Chapter 257: A Trap? (1/2)
Upon hearing the urgent message in his mind, Lin Mu became alert and his spirit sense spread around. But in the next moment, he was knocked back with great force, as if being hit by a bull.
~Thud~
~Cough~
~Cough~
~Cough~
Lin Mu coughed in pain as he tried to lift himself from the ground.
~Meow~
The Brown Shrubby Forest Cat came running towards him to check up on him.
”Dammit, what was that!” Lin Mu cursed as he rubbed his head.
”Seems like there was a trap concealed in the Dual Circe Ascension vine,” Xukong said.
Lin Mu propped himself up and sat down on the ground as he checked on his body. He couldn't find any injuries on his body, and the only pain he had was from being knocked back. He then looked at the Dual Circe Ascension vine and found it to be glowing with a faint light.
”Why did I not sense it before?” Lin Mu questioned.
”It seems to be a trap that can stay concealed from the spirit sense of a cultivator. You're still inexperienced about these matters so it's no wonder that you couldn't sense it. Though, now you know to be more careful. There may be more traps that we don't know of here.” Xukong answered.
”I see…” Lin Mu muttered as his spirit sense scanned the entire area deeply.
He had been alarmed by this, hence wanted to be extremely sure of everything before continuing. He stood up and walked around, searching a radius of about two hundred meters before returning to the Dual Circe Ascension vine with the Brown Shrubby Forest Cat following behind him.
”Seems like there is only that one trap and no more in the area.” Lin Mu stated as he gazed at the Dual Circe Ascension vine.
”Fortunately, you can destroy this trap rather easily. It is a simple knock back trap that you can break by finding its node. Before, it would have been impossible for you to find it as it was in a concealed state. But now that it's revealed, you should be able to find it.” Xukong spoke.
”Alright Senior.” Lin Mu replied before focusing on the Dual Circe Ascension vine.
He extended his spirit sense and tried to find the formation node on the trap. It took him about five minutes before he discovered it right below the tree.
”I found it, Senior,” Lin Mu said.
”Good, now use your spirit sense and pour your spirit qi into the node. Keeping on doing it till it destabilizes.” Xukong taught.
Lin Mu nodded in response before doing as he was instructed. He channeled wisps of spirit qi into his spirit sense tendril and started pouring it into the formation node. Lin Mu was already proficient in using his spirit sword with the spirit sense thus had no problem doing this, as the concept was pretty much the same.