Crash——
The girl once again lifted the branches that blocked her view, and the quiet pond was still in front of her.
She was already numb, but the sky was still full of stars.
She stepped out of the woods, her feet touching the soft grass, feeling the sultry air enveloping her.
After repeated experiments, Lu Cai was able to determine that, with the pond as the center, the surrounding woods were all connected relative to each other. In other words, no matter which direction she walked out, she would eventually emerge from the opposite woods.
What's even stranger is that this instance had a scorpion monster outbreak, but there weren't any signs of scorpion monsters causing trouble in the forest.
So, the key is really this pond?
If she were alone in the woods and had discovered something fishy about the pond, she would have jumped in without hesitation. But now... thinking of the man in red who had jumped in earlier...
I always feel like this is a pit.
Lu Cai closed her eyes and frowned. Most of the blood on her face had been wiped away, leaving only a few faint red marks. She touched her forehead, thinking that this scavenger would not let her go so easily.
Forget it, forget it, don’t think about it anymore. Can she just stay in this broken forest and not go out just because there are scavengers blocking the way?
Lu Cai moved his wrists and shoulders, looked at the light green water, breathed slowly, then held his breath and jumped in.
The cool pool water immediately enveloped her body. Fortunately, it was summer outside and there was always a sultry breeze blowing on her face, so immersing herself in the water actually gave her an indescribable sense of coolness.
She slowly sank, and when she opened her eyes she could see the shadows of trees on the water. Gradually, the shadows of the trees connected into a black patch, and the twinkling stars in the sky slowly dimmed.
It was as if thick ink was splashed, and everything was dyed black.
My body continued to sink. The pool was bottomless, the light gradually disappeared, and I was completely immersed in darkness.
Lu Cai calmed down, opened his hand and released the red thread, the search range was within two meters.
The red thread was faint, hidden in the dark and quiet pool water, weaving a defensive net, surrounding her in the center.
She was still sinking, feeling anxious. She hadn't known how long she could hold her breath. If this was a mistake, what if it was a bottomless pit? Wouldn't she be suffocated to death?
Although her thoughts were all over the place, she remained alert and thought everything was normal... She tilted her head slightly and turned her neck gently. The amplitude was not large, but it caused quite a vibration in the water.
What caught her attention was a living creature crawling on the pool wall at the lower side.
The red silk barely brushed the surface of the creature, and it shrank back. It was this dodging that made Lu Cai cautious.
At the city gate, the scorpion leader was also very sensitive to the red silk she released.
Lu Cai didn't dare to react too much. At this moment, even an unintentional movement could anger the other party. She descended quietly, looking comfortable and at ease, but her heart felt like a stretched string, and if she exerted any more force, it would probably break.
Just as they were about to pass by the living creature, Hongsi stopped moving and slowly descended with Lu Cai.
She slowly descended from in front of the living creature, like a piece of rotten wood or stone, with water flowing past her side and tiny bubbles floating towards the surface.
Silence...but she seemed to hear the sound of water...
Just as he passed by, Lu Cai raised his eyes and frowned, a dagger appeared in his hand, and he slashed at the water in front of him!
The blade hit the insect armor, and she rolled over to avoid it, feeling a long strip of insect armor brushing past her.
The resistance of the water slowed her movements considerably, but the opponent wasn't necessarily very fast either. The red silk threads floating in the water gathered into small balls, emitting a faint fluorescent light.
A single faint red light ball can be ignored, but a group of faint light balls gathered in this area of water also has a power that cannot be underestimated.
In this hazy red light, a yellow-brown scorpion about two meters long appeared before our eyes.
The breath he had been holding in his mouth burst out, choking on the pond water. Lu Cai covered his mouth and nose with his left hand. It wasn't that the scorpion looked particularly scary, but he was so surprised that he forgot he was in the water.
After all, I wondered, can scorpions survive in water? But think about it, scorpions in this world can wear human skin to pretend to be human, so it's probably not strange that they can live in water.
This scorpion doesn't look strange at all, except that there's a layer of green moss on the armor on its back, and its two chelicerae are also attached to filamentous water plants. And its tail... the tail that's tilted up and pointed forward... there are actually two of them?
Not only that, Lu Cai looked carefully and found that there were not only two scorpion tails at its tail, but also a cross-section broken off from the base of the tail. Dense scorpion data scattered from the cross-section and mixed into the pool water.
Its tail had just been broken off, and the cross-section was smooth, as if it had been cut by a knife.
Lu Cai was in agony. He knew without even looking that it was the work of the red-clothed, red-eyed scavenger. These underwater monsters were often ferocious and bizarre. Having had one of their tails chopped off, they must be furious.
I have fallen headfirst into the bloody mouth of a scorpion!
The scorpion swam towards her quickly, its six thin legs waving in small movements, its claws and stinger aimed at her.
Lu Cai turned his body to avoid the scorpion's tail that was about to stab him first, and used his left arm to clamp it tightly. The red light floating in the water surged up and wrapped around the scorpion's chelicerae and another long tail.
If she were facing a swarm of scorpions, she would have to rely on her hands and blades, as she didn't have enough energy to withstand the sheer number of scorpion monsters. But at this moment, she could try the old method...
The light red ball loosened up again and turned into thin threads emitting faint light. The threads tried to drill into the tiny gaps in the scorpion insect's armor, but they couldn't find a way.
She couldn't help but frown. Could it be that because she had been using her bare hands too much recently, her "invasion" trick had regressed?
Seeing that it couldn't get rid of the thin thread, the other tail that was wrapped up simply gave up and poked towards Lu Cai.
Lu Cai dodged for a moment, but the scorpion tail tightly clamped under her arm suddenly exerted force and tripped her!
She controls the scorpion tail and is also controlled by the scorpion tail.
The other tail took the opportunity to hit her shoulder directly. Lu Cai pushed his body backwards, and his shoulder was in pain from being hit hard. He grabbed the restless scorpion tail with his hand and forced the whole scorpion to hit the side wall.
She glanced down and saw that the stinger was crooked by the impact. She felt pain for the scorpion.
The scorpion, enraged, pressed itself against the rock wall, its claws raised to grasp Lu Cai. Red threads gathered, twisted into a strand, and then slowly unfurled into a small net, instantly entangling the claws.
While the scorpion was entangled, Lu Cai swung the dagger in his hand and chopped at the scorpion's tail that was tightly clamped under his arm.
Anyway, the stinger of the other tail has been destroyed, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Once she deals with this tail, she can pass smoothly.
In order to make the scorpion look less embarrassing, Lu Cai also learned the technique of the man in red and cut the base of the tail to make the broken tail look less obvious.
She cut the tail without hesitation. Although she couldn't make the whole process painless, she had to make sure it was painless at the moment of cutting.
The scorpion's tail broke and the scorpion twitched. Lu Cai kicked the scorpion away with his foot, then loosened the scorpion's tail that was clamped under his arm, threw it away, turned around, and no longer paid attention to the twitching big scorpion, and swam quickly to the bottom of the pool.
It was pitch black there, like a black hole that swallowed up all the light. Even the small spots of light made of red silk could not dispel the darkness.
Lu Cai could hardly hold his breath any longer and could only swim faster.
Darkness rushed over her, and she was disoriented and dizzy. She couldn't help but open her mouth, choking on the water several times, and then she fell out of the water.
Air entered his nose and mouth. Lu Cai coughed out the water in his throat, then raised his hand to wipe the water droplets off his face. He slowly opened his eyes, and the blurry scene gradually became clear.
She was in a huge cave with seven or eight entrances on the four walls. Looking up at the ceiling, she could see a faint fluorescent light scattered from the rock wall above her head, just like looking up at a dark starry sky.
She swam to the edge of the pool and touched the rocks on the shore. Just as she was about to climb up by holding on to the rocky shore, she heard a shrill scream coming from the cave in front of her.
The stone wall at the entrance of the cave shook slightly, as if a huge monster was rushing towards them.
When Lu Cai was about to hide under the water, he saw a black scorpion covered with densely packed tiny legs rushing into the cave entrance, with the young man in red squatting on its back.
The young man in red held a long knife in his hand, and the blade sank into the head of the multi-legged scorpion. At the moment when it ran wildly and crashed into the hole, the blade cut with force, and the scorpion's head fell to the ground.
The young man used his feet to gain leverage, flipped over and jumped to the edge of the pool, facing the incoming black scorpion head-on.
clang!
The blade chopped down straight!
Lu Cai was right behind the man in red, and he used his supernatural energy to weave a circular barrier, aiming not at the multi-legged black scorpion that was rushing towards him, but at the man in red who had his back to her.
The black-armored scorpion was split into two halves by a knife, like a broken bamboo. The two halves of the body slid past the side of the young man in red at the same time and crashed straight into the pond.
He was only concerned with guarding the front, when the scorpion corpses on both sides sank into the water, creating a huge splash of water mixed with the juice in the scorpion's body, which splashed all over Lu Cai's body.
Grass!
If she had such a big sword, she would definitely be more impressive than him!
Lu Cai raised his hand to wipe the water off his face, opened his eyes, and met the eyes of the man in red through the red barrier.
Even with this barrier blocking his view, the redness of his eyes was very noticeable.
The two of them didn't move, their eyes were like frost in the severe winter, without any emotion.
Lu Cai gradually curled his fingers into fists. The young man in red suddenly turned his head, looking towards the cave he had just escaped from, stepping on the scorpion, and then slowly walked into the cave.
The long sword pointed diagonally at the ground, and the dark long cloth boots made rustling sounds as they stepped on the gravel.
Lu Cai loosened his fist and looked at the figure in red walking away. The tip of the person's high ponytail swayed slightly under the fluorescent light.
He is looking for something.
Coming to the conclusion almost immediately, Lu Cai spread out the barrier, grabbed the stone bank with his fingers, and with a splash, he emerged from the water.
The pool water splashed all over the floor. She shook herself casually, but the wet clothes stuck tightly to her skin, making her feel a little uncomfortable.
She raised her hand and tapped the badge on her clothes. The red cloak fell from her shoulders, covering her whole body. The tiny spots of light on the fabric shone brightly with the fluorescent light above her head.
Unfortunately, the hat was cut and could only be placed on her back.
With water still dripping from his face, Lu Cai lifted his cloak and wiped it across his face before walking towards the back of the young man in red.
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