I suddenly heard a huge vibration that echoed through the forest, and then thousands of butterflies came rushing towards us, as if to express their dissatisfaction with us for capturing them and making them look like butterflies.
Why are there so many butterflies? The butterflies themselves were not aggressive, but these butterflies were not ordinary, and each of them was as aggressive as a bee, and I suspected that if so many of them came at once, they could gnaw us to death.
Hurry up and run! Yue Feng hugged me tightly around his waist. He was the first to rush out of the forest and use his agile movements to charge out of the forest.
But what he didn't expect was that the butterfly's speed was even faster than his. Soon, we would be surrounded, unable to charge out, the butterflies flying around us, although the scene was beautiful, the fear of being surrounded was getting stronger and stronger.
It seems like we can only spare their boss … Yue Feng muttered dejectedly.
If we let go of what we finally managed to capture, then our trial would still fail. I'm not satisfied.
Put me down and I'll try. When I reached the ground, I finally gritted my teeth. I took out the lighter I was carrying and lit it up. I waved my arms around, trying to blast away the butterflies with the light of the fire.
This was the first time in our lives that we had seen such a bizarre scene. At this time, the three of us had our clothes torn by butterflies and there were even small wounds on our bodies. At that time, we didn't feel any pain.
Yue Feng also followed my example and used fire to drive away the butterflies, but what he did not expect was another scene that surprised us. All the butterflies gathered together, seemed to have transformed into a gigantic monster, looking like a rhinoceros.
This was because butterflies were made of all sorts of colors, and this rhinoceros, which was made from only butterflies, also had a very beautiful body color. I couldn't help but sigh. These butterflies were too well-coordinated. Now, I couldn't tell if the rhinoceros was real or formed from a combination of butterflies.
The rhinoceros monster, with a pointed horn on its head, was charging at us like it was going to smash us to pieces.
Just what were these things? If it was really an ordinary butterfly, how could there be such a scene? Yue Feng's view of the world seemed to have been refreshed.
"If I'm not wrong, that Blue Butterfly should be the King of Ten Thousand Butterflies …" I said.
King of All Dishes, how come I've never heard that there's such a thing in this world? Don't tell me you made it up?
At first, I didn't react, but after looking at this scene, I felt that we really met the King of Ten Thousand Butterflies. I once heard from someone that this King of Ten Thousand Butterflies is very beautiful, allowing everyone who sees her to be seduced by her beauty. Furthermore, he can control all the butterflies in the world, including this kind of aggressive Cai Die. I thought that this was just a legend, but I didn't expect to meet him here.
"Then have you heard how this thing works?" Yue Feng asked anxiously.
"How should we deal with him? Ah, let me think. Right, what I mean is if we meet this kind of butterfly, immediately distance yourself from him. Don't go near him …"
I felt like I said some nonsense. Now that I wanted to stay away from him, he was already determined to not let us go.
Facing the attack of the huge rhinoceros, we were helpless. I tried to use the sword in my hand to split the rhinoceros apart, but unexpectedly, the entire rhinoceros broke apart, and all the butterflies flew out.
Waiting for my attack to end and then combining into one was like pulling a knife out of water.
To deal with this sort of thing, it was like punching cotton. One would not even have the strength to use it.
I suspect that he just used a lighter to infuriate them. He poured all of his Spiritual Energy onto his wrist and summoned the pyretic lustre that he hadn't seen in a long time.
The phoenix screeched as it hovered in the sky. In an instant, a golden ray of light appeared in the dark night sky.
Zi Lang probably never thought that I would have such a treasure on me, and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this the legendary Phoenix King?"
I nodded. "That's right, this is the Phoenix. I feel that since he is the King of Birds, he should be able to restrain butterflies."
Sure enough, the pyretic lustre rushed into the array of rhinoceroses formed by butterflies, immediately dispersing all the butterflies and causing them to be utterly defeated. In a short period of time, he wouldn't be able to thin out a complete form.
"Take advantage of this opportunity and run!" I shouted and ran.
Yue Feng probably thought that I was running too slowly, so he grabbed me by the waist and rushed out with the other three people.
After running for a while, we noticed that the butterfly didn't catch up with us, so we breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the side of the road to rest.
Today was truly a thrilling day. After living for so long, it could be said that he had truly gained experience today. Yue Feng didn't know if he was scared or tired, as he panted heavily.
Zi Lang was obviously still concerned about the safety of the fire phoenix, what happened to the phoenix? It had been such a long time, yet he still hadn't caught up. Could there be some sort of danger?
"Don't worry, that phoenix is extremely intelligent and its mana is strong. There shouldn't be any problems. When it throws those butterflies, it will come find us."
I have always been at ease with the fire phoenix, and every time I go away from him, he can use a special method to find me again.
After resting for a while, just when we were planning to once again walk out of the forest on our journey back, Yue Feng pointed at the top of a tree with his trembling hands.
"Look, isn't my owl very strange on top of this tree?"
I looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, an owl had landed on top of it, its eyes wide open.
Could it be an owl that could count the number of people? I don't know if our luck is too good today, or if we are too bad. The so-called treasures have all been met by us, the legendary owls that we can even meet when sitting here to rest.
"So, do you think he's talking about our eyebrows?" My eyebrows are still very thick, so it should be quite troublesome to estimate them. I looked around at the two of them. As they are both male, their eyebrows are quite sparse. There are only about ten or so of them …
"I think we should hurry up and go. I have a bad feeling that our eyebrows will soon be counted out by him... "Oh no, I feel like I can't move my body anymore!" Yue Feng had originally planned to stand up, but seeing his stiff body, he reckoned that he really couldn't move anymore.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Is it because your premature aging has not been completely cured? " I also panicked, not knowing what had happened to him.
"I don't think so. Premature death has no such symptoms. My body has never had such a condition before. Could it be related to the owl on the treetop?"
"I'll go? It can't be? We sat down under the tree to rest, but we didn't find out when the owl actually stopped at the top of the tree. If it was for a long time, it's very likely that Yue Feng had already counted all the brows. "
I extended my hand out to help Yue Feng up, wanting to see if he had sat down until his legs became numb. But I discovered that her entire body was stiff, as if it was made out of wood and mud, and couldn't move at all.
"Yue Feng, don't scare me. "Try and see if you can still move."
At that moment, the owl on the tree cried out. It sounded so shrill that it almost shattered my eardrums when it reached my ears.
It was only then that I understood that Yue Feng's abnormal reaction was indeed due to this owl.
After the owl let out a giggle, it was so terrifying that it gave me goosebumps.
I didn't know if it understood human nature and understood human speech. I raised my head and said to him, "I'm sorry, I'm not here to bother you. If you commit any immoral acts, please forgive me. Can you let this friend of mine go? I'm not in a hurry to leave!"
The owl was waiting for it to eat. The laughter became louder and louder. It was a kind of arrogant and contemptuous laugh, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
"I know that you understand my words. Please let my friend go, we really have no ill intentions!"
Zi Lang frowned: "I'm afraid that if you were to discuss it with him, he would not care. If I'm not wrong, this owl wants to turn a living person into a statue."
"What?" How do you know that I turned a living person into a subject? "
Zi Lang turned around, and pointed: "I'm afraid that none of you have noticed, but I already felt that the statues were extremely strange, all of their postures and expressions were extremely weird, but they were extremely lifelike. I was thinking, could it be that all of these were made from living people?"
The light from the trees was so dim that I hadn't been looking closely at it, and now, following the direction of his finger, I was surprised.
Indeed, there are two or three statues standing there. I estimate that those who are unaware would think that the abandoned statues are not here, but upon closer inspection, one would realize that these statues' expressions are extremely painful but extremely lifelike. I don't think that any master sculptor would produce such a work.
"So you mean by counting the eyebrows, but it's a process in which this owl turns a living person into a sculpture? This is too unbelievable! "
It was just a normal looking owl. Even if she was a transformed evil spirit, she wouldn't have the ability to do so! I said to myself.
"This is not an ordinary owl, he was a powerful wizard when he was alive. It is said that he died quite miserably, and his soul became a agaric spirit, attaching itself to an owl. It is likely that he was creating a statue to take revenge on the humans."
Zi Lang had indeed read many books, but he knew quite a bit about these strange things. "These are all recorded in those ancient books?"
"That's right. Ever since I was a child, I loved to read and read books. Basically, I have read all the words of my era. That's why I dare to determine that all living beings in this forest are very old."
It seems that I need to study more in the future. The more I learn at critical moments, the easier it will be for me.
"In other words, if we do not take action, Yue Feng will become as many statues later on?"
"I'm afraid I am …"