Chapter 87: Slay Lotus Platform, Break The Formation!
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “But we only have one path when we approach the lotus platform.”
That is to step on lotus leaves, slay the lotus platform, and break the formation!
Since that was the case, Ming Zhaoshuang and others no longer hesitated, ate all the remaining six or seven spirit fruits, and rushed towards the lotus platform, excluding Shen Liqian.
Shen Liqian was a music cultivator, her movement technique was not as good as theirs, moreover, Su Nu Chou had no spiritual power to strum the bowstring at all, so she could only watch from the shore as several people fell into the pool of five poisonous creatures.
Scorpions, geckos, toads, and centipedes crowded together, sticky and slippery, enveloping the three people respectively.
The poison mist was so dense that it made it impossible to open one’s eyes.
A snake climbed onto Fei Changxiu’s toes, and he cut it in half with a sword.
“No, what is this thing! Get away from me, get away from me! It’s so disgusting!”
All that could be heard was Fei Changxiu’s pained cries of being bitten repeatedly not far away.
Fei Changxiu was indeed miserable, most of the poisonous creatures ran towards him as if he were some rare delicacy. They bit him so much that he couldn’t defend himself, and soon he was entangled by these poisonous creatures and couldn’t break free.
The worst part was, after these poisonous creatures bit him, his limbs began to stiffen and slowly became unresponsive.
He could even barely hold his sword steady.
Ming Chenxing had been paying attention to Ming Zhaoshuang’s situation, but saw that Ming Zhaoshuang walked on the lotus leaves as if on flat ground. Those poisonous creatures did not dare to approach her at all, and she was about to reach the first lotus platform.
These poisonous creatures were as if they were afraid of Ming Zhaoshuang, it was truly strange.
Although Ming Chenxing was surprised in his heart, he faster reached out his hand and slashed towards Fei Changxiu’s direction.
Although the poisonous creatures here were troublesome, Fei Changxiu’s cries for help were even more troublesome.
How could a cultivator be afraid of such ordinary poisonous creatures, Ming Chenxing truly couldn’t understand.
A scorpion’s severed tail splashed onto Fei Changxiu’s trouser leg, he turned his head and smiled at Ming Chenxing:
“Thank you, Xiao Chenxing!”
Ming Chenxing did not reply, in order to help his hands and feet, which were also bitten by these poisonous creatures and were gradually becoming numb.
In this way, at their current speed, it was very likely that they would be completely devoured by these poisonous creatures before they could even approach the lotus platform.
He now only had two choices: one was to abandon Fei Changxiu and go to slay the lotus platform alone, but in doing so, Fei Changxiu would certainly be bitten to death by these poisonous creatures; the other was to pull Fei Changxiu back outside the lake, but this would leave Ming Zhaoshuang in a state of isolation and helplessness.
From the lower realm, Ming Chenxing lived for Ming Zhaoshuang.
He was a weapon forged by someone, belonging only to Ming Zhaoshuang.
According to his usual nature, he would definitely choose to watch Fei Changxiu die, but now looking at Fei Changxiu who was still struggling, he hesitated.
He didn’t know what he was hesitating about.
Just as he was about to give up on Fei Changxiu and follow Ming Zhaoshuang alone, suddenly from the center of the lake, Ming Zhaoshuang’s clear and powerful voice came.
“Break for me!”
Ming Zhaoshuang slashed down with her sword, and the pure and elegant lotus platform instantly fell into the lake water, splashing out waves of poisonous creatures.
At the same time, Ming Chenxing grabbed Fei Changxiu’s hand and retreated several steps backwards, finally bringing him back to the shore.
Fei Changxiu, having survived the ordeal, suddenly widened his eyes as he saw Ming Zhaoshuang’s state and shouted, “Junior Sister, look behind you!”
At this moment, Ming Zhaoshuang had already arrived in front of the second lotus platform and was about to slay it.
Hearing Fei Changxiu’s shout, she turned around, a look of horror flashing in her eyes.
She saw that after the lotus platform she had just cut down fell, it did not wither. Instead, lotus seeds dropped out one after another, and those lotus seeds kept changing, finally all turning into infants respectively.
An infant that was purplish-blue all over and swollen.
One lotus platform, twenty lotus seeds, twenty infants.
They opened their mouths wide and wailed, with only a few teeth having grown, yet they slowly crawled towards Ming Zhaoshuang.
Yes, they crawled towards her.
The poisonous snakes and scorpions, toads and centipedes swimming in the water all became the stepping stones for these infants, becoming tools for them to approach Ming Zhaoshuang.
It was unimaginable how tragic it would be if they bit Ming Zhaoshuang.
On the shore, Shen Liqian’s heart was in her throat.
What should be done?
Slaying the lotus platform would only spawn more monster lotus seeds and more monster infants.
But now, Shen Liqian was unarmed, Fei Changxiu’s limbs were almost completely stiff, and only Ming Chenxing, whose limbs were half numb, could not support Ming Zhaoshuang at all.
Ming Chenxing lifted his foot and unhesitatingly rushed back into the lake water.
And at this moment, Shen Liqian also saw Ming Zhaoshuang’s choice—she unhesitatingly raised Fushuang again and cut down the lotus platform!
But in this moment, the monster infants finally managed to cling to Ming Zhaoshuang’s trouser legs, gnawing at her skin.
The pain was severe.
Ming Zhaoshuang could only endure the pain and cut down these lotus seed infants. Her long sword pierced through the skin of the lotus seed infants, and Ming Zhaoshuang managed to stab these monster infants away, but in doing so, they bit off pieces of her flesh and blood.
The bright red liquid flowed into the infants’ mouths, making them even more excited.
Before long, Ming Zhaoshuang’s leg was bitten down to the bone.
Shen Liqian felt a shock.
Before the lotus seed infants of the second lotus platform could reach her, Ming Zhaoshuang finally arrived at the third and fourth lotus platforms.
Raising her sword, she swung it, and two lotus platforms fell in response.
At the same time, the infants once again approached Ming Zhaoshuang’s leg bone. Perhaps there was no flesh left on it, so they crawled onto Ming Zhaoshuang’s thigh, tearing and biting.
Ming Zhaoshuang was held down by these infants so tightly that she could not move a single step.
Just then, a long arrow broke through the air, and the infant gnawing on Ming Zhaoshuang’s thigh instantly erupted with emerald green juice and lay stiffly on Ming Zhaoshuang’s leg.
Ming Zhaoshuang looked up and saw Shen Liqian holding Su Nu Chou, her fingertips trembling.
The moment Ming Zhaoshuang slashed down two lotus platforms, the spiritual energy within her surged, and her cultivation instantly recovered.
Shen Liqian didn’t have time to think, she picked up Su Nu Chou and shot an arrow directly at the infant gnawing on Ming Zhaoshuang. After shooting, she realized that in her entire life, she had never been so nervous as she was now.
It turned out that she too was afraid of missing a shot.
Shen Liqian had not yet calmed down when she shot several more arrows into the lake, killing five or six lotus seed infants in succession and freeing Ming Zhaoshuang.
In such a life-or-death situation, Ming Zhaoshuang directly used her sword to clear away the infants’ corpse bones and rushed towards the fifth lotus platform.
She turned her head and said to Shen Liqian, “Qianqian, don’t use the bow and arrow, use the konghou!”
The bow and arrow consumed too much spiritual power for Shen Liqian, and it was not enough for her to support herself in slaying all the lotus platforms!
