Chapter 24: Conspiracy
As soon as Yang Kai and Linglong approached the depths of the dense forest, they were deeply shocked by the scene presented in front of them, thousands of ink-black scorpions covered this area, like pincers made of black iron tore many vines, vegetation, and even ancient trees one after another, and the scorpion tail emitted bursts of poisonous juice from time to time, corroding this area into an unsightly appearance, and the scene was extremely terrifying.
When Yang Kai and the others approached this area, there was a burst of nausea, their breathing gradually became short, and the poisonous mist infiltration body was extremely uncomfortable, suddenly, the Silence Ring on Yang Kai's chest flashed Dao Dao brilliance, spreading to the limbs and hundreds of remains, curbing the poisonous mist infiltration body at the first time.
But the Linglong Fairy was not so lucky, her face turned pale in an instant, her forehead was densely covered with a layer of black and gray between a few breaths, and it was still spreading to the entire delicate body, Yang Kai saw this, and grabbed the Linglong Fairy's Qianqian Su hand without hesitation, and the easing energy was quickly poured into her body, after more than ten breaths, the trace of black and gray poisonous gas was expelled from the body, and the delicate and beautiful face was radiant, and she looked at Yang Kai in astonishment and asked, "You are actually not afraid of the poison overflowing from the poisonous scorpion?"
Yang Kai tightly grasped her silky and delicate jade hand, and a different emotion suddenly spread to his heart, and he said slightly: "Be careful, now is not the time to speak." β
"Snort, snort, snortγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Dozens of scorpions more than a foot long glowed with a deep black light, and the power that came from nowhere suddenly shot towards Yang Kai and them, the black poisonous mist was like black rain drifting, the stench and corrosive smell became stronger and stronger, and the vegetation that came into contact with them around them was corroded one after another.
"Whew, whew!"
The purple sword light flickered, shining, the circle energy fluctuated, and the spiritual power surged, forming a purple light curtain that shrouded Yang Kai and Linglong's bodies, resisting the attacks of dozens of poisonous scorpions for the first time.
"How can there be so many poisonous scorpions, they should have been gathered not long ago!"
The two were stunned, the ancient trees, vegetation, and vines around them had obviously been corroded not long ago, all traces were left not long ago, and thick black bubbles appeared in some places, and thousands of poisonous scorpions were surging like black waves.
"It should have crawled out from a deeper depth, something big might have happened inside!" Yang Kai said as he looked around the area and carefully observed it for a while.
Linglong frowned slightly, although the purple light curtain blocked the attack of the poisonous scorpions, the patches of poisonous scorpions were still terrifying, and said, "Could it be that the fierce battle between the Furious Explosion and the Red Flame Flying Tiger has disturbed these scorpions?"
"I don't think so, if the fierce explosion and the ferocious battle of the Red Flame Flying Tiger disturb them, there must be other fierce birds and beasts that are disturbed, and what they see in front of them is only thousands of poisonous scorpions, not other fierce birds and beasts. Yang Kai habitually touched his chin and shook his head.
"How can we get over, so many poisonous scorpions are densely packed, like a torrent, blocking the road ahead. Linglong Liu Dai was frivolous, and a little sweat oozed from Qiong's nose.
"If you swing your sword to kill these poisonous scorpions, it is likely to alarm the more powerful demon beasts in the depths of the forest, we have more to gain than we lose, the only way now is to bypass here, slowly probe in, and if you find that the situation is not right, exit immediately!" Yang Kai weighed the pros and cons and suggested bypassing these poisonous scorpions.
Originally, it was possible for the Imperial Sword to easily shuttle in, but the poisonous mist emitted by the poisonous scorpion covered an extremely wide area, and besides, the Imperial Sword could not hold out the light curtain protective body, so Yang Kai suggested detouring.
Immediately, the two of them slowly withdrew from this area, and walked along the edge of the area for almost thirty miles before gradually approaching the area where the furious explosion was, but it was also far away, and the two carefully crossed the steep cliff, and then walked forward for three miles, the strange rocks were craggy, and the secret hemp lay sideways, and the strangest thing was that each strange stone was dark black, and there was no vegetation, birds and beasts around, and it was extremely desolate.
"It's so quiet here, but it feels dangerous!" said Linglong.
"I think that's where those poisonous scorpions came out, and these black stones faintly exude a corrosive aura that can only be found in the dense forest. Yang Kai was shocked, he didn't think that being quiet was a good thing, there was no reason, the poisonous scorpions would not leave their habitat, they must be threatened by a greater existence.
After some discussion, Yang Kai and Linglong decided to walk inside, this place is relatively open, if there is an accident, it will be too late for the sword to walk.
Just as Yang Kai and the others were about to cross over the last strange rock, the cooing sound suddenly sounded, similar to the whispering of frogs in the mortal world at night, but at this moment, the sudden cooing sound was deafening, and at the same time, a golden mist spread from a huge boulder hundreds of zhang away, and the disgusting aura was overwhelming.
"What's that?" Linglong exclaimed, a strange scene that shook her to life.
Hundreds of zhang away, the golden mist was overwhelming, constantly stirring, spreading towards the four fields, flowing into some chaotic stone crevices, and the poisonous scorpions that had time to escape in the future squeaked and groaned, and then saw many poisonous scorpions crawling out of some stone cracks, but just moving a few inches away turned into a black mist, dissipating in the air, mixed with the golden poisonous mist.
"A toad with a golden horn. Yang Kai said in surprise.
On the boulder covered with hundreds of golden poisons, there stands a golden toad, as if it was made of gold, and the head of the water tank is inlaid with a pair of basin-sized golden eyes, the eyes are terrifying, and the most eye-catching thing is the single horn covered with golden scales, the streamer is abnormal, brilliant, inlaid on the huge head, and the power of the king is surging.
"It is the golden-horned toad that has become a sperm, which absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon on weekdays, and recently spits out highly poisonous poison, which makes the poisonous scorpions living in the chaos of rocks migrate. Linglong's heart sank, and she looked at the golden behemoth that was as high as three zhang and could be seen hundreds of zhang away.
"If you can get that golden horn, you will definitely be able to exchange it for a few Tsukidans!" Yang happily pondered, touched his chin, and muttered.
"What? The idea of fighting the Golden Horned Toad!" Hearing this, Linglong looked at Yang Kai in astonishment and said, "This Golden Horned Toad has at least a sixth-level Qi refining cultivation, and it is full of poison, so the two of us are not opponents when we join forces. β
"Don't worry, just watch carefully for a while before you make a decision. Yang Kai's eyes flickered, his pitch-black eyes turned sharply, and he and Linglong quietly hid in the chaotic stones.
"By the way, Yang Kai, I have seen in the Dongtian Medicine Notebook that there will be an elixir called Hydrangea in the place where the Golden Horned Toad grows, which is the toad's venom juice nemesis, and it is also something carefully guarded by the Golden Horned Toad. Linglong Jade held her chin in her hand and remembered what she had seen in the drug notebook.
"Hydrangea?" Yang Kai thought for a moment and said, "Not only is the hydrangea an elixir, but the golden horn is also an elixir, together with the hydrangea, the Seven Star Grass, and the Mandala Flower, we can refine the superb Zhuji Dan, we have to find a way to get both things!"
After ten years of cultivation in the Silent Space, Yang Kai learned a lot of knowledge from the mysterious voice, he needed a large amount of Foundation Building Pill to refine the tenth layer of Qi to advance to the Foundation Building Period, if he refined a superb Foundation Building Pill, it would save a lot of thought, so Yang Kai was determined to get it.
Holding his breath, he quietly approached the direction where the Golden Horned Toad was, the poisonous mist became more and more dense, Yang Kai tightly grasped the delicate jade hand, and a trace of warm current poured into its body, the Ring of Silence had a wonderful effect of isolating qi, they slowly approached, although the Golden Horned Toad had a keen spiritual sense, but he didn't notice them either.
"Hydrangea!"
The two of them couldn't hold back their excitement, and at the same time exclaimed in a low voice, three feet from the golden horned toad, a seven-foot-tall medicinal plant became a standout in the chaotic stones, the whole body was purple and golden, the main trunk arm was thick, and there were nine flowers the size of a pu fan blooming on it, slowly overflowing with a trace of aura, and the golden poisonous mist that came into contact with it around it collapsed.
They didn't dare to rush forward to snatch it, the golden horned toad's eyes were shining with golden light, staring at the hydrangea that was about to ripen, and the blood basin took a big mouth to absorb the trace of aura overflowing from the hydrangea into its body, and then its abdomen rose and fell, and after a few breaths, it converted the aura of the hydrangea into its own energy.
"The hydrangea is not yet ripe, and the golden-horned toad is waiting for its time. Yang Kai whispered.
"How do you get to the hydrangea? This monster is not easy to deal with. Linglong muttered Sakura's lips and said with a laugh.
"When the Golden Horned Toad absorbs the aura overflowing from the hydrangea again, we'll do it like this!" Yang Kai whispered in Linglong's ear, detailing how to take the hydrangea and the golden horn.
Linglong kept nodding, her beautiful eyes flowing, and she said, "Just according to your words." β
Time passed bit by bit, the golden poisonous mist swirled, Yang Kai grabbed Linglong's hand and slowly sent a bubbling warm current towards the other party, depositing it in Linglong's body to prepare for their plot elixir.
With a slight breeze, nine flowers the size of a pu fan slowly overflowed with aura, dispelling the thick poisonous mist around them.
At the same time, the Golden Horned Toad's blood basin opened its mouth, and a stream of air spread out from it, wrapping the aura overflowing from the hydrangea and about to swallow it into its abdomen.
"Huh"
In the midst of the lightning and stone fire, Yang Kai's right hand flipped over, and then the purple light shimmered, the spiritual power surged, and the left hand pinched the sword body covering the palm-wide sword body, and then the poisonous mist that permeated the surroundings converged into a sharp sword, and slashed down towards the top of the head of the golden-horned toad that was immersed in absorbing the spiritual energy with the momentum of thunder and lightning.
Silently, golden blood flowed, the three-foot-long golden horn separated from the skull, and before the golden horned toad could react, a figure galloped and grabbed the golden horn in the air in his hand.
"Goo..."
The roar shook the heavens and the earth, the golden horned toad turned around, the coercion swept the heavens and the earth, two sharp golden lights seemed to pierce through the Xiao Han, the huge palms waved, the energy storm spread abruptly, and the surrounding rocks gathered, and the fierce attack was launched towards the fierce Yang.
A wicked smile appeared on the corner of Yang Kai's mouth, his upper body turned sharply, the purple sword was disillusioned, and he narrowly avoided the blow of the sixth layer of qi refining, and quickly galloped towards the strange stone with his sharp body sword.
"Goo..."
The golden-horned toad was furious, ignoring the gurgling blood still bubbling above his head, and his huge body chased after Yang Kai, and wherever he passed, the black stones shattered one after another, and the speed was extremely terrifying, and he was about to catch up with the enemy in a few breaths.
Just as Yang Kai was about to be caught up by the Golden Horned Toad, another purple light flickered behind him, and the seven-foot-tall hydrangea was grabbed in the hand by a smart and beautiful girl.
"Goo..."
The roar was like a tide, the sound was rolling, like thunder striking the air, and it ran directly towards the place where Linglong was, and at the same time, the overwhelming spiritual power roared out, even more domineering than the previous attack on Yang Kai's power, as if it was going to crush the weak woman into pulp.
Linglong possessed the peak cultivation of the fifth layer of qi refining, and the speed of the imperial sword was a few points faster than Yang Kai's, and before the attack of the tyrant was imminent, the purple sword flickered under his feet, suddenly cutting through the space, and standing beside Yang Kai in a circle.
"Get out of here, we'll be in trouble if we are chased by this beast!" Yang Kai looked very excited, and at the same time, his heart was extremely clear.
The purple sword was disillusioned, and galloped towards the deeper part of the forest around the golden poisonous mist, and the golden-horned toad behind it roared again and again, if it could speak, it might curse something.
"Boom, boom..." Yang Kai was behind them, and the golden-horned toad was in hot pursuit, and the ancient trees were broken and the vines were corroded in their pass.