Killing God - Chapter 377
Chapter 377 Red Buddha Ganoderma
When dawn began to descend from the distant horizon, most of the vast Black Crow Ridge was still in silence, except for the depths of a remote and narrow valley.
Crackling sounds echoed throughout the valley. It was especially ear-piercing in the early morning when dawn had just arrived. A large group of overwhelming black bats were still driven by their bloodthirsty instincts, chasing after the fresh running flesh and blood in front of them. However, from mid-air, the bats were constantly falling to the ground due to exhaustion. Some of the Blood Jackal Bats were still struggling on the ground, while others died painfully after wriggling their ugly bodies.
This evening, This large group of blood jackal bats that inhabited the Black Crow Ridge of the Hundred Mountains Realm, In the past countless years, once a large group of Blood Jackal Bats flew out to hunt, they would usually swarm forward after discovering their prey. They would surround their prey with large numbers and ferocious bites that covered the sky and earth, then quickly suck up blood and eat meat, and then they would return with a full load.
Such battles had always been short and intense. Even if the prey itself was a strong and large high-tier demonic beast, it would not be able to last long under the attacks of a large number of superior groups of Blood Jackal Bats. Therefore, the Blood Jackal Bats here had always been a symbol of invincibility in the dark night when they came out to hunt, and in the periphery of Black Crow Ridge.
However, they had never experienced such a long and painstaking battle that even lasted for a few hours.
Between the woods on both sides of the valley, Each of them had an extremely cunning human. On that dark night, they had actually reached an almost indescribable tacit understanding. With such a simple method of lighting up the flames, they had been dragging such a terrifying and ferocious colony of Blood Jackal Bats into the sky above this valley. They had been flying back and forth, but they had never been able to truly catch those two people.
Until dawn, these ferocious and ugly Blood Jackal Bats had not landed on the ground to rest for an entire night, finally exhausting the strength of these terrifying demonic beasts.
As the sky lit up, crackling sounds gradually became more and more intense. Black figures continuously fell from the large group of bats. In the end, they even began to pile up and fall to the ground one by one.
The black cloud-like colony of bats was shrinking at a visible rate. In midair, screams resounded throughout the valley, causing one’s hair to stand on end.
Beneath the forest, Shen Shi stopped and turned around to look at the sky.
Running in the middle of the night, he was constantly on the verge of death. Although it was very simple to look back at the method now, he had almost no energy to rest during the night, and he still felt a little tired.
However, everything seemed to be worth it.
In mid-air, the remnants of the bat pack seemed to have finally discovered something. The intelligence in their tiny heads had finally discovered that the situation had reached the point of despair. The circling bats no longer chased after the two extremely cunning enemies. After flying in the air for a while, their screams rose and fell one after another. In the end, dark clouds suddenly gathered, but they suddenly soared into the sky and flew towards the depths of Black Crow Ridge. They did not turn around and fled in a hurry.
Looking from afar, the large group of overwhelming bats had already become much smaller by the time they left, and only about half of them were left.
Looking back at the long and narrow valley passageway below the valley, there were black blood jackal bat carcasses everywhere along the way, as if the valley floor had been painted with a dark color.
The sky slowly lit up. The early morning mountain breeze blew over from afar. Although the air still carried a bit of an unpleasant smell, it still made people feel satisfied and relaxed. Shen Shi let out a long breath and stood on a small hill at the edge of the valley. He looked at the sky that had gradually cleared up. Suddenly, he felt something. He turned around and looked towards the other side of the valley.
Across the valley was a dense forest. Behind a large tree at the edge of the forest, a young man walked out and looked at him.
After a valley, their gazes met from afar. At that moment, Shen Shi could clearly see that person’s face.
Gan Ze.
Standing under the forest, Gan Ze also saw Shen Shi on the opposite side of the mountain. Obviously, he was also shocked, but after a moment, his eyes revealed a bit of relief. A smile appeared on his face and he extended his arm towards Shen Shi in the distance. He waved his hand forcefully.
After Shen Shi was initially shocked, he also had a strange feeling in his heart. He recalled that rare tacit understanding battle last night and looked at Gan Ze opposite him. He also smiled and waved at him.
Moments later, on both sides of the valley, the two young men did not delay any longer. They turned around and continued walking forward, submerging themselves into the forest.
Only a few breezes blew in this quiet valley, as if they were still recalling that noisy and strange battle last night.
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The Blood Jackal Bats were incomparably ferocious. They could be said to be the most powerful existences in this forest in the middle of the night. However, this powerful combat strength was actually based on their incomparably large numbers. Individually, a single Blood Jackal Bat was actually not that powerful. In terms of grade, it was only a rank 1 demonic beast that was classified as the lowest.
Apart from that, the Blood Jackal Bat didn’t have any spirit materials that could be used for anything else. The only thing that could be barely used was the tough skin of the Blood Jackal Bat. However, it wasn’t very useful. There were too many spirit materials that could replace it, and it couldn’t sell for a good price.
Therefore, the Blood Jackal Bat was actually one of the demonic beasts that ordinary adventurers hated the most. First, the Blood Jackal Bat encountered a very dangerous situation in groups, so it might lose its life. Secondly, even if he had worked so hard to defeat this demonic beast, he would find that he could not get a decent reward, which was equivalent to wasting his time.
Therefore, neither Shen Shi nor Gan Ze, who was in the opposite forest, paid any attention to the bats that had fallen into the valley after they parted ways. Instead, they directly walked towards the depths of Black Crow Ridge.
However, not long after they left, the calmed valley was filled with carcasses of blood jackals and bats, and some of them were still struggling with stubbornness. On the mountain path behind the valley, a figure suddenly appeared. It seemed to be cautious as he looked nervously at the bat that covered the ground in front of him.
After leaving the nameless valley, Shen Shi continued forward. However, as he gradually went deeper and deeper, the vampiric soil appeared and disappeared along the way. The mountain range was uneven. Most of the time, he bypassed the vampiric soil. Sometimes, he would lead Little Hei through the vampiric soil quickly without stopping on the vampiric soil because he was blocked by the vampiric soil.
As he walked deeper and deeper into Black Crow Ridge, the situation gradually changed. The first and most obvious thing was that the number of spiritual herbs Little Hei had found had started to increase slightly, and the quality of the spiritual herbs had also improved slightly.
In half a day’s time, Little Hei and Shen Shi walked through the mountain range without the Blood Vampiric Soil. They discovered twelve spirit herbs, seven of which were first-grade spirit herbs and five were second-grade spirit herbs. Compared to yesterday’s harvest, they should be considered pretty good.
Perhaps it was because the disciples of Lingxiao Sect who had come here to explore had already swept through the outer realms?
Shen Shi had such a guess in his heart. However, this thought did not last long. Not long after, Shen Shi heard a quarrel coming from behind a mountain rock in front of him. In this kind of environment, it must be Lingxiao Sect’s disciple who was participating in the trial.
In this trial of the Black Crow Ridge, Basically, it was prepared for a trip to the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm in half a year’s time. The legendary Heaven Seeking Secret Realm was extremely vast. After the disciples of the four righteous sects who had entered the place in the past came out, they all described it like this. The most exaggerated thing was that the area inside was comparable to the entire Primordial Chaos Continent.
Of course, this was a little exaggerated, However, in summary, the area inside would not be too small, Lingxiao Sect had also prepared for this trial, The territory of Black Crow Ridge wasn’t small either. However, after a day and night, the other disciples finally showed signs of coming into contact with each other. However, it sounded different from last night’s tacit and cooperative battle between Shen Shi and Gan Ze. The encounter here didn’t seem to be pleasant.
Shen Shi pondered for a moment before deciding to go over and take a look. He took Little Hei’s light footsteps and walked to the side of the huge mountain rock. Then, he found a hidden corner and secretly poked his head out to take a look forward.
Behind the boulder, it looked like a greenish meadow on a gentle mountain slope. Several lone trees grew in the middle. At this moment, two men dressed in Lingxiao Sect disciple costumes were standing under a large tree. They were standing several feet apart from each other. They glared at each other angrily and looked at each other as they pulled out their swords.
Shen Shi’s gaze turned. First, he swept his gaze over the two people, Seeing that the faces of these two people were very unfamiliar, Apparently, it didn’t intersect with his past, But a moment later, His eyes suddenly lit up. However, he saw the big tree not far away from the two of them. Between a gaping dragon-like crack in the root of a tree, However, a strange flower had grown up. It had purple stems and blue leaves. It had a bright luster and a red fruit at the top. It was about half the size of a fist. It was full and bright. The most miraculous thing was that the fruit was not round, but uneven. It looked like a Buddha statue. Furthermore, it seemed to smell a faint fragrance from afar.
Beside Shen Shi, Little Hei suddenly stirred up. His hooves suddenly moved a few times on the ground, pushing against Shen Shi’s legs and feet. He looked a little excited.
Shen Shi nodded, indicating that he knew. At the same time, he looked at the spirit herb from afar and raised his eyebrows. He said,
“So it’s’ Red Buddha Ganoderma ‘…”
Red Buddha Zhi was ranked among the third-grade spirit herbs in the Primordial Chaos Pharmacopoeia issued by the Divine Immortal Club. However, the value of this precious spirit herb was definitely among the highest among all the third-grade spirit herbs. Sometimes, it even surpassed some ordinary fourth-grade spirit herbs. It was definitely a precious treasure.
At this moment, even Shen Shi was a little eager to see him. The two disciples of Lingxiao Sect had obviously started to argue over this. They would never give way to each other in such a confrontation, and in the end, they even began to speak ill of each other.
After listening for a while, Shen Shi seemed to mean that one of them had discovered the Red Buddha Spirit Grass first, but then another cultivator nearby discovered it. The treasure was in front of him, and there was also this trial examiner that could determine victory or defeat by harvest and even affect the fate of his future cultivation. Naturally, no one could give way to each other, so they confronted each other like this.
Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more noisy, and even had the intention to make a move immediately, Shen Shi frowned slightly as his thoughts moved in his heart. However, at this moment, he suddenly saw a figure flashing past the meadow behind the big tree at the corner of his eye.
Although it was only an instant, Shen Shi immediately recognized that figure because it was someone he was very familiar with. It was surprisingly Zhong Qingzhu.
Shen Shi was suddenly shocked, but then he was absent-minded for a moment. Almost at the moment he saw Zhong Qingzhu, he subconsciously remembered that when he entered the mountain yesterday, Zhong Qingzhu was still aboard when he jumped off the Floating Immortal Ark. It was unknown when she descended from the Floating Immortal Ark, but Shen Shi knew that after he entered the mountain, he still maintained a relatively straight path for most of the time. However, Zhong Qingzhu suddenly appeared here. If he wanted to go deeper, there seemed to be only one reason:
After she got off the ship, for some reason, she did not move as steadily and cautiously as most people did towards the depths of Black Crow Ridge. Instead, she suddenly accelerated and moved in a strange direction that was horizontally slanted. Until today, she had met Shen Shi accidentally this time.
Why?
Where is she going?