Chapter 97: The Excited Golden Lion
After receiving Lin Fenghuo's message, everyone also understood the current situation. No matter what, they must first deal with the alien beast king behind them before they can explore the secrets at the bottom of the pond with peace of mind.
Su Xiaoxian immediately sent a message to Wu Hao on the side, telling him to be on guard against the golden lion that was chasing after him. The five of them each found a position on the surrounding stone walls, and used their inner strength to cling to the rocks, which was better than having no foundation in the water.
They looked up above their heads. The sunlight shining into the deep pool from the water could not reach this depth. Fortunately, the spiritual pool was only a dozen feet long, and the stone walls in this circle were not far apart. With the help of the fluorescence emitted by them, they seemed to be inverted. They can also see each other clearly.
"It is already less than a hundred feet away from us!" Li Xintian reminded via voice transmission. Since everyone stopped, with this distance of a hundred feet, they would probably be able to catch up soon.
Sure enough, not long after, the girl's voice transmission sounded again. "Less than fifty feet!"
Zhong Lingxi's heart sank and she frowned as she looked at the dark water above her head. She didn't expect that this huge golden lion could be so flexible in the water! The difference between Li Xintian's two transmissions was less than one breath, so to put it this way...
A chill instantly enveloped Zhong Lingxi, and she subconsciously waved the blue moon-colored dagger she held in her right hand.
Uh-huh!
A ferocious horse face instantly appeared in front of her eyes. The huge scarlet eyes like a lantern and the pale golden fur all over her body really shocked Zhong Lingxi. Subconsciously, he took a gulp of water and almost choked her to death.
At the critical moment, a long sword filled with yin and yang energy directly stood between the two, blocking the next attack for her.
"It's the Liuyun Light Splitting Sword!" Zhong Lingxi naturally recognized the Qingyun Sect's swordsmanship, and also knew that this long sword belonged to Senior Brother Su. At the same time, three black stone thorns also wrapped around her from behind. The golden lion's tail whipped over the stone thorns, bringing up pieces of stone foam.
After a brief adjustment, Zhong Lingxi finally spat out the water that had choked her lungs. She looked at Su Xiaoxian and Li Xintian with gratitude. It was the two of them who took action to protect her at the critical moment.
At this time, it was Lin Fenghuo and Wu Hao who were entangled with the golden lion on the field. The two of them used their knives to bring up layers of fire waves, even in this cold pool with extremely low water temperature, they also brought up pieces of steam knife gangs, and Wu Hao still used his seven unique fingering skills. The two of them, one engaged in close combat and the other engaged in long-range attack, seemed to have a tacit understanding of their cooperation.
The golden lion didn't expect to hit the iron plate immediately. He wanted to sneak attack on the one who seemed to be the weakest, but he couldn't get into the net. Not only was the prey not taken away, but it was also set on fire.
This king of strange beasts did not linger at all. Seeing that it would not get any benefit here, he immediately jumped into the depths and swam.
Seeing its quickly disappearing figure, it is not difficult to see that the golden lion's combat power in the water has not weakened much. Everyone's hearts also sank slightly, and none of the five of them continued to dive to catch up, because these people all understood that this time it seemed that their side had the advantage in this fight, but in fact, the five of them were waiting for work, and they were also clinging to it. Block the enemy on the rock wall. If the five people had just been swimming back and forth in the water and encountered a golden lion in this situation, the result would probably be different.
"That's good, it's better than not knowing the opponent's strength. Besides, it won't be hiding behind us this time." Zhong Lingxi comforted everyone through a message.
Su Xiaoxian nodded and continued: "Lingxi is right. We form a circle in the water and fall together. We will either eliminate this golden lion or reach the bottom of the pool."
The five people naturally had no objection to this. Su Jianzi and Wu Hao, the so-called Xiao Ming King, were at the front and back ends of the circle, and the other three were on both sides. Since Lin Fenghuo was stronger than Zhong Lingxi and Li Xintian, he occupied one side and the other side was occupied by two girls.
They cautiously continued to dive to a distance of close to a thousand feet, which was a full 5,500 feet away from the water surface of Lingtan, reaching a range of thirty-six miles, just beyond the scope of Li Xintian's initial exploration.
"The golden lion appeared five hundred feet below. It seems to be waiting for us there." Li Xintian said suddenly through a message.
As the water pressure gradually increased, everyone put up internal energy shields to protect their bodies from being crushed by the water pressure. The stronger the shield, the more it affects Li Xintian's perception of sound waves, so her detection range is obviously much weaker than when she was on the shore.
Wait for us there?
Everyone was a little confused, and Lin Fenghuo couldn't help asking: "Is it the bottom of the pool?"
The girl shook her head and denied: "The pool there is indeed different from this one, but I don't know exactly where it is different. Only in the past can I know."
At this point, everyone didn't care about this and continued to march into the depths of the Lingtan in this formation.
After about a cup of tea, the five of them finally arrived and saw four golden lions suspended in the water, looking up at these hateful skinny monkeys.
Yes, the term Skinny Monkey is exactly what he came up with. At this time, his feet seemed to be hanging in the air, but they were actually stepping on a layer of black liquid. It's just that the light here is dim, and the golden light emitted by the golden mane makes it a dark area under the lamp.
Seeing that these five people were gradually approaching, a trace of violence flashed in the golden lion's eyes. It opened its mouth and a scarlet ball quickly gathered in its mouth.
"No! It's the Beast King roaring! Be careful to dodge!" Su Xiaoxian's heart shrank slightly when he saw this scene. When the Beast King's Roar is used in such a small place, the threat level rises sharply, and this Beast King's Roar compresses a large amount of heaven and earth's true energy, which can produce extremely high temperatures and impact.
Even if they are not hit by the Beast King's roar, the scarlet light pillar will still take away huge energy and cause a super whirlpool in this deep pool. The most serious consequence would be to drag them back to the shore of the deep pool. In this case, wouldn't there be no point in diving for such a long time? Moreover, the remaining time was not enough for them to explore the fourth level of the sword tomb.
Fortunately, Wu Hao also saw this clue and directly pinched out a finger seal, which turned out to be a Buddhist fingerprint!
You must know that Buddhist Kung Fu is especially outstanding in its palm skills, boxing skills, and fingering skills, and then it strengthens the physical body. The set of fingering techniques performed by Wu Hao had a vague sense of majesty.
But the next moment, the worst thing did not happen. The golden lion did not release the beast king roar in its mouth at the five people. Instead, at the critical moment, it lowered its head and blasted them into the black water at their feet. The crimson beam of light instantly penetrated the water of this special black pool, forming a huge vortex and pouring into the bottom of the pool in just an instant!
It was at this moment that everyone saw the bottom of the deep pool. Under the black water, at a distance of nearly a hundred feet, was a cyan formation.
And this scarlet light pillar rushed straight into the formation after passing through the barrier of nearly a hundred feet of pond water!
…………Dividing line…………
Yi Xifeng looked at the light ball in front of him, which was as big as a window, and gradually became a little excited. He knew that he was almost there, because every time he took a step there, the edges around the light ball were getting bigger. Clear.
Suddenly, there was a turbulent shaking in this space, and then a long roar came from the distance. It was very thick. It sounded a bit like the Behemoth I met at the entrance to the third floor, but it felt a little different. .
But soon the shaking stopped, and then a gray shadow flashed past his head, in the direction of the light ball.
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Wu Hao was weighing whether to take action. At this time, the golden lion had just finished performing the Beast King's Roar and was in a weak stage. The chance of success at this time was extremely high, but correspondingly, if they really killed the golden lion , then their fragile alliance will fall apart in an instant.
He saw the cyan magic circle a hundred feet away under the black pool water. That was everyone's destination.
But just when his mind was wandering, a low roar interrupted Wu Hao's thoughts, and also interrupted the thoughts of others present.
A dark figure slowly emerged from the black pool. Its size was more than five feet, close to six feet! Twice the size of this golden lion.
When its dark horns pierced the surface of the dark pool and gradually revealed its true appearance, everyone's faces instantly turned pale.
It's a giant Behemoth!
Everyone knows that this kind of strange beast has been encountered at the entrance of the third floor before, and there are such kings of strange beasts distributed in most areas of the third floor. Their strength is enough to reach the peak of the Xia Da Tang Realm. Compared with the ones in front of them, Its smaller Golden Lion is even weaker in actual combat power.
But the one that emerged from the black pool at this time, judging from the fluctuations of true energy on his body, his strength has reached the level of a knight entering a room, and it is comparable to Su Xiaoxian!
"Xintian, Lingxi! You retreat and look for a rock to hide behind. Leave the rest to the three of us!" Lin Fenghuo quickly transmitted the message.
Immediately afterwards, he heard Su Xiaoxian's message, "Be prepared to fight hard, these two strange beasts are not easy!" After that, he directly went to the newly appeared Behemoth and killed it.
Wu Hao no longer had those small thoughts at this time. The situation at this time was very clear to him at the level of Xiaocheng. If he wants to enter the fourth level and get rid of the gold and the black, he must face the two kings of strange beasts.
In this case, he no longer held back, even if he went against the current, his movement disappeared from everyone's eyes in an instant.
"Fudomyo King Seal!"
Wu Hao chanted a Buddha's name in his heart, and a burning fire lotus was born directly from his fingertips. In the blink of an eye, it was imprinted on the forehead of the golden lion who had just finished performing the Beast King's Roar.
Roar!
The sound waves turned into ripples and swept across the bottom of the deep pool instantly. Zhong Lingxi and Li Xintian had already used the girl's ability to control rock and soil to build a shelter for themselves and avoid this sound wave attack.
But the three people fighting below were thrown upside down by the sound of anger. After all, they were in the water, and their movement skills were greatly restricted. Even Wu Hao, known as "Little Ming King", was not immune to this. times of sonic attack.
It turned out that the person who made this roar was none other than Besmos, who had just emerged from the bottom of the pool. At this time, his appearance had indeed changed drastically. His originally dark hair actually gave off a dark golden feeling.
Seeing this scene, Su Xiaoxian's face changed slightly and became extremely ugly.
Lin Fenghuo also noticed something unusual about Su Jianzi, and quickly sent a message: "Brother Su, what's wrong with you?"
He didn't look back, but just sent a message to reply: "Damn it, it turned out to be an excited golden lion!"
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Zhejin lions and Behemoths are actually the same species. After being baptized by the sword evil, some of the golden lions will undergo mutations and their physical abilities will be greatly enhanced, but their spiritual intelligence will be damaged to varying degrees. Sword gallbladder fragments form in their brains, and at the same time they lose the protection of the beast god and the golden mane, the totem of the golden lion.
Therefore, the golden lions will look down on those huge Behemoths and Behemos. Even the golden lions with extremely strong individual strength will have their spiritual intelligence affected after being attacked by the sword evil. However, some of the lucky ones will Become Behemoth, who also has strong intelligence.
A very small part of them have been strengthened by the sword evil, but the so-called sword gall crystals have not been formed in their brains. Such individuals can still enjoy the protection of the beast god. This is the so-called "passionate golden lion"!
Often such individuals are warlike and extremely passionate about their belief in the beast god! Of course, the strength is much stronger than the usual Golden Lion, which is comparable to the average knight Xiao Cheng!
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Lin Fenghuo had never heard of the so-called "passionate golden lion", but after it turned into dark gold, the aura emanating from it still deeply shocked him.
Just when the two of them were in desperate situation, Li Xintian's voice suddenly sounded from the minds of the three of them.
"This black pool water should be special. If I guessed correctly, this black pool water should contain a lot of sword evil energy!"
What? The evil spirit of the sword!
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and then they understood what Li Xintian meant. Although she couldn't participate in the war, she had been trying her best to help everyone from beginning to end. At this time, she discovered the true secret of this spiritual pool.
As the sect said, there is indeed a treasure hidden in this medicine valley, and it is also a peerless sword!
The so-called divine sword is naturally a magical weapon, and it has an extremely powerful sword spirit! In fact, no one knew the details of this treasure at first, until Li Xintian saw the dark pool.
She used Kun's Eye to explore repeatedly, but could not distinguish the difference between this black pool and other pools, so she used her soul to explore, but still found nothing.
But when she searched again, she suddenly felt a restlessness in her soul. This is actually difficult for others to discover, especially the three people fighting below. It is difficult for them to fight without waves.
But this is a very unusual thing for Li Xintian, who is pure in mind. It was precisely for this reason that she discovered that the black pool water contained sword evil energy, and it was extremely rich!
In this way, if there is any treasure hidden at the bottom of the pond, the truth will naturally be guessed.
On the other hand, it is about this bottomless spiritual pool, with tens of thousands of tons of spiritual spring water overhead, in order to suppress the "Sword Evil Black Water" that is about a hundred feet deep. This place is nominally... In the eyes of these golden lions, Lingtan and the historical sites are more like an execution ground for punishing the golden lion clan!
In this place, such a concentration of sword evil spirit can almost deprive all golden lions of their intelligence, causing them to lose their "golden mane" totem!
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