Chapter 3912 — The Dreaded Tentacle
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Brief as that scene had been, Miss Shangguan Lan'er could see the peril in it. Had it been any other peak early-Core Formation expert—or even a mid-Core Formation one—they would surely have been done for outright; there was no way they could have withdrawn unscathed as Wei Zhao had.
Wei Zhao himself, however, was nowhere near as relaxed as Shangguan Lan'er imagined. Standing atop the fir's canopy at that very moment, in the space of a few blinks he had been drenched in cold sweat.
Facing that crimson tentacle, the sense that his life might be snatched away at any instant was like facing a death god descended upon the world of men. Wei Zhao had not felt this heart-in-throat terror in a very long time.
"What in the world is this thing? A single tentacle is already this insane—if its true body came up, would anyone even be allowed to live?" Wei Zhao could not help but wonder in alarm.
Even without seeing its true face, judging merely from that vast black shadow at the lake bottom, this one paltry tentacle could not possibly represent its full strength; it might well be no more than a little trick for hunting prey.
If a single tentacle could withstand the full force of a top-grade true-qi bomb without a scratch, then the strength of the main body was all the more unimaginable. No wonder it could slay a mighty Core Formation expert—it was truly no small matter.
"Forget it. Since I've made it up here, I may as well find the thing first." Wei Zhao shook his head and put the giant spirit beast at the lake bottom out of his mind. From the look of it, the creature would not come up easily, and while he remained among these fir trees he could set its threat aside for the time being.
Still, perilous as that last step had been, Wei Zhao did not believe reaching the fir tree meant success was assured. By the logic that the closer one comes to a treasure the greater the danger, the truly lethal part was only now beginning.
Precious natural treasures are often guarded by powerful spirit beasts. The nameless colossus at the lake bottom was already a terror in the fullest sense—yet after all, it could not climb trees, nor could it truly approach the heart of this giant fir. That was its natural disadvantage.
According to Shangguan Lan'er, this giant fir had stood for at least several thousand years; it was said to have existed already when Half-Moon Lake was discovered, and its most exquisite treasure lay within the hollow at its heart.
So in Wei Zhao's view, apart from the nameless terror at the lake bottom, another guardian spirit beast was very likely hidden within the tree hollow. Its strength might not match the horror below, but to dwell as its neighbor, it could hardly be weak—it must be guarded against.
Only after a careful close-range survey did Wei Zhao find an entrance atop the canopy, leading straight down into the hollow within. (Little White is a Curly Bear; "curly" and "circle" are both "juan" on the input method, so sometimes when typed it comes out as circle. Already corrected.) R1152