Chapter 104 Shura Blocks the Road

He landed smoothly on the broken stone steps.

The soft ground covered with moss surprised Yu Ke a little.

Compared with the pitch-black darkness of the upper floor, there is a plant shaped like a lantern growing here.

The rhizome is dark green and about one meter high. The flowers or fruits on the top are as big as a fist, releasing the faint blue fluorescence seen in the gap before, which can barely illuminate the scene within a range of three to five meters around.

They are distributed in various areas of the underground space, which also allows Yu Ke to understand where he is.

The overall area of ​​the space here is almost the same as that of the upper floor. The central area is firmly occupied by the giant tree. The lush tree canopy is attached to the ceiling, and it looks like the giant tree supports the entire upper space.

The giant magic circle engraved on the ceiling has now stopped running. After all, the foundry and the sacrificial site have been abandoned for a hundred years.

The grassland where Yu Ke is is only a small part of the outer earth wall.

There was a deep underground pool between him and the giant tree. It looked like it was formed by the accumulation of groundwater. It surrounded the giant tree in a ring-shaped belt, and faint blue fluorescence could be seen projected from the water.

Looking at the fluorescent green light group on the edge of the lake island where the giant tree was located, Yu Ke raised his eyebrows. He thought that the excited forest spirit had already approached the giant tree. His intuition told him that this giant tree was very likely to have an extraordinary connection with the forest spirit.

This was not an unfounded conjecture, but a conclusion drawn through the analysis of existing information.

The giant tree was connected to the magic circle, and it was probably to continuously draw the majestic natural energy here to cast the instrument to suppress the disaster. This process required the approval of the forest spirit, and only then was the temple built for worship.

However, the fluorescent green light group that hosted the forest spirit's will was just wandering at the junction of the island and the deep pool, with no intention of landing on the island.

Yu Ke guessed that the forest spirit must have encountered some difficulties, and stepped forward decisively into the pool. The wave characteristics allowed him to walk on the water.

The two previous experiences with the statue and the skeleton made Yu Ke stay highly alert.

Holding a bow and arrow, he carefully observed the surrounding environment, alert for the danger that might appear nearby at any time.

The Shadow Moon Leopard did not follow him this time. It seemed that it was not willing to get wet, just like it had only jumped between branches in the Mirror Lake before, and never thought of swimming in the water.

It was also because of this action of looking back that Yu Ke glimpsed the scene in the pool from the corner of his eye, causing him to half-squint his eyes.

Originally, I thought the pool was deep and I couldn't see the situation below, but I didn't expect that the lantern grass growing on the shore was also in the pool, and because the water was so clear, the fluorescence could actually illuminate the bottom of the pool.

Water grass, gravel. Ferocious and terrifying animal skeletons!

Looking down at the deep pool under his feet, Yu Ke saw pale skeletons in the range of the lantern grass light, and the skeletons were not small, basically all aquatic beasts.

The problem is that the area of ​​this deep pool is so small, and there are no swimming fish.

Where did so many aquatic beasts come from, and why did they gather here?

It wasn't until he saw a human corpse and the broken knife in his hand stabbed into the neck of the beast next to him that Yu Ke realized that a great battle had taken place here.

No need to think, it must be the group of tomb robbers. In order to completely occupy this place, they slaughtered all the creatures in the deep pool. They did it so thoroughly that it was clear that the origin of this group of people was probably not just as simple as tomb robbers.

Of course, it has been almost two hundred years. Even if they are cruel, they have been reincarnated two or three times.

Quickly coming to the side of the forest spirit, Yu Ke's eyes wandered between it and the island in the middle of the lake where the giant tree was located. He was a little puzzled why it didn't go to the island, but just circled around the periphery.

"Is there danger hidden on the island?"

This is the only explanation Yu Ke can think of, but the giant tree is only more than ten meters away, and there is only ordinary grass around it. The fluorescence cast by the lantern grass is no different from what he saw on the way here, and no abnormal reaction was detected through directional perception.

However, considering the special nature of the forest spirit, Yu Ke still chose to believe it.

After a brief thought, he stepped lightly on the water with his right foot, and immediately a stream of water rose up. He slapped it with his hand, and froze the splashing water into ice chips with the frost and sprinkled it on the grass of the lake island in front.

What happened next was beyond Yu Ke's expectations. The ice chips splashed forward in a fan shape, but not even a half of them fell on the grass. They all disappeared suddenly after entering the range of the lake island, just like entering a different dimension, without any trace!

Another stream of water was summoned. This time, Yu Ke did not slap it away, but controlled it to explore forward and enter the range of the lake island.

The result was the same as before. The water flow disappeared immediately after entering the area of ​​the lake island, leaving only the back half flowing outside.

Illusion?

This was the first time Yu Ke encountered an illusion that could deceive people. For a moment, he really didn't know how to break this "eye-catching trick".

How about a few explosive arrows to try?

As long as the distance is controlled, the giant tree should not be so easy to be destroyed. Plowing the island in the middle of the lake may destroy the illusion.

Since becoming a special consultant, consumables such as special arrows are no longer a problem for Yu Ke. As long as he asks for a reasonable number, the Forestry Bureau can basically guarantee that they will be delivered to the patrol camp within two days.

However, just as Yu Ke raised his hand to reach for the quiver, the fluorescent green light ball beside him suddenly turned into a stream of light and flowed into the mark on his right arm.

The sudden change made Yu Ke a little at a loss, and a strange idea suddenly emerged in his mind,

"Go forward, I'm on the island, seal, find me, help me"

Staring at the mark on his right arm, Yu Ke frowned.

Although the inexplicable thoughts in his mind were somewhat intermittent and incoherent, he clearly knew that this was the forest spirit communicating with him by entering the mark, hoping to get help.

At this point, Yu Ke also knew that now was not the time to retreat.

The forest spirit communicated in this way, which was enough to prove that the things on the lake island were extremely important to it.

Taking a deep breath, Yu Ke carried the longbow on his back, took the Leviathan Axe in his hand, and stepped onto the lake island.

In an instant, the whole person seemed to have crossed a barrier.

Yu Ke looked out, and there were no giant trees or the island in the middle of the lake in his sight. Only the thick gray fog covered him and enveloped him, trying to block his perception.

"Quick, go forward."

The forest spirit seemed to sense that something was approaching and urged Yu Ke to move forward.

Picking up the battle axe, since he had chosen to land on the island, Yu Ke did not intend to be timid and strode forward.

The area of ​​the island in the middle of the lake was so large, with the forest spirit leading the way, even if the vision was obscured by the thick fog, Yu Ke was confident that he could quickly reach the place he wanted to reach.

However, before Yu Ke walked far, several black shadows appeared in the gray fog in front of him.

When they got closer, Yu Ke, who saw their appearance clearly, felt a chill on his back, and a strong sense of fear hit his mind.

These shadows looked like hell Asuras, leaping in front of Yu Ke, all with black faces and fangs, staring at Yu Ke with a pair of scarlet blood pupils, wearing a golden hoop on their heads, holding a vajra in their left hands, and a three-pronged fork in their right hands, looking angry, as if they were going to judge Yu Ke's crimes and make him fall into hell and never be reborn!

At the same time, the sound of chanting came from all directions.

Yu Ke couldn't hear the specific content clearly, only a few repeated mantras were caught by Yu Ke's ears,

"Holy Lotus Buddha Mother, Minghuang Pure Court."

"Suffering through tribulations, transcending the ordinary and ascending!"