264 How to Set Up Stone Array Tactics I (2/2)

But at this time he did not have time to think about the reason for the mysterious disappearance of the Daming Lake. He saw the fog gradually dispersing and green trees gradually emerged. So he got his bow and arrows ready again as fast as possible. He endured the great pain in his shoulder and ignored the fresh blood still flowing from his fingers, vigilantly searching the surroundings with his naked eyes and Psyche Power.

Their visions became clear again and the aura fluctuation of heaven and earth had become calm. But as the fog that had previously protected him like a trench disappeared, the Tao Addict might find them at any time and once again launch an attack.

When the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine opened, he and Mo Shanshan were not seriously injured. So he naturally did not believe that the crazy Tao Addict would suffer any serious damage.

The sharp, cold arrow bunch of his Talisman Arrow moved slowly and steadily, aiming at everything he could see in all directions. It was ready to leave the tightly twisted string any time, shooting at the red dress that might appear.

However, he still did not find Ye Hongyu when the fog cleared no matter whether with his naked eyes or Psyche Power. He did not even hear the slightest noises and the whole verdant valley became quiet.

It was not absolutely quiet, for there were gurgling sounds of springs and streams around.

Ning Que did not know where the Tao Addict was, but his intuition told him that it should be safe at this moment. So he slowly took back his bow and glanced at Mo Shanshan beside him. And then he walked a few steps around and stepped on the gravel with his shoes, emitting some rustling sounds.

They were indeed at the bottom of the Daming Lake at this time. But they were not stepping on black mud, nor silver sand, but angular stones.

A few days ago he had attained Tao enlightenment and had broken the realm beside the Daming Lake and felt that this piece of the quiet lake was not too large. But today, when he walked on the bottom of the dry lake, he found that it was really large, just like a huge hollow stone bowl.

It was still a winter lake a moment ago and had suddenly become a dry gravel land in the next moment. What an incredibly wonderful picture it was. But the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine, an Unknown Place, had been very magical for them. So they did not show too many emotions, although they found it difficult to suppress the shock in their hearts.

After a brief moment of observation, the two finally found where the lake water went. There was water in the rubble at their feet, but only a very thin and shallow layer that drifted in one direction along the crevices of the gravels and then converged into a flat stream. And then, the stream flowed down to the lower place and eventually disappeared in the center of the lake bottom.

There was nothing strange in the center of the lake. But it could devour so much lake water in such a short period of time, which naturally made it weird. It seemed that there was a huge ancient monster opening its greedy mouth there.

Ning Que and Mo Shanshan glanced at each other and walked to the lake center along the direction of the clear water flowing at their feet. However, before they took a few more steps, he suddenly furrowed his brows and felt it difficult to lift up his legs as if there was lead attached to them. Beside him, Mo Shanshan's face became extremely pale and she herself also looked as if she was in agony.

”What's wrong?”

Ning Que felt a dreadful aura. He frowned and looked around, but he did not see anything strange.

There were gravels at the bottom of the lake, nothing strange indeed. They were just stones.

Some stones were large and some were small. They had different shapes, including hollow-shaped stones like artworks, round stones like drums, slender stones, and strangely weird stones that were hard to describe.

Some were full of green mosses, while others were as smooth as jade. But no matter what kind of stones they were, there was no trace of the lake water on them, as if they had not been soaked in the water for tens of millions of years.

The stones in the mountain and the valleys appeared in their sights as if they occurred in their chests at the same time. Even the sleek stones were full of invisible sharp edges so that people who saw them felt clogged in their chests.

They felt so uncomfortable and were in pain. They were full of resentment, unwillingness, and stubbornness.

Ning Que looked at these stones in front and finally felt its strangeness.

Mo Shanshan stared at these stones at his side and suddenly flushed. Her eyes became extremely bright and her thin lips slightly quivered. And then she said incredulously, ”Are they... Stone Array Tactics?”

Ning Que asked, ”What are the Stone Array Tactics?”

Mo Shanshan said in a trembling voice, ”The West-Hill book once recorded a kind of tactical array. It could go across the heaven and earth and was powerful to an unimaginable extent. Compared with it, Judicial Department's Confinement tactical array was simply vulnerable.”

Her face was full of reverence and admiration. She looked at the stones that seemed to be lying around randomly and said, ”I always thought that this tactical array only existed in legends. I didn't expect... someone actually could arrange it.”

Ning Que asked curiously, ”These stones are... the legendary powerful Stone Array Tactics across the heaven and earth?”

Mo Shanshan turned around to look into his eyes, saying seriously, ”Stone Array Tactics... are stones.”