While diving into the water, Sheyan's hand was clearly aiming for the fish's gills. Instead, due to the incomparably cold lake water, his trembling hand only managed to grab onto the fish's body. Although he managed to fish the fish out of the water, the fish's strength was considerably great. Its scales were abnormally sticky and slippery, and its tail violently struggled as it attempted to escape.
At this moment, Sheyan couldn't be bothered anymore. His other hand abruptly shot out and grabbed onto the fish's gills. Although his entire body fell into the water, no matter how the strange fish's body trembled, how the fish struggled, or how the water gushed into its throat, Sheyan's hand seemed to be embedded in the fish's gills; not a single trace of loosening!
Fortunately, Sheyan's current strength was exceedingly great. Although the strange fish's struggles erupted with tremendous strength, it still couldn't contend against Sheyan. After a long time, it naturally weakened and became powerless. Sheyan exerted force and flung the fish ashore. Sheyan scrambled ashore. The lake water was exceedingly cold. In this short period of time, his vision darkened and he nearly lost his consciousness. Roasting around the bonfire, he trembled like a flickering candle in the wind. After a long while, he finally regained his breath.
Starving and cold, the two decided to dissect the fish and devour it first. Unexpectedly, after seeing the fish clearly, they were instantly stunned. A bone-piercing chill simultaneously surged up their backs.
This fish that was fished out from the water had a malevolent face. What was even more bizarre was that within the fish's eyes, a malicious cursing glow leaked out as it stared fixedly at the two! It was as though it possessed a human nature.
Sheyan earned a living on a fishing boat. The number of fish he fished up couldn't be measured with 'fish', but could only be measured with 'tons'. Yet such a strange fish, not to mention encountering it, he had never even heard of it before!
Sheyan's eyes suddenly blossomed with two green glows, involuntarily causing others to associate him with a starving wolf. He cursed loudly, grabbing the axe he had looted, and swinging it down ferociously, directly chopping off the head of this strange fish. Using practical actions to repay this damned strange fish!
After slaughtering the fish, Sheyan naturally carried out the following series of actions like moving clouds and flowing water. After all, Sheyan had previously observed the actions of Mogensha, an expert in wilderness survival. Imitating him, he tossed the innards into the water, and made 7-8 cuts across the fish's body. Then, he used water to carefully rinse the blood from the flesh. Even if there was poison, it would be mostly gone. Finally, he placed it over the fire to roast.
This fish was very fat. Although there was no seasoning, it was roasted until it sizzled with oil. After blowing away the black ash on the surface, the meat of the fish was abnormally white. It was steaming hot and looked very good. However, after Reef took a bite, he didn't immediately vomit. This was because the flesh of the fish had an unexplainable sour taste. After confirming that the fish wasn't poisonous, they pinched their noses and gobbled down the only food available.
Of course, it was impossible for a single fish to fill the stomachs of two famished eaters. However, at the very least, they managed to stuff something into their empty stomachs. Their physical strength had also recovered quite a bit after resting and eating. Sheyan placed his hands over the fire to warm himself, as he gazed at the pitch black lake surface. Suddenly, he muttered.
"Let's prepare to swim over."
Reef hesitated a little before replying.
"Let's wait for daybreak."
Sheyan gently shook his head and replied.
"This damned place is too sinister. If we can leave earlier, then it's best we leave earlier." “
"But … …" Although Reef was very courageous, his gaze was filled with hesitation as he gazed into the pitch black depths of the lake.
He could swim, and relying on his contestant abilities, his physique shouldn't be a problem. However, this was his first time swimming in such darkness. What more, there was this incomparably mysterious strange fish in the lake? Instead, Sheyan pondered for a moment, before earnestly replying.
"We definitely have to reach the other side of the lake before daybreak."
Reef was taken aback. Sheyan enunciated each word clearly.
"We entered this pine forest during the day, but after a period of time, we were all poisoned! An intense hallucination appeared, even those uruk-hais living nearby weren't spared. After we woke up, we stayed in this pine forest for a long time, but there weren't any signs of being poisoned. "
"If the power of the curse is continuously released, then the degree of our poisoning should be continuously increasing, and we shouldn't have woken up during the night. Therefore, the power of the curse is most likely released intermittently. The previous cycle was during the day, and it disappeared during the night. Therefore, we have to leave this damned place before daybreak. If not, we won't be so lucky this time, we can only wait to die here! "
After warming up their bodies, the two broke off two pine tree trunks, and tossed them into the lake like lifebuoys. Then, they jumped in. The lake water was rather icy cold, fortunately they had warmed up their bodies before diving in, if not they would have started shivering.
Although Sheyan still had to carry the elf maiden, his swimming skills were rather good. Furthermore, with the support of the tree trunks, he didn't expend too much energy.
Their surroundings were silent, only the sound of their feet splashing against the icy lake water could be heard. The two were afraid that their voices would attract monsters. Similarly, they didn't dare to converse. The surrounding darkness was so dense that it seemed impossible to disperse.
After entering the water, Reef discovered that Sheyan and the elf maiden's bodies were emitting a faint green glow. The elf maiden should be emitting the power of nature, while Sheyan should be emitting the twilight elf's blessing. Under the illumination of the faint green glow, although they could clearly feel that there was a strange object swiftly traversing through the water, the three of them didn't encounter any danger.
But after swimming for a long period of time, Sheyan suddenly felt that something wasn't right. He lowered his voice and asked Reef.
"Do you feel that the water is warmer?" “
As Reef was about to speak, he suddenly noticed two congealed green dots in the water beside him. Moreover, they were rapidly approaching. In such a mysterious and dark environment, his entire body was in a tensed state, ready for battle. Now that he noticed something strange, he instinctively activated his lightsaber and slashed out!
Reef's close combat prowess wasn't bad, with this slash, he instantly struck his target! Instantly, a faint green fluorescence rapidly diffused out from the water, illuminating Sheyan's face with a layer of fluorescent green. Evidently, the creature in the water had suffered a grievous injury, and its blood contained fluorescent components. Thus, it formed such a bizarre scene.
Following the diffusion of the blood, the surrounding green glows increased in number. Obviously, the creatures in the lake were attracted by the stench of blood, and were congregating. Under such circumstances. Sheyan also started to help out, as lumps of green fluorescent blood began to form in the water.
Through these lumps of green fluorescent light, one could faintly see that the creatures that were congregating were all malevolent and bizarre fishes. They were similar to the monstrous fishes that had been eaten earlier. Green fluorescent blood continuously flowed out from the wounds of the monstrous fishes, as their own fishes pounced forward to devour, stirring up the lake water like a boiling pot.
Although Sheyan and Reef seized the opportunity to paddle away, they were still pursued by several persevering monstrous fishes. In the end, they were bitten by those monstrous fishes.
The fishes of those monstrous fishes were rather sharp, once bitten, a strange wound would appear, and a large chunk of flesh would be torn off. Sheyan and Reef could feel a numbing itch on their wounds, and an abnormal chill. It was as though a cold air had penetrated into their bones, causing half of their bodies to be completely numb.
Fortunately, Reef's innate ability allowed him to resist abnormal statuses. Furthermore, Sheyan had received the twilight elf's blessings, so his body naturally had resistance. Thus, the cold air wreaked havoc in his body for a while before gradually dissipating, and his blood flow gradually stopped.
The two continued to paddle forward, while dealing with the frenzied assaults of those monstrous fishes. While they were exhausted from running for their lives. Instead, they discovered that those monstrous fishes had lost their desire to attack, and gradually swam away. Sheyan raised his head, noticing that the sky was starting to brighten. His heart instantly felt a chill, not even bothering to treat his wounds, he frantically paddled forward.
Why would those monstrous fishes abandon their prey and flee, there was only one reason. That was because the sky was turning bright, and a more terrifying threat was about to appear. Even those monstrous fishes that devoured their own kind had to retreat!
From afar, the surface of the lake finally revealed a faint black shadow, but under the dim light of dawn, it wasn't very clear. Finally seeing the hope of reaching the shore, the two mustered the last of their strength and paddled with all their might, finally reaching the shore. Yet, despair enveloped their hearts.
Because as far as the eye could see, the surrounding lake shore was shockingly steep and smooth precipice. Although the precipice's height was undulating, but the lowest point was at least two storeys high. If there wasn't anyone to support them, then they definitely wouldn't be able to climb up with their bare hands!
After swimming here, Sheyan realized that the lake water was getting warmer. Even though they were faced with such a despairing reality, they didn't give up. Instead, they diligently paddled along the shore, attempting to find a low point to successfully reach the shore.
However, just as the two of them were about to be exhausted, a black line suddenly appeared on the cliff of the lake in front of them. The two of them quickly paddled over and were surprised to find that it was a rope ladder that could be climbed!
In that instance, thousands of thoughts flashed through Sheyan's mind, but he didn't hesitate. He carried Melody on his back, and took the lead to climb up the precipice. (To be continued. If you like this work, I welcome you to vote for it on qidian.com. Your support, is my greatest motivation.)
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