Yuan Ming stopped and stood, looking at the swamp and purple maple forest, his eyebrows raised.
It's just an island, but the environment is so complex and changeable. Moreover, the terrain, environment, vegetation and vegetation in each area are completely different. If it is said to be a natural formation, it would be too coincidental.
"It seems that someone did it deliberately. Could it be Master Blackwood?"
The remains of Master Kuroki are on this island. With this person's ability, he can indeed do such a thing, and according to the records in the handbook, this person is indeed a person with unconstrained thinking.
Thinking more deeply, the ferocious beasts on this island were probably captured by Master Blackwood. No wonder they are so rare.
Yuan Ming quickly shook his head and stepped forward.
Whether it was done by Master Heimu or someone else, it had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to catch a suitable spiritual beast.
After walking in the swamp for a while, Yuan Ming felt that it was difficult to walk in the mud, so he took out the skin of a toad and used the hair-clothing technique to transform into a toad form.
Over the past few days, he has found out the origin of this toad skin. It comes from a ferocious aquatic beast called the black-striped poisonous toad. It is more suitable for operating in this humid and muddy environment than the white ape transformation.
Since the first level of Ming Yue Jue was completed, the ability to resist the backlash of the Hair Clothing Technique has greatly increased, so there is no need to be as careful as before, and the evil aura caused by the Black Toad's transformation is far less than that of the White Ape's Skin.
After transforming into the black toad form, Yuan Ming moved much more freely. The mud no longer stained his feet, and he could easily survive some puddles.
He was quite satisfied and quickened his pace.
At this moment, some green plants with wide leaves appeared in front, with a few pink pot-shaped flowers blooming in the middle, which looked like lotus flowers, sending a faint fragrance in the breeze.
Just as Yuan Ming was about to take a closer look, his head suddenly became dizzy and his legs became a little weak.
"The fragrance of flowers is poisonous!"
His mind was frightened and he immediately retreated.
A green shadow shot out from under the green lotus leaf and bit his calf, but it turned out to be a flat-headed green snake.
Yuan Ming forced his body and jumped back, barely avoiding the green snake's attack, and used his right hand to press the seal.
The nearby flowers and plants glowed with green light, and all the grass stems suddenly came to life and pounced on the green snake.
The green snake was also startled and hurriedly dodged left and right. The grass stems surrounded it from all directions. The green snake had no way to avoid it and was soon entangled.
These grass stems are intertwined with each other, forming a grass cage in the blink of an eye, imprisoning the green snake inside.
The green snake has spiritual power fluctuations on its body and is not weak. However, these grass stems are as thick as a finger at most. It is reasonable to say that they will break if they are twisted. However, no matter how the green snake twists its body, it cannot break free. Instead, it is entangled tighter and tighter, and finally it is completely
Unable to move.
Yuan Ming retreated for a long distance, completely away from those pink lotuses before stopping. He sat cross-legged and ran the Nine Elements Technique in an attempt to dissolve the toxins.
After advancing to the sixth level of Qi Refining, his mana became stronger and could penetrate into the internal organs. As the mana circulated, the dizziness and soreness quickly subsided and he recovered quickly.
Yuan Ming then stood up and looked at the green snake that couldn't move, his eyes flickering slightly.
This grass cage is exactly the wooden prison technique, and this is the first time he has used it in actual combat.
Unlike the Wood Thorn Spell, the Wooden Prison Spell relies on nearby plants to imprison the enemy, so the power of this spell depends to a certain extent on what kind of plant is used to cast this spell.
The fragile nature of these grass stems allowed the cage formed to trap the green snake. If other tough trees were used to perform the Wooden Prison Technique, the trapping power would be even greater.
Yuan Ming raised his hand, and several wooden thorns emerged from near the pink lotus, smashing several flowers into pieces. The fragrance in the air quickly dissipated completely.
He waited there for a while, then walked over, grabbed the green snake's head, and muttered something.
Wisps of black energy surged out from his palm, more and more, gradually flooding the green snake's head.
At the same time, some faint silver lines began to appear between Yuan Ming's eyebrows, quickly spreading towards his arms and arriving soon.
With a soft "pop" sound, the black energy in his palm danced wildly, turning into black tentacles and drilling towards the green snake's head.
The green snake suddenly showed a look of pain and kept struggling.
However, Yuan Ming's hands were like iron hoops, firmly grasping the green snake. The black color in his hands became more intense, and he penetrated into the green snake's head faster.
The green snake's expression of pain became even worse, and it made a hoarse cry from its mouth.
Time passed little by little, and suddenly there was a soft bang in the green snake's head, as if something exploded, and the snake's body became soft and breathless.
Yuan Ming's expression froze and he let go of his hand.
"The art of controlling animals is indeed difficult. I have tried my best to be careful, but I still destroyed the spirit of this snake." He sighed.
He had been practicing secretly these days, thinking that he had mastered the art of controlling animals, but when he actually tried to use it, he discovered that it was not the case at all.
The key to the art of controlling beasts is to subdue the beast's mind. However, the soul is inherently fragile and will be killed if you are not careful.
"It seems that we need to practice more." Yuan Ming thought to himself and continued to move forward.
Half a day later, there was a place in the swamp with lush water and grass.
Yuan Ming used the wooden prison technique to imprison a gray fox ferocious beast that was half a man tall. He pressed his palm on the gray fox's head, and streams of black energy poured into it.
The gray fox screamed in pain and his body was shaking.
Yuan Ming ignored it, muttered words, and continued to cast spells.
This was already his fifth attempt to subdue the ferocious beasts. The previous four attempts had failed, and all the ferocious beasts' souls exploded and died.
However, every time he failed, Yuan Ming would sum up his experience and become more and more proficient in the use of animal control techniques. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the gray fox was still struggling in pain, but his soul did not explode.
The ferocious light in its eyes became weaker and weaker, and after a while, it finally let out a low cry, conveying the idea of surrender.
"It's finally done!" Yuan Ming's eyes were filled with joy, but he suddenly stopped casting the spell, retracted his palm, and the wooden cage that imprisoned the gray fox also spread out.
The gray fox regained his freedom. He was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing. He turned around and fled away, disappearing into the depths of the swamp in the blink of an eye.
Yuan Ming watched the gray fox escape without making any move.
According to the bone slips given to him by the master of the third cave, using the beast control technique to control spiritual beasts involves the power of the soul. The soul of the monk during the Qi refining period is too weak and can only control one spiritual beast.
This gray fox is just a first-level mid-level ferocious beast and has no special abilities. Naturally, Yuan Ming will not choose it as his spiritual beast.
He continued to move forward, looking for the beast of his choice.
This swamp is so vast that it is far above the previous purple maple forest and black pine forest. There are many ferocious beasts living in the swamp. Unfortunately, their strength is average. They are all at the low or mid-level level, which is far from enough.
Compared with the four-eyed golden ape, black giant crow, and earth monster that we encountered last time, they are not worthy of being adopted as spiritual beasts.
Until dark, Yuan Ming could not find a suitable target to conquer.
He was not in a hurry, nor did he leave the place. He took out a tent and set up camp in a dry place to rest.
Because he was in an unfamiliar environment, Yuan Ming didn't sleep that night and kept meditating with his eyes closed, but no accident happened.
The next day, Yuan Ming continued to set off.
There are fewer and fewer puddles in the swamp ahead, and the dry areas begin to increase.
"We're finally leaving this area." Yuan Ming's expression relaxed and he quickened his pace slightly.
This swamp was full of mud, full of putrid smell, and the environment was quite harsh. He was quite happy to be able to leave here.
Walking forward, Yuan Ming suddenly stopped.
A green lotus leaf appeared in front, dotted with large pink flowers in the middle. It was the poisonous lotus that I had encountered before.
Different from the previous green lotus plants, the area of the lotus bush here is unusually large, occupying the entire front area. Even with Yuan Ming's eyesight, he can't see the end. There are thousands of pink lotus leaves standing among them, rippling in the wind.
Duo.
Yuan Ming saw those pink lotus flowers from a distance and stopped.
With so many lotus flowers gathered together, the concentration of pollen poison must not be comparable to before, and it will be troublesome if you are infected.
Yuan Ming walked to the side, intending to bypass the lotus bush.
At this moment, the sound of "chichi" came from the flowers, and then densely packed green snakes swam out. It was the same green snake before, there were forty or fifty of them, and they all rushed towards Yuan Ming
passed.
Yuan Ming's expression changed slightly, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He turned around and flew back into the distance.
With such a wide distance, it was impossible for the green snake to catch up with him.
Sure enough, the green snakes stopped after chasing for a while, screamed at Yuan Ming for a while, and then all returned to the flowers.
Yuan Ming's brows moved. The green snakes' screams just now were threatening, as if they were warning him not to get close.
"I was quite far away from the flowers just now. Logically speaking, I shouldn't have walked into the attack range of those green snakes, but they were so vigilant. Could there be something in the flowers?" A trace of curiosity arose in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, Yuan Ming shook his head and gave up the idea of exploring.
The flowers were full of flower venom, as well as those green snakes and venomous snakes. He had no means to deal with these dangers, so it was better not to get into trouble.
Yuan Ming walked forward along the edge of the flowers.
Quack, quack…
A piercing cry came from the swamp behind. It sounded like some kind of bird song. It was sharp and long, and it was obvious that the person coming was quite big.
"Birds and ferocious beasts!" Yuan Ming frowned and hurriedly hid in a nearby dense grass.
In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, any movement cannot be underestimated. A powerful beast might appear. In addition, he has an incense burner in his hand, so he can fly into the sky and escape at any time. He doesn't care about ordinary land-based beasts, but he is quite concerned about bird beasts.
For fear.
Just as Yuan Ming hid, a huge white shadow flew out from the depths of the swamp and passed right over his head.
Yuan Ming saw Baiying's true form clearly. It was a large eagle several feet long, with eyes like copper bells, black claws, and snow-white feathers. Its size was not inferior to that of the previous black giant crow. He could tell at a glance that it was someone.
A ferocious bird of prey.
Bai Diao's pale yellow eyes glanced at the grass where Yuan Ming was hiding, ignored him, and went straight to the center of the flowers, disappearing in an instant.
Yuan Ming stood up from the grass and looked into the sky.
"The white eagle seems to be quite powerful and has strong eyesight. It can spot me through the mist. It seems to be a good spiritual beast. Unfortunately, it is too fast. It is impossible to catch up with it even with an incense burner, let alone kill it.