Chapter 0848 Crab Mountain
The huge basalt broke through the water in the dark deep sea, and a beam of light more than ten feet long shot out from the top of the tortoise shell, as if a spear pierced into a thick pile of fat. This was a weird scene, but there was an even weirder scene waiting ahead.
Mu Xingqiu returned to the black jade statue and did not wake up any of his companions, because the interceptor in front did not look particularly powerful.
It was a group of crabs, or more precisely, a pile of crabs. Each one was slightly larger than a fist, and they looked very ordinary, but there were so many of them that it was frightening. There were probably millions of them, piled up into a mountain, and there were more crabs below, climbing up tirelessly.
The road was blocked, and Mie Shi slowly floated up, intending to go around it, but the beam of light always blocked the front of the crab mountain, and it ended when it was about to approach the sea surface. The storm on the sea continued, and Mie Shi had only two choices, either to break through the crab mountain or to fight the stormy waves.
Mu Xingqiu made a decision for it. Mieshi dived again. The beam of light from the black jade statue became fan-shaped, and the diameter of the aperture at the end reached dozens of feet. The light shone, and the crabs were pushed away one after another. The crab mountain revealed a deep cave, and Mieshi went in.
Mu Xingqiu had cast a spell and carefully checked it. There were only extremely weak spells in the entire crab mountain, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
Mieshi was not afraid either, and continued to move forward quickly. Sometimes the spell did not open the way in time, and it would retract its slender neck and small head into the shell and directly push the crab in front away.
Countless crabs, endless, the sound of crab claws opening and closing gathered together, like bursts of heavy rain.
Mu Xingqiu was on full alert. After about a quarter of an hour, he noticed the changes in the spells in the crab mountain: it turned out that the purpose of the crab mountain was not to intercept, but to guide. The cave had been quietly changing direction. It looked like a straight line, but it was actually going in circles, and would eventually lead Mieshi to a wrong path.
This is also a kind of illusion, but it seems too crude for Mu Xingqiu. The illusion he performed in Zhibubang is a hundred times more complicated than this.
The violent storm on the sea is probably also to make the intruder lose his way.
Mu Xingqiu wants to go to Xingshan to find out.
He cast an illusion and easily defeated the lost spell in Crab Mountain, and the cave returned to straightness.
The hand holding the statue tightened slightly, and Yang Qingyin woke up from the state of imagination. He looked at the strange scene around him, said nothing, and entered the state of imagination again.
The bald man and the flea were only curious for a while at the beginning, and now they were thinking hard. The bald man muttered something in his mouth, and the flea tilted his head, blinking his red and yellow eyes.
The Crab Mountain is endless, and the sound of crab claws is endless. Looking around, there are densely packed small things. Ordinary people may collapse after staying in such a place for a while, but Mu Xingqiu is unmoved. He knows that the direction of the world-destroying is right. Xingshan is in front, getting closer and closer.
The animal trainers woke up one after another, and their reactions varied. Baldy would fly over to comfort them, saying, "Don't worry, Brother Xiaoqiu is leading the way."
So the animal trainers returned to the state of visualization and continued to practice.
Only Xiaohao didn't want to visualize anymore after waking up. He first raised his head to count crabs, but soon gave up. He walked back and forth on the turtle's back, approached Feixiao and stared at it for a long time. He thought the monkey-like head was very interesting, and then he went to observe Ouyang Shao's black dragon with a silly smile. It had shrunk to a few feet long, and it circled Ouyang Shao, practicing with eyes closed. Xiaohao was very interested in its horns, which looked like two bulging bags without forks, but proved that it had the bloodline of a real dragon.
Xiaohao observed every animal, but no one paid attention to her. Finally, she walked to Yang Qingyin, sat cross-legged, and whispered to the black jade statue: "Can these crabs be eaten?"
"Are you hungry?" Mu Xingqiu's illusion has been upgraded to the sixth level to deal with the increasingly powerful spells in the crab mountain. The opponent is already at the end of his strength, and the signs are obvious. Mu Xingqiu has a sure win.
"Hungry? I never eat to fill my stomach, but for... for cultivation. The eyes, ears, and nose must be cultivated, and the tongue is of course no exception. The five tastes..."
"Can't eat." Mu Xingqiu said that the surrounding restrictions are very complete and not worth destroying for a few crabs.
"Alas, you are like other Taoists. You have practiced in vain." Xiaohao felt sorry, but did not force it. He played with Youliao alone for a while, and suddenly turned his head and said: "I'm so glad you're back."
"Huh?" Mu Xingqiu has been back to Yang Qingyin and others for several months. He couldn't help but feel puzzled when he heard Xiaohao's words.
"Once you come back, everyone will know what to do and do their own job. I don't have to bother imitating Zuo Liuying. He's great, but I prefer to be myself." Xiaohao smiled brightly. From the moment she saw Mu Xingqiu's real and imaginary body, she ended the three-year imitation game.
Mu Xingqiu was silent for a while, then said: "What if everything I told you was wrong? What if I don't have a perfect plan at all, my tricks are not mature, or even have no effect at all?"
"Well... you bear it when the sky falls, and we just complain, 'What's wrong with Mu Xingqiu? We trust him so much, what should we do? Give him another chance'. Haha, this is a trap you set for yourself, and you can't escape it." Xiaohao spoke bluntly, and said what was in her heart.
Mu Xingqiu also laughed a few times. The reason why there are few people who stand up and many people who follow the crowd is that most people are afraid of taking responsibility after failure. He is also afraid, but he can't just stand by and watch. Whenever no one is willing to stand up and call for action, or even step back, he will be exposed, because he is the only one who stays where he is. Even if he only has a rough plan in his mind, he dares to bring it out.
"Give me a chance, and I will take on the responsibility once." Mu Xingqiu wanted to talk to Xiaohao about her true and illusory body, hesitated for a moment and gave up. Now is not the best time.
The lost spell in the crab mountain made a last effort. The crab's claws snapped faster and faster, from the comfortable sound of raindrops to a harsh noise. The animal masters woke up, but did not take action. The ban was mainly created by Mu Xingqiu, and the spells of others might damage the ban.
There was an obvious turn in front of the cave, and the beam of light shone on the cave wall. The crabs fell one after another, connected with their front claws, forming a copper wall and iron wall, refusing to give way.
Mu Xingqiu raised his illusion to the seventh level, which was the limit he could reach in the black jade statue. He used rich spellcasting skills to make up for the decline in strength. Nine points of illusion and one point of reality, a very thin lightning bolt drilled into the gap between the crabs, and quickly moved forward with the illusion of Wuxu, looking for the owner of the Crab Mountain.
Mieshi moved very fast, and Mu Xingqiu's spell was even faster. Mieshi had just swam to the bend and was about to turn along the cave, when Mu Xingqiu's lightning struck the hiding spellcaster.
A light blow would not cause much damage, but it destroyed the opponent's spellcasting state. The Crab Mountain collapsed, and a large number of crabs swam away or sank to the bottom of the sea. Light appeared in front, and Mieshi rose to the sea surface and jumped out soon.
The sea was calm, and the surroundings were bright, but there was no sun in the sky.
"Where is Xingshan? It should be at this location, right?" Yang Qingyin asked doubtfully. The ocean in front of her was endless, and there was no trace of an island until the horizon.
"Those crabs are Xingshan." Mu Xingqiu was the first to react. "After the Taoist retreat, Xingshan sank. Perhaps it has always been under the sea and was brought to the surface by the Taoists."
"What is this place? These lights, such a large sea area..." Yang Qingyin can accept wonderful spells, but the scene in front of her still surprised her.
"This needs to be explained by the master."
Yang Qingyin looked around, and finally looked down to see the figure of the "master": a crab climbed onto the turtle's back and stopped ten steps away. It could break through the restrictions, so it was naturally not an ordinary sea creature.
The animal trainers surrounded them, and only Yin Buchen hid behind Lao Zhuang and winked at Fei Xiao.
"Can you speak? Do you have other forms?" Yang Qingyin asked.
The crab shook its front claws, and a wisp of green smoke came out of its body. When it grew to a few feet tall, it revealed its human form.
"You... are Jiao Wang Yuan Qijing?" Yang Qingyin was shocked. Yuan Qijing once fought for Feixiao in Zhaoshan, but after the defeat, he retreated and did not participate in the subsequent battles. Unexpectedly, he appeared in the extreme northern seas, and his form changed from real to virtual, which was even more surprising.
Yin Buchen immediately stuck his head out from behind Lao Zhuang and was also shocked, "He is not Jiao Wang. Yuan Qijing, are you, are you dead?"
Living monsters have demonic aura, but Yuan Qijing has no demonic aura at all.
"Death? This is another way to live." Yuan Qijing spoke, his voice was as deep as before, "What are you doing here?"
"We came to find Xingshan, what's wrong with you?" Yang Qingyin asked.
Yuan Qijing glanced around, "Who cast the spell to break through the Crab Mountain?"
Yang Qingyin raised the black jade statue in her hand, "Here."
Yuan Qijing was stunned, "Okay, we can't stop you, we admit defeat, please tell us the purpose of this trip, King Ling, we will try our best to help you achieve it, and then send you away."
Mu Xingqiu in the statue said: "I came to visit the ruins of the Demon Cave."
Yuan Qijing frowned slightly, "The Demon Cave has been taken away by the Taoist Xingshan, and everyone knows it."
"The magic weapon of the Demon Cave has been taken away, but the ruins are still there, and some magic power remains. If I am not mistaken, you used this magic power to create the illusion, right?"
Yuan Qijing The expression on Qijing's face was not only confusion, but more of surprise, "Sir... who are you?"
"My name is Mu Xingqiu, I once lived in Tuoyong's body, we met in Zhaoshan."
Yuan Qijing stood still, Yin Buchen stared at him, and silently said with his mouth: "I am the Jiao King."
Another crab climbed onto the turtle's back, and said in an old voice while walking: "Mu Xingqiu? Mu Xingqiu from Pangshan?"
"That's right."
"No wonder I can't stop your illusion. Welcome, this is the land of ghosts, the last refuge in the world, you came just in time, it will be completely closed, we can hide from the demons here safely."