The water in Mirror Lake was very cold. If even Li Xiang, a Level-3 Magician, could feel the coldness, it must be very scary.
Shauna shivered slightly in the water. The coldness made the warm centaur very uncomfortable.
She stepped on the soft sand at the bottom of the lake. The color of the lake was darker in deep water. Because it was not easy for sunlight to reach it, most of the creatures at the bottom of the lake were transparent and soft aquatic creatures. There was a faint black gas around them, but it was not the same as the disaster aura.
"The water quality here is very poor. It seems that it has been polluted by something for a long time." Li Xiang sighed and signaled Shauna to get closer to the mysterious source of black gas at the bottom of the lake.
"The black gas there is too thick. I can't see anything." Shauna moved carefully. The ferocious monsters at the bottom of the lake all fled when they saw the Centaur Queen emitting a faint green light. A few of them rushed over but were shot by her arrows and nailed to the bottom of the lake, becoming specimens for eternity.
Centaurs were an omnivorous race. The creatures in Mirror Lake were also their food. However, Shauna rarely ate the creatures at the bottom of the lake. They had absorbed too much black gas, and eating them would make her stomach uncomfortable.
Also, these big creatures rarely left the bottom of the lake.
Li Xiang activated [Perception Increase], and his sight converged at the source of the black gas at the end. He vaguely saw a huge organ that was beating like a heart. It was covered with black blood vessels and meridians, and the wrinkled flesh and blood clustered around the core. There were countless large and small tracheas on the surface, constantly spewing out black gas and liquid.
"Come closer." Li Xiang gently touched Shauna's back, comforting her nervous emotions. They were naturally afraid of creatures from the disaster camp. To be more precise, creatures from the disaster camp would have a certain degree of suppression on other creatures. It was as if they were born at the top of the food chain.
Shauna nodded and took a few steps closer.
"You stay here. I'll swim over and take a look. If something happens, immediately dive back. Don't worry about me." Li Xiang felt Shauna's body tremble. He jumped down and swam forward with Stinger and Pursuer.
"Mr. Li Xiang, be careful!" Shana replied gratefully. If Li Xiang wanted her to accompany him, she wouldn't refuse. However, he was very considerate and felt her fear, which made her feel very touched.
He quickly swam to the organ and realized that it wasn't a heart at all. Instead, it was a gigantic underwater plant with extremely deep roots.
Its roots spread out from the bottom of the "heart" and pierced deeply into the sand at the bottom of the lake. Those roots stretched out like tentacles and covered the bottom of the lake like a fishing net. Tiny branches protruded from every branch and extended into the soil like tentacles. As the "heart" beat, they would open and close and absorb a lot of energy into the roots and then transmit it to the "heart" through the branches.
On the surface of the 'heart', other than the trachea, there were sharp thorns that looked like daggers.
Li Xiang swam around it and observed it carefully. He was even more confused.
He was familiar with this smell, but he couldn't remember where he had smelled it before. However, it was definitely not a mutant or a disaster.
Just as he was hesitating, the thorny heart seemed to have sensed the impending danger. It suddenly shrunk like a deflated balloon into a thin piece. What followed was all the black gas and juice that had accumulated inside it!
"F * ck!" Li Xiang screamed. It was too late to warn Shauna. The black gas and juice instantly drowned him.
The pungent smell caused Li Xiang to cough uncontrollably. This smell was as unbearable as the Foulness of Absolute Death. Fortunately, he had the antidote given to him by Honey Pear, and his body was highly resistant to poison. The lake water had turned murky and dark, and it was slightly sticky.
"Shana?" He shouted in all directions, but he didn't get any response.
Li Xiang kept swimming in the water, but he could not get rid of the sticky lake water. He was a little annoyed. He suddenly stabbed his pursuer, but the blade seemed to have stabbed into something soft. It did not have any strength.
"Something's wrong!" Li Xiang, who was very alert, immediately stopped. He forced himself to adjust his breathing and calm down.
His mood swings were too abnormal.
However, this kind of predicament would not have made him so agitated in the past.
These black substances had the effect of disrupting emotions.
After realizing this, Li Xiang was no longer easily affected by them. He patiently searched around.
On the other side, Shauna, who was also drowned in the black substance, was at a loss. Although she had the combat power of a Level-3 Magician, her combat experience was not as rich as Li Xiang's. She shouted Li Xiang's name, but there was no response.
"Did something happen to him?" Shauna's mind was in a mess. She was thinking about whether to save him or follow the previous agreement and leave alone.
Just as she was hesitating, Li Xiang's figure swam over from the black substance.
"Are you okay?" Shauna happily swam over.
"Yeah." Li Xiang in front of her replied in a low voice. His expression was a little stupefied.
When Shauna got close to him, she was suddenly hugged by a bear hug!
"Li Xiang" hugged her body tightly. His hands were moving around her body, making Shauna's cheeks turn red and she gasped for breath.
"What's going on?"
Shauna was in a mess. She didn't know whether to resist or obey. In a daze, she only felt that something was moving towards her secret place …
Li Xiang swam calmly. He quickly understood that these black substances had no destructive power, but they had a strong ability to confuse and hallucinate.
He slowly released the light golden aura in his body. This aura seemed to be unwilling to leave his warm heart. However, due to Li Xiang's consciousness, it had to come out half-willingly.
It was fatal to those black substances. Those black substances would frantically escape when they came in contact with the light golden aura. However, none of them were spared and became its food.
"I remember now. This is the aura of a Void Creature!" Li Xiang finally remembered. When he was fighting with Senior Sister Zheyuan, she had a similar aura when she transformed into a Void Meow Spirit.
Most Void Creatures lived in the Void World. They leaned towards the dark side, but they didn't have a strong killing intent like the Calamities. They were more chaotic and disorderly.
This Void Plant seemed to be very afraid of the light golden aura. After it appeared, it immediately absorbed all the black substances back and returned to its swollen state. Without the obstruction in his vision, Li Xiang also saw Shauna who was not far away.
The scene was a little erotic and awkward …
Those tentacles retreated from her body. Shauna also regained her consciousness.
She saw Li Xiang's gaze and instantly blushed. She didn't know whether to leave or stay.
"You recover first. I'll go over and kill it." Li Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He held Tracker and Stinger in his hands and charged over.
Without the interference of the black substances, the Void Plant's body had nowhere to hide.
Feeling the murderous aura from the two blades, its body couldn't help but tremble. The giant net-like tendrils suddenly rose up and pounced toward him.
Tracker slashed at the tendrils, but it was as if he was slashing at a hard piece of metal.
The Void Plant's suction force sucked Tracker and his arm into the tendrils.
Li Xiang immediately abandoned his pursuer and used his other hand to stab the Venomous Stinger into its roots.
"Since you used your nerves to control these tendrils, I'll let you have a taste of the neurotoxin spreading rapidly." Li Xiang sneered. Without giving it any chance to breathe, he shot out a Poison Bullet from the [Magic Energy Magazine].
Stinger and Poison Bullet. The terrifying neurotoxin made the Void Plant, which had extremely fast nerves, scream in pain. Seeing a plant scream like a living creature, Shauna was both curious and shocked.
It was this guy that had been hiding at the bottom of the lake, forcing their clan to use a water purifier to filter the lake water.
The neurotoxin made it unable to focus on Li Xiang. Li Xiang didn't hesitate. He stabbed with the Stinger and dug out the heart.
After the heart was cut open, the tendrils quickly withered and disappeared. The black gas at the bottom of the lake also started to dissipate.
"Let's go up." Li Xiang put the heart into the black box and lay back on Shauna's back.
Shauna felt the young man on her back. She suddenly remembered the scene after she was drugged in the lake. Her face blushed, and she quickly escaped from the bottom of the Mirror Lake.
When they came out, the sky was a lot darker. The beautiful sunset hung in the sky and shone on the Mirror Lake. A layer of golden scales slowly floated on the surface of the lake, creating light ripples.
Li Xiang, who was soaked, put on the clothes that Jana gave him and rushed to the wooden house to change. Shauna didn't wear anything. She only needed to dry her body.
After hearing that the Void Plant at the bottom of the lake was dead and that the Mirror Lake might be restored to its previous clean state, the girls cheered excitedly again.
Li Xiang, who was dressed neatly, was arranged to rest in Shauna's tent. Seeing Li Xiang again, Shauna lowered her head and was a little shy.
This was probably the day she blushed the most in a hundred years.
"Mr. Li Xiang, this heart-like thing looks like [Chaotic Thorns]." To dispel the awkwardness, Shauna spoke first. She couldn't see it clearly at the bottom of the lake. Now that it was on the table, she observed it carefully and confirmed it.
[Chaotic Thorns] was a relatively common plant in the Void World. They would constantly radiate and release chaotic aura to disturb the emotions of other creatures. After a long time, the accumulated chaotic aura would liquefy and pollute the water.
"Does this thing have any use?" Li Xiang was speechless. These Void Creatures were a mess. Most of them were not beneficial to humans. Their functions were basically polluting, unless they were used as research materials.
"It's not useful to most of our races. But when I attended the Hundred Races Banquet, I heard that the Chaos Dragons were looking for chaotic items. Maybe we can trade with them." Shauna frowned as she recalled. Her expression was a little unnatural. "It's, it's …"
"What's wrong?" Li Xiang was secretly happy. His training goal was to use treasures to trade for dragon eggs or fairy eggs.
"The Chaos Dragons are a branch of the Lust Dragons." Shauna had a headache. Li Xiang didn't understand the Jadeite Forest at all. It was too troublesome to explain.
She patiently explained to Li Xiang in detail. Only then did he understand.
The Chaos Dragons had the blood of the Lust Dragons. They were very few dragons who were willing to mate with any race. They left countless descendants of the Viper Dragon in the Jadeite Forest. At the same time, they were arrogant and violent.
Whether it was humans or other races, they didn't care about them. A fair trade was simply a fantasy.
Hearing that he wanted to trade for a Chaos Dragon egg, Shauna felt that her head was going to explode.
"I have to try. If it doesn't work, I'll just run away." Li Xiang sighed. He couldn't waste such a good treasure.
"Okay, then I'll bring you to the dragon territory tomorrow. I'm more familiar with the Wind Dragons." Shauna nodded. Li Xiang had helped them so much. Naturally, she had to help him as much as she could.
"Then I'll have to trouble you. By the way, our previous agreement is still valid. If the Centaurs are willing to come to the Seven Continents, I'll welcome them at any time." Li Xiang smiled. He didn't mind having all kinds of help. He also didn't care if these friends were strong or weak.
No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Only by accumulating it could it explode at the crucial moment.
"Okay, if there's a chance." Shauna felt a sense of loss. She knew that after tomorrow, the possibility of them meeting again was very small. She suddenly had the urge to bring her people to the Seven Continents, but she quickly suppressed it.
The Centaurs had the protection of the dragons in the Emerald Forest. However, in the Seven Continents, Li Xiang wasn't even a player. Once he was targeted by a human player, he would be doomed.
However, she believed that one day, Li Xiang would become a player. At that time, she would consider joining him.
The night was silent.
The next morning, Li Xiang woke up very early to exercise outside the camp.
Similarly, Shauna also woke up very early. She looked at him strangely, as if she was sure that he and her mother had done something strange in the camp.
However, nothing happened.
Shauna didn't mind this. She just didn't know how to address Li Xiang.
Most of the other races didn't care much about mating and reproduction. They felt that it was just a biological instinct and the needs of the race. However, they still cared about ethics.
Li Xiang didn't explain much. The two of them trained together for a while and discussed the use of bow and arrow. Shauna was very surprised by his eagerness to learn.
In Li Xiang's mind, bow and arrow were the same as guns. To be able to communicate with a warrior with extraordinary bow and arrow skills was exactly what he wanted.
After feeling that he was sincerely asking for advice, Shauna no longer had any doubts and taught him to the best of her ability. At noon, Shauna woke up. After she explained everything, she carried Li Xiang on her back and rushed to the nearby dragon territory.
"Li Xiang, the dragons have many taboos. They also don't like humans. When we get there, you have to be more patient," Shauna reminded him in a low voice. She ran quickly and soon left Mirror Lake.
The scenery on both sides passed by quickly. Li Xiang also used this opportunity to learn more about the dragons.
The dragons had countless branches, and their personalities were all different. They had their own territories and didn't interfere with each other. Each branch was extremely powerful.
If it wasn't for the fact that there was no internal unity, the Fey race wouldn't be able to compete with them.
The centaurs submitted to the wind dragons of the elemental dragons. They were known as the fastest race in the Emerald Forest.
The wind dragons were herbivorous dragons. They were gentle and kind. However, they didn't have a good impression of humans. However, they were much better than many other races.
The wind dragons were also one of Wessex's big customers. Many rare plants from the seven continents were planted in the forest where they lived.
"The wind dragons have a good relationship with the chaos dragons. I hope they can recommend you for my sake."
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