The team moved forward on the rugged mountain path and finally arrived at the top of the mountain.
Although it was said to be the top of the mountain, because this was an ancient mountain path specially built to pass through the mountain range, it was a relatively low "gap" in Dragonspine Ridge. On both sides were towering peaks, and standing here gave people the feeling that the cliffs on both sides were about to crush them. It could be said to be a strange sight.
Lily was at the front of the team as usual. She did not seem to know what tiredness was. Even when the strong horses that followed the team were panting, she still had the strength to jump in front. "I see the Blood Lake! I see the Blood Lake! "
Hao Ren followed behind. Hearing Lily's shout, he immediately quickened his pace. Standing on the open ground at the top of the mountain, he finally saw the destination of the trip. It was still some distance away from the Blood Lake, but because of the excellent air quality in this world, there were no clouds or mist blocking the view. Standing on the mountain, one could see the scenery from afar.
At the foot of the mountain, a large plain and forest stretched out. The Beinz Blood Lake was surrounded by the forest and the plain, gleaming with a magnificent ruby luster. Just like the legend, the lake was as red as blood, glistening under the sun. It was strange, but magnificent.
"It's much easier to go down the mountain. The mountain path ahead is better than the eastern foothills, and the slope is gentler. After going down the mountain, head southwest and you'll reach Leyton. That's the last regular town before entering the Blood Lake. We'll rest there for a while. Through the outpost of Leyton, we can enter the Blood Lake. "
"This thing is spectacular," Hao Ren said sincerely. He had guessed what the "Blood Lake" would look like countless times before, but it was nothing more than changing the color of the lake in his mind. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he realized that there was a limit to his imagination. The visual impact of such a vast expanse of blood-colored water was extraordinary. It not only dyed the earth red, but also projected a strange red light into the sky. The sun shone on the Blood Lake, creating a hazy light effect, giving the impression that the Beinz region was surrounded by a boundary from another world. The entire area around the lake was shrouded in a strange atmosphere. Hao Ren stood at the top of the mountain for a long time, until he suddenly realized that some of the colors around the Blood Lake did not seem to be simply dyed by the lake light. "Is that a forest?"
Becky looked at the direction where Hao Ren was pointing. It was a large forest between the Blood Lake and the mountains. It was also the only way to get to the Blood Lake from Leyton. The forest had a surprisingly neat distribution of vegetation. Almost every part of the forest was covered with the same density of "treetops", and the whole area was suffused with an unsettling purple-red hue. Becky found that Hao Ren and the others were looking at the forest in surprise. She did not look surprised at all. "It's the first time you see it, isn't it? That's the forest, the Gnarled Grove. It's said that the angry thoughts of the goddess when she destroyed the world remained in the lake, thus eroding the surrounding plants. I've said before that there are many strange and dangerous creatures around the Blood Lake. That forest is one of the most dangerous creatures: it's a plant, unprecedentedly huge, covering half of the plains, but we have to go through the forest. "
Hao Ren was stunned. "A plant?! What do you mean? "
"It literally means it. Don't tell me you don't even know this? At least you should have heard of it. "Becky shrugged." All the trees in the Gnarled Grove are actually the same plant. It's a tentacle of an unusually large and ancient existence that pierced through the ground. A small group of elven scholars took more than a hundred years to confirm this fact. But don't worry, the Gnarled Grove itself is not aggressive. We just have to be careful of the poisonous plants and beasts in the forest. "
Hao Ren had goosebumps. He looked at the large purple-red forest at the foot of the mountain and imagined that the thousands of plants there were actually branches of some strange, huge, ancient creature. Next, he would have to go through the body of the living behemoth. It made his hair stand on end. Lily did not even try to hide her fear. She jumped back with her tail between her legs. "Is there any other way?"
Becky pointed to the northern part of the forest, where the bare soil of the plain had a deeper purple-red luster. Under the sun, it seemed to be covered with a crystal shell. The purple-red plain was connected to the mountains on the other side of the Blood Lake. "There's only one other way to the Blood Lake, but it requires you to go around the poisonous plain north of the lake. Finally, you have to go through the sacred mountains of the mountain people and the werewolf tribal kingdom. It's more dangerous. Don't be fooled by the hospitality of the mountain people. They don't like people entering their sacred mountains, especially the werewolf tribal kingdom. "
Lily puffed out her chest to show that she was a werewolf. "Can't we have our own people introduce us?"
Honestly, if she had the same body shape as Vivian, the puffing out of her chest would have been more convincing.
Becky gave Lily a sideways glance. "Are you sure you're a werewolf? Why do I feel that you don't know more about the rules of the werewolves than I do? For so many years, only a few bishops of the Disciples of Glory and the previous Wise King Bedwayne have been accepted into the sacred mountains by the werewolf tribes and mountain people. Where do you get your confidence from? "
Hao Ren knew that the husky would drop the ball. He quickly pulled Lily back and said, "Hehe, like Y'zaks, she grew up on the plains, and her bloodline is not pure..."
Of course, her bloodline was not pure. She was one-sixteenth of a Pekingese. This was not a lie. The biggest characteristic of Hao Ren was that he did not lie.
Becky stepped forward and said, "All right, let's go down the mountain. Try to reach Leyton before nightfall. I don't want to spend the night in the mountains."
The climate of Dragonspine Ridge was the same as what Becky had said before. The two sides of the ridge were completely different. The east side facing the grassland was dry and cold with sparse vegetation, while the west side facing the Beinz Blood Lake had warm and humid air. Although the thought of the humid air coming from the strange blood-colored lake made people murmur in their hearts, the west side of the ridge was much more comfortable.
The surrounding rocks were no longer as bare as the eastern foothills. Instead, there were tenacious low-lying plants and odd-shaped vines growing in the cracks of the rocks. Of course, there were also moss in some places.
When the team reached halfway up the mountain, Becky suddenly stopped. She pointed to the cliff in the distance and exclaimed, "Look over there!"
Following the direction of Becky's finger, there was an obvious collapse of the mountain. The solid mountain covered with vines, moss, and bushes seemed to have been chiseled from top to bottom by God, leaving behind an almost vertical cliff of 90 degrees. This time, the landslide had directly dug a straight wall under one of the peaks of Dragonspine Ridge. Exposed gray-brown rocks could be seen on the broken cliff. At the foot of the mountain, there was a faint dust fog that had not completely dissipated. It seemed that the terrible collapse had happened not long ago.
Hao Ren instantly thought of the loud noise that they had heard not long after they had climbed up the mountain. It turned out that it came from the western foothills of the mountain.
Lily looked up at the sky. She vaguely remembered that when they were climbing up the mountain, there was a thick layer of clouds floating in the sky. "Probably the clouds reflected the sound, and the landslide at the western foothills of the mountain spread to the eastern foothills."
Hao Ren coughed twice. He thought to himself, "What's wrong with this silly girl today? Why did she suddenly reveal her nature as a Physics Queen? Could it be that her usual stupid personality is just a facade?"
But then, Lily began to pick up stones nearby and threw them to see if they could hit the distant cliff. Hao Ren was relieved. Looks like she's still an idiot...
"Dragonspine Ridge is collapsing. This is not a good sign..." Becky muttered to herself. Her voice revealed the fear of a native who had been brainwashed by various religious legends. On the other side, Vivian quickly summoned a little bat and flew to the side of the newly collapsed cliff. She had seen some traces that caught her attention.
Soon, the little bat found the evidence that Vivian had expected. The vampire maiden took a deep breath. "Those rock giants really came from these cliffs, and... there are definitely more than four of them!"
There was a series of specially shaped dents on the edge of the rocky cliff. It looked like the marks left by the giants who had broken free from their shackles. Although Vivian could not identify the huge number of rocks that had collapsed below, she saw many similar traces.
The whole mountain was full of signs of collapse. How many rocks had turned into those terrible monsters?
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