The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 539 These tentacles are quite powerful.

Fang Yu stepped into the circle drawn by the ginseng fruit and asked curiously, "What's this game all about?"

Ren Shenguo glanced at Fang Yu speechlessly. He really wanted to know how someone so clueless had managed to survive his previous training trips.

Are those demons and monsters outside also selective in their dealings with people? Do the powerful ones ignore such idiots?

"This is a protective barrier; any creature that fears heavenly lightning dares not approach it!"

Fang Yu's eyes widened immediately. What? Did he have some tinnitus just now?
Just then, a series of crackling sounds suddenly rang out, startling Fang Yu, who was still puzzled.

The other members of the Four Gates also turned around abruptly, and to their surprise, there was now a black puddle where they had just been standing.

Ginseng Fruit frowned slightly. The host had just left, and he had just finished drawing the protective circle when these bastards came knocking on his door.

"what is that?"

"It looks like some kind of animal, but it's kind of creepy."

"Holy crap, that's a rat! How can there be a rat the size of a rabbit? My god, I'm getting goosebumps!"

……

Several young people from Sihuimen couldn't hold back any longer and started talking all at once.

Du Jun, the senior apprentice, was more composed and drew his extendable baton.

Standing inside the protective circle, I poked a dark, barely discernible shape of a mass that had been electrocuted not far away.

"It really is a rat! Damn, this Death Mountain is really weird; the pests here are more extreme than in other places!"

"It was trying to ambush us, wasn't it? Luckily we were inside the protective perimeter, otherwise, it would have hurt so much if it had bitten us."

The thought of being bitten by rats is disgusting.

Du Jun retracted the telescopic baton, feeling a chill run down his spine, but also grateful to Ginseng Fruit for drawing a protective circle for them.

"Little Guoguo, you're amazing! Thank goodness for you!"

Ginseng fruit: ...

Seeing a mouse the size of a rabbit didn't give him goosebumps before, but now, when he hears someone call him Little Guoguo, he really gets goosebumps.

But he couldn't vent his anger on them, so he could only say with a stern face, "As long as you don't leave this circle, you won't be in danger!"

At the same time, Yunran approached the small canyon, which, from the perspective of the little paper doll, was an overhead view.

Now that you've walked in and seen the scene inside, the situation is different.

Yunran saw the person sitting in the center, whose clothes were covered with a thick layer of dust.

If it weren't for the sacrifice that stripped him of his flesh and blood, from a distance he would look like a withered old man.

Xin Fu followed behind Yun Ran until he could clearly see that the person was sitting on a sacrificial array, and his seated posture made him look more like a devout believer...

No wonder the abbot said that this person sacrificed himself.

Yunran took out her phone and recorded the situation, which she would need to report back later.

"Master, I'll go check if he's left any clues on his body."

Yun Ran nodded: "Be careful."

They were certainly not the first to discover this person, but the fact that the others didn't touch him at all suggests something is wrong.

Xin Fu took out his magical artifact and slowly approached, when he was still a few steps away.

Suddenly, a foul, fishy stench attacked him. Xin Fu immediately did a backflip to dodge the tentacles that emerged from the formation without warning.

When the little paper doll flew in earlier, it got close to this person without anything happening. Xin Fu's expression was solemn as he struck the tentacle with his magic weapon.

With a loud 'bang,' Xin Fu was forced back several steps by the force of the impact.

"Master, these tentacles are quite powerful!"

As he spoke, Xin Fu immediately drew out the gift Yun Ran had given him upon meeting him—a renowned sword.

After repelling Xinfu, the green tentacles did not retract; instead, they stretched out, intending to continue attacking him.

Xin Fu swung his sword, severing the tentacle.

Just as Xin Fu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, three tentacles immediately appeared after Xin Fu severed one tentacle.

Moreover, it was clearly more flexible than the previous tentacle, as if it had only been testing the waters earlier.

The little paper figure hovered around Yunran, but did not rush to help immediately. Instead, it turned its back to Yunran and looked around warily.

Yun Ran beckoned to one of the paper figures: "Go and try to distract one of the tentacles!"

"Yes, Master!"

The little paper doll immediately flew over; it didn't have many opportunities to fight alongside Xinfu.

But when it flew over to fight the tentacles, Xin Fu cooperated perfectly.

The little paper figure slapped it, and the tentacle was chipped in the slap.

It seems these tentacles aren't that powerful.

Almost instantly, as the tentacle withered after being punched in a hole, three more identical tentacles emerged from another direction.

Xin Fu cut off two more, and unsurprisingly, six more appeared.

This made Xin Fu's face very ugly. When facing the enemy, he was not afraid of how powerful the enemy was, but he was afraid that the enemy would never be able to be killed.

Now he is certain that as soon as he cuts off one tentacle, an additional tentacle will immediately grow.

At this rate, we'll never finish cutting them all; in fact, the more we cut, the more there will be.

"return!"

Xin Fu heard Yun Ran's words and, though somewhat puzzled, used the force to step onto the tentacles and leaped back to Yun Ran's side.

Only the little paper figure remained within the range of those tentacles.

Strangely, after Xin Fu retreated, the tentacles seemed to have lost their target.

Kaiman twisted and turned aimlessly, without getting close to the little paper figure at all.

"It seems that these tentacles are specifically designed to attack living beings with flesh and blood. They ignore magical artifacts like the little paper doll that have gained sentience."

Xin Fu's eyes flickered slightly. No wonder the little paper figure came in to investigate earlier and there was no danger. It turned out that it hadn't triggered any attacks here.

"Master, it seems that it won't be easy for us to take that person's remains away."

The tentacles emerged from that formation. Without dealing with these tentacles, they cannot get close to the person, let alone take him away.

Those fellow cultivators who discovered these people before probably got into trouble because of this.

Knowing that these tentacles would only attack flesh-and-blood creatures, Yun Ran immediately understood the situation.

He directly instructed the little paper figure: "Get rid of these tentacles!"

The little paper figures immediately rubbed their hands together, eager to get to work. They were created by their master specifically to do tasks; as henchmen, they were naturally a type of worker.