Chapter 597 (1/2)

Clear sea water flowed through this undersea fairytale-like forest. The seaweeds swayed and fluttered slowly. Light specks glimmered in the trees.

Long Yi's group of four entered this undersea forest and discovered that the inside and outside of this undersea forest were completely different. The flowers, plants and trees outside glittered and appeared translucent like jade stones. In addition, there emitted all kinds of l.u.s.trous and transparent lights. However, it was dim and serene inside. Only the surface layer of these towering sea trees was luminous. Upon careful examination, Long Yi was surprised to discover that the things that gave off the light emitted by these trees, flowers and plants were unexpectedly a type of very tiny organism. Hundreds of millions of these organisms gathered on the surfaces of these undersea plants.

Inside the undersea forest, water plants floated about. The rocks were slippery, and seaweed could be found everywhere. Moreover, strange roots of undersea trees protruded out of the seabed. There were also strange luminous strange fish shuttling back and forth. Occasionally, some huge sea clams would open up their huge sh.e.l.ls, and the sparkling deep-sea pearls hidden inside would become visible. These pearls were so gorgeous and dazzling that they enthralled people. Some fish swam toward them to play upon seeing those s.h.i.+ning lights, but these sea clams would suddenly close their huge sh.e.l.ls, turning these fishes into their meals.

Strangely, whenever Yamei and Sijiate used their hands to caress these sea clams, they would obediently open up their huge sh.e.l.ls. Then, these siblings would casually take away the huge sea pearl inside them.

Now, they had already walked inside this undersea forest for a period of time, but they hadn't encountered any danger. This relieved Yamei and Sijiate. However, this kind of calmness made Long Yi uneasy. He had a feeling that a great danger lurked beneath this calmness.

Suddenly, Liuli's little hand tightly grabbed the big hand of Long Yi, and a hint of horror flashed through her beautiful eyes.

”What happened?” Long Yi pulled Liuli into his embrace, and following her line of sight, he saw a severed and withered root of an undersea tree located beside a huge rock.

”That root is alive; its aura makes me feel fear.” Liuli stuck close to Long Yi. She was trembling lightly.

Long Yi was startled and used his spirit power, but he failed to sense any life or aura from that root.

Yamei and Sijiate also looked doubtful. Clearly, like Long Yi, they sensed nothing.

At that time, Sijiate, who feared neither Heaven nor Earth, carefully advanced toward it while holding his huge purple hammer. He then touched that withered root, turned around, and laughed. ”Don't be paranoid; isn't it just a severed root?”

At that moment, Long Yi with his sharp eyes suddenly noticed some shards of white bone in the mud below that severed root, and a kind of ominous feeling appeared in his heart. The hair all over his body stood erect.

”Watch out, return quickly!” Long Yi shouted, and the water seal on his glabella shone as he used Eternal Icebound Magic to attack that severed root behind Sijiate.

At the same time, that severed root that didn't seem to have any life twisted strangely and shot toward the confused Sijiate near it.

”Sijiate!” Yamei exclaimed loudly, but the Eternal Icebound Magic of Long Yi had already frozen both Sijiate and that severed withered root, changing the surroundings within ten meters of the two into blue ice crystal. Everything within that area was completely frozen.

Before Yamei even finished exclaiming, that frozen area shattered, and Long Yi had already turned into afterimages. He instantly reappeared at his original place after grabbing Sijiate.

And at that time, sharp whistles resounded from all directions, and the entire underwater forest seemed to tremble. The severed root that had attacked Sijiate by surprise had already broken into more than a dozen pieces. A green liquid slowly spread out in the seawater along with a strong smell of blood.

Long Yi carried Sijiate, Liuli and Yamei and immediately rushed to the back of a towering tree located some distance away. Then, he injected his internal force into the body of the unconscious Sijiate.

”Long Yi, nothing's happened to Sijiate, right?” Seeing her younger brother pale look and weak breathing, the Yamei's heart tightened, but seeing that Long Yi's expression was calm as usual, she slightly felt a.s.sured.

”He is fine; he will wake up in a while,” Long Yi said. Just a moment ago, when he had cast Eternal Icebound Magic, he had made a slight adjustment in the water magic elements. The coldness that shrouded Sijiate was much less; therefore, the damage he had suffered from the coldness couldn't be considered heavy. As long as Long Yi used his internal force to expel the cold qi from within his body, he would be fine.

Sure enough, after the internal force of Long Yi circulated a lap within Sijiate's body, he opened his eyes and groaned. Then, he moved around a bit and discovered that nothing was wrong with him.

”Just a moment ago, what exactly was that? It really frightened me!” Recalling that moment, Sijiate's heart trembled. At that time, he had smelled the aura of his own death. If it were not for Long Yi, he might have really become a corpse.

Long Yi frowned. Remembering that green blood, a divine light flashed through his mind, and he suggested, ”Was it the legendary Heaven Slaying Squid? I guess that severed root was one of its tentacles.”