I Can Record Wonders

Chapter 170: Shimmering Star Scales, Flickering Lights

Boom~

A loud tremor.

Fu Ning was startled by the sudden explosion.

He quickly crouched down and put the white turtle, which had retreated into its shell, back into his embrace.

Then he looked up, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, towards the direction where the explosion came from.

"What's this commotion... Could there be an ambush within the maze?"

Boom~

Just as he was thinking this, another explosion sounded.

The two explosions were not far apart, and the interval between them was short.

Then came the third, the fourth...

"Damn it!"

"Did we stumble upon a bomb nest?"

Fu Ning looked at the direction of the explosions, his face covered in cold sweat.

He was surprised to find that all the explosions seemed to be coming from the same area.

"Why are the explosions happening in a circular pattern?"

"Could it be..."

Fu Ning's eyes lit up. "Could these explosions be man-made?!"

He stood up and looked towards the direction of the explosions.

It happened to be on his usual route.

...

Swoosh~

In the depths of the jungle, a chaotic open space began to change rapidly.

The trees that were just blown apart actually sprouted branches and leaves. In just a few breaths, they grew back into towering giant trees.

Shen Bijun looked at this scene in front of her, her face filled with astonishment.

"How is this possible!"

The trees returned to their original appearance, blocking out the sky with their dense foliage.

Even the marks she left behind reappeared.

"How could this be?" Shen Bijun furrowed her brows tightly, momentarily unsure of how to respond.

She knew she was in a formation and had to find the formation's core in order to break it.

But no matter how she walked, she would always return to the same spot. Simply blindly destroying things wouldn't have any effect.

Shen Bijun instinctively took out the token from her embrace, her brows furrowing even more. "Do I have to crush the token?"

After crushing the token, she would be directly teleported out of the Secret Realm.

But if she did that, it would mean losing her qualification for the grand competition.

While she was contemplating whether or not to crush the token, a clear chirping sound suddenly reached her ears.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Chirp chirp~"

The bird's call interrupted Shen Bijun's thoughts. She looked up in the direction of the sound.

Flap~

The little bird flapped its wings and disappeared in an instant.

Shen Bijun saw this and her eyes lit up. "A bird!"

"Yes! This bird must know the way out of the maze!"

Thinking this, she quickly chased after the direction the bird flew in.

But the little bird was very alert. Every time Shen Bijun got close, it would immediately fly away.

Shen Bijun closely followed behind, and even in a moment of surprise, she noticed that the bird was carrying something in its beak.

Upon closer inspection, her face filled with excitement.

"Crimson Coral!"

Crimson Coral is a rare item that, when submerged in water, can separate the seawater and release bubbles, allowing people to breathe underwater.

But Crimson Coral only appears in the deep sea, so it is extremely rare.

And this item happens to be one of the advanced strategies for Ash Carp.

Shen Bijun had been searching for a long time, but unfortunately, she had found nothing. She didn't expect to find Crimson Coral in the Secret Realm.

How could Shen Bijun not be excited?

So when she saw the Crimson Coral, she almost couldn't control herself from exclaiming out loud.

But before she could take another look, the bird had disappeared again.

"Don't run! Leave the coral behind!"

Soon, Shen Bijun chased after it even more vigorously.

She didn't know how long she had been chasing until the sky gradually darkened.

At this moment, Shen Bijun finally realized that something was wrong.

"Snap!"

She stopped under a banyan tree and instinctively looked around. The trees seemed to have become denser, and not even a trace of light could penetrate.

Her eyes could no longer see the way ahead.

"Hmm? Where is this?"

Shen Bijun furrowed her brows and looked around again. The forest seemed even more impenetrable, even somewhat anomalous.

The wind blowing towards her carried a faint smell of blood, indicating that there must be danger nearby.

Shen Bijun swallowed hard, and two words flashed through her mind: "trap!"

That bird was likely leading her to an unknown presence deep in the forest.

If Shen Bijun hadn't woken up halfway, she would have likely been completely swallowed by the darkness.

"Chirp, chirp~"

Seeing her stop, the bird appeared again as expected.

Its chirping was pleasant to the ears, but in Shen Bijun's ears, it sounded like pure mockery.

The entire forest trembled.

In this pitch-black jungle, the red, yellow, and blue bubbles were like a sudden circle of colorful lights.

Obviously, the little bird hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation yet, still shuttling through the forest and chirping incessantly.

"Chirp, chirp~"

Eventually, they all grew to the size of a fist, emitting a faint glow that refracted the corresponding colors.

After a moment, the sound of explosions gradually ceased.

A huge shockwave swept outwards.

However, Shen Bijun gritted her teeth, a cold smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and directly summoned her 'Ash Carp' Origin Spirit.

Boom~

And at this moment, a large chunk of the forest had been cut away.

But each one contained the corresponding Origin Qi.

For a while, the earth shook.

"Damn it!"

(End of this chapter)

"The shining scales illuminate the four seas!"

Countless giant trees were instantly destroyed.

The forest that was just fine a moment ago had been instantly leveled...

Fu Ning held onto his belt, his face filled with shock and fear, his eyes fixedly staring ahead.

On the other hand, Shen Bijun's face was frosty, her eyes gleaming, and she shouted, "Dimming Lights!"

Boom~

Her eyes kept scanning, as if trying to pinpoint the bird's location, but the bird moved quickly, appearing and disappearing in the forest, making it extremely difficult to catch.

After each scale detached, it turned into a round bubble, with bubbles of different colors - some red, some yellow, some blue.

As one of the White Mountain Five Beauties, Shen Bijun naturally had her pride.

Instead, at the edge of the destroyed forest, she saw a unfamiliar figure.

In the next moment...

But now she was being toyed with by a mere bird. How could she not be angry?

The person was wearing the red robe of a Red Mountain disciple and seemed to be watering a large tree.

These bubbles were relatively small.

Before the words had even fallen, the fish scales on Ash Carp's Origin Spirit began to fall off automatically, scattering in all directions.

Although these bubbles were not large, each one emitted a destructive aura.

Their power was much stronger than before.

"Damn it, I really scared the piss out of myself!"

Before the dust settled, Shen Bijun had already walked out calmly. Her expression was unchanged, her clothes still flawless, but her eyes scanned the surroundings and did not find that damn little bird.

Moreover, this was dozens or even hundreds of bubbles exploding simultaneously.

As soon as she said this, it was like "explosion is art."