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In the mysterious realm "Fenghe River Basin", the beastmasters who passed the trial looked at the changing scenery around them anxiously.
The previous inexplicable restrictions also disappeared with the change, but they did not dare to leave the place rashly.
A few brave beastmasters tried to walk towards the dried-up river.
Xu Chenglu looked at Mu Chuyue. If he remembered correctly, she knew the secret realm very well, at least much better than ordinary college students. It was Mu Chuyue who first discovered the truth inside the body of the Nuyan Xuanwu.
"...We won't be sucked into the body of some ultimate creature again, right?" Xu Chenglu asked tremblingly.
The previous experience gave him very bad memories. It was many days after he came back from the secret realm of the deserted island that he vaguely remembered the dangerous adventure that several people had taken inside the body of the Angry Rock Black Tortoise.
Mu Huoyue looked at the readings on the investigator's bracelet. Unlike before, the test results quickly stabilized after the initial fluctuations.
The normal latent energy value range exceeds 300 million P, and the unit space measurement results are wood attributes and earth attributes. The latent energy coverage rate exceeds 200%, and the probability of the chaotic area appearing is estimated to be 42.5%.
Apart from the incomprehensibly high hidden energy coverage rate, all other data can be deduced as an S-level secret realm with wood and earth attributes.
Just looking at the readings on the bracelet, they are consistent with the detection results of the "Fenghe River Basin".
But an area filled with wood-attributed hidden energy should not be so bleak and decayed.
Mu Huiyue shook her head and said: "No, this time we are indeed in the S-level secret realm "Fenghe River Basin". ”
Even for extraordinary creatures of the mythical race and ultimate form, the normal hidden energy value is unlikely to exceed 300 million P, which is the regional energy level that can only be reached in the S-level secret realm.
She thought for a moment and looked at her companions, "Has anyone among you entered the Fenghe River Basin before? ”
Lin Lin and Xu Chenglu both shook their heads. Even though the Kuruo Spirit Deer was one of the most friendly and gentle mythological races towards humans, the location of the guardian of Xizhou was not so easy to enter.
Apart from the contract trial during the Harvest Festival, it is difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity to enter the "Fenghe Basin".
Han Ruoyun pondered for a moment and said, "Although I have never been here, but——"
She was halfway through her words when she was suddenly interrupted by a terrible scream.
Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from. It was the beastmasters who had walked out of the forest first.
One of them ran back in a panic, pointed in the direction of the scream, and panted, "Over there, over there is..."
Han Ruoyun's expression was startled. She recognized this beastmaster. He was a young man from a local inherited family in Xizhou. He was also one of the people she had just wanted to tell Mu Chuyue about, who had been to the "Fenghe River Basin".
She pushed aside the crowd in front of her and walked quickly towards the direction the man pointed.
Mu Liuyue and others also followed.
Not far from the forest, they quickly found the people who had gone out earlier.
The area where the forest is located is a high ground. After leaving the trees that block the view, the view suddenly becomes open, and what comes into view is the endless wilderness.
The one who screamed was another Beast Tamer who was traveling with them. At this moment, he was sitting on the ground, staring at the scene in the distance with a broken heart.
Han Ruoyun, Mu Chuyue and their group also stood there in a daze.
A huge skeleton fell in the wilderness.
It is so huge that even if only the skeleton is left, it looks like a small mountain from a distance, and the smallest piece of bone is larger than a human.
It was probably a dry skeleton in the shape of a giant deer. One could vaguely see the corresponding limb structure and two huge antlers on the head that were as big as dead trees.
It must have fallen here for a long time. The white bones are full of traces of erosion by wind and sand, and there are also broken and hollowed-out parts caused by insect bites, leaving uneven and mottled marks on the bones.
The dry bones are filled with the smell of death and decay, just like this secret land that was once fertile and prosperous but now only has dead branches and fallen leaves.
Han Ruoyun took two steps back in disbelief, muttering, "This can't be, can't be..."
"It's very likely to be the withered and flourishing spirit deer." Lin Lin answered behind her.
She was the last one to catch up with the group. "I just asked the person who came to report the news. They have been to the Fenghe River Basin before and knew the location where the guardian god of Xizhou was sleeping. That's why they dared to go ahead rashly. ”
“But I didn’t find the withered spirit deer, but I found this withered skeleton of a giant deer, and I was scared back.”
Lin Lin finished speaking and shrugged, "In this case, there is only one answer no matter how you look at it."
Han Ruoyun closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forced herself to calm the turmoil in her heart.
Kuruo Linglu is the patron saint of Xizhou. Even if the local residents of Xizhou do not believe in it, they still have awe in their hearts.
It has always been a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vitality, but now it appears to be surrounded by death and decay. Anyone who sees it will be shocked and find it difficult to accept.
What exactly happened in this secret realm? Is the fallen giant deer skeleton really the real withered spirit deer?
"Anyway, let's get back to the forest..." She said, looking towards her companions.
It is extremely dangerous to act rashly in an unknown secret place, and even the best A-level investigators would not do that.
Mu Chuyue turned her head and looked at the dried bones of the giant deer in the wilderness again.
After upgrading her dark beast taming talent, her perception became several times sharper.
It was a skeleton that had been dead for a long time, but she could still feel some strange... emotions from it.
The shadow under her feet slowly extended forward a little, and Ellen seemed to sense the abnormality of the withered skeleton.
At this moment, something strange happened.
The sky suddenly darkened. There was no sunlight in the dim sky. The night brought endless darkness, which quickly engulfed the sky and enveloped the entire secret space.
A thick dark aura swirled around the giant deer's dry bones, and then suddenly exploded.
A supernatural creature that had never been seen before appeared from the darkness and slowly opened its eyes.
The group of people who were about to retreat stopped where they were and looked at the uninvited guest who suddenly appeared.
It was a...scarecrow.
The body is made of withered wheat straw, with a wide straw hat hanging diagonally on the head, so that the face cannot be seen clearly. Behind it is a cross-shaped wooden stake, one end of which is rooted in the ground, and the other end supports the body. The wood is black and faintly flickers with stardust-like fragments of light.
Withered thorns woven into its outer coat, dotted with bunches of shriveled fruits and seeds. A group of crows stood on the scarecrow's arms supported by wooden stakes, staring at everyone with their red eyes. The night wind whistled past, and the scarecrow swayed slightly in the dark air, making a low rustling sound.
The head hidden under the straw hat was raised up. In the blurred outline, there was only a single eye that was shining with blood-red light.
The illustrated information of this extraordinary creature was displayed on Mu Huoyue's investigator bracelet.
【Name】: Night Demon Scarecrow
[Attributes]: Dark, Wood
[Racial Level]: High Monarch
[Growth Level]: Childhood Stage 1
[Talent Core]: Straw Man Substitute (Wood Element B Level)
[Introduction to the Race]: A powerful dark creature born from the resonance of group prayers. Individual differences vary greatly depending on the type of prayer. Most known individuals have a companion creature, the Night Crow, which controls the movement of the crows. Individuals whose core talent is [Straw Substitute] are particularly dangerous, and direct combat should be avoided as much as possible in the secret realm.
[Normal hidden energy value]: 2462P
Mu Chuyue finally understood what the strange emotion she sensed was. It was actually a first-level wild extraordinary creature that had just been born in the secret realm!
Although it looks dark and scary, judging from the habits of supernatural creatures, this night demon scarecrow is undoubtedly still a baby.
Just as he was thinking about it, Mu Chuyue took another look at the information in the illustration and couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.
The night wind started to blow again, and a thin layer of mist rose above the wilderness. More crows appeared on the arms of the Night Demon Scarecrow.
Even though everyone's eyes never left it, no one could see when the number of crows increased.
Behind the Night Demon Scarecrow, the dry bones of the giant deer were also shrouded in mist, as if wrapped and swallowed by the night fog, leaving only a vague and blurred outline.
The reading on the bracelet jumped two levels. Now the Night Demon Scarecrow has reached the third stage of the infancy and has a normal latent energy value of 4625P.
It seemed to be absorbing the energy of withering and decay in the secret realm, growing at an unimaginable and alarming speed.
The fog was getting heavier. The night was already dark, and with the sudden rise of the night fog, visibility dropped sharply. The originally endless wilderness could only see the location of the giant deer's bones.
No one on the scene dared to move forward, and it was difficult to return to the forest in such a thick fog, so they were caught in a dilemma.
During this short period of hesitation, the Night Demon Scarecrow reached the fifth stage of the infancy stage.
There was a crisp crackling sound in the fog, like the sound of bones breaking. Everyone was startled and looked at the withered bones of a giant deer, of which only a vague shape was left in the night fog.
A pair of scarlet eyes opened.
Then two pairs, four pairs, six pairs... more and more scarlet eyes looked at the crowd.
Mu Huiyue swallowed, and Ellen in the shadow shrank a little, protecting the Beastmaster in a shape that surrounded her feet, while White Fang beside her also assumed a battle-ready posture, lowered his body and bared his teeth.
"Be careful." Han Ruoyun said in a low voice.
Everyone slowly retreated under the gaze of those eyes.
The next second, countless dark shadows emerged from the night fog.
The shadow under Mu Chuyue's feet immediately pulled her into the shadow space. Bai Ya jumped up with shadow steps and pounced directly on the black shadow closest to them.
The forging soldier swung his hammer at the ground, and [Imaginary Alchemy] created a simple protective shield to block the front. The red-bellied turtle spewed out high-temperature flames and rolled towards the black shadow in front of it.
The leading mushrooms beside Lin Lin sprayed many crystal spores forward, but the undulating black shadows remained unmoved.
Bai Fang stopped the first black shadow, which turned out to be a huge wind-burned rabbit.
This is one of the common wild supernatural creatures in the "Fenghe River Basin". When their numbers increase, they can easily cause small-scale droughts. Everyone has only fought against them in the trial illusion on the second level.
However, the appearance of this Wind-Scorched Rabbit was very strange. Half of its body was a normal, furry shape, but the other half was a pair of white bones wrapped in black mist. Its eyes were dyed scarlet. After being knocked to the ground by White Fang, it made a sharp scream that was not like that of a rabbit.
More and more black shadows with red eyes appeared. Most of them were extraordinary creatures from the "Fenghe River Basin". However, like the Wind-burning Rabbit, they were all entangled in a strange black fog. Although they looked half-dead, their agility was not affected at all.
"The sleeping spores of the collar mushroom don't work. These things are not living creatures." Lin Lin said quickly.
Mu Huoyue emerged from the shadows, looked at the increasing number of black shadows, and frowned slightly.
With so many extraordinary creatures in front of him, the investigator's bracelet's illustrations only reacted to the Night Demon Scarecrow.
Lin Lin was right, these things were not truly living supernatural creatures.
She looked at the withered bones of the giant deer that were melting into the night mist. She was familiar with the black mist entwined between the bones. It was the [Death Mist] unique to undead creatures.
They are not living creatures, but undead puppets controlled by some higher-level and more powerful force.
A-level undead manipulation skill: Undead Fantasy!
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