Chapter 166 All Is Smooth Sailing

Compared to the other people in the six-man team, Yuan Ming was actually in a relatively safe environment.

He kept moving forward in the poisonous fog, and with the help of the raven, he could always see through the crisis and make predictions in advance.

However, in this vast poisonous fog, there were so many poisonous snakes, insects, rats and ants that it seemed like they could never be killed.

After Yuan Ming finally killed all the poisonous bees that attacked him, he heard a dense rustling sound in the thick fog.

The soul crows circled in the thick fog and did not see anything coming.

Yuan Ming was surprised when he suddenly felt that the black toad in the spirit beast bag was a little restless.

Without any hesitation, he immediately patted the spirit beast bag and took it out.

Yuan Ming held the black toad in his hand, and only then did he feel that the reason why the black toad was restless was not because it sensed any danger, but because of some uncontrollable excitement.

"What does this mean?"

Before Yuan Ming could think clearly, the black toad had already jumped from his palm with both feet and landed on the ground in front of him.

As the black toad landed, Yuan Ming's sight also moved down.

At this time, he was surprised to find that a "white spot" suddenly appeared on the originally dark ground within a three-foot radius around the place where the black toad landed.

This white spot was centered on the black toad and looked very abrupt.

Yuan Ming observed carefully for a while and found that the edge of the white spot was blurred and seemed to be constantly changing slightly.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted and his brows frowned.

He originally thought that the ground was black moss, but it was actually a layer of black moths that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

The wings of these moths were almost flat on the ground, and they could not be seen at all if they were just slightly flapped. The rustling sound came from this.

When Yuan Ming was about to speak out to remind other members of the team, he heard the shouting of the iron tower giant Mangtun not far away: "What is this? There are so many... uh, it's itchy, itchy..."

In a place he couldn't see, a large number of black moths under Mangtun's feet suddenly flapped their wings and flew up from the ground.

Countless black moths pounced on him like a black whirlwind, and before he could react, they densely wrapped him up.

A large amount of black phosphorus powder was sprinkled on the black moths, which fell on the burly body of the wild pig, which was as strong as an iron tower, and soon corroded the cloth robe that wrapped his whole body.

In just a few breaths, the clothes on the wild pig became tattered, and a large area of ​​blue-black tattoos appeared on the exposed skin.

A large number of black moths drilled into the holes in the clothes.

In panic, the wild pig quickly reached out and slapped them.

But as he moved, more and more black moths stuck to his body, and he felt that his skin began to heat up, and an unbearable itching came from all over his body. At the same time, he felt that the mana in his body was slowly draining out.

As these black moths stuck more and more, the speed of mana draining was gradually increasing.

"Hah!"

The Mangtun suddenly let out a roar, and the tattoos on his body lit up. As a layer of dark red light emerged, the color of his skin quickly darkened, and the leather armor pattern like that of a crocodile appeared on the surface.

At the same time, his figure became a little taller, and the originally black round pupils in his eyes shrank and narrowed, turning into slender dark gold vertical pupils.

After being covered with animal skins, the strange itch on the Mangtun's body faded, his breath increased a lot, and the loss of mana also stopped.

He raised his hand and took out a yellow paper talisman, threw it forward, and the talisman suddenly turned into a yellow light and fell to the ground in front of him in a flash.

The next moment, the yellow paper talisman "whoosh" ignited a blazing flame, spreading like a carpet, burning a large number of black moths to death.

On the other side, the other few people were also using their own methods to kill the black moths.

Only Yuan Ming did not make a move from beginning to end.

Because after releasing the black toad, it was like a mouse thrown into a rice jar. As its long tongue stretched out, rolled up, and retracted, a large number of black moths were swallowed into its mouth.

The poisonous insects that others avoided at all costs became the delicacy that the black toad longed for.

When these black moths saw the black toad, they were like encountering a natural nemesis. They had no time to dodge, let alone actively attack Yuan Ming.

So he walked very smoothly and soon left the others far behind.

After leaving the area full of black moths, the forest in front began to change. It was no longer a huge tree that was hundreds of feet tall, but a group of short trees with black vines intertwined.

The black toad jumped to the border of the short trees, but did not go in directly, but stopped vigilantly.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming immediately controlled the soul crow that was free to fly into the black forest first and explore.

Following the soul crow's vision, he saw the twisted black vines intertwined with each other, and there was almost no road that could be passed smoothly.

Under the black vines, fog filled the air, and water vapor rose from the ground, which seemed to be dotted with puddles.

The Soul Crow landed on a black vine, its dark eyes carefully staring down, trying to see the situation inside as clearly as possible.

The moment it turned its head, a black poisonous snake as thick as an arm suddenly poked its head out from the vine not far away, revealing terrifying fangs in its wide open bloody mouth, and bit down on the Soul Crow.

Fortunately, Yuan Ming reacted very quickly, controlling the Soul Crow to flap its wings and dodge, and flew high into the sky.

Yuan Ming was startled by the sudden attack. When he followed the sight of the soul crow and looked carefully again, a terrifying scene appeared in the woods below.

On the large black vines, black poisonous snakes hung down, with their bloody mouths wide open, swaying like willow branches, but without the slightest sense of gentle breeze and drizzle, but rather extremely terrifying.

"How can I get through this ghost place?" Yuan Ming couldn't help but feel a dilemma.

He was not afraid that he could not beat these poisonous snakes, but these black things were no different in color from those vines. If they were entangled with the vines and did not move, he could not tell them apart at all.

Besides, there were puddles under his feet, and there was no guarantee that there would be something fishy inside.

While he was hesitating, the black toad suddenly jumped onto his instep, and the vines extending from the bulge on its back wrapped around his calf and pulled hard.

"You mean, let me go with you?" Yuan Ming asked in confusion.

The black toad loosened Yuan Ming's trouser legs and jumped into the black forest ahead.

Yuan Ming looked back at the direction he came from, and after a little hesitation, he followed.

As soon as he stepped into the black forest, Yuan Ming felt a soft and moist touch under his feet, just like stepping on the grass growing on the beach, with a slight sinking feeling.

With a "plop" sound, the black toad in front jumped and dived into the nearest puddle.

A series of bubbles "gurgled" in the puddle, but there was no trace of the black toad for a long time.

Yuan Ming waited for a long time, and saw that the already deep puddle suddenly turned up ink-like black water, and a group of poisonous creatures like eels turned upside down and emerged from it.

"Well done!" Yuan Ming praised in a low voice.

At this time, a puddle a little further away from this puddle also "gurgled" black water, and a large number of poisonous eels also turned upside down.

After that, the figure of the black toad also emerged from the water, waving the vines on its back, as if waving to Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming immediately understood that the black toad wanted him to follow him.

He only needed to follow the edge of the puddle that the black toad had cleaned, and he could ignore the possible dangers on the ground, and only needed to concentrate on dealing with the black snakes on the trees.

With this in mind, Yuan Ming held the Cold Star Long Sword in one hand and pointed at his forehead with the other hand.

Two more black soul crows flew out from his forehead and circled above his head with the previous one.

The three soul crows helped him look at the left, right and back respectively, while Yuan Ming himself kept an eye on the front, so there was no blind spot in his vision, and he didn't have to worry about the sneak attack of the black snakes at all.

Yuan Ming continued to walk towards the depths of the black forest, and this arrangement was surprisingly useful.

Now, no matter from which angle those black snakes attacked him, he could immediately find them and easily kill them with a casual swing of the sword.

When passing through some places where the ground water was overflowing and almost like a swamp, Yuan Ming inserted the Cold Star Sword into the ground and released the extremely cold air under the impetus of magic power, and the ground water would freeze instantly.

With the cooperation of the Soul Crow and the Black Toad, this black vine forest, which was originally full of dangers, completely became a smooth road for Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming passed through it easily without paying any price except for consuming some spiritual power and magic power.

Other teams were not so lucky. They lost many people in the same forest alone.

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After Yuan Ming walked out of this black vine forest, he was not in a hurry to continue his journey. Instead, he took back the two Soul Crows, leaving only one and the Black Toad on guard outside.

He himself sat cross-legged, holding a spiritual stone in each hand, and began to regulate his breath to recover.

However, not long after, bursts of strange noises suddenly came from the forest, and the sound was huge.

Yuan Ming quickly got up and controlled the Soul Crow to fly towards the source of the sound.

But before the Soul Crow could find out anything, there were already urgent footsteps on the other side, rushing towards him.

Yuan Ming held the Cold Star Sword in his hand, tense and alert.

A slender figure rushed out of the thick fog, and it was Bai Rong.

Behind her, a huge, vague black shadow could be seen, chasing after her in a strange way.

Bai Rong's face was covered with black gauze, and her expression could not be seen clearly, but from her messy hair, she could also be seen in her embarrassment.

Yuan Ming immediately ran to the side, hid behind an ancient tree, and looked over here.

A golden python with a thickness of a bowl and a length of seven or eight feet rushed out of the fog behind Bai Rong, and its long body twisted at a very fast speed.

Its body was covered with brilliant stripes, and its huge python head stood tall, its bloody mouth wide open, two pairs of snow-white fangs confronted each other, and a scarlet tongue swallowed and spit out.

"Golden Flower Poison Python." Yuan Ming recognized the newcomer at a glance.