Chapter 37: Flame Mountain Cocoon Man (10)
The huge cave in front of me is between a pile of black rocks. There is black slime on these rocks, as if some creature crawled here and left it.
Qilang reached out and touched the mucus. He smelled it and the smell of a rotting animal corpse hit his nose.
"These seem to be the corpses of some ordinary animals," said Qilang.
The three people observed the cave entrance and found that there seemed to be no danger. They decided to go in and take a look first.
Qilang did not take these dangers seriously. He had never encountered a monster in the demon world that he could not deal with.
The worst that could happen is the three kinds of monsters: puppets, charms, and spirits. No matter if it's a puppet that wins by numbers, a charm that bewitches people, or a violent and bloody spirit, they are nothing in front of him.
Especially now that Bingyi is here, he has nothing to worry about.
But Li Yuanying looked very bad.
"What are you worried about?"
Li Yuanying shook her head: "I don't know. I just feel like something is wrong, but I don't know what it is."
Before Li Yuanying followed her father on a mission, she would make a detailed plan for what she would encounter and what her response strategies would be. She also estimated the best and worst outcomes.
But this time, she felt a sense of uncertainty.
This cave just looks bigger, there is nothing special about it, and the mucus is not the body fluid of monsters, but dead animals.
But why is that slime here?
Nobody knows.
Moreover, she was not sure whether Fifteen was among them.
Li Yuanying now had no choice but to move forward. In the past, she usually walked behind the team so that she could observe the situation in the rear and give commands more easily.
This time, Qilang volunteered to cover the rear. Li Yuanying did not raise any objection considering that she was not feeling well and had been seriously injured by the wolf demon.
When they came out, they didn't bring torches, but Bingyi brought firefly grass. She put a bunch of firefly grass on the ground, and the small fireflies led the way in front. The dark cave was illuminated by the light of the orchid, and the walls of the cave were covered with sticky black mucus, which solidified there in terrifying shapes.
Li Yuanying looked around vigilantly, her right hand always on the Frost Ashes at her waist, ready to counterattack immediately if there was any movement.
As we went deeper into the cave, the space began to shrink and the black cave walls began to shrink.
The cave shows a downward trend, and the further you go in, the lower the altitude.
Li Yuanying's bad premonition became stronger and stronger.
"Qillang, if this cave gets lower and lower and it rains, will the rainwater flow into the cave..." Li Yuanying asked worriedly.
"It's not impossible, but if this black slime is Li Yu, my fingers should have rotted when I touched it."
Li Yuanying felt that Qilang was right, but still felt something was wrong.
Suddenly, Li Yuanying felt the ground shaking and she almost fell. Qilang stepped forward and supported her. His hands were around Li Yuanying's waist, and his pair of dark eyes looked down at her. The blue light of the fireflies shone on their faces. The atmosphere between them seemed incompatible with the existing fear.
Bingyi suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have followed here in the first place. It would have been better for him to stay with Zhang Qingchen so that he wouldn't have to watch these irritating scenes all day long.
"Wasn't she very powerful at the beginning? Wasn't she said to be a goddess on earth? Why can't she even walk steadily now?" Bingyi couldn't help but speak out what was in his heart.
Li Yuanying wanted to stand firm, and she moved her hand forward slightly. Qilang grabbed it, and their hands were held together, and the warmth between them was transmitted to each other. Li Yuanying actually felt a little shy at this moment.
She didn't want to become like this, but as she got closer to death, her physical strength and magic power were constantly dissipating, especially after burning her soul to fight the wolf demon last night. She was seriously injured and didn't know when she would recover.
The Li family's cultivation method, which hurts the enemy by a thousand and oneself by eight hundred, would not allow a normal person to live past thirty. Since her soul had already been sacrificed, she could only live to fifteen.
This was the ending that was destined from the beginning, but before that, she wanted to finish what she should do.
"I'm fine." Li Yuanying finally stood firm, and the three of them continued to move forward.
The fluorescence is faint and the ruins are desolate.
The three of them walked deeper and deeper, and it became quiet all around, as if everything was taken away. They could clearly hear the rustling sound of their feet stepping on the mucus, sticking, entangled, and pulling.
At this time, a strange female voice was heard. She seemed to be crying and laughing.
"Did you hear the sound?" Li Yuanying asked.
Qilang shook his head.
Li Yuanying continued walking, and the sound became louder and louder. Li Yuanying heard clearly what the woman was saying.
“Save me…save me…”
Li Yuanying suddenly realized something and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Qilang asked.
Bing Yi also stopped and looked at Li Yuanying impatiently: "Are you scared? There was no sound at all."
Li Yuanying put a finger on her lips: "Listen."
After Qilang and Bingyi's commotion, the sound faded. Li Yuanying shook her head, beginning to wonder if she was hallucinating. They had no choice but to continue walking.
Before she had taken a few steps, Li Yuanying heard the woman's cries again, followed by intermittent cries for help. These cries were shrill and sad, each one seeming to be demanding someone's life, and her heart was weeping blood.
"You really can't hear it?" Li Yuanying asked.
Bingyi and Qilang both said that they heard nothing.
That means I'm the only one who can hear this sound. Li Yuanying had no choice but to think so this time.
When the sound rang for the third time, she began to walk to the left in the direction of the sound.
Yingcao discovered that Li Yuanying had left the three-person team, and a small group of them began to follow her to light the way ahead for her.
The firefly grass can only illuminate a very small area, and wherever the light reaches is covered with dark mucus. The small circle of light keeps jumping forward, leading Li Yuanying towards the direction of the sound.
Li Yuanying felt that the sound was getting louder and clearer.
It sounded like a young woman, her voice was a little hoarse, and her cry for help sounded urgent.
The further Li Yuanying walked forward, the stronger her inner sense of uneasiness became. This feeling was different from the uneasiness she felt when she encountered a monster. Instead, it was very similar to the feeling she had when she met Li Yu before. Halfway through her walk, she stopped and didn't want to go any further.
At this moment, she suddenly felt someone pat her shoulder. Li Yuanying screamed in fright. She immediately drew out the Frost Ember and heard a familiar voice: "Don't be afraid, it's me."
It's Shichiro.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
"What did you hear?"
"A woman was calling for help... As I approached her, I suddenly remembered that there was a mermaid in the East China Sea. Every night, she would sing beautiful songs on the rocks to attract people. However, when a man who didn't know the truth approached this beautiful mermaid, she would transform into a terrifying monster and eat the man in front of her."
Li Yuanying now suspects that the reason why only she can hear this sound is because she is the weakest in the team, so this "monster" only allows her to hear the sound.
"I'll go ahead." Qilang walked in front of Li Yuanying, protected her behind him, and continued walking forward.
"We're here." Li Yuanying felt the voice right next to her ear.
She picked up a firefly and began to shine it in the direction of the sound.
First there was black goo, then she saw human remains and even an eye.
Li Yuanying continued to move forward, and the sound became louder and louder, so loud that it seemed to penetrate her ears.
At this moment, she felt something touching her head, and she looked up vigilantly.
There was darkness above my head.
"I feel like the sound seems to come from above." She looked at Qilang.
Qilang collected all the fireflies on the ground, then held them above his head. As the light shone upwards, Li Yuanying saw a magical scene.
There was a huge bell above their heads, and the sound seemed to come from the bell.
"Can't you really hear it?" Li Yuanying felt that the sound was a bit harsh. She had to move away from under the clock. Only then did she feel better.
"I really didn't hear anything." Qilang shook his head.
Li Yuanying pulled Qilang to her side and said, "That's fine. Don't stand under this bell. Let's move on. This place is too weird. We can't stay here for long."
Since this thing was not dangerous, Li Yuanying decided not to pursue it any further. She pulled Qilang and continued to move forward. Bingyi naturally looked at her with contempt.
"You are really playing tricks on me." Bingyi said unhappily.
"Bingyi, just lead the way." Qilang couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped Bingyi.
Bingyi just snorted and continued on his way.
Li Yuanying felt that what Bingyi said made sense. It was precisely because this was a trick that Qilang and Bingyi could not hear it.
Monsters have a lifespan of tens of millions of years, which is only related to their own internal strength. Humans are different. Humans are individuals who need to enter reincarnation. In the human world, apart from the human world, there is the world of tricks. No matter whether they are human or tricks, they are all a kind of human.
Li Yuanying understood that this woman must be a ghost, so Qilang and Bingyi, who were from the demon clan, could not hear her voice.
Li Yuanying began to feel that things were getting tricky. She was not afraid of people or monsters, but she was a little afraid of ghosts. Although she had powerful magic, the magic of the Li family was useless against ghosts. In fact, because her physique was too yin, she had a strong power to attract ghosts.
She knew that coming in here and hearing this sound was not a good start. Sure enough, after taking a few steps, she felt something seemed to grab her ankle.
Li Yuanying's feet were held tightly. She could feel the chill coming. She tried her best to lift her feet, but she was indeed indifferent.
"Wanwan, don't move." Qilang's voice came from behind.
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