Chapter 291

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Just as Xu Zhangqing was about to confirm what the scene just now was, a sudden chill surged up violently from below.

After being amplified by the Cold Cabbage, it was even several times more fierce.

The temperature of the entire Stone Mountain dropped by a third in an instant.

The ground was instantly covered with a layer of hoarfrost, and a cold, gloomy qi rose up.

Almost subconsciously, Xu Zhangqing activated the "Thick Earth" Domain; the surrounding mud, rocks, and gravel all bounced up, transforming into a thick barricade around him, protecting his whole person tightly inside.

This posture was a bit like a startled Light Spirit Turtle retracting into its shell.

Still, not to mention it, it indeed "kept the chill outside the door".

However, it was still unwilling, constantly circling around, attempting to find a loophole.

It tangled for a good while; seeing that there was indeed no way, it only then shrank back.

Seeing this, a look of shock appeared in Xu Zhangqing's eyes.

Although he had long guessed there was something below, he never expected it to actually be a "dirty thing".

The scene that flashed through his mind just now came back to him — it was actually a corpse!

The specific gender couldn't be made out; anyway, the whole body was pitch-black.

At a glance, it looked as if it had been struck by lightning.

From this it can be seen that the reason the Cold Cabbage mutated was mainly because, precisely at the position ten meters directly below, an unknown corpse happened to be buried, so it became a Cradle Ice Embryo.

He inexplicably felt that it seemed this corpse was using the Ice Embryo to reincarnate.

Considering the other party's dense malice, and that it had just attacked him.

Xu Zhangqing did not hesitate to circulate the Full-Level Thick Earth Bears All Technique, gathering the surrounding Earth Qi and then pouring it into this Cold Cabbage before him.

Logically speaking, this is a mutated spirit plant, so Wood Spirit Power should be used to control it.

But he had tried before; it simply couldn't be done.

As for the other two types of Spirit Power, because of mutually opposing attributes, Fire Spirit Power would cause injury.

Only Earth Spirit Power had no problem.

Very quickly, the surrounding black soil, as if having received an order, automatically separated.

Not long after, the root and stem parts of the entire Cold Cabbage were exposed.

Xu Zhangqing cupped his hands virtually, attempting to uproot it entirely.

The result was unexpected; the originally no-more-than-twenty-centimeter short stem and fibrous roots now had a length exceeding one meter just in length, and that wasn't even all of it.

Soon it extended from one meter to two meters.

Then it was three meters.

Finally the fibrous roots reached nearly five meters, only then did a change appear.

A thing shaped like black earthworms, but upon closer look were flesh buds, actually fused together with the remaining parts of the Cold Cabbage.

While Xu Zhangqing observed, it was even wriggling, as if alive.

Just looking at it made him feel disgusted; he hurriedly released a streak of Red Fire Tongue.

Sizzling sounds rang out one after another, sounding as if roasting meat.

The black flesh buds struggled frantically in the flames, finally letting out a "crack" sound, completely severing from the Cold Cabbage's root tendrils.

With no more obstruction, Xu Zhangqing swiftly sent the entire Cold Cabbage, or rather the Cradle Ice Embryo, into his Personal Space.

The originally creepy chill and bone-piercing cold qi all vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye; if not for the gloomy cold qi lingering in the air, one would have thought everything that just happened was merely an illusion.

Although he had collected the Cold Cabbage, there was not a trace of a smile on Xu Zhangqing's face.

In the pit before him, the severed black tentacles were still wriggling, groping desperately toward the surroundings.

From this it can be seen that if left alone, bad things would definitely happen.

Therefore, after thinking it over, Xu Zhangqing simply mobilized the Fire Spirit Power and Earth Spirit Power in his Qi Sea simultaneously; his whole person instantly emitted a scorching aura.

At the same time, under the control of Earth Spirit Power, the black soil ahead surged like waves, continuously splitting toward both sides.

Soon a pit appeared, its depth gradually reaching one meter, then three meters, then five meters, finally arriving at nearly ten meters.

Obviously, Xu Zhangqing intended to face this corpse directly, wanting to see what exactly was going on.

This thing is right near his home; if an accident occurs, whether the Spirit Fields or the spirit plants could be damaged, so it cannot be taken lightly.

The deeper he went, the more numerous the black tentacles became.

Like root systems, they expanded, extended, and explored in the black soil.

Xu Zhangqing discovered that the deeper he went, the deeper the color of the black soil, and the more damp it became.

As if the closer to the corpse, the more abundant the nutrients?

To be honest, this thought is quite terrifying.

Very quickly, when the depth reached ten meters, a corpse that was pitch-black all over, like a dried corpse, appeared before his eyes.

Its posture was a bit strange, curled up into a ball, like a fetus.

On its abdomen there was a ball of black flesh, from which grew root after root of black tentacles slightly thicker than hair strands; they extended toward the four directions like a plant's root system.

Deeply rooted into the black soil, unknown where they led.

Suddenly, that familiar chill surged forth again.

And the source was precisely this corpse before him.

A cold light with a metallic texture emerged on its body's surface, followed by a layer of fine frost.

Like an ice spring, it continuously released an astonishing chill.

Though this time the distance was clearly closer, its power still did not match what came before.

It seems that without the enhancement from the cold white cabbage, it has weakened?

Xu Zhangqing merely circulated his Fire Spirit Power to easily resist it.

Seeing this, he did not rush to attack, but deliberately opposed it.

He wanted to see how long this corpse could persist.

One minute, two minutes; when it reached three minutes, the chill began to weaken.

By the time four minutes arrived, it once again became a dried corpse.

The chill and everything else vanished without a trace.

Rustle, rustle!

At this moment, sounds of objects rubbing against each other rose from all around.

It sounded dense, as if they were everywhere.

Facing this situation, Xu Zhangqing instantly became alert, immediately mobilized the Earth Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea, activated the Earth Domain again, and enveloped his whole person.

After a few breaths, countless tentacles drilled out from the black soil.

They crazily stabbed at him, making a "dudu" sound like rain striking a pipa.

Fortunately, they were all blocked by the rampart in the end.

Seeing that it had no effect, or rather could not cause injury.

These black tentacles began to entwine again, attempting to wrap the person up.

Xu Zhangqing shook his head: "This move is useless against me."

He did not even use Fire Spirit Power, merely expanding the rampart's range by one meter outward.

The dense black tentacles immediately made a "papapa" sound.

One after another, they snapped and broke.

Not to mention binding them, they could not even be entwined.

After all this fussing, Xu Zhangqing had not even gotten serious yet, but regardless of the black tentacles or the corpses beside him that looked like dried corpses, they suddenly stiffened.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, they all turned into fine powder.

Finally, only a lump resembling charcoal was left on the spot.

Xu Zhangqing was stunned: "I haven't even used force, and you're already done for?"

Looking at this charcoal-like thing, he did not touch it.

Instead, he swept it with his divine sense, and immediately raised an eyebrow.

Strange, this thing actually emits an incomparably rich life aura.

It seems to have gathered all the essence of that dried corpse from before.

Overall, the feeling it gave Xu Zhangqing was somewhat like that Xiangsi Ersheng Tree he saw when he previously went to the Youquan Medicine Garden!