Chapter 295 Threat Failure
The weather in the Dead Swamp is treacherous and changeable. The sky was clear in the morning, but now it has gradually darkened. It seems that there will be another heavy rain.
Zhou Ji raised his eyes to look at the dark clouds that were accumulating heavier and heavier, and spread his palms forward. Suddenly, a drop of cold rain fell on the palm of his hand. Then, the breeze turned into a strong wind, accompanied by more and more rain. The marshes of the city looked even more gray, and there was a gray mist around them.
When it comes to rain, the happiest thing is Si Teng. Under the heavy rain, the poisonous insects in the dead swamp have to succumb to the mighty force of nature and disappear.
In contrast, the increasingly muddy and difficult-to-walk wetlands in front of the rattan ropes suspended on the ground did not have the troubles faced by others.
This torrential rain lasted for several days without stopping. Some low grass blades and the ground with fruit dew were gradually flooded by the rain. At a glance, the originally disconnected puddles now merged into one, like a vast ocean, endless.
It was against the storm that Zhou Ji and the others finally came to the boundary of this ocean, in front of a gray air wall made of poisonous miasma, which was so high that it didn't reach the top and spread endlessly from left to right.
Zhou Ji and Zhang Xiaofan came here five years ago, and went through the poisonous miasma to search for the treasure house of the Emperor of Heaven in the inner swamp of the death swamp. Unfortunately, the time did not come, and the treasure house never appeared.
Now that they return to this place, they are not very surprised, but Si Teng and Baguio, who came here for the first time, could not help but flash a look of surprise and shock in the face of such a magnificent spectacle.
Two steps forward, Baguio lay on the light blue transparent light curtain, as if trying to see through the thick gray fog to see what was inside.
It's a pity that the rainstorm didn't stop, and it slapped on the mana barrier summoned by Zhou Ji, forming a hazy water curtain, which couldn't be seen clearly at all. Seeing this, Zhou Ji smiled, stretched out his hand and made a move, and the Immortal Sword flew back into his hand, flipped between his wrists, With a wave of his arms, a beautiful arc of light was drawn in midair.
In an instant, the rain curtain seemed to be divided into two sections, and the dense fog, which was more than ten feet thick, also cracked silently from side to side like melting ice and snow. Zhou Ji smiled and said, "Don't look, let's go."
Baguio was startled when she saw the poisonous miasma that was thicker than the gate of the city wall. This was the second time she witnessed Zhou Ji's attack with her own eyes. Such an understatement of the sword made her realize once again the horror of this ancient long sword. .
Stepping into the passage, the dense fog billowed behind him, quickly filling the hole, and after everyone passed through the poisonous miasma, the fog behind him had returned to normal, the sky was still dark one moment before it was about to rain like the end of the world, but the next moment it had stopped Ji, as if the two worlds were separated.
The sky in Inezawa seems to be a little brighter than the day outside, and even the rotten smell in the air has temporarily disappeared at this moment.
Zhou Ji put away the mana barrier, and the light blue transparent light curtain turned into stars and disappeared without a trace.
Siteng and Baguio realized that they were outside a forest. Although it was also a forest, it was very different from the outside.
The tall ancient trees stood in the faint mist, but there were few dense shrubs and aquatic plants in the wetland outside on the ground. Suddenly, it seemed that he had sensed an elusive ethereal breath. Zhou Ji frowned slightly, and then Relieved, he set his eyes on the distant woods.
Noticing the change in Zhou Ji's expression, Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously pulled out the fire stick, showing a hint of vigilance, looked around, and asked cautiously, "Senior, did you find anything?"
Zhou Bai focused his eyes, looked into the distance and said, "It's coming."
What's coming?
Zhang Xiaofan looked at Zhou Ji suspiciously, suddenly, the sky and the earth trembled, the clouds above the sky were changing and churning almost at a visible speed, the clouds were steaming, layers and scenes were like roaring waves, and the sky and the earth changed color in an instant.
At the same time, there was a strong earthquake in the soil under her feet, and Biguio's feet were unstable and she immediately fell into Zhang Xiaofan's arms. When Zhou Ji reached out to help Si Teng, she found that her feet had turned into silk vines and spread the ground. The roots are stable, even more stable than Zhou Ji's standing.
Facing Si Teng's clear black and white eyes, and then looking at her posture as if walking on the ground, Zhou Ji was about to withdraw his outstretched arm, but Si Teng 'supported' her.
The violent earthquake of the earth became more and more violent, and in an instant, a dazzling golden beam of light rose into the sky, accompanied by bursts of roars,
Through the sky and the earth, it illuminates the sky and the earth extremely brightly.
Because the distance was too close, everyone at the scene closed their eyes sideways, not daring to look directly at his light, Si Teng supported Zhou Ji with one hand, and with the other hand, he called out two rattan ropes to fix Zhang Xiaofan and Bi Yao, and said in a deep voice, " I feel that there is an existence underground that is as vast as the sea and as terrifying as an abyss is constantly surging upwards, and the surrounding wood-type aura suddenly becomes thicker. I don't know exactly what that thing is, but it should be the Treasure House of the Emperor of Heaven you mentioned gone."
"No wonder Xiaofan and I couldn't find it when we came here five years ago. It turned out to be hidden underground."
Zhou Ji suddenly realized that although the deep forest in the inner swamp of the Death Swamp was vast and boundless, it could not hide the towering ancient trees that contained the treasure house of the Emperor of Heaven.
In the periphery of the miasma and thick fog, the violent storm stopped suddenly. The people of Qingyunmen and Tianyin Temple who were walking hard in the rain were startled by the sudden change, and they all looked at the unpredictable black clouds in the distance in amazement and astonishment.
And in the dark depths in the distance, a pillar of light suddenly rose up, the golden light gradually became brighter and taller, and in a burst of roaring, it rushed straight to the sky and pierced into the clouds. It's sunny.
Because Zhou Ji, Zhang Xiaofan and the others were too close to the golden light, they couldn't see the whole picture clearly, but Xiao Yicai and the demon cult members on the other side were tens of miles away, but they could see clearly.
I saw that this golden beam of light became more and more dazzling, and in the end it was almost invisible, and the turbulence in the sky became more violent and turbulent. It revolved rapidly around the golden beam of light, forming a huge vortex illuminated by the golden light.
Finally, the vortex turns into a giant golden tree, the crown spreads out, as if covering the sky and blocking out the sun, lifelike.
But the trunk of the giant tree followed the rotation of the vortex, gradually absorbing and withdrawing the crown made of golden light, and turned back into a beam of light in a blink of an eye, and then became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
In Nei Ze, as the golden light weakened, the vibration of the earth gradually calmed down. Zhou Ji raised his eyes and saw the sudden growth of vegetation in the depths of the forest. He grabbed Si Teng's waist with one hand and held the vine with the other Slipping Zhang Xiaofan and Bi Yao into his hand, he jumped up and disappeared in place.
As it gradually deepened, the torsos of the trees in the forest became larger and larger, as if the violent earthquake just now hadn't affected them in the slightest, and at the end of these thick trees, a solid rough wall appeared in the faint mist. looming.
Zhou Ji stopped in front of the wall and looked up at the high wall in front of him.
There is no top to the top, and no end to the left and right.
Baguio was swayed all the way on the swing, and gave Zhou Ji a resentful look, but instead, he was attracted by the high wall in front of him.
Since the Qingyun Rebellion, she has been recuperating in Huqi Mountain, and has not traveled far for ten years. This trip is like a bird out of a cage, full of curiosity about everything around her.
"Is this a fence?" Baguio tugged Zhang Xiaofan's sleeve and asked curiously, "What's inside the wall? When you and your uncle came here last time, did you turn it up and have a look?"
Zhang Xiaofan guarded Baguio, looked around, shook his head and said, "When my senior and I came here five years ago, there was no such high wall." Zhang Xiaofan looked at Zhou Ji while talking, Zhou Ji nodded and said, "Before this place was A puddle of open space.”
Not far away, Si Teng stepped forward and reached out to touch the rough tree texture. The rhythm of life was contained under the bark of the ravines. A tree, an ancient tree that has grown for tens of thousands of years."
A giant tree whose roots are six feet high, how big should it be?
Zhou Ji himself didn't think about this problem.
When they climbed up to the end of the 'high wall' and saw another 'wall' connected by the high wall, even Zhou Ji couldn't help being stunned.
This is a majestic existence that cannot be described in words. The divine tree of the God Realm that I saw in the world of Immortal Sword, in front of this giant tree, is like a gravel, an ant.
Even the real body of the divine tree is hard to compare in size with this giant tree that soars into the sky and has not yet reached its top.
Until passing through the clouds, looking down at the vast expanse at the foot, it is the undulating sea of clouds; looking up, the staggered extensions, the extremely thick branches form a canopy that covers the sky and the sun, and among the dense branches, Different vine flowers began to grow, colorful and beautiful.
Zhou Ji hugged Si Teng, Zhang Xiaofan took Baguio and continued to fly upwards, the crown of the tree gradually shrunk, like a sea of flowers, a stone gate more than five feet high stood impressively, a huge blue-gray stone was firmly embedded in the trunk In the center, the surrounding area is submerged by countless vines and flowers, leaving only the big ancient seal characters engraved on it, 'Treasure House of the Emperor of Heaven'.
At this time, neither the righteous disciples from Qingyunmen Tianyin Temple nor the Demon Sect members hiding in the dark have arrived yet, seeing that the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure is close at hand, Zhang Xiaofan tightly held Bi Yao's hand, Just about to go forward and try to open the stone door, but was stopped by Zhou Ji.
Above the clear sky, there suddenly sounded a clear howling cry that pierced gold and cracked stones.
Accompanied by the sound of cries, a group of dark clouds suddenly covered their heads. The Treasure House of the Heavenly Emperor was already above the clouds, so how could there be clouds above the clouds? Zhou Ji sneered, stretched out his hand and summoned the Juexian Sword, pointed the blade upwards, and forced the yellow bird to make a long, high-pitched cry.
The dark clouds moved away, and it turned out to be a giant fierce bird.
Zhang Xiaofan had seen the power of Huang Niao last time, and he knew that going forward would add chaos to Zhou Ji, so he glanced at Si Teng who was not far away, protected Bi Yao behind him, and moved closer to her.
Yellow Bird's round and cold pupils reflected Zhou Ji who was standing with a sword, and his head was turned left and right. The familiar instinctive fear made him quickly recognize Zhou Ji's identity.
So the original anxiety turned into impotent rage, the instinct of the bloodline required it to uphold the duty of guarding the treasure house of the emperor of heaven, but the instinct of the bloodline was crazily warning, reminding it of the terrifying threat of the immortal sword.
Finally, duty overcame fear, the yellow bird spread its wings, and its huge body did not hinder its own speed at all.
But what arrived before the air wave was its four-fingered claw that was as sharp as a blade and shone with a cold light.
The cold light of sharp claws came first, and the strong wind disturbed the air. Zhou Ji's figure flickered and disappeared in place. Silence came in a hurry, like light and electricity in an instant.
Zhou Ji raised his brows. The last time he fought with the Yellow Bird, he used the afterimage to shake it once. He didn't expect it to remember it now. The golden light, under the sword energy of Juexianjian, seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, emitting smoke and dust.
Breaking through the golden light, Zhou Ji's figure disappeared again. The yellow bird neighed and flapped its wings to re-open the distance, but found that the opponent had already appeared above his head, and was rushing towards his forehead along his long beak.
Suddenly, the spread wings came to a standstill, and as the yellow bird's claws landed, a large number of petals and fallen leaves were raised again. Si Teng retreated again and again, unable to see what happened, even the yellow bird himself could only watch When it hits the pupil of one's own eyeball, it is only a hair's breadth away from piercing a bit of cold light.
"The Black Water Profound Snake even knows how to live by stealth. Since you are a descendant of the mount of the 'Emperor of Heaven', you should not be inferior to the Black Water Profound Snake in terms of spiritual wisdom?"
Zhou Jijian pointed at the yellow bird's pupils. The closed nictitating membrane and eyelids couldn't resist the sharp edge of the Juexian sword. The instinct of the yellow bird as a fierce beast was enough to feel that the other party's thought could determine its life and death.
The yellow bird wailed from its throat. It slammed forward, raised its long beak at the same time, and opened its mouth to peck at Zhou Ji. The sprayed blood stagnated three feet in front of Zhou Ji and was blocked by the protective qi , and he didn't expect the yellow bird to be so decisive. At the same time as the figure retreated violently, the immortal in his hand flew away like a stream of light. hit.
Wings spread out, Zhou Ji flew ten feet in the wind, and pointed to the sword to call back Juexian. The seriously injured yellow bird wailed again like a cuckoo crying blood, flapping its wings and flew deep into the tree crown.
Seeing the figure of the yellow bird leaving, Zhou Ji sighed softly and did not catch up to kill it, but a group of men in black robes walking through the poisonous miasma seemed to hear the yellow bird's wailing on the sky, and then their steps moved a little faster. point.
(end of this chapter)