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Chapter 741 - 342 Old Mo Draws His Sword

Chapter 741: Chapter 342 Old Mo Draws His Sword

Old Mo said, "One scale per person will do, I have no use for the extra one, so I’ll leave it to you as a keepsake. You never know, you might find a use for it one day."

"One scale per person? A keepsake?"

Lin Yi, despite his doubts, still reached out to take the two scales.

Each of these two scales was the size of a palm when taken separately, like flawless gems, not resembling anything from any known scaled creature.

When he saw the scales, he immediately thought of many things, such as the "Mystical Genealogy" mentioned by Li Huiyuan. If this wasn’t man-made, then it could only come from such mystical creatures.

As his fingertips touched the scales, he suddenly had a strange sensation. At that moment, everything seemed to slow down, even the surrounding light dimmed.

His "High-Order Perception" instinctually triggered, not because of some unknown danger, but... purely to enhance his perception.

"Hum..."

An indescribable, eerie breath flowed from his fingertips, making everything around him seem unreal. The dim and blurry light and shadow became more obscure, while ripples began to solidify.

"Is it ’Phantom Vision’, a dropping of layers, or... something else?!"

He shifted his gaze from the scales and clearly saw Old Mo’s figure, but beyond that, could see nothing else.

Everything around him was erased by the materializing ripples, the scenery around them began to vanish bit by bit, leaving nothing but a dark void beneath their feet, from which ripples started to spread outwards.

In their surroundings was nothing but darkness, with only white mist surging like they had arrived at a quiet, dark, fog-enshrouded lake.

Such an eerie phantom vision left Lin Yi momentarily unable to discern exactly what was happening.

But he had a miraculous premonition that if he only let go, this scene would shatter, and he would return to the depths of the forest.

Yet he had another premonition, that such an opportunity... came once in a lifetime. If he let go now, he might never be able to witness such a scene again.

It was like a cutscene that could only be viewed once; if you clicked "Skip," there was no chance to see it again.

After a while, a breeze seemed to blow in the void, light and hard to notice, but the drifting mist traced its path.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."

Old Mo remained still, while the mist behind him slowly began to roll. Soon, the world behind him was revealed as if curtains were being drawn or a quilt was being folded back.

Then, a gentle breeze dispersed the thick fog, and murky waters flooded the land. The boundless darkness unfolded slowly like an unfurled scroll.

Deep within the mist, it seemed like some colossal being was stirring, and faint, fragmented noises began to resound in the empty void.

Gradually, gradually, a sound traveled across the tranquil, ripple-scarred, black lake beneath their feet...

"Clang..."

"Clang, clang..."

"Clang, clang, clang..."

It was the sound of chains, no, not chains—more like the long-lost sound Lin Yi had heard before, the sound of cold metal scraping across neat blades.

It was the sound of war spears clanging, crisp and rhythmic, like a butcher eyeing pork on the board, pushing his cleaver.

This "clang, clang, clang" didn’t seem problematic at first listen, but as the crescendo built, goosebumps arose on Lin Yi’s skin, and his hairs instinctively stood on end.

In the end, a profound, unknown terror crept in, causing discomfort and chills, enveloping him silently.

And then, a third type of ripple appeared on the dark lake—an overbearing ripple that could interfere with, even overshadow, the ripples caused by him and Old Mo!

The origin of that ripple was from the vast depths of dark void!

In the darkness, something flickered like wavering candle flames!

"Clang, clang, clang... Clang, clang, clang..."

The clanging of war spears became clearer, ripples on the lake grew denser, and the thing in the darkness vaguely revealed its outline...

It seemed to be a head, a face, massive as a small hill, as if it belonged to an ancient creature born before civilization... Those wavering candle-like objects were its eyes.

A pair of vast golden eyes!

In the infinite darkness, a pair of massive golden eyes appeared, the oppressive feeling was indescribable; even Lin Yi felt as if struck by lightning, pinned to the spot.

The golden eyes slowly emerged, so that everything but the illuminated area around the eyes was indistinct due to the parallax.

But from that blurry outline, it seemed not to be humanoid...

And on the illuminated area around the eyes, one could faintly see jagged lines like barren mountains, with some regularity to them, which upon closer inspection, appeared to be... scales?