Chapter 132
Cheng Hui approached the big tree cautiously. According to his perception, there were no living creatures near the tree, but he still maintained the necessary vigilance.
The swamp is mostly filled with low plants, and this tree is not very tall, only two or three meters at most.
It has a dense crown, luxuriant branches and leaves, and a thick trunk that is so thick that three or four people can hug it. Many of its thick roots are exposed on the ground and entangled with the surrounding weeds.
"How do I get in?"
Uncle Gui pointed to a raised root on the ground and said, "See that tree root? There's a bump underneath it. Press it hard and the mechanism will open."
"It's actually mechanical power, not magic, which is unscientific... No, this is not cultivation." Cheng Hui couldn't help but complain.
Uncle Gui's forehead was bulging with veins. After spending a year with Cheng Hui, he learned a lot of strange words, but occasionally... just occasionally, he still didn't know what the hell this brat was talking about.
So, he said unhappily, "Be content. Those are the remnants of the secret realm after the explosion. It's lucky that it can be activated. There's a mixture of Yin and Spiritual energies here. If you really use magic to open it, it would have been useless long ago."
Cheng Hui just said that. He touched a few roots and groped under the roots with his fingers. Sure enough, he felt a thumb-sized bump.
He pressed it with his hand - "Hiss... Uncle Gui, why didn't you tell me that this thing has thorns..." Cheng Hui retracted his hand, looked at the blood on his fingertips, and said helplessly.
"Huh?" Uncle Gui was startled, then his expression changed drastically: "Not right..."
Bang!
A muffled sound was heard not far away, followed by several angry roars from afar.
"Oh no! Hurry up! Enter the secret place!"
Cheng Hui also realized that something was wrong and complained, "No way? Uncle Gui, are you even going to trick yourself?"
The roar was getting closer and closer. Even though it was a dangerous moment, Uncle Gui still wanted to hit Cheng Hui after hearing what he said.
He didn't lose his memory. If there was such a setting, why wouldn't they tell him?
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and stay alert. This secret place may have been exposed." Uncle Gui's face looked unhappy.
It's easy to imagine that this was an opportunity he had prepared for himself in advance, but in the end, someone else took advantage of it, so he was obviously not in a good mood.
Uncle Gui was also very confused. When the secret realm exploded, there was a lot of noise and many people knew about it. Later, some people came here to explore, hoping to gain something. But when he discovered this secret place, it was decades later. How could it be exposed?
Could it be a trap left by his former enemy?
Uncle Gui accidentally thought too much.
Cheng Hui didn't know why Uncle Gui suddenly fell silent. He felt several powerful auras approaching. Anyway, these saw-tooth crocodiles were already enraged, so he didn't mind using his spiritual sense to irritate them again. Through his spiritual sense, he saw that there were four saw-tooth crocodiles crawling towards him aggressively, and the smallest one among them, the small saw-tooth crocodile carried on the back of a big saw-tooth crocodile, had a big hole on its back, with blood dripping and the bone visible.
So... he triggered some mechanism and then remotely activated a magic circle, which was aimed at the small saw-toothed crocodiles. At the same time, he left his own breath to them to facilitate their attack?
The person who set the trap was quite creative...very insidious. It would have been better if it hadn't been aimed at me.
Cheng Hui couldn't help but complain secretly while groping the tree trunk.
There is nothing that can be done about it. No matter who set this trap in advance, it is obvious that the other party is targeting those who come later.
Since the other party can make arrangements in advance, he will naturally modify the mechanism - if he has the ability to do so.
Anyway, the result now is that the mechanism was pressed, but the tree hole did not appear. Cheng Hui was trapped here, and in the distance, the fierce saw-toothed crocodiles had already revealed their shadowy figures.
"Just smash it here. The entrance is not very solid and only serves as a hiding place. I'll go and help you stop those sawtooth crocodiles." Uncle Gui said, pointing to a place on the tree trunk.
After saying that, he floated towards the sawtooth crocodiles.
Cheng Hui didn't say much nonsense. During this year, it was not so much that Uncle Gui was testing him, but rather that both sides were getting to know each other.
He also discovered that although Uncle Gui was a big shot, his current special situation had a great impact on him.
The reason why he acted so aggressively at the time was, firstly, because those two guys were weak and Uncle Gui could easily deal with them in his current state; secondly, it was to intimidate Cheng Hui at that time.
In fact, Uncle Gui’s ability to display is quite limited, but he has a bit of an idol burden. Because Cheng Hui regarded him as a big shot, he has never wanted to expose this fact.
Later, he accidentally revealed the truth when he was fighting with Changling, which is why Cheng Hui thinks that the boss is actually a fool.
Ahem... Of course, I can't tell him about this.
In short, facing four Jindan-stage sawtooth crocodiles, the boss has limited time to delay, so Cheng Hui must speed up and find the entrance to the secret place as soon as possible.
He followed Uncle Gui's instructions and tapped the tree trunk gently. Unfortunately, the person who set up this mechanism was very clever and didn't leave too many loopholes for others.
There was no other way, Cheng Hui could only use violence and punched the tree trunk directly.
Bang!
Cheng Hui's fist was extremely powerful now, but the tree didn't even tremble after his punch. This showed that the man had definitely considered the possibility of someone opening the tree violently when selecting the material.
"This is not easy to deal with." Cheng Hui was a little distressed. He didn't have any very aggressive moves. After all, zombies were invulnerable to swords and guns, which was enough to deal with most situations. There was no such thing as the current one...
Fortunately, although Cheng Hui's attack power is limited, he has a cheat. Seeing that Uncle Gui had been suppressing the four saw-tooth crocodiles from the beginning, but now he was suppressed because his spiritual power could not keep up, he knew that he had to speed up.
“I hope your quality is really reliable.”
Cheng Hui muttered something, then opened his mouth and spit out a small flame.
This small flame, which is only slightly bigger than a bean, has not made any progress in the past year. Cheng Hui has tried every possible way to strengthen the small flame. Whether it is strength or speed, this thing will definitely be an unbeatable trump card if used well.
When he first showed this skill, even Uncle Gui was shocked. He jumped back more than ten meters. Judging from his expression, he looked frightened and was ridiculed by Changling for several days.
However, based on this, Cheng Hui also knew that this red lotus karma fire was definitely a powerful weapon to deal with any ghosts and spiritual creatures. It can be said that in this underworld, no matter how high the cultivation level was, as long as it was a ghost, it would be afraid of this small flame.
But Cheng Hui is not strong enough...the speed at which this little flame flies is really worrying.
Not to mention the powerful monks, any ordinary person with a little dexterity can avoid it without any difficulty.
It's very embarrassing.
When Uncle Gui later learned that the Red Lotus Karma Fire could only fly slowly and tremblingly, he almost laughed out loud, and then he gradually felt a little disappointed with the fire.
He glared at Cheng Hui. "Why are you so disappointing? You had such a good trump card hidden, and you used it like this? You're sitting on a mountain of treasure, don't you know?"
After that, there was a period of special training for Cheng Hui, but the effect was not very good. Even though Uncle Gui was knowledgeable, he had never heard of anyone who could control the Karma Fire Lotus. Using the usual method of cultivating strange fire to cultivate it had no effect at all.
However, he did not have enough materials to try those more special methods.
The result is that the little flame remains the same, and can only attack at a very close distance. If it is a little further away, it will be a joke.
Fortunately, the small flame is still useful at this time.
The moment the bean-sized flame touched the tree trunk, the entire trunk burst into flames with a loud bang.
The intense fire blew Cheng Hui back repeatedly. He looked at the burning tree in amazement... What? What happened?
In the past, small flames would burn their targets to ash in a flash, but today... why did it feel like adding fuel to the fire? The fire was several times bigger than before.
"roar!"
Cheng Hui endured the fire coming towards him and kept telling himself in his heart that it was his own fire, so there was no need to be afraid, it would not hurt him... Damn it!
He made a tactical backward move to avoid a burst of sparks, and reached out to touch his eyebrows. Very good, very good, his eyebrows were still intact... just a little hot, but not a big problem.
He took a few steps back before he took the time to look at the battle situation on Uncle Gui's side.
Um?
Cheng Hui was surprised to find that Uncle Gui's work was over.
There were no casualties on either side, except for the unlucky little sawtooth crocodile.
Uncle Gui was still standing very straight, but Cheng Hui could vaguely feel his weakness. On the contrary, although the four saw-tooth crocodiles were in good condition, they seemed very anxious and uneasy at this time, looking at Cheng Hui with a bit of fear in their eyes.
Um?
fear?
Cheng Hui didn't think that there was anything they should be afraid of about him, a bronze-armored corpse in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so... he slowly moved his gaze back and saw the burning tree.
So, they are afraid of this red lotus fire?
Cheng Hui thought about it and didn't find it strange. After all, these saw-toothed crocodiles were monsters from the underworld. It was natural for them to be afraid of the red lotus fire. Not to mention that the red lotus fire was so fierce at this time that he was also very scared.
The two sides confronted each other for a while, and Uncle Gui also noticed it. He slowly retreated and came to Cheng Hui's side.
The four saw-tooth crocodiles blew breaths of anger at Cheng Hui, then turned around and left in a hurry.
Cheng Hui glanced at Uncle Gui, who said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me? Don't worry, this isn't over yet. Sawtooth crocodiles hold grudges the most. When we get out, we'll probably have to fight them again. But... hehehe..."
Uncle Gui suddenly laughed sinisterly, "Beasts are beasts, let them wait, I will find another place to come out."
Cheng Hui was speechless. It seemed that being scared and having to move places was not something to be proud of, right?
...Forget it, as long as you are happy.
The fire of the Red Lotus Karma Fire finally died down. Cheng Hui stared at the tree. The tree, which was originally about three meters tall, was gone now, leaving only a dark cave in its place.
This time, the Red Lotus Karma Fire did not disappear due to the disappearance of the big tree. Instead, it condensed again. However, this time, it changed from the original bean size to the size of two beans.
Cheng Hui: ...
Emmmm, okay, it’s good enough that you can grow up. It’s a free benefit, so why complain about it?
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