novelden Chapter 662 The Mud Worm Escaped
Chapter 662 The Mud Worm Escaped
"The special atmosphere here is not conducive to its recovery; in fact, its flesh and blood are slowly turning into the aura of death."
"It had become much thinner, but at the crucial moment it suddenly woke up and ignited the fire in its bloodline."
Zhong Ran recalled that last glance, as if she had traveled through time and space and truly seen her.
"It gave me one last look, and then a sharp pain shot through my mind."
Mu Jinning narrowed her eyes slightly: "It glanced at you?"
Could it be that those mythical beasts or immortals can truly transcend time and space and see into the present through certain specific mediums?
Zhong Ran nodded, also thinking about the same question: "I feel like it's watching me."
However, due to the stinging pain in her mind, she didn't look closely into those eyes, nor did she understand what kind of emotion they were trying to express.
"I've collected that drop of blood for you. You can try to understand it again when you have the time and opportunity."
"However, I don't recommend that you do that again."
The sight of her headache earlier had broken his heart.
Zhong Ran nodded slightly. She couldn't see Mo Feng's earlier condition; she could only see its last moments before it died.
I've already seen it, so there's not much point in watching it again. I might as well just let it go.
"You rest for a bit, I'll go find that mud worm."
Dragon skin is a valuable item; just look at how it hasn't rotted after all these years.
Zhong Ran stood up and activated her Eye of Illusion to look again, but she still couldn't find any trace of the mud worm.
"It's no longer down here, and I didn't see any formations or anything like that. There's only one possibility: that mud worm was no ordinary creature and was proficient in spatial magic, so it escaped."
That's the only explanation available now.
"Then I'll help you extract that Frost Crystal."
It's a pity that the black dragon skin was stolen by the mud worm.
Not only the skin, but the scales on it are also valuable.
"Next time I encounter it, I'll catch it as soon as possible."
They actually managed to escape; they were truly careless.
He formed a hand seal, and as he moved his hands, a large handprint appeared, reaching downwards, clearing away the silt, grabbing the spiritual vein, and forcefully pulling it upwards.
The ground trembled violently, and Zhong Ran took a few steps back, whereupon she saw a dense, icy aura emanating from it.
There weren't many of these spirit crystals, only thirteen, but each one exuded a dense aura of icy coldness.
This is a spirit crystal, which is of a higher grade than a spirit stone and is extremely rare on the Phoenix Cry Continent.
Back in the Tomb of the Gods, those geniuses from those reclusive families only gave her one or two, and those were just two small ones.
Mu Jinning placed the spirit crystal in front of her. Fortunately, he now had the Tree of Life, which continuously replenished his spiritual power. Otherwise, with his current strength, he wouldn't be able to extract spiritual energy like this.
It's important to understand that the spiritual veins grow here and have become one with the local earth veins; obtaining them won't be easy.
Zhong Ran thanked him and immediately used her cultivation technique to devour it, without even leaving it overnight.
Previously, her cultivation level couldn't increase, and she had no opportunity to use the resources she collected. She either shared them with the people around her or kept them for herself.
Now that she can cultivate, unless she's breaking through to a higher realm, she can't hold onto her resources; whatever comes her way, she gets.
She was the same way in her past life, using resources first and worrying later.
The intense, icy aura increased her imposing presence by half a point.
Thirteen spirit crystals only increased her aura by half a point.
The little purple-gold dragon inside her wagged its tail happily and cheered. Only then did Zhong Ran remember that she still needed to cultivate with it.
No wonder, so many spirit crystals only increased her strength by half, the other half was devoured by it.
"Ranran, sense around and see if there's anywhere else we can explore nearby."
Mu Jinning sat down beside her. So far, they had not yet discovered the location of those bone people and bone beasts.
Those things are probably even more central inside, or perhaps they don't even exist in this world.
If that's the case, it's unlikely that we'll be able to explore it in the short term.
Zhong Ran nodded and closed her eyes to sense it.
The surrounding area was a desolate gray, and nothing could be sensed.
Even if she activated the gray gas, she couldn't sense anything further away.
This Forest of Death has many strange features.
"There's nothing special around here. Let's go back to that area and wait for Xiaoyan."
If we delve deeper, we don't know what will happen.
They were also worried that if Zhong Yan was alone there, and was disturbed by bone beasts or something when he was about to advance, it would be too late to regret it.
Mu Jinning had no objections, and Asheng had even fewer. He picked up Xiao Qingtian and followed them back.
"Sister, why are there no delicious fruits here anymore?" He remembered that the Soul Fruits were very tasty.
Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning exchanged a glance. They had been chasing after that cold pool all the way here, and had forgotten to pay attention to the Soul Fruit.
It seems that after those bone people destroyed that forest, the Soul Fruit was never seen again, and there were no more remnants of souls on the trees.
"Could it be that the Soul Fruit there was formed by gathering the power of all the remnant souls in the vicinity?"
Mu Jinning nodded gently: "The possibility is extremely high."
As they walked back, after sensing the devouring power, they retreated further to avoid being accidentally injured.
"Ah Sheng, we'll cultivate around here. Why don't you try and see if you can learn the techniques?"
Mu Jinning said to Asheng, "Or you could try to find a cultivation method that suits you."
Ah Sheng sat down on the ground and placed Xiao Qingtian on the ground next to him.
"But I can gain strength just by sleeping and eating meat, so why do I need to train?"
Mu Jinning was speechless. Yes, he could grow by eating meat and sleeping, so why did he need to study it?
Zhong Ran said, "Okay, but you have to sleep next to A Jin, so that the strangeness here won't devour your life force."
She still remembered that the black phoenix had fallen here, only to be severely injured and unconscious, and had its flesh and life force devoured.
Ah Sheng is just sleeping, but don't let him fall asleep and never wake up, turning into a skeleton.
Ah Sheng hummed in agreement, lay down next to Mu Jinning, and went to sleep.
Mu Jinning instructed Zhong Ran to be careful, and asked Xiao Qingtian to keep watch, while he also began his cultivation.
Zhong Ran tried to sense Zhong Yan's condition by activating the gray gas, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't sense anything.
Out of curiosity, she looked into her dantian and found a wisp of gray gas that had escaped and was jumping around inside her dantian, but it just wouldn't move.
When her consciousness sensed the past, she seemed to also sense its inner thoughts.
"With such powerful devouring force, I'm not going to die."
Zhong Ran stared blankly at the gray cloud of gas for a long while.
She had previously cultivated all the spiritual energy clusters, and they worked together very well, but this was the first time she had been able to sense its thoughts.
"You actually have your own thoughts?" She was shocked. Was this some kind of supernatural being?