I never imagined that such a world was hidden in a well just below the villa!
When I emerged from the seashell, what I saw was the Crystal Palace from the TV series, or at least it was exactly the same as the one I remembered. Yiyi clung to my side, probably worried that I was in danger.
"What a beautiful place!"
I looked at the Crystal Palace in front of me. It was the most magnificent building I had ever seen in my life. What left me speechless was that such a luxurious building was actually built underwater. It was truly unbelievable.
"Master, be careful, there are bad things around!"
At this moment, the Thunderstrike Sword re-emerged beside me, serving as a reminder. I narrowed my eyes slightly, staring intently at the Crystal Palace ahead.
Since the Thunder Strike Sword was enhanced, this perception has never been wrong.
I choose to believe in Lei Jijian.
Then, I turned my attention to the seashell I had just seen. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the seashell shrank to the size of my palm and entered my backpack.
I feel that this thing is also a magical artifact, but so far I have no way of knowing whether it has any special abilities besides functioning as a protective shell.
I gripped the lightning sword in my hand and assumed a defensive stance.
At the same time, he stood beside Yiyi.
"Yiyi, be careful! Your strength hasn't fully recovered. I'll protect you!"
I don't know where I got the courage from, but I just blurted it out on a whim.
Although the water flow increased, I felt more and more that this place was eerie, as if something was constantly getting closer to me.
With each breath, my heart beats a little faster.
I used my Sky Eye to scan, and I must say, it seems to have a special effect in water.
It's incredibly easy to use, and I actually discovered some interesting things.
About half a mile away from me, I noticed a swarm of enormous sea worms constantly rushing towards us.
I gave Yiyi a brief description of what I saw through my third eye.
Yiyi wasn't afraid; she simply closed her eyes, her gaze filled with composure.
"As expected, brother, that thing still came!"
Yiyi's voice was filled with despair.
I was a little confused and didn't know what Yiyi meant, so I quickly asked her.
"Brother, you should know that there's a big problem with this manor. The creatures inside are neither human nor ghost!"
Yiyi opened her eyes, looked at my face, and spoke slowly and deliberately.
I nodded; I knew that.
The people and animals here are all very strange, as if some mysterious force is influencing them.
"Also, when Huang Hao and the Huang family head brought you here, you should have noticed that they seemed afraid of something. You must have noticed that, right, brother?"
Yiyi continued to guide me.
However, by this point, I seemed to have figured out what was going on.
"Yiyi, do you mean they're afraid of those kinds of insects? But I remember they were afraid of things that separate the living from the dead!"
I find it a bit strange. I do remember that they were indeed afraid of something, but that thing had absolutely nothing to do with insects.
At the time, I even thought that the Huang family was afraid of the strength of the soldiers led by Yiyi.
It now appears that it's not that simple.
"Brother, the insect you saw is the most terrifying thing in our manor. We and the Huang family have a symbiotic relationship. Our strength rises and falls, and we each have our own moment of glory. But this insect is called a sea scabies worm!"
Yiyi's beautiful big eyes kept looking at me, making me feel all itchy inside. But when I heard the name "sea scabies mites," my scalp tingled.
I don't know why, but I'm sure this is the first time I've heard this name. However, after hearing it, I felt a deep-seated fear, not like the fear of the Beast God, but awe.
"These insects maintain the balance of the entire manor. Once there is a radical shift in the power between the two sides, these insects will take action and eliminate the stronger party!"
Yiyi's words were filled with bitterness.
Clearly, Yiyi must have suffered quite a few setbacks in her battles with these insects.
"So, this is their home?"
My mouth twitched slightly. Damn it, I actually encountered something this terrifying.
"That should be it. Once the scabies worms die, the other scabies worms will take their corpses to the underground fairy palace! To restore my power, I need to absorb some of the power from the scabies worm corpses!"
Yiyi finally revealed her mission.
After hearing this, I exclaimed how bold he was.
It's a terrifying idea. Although I've never actually seen such a thing before, just hearing the name makes me feel utterly powerless to resist.
Not to mention directly provoking these sea scabies mites.
I gave a bitter smile.
"So, you were saying that the bigger opportunity is finding the corpses of scabies mites here?"
I asked Yiyi if, since it's about absorbing the power from a corpse, the fresher the corpse, the greater the increase in power.
I shared this idea with Yiyi and received her affirmative answer. However, Yiyi then added that if I could directly absorb live sea scabies worms, the boost to my power would be terrifyingly significant.
I hunched my neck and my expression stiffened.
This woman has some nerve, actually trying to get a live scabies mit.
Before I could even react, I smelled a fishy, foul odor.
I turned around and saw a huge worm right behind me.
This worm is about three meters tall and looks somewhat like a black sea cucumber.
However, its mouth was wide open.
It had red tentacles beside its mouth, which were waving in the current.
I get goosebumps just looking at those tentacles.
Lei Jijian just sent me a telepathic message, telling me that he can only rely on me now. He doesn't know why, but he simply doesn't have the courage to resist.
My brows furrowed into a deep frown.
Lei Jijian didn't even have the courage to resist; his body wouldn't obey him. This shows that the bloodline power of this sea scabies worm is very strong.
It should have exerted a suppressive effect on the lightning sword.
Yi Yi also made her move at this moment, but her power had been greatly weakened and she no longer had the same dominance as before.
This kind of force would be suicidal against sea scabies mites.
The sea scabies worm's mouth opens so wide it could probably swallow both of us completely.
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