bookrandom Chapter 75 Weird Valley
Chapter 75 Weird Valley
The cold voice echoed in the empty cave for a long time. Gao Xingchen and others looked around vigilantly, but did not see anyone.
"Who is it? How can you be a hero if you're sneaking around like that?" Gao Xingchen shouted loudly into the empty cave, but the only response he got was his own echo.
"Xingchen, be careful, there's a trap!" Nan Li grabbed Gao Xingchen's arm, her beautiful eyes flashing with vigilance. She looked around and keenly noticed a strange smell in the air, and a sense of danger arose spontaneously.
"Let's leave here first." Gao Xingchen also realized that something was wrong and decided to evacuate this strange place first.
However, just as they turned around and prepared to leave, the cold voice sounded again, this time with a hint of teasing in it: "Want to leave? It's not that easy. Follow this road, I will be waiting for you at the end, foolish adventurers..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a stone door suddenly appeared on the stone wall in front of everyone. The stone door slowly opened, revealing a deep passage.
"What should we do? Should we go in?" Ling'er hid behind Nanli in fear and asked timidly.
Gao Xingchen hesitated for a moment. He knew it was a trap, but he was also curious about who was behind all this. More importantly, the voice mentioned "the end point". Could that be their destination?
"Now that we're here, there's no reason to retreat!" Gao Xingchen's eyes flashed with determination, "Let's go in and take a look, but everyone must be careful and act according to circumstances."
Everyone nodded, tightened their weapons, and walked into the passage carefully. The passage was winding, and some ancient runes were carved on the stone walls on both sides, emitting a faint light.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally walked out of the passage and came to a valley. The valley was filled with birdsong and flowers, and the scenery was pleasant, which formed a sharp contrast with the gloomy and terrifying passage before.
"Here...it looks very peaceful." Ling'er took a deep breath and said relaxedly.
"The quieter the place, the more likely it is to hide danger." Nanli reminded calmly. She looked around and always felt that something was wrong.
Gao Xingchen also felt something strange. The atmosphere in the valley was too quiet, so quiet that it was a little weird. He signaled everyone to be alert and slowly walked deeper into the valley.
"Be careful!" Nan Li suddenly cried out and reached out to grab Ling'er's arm. Suddenly, a stone under Ling'er's feet sank, revealing a dark hole.
"What is this?" Ling'er asked in shock, her face pale with fear.
"It's a trap, and a deadly one at that." Nan Li squatted down and carefully observed the hole, his face gradually becoming solemn. "If I'm not mistaken, there should be poisonous stingers or poisonous gas underneath. If you fall in, you will definitely die."
Gao Xingchen and others couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, and secretly felt lucky that Nanli discovered it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
"It seems that we have really met an opponent this time." Gao Xingchen narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "What is the purpose of this guy deliberately leading us here?"
Just then, a breeze blew by, and a faint fragrance filled the air. The fragrance was so faint that you could not detect it at all if you didn't smell it carefully.
"Be careful, it's poisonous!" Nan Li's face changed, and he quickly covered his mouth and nose to warn everyone. However, it was too late. Ling'er had already inhaled a lot of poison gas because she was the closest. Her face turned pale in an instant, and her body was shaky... Ling'er's body shook, and she fell to the ground weakly.
"Ling'er!" Nan Li hurried forward to hold her, calling anxiously. Ling'er's lips had turned purple, and her breathing was rapid, obviously she was deeply poisoned.
"Don't worry, I'll find a way!" Grandma Sun said, taking out an exquisite small porcelain bottle from her arms, pouring out a red pill for Ling'er to take.
The red pill melted in her mouth, turning into a warm current flowing through Ling'er's body. After a while, Ling'er's face gradually returned to its rosy color, and her breathing became steady.
"Fortunately, I brought antidote pills with me, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Granny Sun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This poisonous fog is very overbearing. If I hadn't taken the antidote pills in time, I'm afraid..."
Gao Xingchen and the others were all shocked when they heard this. They knew that this opponent was no ordinary person, not only was he powerful, but he was also meticulous and ruthless.
"Everyone must be careful. This valley is full of weirdness. Don't take it lightly!" Gao Xingchen reminded.
Everyone nodded and observed the surrounding environment more carefully.
"Hey, what is that?" Ling'er asked curiously, pointing at a plant not far away. The plant was emerald green, with silvery-white lines on its leaves, which emitted a faint fluorescence under the sunlight.
"This should be 'Silver Leaf Grass', a very precious medicinal herb that is said to have the power to bring the dead back to life." Grandma Sun explained.
"Really? Then I'll go pick some!" Ling'er said, and was about to go forward to pick them.
"Wait!" Granny Sun hurriedly stopped him, "There are usually some poisonous insects guarding around this silverleaf grass. It's very dangerous to approach it rashly."
"Poisonous insect?" Ling'er retracted her hand in fear when she heard that.
"Mother-in-law, you are a master animal tamer, can you help us drive away those poisonous insects?" Gao Xingchen asked.
Granny Sun nodded, took out a jade flute from her bosom, put it to her lips and blew it softly. The melodious sound of the flute echoed in the valley.
As the flute sounded, a rustling sound came from the surrounding grass, as if something was approaching.
Upon seeing this, Gao Xingchen and others quickly gripped their weapons and looked around vigilantly.
"Don't be nervous, these are all my friends." Grandma Sun said, and she waved her hand. Several colorful butterflies flew out from the grass and danced around her.
"These butterflies... are they tamed by you?" Gao Xingchen asked in surprise.
"Yes, they can help me sense the surrounding environment and hidden dangers." Granny Sun explained.
The butterflies circled in the air for a few times, and suddenly, as if they discovered something, they all flew in one direction.
"Oh no, something's happening!" Granny Sun's face changed and she hurriedly followed.
Seeing this, Gao Xingchen and others hurriedly followed.
They followed the butterfly all the way to a deep valley.
"Be careful!" Granny Sun suddenly cried out and stretched out her hand to stop everyone.
"What's wrong?" Gao Xingchen asked.
"Here... there is a very powerful aura, and... it is full of malice." Granny Sun said with a serious expression.
"What kind of aura?" Gao Xingchen asked.
"It's a shadow creature!" Granny Sun said in a deep voice, "Moreover, this aura is very powerful, I'm afraid..."
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew, the temperature in the valley dropped suddenly, and a creepy atmosphere spread...
The chilling wind swirled through the valley like the whispers of ghosts. Gao Xingchen and the others felt a chill down their spines, and an inexplicable sense of fear wrapped around them like a vine. Granny Sun's face was solemn, and she held the jade flute tighter in her hand. She whispered, "The shadow creatures are the embodiment of the power of darkness, bloodthirsty and cruel. We must be extremely careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, the mysterious stranger who had been following the back of the team and was taciturn suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and then disappeared in front of everyone, as if swallowed by the darkness, leaving no trace.
"Not good!" Gao Xingchen's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition came to his mind, "He must have met with an accident! Let's go find him!"
Nan Li grabbed him and said calmly, "Xingchen, calm down! The situation is unclear now, and rash actions will only put us in greater danger. Let's figure out the situation first, and then make plans."
Just as everyone was hesitating, the ground shook, and a huge shadow creature broke out of the ground, blocking out the sky. It looked like a giant bear, but it was emitting a disgusting black mist, and its scarlet eyes flashed with greed, like a demon from hell, making people shudder.
"Run!" Grandma Sun shouted and dodged to the side first.
The shadow creature missed its attack, let out a deafening roar, and rushed towards everyone again. Gao Xingchen and others took out their weapons and fought a desperate battle with the beast. However, the shadow creature was so powerful that the swords and knives that chopped on it were like hitting hard rocks, and had no effect.
Just when everyone was about to be overwhelmed, Gao Xingchen discovered a narrow cave entrance not far behind the giant beast. He made a prompt decision and shouted, "Everyone, retreat to the cave!"
The group fought and retreated, and finally hid in the cave at the critical moment. The shadow creature seemed to be afraid of some power in the cave, and after wandering at the entrance for a while, it left unwillingly.
Gao Xingchen and the others were still in shock, and with the weak light, they looked around the cave they had accidentally entered. The inner wall of the cave was rough and uneven, and the air was filled with a damp and moldy smell.
"It seems someone has been here before." Nan Li pointed at some scattered items on the ground and said, "These things look like... documents?"
Gao Xingchen walked forward and carefully identified them in the dim light, and found that these documents contained some creepy information. On one of the documents, the four characters "Dark Alliance" were clearly written, while on another document, the plan of "awakening the ancient demon god" was recorded.
"Dark Alliance... Ancient Demon God..." Gao Xingchen muttered to himself, and an ominous premonition came to his mind. He realized that he and his companions seemed to have accidentally discovered some shocking secret, which also meant that they had fallen into a huge conspiracy.
At this moment, a creepy roar came from the depths of the cave, accompanied by waves of suffocating oppression...