Chapter 55 The Swamp Comes Alive

Faced with such an expensive situation, the giant eagle was also stunned. It couldn't help but stutter and communicate with Glorfindel:

"This is impossible! When I came here half a month ago, it was still a sickly pine forest, and there was still snow here!"

Glorfindel carefully observed and said:

"You are right, my old friend. This was still a pine forest not long ago, but the pine trees seem to have been cut down and... turned into food."

He picked up a stone and threw it hard into the water. Immediately, a series of bubbles emerged from the water, and a cloud of mud rose up. Then, a huge reed tilted, and half of a rotten pine tree trunk was exposed on the surface of the water. Several long, white roots of the reed were like terrifying tentacles, tightly entangled around the trunk of the pine tree, plundering its nutrients.

Then, Glorfindel walked to the edge of the swamp and reached out to touch the surface of the water. He immediately felt that the water temperature was not as cold as melted snow, and even had a bit of warmth. This should be the reason why a strange swamp appeared at the foot of the snow mountain.

What Glorfindel found strange was that the swamps in his impression—or rather, in the impression of most people—were rotten, turbid, and exuded a suffocating smell. They were filled with swamp vines and thorn bushes. Stepping on them would cause one to be deeply sucked in, then a few disgusting bubbles would gurgle up, and the dirty silt would churn.

However, the newly formed swamp in front of him gave people a sense of cleanliness, fragrance, and vitality.

The water in the swamp was not completely clear and transparent. From a distance, it had a mysterious azure blue color, and it was difficult to see the bottom at a glance. In these deep waters, there were floating plants like water lilies, with dark green lotus leaves, and they had even begun to accumulate enough nutrients, forming plump buds. The slight sweet smell in the air should have come from here.

However, in shallower areas, even the tender white roots of some light green plants floating on the surface of the water were clearly visible. Even snails and clams with brown stripes could be seen digging in the mud at the bottom of the water, and some fish with yellow and black colors were swimming happily.

That kind of vigorous vitality was so strong that it was terrifying! It seemed that there would be an illusion that the swamp would grow more vigorously every second that passed!

Glorfindel snorted coldly and began to walk into the water. Perhaps because of the refraction of light, the clean and transparent water in the swamp looked only up to his calf, but in reality, stepping into it actually reached his waist! The water temperature was not cold, and after staying in it for a while, it felt warm and soothing.

Suddenly, water splashed. After taking a few steps, Glorfindel suddenly struck out. Between the thumb and index finger of his left hand, he was holding a very peculiar fish!

This fish was very well camouflaged, and from a distance, it looked like a fallen leaf floating on the surface of the water. However, seeing it being held between Glorfindel's fingers at this time, struggling desperately, it seemed that every scale on its body was about to open to exert force to break free.

Glorfindel exerted a slight force with his fingers, and the fish's mouth suddenly opened, with fine sharp teeth on the edges. It looked at the enemy in front of it with a very fierce expression, and also made a hissing sound like a venomous snake.

As the sound it made spread out, an extremely strange thing happened. The surrounding plants and animals actually began to move rapidly at the same time!

The water lily erected its leaves, like a sail going with the wind. The giant reed pulled out its tender white roots and fled, stepping heavily and lightly. The snails and clams used ax-shaped fleshy feet to dig the mud fiercely, trying to dive deep into the bottom.

In a short moment, the vibrant world presented in front of Glorfindel disappeared. The only thing that remained unchanged was the water in front of him, which was very clear when viewed up close, but had an indescribable azure blue color when viewed from a distance or in deep water!

A faint green light shone in Glorfindel's hand. Although he had already released the mimetic fish, the fish was wrapped in the green light, suspended above it, struggling painfully inside, as if an invisible hot frying pan was frying it.

In the end, the fish actually bent its body in pain, bit its own tail in one bite, and then bit off a piece of meat and chewed it fiercely, finally dispersing into countless spots of light and disappearing into the air.

At this time, Glorfindel's face darkened. He vaguely felt that perhaps this trip of his was not as easy as he had imagined, but after all, he was a powerful Dawn Elf! More importantly, he knew Wu Ge's strength as clearly as his own palm prints. So he was still full of confidence.

Glorfindel began to recite a very long elven incantation. He had used this incantation once before, and the effect was very good. He could feel the natural elements rapidly converging into his body.

However, to Glorfindel's surprise, the time for chanting this incantation was extended by at least three times, which meant that there were very few natural elements here that he could mobilize. For a moment, Glorfindel couldn't care about thinking so much. After reciting the incantation, he stretched out his finger and dripped a drop of golden blood onto the water!

After this drop of blood fell, it could be clearly seen that the ring-shaped ripples it stirred up after falling into the water had a faint green light on them, and they actually spread nearly a hundred meters away!

Wherever the ripples passed, the swamp, which had seemed dead, immediately became as lively as boiling porridge.

The snails and clams at the bottom of the swamp instantly crawled out of the mud, then helplessly opened their shells, revealing white flesh. A gray shrimp curled up at the bottom of the water like a pebble suddenly jumped out of the water, lost its life in the air, and quickly rotted and stank after falling on the water.

A water snake suddenly swam out of a half-rotten pine trunk and pounced on Glorfindel, but it was paralyzed halfway, fell into the water with a thud, and exploded into blood. Water beetles like small stones fled in terror, but after being swept by the blood ripples, they slowly floated to the surface of the water...

"Stupid and inferior little things, dare to show off in front of me?"

Glorfindel said contemptuously.

But his heart was quite shocked. The original plan was to make a big scene, but he had unconsciously changed his purpose to reconnaissance first.

Under the effect of Glorfindel's blood ripples, the strange creatures within a hundred meters of his body either fled or died. Glorfindel's swimming skills also seemed to be quite good. Swimming in the water was like a fish wandering in a stream, with an indescribable leisurely feeling, without making any noise.

The further he went, the more he felt that in some deep waters of the swamp, many pine trees seemed to have been artificially laid flat on the bottom of the water, with a layer of algae growing on the surface. Looking down from the transparent water, it had a very elegant and quiet feeling. Of course, Glorfindel didn't know that this was Fang Senyan's evil taste of directly plagiarizing the scenery of Jiuzhaigou.

After swimming for a while, Glorfindel felt that he seemed to have swam out of the shallow water area of the swamp. The water in front of him suddenly deepened, and the color of the water also turned into an azure blue like the sea! Of course, he didn't know that he had passed the pine forest area at this time and arrived at the large lake area where Fang Senyan and the others first arrived.

After swimming here, Glorfindel couldn't help but hesitate. He always had an ominous premonition in his heart, as if something heavy was pressing on his chest.

But if he returned without seeing the city built by Wu Ge, not to mention himself, even his subordinates would have nothing to say! He couldn't possibly tell them that I went to the gate of the city built by Wu Ge and turned around, but suddenly felt uneasy and came back... If that were the case, the remaining people might have to find a way to make a living on their own.

So Glorfindel thought about it and continued to forcibly suppress that strange feeling, and then continued to move forward. But for some reason, every time he focused his eyes on the indescribable azure blue color that appeared on the surface of the water in front of him, the feeling of mental oppression would become stronger.

Suddenly, Glorfindel's eyes changed, because he felt that the entire body of water, the entire surface of the lake, was rippling and vibrating slightly. He cast four or five defensive spells on himself in the first time, such as bark skin, detect evil, bull's strength, acceleration... But just as Glorfindel was still casting spells, a huge ship had already appeared in the distance—oh, no, to be precise, it should be a pyramid-shaped fortress composed of huge trees!

This fortress occupied at least one square kilometer. Its bottom was a giant raft pieced together with tens of thousands of huge logs, which could successfully float on the water. Many root systems even grew at the bottom of the logs, which could absorb nutrients in the water.

On the first floor of the giant raft, in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and south, four huge trees grew respectively. Their roots firmly grasped the bottom of the giant raft, and even firmly bundled the giant raft together. The branches of these trees formed the second floor platform like umbrellas! The second floor looked like the shape of a very elven-like building, but it was more rugged than before, which should be a mixture of dwarf styles.