nownovels Chapter 2072: Black Water Forest
Chapter 2072: Black Water Forest
One month later.
Zhou Yu arrived at an extremely eerie place.
Here, there were shallow pools everywhere, some only a few square meters in area, while others extended for dozens of miles.
All of the pools displayed a bizarre black color.
And within these black pools, grew uneven pieces of wood that looked like bones.
These pieces of wood had no branches or leaves, just bare trunks that gave off a chilling feeling.
"This place is the heartland of the Withered Water Wood Clan."
"According to the Task Talisman’s marks, this place should be called the Black Water Forest."
Zhou Yu talked to himself.
Then, Zhou Yu cautiously released his Divine Sense to begin probing the surrounding environment, while reminiscing about the experiences of the past month.
He was quite lucky, truth be told.
As they passed through Baijian Canyon, although they encountered several unexpected incidents, everything went quite smoothly overall.
It only took them seven days to smoothly pass through Baijian Canyon.
However, when leaving Baijian Canyon, they met with unexpected trouble.
Because they spent two days before entering Baijian Canyon, it caused them to leave the canyon just as the weak phase of the Gang Wind ended, and the strong phase began.
Thus, as they were about to leave the canyon, the interchange of two different forces caused the space around the canyon to warp.
Zhou Yu and his group of four were dispersed by the powerful force of that space distortion.
This powerful force could form a kind of random transportation effect in a short time.
Therefore, after leaving Baijian Canyon, the four of them were directly scattered.
Zhou Yu spent half a day unable to find a trace of the others, so he decided to head straight to the mission destination first.
At the outset, when Zhou Yu departed, the higher-ups in Fengyuan City provided him with a Talisman.
The person who issued the mission did not inform him of the specific task, only giving him a roadmap.
Only upon successfully reaching the designated place could he open the Sealing within the Talisman to receive the final mission details.
Once Zhou Yu and his team crossed Baijian Canyon, he noticed that the Sealing within the Talisman had quietly lifted.
Thus, Zhou Yu learned of the ultimate goal of this mission.
The mission’s objective was to retrieve an item from a heartland of the Withered Water Wood Clan and safely bring it back to Fengyuan City.
The nature of the item itself was not mentioned in the Talisman.
It only indicated that the final destination was in this Black Water Forest.
The specific, precise location would be discernible through the Talisman’s corresponding signals.
Up until now, Zhou Yu could say he had completed half of the mission.
But now came the most challenging part of this mission.
That is, to quietly infiltrate the Black Water Forest, find the item, and take it out.
At this moment, Zhou Yu had already explored the surrounding area for a distance of five hundred miles.
Nearby, there were neither any members of the Withered Water Wood Clan nor any sign of Xiao Baifeng and others.
Zhou Yu glanced at the sky.
It was now exactly noon.
Zhou Yu squinted his eyes, calculating silently for a moment.
Currently, he did not know the whereabouts of the other members, nor whether they had encountered accidents, much less when they could arrive here.
Of course, it was also possible that someone had arrived early and, unable to wait, went on to carry out the mission alone.
Considering all these possibilities.
Zhou Yu decided to wait here until dark.
After nightfall, no matter what the situation, he would not wait idly any longer.
Even if he had to venture into the Black Water Forest alone, he would complete this mission.
After making up his mind, Zhou Yu found a hidden place, sat down for cultivation, and quietly waited.
Time passed by second by second.
Soon, the night descended!
The already gloomy Black Water Forest became even more terrifyingly eerie after nightfall.
Standing within the Black Water Forest, Zhou Yu felt as though he were standing in the mouth of a gigantic beast.
The forest trees, like bones, seemed like the beast’s teeth.
Capable of tearing everything apart and swallowing it whole!
At this moment, Zhou Yu stood up, the brilliance in his eyes flashed, as he closed his eyes and reopened them, the brilliance faded, replaced by a gray color.
In such a place, Zhou Yu dared not be the least bit careless.
Thus, he directly utilized part of the Eye of Destruction’s power.
In conjunction, he urged his True Yuan, deploying the True Fire Escape Technique, and moments later, his form fully vanished into the darkness.
Having done all this, Zhou Yu then walked deeper into the Black Water Forest.
Because this was completely unfamiliar territory, rife with hidden dangers, Zhou Yu moved very slowly.
In the span of only one hour, he traveled less than a hundred miles.
Within the Black Water Forest, although those bone-like trees were everywhere.
Upon closer inspection, these trees bore subtle differences.
For example, among the dense forest, some trees emitted a faint silver glow.
This silver glow could not be seen with the naked eye or Divine Sense.
Only by using the Force of the Primordial Spirit to sense each one, or as Zhou Yu did, with the special Spiritual Eye Divine Power, could they be more easily discovered.
Zhou Yu had previously encountered members of the Withered Water Wood Clan.
He was well aware that these silver-glowing trees were a unique Divine Skill technique of the Withered Water Wood Clan.
Similar to surveillance devices in the Human Clan Plane.
If someone ignorant of this were to step into their range, they would immediately be noticed by the Withered Water Wood Clan.
At that point, there would be no escape, neither in heaven nor on earth.
And along his way thus far, Zhou Yu had already discovered no fewer than ten such trees.
Of course, he avoided them all in advance.
So up to this point, everything was still smooth.
After another hundred or so miles, Zhou Yu found a secluded place.
He took out the Task Talisman, ready to confirm the direction again.
However, at this moment.
Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble slightly.
Although the tremor was very weak.
Zhou Yu keenly sensed it.
He immediately put away the Talisman, fully concealing all of his aura, while looking toward the source of the tremor.
Moments later, the tremor increased in amplitude, and Zhou Yu’s expression grew more serious.
He saw a giant beast, more than thirty meters tall, like an octopus, approaching from afar.
Seeing this giant beast, Zhou Yu suddenly recalled the time when he was on Team 189, encountering the Withered Water Wood Clan.
The Withered Water Wood Clan disguised themselves as trees, and in the nearby pool, there was a giant beast similar in size.
Unlike the Companion Spirit Chi Beast of the Phantom Clan.
The Withered Water Wood Clan and these Exotic Beasts seemed to be one entity, but at times, they could separate, like detached clones.
It seemed this Exotic Beast was likely such an existence.
Under Zhou Yu’s gaze, the Exotic Beast passed by him, then disappeared into the distance, soon vanishing entirely.
A narrow escape.
After confirming that nothing was amiss, Zhou Yu took out the Task Talisman and followed its indications, continuing in one direction.
However, shortly after Zhou Yu had just left, a tree behind him suddenly began to emit a silver glow.
Before this, it was just an ordinary tree.
Yet Zhou Yu was completely unaware of this development...