There was nothing unusual about the mirror. It was square in shape and embedded in the wall.
Perhaps due to the influence of the cold and gloomy air, the paint on the back of the mirror has peeled off, making it look extremely old.
I touched the surface of the mirror and it was a little cold, but not chilly, but rather cool and biting.
My eyes slowly gathered spiritual energy and I stared at the mirror.
I noticed that there was a cold and gloomy aura on the surface of the mirror. Besides that, the mirror gave people a hollow feeling. If you look carefully, you will find that there are demonic patterns on the corners of the mirror.
Those demonic patterns were arranged regularly on the edge of the mirror, emitting a faint light.
Seeing my eyes glowing white again, the snake demon Qingyun was very surprised and asked me tremblingly: "Master, why is the spiritual energy in your body so strong? Didn't you absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stone?"
This question has been lingering in the mind of the snake demon Qingyun for a long time, and she only asked it now.
I glanced at the snake demon, snorted coldly, and said, "Why are you asking this? You don't need to know this. There is no need for me to tell you."
Seeing the anger on my face, the snake demon Qingyun's body trembled, and said quickly: "Yes, yes, Taoist priest is right, Qingyun will not say anything more."
I said to it directly: "Snake demon, since the fragment of your ancient demon clan's divine map is hidden in this mirror, and there are demon patterns fluctuating around the mirror, there must be a way to open it. Open the space channel now, and we are going to enter the fragment of the ancient demon clan's divine map."
The snake demon Qingyun did not dare to disobey and said, "Yes, Taoist Priest, I will open the space channel right away."
Then, the snake demon Qingyun twisted her buttocks and went to the mirror. She tapped the mirror with her fingers for a few times, and then she uttered a few spells in a faint voice.
After a while, a wave of vibration appeared on the top of the mirror. Then, a suction force came from the top of the mirror.
The suction force is not strong, and I can break free at any time if I use my spiritual energy.
I reminded Ma Zuoci next to me, "Elder Ma, we are about to go in, please be careful."
Ma Zuoci nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master."
As the vibrations on the mirror grew larger, the suction force also increased rapidly. After a moment, the mirror became foggy as if covered with a layer of water vapor.
Immediately afterwards, several evil spirits emerged from inside and rolled towards us.
"Master, don't resist. These evil spirits will lead us into the fragments of the ancient demon clan's divine map."
I didn't say anything and just stood there quietly.
Soon, the evil spirit wrapped around my body. At the same time, the mirror seemed to expand rapidly, and my body flew quickly into it.
When I entered, I found that it was foggy all around. Lines of cold and gloomy air were crisscrossing in the space channel. From time to time, a whistling wind would blow by, and it would hurt a little when it hit my face.
My eyes lit up and I squinted slightly.
The next moment, Elder Ma, the snake demon Qingyun and I appeared on an open space.
The open space was not large, and was surrounded by flowers, grass, and trees. The flowers were in full bloom, very beautiful.
At the back of the clearing, where we had just come out, stood a door with a bright light.
The light gate was about two meters high, and was made up of a large stone frame. There was demonic energy fluctuations inside the frame, and it was also foggy.
There is no doubt that the mirror is on the other side of this light gate.
As for the large stone frame, the edges are also covered with tiny demonic patterns.
That kind of demonic pattern should have some kind of spatial power that can distort space, so it can connect to the outside world.
Just as I was slightly distracted, a voice came from a tree in the distance.
He shouted: "Who dares to trespass into the space passage of our ancient demon race?!"
The shouting stopped, and then the tree began to make a rustling sound.
Then, a scene that surprised me appeared. The roots of the tree actually stretched out from the ground, and the roots slid towards us quickly like squid legs.
"Oh no, it's 'Old Man Zimmer'!"
The snake demon Qingyun shouted softly, and then said in fear: "Master, you have to protect me, otherwise, before I take you to the residence of our ancient demon clan, you may be caught by this old man Jimer. It is a tree demon, the guard of the gate of the space channel."
I looked at the frightened expression of the snake demon Qingyun and thought, it seems that the tree demon must be very powerful.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
The sound of branches and leaves shaking was getting closer.
Soon, an old tree more than ten meters tall and as thick as an oil barrel appeared not far from Elder Ma and me.
The old tree was covered with aged bark, and roots of varying lengths and thicknesses extended densely and crawled quickly on the ground, like the legs and feet of some multi-legged animal.
If you have trypophobia, you will definitely not be able to stand this kind of scene.
The most horrifying thing was that in a slightly sunken area in the middle of the old tree, I actually found a human face made of tree bark.
That's right, it was a human face. The face had contours, a beard, a nose, eyes, and a mouth... It looked exactly like a person embedded in the tree trunk.
The most important thing is that there is a look of having experienced many vicissitudes of life in its eyes.
There is no doubt that this tree demon must have lived in the fragments of the ancient divine map for a long time.
A tree that can move, amazing!
I quickly clasped my hands together and said in a deep voice, "Junior, greetings to Senior Tree Demon."
Hearing what I said, the tree demon stopped crawling on the roots.
"Who are you?" the tree demon asked me.
I replied, "Senior, I am a human from the outside world. I am also a ghost hunter and a Taoist practitioner."
"A Taoist priest who catches ghosts? A Taoist monk?"
The dryad's frowning eyebrows stood up.
After a moment, its eyes were fixed on Qingyun, the snake demon behind me. "It's you, Qingyun. You actually dared to return to the fragments of the demon clan's divine map. Asshole! If you hadn't plotted against me a few months ago, how could I have gone to the outside world?"
"Well, not only did you come back this time, you also brought back cultivators from the outside world. Don't you have any feelings for the ancient demon race? I trusted you so much in vain. Humph, do you want these two human cultivators to stand up for you and destroy our ancient demon race?"
"Am I right?"
The snake demon Qingyun's face turned ugly, and she said tremblingly: "Senior Jimer, please don't say that. I didn't mean to lie to you at the beginning. I just wanted to go out and take a look. If you hadn't stopped me, I would never have taken action."
But the old tree demon Jimer shouted coldly, blaming him: "Asshole! Don't try to deceive me again. Today, I will capture you and take you to the demon king to let her punish you. You have violated the taboo of our ancient demon clan. Even if the demon king is your great-grandmother, you will not survive."
The snake demon was injured before and has not recovered yet.
Plus, it doesn't have much demonic energy on it, so it's no match for this old tree demon.
The old tree demon was very powerful. The demonic energy on his body emanated from the leaves, branches, and trunks, forming a very powerful aura of coercion.
After saying that, the tree demon old man Jimer controlled the tree roots and started to wrap around us.
"Human, you two, stand aside and don't meddle in other people's business. Once I have dealt with this traitor, I will erase your memories and send you away. If you dare to interfere,
Come in, and don't blame me for being rude."
At this time, a tree root as thick as an arm had already arrived at my feet. It didn't attack me, but instead shot towards the snake demon Qingyun behind me.
But I couldn't just ignore it, so I moved my legs to the side and took the snake demon Qingyun with me and moved a few meters away.
Spiritual energy surged under Elder Ma's feet, and he came to me.
"Huh? Spiritual energy? How is that possible?"
The old tree demon saw the spiritual energy carried by Elder Ma's feet and muttered in surprise.
However, it did not give up on capturing the snake demon Qingyun, and more tree roots coiled up from the ground.
There are also many tree roots extending underground.
I frowned and said in a deep voice, "Senior Tree Demon, if you have anything to say, we can discuss it properly. There is no need for you to start right away."
But the old tree demon Jimer didn't listen to me at all: "What are you discussing? Humph! I'm catching traitors for our ancient demon clan. Do I need an outsider like you to take care of it? You'd better not get involved, otherwise, I'll catch you too."
Old man Zimmer’s words moved my heart.
After thinking about it, I asked the snake demon Qingyun behind me: "Qingyun, this old tree demon said he wants to capture us and take us to the demon tribe's base and hand us over to your great-grandmother to deal with us. What do you think?"
Qing Yun was a little nervous and shook her head and said, "No, I can't go, Taoist priest. If I go, I will die. The rules of our ancient demon clan are very strict. If you break one of them, you will probably be executed. And I broke the most serious one, sneaking out of the demon clan space. This is not allowed by my great-grandmother."
Although the snake demon said this, I think this is an opportunity.
Afterwards, I went up to Elder Ma and told him my thoughts.
After hearing what I said, Elder Ma lowered his voice and asked, "Master, isn't this too risky?"
I shook my head and said, "It's okay. It's not a risk. After all, we are strong enough and we control the spiritual energy. Those monster tribesmen will not be our opponents. Besides, we are here to subdue the ancient monster tribe and don't want to cause trouble."
After thinking about it, Elder Ma agreed and said, "Okay, let's do it this way."
Nodding, I took out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword from the bag. Then the Qi of Yin De poured into the sword, and suddenly, a red light lit up.
The magic sword was swung outward, and the sword energy formed continuously crushed the tree roots that were entangled.
“Swish, swish, swish—”
Small pieces of tree roots fell to the ground and scattered around.
The old tree demon felt pain and shouted angrily: "Human, you actually didn't listen to me and meddled in other people's business. I will catch you."
As he spoke, the old tree demon's wrinkled mouth opened slightly, and streams of demonic energy came out of it.
The evil spirits did not shoot towards us, but instead wrapped around the tree roots. Suddenly, the tree roots were nourished by the evil spirits, and a green light appeared on the surface.
Immediately afterwards, a series of tree roots came towards us.
The dense tree roots are quite scary.
I swung the magic sword in my hand again, "crack, crack, crack", I didn't expect that when the magic sword hit the tree roots, it made a sound like the collision of metal.
The voice is very gloomy.
Damn it, how come the evil spirit that this old tree demon spewed out was absorbed by the tree roots? It turns out that after absorbing the evil spirit, the tree roots will become as hard as gold and iron.
“Back off!”
I drank.
I hurriedly stepped on the Gang Steps, and with the snake demon Qingyun in my hand, I retreated to the back with Elder Ma.
But as soon as we stepped back, we heard a "puff puff puff" sound from the ground behind us.
Soon after, more tree roots emerged from the ground, forming a barrier, blocking our retreat.
(to be continued)
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