These little turtles were called "corpse turtles" by Su Xiaoniu.
Su Xiaoniu said with a sigh, "I didn't expect that there would be something this vicious in the Ghost Gate Bagua Dun... These corpse turtles really like to eat the flesh of the living or the dead. Not only do they live in groups, but they also move in large groups. Once they target someone, they will basically leave nothing behind."
I swallowed, damn, what a scary thing.
Watching from afar as the body of the man in the bamboo hat sank further and further into the darkness of the deep water, I gasped and frowned, "He died just like that. Where's my backpack?"
"I didn't see your backpack on him. Maybe it fell inside. You can go in and take a look." After Su Xiaoniu finished speaking, I opened the bronze door and took a look inside. After making sure that no more corpse turtles came out, I dared to swim in.
Behind the bronze door, there was still an endless waterway. At a glance, it was a vast expanse of white, while below it was pitch black and bottomless.
I swam slowly inside for a long time, intending to look for my backpack. But after searching for a long time, I couldn't see it. I was immediately frustrated. Could my backpack have sunk? But there wasn't anything heavy in it. Even if it had, it wouldn't have sunk that fast, right?
I deliberately swam down more than ten meters, but still found nothing.
At this moment, a cry of "Ao" came from a distance. I looked up in horror and saw a huge corpse turtle rushing towards me. Its huge figure looked like a big shark.
I was so scared that my face turned green. I quickly turned around and ran away, but I could not outrun it underwater. The giant turtle swam too fast. It was so fast that it approached me in an instant, opened its bloody mouth, and was about to swallow me in one gulp, leaving no trace of my body.
Suddenly, a warm current surged through my body, and at the same time, I heard Su Xiaoniu say, "Go up there!"
I subconsciously kicked my legs, and my body rushed up five or six meters as if there were jet pumps under my feet.
Puff!
The giant corpse turtle bit nothing and swallowed a belly full of water. It immediately screamed "Ah Ah" and turned around to continue rushing towards me.
I was so frightened that I used all my strength to swim upstream. With the help of Su Xiaoniu, I jumped up and landed on the bank of the waterway.
Crash!
The giant corpse turtle then rushed up from the waterway, but like a dolphin, it only flipped over in mid-air and quickly sank again, splashing countless water.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Damn, that was too damn thrilling. If Su Xiaoniu hadn't intervened in time, I would definitely be swimming in the giant turtle's belly right now...
Walking ashore, there was still a long corridor. It turned out to be similar to what was marked on the map. There was indeed an equally bottomless waterway blocked by a bottomless stone wall. The so-called "opening the wall door through the waterway" meant opening the bronze door.
However, corpse turtles will appear in the waterway, and there is no sign of them on the map for entering the formation.
I looked back at the thick stone wall and took a deep breath. As I turned back, I caught a glimpse of the backpack floating on the shore. My heart leaped with joy, and I hurried over to pick it up. I checked the contents: the Tianpeng ruler, the Sanqing bell, the agarwood burner, yellow paper, candles, incense, and everything else—none of it was missing.
The most important thing is that there is a water-repellent talisman placed inside, and together with the backpack, it is completely watertight, without any signs of being wet at all!
"I was lucky and escaped unharmed." Su Xiaoniu said calmly.
I nodded. Indeed, it was a close call. What surprised me most was that the backpack didn't sink, but was floating on the water...
I put on my backpack and continued walking along the corridor according to the instructions on the battle map. As I walked, a huge fire suddenly broke out in front of me, blocking my way.
Why did it suddenly catch fire? I was confused at first, but after looking at the battle formation map, I realized that it was marked as a "sea of fire."
After the waterway comes out, there is a sea of fire!
The way to deal with the sea of fire is to climb a mountain of knives.
After all, the third of the four sentences in the battle formation diagram is "A sea of fire beneath the mountain of swords, a mountain of swords above the sea of fire."
According to this sentence, the person who breaks through the formation will face two dilemmas at this time: one is facing a mountain of knives, and the other is facing a sea of fire. I am facing a sea of fire, so if I want to get through it, I have to climb the mountain of knives.
I looked up and saw that there was a small hill above the sea of fire. The face of the hill was covered with densely packed tough swords. The blades were extremely bright and sharp, and you could even clearly see the blazing flames reflected on them.
"If I go up the mountain of knives like this, my whole body will be pierced and full of holes!" Looking at the mountain of knives above the sea of fire, I felt scared.
"Not necessarily." Su Xiaoniu said mysteriously. I frowned, and she continued, "I'll teach you how to draw the Vajra Talisman, which will make you temporarily invulnerable to swords and guns."
Oh my god! If you had this talisman, you could have taught me earlier! Why did you have to wait until the critical moment to fish out the bottom?
So, I took out pen, ink, and paper from my backpack and asked Su Xiaoniu to teach me how to draw the Vajra Talisman. This Vajra Talisman is similar to the water repellent talisman, but a little simpler than the water repellent talisman. Obviously, the effect will not be very good.
Besides, my skill in drawing talismans has greatly improved. Even when I drew the Vajra Talisman for the first time, it only took me five or six tries to successfully draw two.
However, Su Xiaoniu said that the effect of this Vajra Talisman is relatively poor and its duration is very short, only lasting about a minute. Most importantly, it is only effective on one part of the body, so she asked me to finish it quickly.
I decisively placed two diamond talismans on my left and right heels, then quickly ran to the corridor entrance above the sea of fire. Before me was a jagged hill, about a hundred meters long. I had to cross it within a minute. If it were flat ground, it would be no problem, but with this jagged terrain, and the densely packed swords and knives, I couldn't guarantee I could make it in a minute.
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