Chapter 175: Triggered Upon Contact!
Xu Qing did not hesitate in the slightest. He put away the magic ship, directly opened the Profound Radiance State, his Life Lamp burned like a volcanic eruption, and he unfolded astonishing speed, rushing toward the direction of the shadow eye!
The one parasitized by this shadow eye was a Moonfish.
This kind of fish is generally tens of zhang in size, with a huge head occupying nearly ninety percent of its body area, small fins and short tail fins, and that mouth that can never be closed, making it look somewhat stupid and cute most of the time.
Its swimming speed is not very fast, and it especially loves light. Whether it is sunlight or moonlight, it is what it loves, so even though it has the ability to dive into the seabed, it appears on the sea surface and floats there like a dead fish.
And this kind of Moonfish is very strange in the Forbidden Sea. Once it appears, there must be various cruel injured sea beasts around it.
Most of these sea beasts will not kill the Moonfish, but treat it as a floating rag, using it to rub against their bodies, especially the wound areas.
The Seven Blood Eyes' Sea Chronicle also has an introduction to this.
It is said that the body of this kind of Moonfish will produce some strange mucus, and this mucus has a certain healing effect, which gives this kind of creature a place in the Forbidden Sea.
At this moment, Xu Qing's speed fully erupted. According to the direction pointed by the shadow, after flying for a full hour, he finally saw the distant sky, pieces of ghost souls rising into the sky.
It was exactly the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk.
Its range was not very large, about several thousand zhang. It was somewhat different from the one Xu Qing experienced last time. Clearly, this strange phenomenon of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk was not fixed.
This made Xu Qing somewhat anxious.
He didn't know if his previous judgment was correct, but after searching for so long, he had to try it. So, with a wave of his hand, the magic ship appeared and landed on the sea surface with a *bang*, stirring up waves. At the same time, the shadow also took back its shadow eye.
Xu Qing stepped on the magic ship, controlled the magic boat to move forward slowly, and after approaching this area of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, he looked up and gazed, and strange sounds came to his ears.
These sounds were not music at all, but piercing sound waves formed by the roaring of fierce ghosts, like ghosts crying and wolves howling, making one's mind feel shaken.
Xu Qing's magic boat stopped slowly. Within the range of this Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, he raised his right hand, took out the Sound-Catching Bottle, opened the stopper, placed it in front of him, and poured his magic power into it.
As bright light like silk threads appeared on the Sound-Catching Bottle and gradually spread, the sound-catching ability of this bottle slowly opened.
After Xu Qing finished these, he looked up at the dark firmament, watched these pieces of ferocious ghosts rising into the sky, and listened to the strange sounds. He thought of what he felt when he encountered the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk for the first time that day, so he controlled his own mind to be calm, and his whole person slowly became peaceful.
He did not reject those miserable sounds, but accepted them.
He merged his own mind with these sounds, and gradually his mind also sank, until time passed, and unknowingly, a night passed.
When the morning of the second day arrived, when the morning light accompanied by the sea breeze blew on his eyelashes and knocked on his eye windows, Xu Qing slowly opened his eyes. There was a hint of sadness hidden deep in his eyes, but it was soon hidden by him in the bottom of his heart.
The sky was bright.
The Hundred Ghosts Night Walk had ended.
"This night passed so quickly." Xu Qing murmured, recalling what he felt and heard last night. At the moment before he completely sank his mind, he finally heard a different sound.
Recalling it now, he couldn't say what kind of music it was.
It felt more like a dream to Xu Qing, but this time he didn't dream of Master Bai's teaching, but dreamed of the scene of eating snake with the Thunder Squad in the scavenger camp...
For a long time, Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at the Sound-Catching Bottle. He raised his right hand and waved it. Instantly, the sound of last night came out of the bottle, lifelike, exactly the same. Even if he closed his eyes, in his feeling, the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk was still continuing.
What made Xu Qing feel even more complicated was that he had a feeling of dreaming again. Vaguely, the scenes in his memory seemed to reappear before his eyes. This time, the scene was the scene of him carrying the Thunder Squad forward outside the scavenger camp back then.
Even the words of the Thunder Squad in his memory appeared in Xu Qing's mind, making him lose his focus.
"Later in the camp, you have to pay more attention to those scavengers."
"At night, don't forget to feed those dogs. These little guys are the most trustworthy in the camp."
"And you have to remember to eat. Don't eat cold food. Don't be afraid of trouble, heat it up before eating... You are still growing, you can't be careless."
"Otherwise, when you are older, you will know the bitterness. By the way, don't sleep on the bed board in the future. Don't be afraid of getting the bedding dirty. Remember to dry it in the sun after washing."
Xu Qing's body trembled slightly. The sea breeze blew on him, blowing his robes and hair, but it couldn't blow away the memories and sadness that rose from the bottom of his heart at this moment.
For a long, long time, Xu Qing sighed lightly, lowered his head again, looked at the Sound-Catching Bottle silently, and whispered hoarsely.
"It's a pity that until now, I haven't found the Heavenly Destiny Flower..."
Until half a moment later, Xu Qing suppressed the thoughts in his heart again, hiding all his emotions deep in his heart. His eyes slowly returned to being sharp, the lines on his face revealed decisiveness, and the aura on his body returned to being cold.
"I am still too weak. I must become stronger!"
Xu Qing's gaze was firm. After checking the surroundings and finding that this place was already very remote, he flew up to check again, making sure there were no figures nearby.
Only then did he return to the magic ship, lower his head to look at the ocean, and suddenly speak.
"Shadow, summon the dragon chariot giant to me."
The early sun cast soft light on the calm ocean in the sky. Looking from afar, the black sea was like a piece of ink jade, revealing mystery while also revealing a sense of decay under the sunlight.
Perhaps in the world of the past, the depth of the ocean was due to its magnificence, but in the current era, its decay came from the aura exhaled by the sleeping terrifying existences on the seabed.
The giant dragon chariot was just one of them.
Regarding Xu Qing's words, the shadow did not dare to have the slightest hesitation now. Even if it didn't understand why he did this, even if it also wanted to put up a question mark to ask, any creature with wisdom, as long as it is dominated by the fear of death, will become very obedient.
So, the moment Xu Qing's words came out, the shadow split a seam without hesitation, opened its big mouth, and made a sound.
*Click-clack, click-clack. *
This sound like grinding teeth echoed on this quiet ocean. Although it was not very loud, this sound seemed to contain a special signal that could attract the attention of some strange existences.
So, under Xu Qing's vigilance, the wind slowly rose on the sea.
Ripples appeared on the calm sea surface. These ripples became more and more, and the wind became stronger and stronger, thus forming undulating waves, one wave chasing another.
The waves were black, like a piece of silk dancing in the wind, constantly shaking. Xu Qing, who was fully focused, observed the seabed closely through his own plesiosaur under the sea.
Perhaps it was because the area where Xu Qing was this time was too far from where he saw the dragon chariot before, or perhaps the giant had left and gone to a farther place.
So time passed for a full stick of incense. As the seawater was lifted on a large scale, in the giant waves formed by the tsunami, Xu Qing finally saw through the plesiosaur under the sea that torrents were emerging on the distant seabed, as if some behemoth was walking with big strides, coming rapidly.
"It's coming!"
Xu Qing felt somewhat nervous in his heart, but his eyes were even sharper. The Life Fire in his body ignited instantly, the Life Lamp also lit up, his momentum soared suddenly, and he entered the Profound Radiance State.
The ocean in his eyes seemed to have a part of the blackness stripped away, no longer so blurry, making him see the majestic giant figure and countless swaying tentacles of the thing approaching in the deep seabed.
At this moment, everything around him became slow in his eyes, only the giant's movements did not change in the slightest, as if Xu Qing's Profound Radiance State was completely ineffective in front of it.
It walked step by step toward where Xu Qing was. Gradually, its figure became clearer, the sound of the iron chains on its body echoed in all directions, and the dilapidated, tilted bronze dragon chariot behind it also appeared in Xu Qing's eyes.
Covered in rust, incomparably tall, and shocking.
At this moment, the distance between them was less than a thousand zhang. Although the giant's figure was shrouded by the ocean, its height and the terrifying sense radiated from its whole body were incomparably intense.
Xu Qing had never been so close!
The first time, he was nearly ten thousand zhang away, so he could only see the general idea and couldn't see the totem mural on the dragon chariot.
Last time, he was several thousand zhang away, and coupled with the improvement of his cultivation base, he could see the mural clearly.
At this moment, as the range between each other shortened to within a thousand zhang, not only was the mural clearer in Xu Qing's eyes, but there was also a heart-palpitating pressure that also shrouded him like a mountain and sea.
The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor shivered instantly and hurriedly returned to the black iron skewer, resisting with all his might. At the same time, Xu Qing's mind also roared, fresh blood flowed from his nose, and bloodshot eyes appeared.
Only the shadow was as usual, but it was clearly tortured by Xu Qing to the point of fear. Even if Xu Qing looked in a somewhat bad state, it still dared not take risks.
Xu Qing wiped the fresh blood from his nose and glanced at the shadow coldly without speaking. After looking at the ocean again, he analyzed rapidly in his heart, and decisiveness appeared in his eyes.
"Although the distance is still somewhat far, but... cannot wait any longer!"
Three chapters, nine thousand words today.
I heard everyone say that updating more will make hair turn black, I'll try... ===== CHAPTER 176 =====
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