Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 349 Nine-Colored Soul Bead
The water was clear, and with the light emitted by the gem, one could clearly see the dark cave under the stone wall, which was about ten feet wide. With Wuzhan's guidance, Zhuohua and Wuzhan dived into it smoothly.

The water flow was very fast and the resistance was very great, so it was almost impossible to swim across. Therefore, they had to use the rocks in the cave to move forward with some difficulty. However, the rocks were washed very smooth by the water flow, and if they were not careful, they would be washed back by the rapids.

Zhuohua felt a little uncomfortable at first, but after seeing Wuzhan's movement close to crawling, she realized that this was not a difficult task for her. So she broke free from Wuzhan's hand, made her hands into claws, and with a little force, she clung to the stone wall. She didn't even need to look for protruding rocks specifically, and soon she was keeping pace with Wuzhan.

Wuzhan turned his head to glance at Zhuohua, and saw her hair fluttering in the wind and her delicate face as beautiful as a hibiscus flower in the water. She was still as beautiful as when they first met. He quickly turned his eyes away, not daring to look at her again.

But this underwater secret passage had no end. Not long after, Zhuohua felt that she was running out of breath and her whole body felt oppressed. Even if she had all kinds of magic, she could not get a breath to breathe. If this continued, she would either suffocate to death or be choked to death by the water.

In desperation, she had to grab Wuzhan's hand again and shook her head to indicate that she could not hold on any longer and wanted to pull Wuzhan back together. However, Wuzhan not only did not want to retreat, but instead pulled her to his side, took out her hand and pressed it on her back.

Zhuohua was furious and was about to hit Wuzhan when she felt a stream of fresh air flowing from the hand on her back into her heart and lungs. The feeling of suffocation was immediately relieved a lot.

After understanding Wuzhan's intention, Zhuohua nodded and continued to crawl forward in the same way as before, but it was much more difficult than before. Fortunately, after turning a corner, they finally found the entrance of the cave. The two saw hope and struggled to climb out of the cave.

As soon as he got out of the cave, Wuzhan immediately grabbed Zhuohua's hand, and using his hands and feet, escaped from the whirlpool in the water and quickly rushed out of the water. At that moment, the water felt very deep and time seemed very long.

After rushing out of the water, the two gasped for breath at first, and then looked around for a long time. They saw that they were still in a deep pool, which was more than ten times larger than the previous one. Above them were numerous stalactites, some of which had been inserted into the water. Water droplets flowed down along the stalagmites, and the water surface was dripping like a drizzle.

The two swam to the shore and immediately felt cold. They used their inner strength to remove the water from their clothes, but they were still very damp and stuck to their bodies, which was very uncomfortable, especially for Zhuohua, whose exquisite curves were fully exposed.

Zhuohua was surprised at this moment and said, "I really didn't realize that you are such a hidden talent. If you had told me earlier that you had that skill, I wouldn't have been so worried!"

"In fact, I am not completely sure that I can get through this secret passage. If it is ten feet longer, I am afraid I will die in this water."

"How did you learn that underwater technique? Can you teach me?"

"It's just my own understanding. I can't stick with it for long. If you want to learn, I can teach you. You need to use the pores all over your body to exchange air. In simple terms, it is to expel the stale air in the lungs through the pores to exchange it for the air in the water."

“Is there air in the water?”

"That's natural, but the princess didn't pay close attention. Fish in the water breathe in this way, just in a different way. Princess, you can give it a try in the future, and I'm sure you'll understand it soon."

Zhuohua said confidently: "If what you said is right, I can definitely learn it." He walked forward a few steps, walked around a stone pillar, and looked inside. All he saw were numerous stone pillars and stalagmites. It was like entering a bamboo forest, or a gloomy maze, with a shallow stream on the ground.

Wuzhan followed and walked forward. Without waiting for Zhuohua to ask, he said softly, "We are already inside the mountain. We are not far from the treasure that the princess is looking for."

Zhuohua was not in a hurry to look for it. He tilted his head and looked at Wuzhan and said, "Why did you help me? Now that things have come to this, don't you want to tell me?"

Wuzhan just smiled and said, "When I met the princess, we felt like we were old friends at first sight. I just wanted to help her, and I have no other purpose."

"How can there be such a kind-hearted person like you in this world? Do you think I don't understand you?" He suddenly laughed strangely, "Could it be that you saw my beauty and had evil intentions?"

Being asked this question, Wuzhan was slightly embarrassed and said with a smile: "Maybe a little. The princess is indeed extremely beautiful."

Zhuohua walked ahead confidently and said quietly, "From your performance, I know you are definitely not an ordinary person among humans. However, you don't have to be happy. Humans and demons are on different paths, and there is no way they will end well. Besides, this princess will never fall in love with you. With my bloodline, only people with better bloodlines and extraordinary magical powers are worthy of me."

"That's true." Wuzhan could only agree.

Zhuo Hua said, "I said this out of kindness, to make you give up. For example, as for Ao Yan, I don't even bother to say these things. If he wants to show his courtesy, let him do it. I won't suffer any loss anyway. If he gets impatient one day, I will ask him for the Dragon Palace's treasure, the Dragon Ball. If he doesn't give it to me, then he can only go away."

"That's what the princess said."

"But I'm very curious, who is that Wanjiao to you, and why did she leave you?"

Wuzhan glanced at Zhuohua, paused for a moment, and sighed, "My friend, I owe her a lot. She should be dead because she saved me."

Zhuohua was very angry when she heard that. She actually mistook her for a dead person. She wanted to curse him, but when she looked at Wuzhan, she seemed to see the sadness in his eyes, so she held back. "The dead cannot be resurrected. You should think more positively. The reason she saved you was because she hoped you could live well." No one had taught her these words, but for some reason, she could say them out loud.

Wuzhan smiled bitterly and said, "I have come to terms with it now. Thank you for your concern, Princess."

Zhuo Hua laughed and said, "You are such a heartless man. You just let it go as you say." Then he said, "Since you took the initiative to come to me, I will show you a way. Your land will be ruled by our demon race sooner or later. It would be a pity for someone as smart as you to die. How about this, you stay by my side and give me advice. I will definitely use you and guarantee you wealth and eternal life."

Wuzhan smiled and shook his head, saying, "I appreciate the princess' kindness. As the princess said, humans and monsters have different paths. I was born as a human, so I should do something for humans. I can't just watch our land being occupied and our people being slaughtered." Zhuohua snorted coldly and said, "Do you know how many monsters will arrive here? How can you humans resist them?"

Wuzhan said: "Princess, don't worry about this. Humans will have a way."

Zhuohua thought about it and said, "Well, since you want to die, I can't stop you. I don't lack people like you around me. You really don't know what's good for you."

As they were talking, the two of them had already walked around the hanging stone pillars. There was gradually a faint light ahead. Even without the orb, they could see the surrounding scenery clearly. Anyone could guess that the treasure was ahead.

Zhuohua put away the pearl and could not wait to quicken her pace. As the light grew stronger, she finally saw a dark pool of water. In the middle of the pool protruded a green rock several meters wide, shaped like a lotus. On the rock grew a red nine-leaf herb, with a pearl on each leaf. The light came from those pearls, and the colors were different and the light was dazzling.

Zhuohua wanted to jump over, but was stopped by Wuzhan, "Princess, be careful, there must be monsters guarding this kind of spiritual pearl."

Zhuo Hua said anxiously: "So what if there is a monster? I am not afraid of it. Get out of the way."

In fact, she didn't need to say anything, Wuzhan would have moved out of the way and pulled her with him, because a dark shadow suddenly broke through the water surface and rushed towards them quickly, like spilled ink, and with a "pop" sound, it hit the place where the two of them were standing.

The black liquid was very viscous and resilient. After falling into the air, it bounced up quickly and quickly turned into thick tentacles, sweeping towards the two people who were retreating.

Zhuo Hua was not afraid at all. He sneered, flipped his palm and transformed it into a red fireball, which hit the tentacles that were sweeping over. It hit them instantly, and with a "whoosh" sound, the red flames dispersed. However, the tentacles did not retreat at all, as if they liked the flames very much. They opened countless small holes and quickly absorbed them.

Zhuohua was a little surprised when she saw this. This red flame was the demonic fire that she cultivated. If an ordinary monster was hit by it, even if it couldn't be burned into bones, at least a piece of flesh would be burned. But this monster was not only not injured, but also completely swallowed it. She had never seen such a strange monster.

Zhuo Hua shouted, and turned her palm into claws, sending out five rays of light that slashed at the tentacles. With a few "puff puff" sounds, all the rays of light fell on the tentacles, but failed to cut them off.

"It's useless!" Wuzhan shouted, and at the same time tried hard to pull Zhuohua away from the tentacles. At this time, the corner of Zhuohua's skirt was touched by the tentacles that swept across, and she was sucked in instantly, and she was pulled towards the curled tentacles.

With a "whoosh", Wuzhan decisively swung his palm to cut off the corner of Zhuohua's skirt, and then he got rid of the huge force. He pulled Zhuohua back several feet and escaped from the attack range.

The tentacle swallowed the broken corner of the skirt, made a few chirping sounds, and quickly retreated into the pool of water.

Zhuohua broke out in a cold sweat. It was obvious that if she had been slower to react to what had just happened, she would have been eaten by the monster.

After calming down a bit, Zhuohua looked at the calm water again and whispered, "What do you think?"

Wuzhan said: "The bottom of the pool is so dark, it should be its entire body underneath. What we just saw was just one of its many tentacles. Ordinary spells can't hurt it. It's not easy to take away the spirit pearl."

Zhuohua said: "Then, you lead it away, and I will take the opportunity to grab it."

"This monster obviously has intelligence. It is difficult to lead it away. Otherwise, it would not have retreated."

"What should we do then?" Zhuohua was a little anxious.

Wuzhan said: "If my guess is correct, this spiritual bead should be a nine-colored soul bead."

"How do you know him?"

Wuzhan pondered and said, "I have read about it before. This nine-colored soul bead is made of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It grows in damp places. Its spiritual energy is pure and can nurture souls. At the same time, it can bring the dead back to life. Even if an ordinary person takes one, they can prolong their life by decades. If a cultivator obtains it, his magic power will increase greatly. It is an extremely rare elixir in the world, and it is even more important to the princess. The princess once lost three lives. It can completely restore the life lost by the nine-tailed fox."

Zhuohua looked at Wuzhan in surprise and asked, "Can you tell that I lost three lives?"

Wuzhan looked at the water with a firm gaze and said in a deep voice: "Not only that..., this is my guess. Even if I lose my life today, I will get this soul bead for the princess."

Zhuohua didn't believe it and said, "Are you so kind as to risk your life to work for me?"

"This is the debt I owe, and I should pay it back." Of course, Wuzhan only said this in his heart.

Wuzhan said, "Princess, please step back and let me try first." As he spoke, he slowly approached the edge of the pool without any sound.

(End of this chapter)