Gaze and you will become stronger: starting from Doupo

"How did you catch this thing?" Ye Fan fixed his eyes on Jiang Han, his eyes full of doubt and vigilance. He knew the horror of this unknown creature, but Jiang Han was able to catch it so easily, which made him wary.

As soon as these words came out, everyone stepped back, their steps hurried and panicked. They looked at Jiang Han with great vigilance, as if he was a dangerous person hiding deep inside. This unknown creature that could easily kill their classmates was actually being manipulated and played with by the other party at will, which made everyone's fear of Jiang Han reach its peak.

Chi chi chi! Perhaps sensing the death of their companions, the other unidentified creatures attacked Ye Fan, Lin Jia and others more fiercely like angry beasts. They were extremely fast, shuttling around the crowd like black lightning, making a chilling sound.

"No, that's bad! The artifact is going to break!"

"Mine too, the light has dimmed."

"Are we going to die?"

……

Gradually, panicked screams were heard from the crowd, and the feeling of despair spread rapidly like an infectious disease. Lin Jia and the others could no longer care about Jiang Han, and their eyes were fixed on the artifact in their hands that was gradually losing its light. Seeing that the light shield supported by the artifact had more and more cracks, like a spider web, the faces of the crowd became paler and paler, as if the hope of life was disappearing bit by bit.

They knew very well that once the artifact lost its function, the consequences would undoubtedly be the same as Xiao Hong and Xiao Ming's fate, with their foreheads pierced by these unknown creatures. Fear overwhelmed them like a tide, their bodies began to tremble involuntarily, and their eyes were filled with fear and despair of death.

Boom! One wave has not yet subsided, another wave rises. Suddenly, everyone felt the ground shaking violently, as if an invisible giant hand was shaking the land. Then they saw the Great Leiyin Temple that they had escaped from earlier sink into the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The next moment, two terrifying eyes the size of lanterns pierced through the dark space from the depression in the ground. Those eyes emitted a cold and ferocious light, as if they were staring from the depths of hell.

"The Great Leiyin Temple has collapsed. Something terrible seems to have come out from the ground!" Everyone seemed to have forgotten the attack of dozens or hundreds of small crocodiles. Their astonished eyes were all cast in the direction of the Great Leiyin Temple. Their mouths were slightly open, their eyes were full of fear and shock, as if they had seen the end of the world.

A golden crocodile that was a hundred feet long slowly crawled out from the ground. Every time it moved, the ground shook. Its ferocious mouth opened, revealing its sharp teeth, as if it could easily tear everything apart. Its lantern-like scarlet eyes locked onto Ye Fan and the others. Its cold gaze was like looking at prey, which made everyone shudder.

Roar - a roar like from hell came out of the golden crocodile's mouth, the sound was earth-shaking, and it made everyone's eardrums hurt. The roar contained endless power and cruelty, and frightened everyone's face turned pale as paper. Some weak and timid women knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, tears flowing freely on their cheeks, full of despair and helplessness.

Rumbling--

"Here it comes, here it comes!"

"Dead, I'm really going to die this time."

"Forget it, it's better to be free sooner rather than later. I hope I can be reborn into a good family in the next life."

……

The ground shook more and more, as if it was about to collapse. Seeing the golden crocodile rushing towards them, everyone looked as if they were dead, their eyes full of despair and helplessness. They knew that they had no power to fight back in front of this terrifying beast, and the shadow of death enveloped everyone.

Jiang Han frowned, he could clearly feel that the breath released by the golden crocodile was stronger than his own breath. Although he had the system by his side, he would not be in any danger, but he could not watch the contract person die. If Ye Fan was easy to fool, and he signed a contract with him early, he would also have the ability of the thunder fruit. At this critical moment, his brain was working rapidly, trying to find a way to resolve the crisis.

Buzz! Just as Jiang Han was thinking about countermeasures, the Bodhi tree in his sea of ​​consciousness began to shake violently, as if it had sensed the crisis from the outside world and was eager to break free. A faint consciousness came from the Bodhi tree, as if it was conveying some kind of information to Jiang Han.

Feeling the desire of the Bodhi tree in his sea of ​​consciousness, Jiang Han's mouth slightly raised, as if he saw a glimmer of hope. The next moment, he made a bold decision and gave his body to the Bodhi tree. He closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and established a deeper connection with the Bodhi tree.

With a swaying sound, Jiang Han disappeared from the spot. His body seemed to have turned into a breeze and merged into this mysterious space. Everyone stared at the place where Jiang Han disappeared with wide eyes, filled with doubts and fear.

Seeing the huge golden crocodile approaching, everyone's pupils dilated sharply, with fear in their eyes, unwillingness in their hearts, but powerlessness. They watched death approaching step by step, but could not make any effective resistance.

However, just as everyone was waiting for death to come, they heard the sound of branches swaying. The sound was soft and soothing, as if it carried a mysterious power.

Looking closely, they saw an extremely huge ancient tree appearing out of thin air above their heads. This ancient tree was a thousand feet tall, standing alone in the void like a giant. Its trunk was extremely thick, and its branches and leaves were lush. Each leaf was shining with a strange light, as if it contained endless life energy.

The branches and leaves of the ancient tree swayed, making a buzzing sound. In this buzzing sound, a clear air rippled out, sometimes changing into various shapes, like a smart spirit jumping in the air. This clear air diffused over this reddish-brown land, and wherever it went, everything underwent wonderful changes.

At this moment, the originally desolate land suddenly came to life, with large areas of emerald green grass emerging from the soil and growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, exuding a strong breath of life. The tender green grass swayed gently in the breeze, as if telling everyone about the miracle of life.

"What a huge tree! This feeling is so refreshing!"

"A warm current spreads throughout my body, and my strength seems to have been restored!"

"Look, those unidentified creatures and the golden crocodile have all stopped attacking." "Could it be that Sakyamuni has appeared in spirit? Is it the Buddha who is saving us?"

……

The ever-changing clear air spread from the void, and everyone took a deep breath, their faces filled with intoxication. Their bodies and minds seemed to be cleansed by this clear air, and all their fear and fatigue were swept away. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the huge ancient tree, their eyes were full of excitement and gratitude.

"Have you noticed that this tree looks a bit like the dead tree in front of the temple?" Someone in the crowd muttered. This sentence was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, attracting everyone's attention.

In the sky, the towering tree was emerald green, as if it was made of the finest jade, releasing an amazing vitality. Looking closely, this tree was very similar to the dead tree in front of Leiyin Temple, except that it was several times larger and had more vigorous vitality. The familiar outline made everyone feel an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

Looking back at the direction of the Great Leiyin Temple, the entire Leiyin Temple had collapsed, but the dead tree still stood firmly in its original place. It stood there alone and tenaciously, as if witnessing all this happening.

"Could this be... this is the ancient Bodhi tree where Sakyamuni attained enlightenment!" Pangbo couldn't help but exclaimed as he looked at the mysterious towering ancient tree in the sky. His exaggerated excitement was in sharp contrast to his burly figure. At this moment, there was only shock and amazement in his eyes.

"Can the ancient Bodhi tree be a match for the golden crocodile?" Hearing Pang Bo's exclamation, Lin Jia, Li Xiaoman and others looked at each other in surprise. They looked at the ancient tree that was filled with ancient flavor and seemed to stand between heaven and earth, and their hearts were beating violently. They hoped that the ancient tree could defeat the golden crocodile and save everyone, but they were also worried that the ancient tree would lose and fall into a deeper crisis...

"Roar!"

In the void, the scarlet eyes of the hundred-foot-long golden crocodile seemed like burning blood flames, staring at the ancient Bodhi tree. The fierceness and greed in its eyes seemed to want to eat the ancient tree alive. Then, it let out a roar that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness. This roar seemed to be the roar of time, with endless vicissitudes and terror, and instantly resounded in this mysterious space. The terrifying sound waves were like surging waves, reverberating above the reddish-brown earth, and even the dilapidated building rubble in the distance was shaken and rustled, as if everything became so fragile in front of this power.

At this moment, the golden crocodile was like a wild beast awakening from its deep sleep. Its roar was filled with heart-pounding cruelty and brutality, as if its existence was meant for endless destruction and killing. The source of this roar seemed to be the symbol of the most terrifying disaster in the world, making everyone present feel the threat of death.

"So scary." The timid girl couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Instinctively, she quickly hid behind the boy, her body trembling slightly. But curiosity drove her again, and she carefully poked her head out and looked up at the sky in horror, her eyes full of fear and curiosity about the unknown.

Amidst the terrifying roar, the hundred-foot-long golden crocodile opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards the towering ancient tree like a black lightning. Wherever it passed, the void seemed unable to withstand the powerful impact and made a rumbling sound, as if groaning in pain.

Wow!
The old Bodhi tree seemed to feel threatened and began to sway violently. The clear air on the branches and leaves spread out like ripples, spreading to the surroundings. At this time, the old tree in front of Leiyin Temple seemed to have received some mysterious call, and suddenly rose from the ground with an unstoppable momentum. With a whoosh, under the astonished eyes of everyone, it actually sank directly into the thousand-foot-tall old Bodhi tree.

The next moment, something miraculous happened. The ancient Bodhi tree seemed to have gained new life, and it let out a laugh similar to the joy of humans, a sound full of joy and strength. At the same time, its branches and leaves shook more and more violently, as if accumulating strength for the upcoming battle. At the moment when the huge mouth of the hundred-foot golden crocodile was about to bite the ancient tree, the branches of the ancient tree suddenly bent and quickly extended, like a huge spider web, instantly turning into a huge net that reached the sky.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the ferocious and terrifying golden crocodile was tightly entangled and bound by the dense ancient branches. Those branches seemed to have life, tightly strangling the golden crocodile's body, making it unable to move at all.

Roar--

After a while, the golden crocodile let out another deafening roar. However, this time the roar was clearly filled with pain and unwillingness. At this moment, the golden crocodile was entangled in the branches of the ancient tree, as if it was suffering inhuman torture. It struggled and twisted its body frantically, trying to break free from this terrible bondage. Its body rose and fell violently, and every struggle was accompanied by a tremor in the earth, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not break free from the bondage of the ancient tree.

Moreover, everyone was horrified to find that the golden crocodile's original body size of 100 meters was shrinking at a terrifying speed. At the same time, it was clearly seen that the branches of the ancient tree were frantically extracting the energy in the golden crocodile's body. Like a greedy vampire, it sucked the golden crocodile's vitality dry bit by bit.

Fifty feet, thirty feet, ten feet, five feet...

Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the life force of the hundred-foot golden crocodile faded away like a candle in the wind, and its body became smaller and smaller. As time went by, its struggle became weaker and weaker, and finally it turned into a shriveled crocodile skin, hanging powerlessly between the branches of the ancient tree.

"Dead, that big golden crocodile is dead!"

“The Bodhi tree saved us!”

"I don't know if it can understand us. It would be even better if it could send us back to Earth."

"Our crisis has not been resolved yet, and those little alligators are still there."

……

Everyone looked at the scene in the sky, and at first they were filled with excitement, their excitement was beyond words. Their eyes were shining with joy, as if they were pulled back from the edge of hell. But then, when they looked at the dozens or hundreds of small alligators around them, their faces were filled with worry again. Although these small alligators were small in size, their previous attacks had already made everyone see how terrifying they were.

However, to their surprise, these little crocodiles did not attack like before. Instead, they stared at the thousand-foot-tall ancient tree in the sky with their eyes full of fear, and their bodies trembled slightly, as if they were just insignificant ants in front of the ancient tree.

Wow!
Just as the little crocodiles were about to flee, the branches of the ancient tree began to sway again. The thin and long branches swept across like arrows. Every time a branch swung down, it made a sharp and piercing hissing sound, as if it broke the tranquility of the space. Accompanied by the attack of the branches, the little crocodiles turned into wisps of dissipating black mist and disappeared between heaven and earth. (End of this chapter)