162: Black scarecrow

The raging fire finally extinguished.

The trees within a hundred meters around Lan Lian turned into ashes.

A stretch of road appeared ahead, and by the side of the road was a vegetable plot ten meters long and wide, planted with neat Chinese cabbages.

To scare away birds and beasts, a Scarecrow stood in the center of the vegetable plot.

Its body was composed of a simple cross, stuffed with straw, wearing a straw hat on its head and a red long-sleeved T-shirt.

"God, are we walking across?" Qin Siyuan pointed at the ash-covered road.

Xu Le shook his head; this place was too eerie.

Even if it was just black ash, he did not want to get it on him.

He directly cast Hurricane Howl, summoning a tornado to start from the middle, sweeping all the ashes on both sides and rolling them directly to the side of the road.

"God?"

Qin Siyuan no longer asked if they should just walk over; he felt that God was very steady now and must have other ideas.

"Give me a Strong Luck Skill."

"Uh..."

Qin Siyuan moved his lips, feeling a bit weird. He prayed in his heart, feeling somewhat awkward, that Xu Le would grant him good Luck, and then he cast the Strong Luck Skill on Xu Le.

Previously, he could only boost it to Intermediate Luck at most, but this time, he was exceptionally lucky, achieving a Major Achievement and successfully applying Advanced Luck.

"God, I succeeded!"

"For the first time casting the Strong Luck Skill, I applied Advanced Luck!"

"Hahaha, thank you for your grace, God."

Xu Le: "..."

The eerie feeling did not disappear; it transferred to Xu Le.

So, I just granted my grace to my follower, he received my grace, and let him boost my Advanced Luck.

This... tongue twister is too much of a tongue twister.

"Help me divine another hexagram."

Qin Siyuan directly cast the "Divination" Skill and quickly reached a conclusion.

"God, it is very auspicious, and all your wishes will come true."

"Fine!"

Xu Le finally suppressed the creeping sense of horror he had been feeling. Previously, he had the illusion that he was about to fall, which was the first time since he had memories.

Now that he had done his best to be careful, he could give it a try.

The two walked on the scorched earth that had been burned, the rustling footsteps striking their hearts again and again.

Xu Le vaguely felt something was wrong and cast "Mind Link" to explore the surroundings, but found nothing.

Soon, the two walked to the side of the vegetable plot.

Qin Siyuan did not ask if they should follow the road; he knew Xu Le did not take the usual path and was definitely prepared to wade straight across.

He grabbed a handful of beans, silently recited "True God protect me," and cast the "Scatter Beans to Form Soldiers" Skill.

The six beans transformed into six level 80 Advanced Yellow Turban Strongmen. Xu Le used the Divine Eye to check, and surprisingly, they all had SSS-level attributes, which made him look at his servant with new admiration.

Qin Siyuan was so excited he couldn't speak; this was also his first time summoning Advanced Yellow Turban Strongmen.

He glanced at Xu Le beside him, knowing that all of this was brought by him.

Before, he only regarded Xu Le as his true master, but at this moment, he became a fanatic; this was the True God on earth, the only True God!

The six Yellow Turban Strongmen were two shield warriors, two spearmen, and two mages.

The six walked among the Chinese cabbages, searching carefully, but found nothing.

"Cut two cabbages."

The two shield warriors immediately raised their shields, drew their sabers, and cut down the two cabbages.

From the outside, they were just the most ordinary cabbages.

"Chop them up!" Xu Le continued to order.

The shield warriors kept swinging their sabers, quickly mincing the two cabbages into vegetable paste, the kind that would be considered too finely chopped even for wonton filling.

They still looked like the most ordinary cabbages.

"Continue forward, tear that Scarecrow to pieces, and burn it to ashes."

The two mages were the first to act, throwing two balls of fire, and the Scarecrow was quickly burned to ashes.

Xu Le: "..."

Was it an illusion?

Why do I feel like there is a problem with it?

He continued to order the six Yellow Turban Strongmen to move forward, and they soon walked out of the vegetable plot, stepped into the Black Forest ahead, and disappeared from sight.

Xu Le thought to himself, as expected; he had long suspected that there was a problem with this Black Forest.

A distance of just a little more than ten meters, and he couldn't see the figures of the six Yellow Turban Strongmen; this was simply too outrageous.

"Can you call them back?"

Compared to Xu Le, Qin Siyuan, as the summoner, had a closer connection with those strongmen.

"No. The moment they stepped into the Black Forest, I lost my connection with them."

Qin Siyuan thought to himself, "God is indeed God. He had stepped into the Black Forest several times before and hadn't discovered anything at all. As soon as God acted, the mystery was immediately discovered."

Xu Le still did not easily step into the vegetable plot; instead, he had Nine Phoenix burn the remaining cabbages, and then had Qin Siyuan cast the "Call Wind" Skill to blow away all the ashes before he stepped in.

The rules here were too eerie, and since he hadn't figured them out yet, it was better to be a little more cautious.

As soon as he stepped into the vegetable plot, the scenery before his eyes changed suddenly.

The neat Chinese cabbages were endless, and a sky-covering Scarecrow wearing a yellow straw hat and a red long-sleeved shirt swayed in the wind.

A big mouth was exaggerated and terrifying, seemingly mocking Xu Le's caution.

Qin Siyuan instinctively summoned the spirits he had collected earlier and launched an attack on the surroundings.

The three massive spirits began to work; with one slash, the surrounding Chinese cabbages were instantly cut down, and blood flowed all over the ground.

It was as if it wasn't Chinese cabbages being cut down, but heads.

"Retreat!"

Xu Le grabbed Qin Siyuan and quickly retreated, but behind him was still an endless vegetable plot.

"Is this refusing to let me leave?"

"Then I will attack with force and destroy you!"

He steeled himself and directly ordered a lethal attack.

Upon receiving the order, Nine Phoenix gave orders to her nine Clones to deal with all the cabbages.

Amidst the dense Skills, a large number of cabbages turned into ashes.

But this was just a drop in the ocean, not even comparable to a drop in a thousand oceans.

Further ahead in the ashes, a distance of several tens of meters, completely exceeded the vegetable plot that was previously only 10 meters long and wide.

A mechanical, angry voice sounded.

"Wasting and destroying food, you deserve to die!"

The Scarecrow jumped down directly from the cross, holding a sickle in its right hand, and charged over.

The three spirits rushed up, unleashing their own attacks to violently assault the Scarecrow.

The Scarecrow slashed with its right hand, sending out a Saber Qi dozens of meters long, and the three spirits were directly covered in flying ash.

Qin Siyuan's face turned pale, and he immediately recited: "True God protect me," and then cast the "Summon Divine Thunder" Skill.

A black lightning bolt fell from the firmament.

Before the sound arrived, the black lightning had already struck the Scarecrow.

Crack!

The Scarecrow staggered, its straw hat was knocked off, revealing a pitch-black face.

Except for the lips painted bright red, it was black from top to bottom, even blacker than the "Shadow" in Detective Conan, with absolutely no whites of the eyes or white teeth.

"This..."

Qin Siyuan was a bit panicked, but his hands were not slow; he waved his hand and summoned six more Advanced Yellow Turban Strongmen.

Swish!

Another Saber Qi of several tens of meters.

The Scarecrow's Skill seemed to have no cooldown, as it slashed again, cutting the six strongmen back to their original forms.