Chapter 68 Stone Cat

In the dark tunnel.

Xu Nian held a rattle in one hand and a red lantern in the other, walking forward indifferently.

The spirits he met along the way, regardless of gender, age or young, rushed into the flames without hesitation after discovering the lantern in his hand.

The flames did not grow larger, nor did they burn more vigorously, but they became more and more pure, and the color was even a hint of black that could be seen with the naked eye.

What made him even happier was that his spiritual power recovered by nearly eight levels after the flames in the lantern devoured so many spirits.

Even vaguely, he felt that his spiritual power was a little more than before, and he began to have an indescribable sense of blockage.

He remembered the ability development plan that Dr. Tang Yin had made for him, and estimated that he should be about to touch the so-called spiritual lock, but he didn't know which lock he was about to feel now.

Before, Gurest had said that he had unlocked the second spiritual lock. If the other party did not lie to him, then this blockage was likely the third spiritual lock.

Thinking of this, he was even more distressed.

In fact, because he thought that Dr. Tang Yin was using him as a guinea pig, he never trusted him. Therefore, he did not ask or understand many questions in the ability development plan, which led to his only partial understanding of the spiritual lock. He was not even sure what level he was at.

He sighed faintly. After devouring more than a dozen spirits, his spiritual power was completely restored to perfection, and the uncomfortable feeling of blockage became clearer.

It was like wearing several tight woolen clothes in the hot summer. The uncomfortable feeling was really painful. I wanted to tear off all the restraints on my body and let myself be free again.

Xu Nian did not find that his face was particularly bad at the moment, but as he walked along, he finally came to a right-angle slope step.

On both sides of the steps, there was a dark green stone statue with a cat face, which was in harmony with the lily of the valley next to it.

Xu Nian looked at it carefully, especially at the lily of the valley growing alone next to the stone statue.

His expression was very strange.

He knew about lily of the valley, which is a plant of the genus Lily of the Valley in the Liliaceae family. It has a sweet smell, but the whole plant is poisonous. It often grows in patches in dark and humid places. The most memorable place is the cemetery, so this flower is also called cemetery lily of the valley.

But in this tunnel, there are not only lily of the valley, a shade-loving plant, but also growing alone next to the stone statue. The indescribable weirdness is simply chilling.

He even had a bad guess for no reason. Could this tunnel be a burial place or a place where corpses gather?

It’s actually hard to say. Whether it’s the spirits floating around or the lily of the valley growing alone next to the stone statue, they all show the weirdness here.

Especially these two stone statues, with cat faces, squatting, with eyes slightly closed, but giving you a terrifying feeling of staring at you.

Even if Xu Nian is as stable as he is, he can’t help but feel a little scared at this moment and wants to pass through here quickly.

However, just as he took the first step down the stairs, the eyes of the stone statues on both sides suddenly opened. Then, in his shock and anger, the two cat-faced stone statues suddenly seemed to come alive, making a creaking sound, stretching out their mossy stone claws, and quickly digging at his heart.

"Fuck!"

Xu Nian only had time to curse this word, and then he subconsciously rolled forward.

But the stone cats were so fast that they dug into his back.

There was only a sharp friction sound of metal and stone, with a few sparks. Xu Nian just felt his body numb for a moment, and then he distanced himself from the two stone cats.

"It seems that this Samurai Knight suit also has an effect on physical defense."

Xu Nian looked down at the silver armor on his body, and then looked at the stone cat in front of him, who was slowly standing up with two claws like a human, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Under his gaze, the two stone cats in front of him had two orange cat spirits in their bodies. Unlike the human spirits before, these two cat spirits were very sensitive. When he looked at them, they seemed to have noticed his gaze and looked at each other grimly.

"Okay, it turns out that the two cat spirits are playing tricks!"

After Xu Nian understood what was going on, he also relaxed. With a thought, the spiritual power in his body surged and turned into a black triangular shield and a black cross sword.

Looking at the style, it is very similar to the cross sword of the Samurai Knight Set, with the same slender sword body, but the hilt in his hand is a rattle and the sword body is black light.

It seems that they have noticed that Xu Nian is not easy to deal with. After standing up, the two stone cats split into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and jumped towards Xu Nian.

That's right!

Just jump up.

Just like two real cats, the high-jumping figure was not slowed down at all because of the stone statue. On the contrary, perhaps because of its heavy weight, when the stone cat swooped down from high, a strong pressure almost hit it in the face.

"Hmph!"

Xu Nian is not the same as before, especially with the Samurai Knight helmet on his head and the spiritual power gathered in his eyes, he can clearly see that the speed of the stone cat has slowed down.

No!

It's not that the stone cat has slowed down, but that his eyes have become more capable of capturing dynamics.

Almost at the moment when the claws of the two stone cats pounced on his neck and heart one after another, he suddenly leaned back and dodged the claws of the first stone cat just in time, then stepped on the ground with one foot, and his body rushed to the right like a spring, dodging the claws of the second stone cat.

At the same time, the black long sword in his hand, with two semicircular sword arcs, accurately cut through the necks of the two cat spirits.

The two cat spirits froze, and all of them disappeared like smoke.

The eyes of the stone statue that jumped high also dimmed instantly, and it fell to the ground as if it had lost gravity, rolling down the steps until it hit the wall with a rumbling sound and stopped completely.

"Huh"

Xu Nian stood up slowly, looked at the two motionless stone cats, exhaled deeply, and a confident smile appeared on his face.

Perhaps even he himself did not realize that from entering the corrupt swamp to now, his entire temperament has undergone very subtle changes.

If he used to be a boy with a childish look, a deep expression, and cautious actions, then now he is a calm, cool, and confident man.

That kind of confidence does not come from a man's physical condition, but a kind of confidence in strength.

"Gert, if this trap is really set by you, then you have to watch carefully and see how I leave here alive step by step."

Xu Nian took a deep breath, took out the cross sword and knight shield from his pocket, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.