Wanyao Youyun

The crowd followed this method and formed a square formation, moving forward while clearing the various trees they encountered on the road with their weapons. They walked like this for about half a day, and the thing never appeared again. I guess it saw that everyone was on guard and had no way to start.

"Look, there's light ahead. We should be almost out of this damn forest!"

"Everyone, speed up!"

After a while, everyone stepped out of the woods. Although there was still no sunshine, the sky here was very bright, not as gloomy as before.

In front of everyone's eyes was a stream of moderate size, and opposite was a towering mountain.

"Where to go now?"

Everyone looked at Yin Dong.

"First……"

"what!"

Just as everyone relaxed and prepared for the next plan, another scream rang out.

Everyone's heart tightened, and they turned around to look at the place where the scream came from. Except for a few drops of blood on the ground, reminding everyone what had just happened, there was nothing else left.

Everyone was silent for a while. They didn't expect that they would be killed after leaving the forest. This monster was very intelligent. It took advantage of the joy of escaping from the tiger's mouth and when everyone was not on guard, it launched a surprise attack.

When people are proud, or when they have achieved some stage-by-stage success, there is always a brief period of psychological relaxation. During this period, people's behavior often deviates from normal and leaves obvious flaws for the enemy.

"It's careless!"

"From now on, everyone should be alert and not relax for even a moment."

"Now let's go in groups of four or five and cut some trees to make rafts. Don't be too far away from each other."

They were all accustomed to life and death, and they all understood that if they took risks, they would have to take the risk of death, so they quickly began to prepare for the next action.

This time everyone was very careful and did not give the monster a chance to attack. An hour later, three large rafts were ready, and the remaining eighteen people were divided into three groups, riding the bamboo rafts down the stream.

After walking for a while, the forest was far behind us, replaced by cliffs and calm streams on both sides. The stream water was not very clear, but we could vaguely see various small fish swimming in the water from time to time, as well as various shapes of water plants.

After all this running around, everyone was a little tired. Except for two people who were responsible for guarding, everyone else was meditating on the bamboo raft to restore their energy.

"My benefactor, where did you take missions before? I don't think I've seen you in the free market?" Wen Xiaofeng has been following Feng Huan ever since he was rescued.

"Oh, I used to wander around, and this is my first time out on a mission. You don't have to call me benefactor all the time, just call me by my name." Feng Huan said casually.

"If you don't mind, I will call you Brother Yue from now on!"

Feng Huan nodded indifferently, then looked around. At this time, most people had recovered to their peak state and gathered together to chat.

After walking for a while, the stream gradually became narrower. Three bamboo rafts were running parallel. The rafts on the side were very close to the mountain wall. There were also dense trees on top of the mountain wall. Everyone became a little nervous again, staring at the trees, ready for action.

"Ka... Ka..."

Everyone was staring at the trees above, but they didn't expect that dense aquatic plants would come out from the gaps in the raft under their feet. Some of them entangled the raft and pulled it to both sides, trying to break it up, while others directly wrapped around everyone's feet.

"Damn it, what the hell is this!"

"Everyone, hurry up and cut these water plants, or the raft will fall apart."

But there were simply too many of these aquatic plants. After one batch was cut off, another batch continued to rush towards the three rafts from all directions.

The raft had become completely entangled and was stuck in the middle of the water.

"what!"

Suddenly a scream rang in everyone's ears. Everyone was startled and looked over quickly.

I saw a man's body pierced by water plants from the back, and dozens of sharp spikes were exposed from the chest. The tips of the spikes were covered with blood beads. After a few breaths, the man's body shriveled up, as if only a layer of human skin was left, and it was torn into pieces by the water plants.

"This... this... looks like vampire algae. How can there be such a thing? It's over, it's over. We are dead!"

The crowd had no time to think about what the man was talking about, nor did they have time to ask, because the spikes were already protruding towards them.

At the same time, the raft under his feet was finally completely broken apart by the unremitting efforts of the water plants.

"Thump...thump!"

Several people fell into the stream before they could recover from the bloody and horrifying scene.

Most people stood on the dismantled wood, trying to maintain their balance and avoid falling into the water.

The few people who fell into the water were tied up tightly with seaweed and then dragged to the bottom of the water to an unknown depth.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

"Why is this damn thing so hard that even a low-grade copper knife can't cut it!"

Everyone stood on the wood, maintaining their bodies while fighting against the spikes of the blood-sucking ghost algae. They also had to constantly clean the water plants under their feet. Everyone had only the power to resist and had no effective means of counterattack.

The fire-attribute true essence released by several fire-attribute cultivators could not hurt the ghost algae at all.

"Brother Yue, if this continues, we may have to die here. Do you have any solution?"

Feng Huan shook his head. He had no experience in dealing with such strange things.

"I can hurt it! My gold-attributed true energy can hurt it." Someone shouted at this time.

"It must be the five elements that counteract each other. Metal counters wood. This damn thing is of wood attribute. Is there anyone who has awakened the metal attribute?"

In the end, there were only two people, and although they could injure the ghost algae, they could not completely cut it off. After a long time, another person was dragged into the water by the water plants under their feet. These water plants should be the tentacles of the ghost algae, assisting the main body to attack.

"what!"

There is no sun, moon or stars in the ancestral land, so it is impossible to calculate the exact time. A group of people were trapped in a stream, with cliffs on both sides. The only possible escape route might be in the water, but the narrow stream was covered with aquatic plants. There was no way to the sky or the earth.

Suddenly, Feng Huan had an idea, "Xiao Feng, help me hold it off for a while, I might be able to find a way."

"it is good!"

Feng Huan quickly used a knife to cut off several pieces of wood at his feet and held them in his hand, and asked, "Have you awakened the power of the water element?"

"no!"

"Listen carefully. I will throw these pieces of wood forward and use my body skills to jump forward with the wood as a fulcrum. I will keep throwing wood and move forward. When we are away from this distance, the water plants should not be able to catch up with us. Even if they can catch up, there should not be many. If it doesn't work, we can escape underwater. You can follow me. I can use my body skills underwater and my speed is faster. Of course, there may be unpredictable dangers underwater, but there is no other way now. Have you decided whether you want to come with me?"

"Okay, let's go now!" Wen Xiaofeng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said excitedly, "This should be the only way now. What about the others? Should we tell them?"

"We go first, and they will naturally follow us and step on the wood. Besides, most people don't have much ability to survive underwater, so they may not choose my method."

"Be smart on your own. If you get tangled up in the middle of the journey, I won't come back to save you."

"I understand. It's already a great favor that you're willing to take me with you."

Feng Huan did not delay any longer and threw a piece of wood with force. He did not dare to throw it too far for fear that Wen Xiaofeng would not be able to reach it. He used light and shadow to avoid the crowd and stepped steadily on the wood. Then he threw another piece of wood forward and continued to jump.

Wen Xiaofeng didn't have Feng Huan's ability to move in an arc, so he twisted around a few times before catching up.

At first, some water plants followed, but as the distance increased, they retreated because they could not leave the root system.

Seeing this, the others also had some ideas, but most of them had not awakened the power of water element, so they were a little hesitant, but in the end they gritted their teeth and rushed to follow suit. No matter what, they had to avoid the dead end in front of them first. As for what would happen later, no one knew, it was better than waiting to die here.

In an instant, a lot of broken wood appeared on the narrow water surface, and human figures jumped up one after another. A moment later, the ghost algae that were following closely were out of reach and dived into the water.

The water surface returned to calm again, but there were many more human figures. Each figure was standing on a piece of wood, slowly drifting forward with the stream.