Three days later.
Qu Wuming came to a dense forest and stopped to escape without daring to break into it.
This woods looks extremely weird.
Just among the trees on the outskirts of the forest, there are several species that can kill people - including the kind of willow tree that Qu Wuming encountered before encountering the yellow-faced monkey, but it can use its branches to catch prey. The strange tree it devoured.
And that kind of "tree" may be just the most docile kind in the woods in front of it - according to the "Encyclopedia of Creatures of the Underworld", many areas where the creatures of the Underworld gather will follow one of the most basic principles. , that is, the more powerful the species, the more it will occupy the best position, while the weakest species can only live on the edge.
For the creatures in the underworld, there are only a few so-called best positions.
Or, there are spiritual veins from the underworld hidden underground, and the special aura of the underworld contained above and near the spiritual veins is the strongest.
Or, there are some spiritual seeds of heaven and earth growing somewhere. It may be a flower, a grass, a tree, or a stone. Maybe there is not much strangeness in its growth process. However, when these heaven and earth spiritual seeds mature, if they can be swallowed and refined, it may be possible for people to improve their cultivation by leaps and bounds, or have a magical effect like being reborn.
Therefore, whenever there is such a place where the spiritual seeds of heaven and earth grow, there will often be powerful alien beasts with keen spiritual senses to guard them - not to protect these spiritual seeds of heaven and earth, but to wait for the moment when they mature. Enjoy.
There are also some good locations that are preferred by certain species that like special spiritual power. For example, species that like fire spiritual power will place volcanic craters, underground lava rivers, etc. close to fire sources. Those with sufficient fire spiritual power will The place is regarded as home, and species that like the spiritual power of water will live near water sources, and so on.
The dense forest in front of Qu Wuming seemed a little unusual.
You know, this place still belongs to the branch basin of the Styx River. There is a big river rushing away dozens of miles behind Qu Wuming. In this forest, there are three small rivers extending out, and finally merge into the big river.
As far as the eye can see, peaks of different heights can be vaguely seen standing quietly in the depths of this dense forest. The mountains are dark, like giant beasts crouching in the dense forest.
In the dense forest, the chirping of birds and animals could be heard faintly from time to time, adding a touch of life to the seemingly gloomy dense forest.
Although the "Encyclopedia of Creatures in the Underworld" swore that there would be no overly powerful native creatures in the Styx River branch basin, after experiencing the yellow-faced monkeys and ghost servant villages, Qu Wuming no longer dared to believe it easily. recorded.
After all, the various information collected by Xianghezhai, even the latest and most recent information, is the situation when the underworld came to the world last time - that was nearly 800 years ago. Who can guarantee 800 years? , won't there be a huge change here?
Qu Wuming originally wanted to simply fly over this dense forest from high altitude, but he quickly gave up this idea when he saw the space cracks that occasionally appeared dozens of feet above the sky.
After all, this period is a special period when two worlds, the Underworld and the Shifang Realm, which were originally in different spaces (maybe even in different dimensions), briefly overlapped on a small scale. The space in many places is not stable, especially at high altitudes. , this kind of random space cracks has no rules at all, but it is extremely dangerous and far beyond the ability of human beings to contend with.
If you are accidentally swept by it, at least part of your body will disappear in an instant, or at worst, your whole person will fall into the cracks in space, with no possibility of returning to the ten directions world.
Although Qu Wuming's current body refining skills have reached a very unusual level, he still knows his own strength. In front of the space crack created by the heaven and earth, even if his physical body is several times stronger, it will still be weak. Unable to withstand the sweep of a space crack.
And if you choose to fly low above the dense forest to avoid high-altitude areas where space cracks may appear, it is not a wise choice.
There are many strange flying beasts in the underworld, and there are also many strange creatures that feed on flying beasts. Flying at such a height, I am afraid it will be like a living target and become the target of many strange beasts.
"Forget it, for the sake of safety, let's go underground!" Qu Wuming observed from a distance for a long time, but gave up the idea of hiding his body and walking directly through the forest. After all, he had the treasure "Falling Star" in hand, so he just needed to spend more time. Matters involving mana can avoid the perception of most of the strange beasts living in the forest, so why not do it?
Moreover, with the unique ability of "Falling Star", Qu Wuming can clearly observe the situation on the ground while running underground. If he encounters a treasure worth taking action, he can just get out of the ground at that time. ?
Thinking of this, Qu Wuming no longer hesitated and took out the "Falling Star" orb, which turned into a yellow escaping light and suddenly dived into the ground, leaving no trace behind...
The "Falling Star" orb transformed into an earth-yellow circular barrier, wrapping Qu Wuming as he moved rapidly underground. In Qu Wuming's "gaze", not only everything underground around him could be seen at a glance, but also the two heads above his head. On the ground three feet away, Qu Wuming could clearly "see" every plant, tree, bird and beast.
Qu Wuming activated the "Falling Star" orb, and with the help of the orb's power, the power of his spiritual consciousness extended around, "seeing" everything within a radius of more than twenty feet.
Traveling more than ten feet deep underground, enough to avoid the root systems of most trees, Qu Wuming's speed became very fast as a result. He was rushing underground like a ghost, which was only slightly slower than galloping in the forest.
Walking underground, the surroundings are quiet.
It's not like an earth-attribute cultivator performing earth-escape techniques at all. It will leave a clear trace wherever it passes, as if someone has dug a tunnel behind it. Wherever the "falling star" orb passes, the sand is still sand, the soil is still soil, and the stone is still stone. Nothing has changed.
In Qu Wuming's perception, everything on the ground was only images and no sound.
In the quiet "picture", Qu Wuming once saw a one-horned deer with three pairs of long legs, standing leisurely next to a dead agouta. There was a deep bloody hole on the head of the agouti, which seemed to have been penetrated by something. There was a pool of red and white stuff on the ground. And the one-horned deer seemed to be taking the usual route, avoiding the sharp thorns all over the body of the agouti, biting a big hole in the tail of the agouti, taking out its intestines and stomach, and feasting there, full of sharp thorns. The mouth of the teeth kept chewing, and occasionally shook its head, throwing the yellow-brown things in the intestines and stomach everywhere...
Qu Wuming also saw a ghost servant cultivator, offering a magic weapon in the shape of a scimitar, fighting with a four-legged beast covered in black scales and over ten feet long. The scimitar The magic weapon seemed to have extraordinary power. Wherever it passed, the surrounding trees fell down one after another as they were swept by the light of the scimitar. But when the scimitar and its body were slashed at the scales of the four-legged giant beast, it could only burst out a stream of sparks, but was unable to hurt the opponent at all. The four-legged beast seemed to be a little clumsy in its movements. Although it kept shaking its head and tail, trying to kill the ghost servant cultivator on the opposite side, every blow fell into the air, and it could not even touch the corner of the opponent's clothes. The only unlucky thing was the surrounding trees. Under the thump of this four-legged beast, the wood and rocks turned into debris, flying everywhere, creating chaos...
Qu Wuming also saw a human cultivator, a slim woman wearing a red robe. She sacrificed a long red caltrop, and in an instant, she killed a four-legged python with a body as long as a python but a head. But the weird creature that looked like a savage was bundled into a ball, and then he raised his hand and chopped off the monster's head, and then took out a black ball the size of the thumb's belly from the center of his eyebrows. Only then was he satisfied. He smiled and threw the monster's corpse aside. As if she sensed that someone was spying on her, the red-robed woman suddenly frowned slightly, and the power of her consciousness spread around. She asked coldly: "Who is it?!" But except for the whistling wind, there was no sound in the forest. Who will answer? After a while, the search turned out to be fruitless. The red-robed woman jumped up more than three feet on the spot. Her graceful figure swung around with the floating red caltrops, then turned into a ball of red mist with a bang and disappeared...
Underground, Qu Wuming had already left this place no less than a hundred feet away, and dived several feet deeper... This red-robed woman, Qu Wuming, didn't want to provoke her - she was a red Rakshasa from Tiandao Sect, and her cultivation level had reached the refinement level. In the middle stage of the virtual world, even though she looks as beautiful as a fairy, she is known to be cruel and ruthless. She also has no fewer than ten concubines, all of whom are cultivators in the Void Refining Stage and the Divine Transformation Stage of the evil sect. The most famous among them is Young Master Yu from the Heavenly Demon Sect. His evil skills are so superb that almost no one dares to offend him.
If all the cultivators who entered the underworld were ranked in order, among the few people Qu Wuming didn't want to meet in the underworld, this red Rakshasa would definitely occupy one of them - messing with her would mean messing with someone. A big crowd, who can bear this? Moreover, the Red Rakshasa itself is not a good person. If she encounters him, you can imagine the probability that she will take action against him...
Qu Wuming escaped from the Red Rakshasa, and after sneaking for an unknown amount of time, he reached the depths of this vast dense forest. However, when I went further, I discovered that the groundwater in this area was extremely rich. Although there was no underground river, the water in the soil was so large that the mana consumption required to activate the "Falling Star" orb increased sharply. More than three times, but the escape speed is still ridiculously slow...
In desperation, Qu Wuming had no choice but to urge the "falling star" to rise upwards, preparing to cross this area before moving forward again. However, when Qu Wuming couldn't escape more than two feet upwards, he found that he had plunged into a dense and complex root system, and the root system seemed to be a little different...
