Tomb Raider: Invincible Double Pupil, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 136: Hydra Cypress, Main Tomb Chamber
This tree grew out from the bottom of the abyss. Since they couldn't see the bottom, they couldn't estimate how tall the tree was, but just what they could see was enough to shock people.

The part they could see alone was hundreds of meters high.

Even at the thinnest part of the treetop, it would take seven or eight people holding hands to hug it.

On the tree, there are countless vines as thick as telephone poles. These vines crisscross and entangle almost everything that can be entangled.

They hung down from the trees like willow branches, some hung in the air, and some looked like ivy, covering the walls around the cliff. Almost everywhere you looked, there were vines spreading over, and even the small platform where they were standing had several vines extending over.

Even Xu Feng, who had already prepared himself mentally, was stunned and shocked.

Not to mention everyone else.

They were completely stunned, their eyes were dull and their expressions were frozen.

for a long time.

"My goodness, am I seeing things? How can there be such a big tree?"

Wu Xie murmured subconsciously.

"Is this tree a spirit?!"

Fatty Wang also echoed.

"It's fucking spectacular!"

This is Pan Zi's voice.

"What the hell is that! Open your eyes and look carefully. What are those things hanging on that tree?!"

Wu Sansheng looked at the three guys who seemed like fools.

He cursed angrily.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and the other two looked at the branches of the tree and took a closer look.

moment.

They were so frightened that their breathing stopped, and then their hands and feet became cold and they trembled.

Because the light was not clear, they thought the branches were full of leaves.

Now let’s take a closer look.

Those things that looked like leaves on the branches were actually all corpses!

Human corpse!

They are densely packed and cover the entire tree.

Just from what they could see, there were probably thousands of them.

There is no telling how many are hanging in the invisible abyss below.

Xu Feng's eyesight has been developed to the extreme. Not to mention the moonlight now, even without moonlight, he can see very far away, so he had already seen the corpses.

He could even see further than Wu Xie and the others.

For example, below the abyss.

He could vaguely see a huge stone platform at the bottom of the abyss.

"That should be the altar where King Lu Shang and Tie Miansheng are."

Then he glanced around again.

"The question is, how do we get down now?!"

He bowed his head and pondered.

Apart from the small platform under their feet, there was no place to climb around.

But not far in front of them was the trunk of a big tree.

With their skills, jumping over is a piece of cake.

You can easily descend to the bottom of the abyss by following the tree trunk.

The problem is..
Xu Feng moved his gaze slightly and looked at the vines beside him.

Finally I gave up the idea.

Mainly because the Hydra cypress looks like a tree, but to be honest, it should be classified as an animal.

And it is an extremely ferocious animal.

This can be seen from the mummies hanging on its body that sway like wind chimes when the wind blows.

If he gets off it, he will probably become a part of it soon.

He looked around again.

In the original novel, the walls of the cave where the Hydra Cypress is located are covered with densely packed caves, some large and some small, like a hornet's nest.

The Hydra cypress extends its branches through those holes, then catches prey in various tombs and brings them back here.

When Xu Feng was reading the book, he seriously suspected that those caves were made by the branches of the Hydra cypress.

Then, Wu Xie, Wu Sanxing and others also went down to the bottom through the cave.

But wherever Xu Feng could see, the mountain wall was flat.

Except for the bronze door behind.

There are no other caves.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Feng decided to use a rope to descend.

"Xu Feng, do you know this tree?!"

Wu Sansheng started to consult him, the know-it-all, about problems again.

Xu Feng knew it.

It's time to show off again.

"Well, I do have some guesses in my heart, but I'm not sure!" Xu Feng said modestly.

"Oh?! You really know? Come on, tell me."

Wu Sansheng asked hurriedly.

Wu Xie and the others once again looked at Xu Feng with anticipation.

Xu Feng felt a little embarrassed when he saw this.

He touched his nose and said, "Uncle San, have you ever heard of the plant called Hydra cypress?!"

"Hydra Kashiwa?!"

Wu Sanxing shook his head.

it is good!
Since you don’t know, you can’t blame me for showing off!

"I remember reading a book called Strange Records of Mountains and Seas a long time ago. It records all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, mythical insects and beasts from ancient times." "One of the plants left a deep impression on me. It's called Hydra Cypress."

"The Hydra Cypress is a demonic tree. As the name suggests, the vines growing on it are like poisonous snakes. They will actively wrap around any creature that comes close to it and then suck the blood of these creatures until they are completely drained of their flesh and blood, turning them into mummies."

"Perhaps because it feeds on blood, its limbs can grow to a very large size. It is said that they can grow to a size that reaches the sky. In ancient times, it was called the sacred tree, also known as the sky-reaching tree, because people at that time believed that if they climbed up along it, they could reach the heavens."

"In fact, there are similar trees in the primitive jungles of foreign countries, such as a plant called 'octopus tree'."

"It's just that they can't grow that big like the Hydra cypress."

After listening to Xu Feng's introduction, Wu Sansheng and the others looked at the Hydra cypress in front of them, and instantly a chill spread from the bottom of their hearts.

"Then it's now..."

Wu Xie asked cautiously.

Xu Feng glanced at the Hydra Cypress and said, "It should be asleep now, so we must be careful not to disturb it, otherwise, we will be dead."

He looked at Wu Sansheng again: "Uncle San, do you have a rope? Let's rappel down from here."

Wu Sansheng was stunned: "We are going down?!"

Xu Feng nodded: "Yes, we are going down!"

"Why?!"

Not only Wu Sansheng asked this question, but others also looked at Xu Feng in the same way.

Except Zhang Qiling.

He was standing at the edge of the platform, looking down, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Because, I think the main tomb chamber is below!"

"The main tomb chamber is down there?!"

Wu Sansheng looked at Xu Feng in surprise.

"Yes, my eyesight is relatively good, and I can vaguely see what's going on below. There's an altar below, and I vaguely see a coffin."

coffin? !
Wu Sanxing suddenly perked up.

Since there is a coffin, it is most likely the main tomb chamber.

What's more, there are the Nine-Turn Yin-Yang Gate and the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress guarding it, so it is probably right.

"Quick! Pan Zi, get off the rope!"

soon.

On both sides of the small platform, there is a rope that drops vertically to the bottom of the abyss.

Before going down, Xu Feng warned: "You must be careful not to touch those vines, otherwise it is very likely to wake up the Hydra Cypress, and then we will be unable to escape!"

Wu Xie and the others nodded: "Don't worry, we will pay attention."

The first to go down were Xu Feng and Wu Sanxing.

Originally, Zhang Qiling wanted to rush down first, but Xu Feng asked him to stay upstairs to cover the rear, so Zhang Qiling gave up.

In fact, this is also Xu Feng’s little idea.

As he and Zhang Qiling have the strongest combat power, they must leave someone behind to cover their retreat.

If he stayed behind and let Zhang Qiling go down first, he was worried that Zhang Qiling would go looking for the silk book without caring about anything else.

Although it is not written in the original book, the omnipotent netizens have already deduced it.

The silk book that Wu Xie finally got was fake.

The real silk book must have been replaced by someone.

The person who switched the items was either Zhang Qiling or Wu Sanxing.

"Little Master Xu!"

Pan Zi gently pushed Xu Feng, waking him up.

"Master Xu, what are you thinking about? I called you several times, but you didn't respond."

Xu Feng smiled and said, "I was thinking, this time we went down to the tomb, we narrowly escaped death several times, and it took so long, but in the end, we got nothing except that useless bronze tripod. I hope we can find some treasures when we go down later, otherwise it will be a big loss this time."

Hearing this, Pan Zi also agreed with a smile: "My third master and I rarely find treasures when we go to tombs. We are used to it."

"I guess Master Xu can always find a few treasures every time he goes to a tomb, right?!"

Shaking his head to get rid of the messy thoughts in his mind, he smiled and said, "It's not bad. At least I didn't return empty-handed."

Pan Zi showed an envious look in his eyes: "So, Master Xu is Master Xu, and not everyone can compare to him."

"Okay, stop talking, Xu Feng, let's go downstairs!"

Wu Sansheng grabbed the rope, stood at the edge of the platform, and said to Xu Feng.

"it is good!"

Xu Feng agreed.

The two men grabbed the rope and jumped down.

Soon, the six people landed easily.

Zhang Qiling and Fatty Wang were the last to land.

At this time, Xu Feng and Wu Sanxing had already walked onto the stone platform.

Xu Feng looked around.

This is a very typical altar.

In the center of the altar is a jade bed decorated with carvings and paintings.

There were two bodies lying on the jade bed.

The two bodies were one male and one female.

The weird thing is that the two of them don't look like dead people at all. It's as if they are just sleeping and could wake up at any time.

The female corpse was wearing a white gauze dress, had a beautiful face, eyes closed, and a peaceful expression. There was no sign of decay anywhere on her body...

If you ignore the fact that the little face is pale and bloodless, the whole person looks like he is really asleep.

Then there was the male corpse next to the female corpse.

He wore a bronze mask with a fox face on his face, and was covered in tight armor all over his body. He had his hands on his chest, holding a purple gold box in his hands.

Xu Feng's eyes fell on the purple gold box
If I'm not mistaken, the box was supposed to contain the Ghost Seal. Later, Wang Canghai came here, took away the Ghost Seal, and replaced it with a snake-browed bronze fish.

Of course, that's the original plot.

Xu Feng is not sure whether Wang Canghai has ever been to this world.

(End of this chapter)