CH 390

390: Rui Baby’s Divination (2/20)

It was so dark; they really couldn’t walk without light. The person leading took his light item out and lit it. Unexpectedly, the moment it was lit, a bunch of monsters flew at them.

Feng Wu reacted instantly and pulled Zo to the side. They hadn’t entered the tunnel yet so their position wasn’t bad.

“What is this?”

“First it was all the fish, now it’s a bunch of who-knows-what kind of monsters. There’s just no end to this!”

“Stop yelling. If I’m not mistaken, I think these are just bats. The sudden light probably just surprised them, so they flew out at us.” Among so many men, the female magician was the calmest. She was the first to figure out the identity of the monsters that flew out at them.

Feng Wu and Zo also saw; indeed, they were just ordinary bats.

“Be careful.” Feng Wu warned Zo.

“Yeah.” Zo nodded firmly. Although it was embarrassing to be protected by a girl, he really didn’t care at the moment.

“Follow behind. Everyone, be careful.” The person in the lead warned.

The place was so dangerous, who would act alone? Anyone who did had to be courting death.

They walked forward in single file. From time to time sounds resembling a woman’s cry would ring out in conjunction with the sounds of flowing water. It was eerie and frightening.

They could make out that the walls were made of smooth, wet stone and that the only other thing in the tunnel was the stream. They stepped into the stream and waded their way forward.

Someone couldn’t help but whisper, “The sounds are too weird! I hope there aren’t any ghosts!”

“Don’t say that! What kind of ghosts would be here? It’s just the wind.”

“Yeah, it’s got to be the wind.”

The group, not sure if they were trying to reassure the original speaker or reassure themselves.

Spirits: Actually, we’re behind you juniors. Look behind you.

The farther they went the worse Zo felt, and the stronger the sensation that something bad was going to happen. He tugged at Feng Wu’s sleeve and whispered, “I have a bad feeling.”

“There’s a powerful guy up ahead.” Feng Wu already knew from the spirits there was a powerful entity ahead of them.

Rui Baby, who had been dozing the entire time on top of Feng Wu’s head, sudden jerked awake at a vision.

Underwater, fish tails, blood, corpses, a shouting Zo, humans fleeing everywhere.

Oh, this was bad, such a dramatic drop in numbers. Rui Baby couldn’t see the complete picture nor could he see it on demand. He had to wait for the visions to hit him.

No one noticed three gold coins reflected on his eggshell. That’s right, three gold coins. The coins represented divination for upcoming fortune, both the possible good and the possible bad. It was a good match when combined with his ability to foresee the future.

The original rui beast under Zi Cheng’s control, because she had obliterated its consciousness, did not have this ability. She created a new consciousness for the physical body, but because the soul was replaced, the ability to divine was submerged deep in the depths of its soul.

The phantom reflections jumped and danced on the eggshell without anyone noticing, not even Zo who knew the future.

When the coins finally stilled after a while, Baby Rui looked at the hexagram left behind. His brow knitted. Narrow escape! What an ill omen.

“You two, wait. Be careful. The things ahead are very dangerous. You will die here if you’re not careful,” whispered Rui Baby to Zo and Feng Wu. Although he liked Feng Wu more, he didn’t dislike Zo. This was going to be a situation where their lives could hang by a thread. If he didn’t remind the kid, he was afraid the kid was going to die.

“We know.” Zo responded and Feng Wu nodded.

Telepathically Rui Baby said to Feng Wu, “Xiao Wu, you must be careful. I just made a divination. I received the image of close encounters with death and a narrow escape. You must be careful. Don’t be careless!”

Feng Wu was Baby Rui’s chosen, so of course he wasn’t going let her come to harm. Unlike other beasts that paid attention to blood lines and power, rui beasts paid attention to the spirit and heart. If something happened to Feng Wu, where would Rui Baby find another whose heart would be as compatible?!

“OK.” Feng Wu replied telepathically.

Their shoes were all wet from walking through the water. The farther the went, the deeper the water became. At this point, the water was up to their waists, but in order to find an exit, it didn’t matter how far up the water rose, they kept wading forward.

Zo wasn’t strong, but he had a lot of scrolls, so he was able to keep up.

Once the water reached their necks, the person up ahead said, “Everyone dive below! I suspect the way out is underwater.”

“All right. Let’s have a look. There may be a way out of here.”

After exchanging glances, people began activating their shields and dove under.

Zo activated a scroll with waterproof abilities and dipped his head under as well.

Feng Wu didn’t know if it was the way out; it was deep and the tunnel was long, but she used her qi to protect herself and followed the rest of the crowd anyway.

They swam forward along the bank. They couldn’t see the end, but they weren’t going to turn back.

Farther upstream, a coffin slowly opened to reveal a woman in red: hair red, eyes red, dress red. She looked up and gave a long loud hiss.

“Hssss.”

Her voice spread far and wide, penetrating the entire passage, but it didn’t reach Feng Wu and the others because they were underwater.

Her hair floated all about her but her eyes were focused in the direction Feng Wu and the others had gone. After another long hiss, she elevated her body and flew in their direction.

At the same time, another woman sleeping in a blue shell with a finned lower body also opened her eyes. She gave a long hiss as well.

The woman grinned, revealing terrifying fangs. “Ha. . . ”

She sat up from her shell bed and looked upwards. With eyes filled with murderous intent, she licked her lips and gave a bloodthirsty smile.