Chapter 112: Strange Beasts
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Xuanhuo Altar.
Although it is a wooden door, it still feels heavy to enter, and under the strength of the ghost, the heavy and thick door on the Xuanhuo altar makes a muffled sound of "squeak", and slowly pushes it open.
Inside the door, a faint red light shone out, and the air around him seemed to rise a little more, and it was extremely hot.
Ghost Li frowned, his forehead was already slightly sweating, and he unexpectedly remembered what he had heard on the side just now, that old man named Shangguan had been guarding this hot place for nearly a hundred years, and he really didn't know how he lived.
In the Xuanhuo Altar, it doesn't look bright, except for a glimmer of red light shining from nowhere, it seems to be more dark, and it doesn't match the heat around it. Ghost Li stood in the doorway, muttered for a moment, and finally walked in with his feet raised.
With another "squeak", the wooden door closed gently.
Oni Li inhaled deeply, calmed his mind, and began to look around. As I guessed when I saw this altar outside, it was really a huge hall inside, up to five zhang of space, the whole hall was circular, and the walls were the same as those seen outside, all of which were made of red rock, without any carving and decoration, unpretentious, but in the background of this huge space, there was an indescribable magnificent majesty, which made people feel that only this kind of plainness was the real supreme state of architecture.
Soon, Ghost Li discovered that the red light emanating from the entire hall came from the center of the hall. The closer you get to the center of the main hall, the brighter it becomes, and from a distance, under the red light, it seems that a blazing flame is burning in the hall.
The ghost stared at the "flame", and the red light shone softly, reflecting in his eyes, and also shining on the little ash lying on his shoulder.
In the eyes of a man and a monkey, at the same time, as if they were dyed red by something, there was a faint red flame burning.
Little Ash's tail wagged slightly, and he seemed to be a little uneasy, and let out a low cry.
The ghost took a sharp step, towards the "flame" in the center of the main hall, and slowly walked towards the depths of the red light.
As we got closer to the "flame", the air around it became hotter and hotter, and at this moment, it was almost like being next to the lava underground. In the ghost's mind, somehow, he suddenly remembered a past event that had been forgotten for a long time - under the fire dragon cave, the magma lake that was even hotter than now, and the pair of fox demons who committed suicide by throwing themselves into the lake......
The thought flashed through him, and he suddenly stopped less than a foot from the center of the main hall. Ash turned his head to look at his master.
I saw that Ghost Li frowned, his eyes had been withdrawn from the flame, and he looked at the ground.
On the flat floor made of red stones, a pattern appeared impressively.
At the feet of the ghost, a finger-thick notch appeared on the stone, extending to both sides, but it looked crooked and uneven. And a foot in front of Ghost Li's body, the same finger-thick nick was drawn on the hard red stone, forming a one-foot-sized pattern.
That's a god!
A god that the ghost had never seen or heard of before.
The vigorous nicks slowly extend on the ground, and the corners can be seen everywhere Traces of the Tempered by the Years, showing the long years of these patterns, revealing a hint of desolation.
The top of the god's head was hairless, but it had horns that were slightly curved like sheep's horns, and its face and eyebrows were similar to those of a human, except that under those eerie and hollow eyes, sharp fangs were clearly distinguished. The carver even carved a few tiny holes next to the fangs, like blood dripping, adding a bit of ferocity and hideousness.
And the body of this god is very different from that of a man, with four arms on his torso as strong as a tiger and leopard, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and the other two hands, one of which grasps a painful and twisted human body, which seems to be screaming to the sky, and the other hand gently holds up an object, which is dripping with blood, and it is actually the heart of a man.
The original clumsy and desolate nick arrived here, and suddenly became angry and unrestrained, and the strength, the hatred in the deep heart, seemed to burst out all at once. Ghost Li felt that madness so truly and incredibly, soaring in this moment.
The gentle nick instantly intensified, flying down from the torso, merging into the flesh of the vicious deity, turning into a raging flame. The red light shone brightly, and the corner of the god's mouth seemed to have a sinister smile, as if it was about to break out of the ground and be resurrected!
Ghost inhaled deeply, deeply, almost subconsciously, and in his mind he became one with the man who built the altar. I can't imagine that there is such a great master in the world, and there is such a genius!
A picture seems to have taken away all the creation of the world!
The nick was still stretching on the ground, and the ghost involuntarily walked to the side, gradually discovering the second idol, the third idol, and finally, after circling around the red flame in the center, he found a total of eight images of the gods carved on the ground. None of them are the same, but the ghost is almost certain that all carved on the ground are fierce gods.
In these images, man becomes a sacrifice to these gods, like food. The entire hall was slaughtered at this moment, and it seemed that with the discovery of these images, something fierce in the dark roared low.
And on the periphery of these fierce god images, there is a notch that envelops them all, but it is not a complete circle, sometimes bent inward, sometimes churning outward, and the ghost cannot understand it for a while.
At this moment, he returned to the first fierce god pattern, and after taking a deep look at this fierce god, he raised his head, and the burning "flame" appeared in front of him again.
Suddenly, there was a "buzz" in his mind, and something seemed to be surging, a longing, a blood-devouring longing, so familiarly surging into his heart. Almost at the same time, the images of the fierce gods around him suddenly seemed to come to life, and they flickered vaguely in front of his eyes.
The Soul Eater hidden in his hand gradually began to light up through the sleeves of his robe.
Ghost's breathing slowly became a little heavy, and suddenly, he shook his head heavily, forced himself to calm down, and then slowly walked towards the flame in the center.
It's just that he forgot to look at the monkey Xiao Gray lying on his shoulder.
In that pair of monkey eyes, at this time, the golden light appeared again, but behind the gold, there was more red light, with the same crazy blood-devouring color as the ghost's eyes, gradually brightening and dazzling, filling its eyes.
The distance was not very far, and Ghost Li quickly approached the red light source in the center of the main hall.
At this moment, he had already discovered that the stone carvings of the eight gods he had just seen were all around this light source, and the heads of the gods were all facing here. At this time, the temperature around him was already extremely hot, and if ordinary people were here, they were afraid that they would not even be able to breathe.
The ghost forced himself to suppress the blood-devouring impulse in his heart to rush upwards in waves, and looked at the light source through the red light.
A stone well-like thing, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, appeared in the center of the main hall. Three feet high, no more than two feet in diameter, and like the stones on the ground, they were made of that kind of crimson rock.
But on the flat surface of the well, there is a crystal clear white transparent strange stone, which seems to be a circle, but if you look closely, you will find that there are countless facets on it, ranging in size, and the brilliant light flows to cover it.
And the red light that kept shooting out from the well, after passing through this crystal-like strange stone, the light was refracted layer by layer, and it seemed that there was a trace of blood flowing in it. And these rays of light condensed into a red ball of light in the space three feet above the strange stone, which was the flame that seemed to burn from a distance just now, and the light source in the entire hall was also coming from here.
Looking at this mysterious and magical spectacle, Ghost Li slowly approached the well, approached the transparent brilliant strange stone, and looked down.
The familiar scene was imprinted in his eyes. The blazing lava roared underneath like the tide of an angry ocean, rising and falling, splashing lava against the hard rock wall.
This altar of Xuanhuo was actually built on top of a volcanic crater that seemed to be about to erupt.
Ghost Li felt irritability in his heart, and he involuntarily clenched his fists, and even his breathing became heavy. Since approaching these fierce stone carvings on the ground, it seems that these unheard and unseen images have triggered a deep violence in my heart, or these gods are simply murderous evil gods. The blood-devouring killing intent in his heart was growing stronger and stronger, but the strange thing was that his mind was able to stay awake, as if he was almost in a state of madness.
It's just that although others are sober, the pain caused by the torture of this strong violent aura in their bodies is even more severe. If someone is standing nearby, they can see that in the eyes of the ghost at this moment, the red glow is flourishing, almost like a demon.
Just when the ghost was trying to support himself, the little ash on his shoulder suddenly squeaked twice, and he jumped down and fell straight to the strange stone.
Ghost Li was taken aback, there was a faint blood-colored red light circulating in this strange stone, even if he had practiced the Demon Sect Heavenly Book for many years, he also felt that the evil power in it was extraordinary, and he hurriedly reached out to intercept it, and said urgently: "Little Ash, be careful!"
But after all, Xiao Ash jumped down suddenly, and the ghost reacted a little late, and this grasp was empty. I saw Xiao Ash's body stretched in mid-air, only the red light flashed like a ghost in his eyes. said that it was too late, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Ash had already fallen on the strange stone, making a soft "bang" sound.
In an instant, the red light refracted from the volcanic well through the layers of strange stones was blocked by Xiao Ash, and almost at the same time, the red light in mid-air condensed into a red light cluster like a flame, because it lost its light source, and suddenly disappeared.
Suddenly, the whole world seemed to fall silent.
In the blink of an eye, the entire altar hall completely lost its light, and darkness covered all places.
Ghost Li held his breath and looked at Ash in a daze.
It was lying on top of the strange stone, and it seemed that nothing had happened for the time being. The red light refracted from the well was blocked by it at the moment, reflected on its belly, and it was delicate.
The red glow flowed like blood, flickering slightly on its body. Ash slowly began to make sounds in her body, like the screeching sound of bones and joints tapping.
Kaka, Kaka......
Ghost Li took a step forward, staring at Xiao Ash, and there was a faint bad premonition in his heart.
Ash turned her head slowly, and her eyes had completely turned red, so dazzling in the dark!
In the next moment, the mutation has already taken place!
In the main hall, in the depths shrouded in darkness, there was a sudden desolate roar, and it came from a mighty voice. The fierce stone carvings on the ground around them lit up one after the other, glowing red at the same time.
When the eighth fierce god stone carving also lit up, the desolate roar that echoed in the main hall had turned into a terrible one, filling the entire space. I don't know when it started, but the wind began to rotate on top of this tight hall.
Ghost Li picked up Xiao Ash and held it beside him. Almost at the same time, there was a loud bang, and all the stone carvings shone brightly, and in an instant, the red light seemed to become a tangible thing, rising from the stone carvings of those fierce gods, while maintaining the original appearance of the stone carvings, turning into a plane formed by red light condensed and rising into the air.
One after another, the fierce gods turned into red light and condensed in the air, and the ghost finally saw the bent stone carving around the stone carving of the fierce god at this moment.
It was a huge flame totem that enveloped all the fierce gods, and with the increasingly fierce wind, this strange circle of light slowly rose, and after a moment it was already above the head of the ghost, stopping above him and Xiao Ash.
Ghost Li looked up, and cold sweat broke out in his palms unconsciously.
All the fierce-looking fierce gods seemed to have been resurrected at this moment, looking up to the sky and laughing in the huge flame-like blood-red circle of light. At this moment, the darkness in the hall had long been banished, and all places were illuminated by this dazzling circle of light.
The red circle of light began to rotate slowly, and the speed gradually increased, and even the wind speed in the main hall became more and more rapid. Ghost Li was in the center of this storm, his clothes hunting, and his face was gradually pale.
It's just that he still hasn't moved.
The strange atmosphere in the air became heavier and heavier, and the rapid and sharp wind seemed to be mixed with a mysterious and fierce grin, just like the legendary evil ghosts of the Nine Shadows came to the world.
The red circle of light finally rose to the dome, and it turned faster and faster under the unpretentious stone slabs, and the red light rained down like a rain of blood in hell.
"Boom!"
After a rapid spin to the point of almost dizzying, suddenly, the red circle of light came to an abrupt halt, and it stopped abruptly without warning. The next moment, above this blood-red flame, the huge stone slab seemed to be summoned to move away, and retreated in all directions with the flame totem as the center.
In the blood-red light, two fiery eyes lit up.
"Roaring ......"
A low roar came from the red light above, and in an instant the entire hall seemed to tremble, and all the gods shouted together at this moment!
The huge body carried an incredible heat, and the whole body was like a burning flame, and a giant beast swooped down from above.
The pupils in the eyes of the ghost instantly contracted, and with the force under his feet, the soul devouring blue light was flourishing, and the whole person floated backwards, dodging this downward momentum like angry thunder.
The beast, surrounded by the raging flames, roared angrily and slowly turned its head to stare at the ghost.
Somehow, Ghost Li suddenly felt dry in his mouth.
Like those strange stone carvings of the fierce gods, he had never seen such a flame beast in front of him, and he had never seen such a flame beast recorded in the books. The huge body was several feet tall, with thick legs and sharp claws at the end, leaving deep scratches on the hard red rock with the slightest movement on the ground.
Above its massive skull, there was a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, and there were no eyes visible in a pair of large eyes, but two flames that were burning. Moreover, above the surface of the beast's huge body, there was blazing fire everywhere, as if the flames were part of its body. Before it could get closer, the distance was already unbearable by the scorching heat.
And the huge flame totem condensed by the red light in mid-air actually fell down at this moment as if it was also controlled by some inexplicable force, standing upright behind this alien beast, slowly spinning. All the evil gods above it seemed to be just as fierce as this flame beast, staring fiercely at the man and monkey that disturbed the gods.
Xiao Ash was held in his arms by the ghost, but his eyes were staring at the strange beast, and the red glow in his eyes was not weak but strong.
"Roar!"
The flame beast roared again and pounced again. Ghost Li didn't escape this time, in fact, this strange beast was too large, and the originally spacious hall was stopped by it, and there was not much room left.
I saw that the Soul Eater floated in front of the ghost as if it was being manipulated by an invisible hand. Ghost Li's face was gloomy, and he put Xiao Ash on his shoulder, and then his hands slashed in the air behind the Soul Eater Stick, and a gossip pattern suddenly appeared on the Blood Devouring Bead in front of the Soul Eater, which instantly enlarged and headed towards the flame beast.
A moment later, the beast collided in mid-air with the gossip talisman that had been sacrificed by the ghost.
At this moment, if someone in Qingyunmen is here, they will definitely applaud loudly, this is the authentic Qingyunmen immortal secret method "Taiji Xuanqing Dao".
The Taoist true method, the power is naturally extraordinary, and the flame beast seems to be incomparably powerful, but it was blocked alive, and its huge body also fell to the ground.
But almost at the same time, a powerful force rebounded, and the ghost shook his whole body. The power of this flame beast was several times more powerful than that of ordinary cultivation masters.
Although the flame beast was stopped, it saw that its giant raised violently, and the flames in its eyes were blazing, and it was clear that it did not suffer any damage, but seemed to be even more angry, and pounced on it with a loud roar. The huge flame totem behind it also slowly spun and followed.
Ghost Li frowned, and was about to make a move, when suddenly his shoulders were light, and the monkey Xiao Ash actually jumped up, left his body, and rushed straight towards the flame beast.
Ghost Li's surprise was not trivial, and he lost his voice and said: "Little gray, don't ......"
The flame beast was startled when it suddenly saw something rushing towards it, and let out a low roar, and its body that had just jumped up paused for a moment, trying to see this thing clearly.
I saw that under the red light, a pair of monkey eyes that were already completely bright red monkey Xiao Gray jumped in the air.
As its body, which was almost insignificant compared to the Flame Beast, leapt to the top, it suddenly stopped in the air.
It was as if time had completely stood still in an instant, and while the monkey was stagnant in mid-air, the hall that had just been filled with the huge roar of the flame beast was suddenly silent.
Carden!
A crisp voice slowly spread out. Among the countless red rays of light, a golden light rose up.
Xiao Ash's whole body stretched, his eyes were closed, and his whole body slowly emitted a faint golden light, looking like a god and Buddha. Between its eyebrows, on its forehead, the dark mark suddenly began to squirm, and after a moment, Xiao Gray suddenly raised his head, clasped his hands, and roared to the sky.
The ghost who was standing behind and was about to pounce suddenly stopped, staring at the little gray who was transforming in mid-air in a daze.
The dark mark between the eyebrows squirmed more and more intensely, and suddenly, Xiao Ash screamed again, accompanied by a sound that seemed to tear, a cry in the dark, the dark mark cracked, and a brilliant golden light shone out from it.
The third eye!
Three-eyed monkey!
The legendary peerless beast of the spirit of all things is in this flaming hall, and it suddenly transforms out!