Volume 2, The Journey of a Husband and a Gentleman Chapter 35, The Puppet
An arm poked out from the melting rock.
The skin on the arm was crystal clear, and it turned out to be translucent, and you could see the lines of the muscles under the skin, as well as the meridians that had dried up.
The arm is not dry, nor full, but crystalline, like a finely carved handicraft.
In the sea of fire was a scorching temperature that could melt even rocks, but the arm leaned out of it, but it was not affected in the slightest, but became more and more exquisite as time passed.
The arm stretched out in the flames, and more and more parts protruded, and it turned out that it was not just a simple arm, but a person.
The girl holding the umbrella felt a little disgusted, but she didn't dare to make any sound.
Bai Jiu and Ximen Ye glanced at each other, and then put their hands on the hilts of their respective swords.
The arms were fully extended from the rock, then the head, then the legs, then the whole body.
The skin of the person's whole body is transparent, and everything under the skin can be seen, bones, muscles, meridians, internal organs......... It looks like a transparent mannequin, but his eyes are white, there are no black pupils, and the whole eye is all white, which looks hollow and makes people palpitate.
It stretched out in the flames, like a transparent flower blooming here.
The girl frowned slightly.
The man was naked, but he could not see either man or woman.
Suddenly, the man's body stopped in the flames.
Bai Jiu felt that there was a sense of Dao falling here, but it was blocked by the oil umbrella and did not fall on the three of them, but it was still discovered by that person.
For it turned around, and its empty eyes looked at them.
For some reason, the man did not rush at them, but when he saw them, he turned and ran towards the depths of the fire.
It wasn't until the man completely disappeared into the fire that the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
It should also be a puppet, but for some reason it looks like that, if Bai Jiujue's self deals with it, he shouldn't be an opponent.
But obviously, this puppet should have been awakened by this flame.
Immediately afterward, there were many small sounds in the sea of fire, and even the scorching hot and distorted air could not bury it.
Bai Jiu looked around the sea of fire, and saw that there were many black shadows in the flames, running towards the gray line in the distance, as if he had been inspired by something.
The dark shadows were in the same form as the puppet before, but they couldn't see the exact appearance.
Screams kept coming from the fire, revealing terror, pain and despair.
There were a lot of people who walked in front of the three of them, and they were not as lucky as the three of them to retreat.
Some people came out with a sea of fire, but paid a heavy price. Some people were burned by the heat, and they couldn't resist the heat, so they burned into corpses.
Previously, Simon Ye said that the residual temperature of the land was the residual temperature, which was left after this burning.
What is going on here?
"What now?" The girl asked.
The gray line in the distance is in the sea of fire, or beyond the sea of fire, but there is no escape.
Ximen Ye thought for a while and said: "The flames will not be for no reason, there should be a hidden formation here, so as long as it is a formation, there is a way to break the formation." ”
"So you have a way?" The girl asked happily.
Simon Ye replied, "No." ”
The girl was a little speechless, glanced at him slightly angrily, then stopped talking, and looked at Bai Jiu.
Bai Jiu has been looking into the distance.
The appearance of the sea of fire was not for nothing, as Simon Ye said, this should be a formation.
The land, which was originally covered with fine crushed sand and gravel, has dozens of holes that have been buried for countless years.
There are the human puppets that came out of the rocks earlier, and they left behind.
The view is the most distorted there, proving that the temperature is also the highest. The vast majority of the heat comes from there, and the flames burn out of thin air, without any basis.
This is a large array.
Ordinary people can't see the slightest problem in it, and the same is true of Ximen Ye, where the sword heart is transparent, even a Nian Master who has practiced spiritual power for many years may not be able to find subtle clues from this great array, but Bai Jiu can.
No matter how powerful the formation is, there will be an eye of the formation, and no matter how huge the scope is, there will be places that cannot be involved, and naturally there will be a way to pass.
He could see dark shadows running in the fire in the distance, and he could also see the places in the fire that were not burning in the distance.
Bai Jiu said: "There is a way, but I don't know if it's feasible." ”
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The three of them walked in the midst of the fire.
The sea of fire rose out of thin air, and the arrogance was monstrous, and there were terrifying and powerful human puppets among them, which were naturally extremely dangerous.
But the only way to reach the gray line in the distance is through the sea of fire, and not only three people, but also some people have already gone deep inside.
The sea of fire is interspersed with countless hidden passages that are invisible to the naked eye, and these hidden passages are not hidden underground, but those places in this sea of fire where no flames rise. But the duration of the dark passage is always very short, and it is not connected, so when the three of them walk to the middle, they can't stay, and when they go from one dark passage to another, they have to use their own cultivation to carry this monstrous flame.
Bai Jiu walked in front of the three of them, he always paid attention to the surrounding situation, and did not dare to slack off at all, because the secret path was not always forward, so they walked very round, and they walked very slowly, but it was the safest and least consumed method.
There are people who also walk through the flames, and they shine with different lights, from different practitioners and different Dharma weapons.
"Forcibly carrying it with a magic weapon is not a way after all."
During this period, there were small sounds of fragmentation from time to time in the scorching sea of fire, one after another.
The magic weapon could not withstand the scorching heat of the flame and shattered, and the cultivator could only last for a short time if he resisted with cultivation.
What's more, at this time, it is only below this high temperature and sea of fire, and the palpitating transparent human puppet has not yet appeared.
There are people quitting and people coming in.
Before entering the sea of fire, there were some Dayu cultivators gathered outside the sea of fire, and Bai Jiu recognized one of them, who had seen it in the team of Qingfeng Temple, as if it was a senior brother from the past.
Among the crowd, Bai Jiu is relatively the most famous, and as the top of the Dayu Hidden Dragon Test, he is naturally well-known by many people. In this case, more people will listen to what is said. The explanation of the words warned that the problems in Tangling were too late, if you want to retreat, it is still too late, if you don't leave, it will be more dangerous in the future, and life and death are uncertain.
Some choose to leave, others choose to continue.
After thinking about it, the former senior brother of Seifuin decided to go back the way he came, to see if there would be another adventure in the green mountains.
After Bai Jiu was silent for a moment, he explained some things to him.
If you see a valley, do not enter it.
In the garden, there is more creation.
I don't know how many miles I have passed, and the sound of magic weapons breaking through the air suddenly sounded in the sea of fire with a distorted vision, followed by the sound of a roar and collision, followed by several screams.
Eventually, all the sounds were gone.
In the midst of the fire, there was a dead silence.
Bai Jiu stopped and looked somewhere in the distance, surrounded by the sound of rocks melting and cracking.
The girl glanced at him.
Bai Jiu said: "The next step will be very dangerous, continue to move forward, I can only ask the two of you." ”
According to the calculation of time, they had already walked for half an hour, and the voices just now should be those cultivators walking in front of them.
Sure enough, the worst thing happened, even if he was able to use magic weapons and cultivation to resist the scorching heat, and walk through the sea of fire at will. But the human puppets that emerge from the rocky ground are still a hidden risk, and they will appear at any time.
The girl sighed and said nothing more.
Ximen Ye stood at the back of the three, the long sword in his hand already unsheathed.
This long sword, which is as clear as the sky and is obviously extraordinary, is the rumored one that determines the sky.
Bai Jiu glanced at the sword and said in a deep voice, "Please, Brother Simon." ”
As soon as the words fell, countless small footsteps sounded in the sea of fire, as if something was running, and the sound was getting louder and closer.
The faces of the three of them were solemn, and Bai Jiu's eyes swept around, and they hurriedly began to look for the entrance to the next secret passage.
You can't stay in the sea of fire for too long, there are dangers here all the time, not to mention that there are too many unknown variables. The best way to deal with it is not to come hard, but to pass it more quickly.
A sword light rose behind itself, slashing into the distorted field of vision in front of him with a scorching light that was even hotter than the sea of fire here, like a sunset spread in the sky, and the clouds were suddenly dyed red.
The sea of fire was forced to part, revealing a distance of several zhang ahead, and the puppet it had seen before appeared, it was running, but it slowly stopped.
As its pace slowed, countless fine cracks appeared on its transparent skin.
The corners of its eyes spilled with a red glow, and the cracks gradually widened, becoming more and more obvious, covering its entire body like a spider's web, and then it stopped, and its body shattered into countless pieces of flesh, scattered on the ground.
The sword light comes from the Decisive Heavens.
Bai Jiu was not surprised by what was happening in front of him, his eyes kept scanning the surroundings, reporting the positions of countless directions, and then he didn't look at it again, and his eyes fell on the road under his feet.
When there was a small sound of footsteps around them, a sword light rang out, and then everything was silent.
The blank section between the dark passages that cannot be avoided needs to be resisted with cultivation. But whenever such a situation arises, the girl will go to the front of the three, open the oil-paper umbrella, and hold it up.
The old oiled paper shone with a different light under the reflection of the firelight, like the warm sunlight of the translucent curtains in spring.
Under this light, there is no burning sensation around it, and the temperature of the flame cannot enter