Chapter 168: Human Bones Underwater

Lin Yifan still hasn't dived, staying about half a meter below the water surface.

He had still been wondering what exactly "Ruan Qingtán" was up to.

Everything was fine, so why did he start messing around with self-harm?

According to his understanding, these things may not be smart, but they are actually quite afraid of death.

However, when Lin Yifan saw the layer of maggots floating on the water surface, completely blocking all light shining into the water, he finally realized what "Ruan Qingtán" was trying to do.

It obviously intended to use the maggots to seal the entire water surface of the pool, preventing the light pillar emanating from the underwater formation from penetrating the surface.

In this way, to destroy the combination of the formation's light pillar and the 【Source of Ten Thousand Waters】.

Upon realizing this, Lin Yifan suddenly became a bit anxious!

However, at that moment, a faint voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Don't worry about the water surface; these worms can't block the formation's light pillar, but if the formation cannot be fully opened, then for the 【Purification Source】 that is truly deadly."

"Hurry up and go into the water, find a way to fully open the formation, and don't worry about anything else!"

Lin Yifan turned his head to look at the black-clothed person floating behind him, who was clearly underwater yet could emit a voice, and really wanted to ask: Who exactly are you?

But he couldn't speak underwater; however, he had no doubt about the black-clothed person's words.

Although up to now, he still didn't know what the black person's purpose was.

But there is one thing he can be certain of: at this moment, that black person definitely has no hostility toward him.

Because they share a common enemy; if they cannot join forces to overcome this immediate crisis, they both likely will not escape death.

So Lin Yifan didn't hesitate much, nodded at the black person, and immediately began to dive.

His physical fitness is now several times higher than before, so his diving speed is naturally much faster.

He also discovered that the mysterious patterns on the stone walls surrounding the pool were now all emitting a faint blue light.

Gathering all the blue light to the center of the pool, it finally condensed into a light pillar that shot straight up!

When Lin Yifan came into contact with these blue lights, he only felt his whole body turn cold, and then his tense brain nerves instantly began to feel comfortable.

It was as if his brain nerves had been filtered; in any case, it cannot be described in words.

But there is one thing he can be certain of: these blue lights indeed have a strong effect against the gray mist pollution outside.

While Lin Yifan was observing these blue lights, his speed did not decrease at all.

Originally it would take at least half an hour to dive to the bottom, but this time he only used 20 minutes to reach the bottom.

The bottom was no different from his previous visit; the flat lakebed was covered with densely packed mysterious runes.

At this moment, the runes encircling the edge of the lakebed had all lit up, emitting a faint blue light.

Obviously, those runes have been activated!

However, the runes in the middle position remained completely silent.

Especially the altar at the very center: not only were all its runes unopened, but Lin Yifan could even see that on the topmost layer of the altar lay a human skeleton!

This skeleton's body was covered in dense maggots, but the maggots on it were different from those on "Ruan Qingtán".

The maggots on "Ruan Qingtán" were the same as those on the several 【Maggot Human Bone】 specimens Lin Yifan had encountered before.

They were all white, wriggling worms!

But this group of skeletons underwater was different; although its maggots were just as dense, their number was not large, merely covering the skeleton completely.

So, from what Lin Yifan observed this time, it was merely a skeleton crawling with maggots!

But one can tell without thinking that this skeleton must be the true cause suppressing the formation, preventing it from being fully opened.

Perhaps moving this skeleton away would allow the formation to open normally!

But Lin Yifan always felt things weren't that simple; however, he had no other ideas, so he could only try it first and see.

He quickly climbed onto the altar and swam toward the top layer where the skeleton was.

However, just as he climbed onto the altar's top, the skeleton that had been motionless on the platform suddenly moved!

The skeleton's body emitted a gray-purple halo; especially the eyes on the skull, though also made of wriggling maggots, radiated a deep purple light.

At first glance, it looked nothing like a mass of worms, but rather like a deep-purple gemstone!

And the moment the skeleton stood up, Lin Yifan felt his body become heavy.

The water pressure underwater was already considerable, but his diving suit was indeed good, so even during his first time in the water, he felt no discomfort at all.

Now, his physical strength had improved even more compared to before, so he simply disregarded the water pressure.

But at this moment, his body felt as if a mountain were pressing down on him, directly pressing him onto the altar, prostrate, and for a while he couldn't even stand up.

Moreover, the water pressure kept increasing, and he gradually began to feel difficulty breathing, as if he were about to be crushed to death.

Lin Yifan immediately sensed the danger and instinctively rolled to the side.

As expected, when his body rolled, the weight pressing on him instantly disappeared.

"It seems this sudden gravity can only target a single point!" Lin Yifan muttered to himself.

At that moment, the skeleton began to slowly rotate.

When the skeleton faced Lin Yifan, he felt the weight on his body reappear!

It appeared that the direction the skeleton's front faced was the direction controlling the gravity!

After confirming this, Lin Yifan's heart suddenly calmed down!

He seized the opportunity, dodged the skeleton's front once more, and then continually adjusted his position.

Whenever the skeleton turned toward him, he quickly moved to its back while continuously climbing upward.

He had already climbed to the middle of the altar, so the distance to the top was only about three or four meters!

With such a short distance, even as he kept adjusting his position, he quickly climbed onto the altar's top.

Lin Yifan seized the opportunity and kicked the skeleton's back with one foot!

The kicked skeleton flew straight off the altar, and countless worms instantly scattered in the water.

Some even drifted towards Lin Yifan.

Although he wasn't afraid of these worms, he found them disgusting, so he tried to avoid them as much as possible.

But there were too many worms, and in the end one or two couldn't be avoided, touching his body.

Lin Yifan furrowed his brow, reached out, shrank the two worms that had touched his body, and swatted them away.

However, the next second, the worms actually disappeared!