Chapter 36: The Scarlet Stele
The fog is heavy, like a locked mountain pass.
Zhou Heng's gaze pierced through the fog and pointed straight to the depths of the valley, striding forward without stopping.
After only ten minutes or so, I saw that the front suddenly opened up, the fog disappeared in vain, and a clear starry sky appeared again.
It's still mountains, it's still water, dark and deep.
"It's ...... The second half of the valley!" Han Yulian's beautiful eyes flashed, this is obviously not an exit, the terrain is different, and Lu Qing and the others are not seen.
Zhou Heng nodded, his heart was full of curiosity, what secrets were hidden in this misty lock mountain!
Could it be that there is a treasure? But why didn't the black sword react!
Zhou Heng frowned, looking at the situation in this valley, how can it be said that there is no natural treasure!
Then go further, how can you be willing if you don't reach the end?
He started to move forward, and after only two steps, he heard Han Yulian's footsteps also sound, walking side by side with him.
"What smell?" After walking for another seven or eight minutes, Zhou Heng and the others smelled a peculiar smell at the same time.
The two looked at each other and continued to walk forward, and as the distance narrowed, the smell became stronger and stronger, becoming extremely stinky.
"Corpse stinks!" Han Yulian suddenly stopped, her beautiful eyes flashing with strange colors, not so much disgust and fear as excitement.
What are you excited about?
Zhou Heng's mind grinded, and he suddenly understood a little.
This valley is equivalent to a demon cave that eats people and does not spit out bones, and I don't know how many people died in it, and the corpses naturally cannot come out. There is always something in the person who dies inside, and some of them are even extremely valuable!
Finding the bodies of these people is tantamount to finding a treasure!
No wonder she had to follow up, indeed, with Zhou Heng's "ability", she was not afraid of falling into it at all. But just after climbing back from the line of death, she can think of things so far away, I have to say that this woman is very scheming!
Zhou Heng was awe-inspiring in his heart, and secretly became vigilant, although the other party must rely on himself to get out of the trouble, but it is difficult to guarantee the future. If she really found the so-called treasure, if she wanted to be greedy, she could completely kill the others and swallow them alone, and when she went back, she only had to say that she had encountered a demon beast in the Blood Refining Realm, and she could only escape back alone.
It's better to worry about it yourself!
He thought to himself as he strode forward, wondering what secrets this valley was hiding.
After walking for a while, the valley becomes very narrow, like a sheep's intestine path, with nine twists and eighteen bends. After walking straight for nearly half an hour, a large platform suddenly opened up in front of me.
And this, too, is the bottom of the valley.
Zhou Heng and the others appeared on the westernmost side of the platform, facing a steep wall, and they needed to turn around to see the entire platform. And when they turned around, they saw an extremely terrifying scene.
In the middle of the platform, there is a blood-red stone stele, the stone pillars are painted with strange patterns, like words and paintings, about ten meters high, and about two feet wide. Around the stele, there are circles of corpses, neatly arranged, with a total of four layers.
The corpse closest to the stele had rotted down to the bone, while the outermost circle of corpses was relatively "fresh", and no bones could be seen.
With such a strange scene, Zhou Heng and Han Yulian were furious in their hearts.
Dead people are nothing, and no warrior has ever seen a dead person, but who will be in the mood to arrange a pattern when they die? Could it be that there are still living people in the valley, and the corpses of these people are arranged like this?
If there is such a person, then what is his intention?
Zhou Heng was just a pause, and immediately walked towards the stone stele, probably ...... The answer lies in the stele.
This platform is only a hundred meters in radius, Zhou Heng quickly walked in front of the outermost corpse, this corpse "array" has a total of four circles, the number is about more than three hundred, put together is very impactful, making people's hearts hairy.
Zhou Heng held his breath and walked towards the center.
Airplanes!
At this moment, the blood-red stone tablet suddenly trembled, releasing a blood-red light wave that transmitted to every corner of the platform.
Zhou Heng suddenly had a strong idea of decadence in his heart, and he wanted to die, but the black broken sword in the dantian shook at the right time, and he suddenly came back to his senses, and his heart was shocked!
The outermost mist has the effect of confusing the mind, and this light wave is the same! Moreover, it is even more powerful, he could wake up by his own will before, but if it wasn't for the power of the black broken sword this time, he really didn't know if he would wake up!
Speaking of waking up, Zhou Heng hurriedly swept his eyes, only to see Han Yulian walking over like a walking corpse, her eyes were gray without a trace of brilliance, and she came to the vacancy of the outermost corpse, and lay down upright, motionless!
Hiss!
Is this the secret of the corpses being arranged in a circle? It is not carried by outsiders after death at all, but the mind is deceived and walks on this path on its own!
It's that easy!
Zhou Heng walked to Han Yulian's side, only to see that the woman's eyes were wide open, but her pupils were not focused, and she was terrifyingly gray.
Those who strayed into the valley before were lying like this until they died?
Zhou Heng's heart couldn't help but rise a strong chill, who can accept such a way of dying!
What is the force that makes people die without resistance?
"Senior Sister Han, Senior Sister Han!" Zhou Heng shouted, but Han Yulian didn't react, as if she had lost her soul, if it weren't for the aura of the Blood Refining Realm on her body, it would really be like dead.
It's so weird, just a fluctuation can make the martial artists of the Blood Refining Realm die without resistance!
"Wait a minute, don't blame me, it's all to save you!" Zhou Heng muttered to himself, snapping, he slapped Han Yulian in the face.
No response.
Bang bang, Zhou Heng slapped seven or eight palms in a row, but it was still the case, Han Yulian was like a living dead, or rather, there was only a shell left.
Zhou Heng's tricks were exhausted, beating, fanning, and pinching, none of them worked.
Clearly, conventional approaches are not working.
Zhou Heng's heart moved, he came to his senses because of the black broken sword, at least this treasure had the ability to resist the mysterious power. If it can be called, can Han Yulian be rescued?
The key is how to attract the power of the black sword to save Han Yulian.
Let's give it a try, things are man-made, and success or failure is determined by heaven.
He communicated with his heart about the Dantian Black Sword, and again and again, hum, this strange treasure finally reacted, releasing a supreme fluctuation.
This fluctuation was transmitted to the other party's body along Zhou Heng's hand holding Han Yulian.
"Uh-" Han Yulian let out an exclamation as if she had woken up from a nightmare, her upper body suddenly stood upright, her face was as pale as paper, but her charming eyes finally regained their brilliance.
Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, this really worked!
"I ...... I ......" Han Yulian looked at Zhou Heng steadily, suddenly hugged him, and said in a trembling voice, "I seem to be locked in a cage, no matter how hard I struggle, I can't get out, until there is a light that breaks through everything!"
This beautiful woman is completely ripe, and being hugged by her like this, Zhou Heng only feels that there are two soft balls of flesh on his chest, which is indescribably comfortable.
"It's okay!" Zhou Heng hurriedly pushed her away, now this beautiful woman doesn't look like a person who is seven or eight years older than him, but more like a frightened little girl. He was not one to take advantage of others, he stood upright, his eyes fixed on the blood-red stele.
"Don't go any further!" Han Yulian hurriedly grabbed Zhou Heng, her hands shaking all the time.
She was really scared, and she didn't dare to fight the idea of those corpses on the ground again, and she had to get out alive!
"It's okay!" Zhou Heng shook his head, his eyes looked firmly ahead, once he made up his mind, it would be unstoppable.
The black broken sword is enough to suppress the evil of the Scarlet Tablet!
He strode forward, and the blood-red stone tablet sent out a wave of light again, blasting in all directions.
However, this time, not only Zhou Heng was not affected in the slightest, but Han Yulian was also the same, as if they all had immunity.
Buzz! Buzz!
Blood-colored waves poured out one after another, as if they were shocking waves, and Zhou Heng and the others were the most solid embankments, standing still.
Zhou Heng continued to move forward, walking through the corpse circle on the first layer, and then the second layer.
But at this moment, the blood-colored stone tablet sent another fluctuation, but this time, the fluctuation was not directed at Zhou Heng and Han Yulian, but at the corpses on the ground.
An even more bizarre scene appeared, those corpses actually crawled up one by one!
Martial arts people, cultivation is only to achieve the strongest, do not believe in ghosts and gods!
But the corpse that had already turned into a skeleton could stand up, which completely subverted the concept of Zhou Heng and the others!
Boom! Boom!
Green flames flashed in the eye holes of each skeleton, and a layer of red hair grew on its body, which was extremely evil.
"This—this is ...... Something!" Han Yulian's voice trembled, and whoever saw this scene couldn't stand on end.
Zhou Heng's hair also stood on end, and his corpse came back to life, which was really beyond his imagination!
"Uh...... Uh......" These corpses all let out a dry low roar, and the green fire in the hole in their eyes was even more terrifying.
Han Yulian was already terrified, this had nothing to do with cultivation, but this was far beyond the limit of what she could bear!
These corpses slowly moved around and surrounded Zhou Heng.
The second floor inside and the second floor outside surrounded him!
Zhou Heng let out a long roar, the long sword on his waist was unsheathed, Ling Tianjiu's sword intent swung out, and he swung his long sword continuously.
Ding Ding Ding!
The long sword slashed at the bones of the corpse, flashing a series of sparks, and several bones were instantly slashed off, turning into powder—even the bones of a Blood Refining Realm master could not compete with the power of the years, unless they reached the Spirit Gathering Realm.
Zhou Heng's sword was successful, and his confidence naturally increased greatly, but Ling Tianjiu's sword intent seemed to be ineffective against these skeletons, and he didn't see any sluggishness in their movements.
Also, if you are already dead, how can you be afraid?
Feiyun stepped out, Zhou Heng swept through the sky, connected the dots under his feet, stepped on the head of a skeleton, and instantly broke away from the encirclement of dead corpses, seeing that Han Yulian's heart was about to jump out.
These corpses moved very slowly, but Zhou Heng didn't dare to let them touch them at all, because he saw that these corpses all retained their long nails, and they were extremely black!
Obviously toxic!