As the sun rises, the temperature gradually rises. Even with the shade of trees, the air still becomes hot.
It's just that it's early morning today, but the temperature has already become hotter than usual at noon.
A scale demon that was sleeping in a nest made of wood couldn't stand it anymore. It climbed out of the nest and planned to go outside to get some air, or swim in the water to replenish its body's moisture.
Hiss, hiss (it smells so good!)
Hiss, hiss (Eh? Why are you standing here?)
This scale demon has a somewhat stooped body and weak muscles. The appearance of the human girl is no longer attractive, and she is obviously very old.
After it emerged from the nest, it saw an old scale demon it knew standing motionless in front of him.
And there was a fishy burnt aroma coming out of it.
Following the smell, it noticed that a red sword blade was protruding from the chest of the scale monster in front of it.
This old scale demon was not standing in front of it, but was hung in front of it by the long sword!
hiss..
It wanted to scream an alarm, but the next moment the long sword suddenly pierced its throat.
Bah, bah, bah!
The terrifying sound of a soldering iron touching flesh resounded within his body, and thick smoke instantly poured out of his trachea and filled his nasal cavity.
smell good!
This is the last consciousness of this scale monster.
Jiang Li's clone is in the foundation-building stage. It will fail against a group of scale monsters that are only slightly stronger than wild beasts.
He stood on the branch without moving a step, just held the sword hand with his hand, and controlled the flying sword Zhuohong to swim among the scale demon tribe, easily killing all the creatures inside.
Even until they died in the end, the group of scale monsters who acted as victims on the water could not even let out a scream, and not even a drop of blood was shed.
So next, there are those under the water.
Jiang Li thought for a while and still attacked directly without relying on the flying sword.
He took out a dozen unmarked, universal talisman papers that can be purchased anywhere. This is one of the few things the main body can provide without exposing them.
He first sealed the other underwater caves with talismans, then flew into the water and swam in from the last cave.
This cave was just like what Jiang Li had detected with his hearing before. It was cleverly dug into an inverted U-shaped design. The outermost section of the cave was completely covered with water, but a dry pipe space was formed inside.
The clone does not have the ability to breathe underwater, and under water, not only is the power of the Fire Flying Sword greatly reduced, but it may also cause damage if it is forcibly activated. This is just right now.
Behind him, he also used talisman paper to form a simple five-element formation to seal the exit, and Jiang Li followed the passage and got in.
The cave passages dug by the scale monsters are not wide and require normal people to bend down or simply crawl forward.
But the clone doesn't have to be like this. Jiang Li controls the clone to lie on the flying sword and let the flying sword fly forward. This way, he doesn't need to dirty his clothes and moves faster.
The deeper it goes inside, the stronger the smell becomes.
Although this scale demon tunnel is not extending in all directions, it is still relatively complicated. Jiang Li is not the reincarnation of a groundhog, so he is a little confused about this three-dimensional maze.
He tried to move forward by smelling the smell, but that would not bring any more help besides torturing his nose.
However, hard work will always pay off. Under Jiang Li's constant trial and error, he got deeper and deeper on the flying sword.
Soon, after passing another corner, a dense and orderly hissing sound came along the passage.
Jiang Li was refreshed. I'm not good at sniffing things with a dog's nose, but I'm professional at stealing... Guanyin.
Following the direction from which the sound came, he found that he did not take any more detours, and the passage became wider and wider.
Finally, the "hissing" sounds became louder and louder, and Jiang Li saw a suddenly expanded space and a rare illuminating light at the end of the passage.
"What are they doing?"
Jiang Li walked to the end of the passage and looked out longingly.
Hundreds of scale monsters were prostrate in front of something, constantly emitting rhythmic chirping, which seemed to be praying or chanting.
You must know that from the outside, the scale monsters are all sweet-looking human girls, the kind without clothes.
At first glance, this kind of scene really looks like a multi-player sport with hundreds of people on the same screen in an island country. If you didn't know their true colors, it would be quite thrilling.
These scale monsters...are they offering sacrifices? Or totem worship?
In the tribal era, intelligent races with their own languages were enough to generate theological beliefs.
Jiang Li controlled the clone to sneak out, covered the mouth of the last scale demon, and snapped its neck with a click.
Then he held the scale demon as a shield, got closer, and observed the scene in the crypt.
"Hiss... what is that?"
The clone inhaled instinctively in shock, but the stench of the air he breathed in made him use a lot of perseverance to hold back and not spit it out.
At the very front where hundreds of scale monsters were kneeling and worshiping, there was a very weird-looking statue of a god, which was obviously the object of worship for all the scale monsters.
But a statue of a god is a statue of a god, why do you say it is weird?
Because the statue of the god is not placed with the big head facing up and the base at the bottom like our normal statues of gods.
The statue is attached to the cave roof with its head facing downwards and its base facing upwards, as if gravity is completely opposite to it.
Jiang Li wanted to see more clearly, but there was no way to distinguish more details from this distance.
At this time, at the front of the scale demon group, an obviously much taller scale demon roared, and the cave space suddenly became quiet.
Even Jiang Li's clone, who was hiding behind the scale demon's corpse, also showed a little surprise.
That scale demon actually has some cultivation!?
And feeling that momentum, the scale demon's cultivation even reached the level of the foundation building stage.
Wait a moment, it's a good thing that he didn't pay attention, but when he paid attention, he discovered that the dozens of scale monsters at the front of this group of guys had strong or weak spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies.
They did not hide it at all, but instead tried their best to mobilize their spiritual energy to show themselves to the scale demon above.
Jiang Li was shocked.
Although scale monsters are called scale monsters, in the world of immortal cultivation, they are generally regarded as slightly intelligent beasts.
This is because although the scale demon has some talents, it is actually unable to absorb spiritual energy and practice like spiritual root monks and monster beasts.
But that scale demon can not only cultivate, but even become a foundation?
Is this... the effect of the spiritual root seed?
Spiritual root seeds can allow ordinary mortals to obtain spiritual roots, so it is not so strange that scale demons can obtain talents that can be cultivated.
But what does the spiritual root seed have to do with the reversed idol that these scale monsters are worshiping?
Just when Jiang Li was thinking a lot, two scale monsters stood up from the group of scale monsters.
Their faces that looked like human girls showed a look of great honor, and then they walked forward and knelt in front of the tall scale demon.
Two wooden bowls were placed in front of them.
It was a familiar scene that Jiang Li had seen before.
The long black hair of the two scale monsters started to turn white from the ends, quickly spreading towards the roots.
The aura on their bodies also began to weaken rapidly, and the fluctuations of spiritual energy that could still be vaguely felt quickly disappeared.
It didn't take much effort, and the long black hair turned into snow-white, and the two spiritual root seeds were spit out from the mouth and fell into the wooden bowl.