Chapter 24 Chapter 24 “This movement doesn’t resemble a flower at all…
Biqing looked around. All she saw were lotus flowers and lotus leaves. "Where are the stones..."
Xuan Yi's shoulders slumped slightly as he cast a barrier around himself and Biqing. He said to the tribesmen following behind him, "Keep going. Watch your step."
The arm around his neck tightened slightly, Xuan Yi lifted Biqing onto his back, and stepped forward.
Biqing stared at the water vigilantly.
On the calm and clear lake surface, apart from lotus leaves and lotus flowers in full bloom, there are only ripples that spread out with the footsteps of people.
Biqing stared at the lake for a long moment, then excitedly patted Xuanyi's shoulder, "Xuanyi! Put me down!"
Xuan Yi didn't stop walking. "If it's unimportant, it won't be too late to bring it up after we leave."
Seeing Xuan Yi ignoring her, Bi Qing kicked her legs twice in protest. "It's already strange that the ripples haven't dissipated for so long, and now they're gathering right under our feet. Don't you find it strange?!"
Xuan Yi slowly exhaled and gently put Bi Qing down. "It seems the owner of this place doesn't want to let us go easily."
Xuan Yi spoke towards the depths of the lotus pond, "I am Xuan Yi, leader of the wolf demon clan. It is truly unavoidable that I have bothered you by passing by. Please forgive me."
The lotus pond was silent.
There was a slight shaking under my feet, and the ripples surrounding the lotus leaves gradually became more violent, and finally turned into layers of water waves shining with golden light.
The lotus leaves swayed violently with the waves, and several wolf demons carrying wolf cubs lost their balance and fell backwards.
The little wolf cubs screamed in fear, and several of them reacted quickly, using their magical powers to help themselves stand up straight to avoid falling into the water and causing more trouble.
Xuan Yi turned his head, his peripheral vision sweeping over the crowd, landing on Mo Jue at the end of the team.
Xuan Yi breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his clansmen and his brother were all fine.
The lotus leaves under his feet were shaking more and more violently. Xuan Yi was still able to stand steadily, but Bi Qing beside him had to rely on her demonic power to barely find her center of gravity on the swaying lotus leaves to prevent herself from falling and rolling into the lake.
A whirlpool appeared in the lake not far away, which affected the roots that were crisscrossed like a web in the water and disturbed the silt accumulated at the bottom of the lake.
The black silt buried deep under the lake water surged up from the bottom to the surface of the lake, spreading outward from the center.
The clear lake water suddenly became turbid.
A suffocating stench of decay hit Biqing in the face. She barely managed to stand still, pinching her nose and asking, "What did I encounter?! A lotus demon?!"
"It shouldn't be the lotus demon!"
Meng Chi flapped his wings and flew to Bi Qing's side: "I think you are in big trouble!"
Xuan Yi supported Biqing's arm to steady her. "The lotus demon always likes quietness. We must have disturbed her and made her unhappy."
"This noise doesn't sound like something a flower could make! If it really were a flower, how much fertilizer would it have consumed?"
Biqing clutched Xuanyi's arm and said unsteadily, "Meng Chi, a weak butterfly, was able to trick me away, and she used dishonorable means!"
Meng Chi retorted: "That's my way of protecting myself! How come it becomes so unbearable in your mouth!"
Xuan Yi glared at Meng Chi.
A faint roar could be heard from under his feet. Xuan Yi's pupils shrank and he shouted, "Get off the lotus leaf!"
The wolf demons no longer saved their demonic energy and hung in the air.
The moment Xuan Yi pulled Bi Qing into the air, a crocodile with its bloody mouth opened wide broke through the lotus leaves and flew past Bi Qing's shoes.
Because the crocodile missed the target, its teeth collided with each other, making a loud "click" sound.
The other lotus leaves were all broken by the crocodile, leaving a big hole.
The river water, already stained black by silt, overflowed from the hole. The lotus leaves that had been used as a resting place for Xuan Yi and the others were like leaky wooden boats, which were swallowed up by the lake water bit by bit and disappeared.
Xuan Yi placed Biqing on a lotus flower nearby. The other wolf demons also found a place to stay and drew their weapons to prepare for battle.
It is quiet here, but the lotus leaves are not as dense as when I came in.
Xuan Yi flew to the center of the lake, looking down at the crocodile, only its two eyes visible, and said kindly, "We are just passing through here and have no intention of occupying it."
I think they used the same method to kill other monsters who intended to occupy this place.
But relying solely on these crocodiles, the lotus flowers here would not have survived to this day.
Xuan Yi thought for a moment and was shocked: "Oh no!"
The lotus flowers in full bloom seemed to have seen the right moment and closed into buds without any warning, trapping everyone who had settled inside.
"ah!"
"Your Majesty!"
"elder brother!"
"Ajue! Biqing!"
Xuan Yi's eyes turned bloodshot when he heard Biqing and the wolf demons' short screams, and he was filled with murderous intent.
Xuan Yi's hand gripping the hilt was throbbing with veins, and blue demonic energy overflowed from his palm and wrapped around the blade.
With a sweep of the sword, the pink and white lotus petals fell onto the black lake surface like confetti, and were particularly conspicuous.
Xuan Yi stared at the pink and white in front of him, his face darkening.
The petals were much thicker than he had expected. There was no trace of Biqing and her tribesmen beneath the chopped petals, only layers of pink and white.
The petals that were shattered by his demonic power returned to their original state in the blink of an eye.
"hehe."
The crocodile demon laughed like a ghost: "You can't save them, just wait to collect their bodies."
Xuan Yi, filled with rage, flew down and slashed at the crocodile monster, "You're courting death."
The crocodile demon blinked, dived into the turbid lake water, and disappeared.
The other crocodile monsters slid into the water along the edge of the lotus leaves below them like loaches, leaving Xuan Yi alone there.
Xuan Yi, who swung his sword in the air, had no intention of chasing the crocodile monster that dived into the water. He turned around and went to look for a way to break the lotus.
Just as he turned his back, a huge shadow fell on his head, and black mud and turbid lake water fell from the sky.
Xuan Yi quickly opened the barrier to isolate the dirty lake water and the pungent smell.
Even though he reacted extremely quickly, the fishy smell mixed with the rotten smell rushed into his nasal cavity, choking him so much that his nose was in unbearable pain and he temporarily lost his sense of smell.
The turbid lake water receded, and before Xuan Yi's eyes and feet were the abyssal maws of the crocodile monsters.
Several crocodiles clung tightly to the barrier, using their body weight to suppress Xuan Yi and prevent him from escaping in mid-air.
Xuan Yi raised his eyes, and the off-white patterns on the crocodile monster's abdomen were clearly exposed before his eyes.
Xuan Yi sneered and raised his knife to stab the crocodile monster's weak point.
The sudden vibration from outside the barrier changed the direction of the blade.
Seeing that they couldn't shake Xuan Yi at all, the crocodile monsters that were biting the barrier with their mouths opened dived into the water and shook their tails, using the force of the water to swing their tails towards the barrier.
The tip of the knife dragged across the barrier, sending sparks flying.
The tip of the knife seemed to be about to cut through the barrier, so Xuan Yi had to restrain his strength.
Countless crocodiles swarmed in, using their own weight to press the barrier into the lake.
At this moment, the solid barrier became a cage that imprisoned Xuan Yi.
"Xuan Yi!"
Meng Chi, who was hiding nearby, saw that Xuan Yi was in critical condition, so he flapped his wings and flew into the air, chanting incantations.
The black powder fell onto the surface of the lake and sank to the bottom.
Meng Chi wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at the bubbling lake surface. "Xuan Yi, ah Xuan Yi! I can only help you so far, you must stay alive..."
His gaze fell on the tightly closed lotus. He flew in front of the lotus and stroked the petals with clear lines and a slightly fleshy texture. "Why is the power of repair so amazing?"
——
The crocodile pushed Xuan Yi into the lake along with the barrier.
Even though he had excellent eyesight and could see at night, facing the lotus leaves and roots that were so close and obstructing his view, he cursed in a low voice: "What an eyesore."
The rustling sound of breaking water lingered around him, and Xuan Yi rubbed his slightly aching nose.
A pair of golden eyes suddenly appeared behind him. Xuan Yi smiled, not fearing at all: "You've miscalculated."
"The struggle before death, I like it."
The crocodile demon chuckled and said, "I've never eaten wolf demon meat before. Judging from your muscular appearance, your meat should be very firm."
"You should eat walnuts instead of meat."
Xuan Yi said calmly, "Feed your brain more and dream less."
"You're still stubborn even when you're about to die."
The crocodile demon shook itself and bit the intertwined rhizomes. The other crocodiles followed his lead and wrapped the lotus rhizomes around the barrier.
The turbidity in front of him was gradually covered by the emerald green. Xuan Yi's eyebrows moved slightly, thinking about how to escape.
The barrier gradually faded, and Xuan Yi saw golden light flowing through the emerald green roots, and his heart sank suddenly.
The last bit of turbidity disappeared before his eyes, and the barrier was completely wrapped and dissolved by the roots. Xuan Yi quickly closed his eyes and breath, and drew his sword to cut off the obstacles in front of him.
The freezing lake water rushed forward, and Xuan Yi, who had temporarily lost his vision, had his ears clogged with mud and sand, making it impossible for him to clearly determine the crocodile's location.
The wrists, abdomen, and ankles were all tightened, bound by the lotus leaf roots.
Xuan Yi's brows were furrowed in a frown, his demonic power completely suppressed.
He held the sword tightly in his palm.
When the crocodile monsters saw Xuan Yi being subdued, they pounced on him with their mouths wide open.
——
Before Biqing recovered from the shock of the crocodile's attack, she was trapped in the lotus and could not see her hand in front of her face.
Everything happened so suddenly that she couldn't even see what popped out from under her feet.
Biqing staggered to her feet, touching the cold and thick petals, trying to find a ray of life from the overlapping gaps.
There was a tremor outside the lotus flower that was like the collapse of heaven and earth.
Biqing fell back onto the lotus pod.
Biqing ignored the pain and called out urgently, "Xuan Yi! Is that you?"
What responded to her was the echo that reverberated among the lotus petals that were as thick as a city wall.
The golden light suddenly lit up, illuminating the lotus as bright as day.
Biqing raised her hands to shield her eyes to avoid being hurt by the inexplicable light.
When the golden light faded and the vibrations became stable, Biqing tried to move her arm away from her eyes.
The golden light gathered above her head, and Biqing looked around in the light.
Apart from the closed petals, there is the lotus pod under your feet and the huge lotus seeds inside the pod.
The demonic power gathered in the palm of his hand, Biqing narrowed his eyes, and threw a blue light towards the top of his head.
The demonic power disappeared without a trace the moment it touched the golden light.
"Can it suppress Xuan Yi's demonic power?"
Biqing frowned: "What on earth is emitting this golden light?"
Thinking of the golden waves on the water, Biqing was shocked: the two must be related!
Lotus grows in the lake and relies entirely on the lake water for its growth.
This golden light... could it be the nutrients for watering the lotus flowers?
Biqing was a little confused. She erected a barrier in front of her and looked closely at the petals.
The golden light was buried in the texture of the petals, flowing from top to bottom to the top of the petals, forming the scene of golden light gathering at the top.
Biqing was sure that there was no way to enter here, so she dispelled the barrier formed by demonic power.
The white fingertips fell on the petals that were shining with golden light, and the backflow of golden light stopped abruptly.
Biqing was so frightened that her scalp went numb. She quickly pulled her hand back and kept opening the barrier.
The golden light seemed to have found a target, gathering into a thin line and following Biqing's retracted fingertips.
Bi Qing secretly cried out in disbelief.
It was too late. The golden light broke the barrier and lingered around Biqing for a long time.
"You...are you a god?"
A weak woman's voice came from the lotus chamber filled with lotus seeds under her feet.
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