Although Lin Yang was shocked by what happened at the temporary resting place, Lin Yang did not lose hope.
After shouting a few times but receiving no response, he closed his mouth and began to carefully search for useful clues near the burning bonfire.
In the end, he really wasn't disappointed.
After some searching, Lin Yang saw a messy set of footprints in the layer of dead branches and leaves piled on the ground.
These footprints extend all the way into the darkness.
Lin Yang did not hesitate and immediately picked up a burning dead branch from the fire.
This dead branch can not only serve as a torch for lighting. It can also be used with the fire control talisman at critical moments to exert a strong attack effect.
Lin Yang held the torch in his left hand and the flashlight in his right hand, and chased away along the footprints.
After about ten minutes, he stopped and his brows knitted together.
The footprints stopped abruptly when they reached this place. It was as if Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others disappeared out of thin air after arriving at this place.
"What's going on? Why did the footprints suddenly disappear in this place? Could it be that they were attacked by a black snake here?" Lin Yang thought something was wrong in his heart, and quickly searched for useful information around him.
Finally, he found the machete that should have been in Zhou Liang's hand under a locust tree, as well as several extinguished torches.
The originally sharp machete was now completely curled and could no longer be used.
Liu Xiangcheng, Zhou Liang and others must have had a fierce fight with the black snakes here. In the end, they were unable to defeat the huge and strange black snakes - the machetes and torches that fell on the ground.
It is the most direct evidence
No wonder everyone's footprints stopped abruptly when they arrived here.
It must be that the black snakes formed a sea of snakes after attacking Liu Xiangcheng, Zhou Liang and others, and coordinated to carry everyone on their backs and transport them away... With the IQ level of these black snakes, it is not easy to do this.
difficulty.
Now, what worries Lin Yang is whether anyone was injured during the black snake's attack... or even died.
"Damn, damn, damn"
Lin Yang cursed "Damn it" several times and didn't know which direction to pursue. These cunning black snakes left without leaving any traces.
When people walk on the ground covered with dead branches and leaves, they will inevitably leave footprints, but when a snake crawls across it, it is difficult to leave any traces.
Just when Lin Yang felt overwhelmed, Chen Shiwen, who was floating next to him, suddenly had a stern look on his face: "Lin Yang, have you noticed that the deathly atmosphere that pervades this locust tree forest is changing?"
"Death anger?"
Lin Yang raised his eyebrows and hurriedly calmed down, discerning the changes in the energy around him.
He soon discovered that the dead air in this locust forest was indeed changing. They were like boiling water, constantly rolling. In addition, the concentration of dead air,
It has also been greatly improved compared to before.
The change in the death energy was so obvious and so strong. If Lin Yang hadn't just focused on the safety of Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others, he would have noticed it immediately.
The change in the death aura made Lin Yang startled at first, and then he looked happy: "Although we don't know what this death aura is about, as long as we follow the direction of the change in the death aura, we will definitely be able to find the missing Liu Xiangcheng and Liu Xiangcheng.
Xi Mengyao and others”
He can be sure that the change in death aura is inevitably related to the disappearance of Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others.
"Let's go this way." After a brief recognition, Lu Xiying immediately flew in a direction.
As a senior ghost warrior, her perception of death energy was stronger than that of Lin Yang and Chen Shiwen. Therefore, she flew ahead to lead the way without hesitation.
Lin Yang did not hesitate and immediately ran after Lu Xiying.
While speeding through the locust trees, he secretly prayed in his heart: "Boss, Mengyao, little lady... please don't let anything happen to you."
After more than twenty minutes of running, Lin Yang's eyes suddenly opened up and he came to an open area with a radius of about four to five hundred meters.
It's really strange that there is such a large open space in this lush locust forest.
However, Lin Yang soon saw a towering tree in the center of the open area.
This big tree is also a locust tree, but its size is several times larger than the surrounding locust trees. The tree is three to four meters wide, and it would probably take more than a dozen people to reach it.
Able to surround it and hug it.
It’s really shocking that a locust tree can grow like this
formation eye
Seeing this towering locust tree, this word immediately flashed into Lin Yang's mind.
This locust tree, which is very different from the similar ones around it, must be the centerpiece of this feng shui maze.
I just don’t know if Liu Xiangcheng and Xi Mengyao were carried here by the black snake.
Lin Yang's current location is on the edge of the locust forest, more than two hundred meters away from the towering locust tree in the center of the open field. In this dark situation, even though his vision is far beyond ordinary people,
I couldn't see clearly what was going on above the towering locust tree.
Just when he was about to walk out of the locust forest and quietly touch the towering locust tree to get a clear look, a bolt of lightning mixed with rumbling thunder suddenly appeared in the sky above his head.
Only then did Lin Yang realize that because the open area was so large, even if the branches and leaves of the towering locust trees grew very lush, they could not cover the entire sky like they did in the locust forest.
Here, where the branches and leaves cannot cover you, you can clearly see the night sky
There were no moon or stars in the night sky because the heavy rain was still heavy and there were thunder and lightning.
With the light of lightning, Lin Yang finally saw clearly the situation above the towering locust tree.
There seemed to be some things hanging on the branches of this towering locust tree. Lin Yang took a closer look and saw that those hanging things were none other than Liu Xiangcheng and Xi Mengyao. Even the ones who had just chased the mandrills out.
Deng Kai and Feng Qiong were also among them.
All the people were hung on the tree, neither moving nor making a sound, making it difficult to tell whether they were alive or dead.
At first glance, Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others seemed to be hanging in a mess on the branches. But Lin Yang thought about it carefully, and there seemed to be a strange and mysterious atmosphere in this hanging method, which made people feel chills down their spines.
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Just when Lin Yang was about to rush towards the towering locust tree and rescue Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others, another bolt of lightning flashed across, dispersing the surrounding black haze.
Only then did Lin Yang see that there were thousands of black snakes gathered around the towering locust tree, forming a huge sea of snakes.
These black snakes were all lying on the ground with their heads lowered, as if they were worshiping the king or performing some weird sacrificial ritual, which made people shudder.
Fortunately, Lin Yang didn't rush over rashly, otherwise, he would have been deeply trapped in the sea of snakes at this moment.
At that time, not only could Liu Xiangcheng, Xi Mengyao and others not be saved, but his own life would also have to be risked.
"What should I do?"
In order to prevent being exposed, Lin Yang hurriedly hid behind a locust tree and quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind.
Before he could think of a solution, the group of snakes gathered around the towering locust tree suddenly made a new move.
A deafening "swish" sound came from the group of snakes, like the sound of metal armor clashing and rubbing.
Lin Yang hurriedly looked around, only to find that the black snakes that were still lying on the ground with their heads lowered just now had raised their triangular heads high. The snake scales under their necks were constantly rubbing against each other.
, that "squeaking" metal sound comes from these snake scales.
Another bolt of lightning broke through the night at this time.
"Huh?"
With the light of lightning, Lin Yang could clearly see the appearance of the towering locust tree. It was actually divided into two halves - one half was leafy and vigorous, while the other half was as black as a tree.
Charcoal, completely lifeless
On this towering locust tree, there are two completely opposite appearances of life and death at the same time.
"Ah...I know what's going on." A flash of light suddenly flashed in Lin Yang's head: "This towering locust tree must have been struck by lightning. The lightning burned half of it black. The other half was burnt black.
I don’t know why it survived. It is precisely because of this thunder that it changed the effect of this Feng Shui array and turned it into a maze."
Lin Yang's guess was correct. This Feng Shui formation made of locust trees was originally used to imprison the souls of the dead to achieve some ulterior effect. But after the locust tree in front of the formation was struck by lightning, the formation inside
Feng Shui has undergone earth-shaking changes. Its effects are naturally completely different from before.
Now it seems that this Feng Shui array is not only unable to imprison the dead souls, but also attracts all the Yin Qi, ghost Qi, and death Qi from all directions. As a result, it has formed a maze that neither humans nor ghosts can get out of.
Another bolt of lightning appeared.
Lin Yang suddenly saw a figure that looked like a child suddenly appearing on the top of the towering locust tree.
"This is... a mandrill ghost?"
Lin Yang immediately determined the identity of this child.
The mandrill ghost at the top of the tree suddenly raised his hands, and burst out from his mouth a high-pitched hiss that made people's ears hurt.
Amidst the roaring sound, the black snakes gathered around the towering locust tree immediately took action - they actively retreated to both sides, leaving two black snakes as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
These two black snakes, one on the left and one on the right, slowly climbed up the towering locust tree.
"What is this going to do?" Lin Yang frowned slightly and guessed secretly.
The two black snakes quickly crawled to Yuan Gang who was hanging at the bottom. After licking Yuan Gang from top to bottom with the snake letter, they suddenly waved their sharp snake tails and hit Yuan Gang.
Just now, there were cuts on the ankles of the left and right feet.
Yuan Gang didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so he let the two black snakes hurt him without moving or making a sound.
Blood gushed out from the wounds on the two ankles and dripped on the ground, immediately causing a scramble among the snakes below. All the black snakes raised their heads and opened their mouths, waiting to drink fresh human blood.
After the two black snakes bled Yuan Gang, they continued to climb up without stopping. Soon they crawled to the boy named Deng Kai from the art college. The snake's tail waved again and touched the man's ankles.
There were also two wounds on it.
"Oh my God...these black snakes are actually performing a sacrificial ritual, and the target of their sacrifice is the mandrill ghost standing on the top of the tree."
After figuring out the purpose of these black snakes, Lin Yang was shocked.