Under Chen Lin's gaze, the woodcutter's body quickly dried up and finally turned into a pile of ashes.
This change made him look surprised, but he also felt relieved, as it at least meant that he was really dead.
But he did not dare to act rashly. Instead, he summoned Fat Tiger and asked him to go over and check it out.
Fat Tiger's immortal body is very useful in dealing with the woodcutter's extremely strong defense-breaking methods. Even if it is broken, it can be re-condensed. Unfortunately, the opponent's strength is still a little low. He can't keep up with the woodcutter's speed, and he doesn't have any powerful means of attack.
The other party just wanted to help, but was completely powerless.
Even he used all his tricks.
Neither the spiritual treasure of the spiritual transformation level nor the soul realm worked, and in the end, the Soul-Destroying Finger produced an effect he had not expected. Otherwise, he would have had to use the Thunder God's Sword. If the Thunder God's Sword did not work, he would probably have died here.
"Reporting to the master, there is nothing unusual."
Fat Tiger walked forward and blew away all the ashes, then picked up the only remaining hatchet, looked at it, and then began to report.
Chen Lin performed the soul-binding technique again, binding the surrounding space. After making sure that there were no residual souls, he walked over.
After walking around and not finding anything unusual, he took the hatchet in his hand.
After checking it, he couldn't help but frown.
In his opinion, this hatchet was just an ordinary short knife, even a little worn out. It was totally unimaginable that it was a treasure that could break through thousands of layers of armor.
After hesitating for a moment, he did not use the magic power to stimulate the experiment, but put it away for the time being, simply treated and bandaged the wound, took out the pill and swallowed it to heal the wound.
He didn't know if the woodcutter had any accomplices. He didn't dare to rest for too long, nor did he dare to use magic to fly again. After picking up the fragments of the Thousand-Layer Armor, he let Fat Tiger carry him and quickly left the place.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Lin chose the direction in which the two monks fled.
It is impossible to determine the source of danger now, it will be the same wherever you go.
The swamp is too far away from here. If you don’t use the flying skill and just walk, it will take more than a year to get there.
So it would be better to go find those two monks.
One of them said they were from Mingxia Cave and the other said they were from Feicui Cave. It felt like the name of a gathering place for monks. Moreover, the two of them came here on foot, so they should not be too far from here. If they can find the gathering point, they will be able to understand the situation here.
Wandering around aimlessly is not a long-term solution.
Fat Tiger ran very fast and soon got away from the battlefield.
Since no other monsters caught up with him for such a long time, Chen Lin finally felt a little relieved.
Although the Soul-Destroying Finger can restrain the woodcutter, I don’t know if it can restrain other monsters, so I can’t be careless.
Even the fact that the woodcutter would be restrained was somewhat unexpected to him.
The woodcutter was a large man with a fierce aura, and his attacks with his hatchet were extremely powerful and domineering.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a ghost or something like that.
That's why he used the Xuantian Seal at the first opportunity, because when dealing with strong enemies, the Xuantian Seal, which also relies on momentum, is the best means.
That is a spiritual treasure of the spiritual transformation level, a powerful treasure that can kill powerful people of the virtual refining level. Apart from the Thunder God Sword, it is basically his strongest weapon!
Unexpectedly, it had no effect at all.
Moreover, the other party's response method was also very strange. They actually ignored it directly.
So he guessed that the other party might be a ghost, so he used the soul domain and five thunders.
Ever since he lost the power of the Golden Soul, the power of the Soul-Destroying Finger has plummeted. However, after the Five Thunders became a psychic spell, its power has increased countless times. Both are means of restraining ghosts, so he naturally has to choose the more powerful one.
But the Five Thunders were useless, instead the Soul-Destroying Finger was the effective one.
This made him somewhat unsure of what the woodcutter was. If he was a ghost, even if he was powerful enough to not be struck by lightning, it would be impossible for him to be unharmed.
You should know that the magic of Five Thunders Strike the Top is the nemesis of all evil spirits.
But if it weren't a ghost, it would have been restrained by the Soul-Destroying Finger. The Soul-Destroying Finger mainly attacks the soul and does not pose a strong threat to creatures with physical bodies.
Chen Lin was puzzled.
However, judging from the fact that the woodcutter turned into ashes after his death, he was definitely not a normal creature.
Fortunately, the Soul-Destroying Finger exceeded his expectations and gave him a surprise, otherwise it would be difficult for him to deal with it.
Chen Lin decided that he would study this finger technique carefully when he had time. This technique always gave him surprises at critical moments. Ever since his soul power weakened, he had not paid enough attention to this soul technique.
While he was thinking, Fat Tiger had already run more than ten miles.
The injury had healed a lot under the effect of the elixir, so Chen Lin asked Fat Tiger to stop, get off the other person, and check the traces in the snow.
After looking forward for a while, Chen Lin suddenly stopped and looked forward.
The footprints of the two monks were still there, but they had become much lighter, and became lighter and lighter, until they disappeared altogether.
He frowned and looked around. The surroundings were still white. There were no mountains or trees. It was endless and there didn't look like there was any cave at all.
Moreover, those two monks were not from the same cave, so they should not disappear in the same place.
"Look under the snow."
Chen Lin gave Fat Tiger an order, went to the place where the footprints disappeared, and began to detect the ground under the snow.
But after searching for a long time, I still found nothing.
There was no hole in the ground, and no energy fluctuations from the formation were seen.
Since it is not underground, it can only fly away. Could it be that this is a safe area where we can fly
Chen Lin thought about it and felt that it was very likely.
When he just left the swamp, he also used flying skills and the spirit boat, but did not encounter any danger. Only when he approached the village was he seen by the woodcutter.
The woodcutter must have been watching him, or there was some restriction that required him to send the firewood back, so he did not attack him at that time, but waited until he met the two monks.
It is also possible that the restriction of not allowing the use of mana only exists near the wooden stakes, but not in other places.
There is too little information to draw any conclusions.
But in this case, it would be difficult to find the gathering point mentioned by the two monks. Flying will not leave any traces, and the speed is extremely fast, so it is impossible to determine the range.
Chen Lin also had another doubt.
That's the tree stump.
The knife marks on the tree stump were still fresh, so it must have been chopped down by the woodcutter. However, he had been walking on the snow for so long and had not seen any other trees. The chimneys of the village were all smoking. Where did they get their firewood from
Of course, strange existences cannot be judged by common sense, but since the woodcutter was chopping wood, it means they need firewood to make a fire.
He doubted that there was still room for trees to grow around the village.
If there were any, he would go and wait near those trees, perhaps waiting for the monk to appear.
After considering the possibilities, Chen Lin finally shook his head.
"Forget it, it's better not to take the risk. If all else fails, we can just go back to the swamp and at least heal our injuries first."
Muttering to himself, Chen Lin still chose to be cautious.
The swamp seemed relatively safe at the moment. At least he hadn't encountered any monsters since he came out of the Bronze Hall, and there was no taboo on using spells.
So he planned to go back there and use up the True Soul Flower.
In the past, he wanted to keep this treasure to refine it into elixir to maximize its effectiveness, but the situation has changed and he can no longer wait.
Now that the Soul-Destroying Finger has become his greatest reliance, he must improve his soul power as soon as possible. If he can raise his soul level to the third level, which is the golden soul level, then the power of the Soul-Destroying Finger will increase dramatically, and his safety will be better guaranteed.
After making the decision, Chen Lin stopped exploring and got back on Fat Tiger's back, heading towards the swamp.
To be on the safe side, he did not use magic but chose to walk.
He didn't even use other puppets because he was worried that if he used spirit stones to drive the puppets, the spiritual power fluctuations that escaped would also touch the limit.
Anyway, he also needs to explore the environment, so he can just move slowly.
With stops and starts like this, a month passed in a flash.
Chen Lin still didn't find the gathering place of the monks, and he couldn't even see a tree.
Not only that, he also discovered that there were no mountains here, just flat snow, and at most the terrain was slightly higher in some places.
All areas were covered with snow. The snow was more than a foot thick in shallow places and more than ten feet high in deep places. People who went in would disappear.
It is hard to imagine how the monks survive in such an environment.
But from what the two monks said, it seemed that they lived in a cave, which meant they were underground, so he and Fat Tiger mainly explored under the snow along the way.
Chen Lin's injuries have basically recovered.
His injuries were not limited to his flesh and blood. The woodcutter's attack also contained a strange energy that corroded his body and soul. However, with the innate power of the Thunder God's Sword, it did not cause any harm to him.
"Master, there is a tree ahead!"
The two of them walked up to a higher place in the snow, and Fat Tiger suddenly spoke.
Chen Lin also saw that in the distance, there was a tall, straight tree standing there.
He made a gesture, and the two of them squatted down, hiding in the snow, while keeping alert to guard against sudden attacks from monsters.
Judging from previous situations, there is a possibility of villages where there are trees.
Chen Lin used all his eyesight to look into the distance, but after looking for a long time, he did not see any sign of any building.
He thought about it and decided to go forward and take a look.
But he immediately straightened his body and squatted down again because he found that a pile of snow several dozen feet below and to his left suddenly moved.
Giving Fat Tiger a look that told him not to move, Chen Lin stuck his head out and stared at that place closely.
Sure enough, not long after, the snow pile moved again, and then half of its head popped out!