Accompanied by Li Leping shoveling a handful of soil from the ghost swamp.
There is a certain intersection between the bamboo forest and the swamp that gathers in the open space.
This intersection is not so much a collision as it is a fusion.
In Li Leping's eyes, the bottom of the ghost marsh had begun to sink, as if the open space felt the supernatural power of the ghost marsh and wanted to swallow it up.
Even the golden powder on the ghost marsh collapsed downwards along with the swamp, and it was about to be swallowed up by the open space along with the ghost marsh.
The ground beneath my feet began to shake violently at this moment.
It was also during this kind of shock that made people a little unsteady.
Bamboos actually emerged from under the clearing out of thin air.
These bamboos that were drilled out were not new bamboos at all. They were neither thin nor withered. Instead, they were unusually tall. As soon as they were drilled out, they kept growing upwards, as if they had been buried underground.
Only then did he really come out and reveal his true appearance.
Within a few seconds, an astonishing number of bamboos were drilled out.
Seeing this, Li Leping finally understood why the open space was getting smaller and smaller.
Just as he guessed, as more supernatural beings are buried in the open space, the bamboo forest will grow denser. From a supernatural perspective, this means that the bamboo forest is becoming more complete.
The buried ghosts will not become a burden to the bamboo forest, but will become nutrients for the bamboo forest, supporting it to grow and grow until it completely grows into a lush forest.
"We can't stay in this place anymore, the scope of supernatural influence will become wider and wider."
Not daring to stay, and realizing that something strange was happening in this place, Li Leping quickly retreated towards the path leading to the back of the temple.
He left the clearing and planned to return to the monastery along the path.
On the road, everything was dim as far as the eye could see, but the cold atmosphere in the air seemed to have reached its peak at this time, making people shudder.
Didn't walk a few steps.
He heard the bamboos on both sides of the road making a rustling sound.
It was during this weird rustling that every bamboo in sight swayed inexplicably at this moment, as if someone was violently shaking it under the bamboo.
But the problem is, not to mention the presence of people in this place, you can't even feel the slightest breeze.
So, why do these bamboos move?
"Oops, the road is getting narrower."
Now Li Leping had no time to think about these problems. He only knew that a strange and terrifying thing was happening in front of him.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that as the bamboo forest swayed, the bamboos distributed on both sides of the road had a faint tendency to squeeze into the middle of the road, as if they were being pushed behind by invisible hands, not only trying to occupy
The open space at the end of the road, even this path, must be completely occupied.
The road leading to the temple is becoming narrower and narrower, and under this trend of becoming narrower and narrower, the entire road will eventually be completely swallowed up by the approaching bamboo.
Such a change suddenly made Li Leping's expression darken.
"The path I am on now should belong to the temple's supernatural power, just like the path leading to the flower field. It has nothing to do with the bamboo forest, so I will definitely be able to return to the temple along this path."
"But now the road is being suppressed and has a tendency to be replaced by bamboo. This shows that the balance between the bamboo forest and the temple has been broken, and the bamboo forest is trying to clear this path that should not appear in its ghost domain."
"Once the road disappears, I can never go back."
He knew very well that if the road in front of him was completely blocked by bamboo, it would mean that he would be trapped and die in this bamboo forest.
"Use a lantern."
Realizing that the danger was close at hand, Li Leping did not waste time. He continued to run along the path and took down the will-o'-the-wisp lantern he carried with him.
This bamboo forest looks like a bamboo forest where bamboos gather together, but it is actually a strange and dangerous ghostland.
The ghost realm of ghost smoke obviously cannot compete with this bamboo forest that is becoming more and more dangerous, and even its deployment has become a problem.
Therefore, Li Leping now chooses to light that lantern.
The lantern has the ability to create a safe zone in the ghost realm, and it is also the best tool to deal with this bamboo forest at the moment.
Immediately.
The moment Li Leping took the lantern in his hand, the blue firelight spread quickly, dispersing the darkness in front of him, illuminating the surroundings but also adding a new cold atmosphere to the surroundings, reflecting the surrounding area.
Weird blue.
It was in this blue firelight that a new path appeared under the feet.
This new road that appeared in sight is not too spacious, but compared to the path that is becoming narrower and narrower due to the clearing of bamboo forests, this road is undoubtedly much wider.
"This is a road that really exists in reality. It is the place where the ghost world is in reality. Did you not expect that this place is also a road?"
Li Leping was a little unbelievable, and suddenly there was an inexplicable guess in his mind.
That is, even if the road outside the lantern is completely cleared by the bamboo forest and disappears, he can still return to the temple as long as he follows the road under his feet.
The ghost realm is a very clever design that matches reality.
However, the area currently covered by the flames seemed to be suppressed as Li Leping advanced, and the covered area was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When he first held the lantern, the firelight could still illuminate a four-meter radius around him, but as he kept escaping along the road, time also passed little by little.
It was also during the passage of time that the terror of the bamboo forest became more and more terrifying. The bamboos on both sides were not only approaching the center of the road ahead, but also approaching the center of the fire.
The flames of the lantern seemed to have been suppressed, and were now suppressed to a range of about three meters.
And this distance is still shrinking as Li Leping moves forward.
"Is this place already so dangerous? Even the will-o'-the-wisp lanterns can't hold on anymore."
As Li Leping ran towards the road ahead, he felt that the terror level of this bamboo forest was rising rapidly.
He had only encountered the difficulty of deploying the will-o'-the-wisp lantern once when he was investigating the ghost alley.
At that time, the fire of the lantern could only spread to the same distance as now, but the spread distance at that time remained stable, and it was not constantly suppressed like it is now.
Nowadays, in this bamboo forest, not only is it difficult for the lantern's fire to spread outward, but the area it has covered is rapidly decreasing over time.
This shows that the terror level of the bamboo forest is constantly rising. Every time it rises a little, the scope of the lantern's supernatural shroud will be reduced a little.