Chapter 246: Giant Eyes on the Island in the Lake
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Although there might still be Unusual Items, Lin Yan was more focused on finding a way out.
Lin Yan swam back to where he had just landed. Indeed, he found a jade pillar nearby.
If he was not wrong, this jade pillar was the one that had vibrated in the poisonous lake above.
He followed this jade pillar and floated up. The existence that had called him over must be above.
The water pressure around him became lighter and lighter, and the depth became shallower. However, before he could surface, a tight and sturdy stone wall blocked above Lin Yan’s head.
The stone wall was uneven and smooth, unlike ordinary rocks. It was pitch-black with a trace of fine patterns, and the jade pillar was deeply embedded in it.
“Is there a stone wall on the top of this jade pillar?”
This made him frown a little. If it was a stone wall, did he have to dig open the stone wall and enter to take a look?
However, that voice attracted him here. It couldn’t be playing with him on purpose, right?
Let’s go to the side and take a look first…”
Lin Yan pressed against the stone wall above his head and swam to the side.
Holding the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame like a torch, Lin Yan quickly swam under the oppressive mountain wall.
Using the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame, Lin Yan took a few glances at the stone wall above.
He realized that this did not seem to be a stone wall. Although its texture was hard, it was definitely not the rough feeling of a rock. Instead, it was a little like a carved cobblestone or black jade, making it impossible to tell.
The Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame was bright, but it could only illuminate a small section. As Lin Yan walked forward, the flames swayed and extended forward.
Suddenly, just as the fire expanded, a huge blood-red eye suddenly opened on the stone wall above him. It was bloodshot as it stared fixedly at Lin Yan.
In the dark and deep underground water, a pupil suddenly opened on the sealed stone wall.
This strange and terrifying sudden change made Lin Yan’s hair stand on end. His heart was about to jump out of his chest. The surrounding lake water seemed to have suddenly condensed into ice, freezing him on the spot.
Those eyes were terrifyingly huge. They were the size of a door board and could fit four or five Lin Yans.
There were no whites in the eyes. The area that belonged to the whites of the eyes was filled with a turbid yellow colloid that was filled with blood vessels that were as red as lightning.
The pupil in the middle was vertical like a snake’s. It was turbid and dim, as if it was about to jump out of the stone wall and swallow Lin Yan.
It stared intently at Lin Yan and emitted an ancient and terrifying baneful aura, inexplicably ferocious.
What kind of eye was this!
Could it be that the person who called him over was the owner of this eye?!
Lin Yan’s entire body stiffened. If he hadn’t forcefully restrained himself, he would have activated the Azure Dragon Riding Wind and Thunder and quickly retreated.
Just as Lin Yan was about to speak, he saw the pupil slowly turn in another direction.
After a while, he turned back.
“It’s like an… unconscious rotation…”
After observing for a while, Lin Yan relaxed slightly. This huge and terrifying pupil seemed to be moving left and right unconsciously. Occasionally, it would close before opening again.
It didn’t suddenly look at him.
Of course, if he wanted to know if it was dead or alive, he would probably have to attack it. However, this kind of behavior was too suicidal, so Lin Yan didn’t plan on doing so.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yan gritted his teeth and continued swimming forward.
What was the eye?
Was it a special creature? Or some terrifying existence?
Lin Yan didn’t know, but if he wanted to find a way out of this underground world, he could only continue forward.
Soon, another jade pillar was deeply embedded in the stone wall above.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yan saw a similar eye near this jade pillar again.
However, this eye was a dead thing that was completely motionless. It was gray and stiff, and only the dark red blood threads in it seemed to be trembling.
It swam for more than a hundred meters.
Suddenly, Lin Yan felt the light above his head relax. The light of the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame was not blocked by the stone wall this time. Instead, it penetrated and extended upwards.
Lin Yan stopped and slowly floated up along the buoyancy.
“Phew…”
The surroundings of his head suddenly cleared, and a heavy air mixed with a strange stench entered Lin Yan’s nose.
He was out of the water!
With the help of the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame, Lin Yan quickly saw that the mountain wall he thought was actually a small island standing in a dark and silent lake.
However, if such a huge island was completely made of stone, its weight would definitely be unimaginable.
However, there were only a few jade pillars supporting the island?
It was unknown how it remained stable in the water.
Lin Yan raised the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame and was not in a hurry to get on the island. Instead, he swam along the island.
The shape of the island was rather strange. It was not as rugged as ordinary rock walls. Instead, it was smooth and round, vaguely like a pattern.
However, Lin Yan was too close to the island. With his limited perspective, he couldn’t tell what the island looked like.
He then aimed the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame upwards.
According to the true direction, this place should correspond to the deeper underground world. However, the gravity here reversed, so it changed from below to above.
Lin Yan wanted to see what was deeper.
However, the brightness of the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame was limited. The light was quickly swallowed. It was gray above and nothing could be seen.
With a thought, Lin Yan flipped his palm and transformed the Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame into the Radiant Fire!
This Radiant Fire could shoot out along the burning air. Its range was extremely far, so it was a good opportunity to test how high this place was.
As Lin Yan injected his strength, a bright and hot line of fire shot out from his fingertips, opening a bright hole in the silent underground world.
The flames continued to rise. After traveling for about a hundred or two hundred meters, they suddenly dissipated.
Following the exploding flames, Lin Yan saw a ring-shaped caved-in stone wall before disappearing into the dim flames.
“In other words, this place is probably an underground cavity. A hundred to two hundred meters above the water is a rock wall. It’s somewhat similar to the underground plain where the poisonous lake is…
“But…”
Not only did Lin Yan see the top wall just now, but he also used the rising flames to scan his surroundings. It shocked him and made him feel incredulous.
In order to see more clearly, Lin Yan increased the strength he released this time. Several Radiant Fires shot out in all directions along the palm of his hand. Furthermore, he increased the output time. When the Radiant Fire hit the top wall and dispersed, it lasted even longer.
With this flickering weak firelight, Lin Yan clearly saw a beautiful and strange geographical wonder for the first time.
This water region was a lake that was comparable to the poisonous lake below. However, its visual perception was completely different from the poisonous lake.
Because… the ground here was curved upwards!
When looking at the end of an ordinary lake or sea, because the ground was bent, the shoreline of the water would be hidden below the horizon and could not be seen.
However, this place was completely different. Not only was the shoreline of the lake visible, but the entire lake seemed to be pulled up by an invisible iron chain, forming a concave shape!
The entire ground was like a ball shell, but this time, Lin Yan was not on the outer layer of the ball shell, but in the inner circle.
The surrounding lake water seemed to have formed a high tsunami, as if it would pour down from both sides in the next moment.
However, in fact, the waters were safely rooted to the ground without any ripples.
“Because of the reverse of gravity, the inner layer of the spherical shell has become the ground…”
Even Lin Yan, who had come from the modern world in his previous life, had never seen such a wonder.
The flames scattered by the Radiant Fire slowly dimmed. In the entire dark underground world, only the small Spirit-Snatching Demonic Flame in Lin Yan’s hand was left, emitting light.
Lin Yan turned around and looked at the island behind him. The jade pillar that had made abnormal movements previously had pierced straight into this island.
Recalling the two strange pupils just now, as well as the strange outline of this island that vaguely made people uneasy but could not be imagined,
Lin Yan took a deep breath and shook his force slightly. He jumped up from the water and landed on the huge island.
At this point, if he did not find an answer, wouldn’t he have wasted so much effort?
It was obvious that this island was not a rock island. Its entire body was made of a pitch-black material that was neither gold nor jade. There were no plants or other things growing on the island. It was bare, and the only risings were limited to one to two meters tall. It was very flat, and the texture of the ground was extremely strange.
After taking a few steps forward, Lin Yan suddenly slowed down. He looked up in surprise and observed the jade pillar in front of him.
The jade pillar was still a jade pillar, but it was covered in dust. Moreover, it protruded from the island’s surface and extended up to about ten meters high, like a jade tree.
At the top of the jade pillar, it was unknown if it was naturally growing or if it was artificially sculptured, but there was a huge twelve-petal white jade lotus flower. Its surface was filled with solemn and majestic patterns, as if the jade pillar was the root of the lotus flower, blooming high into the sky.
On it, there were four jade-like branches that seemed to extend from the core of the lotus flower and extend towards the lake. It was unknown what they were connected to.
However, the lotus didn’t give him any strong attraction. It was clearly not an Unusual Item. Furthermore, its entire body was cold and still, so it might not be a living creature.
Of course, this was not enough to surprise Lin Yan.
What surprised him and even frightened him was that under every petal of this white jade lotus flower hung a huge blood-colored stone coffin!
Each coffin was four to five meters long. It was ancient and solemn. Its surface was covered in fine patterns, but they were all covered by dust. They were wrapped and sealed by ancient bronze chains that were mottled with rust. Then, they hung above the petals of the White Jade Fire Lotus.
At first glance, it looked like a mourning stick with twelve chains that was about to spin in the next moment.
“This blood-colored stone coffin… I’ve seen it before!”
Lin Yan recalled that in the underground stone room, he had seen a wooden monk carrying a blood-colored stone coffin.. The blood-colored stone coffin was exactly the same as what he was seeing now!