Chapter 2234 The Muddy Lakes

Chapter 2234 The Muddy Lakes

The Crown Princess's dissatisfaction was understandable, but at the same time it wasn't exactly something she would have been able to do anyway.

"You sure you want to try that now?" Crown Prince Feng Shun was no stranger to her small tantrums and knew that this was just temporary.

"I know, I know." Crown Princess Shang let out a sigh.

"At least we're off to a good start." Lin Mu said. "No reason in slowing down I suppose?" he asked.

"I don't so why not." Ziran said, still feeling relatively energetic.

"Same for me." Daoist Chu agreed.

"Very well, onwards to the next swarm!" Crown Prince Feng Shun said as the group flew towards the nearest swarm. This was of course to the east, and also the direction that Crown Princess Shang had gone towards.

"Oh, before we cause too much chaos, we need to take the Three Colored Dazzling Mud Lotus." Crown Princess Shang reminded. "We can't have them our their parts getting damaged." She added.

"Of course." Lin Mu nodded his head. "We'll do a proper surveillance of the area first." He said.

With how far the group was it took them about an hour and a half to reach the outer edge of the area. They also saw the changes with the desolate ground becoming 'softer' and more moist.

Even the air was saturated with moisture, as a humid head surrounded them.

"We're definitely near a lot of water." Daoist Chu said feeling the moisture in the air.

"There's quite a lot of water bodies here." Crown Princess Shang said pointing in the distance. "From puddles to lakes, there's everything spread here." ~SHUA~

Lin Mu and the others spread their immortal senses and felt the area in deeper detail finding the slivers of Baleful energies mixed in the ground.

"This is different..." Lin Mu could tell this was not the Baleful Energies they had encountered before.

"Murkwater Qi." Lady Kang recognized. "This'll be a bit problematic." She said looking at the ground.

"Yeah, we really shouldn't step on the moist ground." Crown Princess Shang stated. "The Murkwater Qi is extremely sticky and will try to suck you in." "Like a Swamp?" Lin Mu raised his brows.

"Worse. It will also infiltrate your body and contaminate your meridians. Even if you manage to leave it, the contamination will last a long time." Crown Princess Shang explained.

"That... Makes things complex." Lin Mu furrowed his brows, wondering how they were supposed to get the Three Colored Dazzling Mud Lotus now. "Wait are the Toad Plant Hybrid Chimeric beasts not affected by it?" he asked.

"No." Crown Princess Shang shook her head. "It's the opposite, they're thriving in it. They don't seem to be using it themselves though so that's good enough. But still, fighting them will mean that we will have to come in contact with the Murkwater Qi." She added.

"Hmm... and we need the other parts of the lotus too right?" Lin Mu asked. "Roots, stems and seedpods." "All parts of it are valuable, but the flowers themselves and the seedpods have the highest value." Crown Princess Shang explained.

"On the off chance you do not find the flowers, you can still bring us the roots." Lady Kang stated. "Those are still valuable."

"Yes." Lin Mu nodded his head.

"Though... How deep do you think these lakes are?" Daoist Chu wondered.

"Let me take a look." Ziran said and used his Immortal sense to probe the nearest one.

But as soon as he did that a trilling sound was heard.

~TRRRRRRRR~

The sound got loud all of a sudden and the surface of the muddy lake burst open.

~WHOOSH~WHOOSH~

"Dammit." Ziran stepped back, dodging the vine that was tipped with thorns that could easily rip through flesh. "They're faster to react than before." Crown Princess Shang furrowed her brows. "They seem to be recognizing our Immortal senses faster too."

~SHING~

Lin Mu swung out Afternoon Pine, and sent a Metal Qi infused slash that split the vines into tiny chunks.

~SKEEEEEEE~

A shrill screech was heard coming from the mud, before it started to bulge up.

~SPLASH~

In the next second a large Toad the size of a horse carriage could be seen. It had brown skin similar to the mud along with tons of warts on its body. But these warts seem to 'bud' into vines that grew into the flowers and leaves.

It looked rather gnarly just from the surface appearance but there was more to it.

~TRRRRRRRRR~

Especially when it opened its mouth to let out a cry, one could see the hundreds if not thousands of wiggling vines inside them. Each vine terminated in a sharp tooth, and could move independently as needed.

One didn't need much to imagine how easy it would be to get chopped into pieces by the Toad Plant hybrid while being swallowed by it.

It was an unpleasant thought and certainly would not be on ones list of ways to die.

"It's worse than you described it as." Qiao De scowled.