Chapter 208: Exploration of the Forest and Unusual Items (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
lie intentionally or unintentionally looked at the hole behind Fan Xiaopeng’s anti-poison suit, as if to say, “You even broke the anti-poison suit when facing ordinary Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, yet you still dare to say such boastful words?”
Fan Xiaopeng’s expression changed slightly. He quickly secretly increased the output of his force on the hole in the anti-poison suit behind him and blocked it tightly.
Lin Yan took a deep breath and felt the hot blood energy in his chest. He said softly, “Let’s go!”
He leaped out of the cave first.
The sky of the same yellow jade rock layer, the unbelievably vast underground plain, and the huge mirror-like lake and the high and dense mysterious green-blue forest made Liu Lanqing, Bai Ling, and the others tremble and turn pale in shock.
However, they were all smart. They immediately followed Lin Yan’s footsteps and were even faster than him, instantly descending to the bottom of the cliff.
Lin Yan asked everyone to wait for a while again. After a while, he heaved a sigh of relief. “We’re probably safe. With the greenish-blue forest in front of us blocking the way, I believe the giant Corpse Buddha Cockroach won’t discover us for the time being.”
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Then, their eyes widened as they sized up their surroundings curiously and shockingly.
Bai Ling looked at the forest in the distance and said, “This tree seems to be a kind of fruit tree, but this is too tall. Moreover, I’ve never heard of greenish-blue bark and leaves.”
“Fruit tree?” Fan Xiaopeng’s eyes lit up. “Will there be fruits?”
“It’s possible. Furthermore, it seems to be such a strange place. Perhaps this tree’s fruit is an Unusual Item!”
Everyone was excited. With such a huge commotion from the prefecture capital, weren’t they risking their lives for Unusual Items?
At the thought that there might be Unusual Items in the greenish-blue forest, everyone was instantly filled with motivation.
Liu Lanqing waved her hand. “Let’s go!”
The ground was bare rock. Soon, everyone stepped on the rock and approached the vast forest surrounding the lake.
As they got closer, everyone realized that these trees were very strange. Their surface was rather smooth, and they were not as rough as ordinary tree bark. At the same time, there seemed to be a faint green-blue fluorescence flickering on their branches and leaves. Previously, the explorers were too far away and could not see clearly.
When they walked into the dense forest, the ground beneath their feet was not as wet as the fallen leaves and soil of ordinary forests. It was still bare black rocks, as if these trees’ leaves did not fall.
The crown above covered the sky, but there was a sparkling halo flickering. It was like a dream paradise, incomparably beautiful.
However, when they thought of the vicious Corpse Buddha Cockroaches hidden in this dense forest, this beautiful scene became a mirage that hid danger, concealing some killing intent.
Suddenly, Fan Xiaopeng pointed above a tree trunk. “Look, there’s really fruit!”
Everyone looked up and saw a purple-black hammer-shaped fruit the size of a watermelon hanging high on a greenish-blue tree. It was extremely eye-catching.
Fan Xiaopeng was extremely fast. He circulated the Force Feature of Wind Dance and climbed up the tree trunk with a whoosh.
“Wait!”
Because she was worried about disturbing the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, Liu Lanqing only shouted in a low voice. However, due to the anti-poison suit, it was too light. As a result, Fan Xiaopeng had already climbed to the side of the hammer-shaped fruit.
Everyone was on guard, but there was no movement in the surroundings. Not to mention Corpse Buddha Cockroach, there was not even the sound of ordinary insects, snakes, and rats. In this harsh poisonous fog environment, there were naturally no small animals that could survive.
While Liu Lanqing heaved a sigh of relief, she glared fiercely at Fan Xiaopeng through her anti-poison suit.
Fan Xiaopeng clearly couldn’t see Liu Lanqing’s eyes, but he could feel the malice from Liu Lanqing. His entire body trembled, and he didn’t dare to move. Bai Ling patted Liu Lanqing’s shoulder. “Let him pick it!”
She gestured to Fan Xiaopeng. Fan Xiaopeng received the order and reached out to grab the green-blue hammer-shaped fruit.
Suddenly, something strange happened!
The hammer-shaped fruit actually moved without any wind. It suddenly swayed and collided with Fan Xiaopeng!
Fan Xiaopeng was shocked, but his reaction was extremely fast. In a moment of desperation, he hooked his feet onto the branch and exerted strength in his waist. He suddenly pulled his body 45 degrees to the side and dodged the hammer-shaped fruit!
As for the hammer-shaped fruit, it was originally connected to the greenish-blue tree. Now, the branch above suddenly broke, and the entire fruit suddenly floated in the air and fell to the ground.
At a height of more than 30 meters, the fruit smashed down. It should have shattered into pieces.
However, this fruit was extremely strange. When it smashed down, it seemed to have turned into a ball of soft mud. With a crisp bang, it directly smashed into a large purple-black area and collapsed on the ground.
Just as everyone thought that this strange fruit had been smashed, suddenly, the purple-black mud bounced up from the ground and transformed into a ball of mud that looked like a cloak in midair. It suddenly pounced at Lin Yan, who was standing beside everyone!
Danger!
Lin Yan had an extremely dangerous intuition. Fortunately, he had been paying attention to this strange fruit just now and had been standing beside Liu Lanqing. Therefore, he took a step and stood behind Liu Lanqing!
“Issuer Liu, I’m counting on you!”
Liu Lanqing:”…”
She reached out with one hand and pressed it on the purple-black mud.
However, this palm did not strike out the purple-black mud. Instead, it allowed the purple-black mud to wrap around her arm like a ball of paste.
This ball of mud finally stuck to its prey. It was extremely excited and swung it, sticking the entire mud body to Liu Lanqing’s arm!
“Issuer Liu!”
However, Liu Lanqing raised her hand and gestured for everyone to stop moving.
Countless small mouths suddenly opened on the surface of the purple-black color, emitting a silent roar. Its entire body turned from purple-black to a terrifying blood-red color, like a ball of flowing blood that kept spreading up Liu Lanqing’s arm.
“Sucking, biting, and secreting a corrosive liquid that keeps spreading to my body. It looks like it wants to wrap my entire body…”
Liu Lanqing’s voice was terrifyingly calm. In the end, she snorted coldly. Then, a scorching flame erupted from outside her arm and directly set this ball of blood-red mud on fire!
The blood-red mud was clearly in pain. It suddenly bounced off Liu Lanqing’s arm and fell to the stone ground, constantly deforming. The bloody holes on its body kept opening and closing at an extremely fast frequency. It was clearly in an extremely painful state.
However, not long after, its movements became smaller. It gradually shrank and closed into its original hammer form. Its color returned to purple-black and it began to turn into charcoal.
“Eh?”
Liu Lanqing’s eyes lit up. She strode forward and pressed her hand on the hammer-shaped fruit. As she extinguished the flames, she reached out and pulled the hammer-shaped fruit away.
In the center of the hammer-shaped fruit, a fist-sized, completely round purple-black bead fell out. It was half transparent and emitted a faint halo.
Everyone’s breathing quickened.. The desire that subconsciously rose from the bottom of their hearts made everyone immediately tell that this purple-black bead was an Unusual Item!