Chapter 498: Once You’re Bewitched, You Can’t Escape
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Shen Yaowei had long known that Cang Ye was stubborn. Since he was unwilling, she didn’t force him. She took the initiative to lie on the bed.
There was a curtain around the bed. After Shen Yaowei lay down, the curtain gently lowered, just enough to cover her figure. “Everyone, feel free to use the rest of the furniture.”
When everyone heard this, they were all grateful to Shen Yaowei.
Although what was left were some tables, chairs, and stools, it was better to sit down and sleep on them than lie on the hard ground.
As time passed, the night gradually dissipated.
In the morning, Shen Yaowei put away the furniture again and followed everyone deeper into the Ghost Shadow Forest.
Shen Yaowei had just stepped into the forest when she heard a rustling sound from the dead wood around her, as if something had quietly awakened.
“Everyone, be careful. Try not to kill the plants and animals here. All the creatures in the Ghost Shadow Forest are one. Killing them casually might attract pursuit.” Qi Yuan was at the front of the team. He looked around warily, ready to attack at any moment.
Shen Yaowei was also paying attention to her surroundings. She was surprised to find that the branches of the dead wood around them seemed to be alive and suddenly twisted.
“Hiss hiss hiss—” Pairs of scarlet eyes opened on the branches. Brownish-black poisonous snakes were all disguised as twisted branches.
They smelled the fragrance of meat on living people and woke up from their sleep, one by one. They twisted their bodies and slowly crawled toward Shen Yaowei and the others.
The poisonous snakes on the ground even covered the original color of the ground. The poisonous snakes emitted a fishy smell, and strange eye-shaped patterns appeared on the glowing scales on their bodies, making people dizzy.
“Everyone, be careful. The patterns on these poisonous snakes can bewitch people. Once you’re bewitched, you can’t escape.” As Qi Yuan spoke, he placed his index and middle fingers together and gently tapped his glabella. “Hurry up and open your Heavenly Eye with me. Don’t fall into the snakes’ trap.”
With Qi Yuan’s order, Shen Yaowei and the others raised their fingers and tapped their glabella. They chanted a mental cultivation technique in their hearts and quickly opened their Heavenly Eye.
Shen Yaowei’s glabella felt slightly itchy. Her eyes were closed tightly, and a glowing crack seemed to appear on her glabella.
Her vision suddenly became clear. She observed her surroundings carefully through her Heavenly Eye.
The vision of the Heavenly Eye glowed with golden light, offsetting the confusion brought about by the patterns on the poisonous snakes.
“All things are silent. There are five paths. Burn the heart and seize the soul. Spirit Fire Art, come out.” As Qi Yuan spoke, he took a deep breath and a round and complicated talisman appeared in front of his lips.
Qi Yuan aimed at the palm-sized talisman and exhaled deeply.
Flames swept towards the hundreds and thousands of poisonous snakes in front of him in full swing.
The scorching temperature burned the poisonous snakes into charcoal. An ear-piercing hiss rolled in the flames. Soon, the flames carved out a charred path. 80% of the poisonous snakes on the ground were instantly dealt with!
Shen Yaowei looked deeply at Qi Yuan, who wasn’t far away.
As expected of Imperial Preceptor. Even if he used the simplest Spirit Fire Talisman, its power was more than ten times stronger than ordinary people’s.
She could tell that Qi Yuan hadn’t used his full strength in this move. Otherwise, he could have killed all the poisonous snakes in an instant.
This was the power of a true expert. Even though the Ghost Shadow Forest was filled with danger, it still seemed vulnerable in front of Qi Yuan’s absolute strength..