Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 121 The Land of Witchcraft

A withered leaf drifted down from the tree, swaying gently as it passed in front of them. Qin Xiaochuan reached out and caught it.

The half-yellowed cedar leaf was almost as wide as a hand, with thick, thin veins on both sides, like a baby's soft fingers.

They finally reached the top of this ancient giant tree. Judging from the distance they flew, the tree was at least twenty stories high, which was simply unbelievable.

However, they could not achieve their second objective. All they could see was a vast expanse of gray mist, or perhaps not mist, but it severely obstructed their vision, not only around them, but also above and below. They could not see the forest beneath their feet, nor the sky above their heads. The only thing that could help them orient themselves and prevent them from getting lost in this endless mist was this ancient cedar tree.

"It seems this place is a closed area," Guo Shiyi said. Qin Xiaochuan nodded in agreement; otherwise, this mysterious place would have been discovered long ago.

Finally, they had no choice but to fly down from the ancient tree and return to the cedar forest. The forest was unusually dark and there was not a breath of wind, just like when night falls in summer, and there was only silence in the world.

Every now and then, the five would see a magic-eyed raven perched on a cedar tree, silently watching them before fluttering away. Besides the magic-eyed raven, there were other creatures, such as owls and woodpeckers, mostly birds, because there was no grass suitable for herbivores to live in this forest, let alone carnivores.

Only cedar trees.

The group walked for nearly an hour and a half in this oppressive atmosphere, and their mood was naturally extremely depressed. The forest was so large that they once thought that the so-called land of witches was actually a vast and boundless cedar forest with no end in sight. It wasn't until they heard the faint sound of flowing water ahead that they couldn't help but show excitement.

They jogged to the bank of the river, which was about four or five meters wide. It flowed from somewhere, and the water was crystal clear. It didn't look very deep. The riverbank and bottom were covered with pebbles of all sizes and animal bones, all covered with moss. The tall and verdant fir trees on the bank were reflected in the water, making the ancient river look like a horizontal green ribbon. The clusters of gray-black fish in the water looked as if they were swimming among the trees.

Here they finally discovered their first mammals: five goats drinking water on the opposite bank of the river. Upon seeing the five people, they all looked up at them, seemingly filled with curiosity about these uninvited guests.

Downstream, about ten meters away, there was a stone bridge. The group crossed the river via the stone bridge and found a completely different scene. In front of them was an ancient path paved with cobblestones that led straight ahead. There were no trees on either side of the path, only a large expanse of desolate grassland. In the grassland, there were many stone statues, some standing and some lying, covered with grayish-brown moss.

Most of the stone statues are human-headed and snake-bodied, but occasionally there are some human figures or even some kind of strange beasts. They are probably heroes who sacrificed themselves in the battle between humans and demons in ancient times and were carved into statues as a memorial.

On one of the stone statues of the witch clan, Qin Xiaochuan saw a monster. It looked like a zombie, about the height of a seven or eight-year-old child. Its body was shriveled, and it seemed that only a layer of blue skin covered its skeleton. It had two fish eyes the size of a one-yuan coin on its head, its nose was almost touching its face, and its mouth was very large. When the blue skin on its face moved slightly, its lips were lifted up to reveal two rows of sharp teeth.

The monster lay quietly on the stone statue's shoulder, scrutinizing them with its fish-like eyes. When they first saw it, everyone immediately became alert, but after a long while, the monster remained motionless.

"Uncle, that monster is still watching us," the little girl whispered to him. She had been very nervous ever since she saw the fish-eyed monster, holding Qin Xiaochuan's hand tightly and glancing back at the monster every now and then.

"It's okay, it's just curious about us," Qin Xiaochuan comforted her.

But after he finished speaking, he realized that his idea was too naive, because they found many weathered bones on both sides of the ancient road, and they could not tell whether they were animal or human.

Not only that, but suddenly many fish eyes appeared behind the stone statues on both sides. Just like the monster from before, they either lay on the heads of the statues with only half of their heads showing, or peeked out from under the bodies of the statues. In addition to the fish-eyed monster, there were also other kinds of wild beasts, such as a gray wolf with three heads and a long-toothed gorilla covered in black fur. For a moment, at least hundreds of strange eyes were coldly watching them.

"What are they trying to do?" Qin Xiaochuan asked Han Kexin in a low voice. Only then did he notice how dry and hoarse his throat was. He felt an unease spreading rapidly in his heart like wild grass in spring.

"They've come with ill intentions," Han Kexin replied coldly, but as she spoke, her gaze remained fixed straight ahead, never glancing at the monsters.

Xiaoying gripped his hand tighter, pressing herself close to Qin Xiaochuan. The surrounding monsters began to move, shifting their positions among the stone statues in their direction, and unknowingly closing in on them.

Ten meters ahead of them, two three-headed wolves walked to the sides of the ancient road, their twelve green eyes scanning them over and over again, making them feel uneasy.

The five of them continued walking forward without saying a word. Qin Xiaochuan secretly activated his Heavenly Eye, Qilin Armor, Swiftness Technique, and Piercing Technique, using all his status skills on himself at once. As a result, his spiritual power was instantly exhausted, and he could only borrow the spiritual power from the Witch Ring.

Through his Heavenly Eye, he discovered that these monsters all possessed spiritual power within them, and its purity was very high, equivalent to the spiritual power level of an ordinary human at level five or six. If these monsters swarmed at him, they would probably have a hard time dealing with them.

Fortunately, the monsters seemed to be wary of them and had only been putting pressure on the five of them so far, without daring to actually come and die. When they reached the three-headed wolves, Feifei let out two low growls, and the two three-headed wolves immediately retreated into the bushes.

"It seems they were just bluffing," Qin Xiaochuan thought to himself. As they safely passed the two three-headed wolves, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he had been so tense he almost couldn't breathe.

However, he relaxed far too soon. Just as he exhaled, an extremely large three-headed wolf climbed onto a towering bull-shaped stone statue, and then its three heads simultaneously raised and howled at the sky.

"Aww~"

The sharp, urgent howls of wolves instantly echoed across the entire grassland. Then, countless dark figures flashed among the withered grass and stone statues. Moments later, they surged towards the crowd from all directions like a tidal wave.

Because their nerves were constantly on edge, they were like fully drawn bows. As soon as the shadowy figures rushed out, the five of them unleashed their skills like arrows released from a bow, hurtling towards the monsters.

"Bang, bang, bang." The surroundings were filled with the sounds of skills and flesh colliding.