair, could it be that they are all women?" ”
Belch......
Jiao San suddenly came out with this sentence, which made Xing Chang almost faint: "Brother Jiao, looking at the degree of corrosion of the corpses, at least hundreds of years, or even more than a thousand years, the ancients paid attention to the parents of the body, so both men and women have long hair." ”
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Jiao San slapped his head suddenly, and he felt that this question was indeed too imbecile.
"Let's take a closer look around to see if there are any things left by these seniors."
Xu Tianchuan looked at Xing Chang and Jiao San and said with a serious expression.
Surely there is something left behind by this gang of grave robbers, and they may know which way they are going.
Of course, the main thing is the clues and information about this ancient tomb.
Since this tomb robber gang was able to come here, there is a good chance that they would know some about this ancient tomb in advance.
Even if you don't know much, it's impossible not to know at all.
If you really don't know at all, it is impossible to form a group to come in so many people at once!
The reason why the water ghouls didn't chase this place was because of the magic circle, and this magic circle must have been set up by this group of tomb robbers.
There's a good chance that the grave robbers were trapped here alive by the water ghouls outside.
In the circle of tomb robbing, there is an unwritten unspoken rule, and it is left from ancient times, that is, 'transmitting signals'.
Roughly speaking, once you encounter the danger of dying in the ancient tomb, you will leave a signal in the ancient tomb so that your peers can see it, so that you can give your peers a role in transmitting information and warnings.
Tomb robbers in modern society may not care about these, as the so-called people's hearts are sinister, some tomb robbers want to die with their peers in the future, to bury themselves, how can they still give you a warning?
But the ancients are different, the ancients are very particular, and they also pay attention to these!
In addition, this tomb robbing technology is also the most exquisite and exquisite gold touching techniques of the ancients, as for the so-called technological innovation and improvement, in fact, it is just the innovation and improvement of tomb robbery tools.
The real pure tomb robbery technology has already reached the peak bottleneck in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Modern tomb robbers learn all the things left by the ancients, almost forming a dead system, only reform and innovation in tools, there will be no technological innovation.
Straight to the point.
Under Xu Tianchuan's instructions, the three of them began to take the miner's lamp and seriously search for valuable clues nearby, even the cracks in the rocks.
After all, the vintage is too long, and the fact that it has been blistered many times in the past will wash away the belongings of these peers with the current.
As for whether you can find any more valuable clues, it can only depend on luck and fate!