Another hidden area was discovered by Little Gray. Looking at the rope ladder, it was obvious that he could go down into the cave. Ling Chen hesitated … Should he go down? His purpose in coming here was to find Phyllostachys Nigra, but he had been looking for it for nearly four hours, and had found nothing. The cave in front of him obviously led to a very deep place. It was impossible for Phyllostachys Nigra to exist in that kind of place. If he went down, not only would he encounter unpredictable dangers, but he would also waste a lot of time. If that "scary guy" came back, he would lose his last hope of finding Phyllostachys Nigra.
Should he go down?!
Ling Chen looked back in the direction he came from. He had been looking for so long, but he still hadn't found anything. He was more and more convinced that there was no longer any Phyllostachys Nigra in the Lonely Spirit Ridge.
"Forget it, if there really was Phyllostachys Nigra in the Lonely Spirit Ridge, I would have found it long ago." Ling Chen said to himself. He walked to the entrance of the cave, grabbed the rope ladder, and slowly went down. He wanted to know, this hidden cave in the Lonely Spirit Ridge, what kind of place would it lead to.
In fact, Ling Chen's vague guess was already the truth … Phyllostachys Nigra no longer existed in the Lonely Spirit Ridge. Even a long time ago, Phyllostachys Nigra was already extinct in the Lonely Spirit Ridge. The records of Phyllostachys Nigra in the Lonely Spirit Ridge were passed down from ten thousand years ago. Within these ten thousand years, not a single creature that entered the Lonely Spirit Ridge survived, so no one knew this fact … even the Azure Dragon City Lord didn't know.
As such, the Quest that Ling Chen received could be said to be a Quest that was basically impossible to complete, and even had a cruel Quest Penalty.
The cave entrance was very narrow. When Ling Chen went down the rope ladder, his shoulders were stuck to the walls on both sides. Little Gray was also climbing the rope ladder with its claws. It followed Ling Chen down. Its body was more agile than Ling Chen's, so climbing the rope ladder was a piece of cake.
A forbidden area that no one could step into, a hidden cave in the forbidden area that led underground … The thrilling and mysterious color it contained made Ling Chen's heart beat several times faster. The more secretive a place was, the more unusual it would be. Perhaps it was some great secret, or some special person or beast … It was also possible that it was hiding some heaven-defying treasure.
After descending a few tens of metres, Ling Chen suddenly noticed that there was a faint light below.
Light!?
Could there be someone down there?
Ling Chen stopped what he was doing and looked down. The light that appeared below him was a faint fiery red color. It seemed to be the light released by a red flame. Judging from the position of the light, he was about ten meters below. Ling Chen listened for a while, but he did not hear any sound. There seemed to be no sign of living beings. He was slightly relieved, but he did not let his guard down. He controlled his body movements to the minimum and climbed down bit by bit.
After descending for more than ten meters, his feet finally touched the ground. When he landed, he deliberately made a loud sound. Both his hands were gripping the rope ladder tightly. This way, if there were dangerous living beings down there, they would immediately notice his entry. Ling Chen would also choose whether to grab the rope ladder and escape immediately based on the strength of the living beings that appeared.
The sound of landing was especially loud in this extremely quiet underground space. However, after a long time, there were no other sounds. Ling Chen was relieved. It seemed that there were no living beings here.
His hands left the rope ladder. Ling Chen turned around and began to examine the underground space. What appeared in front of him was a long and narrow underground tunnel. The red light that he saw before came from the end of the tunnel.
What was releasing the red light … Could it be some kind of rare treasure that was hidden in this space?
There was no dangerous aura coming from the front. Little Gray was also very comfortable following behind him. There was no warning of danger. Ling Chen walked forward along the tunnel. As he moved forward, the red light in front of him became more and more intense. The atmosphere and air of the Lonely Spirit Ridge was especially cold. This underground space should be even colder. However, with every step he took, Ling Chen felt the cold on his body lessen. When he was halfway through the tunnel, the cold was replaced by a kind of warm feeling. This made Ling Chen's body relax. Ling Chen continued to move forward. The warmth began to be mixed with a bit of burning heat. It became more and more obvious and intense … But it was not the kind that was unbearable.
Could it be that this red light was a burning flame … Or the light emitted by flowing magma? Otherwise, how could it be so hot? Ling Chen silently thought in his heart.
After continuing to walk a few dozen meters, the exit of the tunnel appeared in front of him. The burning heat in front of him made Ling Chen's forehead overflow with a fine layer of sweat. He quickly took a few steps forward and walked out of the tunnel. Suddenly, his eyes opened up. A circular space that was a few hundred square meters appeared in front of him. At the same time, a burning wave of air hit him in the face, making him directly suffocate.
This is …
Under the intense red light, everything in this space could be seen clearly by Ling Chen. The front half of the space was completely empty. There was nothing there. But in the half of the space, there was a crisscross of black threads. These black threads, even in the red light, still appeared to be black without any impurities. Countless threads crisscrossed and overlapped together, weaving into a fine black net. And in the middle of this black net, was the source of the burning heat and the fiery red light. The moment he saw the source, Ling Chen's eyes showed surprise and amazement …
What a beautiful bird!
In the center of the black net, what was releasing the burning heat and red light was actually a big fiery red bird. It was about a meter long, and it was in a flying state with its wings spread. The bird's head was high, like the head of a Phoenix, beautiful and noble. Its feathers were all fiery red, like clusters of burning flames. The feathers on its chest and abdomen were also faintly flickering with a dazzling golden color. The feathers on its sides were also fiery red with specks of gold, like two layers of gorgeous and dazzling golden muslin. The tail feathers were long, and were also pure fiery red. But visually, it was even more beautiful than the multi-colored empty feathers. Especially the tail feathers in the center, which were like golden threads flickering with a noble light in the midst of flames. It was indescribably beautiful.
Ling Chen was momentarily stunned, because this was definitely the most beautiful and gorgeous creature he had ever seen in his life. Beautiful to the point of being unreal. It maintained its posture of spreading its wings and was motionless, as if it was a gorgeous sculpture. Around it, there were countless black threads, blocking a large portion of the beautiful light it released.
Is this a beautiful sculpture? Then, what are these black threads around it? Why are they hiding in this extremely dangerous and secretive place? Ling Chen stepped forward while thinking, and continued to observe the beautiful big bird in the black net. As he approached, an even more scorching heat wave came over, making it difficult for him to breathe, but it was still completely bearable. As he got closer, Ling Chen found that even its two eyes were fiery red, and the scarlet pupils were glistening. Although it was motionless, its sharp gaze vaguely released a kind of noble temperament that looked down on all living things. When this pair of eyes trembled slightly, it actually brought with it a dazzling golden light for an instant.
Ling Chen's body stiffened as if he had been electrocuted. His footsteps suddenly stopped, and he stared in front of him in shock.
This big bird's eyes … just moved!
This was not a sculpture, but a living thing!!
He was sure that what he saw just now was not an illusion, and that this big bird's eyes really moved. Ling Chen did not move forward, but looked straight into its eyes … Finally, after a minute, he once again caught the faint trembling of its eyes.
This was really a living bird!!
Ling Chen re-examined this space, and his eyes finally fell on these strange black threads. These black threads did not seem to be purely physical, because they were covered with a layer of black light. It was impossible to count how many black threads there were, and the fiery red big bird in front of him was in the center of these threads interweaved into a big net.
Ling Chen instantly understood … these threads were trapping this big red big bird inside! In other words, these black silk threads were actually used to trap this giant bird.
Then, this underground space that he found also existed to trap this big bird.
What kind of creature was this, and why was it trapped here?
In Ling Chen's mind suddenly flashed a sentence that the Qian Gungun had said before … "That terrible guy would never casually leave, it seems to be guarding something."
Could it be that he was guarding this big bird that was trapped, preventing it from breaking through the blockade and escaping?
A person with at least Mysterious God level strength, living in the Lonely Spirit Ridge for at least ten thousand years, not allowing any other creatures to enter, was it just to guard this giant bird? If this was the case, then what kind of creature could it be, that it could actually be guarded by such a powerful person for ten thousand years. If this big bird was an extremely dangerous creature, then why not directly kill it, but seal it like this … Could it be that there was no way to kill it?
Or … His own conjectures were simply completely wrong?
Ling Chen continued to move forward, wanting to see the big bird more clearly. At the same time, he raised his left hand, and used the camera function on his communication wristband to take a picture of the big bird and its situation. As he slowly approached … When he was about ten meters away from the nearest black thread, his right hand suddenly flashed with a black light … Lunar Scourge spontaneously revealed its original form, emitting an incomparably deep black light.
What's going on …. Ling Chen's footsteps stopped, and he looked at Lunar Scourge on his right hand in surprise. Suddenly, he seemed to feel something, and looked up ahead.
As Lunar Scourge's black light flashed, the black light on the few black threads closest to Ling Chen suddenly weakened, and became weaker and weaker. After a few seconds, it was like a volatile icicle, completely disappearing.
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