Chapter 691 Leeches

The ink painting landed on the ground with passing steps, with a gentle posture, but the soles of the feet were slightly numb.

After settling down, Mo Hua looked up and saw that the fog at the bottom of the well was not heavy, but the blood color was more even and slowly flowing at the bottom of the well.

In the blood mist, something seemed to be hatching.

Mo Hua's heart palpitated slightly.

He felt that he seemed to be closer to some kind of origin.

"Young Master?"

Gu An and the others asked softly.

After entering the bottom of the well, they felt a little out of breath for no reason and felt uneasy, so they couldn't help but look at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua looked around and saw that at the bottom of the dry well was a corridor made of stones, extending in all directions and not knowing where it extended.

Gu An and the other three couldn't see the blood, so they didn't know how to go.

Mo Hua nodded and said, "Follow me."

Mo Hua chose a path and walked straight inside.

Gu An walked in front of Mo Hua, Yu Dahe followed behind Mo Hua, and Gu Quan was at the back.

The three of them vaguely protected the ink painting.

Gu An and Gu Quan were ordered by Gu Changhuai to protect the ink paintings.

Yu Dahe knew that the life and death of his two young sons were all tied to this young master, so he must not make any mistakes.

The corridor is dry and dark, and the atmosphere is dull.

After walking like this for a while, a pool of stagnant water suddenly appeared in front of us. It seemed to be a large pit dug by someone, filled with water.

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly.

He remembered that his little tiger seemed to have fallen into the water, been attacked, and instantly shattered to pieces.

Mo Hua's consciousness spread out, he glanced for a moment, and then his eyes darkened.

"There are monsters in the water."

The aura of this monster is obscure and powerful, and it is difficult to detect because it is hidden in the water.

The mastermind behind the small fishing village seemed to have raised a monster and threw it into the water to block the road in order to prevent others from discovering it.

Gu An and Gu Fang looked at each other, slightly shocked.

The water was so muddy that with their spiritual awareness, they didn't even notice that there was a monster hiding in the water.

Although he is an array master, isn't Young Master Mo's spiritual consciousness too sharp?

He is only in the early stages of foundation building...

Yu Dahe asked weakly: "Young Master, can you tell what kind of water monster it is?"

Mo Hua shook his head.

Gu An pondered: "How about I go back and call people down, and join forces to kill this monster?"

"No." Mo Hua shook his head, "This monster should be a late-stage second-grade water monster. It is too powerful in the water. It is estimated that at least seven or eight water-based exercises and late-stage foundation-building monks who are proficient in water-based skills will be needed to join forces. It’s possible to hunt it down.”

Mo Hua speculated based on his experience as a demon hunter.

Gu An and Gu both frowned.

After seven or eight stages of foundation building, the Gu family was able to mobilize, but the conditions were too stringent to practice water-based skills, be proficient in water properties, and be good at killing in water.

The fishing cultivators in the small fishing village are proficient in water skills, but they are not good at killing, and they don't have any advanced foundation building skills.

"Also," Mo Hua continued, "If we take action here and forcibly kill this water demon, we will definitely make a big fuss, and it is very likely that we will alert the snake and allow Guojianglong and others to escape."

"Those two children may not be saved..."

"Young Master, then..." Yu Dahe looked at the ink painting with painful eyes full of hope.

Mo Hua sighed slightly, "Let me think about it..."

He looked at the dangerous deep pool in front of him with thoughtful eyes, and he couldn't help but think of a question.

Dragon crossing the river, how did he get across?

Although Dragon Crossing the River is proficient in water nature, it is only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, so it is impossible for it to be an opponent of this water demon.

Moreover, the water monster is a monster and can eat people without distinguishing between friend and foe.

Mo Hua recalled everything about the encounter with the Dragon Crossing the River, and naturally thought of those dead fish.

I heard from Dahe that this kind of fish is called "dead spot fish".

Mo Hua then asked: "What is the dead grouper fish used for?"

Yu Dahedao: "This kind of fish is poisonous. After death, it has gray spots on its body, just like 'dead man's spots', so it is called dead fish. After eating it, people's blood will be blocked and the body will be paralyzed, like a 'dead man', unable to move." …”

Mo Hua suddenly understood.

"I see."

The River Crossing Dragon and the others just feed the water demon with "dead spotted fish" to immobilize the water demon so that they can cross the river easily.

Mo Hua thought for a while and asked Gu An to throw a dead grouper fish into the water.

The dead fish fell into the water, but within a moment, the water surface surged, revealing the head of a huge, ugly water demon, which swallowed the dead fish in one mouthful.

Mo Hua's pupils shrank.

Gu An and the other three also looked horrified.

The species of this water demon is unknown, but it has a huge body, as long as five or six people, a deformed head, a mouth as big as a basin of blood, thick demon blood, and a skin covered with scales, making it indestructible.

The protruding eyes are black and yellow, cold and cruel.

This is a second-grade peak water demon that has lived for an unknown amount of time.

After swallowing the dead grouper fish, this water monster's pupils were a little dilated, and its body was involuntarily paralyzed for a while, but within ten breaths, it returned to its original state.

Mo Hua was startled, and then took a slight breath of cold air.

It's not like you feed the fish and paralyze the water monster and you can pass by safely.

The blood of this water demon is too strong.

Eating a dead grouper fish can only paralyze it for ten breaths. If you want to cross the river, you must swim to the other side within these ten breaths, otherwise the water monster that wakes up will still swallow the person crossing the river.

Gu An and the other two people obviously understood, and their faces turned a little pale.

Mo Hua looked at Gu An and the others without saying anything, but there was some inquiry in his eyes.

Yu Dahe had a determined look on his face and gritted his teeth and said, "I am going to save my son. Even if I die, I won't complain."

Gu An and Gu Quan nodded slightly when they heard this.

Gu An then said: "Young master, don't worry about us."

Gu Quan, on the other hand, glanced at Mo Hua with some worry, "Young Master, you'd better not take risks."

"It's okay." Mo Hua said, "I'm not slow in swimming."

When he was fine before, he had roughly learned the Bailang movement technique of Crossing the River Dragon. Although he was not very proficient in it, he could still use it with ease.

Mo Hua thought for a while and said:

"There are also three dead grouper fish. We will feed them to the water monster together later, and then we will swim to the other side immediately."

"We fed them together?" Gu Quan was startled, "What about when we come back?"

"You don't have to worry when you come back."

Mo Hua said casually.

When I come back, I am not afraid of disturbing the situation. A water monster trapped in the stagnant water is a living target. I have a hundred ways to send it to heaven.

Gu An and Gu Quan didn't know Mo Hua's plan, but after passing the Bishan Devil's Cave and his group, they had gradually gotten used to it and followed Mo Hua's orders.

The water demon finished eating a fish and slowly sank into the water.

It seems to know nothing about things on the shore, but it is only sensitive to prey in the water.

The three of them discussed it and decided to cross the river.

Gu An, Gu Quan and Yu Dahe each picked up a fish and threw it into the water in the distance.

The dead grouper fish fell into the water, and the water demon immediately showed its head again and swallowed two in one mouthful. Then, as before, its pupils were blank and a little numb.

"Walk!"

The moment the water demon ate the fish, Mo Hua said decisively.

Then several people jumped into the water together and swam hard to the other side.

Yu Dahe is a fisherman, and the water quality is very good, so he can swim very fast.

Although Mo Hua is not a fisherman, the water-passing step is a water-based body technique. He also practiced the white wave body technique. He is like a nimble fish in the water, and his speed is not slow.

Gu An and Gu Shen's skills are a bit inferior, but they have deep cultivation, so they can keep up.

However, the two of them still deliberately slowed down and protected Mo Hua.

The second-level peak fish demon swallowed two dead grouper fish and was only paralyzed for about fifteen breaths. His black and yellow ferocious pupils began to blink.

Mo Hua sensed the danger and immediately said: "Hurry up!" Then he pushed his body skills to the extreme, using his hands and feet together, and started paddling desperately.

The shore is within sight.

The three of them, Gu An, also began to try their best to get closer to the shore.

At this time, the fish demon has completely woken up from the paralysis state, its bulging eyes are turning, and the tip of its ugly nose can smell the breath of a living person.

It abandoned the other dead grouper and slowly sank into the water.

The figure of the fish demon sank to the bottom of the water, but at the same time, an undercurrent of ripples appeared on the water, rippling towards Mo Hua and the others at an extremely fast speed.

Mo Hua and others were shocked and swam desperately.

In the end, Yu Dahe, who was proficient in water properties, was the first to come ashore. After landing, he immediately turned around and reached out to pull up the ink painting from the bottom of the river.

Gu An and Gu Quan also arrived at the shore.

But before they could land, there was a "rumbling" sound from the water, and an ugly water demon's head floated up, opened its bloody mouth, and swallowed Gu An and Gu Quan.

The two of them swam in the water, unable to dodge.

Mo Hua had quick eyes and quick hands. He clicked his fingers together and immediately condensed several fireballs, which hit the water demon's protruding eyes and hindered the water demon for a moment.

Gu An and Gu Quan got this moment, drew their swords at the same time, activated their sword energy, and slashed the water demon on the lower jaw.

However, the water demon has rough skin and thick flesh, so these two cuts did not go deep and only managed to break some of the skin.

Yu Dahe immediately took out a harpoon quenched with poisonous algae juice from his storage bag, threw it out, and pierced the water demon's mouthpiece.

This is a method that fish cultivators usually use to deal with aquatic monsters when fishing.

The harpoon pierced the mouth of the water demon, and poisonous algae seeped into its throat. The water demon was in severe pain, rolled over and sank into the water again.

Taking advantage of this gap, Gu An and Gu Quan went ashore together.

After that, several people evacuated immediately.

But within a moment, the water demon emerged again.

The entire harpoon was swallowed into its belly with hatred, and the water demon was extremely angry, but the breath of several living people in the water was gone, so it could only roar wildly at the shore.

The roar was low, but the fishy wind was fierce.

The ink painting was carried by the fishy wind, staggered a few times, and fell to the ground with a "plop", looking a little embarrassed.

Gu An immediately helped Mo Hua up and said, "Young master, are you okay?"

"fine."

Mo Hua rubbed his forehead, turned around, glanced at the water demon angrily, and said silently in his heart:

"Ugly monster, wait until I come back and see how I deal with you."

The water demon's ugly and ferocious eyes were still staring at Mo Hua, completely unaware that he had been put on the "blacklist" by Mo Hua.

Once on the shore and out of the water, the water demon is powerless.

Everyone was temporarily safe and began to move forward.

I don’t know how long I walked before I found a cave entrance in front of me, with a slight light at the entrance.

After passing the entrance of the cave, it suddenly opened up. It was no longer the narrow bottom of the well, but a gray world.

There was a slight drizzle in the sky, and there was a dirt road paved with stones under my feet.

A faint, yellowish mist floats in the air.

In the eyes of Gu An and others, the color of the fog is slightly yellow.

But in the eyes of Mo Hua, the color of these fogs is deeper blood red.

Not far away, there was a vague outline of a fishing village, which merged with the blood mist, revealing a dead silence and weirdness.

Gu An cursed inwardly: "I don't know how these human traffickers like Guo Jianglong found such a gloomy place to hide."

Yu Dahe also nodded, looking confused:

"I have never heard of such a place nearby... Is this a fishing village? How come there is no one?"

"Let's go and take a look first." Mo Hua sighed.

He knew in his heart that there were more than just human traffickers in this fishing village.

Everyone walked along the muddy road under their feet towards the fishing village in the distance.

But after walking a few steps, Mo Hua grabbed Gu An and suddenly said:

"Stop!"

Gu An was startled, looked around, and looked at Mo Hua in confusion, not knowing what happened.

There was obviously nothing around.

Mo Hua's pupils trembled slightly.

He found that there was a blood mist in front of Gu An, and in the blood mist, there was a creeping, leech-like evil creature.

This leech was red, dirty and bloody, floating in the air with the blood mist.

It swam right in front of Gu An.

Gu An couldn't see it at all.

If he had taken another step forward, he would have touched these leeches directly.

Mo Hua didn't know what would happen after touching the leeches.

But based on his experience, he guessed that these leeches were most likely evil spirits differentiated from evil gods. Once they encountered a living person with divine consciousness, they would probably drill into his sea of ​​consciousness and contaminate and parasitize.

"It's dangerous." Mo Hua said in a deep voice.

Gu An and the others looked at the thick fog around them, and they were all startled.

"Follow me, don't walk around!"

Mo Hua warned solemnly.

Since he had brought the three people into the bottom of the well, he must do his best to protect their safety.

Yu Dahe was a miserable fisherman, and his life was not easy.

Gu An and Gu Quan were acquaintances sent by Uncle Gu to protect him, so he couldn't let anything happen to them.

Gu An and the other two nodded.

Mo Hua started to walk in front, leading the three people, avoiding the leeches and moving forward carefully.

After walking for a while, the blood mist in front of them was thick, and the leeches were much denser.

Mo Hua could avoid it, but even if Gu An and the other two followed him, they would probably be parasitized by the leeches that swam behind.

Mo Hua was a little troubled, and then he was suddenly startled.

He thought of another question.

He could see the leeches, so he could recognize the way.

That river dragon, he couldn't see the leeches, so how could he avoid the leeches and find the way into the village?

There must be something strange here.

Mo Hua released his spiritual sense and peeked around for a while. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he squatted on the ground and picked up the soil and stones at his feet.

Gu An and the others looked puzzled, but they knew the limit and didn't disturb Mo Hua.

After a while, Mo Hua finally pulled out a piece of something from the ground under his feet.

This is a formation stone slab!

On the stone slab, there are obscure and profound formation patterns.

Although Mo Hua has never seen these formation patterns, he looks very familiar. The formation style is exactly the same as the formation patterns that Guo Jianglong drew at the wellhead.

"Shinto formation!"

Mo Hua was delighted.

He hurriedly wrote down all these formation patterns one by one.

However, the Shinto formation on the stone slab is incomplete. Only a few formation patterns cannot constitute a complete formation structure, and the indication of the formation pattern cannot be understood.

Mo Hua walked forward a few steps and squatted on the ground to dig.

After a while, he really pulled out another stone slab.

The stone slab is still an incomplete Shinto formation, with new and old formation patterns.

Mo Hua compared them with each other, wrote down the new array patterns, and then continued to flip forward. After flipping through several stone tablets, he wrote down a total of five new Shinto array patterns.

Then Mo Hua took out a piece of paper and simulated, combined, and pieced together the five array patterns on the paper.

After dozens of attempts, Mo Hua finally successfully pieced together the five array patterns, forming a simple, but closed, Shinto array prototype that can be formed by the circulation of divine power!

This prototype is still very superficial, similar to the five-element arrays that were only composed of a few array patterns when Mo Hua first started learning arrays.

But it is indeed a complete, entry-level Shinto array.

Mo Hua compared this array with the array pattern that Guo Jianglong drew at the wellhead and found some tricks.

Strictly speaking, the array pattern drawn by Guo Jianglong is not a Shinto array.

His array patterns were a tricky way to temporarily cut off the flow of the Shinto array power through the array pattern barrier, so as to achieve the effect of temporarily "unsealing" and opening the seal at the bottom of the well.

In other words, the "unsealing" array pattern drawn by Guo Jianglong was based on a complete set of Shinto arrays.

This complete set of Shinto arrays was drawn in the blood-colored dry well.

Or...

Mo Hua looked far away, looking at the fishing village shrouded in the gloomy blood mist in the distance.

This entire fishing village that was polluted by the evil god and disappeared was built on this set of "Shinto arrays".

Whether it was the wellhead array pattern or the stone slab array, they were only a small part of the extension of this set of Shinto arrays.

Mo Hua was shocked, but at the same time, he also had more doubts.

Where did this set of Shinto arrays come from?

Who built this set of arrays in this fishing village?

What is the purpose?

What is the specific application of the Shinto array?

Mo Hua frowned.

"It seems that we have to go deep into the fishing village to take a look. The core of the Shinto formation is probably hidden inside..."

There should be some Shinto formation stone slabs buried under his feet, but time is limited, and Mo Hua doesn't have time to lift them up one by one.

After solving the evil god, he will come back and turn over all the land.

Mo Hua nodded.

At this time, Mo Hua also figured out the role of the formation on the stone slab.

These formations are used to isolate the blood mist, especially to drive away the evil spirits like "blood leeches" in the blood mist.

These formations are connected in sequence, and a safe road is opened from the blood mist.

Guo Jianglong must have passed this road, so that he would not be polluted by the evil god and parasitized by blood leeches, and thus successfully enter the fishing village.

Mo Hua initially saw through the Shinto formation.

Now this winding "Shinto" path is clearly presented in his eyes.

It is always safer to have a road.

Mo Hua could see the leeches, so it didn't matter whether there was a road or not, but it was different for Gu An and the other two.

They couldn't see the danger, so even if they followed him, every step was dangerous.

"Follow me, follow my footsteps, don't go wrong, and don't look around." Mo Hua said.

Gu An and the other two knew the pros and cons, and nodded.

Then Mo Hua took the lead and walked in front, and Gu An and the other two also remembered Mo Hua's instructions, followed closely, and didn't dare to make a mistake.

In this way, step by step, after walking for an unknown period of time, the four people finally passed through the leech parasitic area and stepped onto the land of the disappeared fishing village.

This is a land stained with blood.

I still don't feel very comfortable, maybe I need to be a Buddhist for a while, and I will pay back what I owe later.

Sorry.