Chapter 178: The Eighth Prophecy (Part II)

The elusive and stubborn descender—of course, Comrade Gu Tie, who landed irregularly—once commented on Jonah's character, saying that his greatest weakness was that he trusted his companions too much, and that one day, this childish sense of trust would make him suffer. As he had predicted, at this moment, Jonah was rushing towards Yun Mengze's dangerous water without hesitation, because there was a partner in front of him. The miasma was misty, the sky was dim, and the face of the shadow sitting in the water could not be seen clearly, "I'm coming, Assai!" the boy shouted loudly, taking one step at a time.

"Plop!"

The water splashed, and the astrologer fell into the gray lake. This is not a shallow, if the place where the dragon grass grows is the ridge at the bottom of the lake, then this is a deep valley, the bottom of the lake that reaches a maximum depth of two hundred yards is dark and lightless, and the temperature is so low that even the soul can freeze.

"Jonah-senpai!" exclaimed Long Shenlu, the gray lake rippled, and Jonah's figure was already lost in front of him. He took a few steps forward with the water of the lake, felt a softness under his feet, and the mud was sliding deeper, and he immediately understood that the depth of the water ahead had increased dramatically. The little dragon gritted his teeth, took off his coat and boots, and prepared to go into the water to rescue. But his movements suddenly froze, his pupils slowly dilated, and a huge shadow was reflected in the shocked black pupils.

A blood-red plant burst through the water and stabbed into the sky, with a stem the thickness of an adult's waist, a crimson leaf as sharp as a blade, and petals that bloomed like a flame, forty-eight petals slowly bloomed, revealing a golden stamen, and at the end of the long stamen hung a swarthy thing, which was part of the "rootless fire" of a carnivorous plant, but it looked like a man sitting on the ground.

If Jonah could turn a few more pages of the Geographical Survey of the Eastern Continent, he would see an entry for "rootless fire" and even a sketch. "Don't be deceived, that's advice from the editorial office to travelers. The rootless fire is a sinister creature, the root system of each plant occupies more than 500 cubic meters of water, relying on the air buoys between the roots and veins to suspend in the water, and the part that looks like a flower is actually its predatory organ, which we usually call the mouth. The stamen in the center of the mouth – the tongue, of course – has a mimicry function, mimicking the appearance of various creatures to attract prey. No one knows how it senses the soul fluctuations of its prey, but it has been proven to be able to acquire the basic characteristics of a living organism and create a lifelike mimic in a matter of minutes. Another interesting fact is that the rootless fire is the only beneficiary of Yunmengze miasma, the miasma of the four seasons will cause different poisoning effects, their favorite is the spring miasma that makes people hallucinate and auditory hallucinations, once the miasma is accidentally inhaled, humans will be invaded by various hallucinations, at this time, if there is a rootless fire nearby, it will immediately lock on to the prey, release pheromones to control the hallucination generation, so that the prey is attracted to fall into the trap. This is a wonderful phenomenon of ecological adaptation, and the botanists of the Remnant Qi Kingdom have offered a hefty reward of 500 gold coins for a live sample of the rootless fire, but no one has ever been able to get the prize. That's impossible. - Swallowed and spit out, limbs and face dissolved by the digestive juices of the rootless fire, said Van Allen, a professional bounty hunter who won a bounty of eighty gold coins for the five petals of the rootless fire, but then died because he could not afford to pay for the treatment of seven hundred gold coins. These cunning plants won't fight you hard, and will hide when they encounter powerful enemies, creating vivid illusions in the miasma-filled night to smash humanity through each ...... In short, remember our advice: don't be deceived, whether it's a rootless fire or a woman. ”

Fifteen yards tall ...... plant pierced the petals into the water, and then suddenly raised, a small figure broke through the water and flew high into the sky, "Rootless Fire" opened its scarlet, drooling forty-eight petal mouthparts, waiting for the prey to fall into its mouth, each petal was covered with dense serrations on the side, rubbing against each other to make a terrible gurgling sound.

"Jonah, senior!" Long Shenlan raised his right arm, and the "flying light" shot out in a row, whizzing through the leaves of the plant. The attacked Rootless Fire immediately curled up and quickly sank to the surface, "Plop!" Jonah fell into the water again. The plants moved quickly under the water, rolling up the dark tide and surging, "If you dare to move him, I will split you and set you on fire!" The little dragon roared angrily and shot out the glass beads, and the flying light splashed everywhere, but the power was greatly attenuated after entering the water, and it had no effect.

In the haze, seeing that the red flowers under the water surface were approaching the dark blue figure, Long Shenlu gritted his teeth, snapped the machine spring, and pulled out the long sword "gluttony". "Click!" the cold sword roared, and the rusty black sword appeared in the air, the blade trembled slightly, and it unabashedly exuded violent emotions in all directions to the west, like a bloodthirsty vicious dog howling and wailing, anxiously waiting for blood nourishment. "Suffer death!" Long Shenlu threw down his scabbard, and leaped into the air with both hands in his sword, slashing into the rough water.

At the moment when the "gluttony" was unsheathed, a splash suddenly burst out in the shallows a mile away, and Asai suddenly stopped his steps in the high-speed movement, kicked the ground, reversed, and shot out backwards with an unbelievable movement, and his figure turned into a whistling arrow. "So in that direction, I went the wrong way!" his face was full of annoyance, "Brother Jonah, I'll be here soon, you must not have anything wrong!

When encountering the attack, the Dongfang alone led away a powerful demonic beast, which was an extremely rare dark eighth-level demonic beast, which made Ah Sai scramble, and the king of assassins who was suppressed by the seal could only summon the "armored body" to fight with all his might. As the battle grew, he became more and more frightened, and he gradually verified a terrifying idea: the enemy in front of him was indeed a Tagu Demonic Beast! This ancient race, which should have died out long after the Second Ancient War, was once an important combat force of the Irion Alliance, to be precise, they were special lifeforms between creatures and undead. Tagu monsters were born in the Yagu Mountains of the Western Continent, they have a fixed number, will not increase, will not die, they rely on the mysterious negative energy of the Yagu Mountains to survive, with great power, as long as the spirit core is not destroyed, can rebuild the body countless times, this is said to be the curse of the god of death Umang on the entire race, so that they forever hovering on the boundary between life and death can not be freed. However, the appearance of the Tagu Demon Beast was much earlier than the legend of the Seven Main Gods, and no one knew what the truth was.

After the Second Ancient War, the Tagu Monster disappeared into history. Their homeland was occupied by humans, and the Zavi Empire founded the ancient city of Ya here. Many years later, the demonic beasts of the Sea of Divine Blessing (these demonic beasts share an ancient kinship with the Tagu demonic beasts) went berserk due to the disturbance of the magical element, and the ancient city of Yagu was crushed to the ground. Many years later, a sorcerer discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Ya 250,000 human spirits imprisoned by the land, caused by the terrible power of the cursed land. He became the first Undead Manipulator. Many years later, the descendants of the Necromancer were hired by the Zavi Empire to attack the Stuart siblings, the descendants of the traitorous thieves, with the undead of Yagu, and of course, nearly killed the astrologer Jonah.

Jonah didn't know these things, and neither did Asai. He only knew that the enemy in front of him could not be destroyed, so he risked his life and used the most powerful move to scare away the eighth-level demonic beast, and then rushed over to warn the astrologer, and happened to encounter the "Zero" star array, so he helped Jonah relieve the siege. At this time, the "armored body" reached its limit, he encountered some trouble when traveling through space, and when he returned to the world, Asai was almost swept away by the turbulence of time and space because of weakness, and finally struggled out, only to find that the space had shifted, and he appeared somewhere a few miles away. The miasma was confused, and the night was falling, and he could not sense the breath of Jonah or "gluttony", so he could only run around blindly, and almost fell into the deep pool several times. It wasn't until Long Shenlu pulled out his long sword that Dongfang really found the direction, he anxiously wiped a handful of sweat, stepped on the blades of the dragon grass and ran against the water, and the water surface rippled out one after another, forming a long wake, "No, no, everything is messed up......" He said to himself, "Why is there a Tagu Demon Beast here?" Although Yun Mengze is dangerous, it is impossible to exaggerate like this...... Brother Jonah tried the miasma pill for the first time, but he didn't know that he had to breathe through his mouth when holding the pill, otherwise a small amount of miasma would enter his nostrils and still poison people...... Hell yes, heck, why did you forget to say it!"

The distance of two thousand yards was fleeting, and Assai's breathing was heavy, a speed that was also a heavy burden for the Assassin King, who had exhausted his physical strength. "Poof!" The huge wave lifted, and he smashed into the water like a stone, snorting and panting to look around, this was the last time he sensed the "Jianhua", and then the feeling was interrupted, I don't know if it was the sword back to the sheath, or the damn miasma. "Brother Jonah!" he cried, "it's me!

The ripples rippled, and the surroundings were silent. How can there be any sign of an astrologer in this hopeless gray water?, Asai sniffed, his face turning a little pale. There was a faint smell of blood in the air, more familiar to the murderous King of Assassins than the creamy mushroom soup at dinner.

“...... Brother Jonah?" he spun around a few times and called, "this is not a good time to play hide-and-seek, we haven't finished dinner yet!" You know I'm going to be angry if someone disturbs me eating......

There was no response.

The Oriental man's face turned cold.

"This can't happen again. Right before my eyes......" a hideous tendon bulged out of his temple, "whoever it is...... None can be forgiven...... Cake...... Brother Jonah ......"