"Sacrifice?" Mu Yu looked at Qiao Xue in confusion, "Do you use demon spirits like you did when you activated the formation just now?"
When they first entered the cave, they relied on demon spirits to activate the formation, and then entered the abyss below.
"No, blood is needed to open this door." Qiao Xue stared at the relief illuminated by wooden feathers above the door with a disgusted expression. The statue's mouth opened ferociously, revealing its long fangs, as if to warn outsiders not to act rashly.
"Blood? What a disgusting practice." Mu Yu muttered in disgust.
This door embedded in the stone wall is also a barrier for the demon clan to resist external invaders. If you want to open this door, you need to pay a price. The price of blood can weaken the strength of the invaders, which can be regarded as a method.
"How much blood do you want?" Mu Yu asked.
Qiao Xue shook her head and said: "Maybe it only takes one drop, maybe it takes a whole person's blood, who knows! The demon people never let humans enter their territory easily, so if it were human blood, there might be more. But if you use demon blood, it should be less."
If only a small amount of blood was needed, Mu Yu could accept it, but he didn't want to try it easily before he was sure. And Mu Yu soon discovered a more serious problem. He looked around at the blood bats who were watching eagerly, and suddenly understood why these blood bats were very quiet along the way.
Blood bats are called blood bats because they are bloodthirsty. There was no smell of blood when they came down, so they did not anger these blood bats. When any of Mu Yu and the others used blood to open the stone door, the blood bats entrenched on the rock wall would inevitably riot when they smelled the smell of blood. When the overwhelming blood bats rushed over, even if the two of them had the cultivation level of Nascent Soul stage, it would be difficult to resist the attacks of so many blood bats.
"There are blood bats here, you can't use blood." Mu Yu said solemnly.
Qiao Xue also knew this, but they were again in a dilemma. Sacrificing this stone door with blood, not to mention the amount of blood, if these blood bats were allowed to riot, just dealing with thousands of blood bats would be enough to give them a huge headache.
"Let's look for another exit." Mu Yu suggested. If there were other exits, then there would be no need to consider this damn statue. It looks so ugly and drinks blood. Why doesn't it go to heaven
Mu Yu and Qiao Xue stepped on the barrier and surveyed other parts of the abyss. Apart from this stone door, there was no other exit, which made them a little frustrated. Originally, Mu Yu wanted to check the place where the blood bats were entrenched to see if the exit was blocked by them, but this approach was too risky. If the blood bats were angered, the result would be the same as opening the door with blood.
Another way is to break the barrier under your feet and continue falling into the abyss. After careful consideration, Muyu gave up. This barrier was so impregnable that not even a cultivator in the out-of-body stage could break it with force, let alone the two of them.
"This demon formation is too big. It's a bit difficult to find the formation's eye." Mu Yu said helplessly while sitting on the formation. The best way to break the formation is to find the formation eye or the formation base, but it would still be hundreds of miles for them to land all the way. Trying to find the formation base or formation eye on a stone wall hundreds of miles away is like looking for a needle in a haystack, which is too unrealistic. .
"There must be other exits here." Qiao Xue didn't seem to want to give up. She turned around and ran around to continue exploring.
Mu Yu can't be stuck here for too long. He still has to look for the Nine Qi Soul Cleansing Flower and the Hades Grass. This is the purpose of his coming to the Second Heaven. There are only two ways to get out of here, one is to crush the jade pendant, and the teleportation array should teleport him out, and the other is to use blood to open the stone door.
"Xiao Shuai, what are you looking at?" Mu Yu found that Xiao Shuai had been silent since he saw the statue on the stone gate. He stared at it for a long time, his eyes a little blurry.
Xiaoshuai scratched the back of his head, shook his head and said, "This ugly stone sculpture always feels so familiar to me. Have you seen it somewhere?"
Mu Yu smiled and said: "Isn't this your relative here? If so, then quickly acknowledge your relatives and say something nice. Maybe we can get there without having to sacrifice."
Xiaoshuai pouted, flew twice in the air, and then said: "I am so handsome and it is so ugly, how can it be my relative?"
Mu Yu rolled his eyes, this guy always looked narcissistic wherever he went. He glanced at the stone sculpture and saw Qiao Xue right in front of the stone sculpture, and she was holding a dagger and cutting off her wrist -
"Hey! Wait! What are you doing?"
Mu Yu didn't expect that Qiao Xue actually wanted to give it a try and directly used blood to sacrifice to open the stone door. He wanted to stop it but it was too late. The faint smell of blood had filled the air, and Qiao Xue dripped blood onto the forehead of the stone sculpture.
Blood flowed from the stone sculpture's forehead to its mouth. The stone sculpture suddenly opened its eyes, and a strange yellow light lit up in the stone sculpture's eye sockets. In Mu Yu's astonished eyes, the stone statue seemed to come alive. It shook its head, and the dust and moss on the fangs in its mouth were shaken off, revealing an eerie cold light. At the same time, a huge suction force came from the mouth, and the blood on Qiao Xue's wrist was sucked in by the stone sculpture like a water column bursting from a bank.
"Why are you so reckless?" Mu Yu rushed over to help Qiao Xue stop the bleeding, but Qiao Xue pushed Mu Yu away, shook her head and said, "This is the only way."
"The only way to die?"
Mu Yu was a little angry. Qiao Xue was too reckless and acted on her own without even wanting to discuss it with Mu Yu. He raised his head and looked at the blood bats on the rock wall. The blood bats on the rock wall that had only flickered and appeared suddenly all lit up their blood-red eyes. There was a rustling sound in the air above. Many blood bats had already smelled the blood. The smell is beginning to stir.
"Plop!"
A blood bat rushed over quickly and aimed at the wound on Qiao Xue's wrist. This blood bat was only a third-level monster and was not worth mentioning at all. Qiao Xue subconsciously waved her hand and split the blood bat in half. Soon she knew she had done something wrong. After the blood bat was killed, a pungent smell spread out from its body. The nearby blood bats seemed to be stimulated by the smell. They all screamed and flapped their wings. It came overwhelmingly.
"Cover your ears!" Mu Yu's expression changed and he shouted loudly.
The screams of blood bats are extremely lethal and can disturb people's minds and even cause them to fall into a severe coma. The sound waves of one or two blood bats will not cause harm to them, but there are thousands of blood bats here, and the impact caused by them is quite terrifying. With the call of the first blood bat, all the blood bats responded one after another, and the sharp and harsh sound waves echoed in the abyss.
Qiao Xue and Mu Yu immediately used their spiritual power to block their hearing, and the surroundings suddenly fell into silence. However, the disadvantage of sealing their hearing is obvious. They cannot avoid the blood bat attacks based on the surrounding sounds. Thousands of blood bats bitten them all and headed towards Qiao Xue. The smell of blood on her hands was caught by the blood bats, which aroused the blood bats' ferocious nature. Once touched, the blood from the whole body will be sucked dry!
Qiao Xue found that there was still no sign of the stone door being opened. The blood she contributed was not enough to meet the sacrifice, but the blood bats were already swarming in. She could only raise the blue silk ribbon in her hand to wrap herself in it. in. The blood bat hit the blue ribbon and was bounced away, but the blood bats that came one after another rushed forward desperately, trying to break through the obstacle of the blue ribbon.
"It's a demon soul and a blood bat. Damn it, are all the demon clan members so idle?"
The Shadow Sword Qi in Mu Yu's hand was criss-crossed, and many blood bats were killed by him during the interlaced sword light. After the blood bats were split by the Shadow Sword, dark purple blood spilled out, and other blood bats divided their dead companions into corpses in the blink of an eye. Devouring, they don't even spare their own kind! But there were too many blood bats in the abyss. After resisting for a while, Mu Yu realized that sooner or later, these blood bats would use up their spiritual energy and become the prey of blood bats. He had to find a way to deal with these blood bats at once. OK.
"Xiao Shuai, what is the blood bat afraid of the most?" The Wooden Feather Shadow Sword evolved into the Nine Falling Styles, and the body flashed so that the blood bat could not get close. At the same time, he also helped Qiao Xue resolve the siege of the blood bat. After all, most blood bats The targets are all on Qiao Xue.
"Flame, do we want to make a fire?" Xiaoshuai replied on Mu Yu's shoulder. He would sweep his tail around from time to time, stirring up the surrounding spiritual energy and swaying the blood bats out.
"It would be great if that guy Luo Shang was here."
Mu Yu thought that these blood bats were just a wave of his hand to Luo Shang. It was a pity that these blood bats were not afraid of his own trees. He took out the elixir and fire stone. Fortunately, this thing was a popular product. He got a lot of it before he came, and it came in handy now. Bright flames quickly rose into the sky, illuminating the surrounding area. The blood bats roared angrily to avoid the flames emitted by the pill fire stone. They avoided Mu Yu and turned to Qiao Xue. Mu Yu quickly jumped to Qiao Xue and frantically input spiritual power into the Dan Fire Stone. The flames used Mu Yu's spiritual power as the source, emitting a blazing light.
Mu Yu doesn't like flames. In some ways, flames are the nemesis of plants, but at this moment, they have become his life-saving means. It's a pity that he can't control these flames, otherwise he could take the initiative and control the flames to destroy the blood bats like Luo Shang did. Those blood bats avoided the flames and did not dare to get close. They were hovering in the distance, waiting for opportunities to move.
The blue ribbon on Qiao Xue's body has fallen away, her face is pale, and the blood on her wrist is still being sucked away by the stone sculpture. Seeing that something was wrong, Mu Yu immediately pulled Qiao Xue's hand back from the front of the stone sculpture, and then helped her stop the bleeding. The blood bats stopped calling, and they regained their hearing.
"You are so reckless with such a reckless approach! The stone sculpture will probably suck you into a human!" Mu Yu frowned. He was thinking about countermeasures quickly. These pill fire stones could only delay a little time. The pill fire stones burned the cultivator's spiritual power. Once the spiritual power was exhausted, it would be a good opportunity for these blood bats to fight back again.
"Then what can we do? We just wait here?"
Qiao Xue was not convinced, but she also knew that she was in the wrong. The stone sculpture required more blood than she expected. I'm afraid that even if she drained all the blood from her body, it would not be enough to open the stone door.
"With it sucking most of the blood away like this, can you still cope with the next danger? We have to think of some other ways." Mu Yu glanced at the stone sculpture inadvertently and saw the blood around the stone sculpture. Suddenly his eyes It lit up.
"I have an idea!" Mu Yu quickly came up with a bold idea in his mind.