Chapter 104
The further you walk in the direction led by Xiao Hei, the higher the altitude of the continuous peaks in front of you is.
Legend has it that Kunlun Mountain is 11,114 steps two feet three inches high, but when Nie Renyan and the others were really in the Kunlun Mountains at this time, they felt that the real main peak was far higher than that. The year-round ice and snow belt on the top makes people in it feel chilly. Nie Renyan and Ye Zhao were fine. After walking for a while, people with cultivation like Master and Shitou also needed to stomp their feet, let alone Jiang Qi, a girl, but she kept wrapping her clothes tightly and followed behind everyone , but never complained.
Ye Zhao, who was on the way, noticed their state from the corner of their eyes, and whispered something to Nie Renyan, and the two of them returned to their original state in the blink of an eye, but it shrank a lot, and did not bring too much pressure to the master and the others. .
"Walk in the middle." Ye Zhao's dark golden eyes were extremely conspicuous at this time, he glanced at the master and Jiang Qi, and motioned for them to walk between him and Nie Renyan. Even though they had shrunk a lot, they were still as tall as two people. The warmth emanating from the ancient beast's body and fluffy hair quickly warmed up the master and the others.
As the fog surged more and more, the fog in the space gradually became thicker from thinner, and the master's talisman array soon became unstoppable, and the fog broke through the last layer of barriers and dispersed towards everyone again.
At this time, it was thanks to Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan who sandwiched the master and the others, not only helped them resist the wind and cold, but also acted as two solid walls, helping them block the erosion of the mist, allowing them to stay in a safe zone for the time being.
Xiao Hei has been held in Jiang Qi's hands again, otherwise, with its small stature, it would be completely melted away by the mist in a few seconds. However, it changed the way of leading the way in a rather psychic way. Wherever it wants everyone to go, it just calls twice in that direction.
Originally, the master had some doubts about the matter of Xiao Hei leading the way. After all, there was too much element of luck, but after thinking about it, finding a divine beast like Bai Ze, who can't see the end of the dragon, is just a matter of luck. There is really no other way. However, as they walked longer, the more and more frequent strange sounds around them made the master gradually have some hope, maybe this luck was really right!
"What's that sound?" Nie Renyan moved his left shoulder while walking, and turned his head to look at the left half of his body that was constantly in contact with the thickening fog. There were mottled bloodstains, and there were slight pulling pains in several places. But he just glanced at it lightly, then turned his head back, and continued to speak as if he didn't feel any discomfort: "Flap your wings...it sounds like a bird."
"You are not a bird, and you have wings." Ye Zhao glanced at the wings spread out on his back between the two. The white feathers were clearly rooted, covering the master and the others. Master and the others couldn't see it, but they could see it from Ye Zhao's perspective, blood was gradually oozing from between the white feathers. "However, there are indeed many divine birds gathered here in Kunlun Mountain, including Phoenix and Qingluan."
Their speed was still very fast, and they did not slow down at all due to injuries. After all, the sooner they found Bai Ze, the better. But those creatures with full aura flapped their wings hastily, at a speed faster than them, with a sense of panic.
"Do you feel that from the previous dials to the ones you encounter now, they all seem to be heading in the same direction?" Ye Zhao listened carefully for a while, and couldn't help but said to Nie Renyan.
Nie Renyan moved his wings upwards, covering Ye Zhao's entire back, and said, "I didn't notice it just now, but what you said is really—tsk, are you rushing to take refuge somewhere?"
"Will there be a place to take refuge?" Ye Zhao felt a little unbelievable. If the ones flying by were really like Phoenix and Qingluan, it meant that the top-level ferocious beasts and divine beasts had all been seeded and couldn't withstand the erosion of the fog. Can you find a place of refuge? !
"Meow——" Xiao Hei yelled again, pointing in the same direction as the sound of flapping wings.
Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan looked at each other, with some doubts in their eyes, but they didn't stop on their feet, and even accelerated their speed. Soon, the sound of flapping wings that had been going away was pulled in again, and it was obvious that Ye Zhao and the others were chasing after them. But this time, in addition to the sound of flapping wings, there was also a shrill scream, which sounded very painful.
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The surrounding fog is getting thicker and thicker, and there is no difference whether there is water polo and black smoke to cover it.
The masters who were caught between Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan were inevitably injured by the mist in many places at this time. Those wounds eroded into the skin at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon the bones were deep. The master covered Jiang Qi behind her again, and set up a small magic circle around her and Xiao Hei. If the magic circle is smaller, its power will be more concentrated, and it can block a little more fog.
Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan, as the two living barriers, naturally suffered the most and the largest injuries. Although their healing ability was much faster than ordinary people, under the continuous erosion of the thicker and thicker fog, most of their bodies were still intact. Stained all over with blood. The large expanses of bright red contrasted so sharply with their own white hair that it was almost dazzling.
Amidst more and more shrill screams, the brows of the two became tighter and tighter. The wounds on their bodies that had been eroded by the fog were layer upon layer, and the new skin was rotten before it was born. Slower and slower, the blood seeped more and more, congealed into drops of blood, and slid down the hair.
Even though Master and the others were covered by Nie Renyan and Ye Zhao, the gray robes on their bodies were soaked in large swaths of dark red. The old man's originally thin but ruddy face now looked more and more sallow, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be getting deeper, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden. Although Shi Shi's physique is quite good, he is still a half-child who is not an adult after all.
, the clothes on his body were rotten by the fog, and a large piece of skin was rubbed on his face.
Jiang Qi and Xiao Hei, who were protected the best, were also in a bit of a panic at this time. After all, the master's talisman array could not block all the fog that approached her. After yelling a few times, she curled up in Jiang Qi's arms while panting heavily. Jiang Qi, a girl, was also injured several times on her face and hands. The blood seeped out quickly and slid down her cheeks to her chin, staining her collar and cuffs red. She was so painful that her eyes filled with water. But he just avoided the wound with the back of his hand, wiped the blood, and continued to comfort Xiao Hei softly.
Xiao Hei was caressed by her, hissed again in one direction, and curled up again.
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The severe pain was like stabbing and scratching the bones with a blade. Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan were almost covered in blood. Every inch of skin and the end of every blood vessel throbbed under the burning sensation of pain, but their speed remained the same. It didn't slow down.
In addition to flapping wings and screaming screams, there are more strange sounds around——
The "swish" sound made by rubbing against the snow;
Snake-like "sizzling" sound;
Hoarse howls and moans;
Even the occasional muffled sound of something falling on the snow...
Everything seems to indicate that they are getting closer to a certain destination, and there are more and more companions, but they are also getting more and more injured by the fog, and some small animals are powerless to resist.
If Master and the others hadn't been guarded by Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan, they would have lost their lives in this vast snow and thick white mist, turning into a puddle of blood and leaving no traces.
Ye Zhao thought of the base with more and more acute pain. They were all in such a mess, not to mention the people in the base, the fellow disciples of the master... Luo Xiaochen, Xia Zhiming, Fang Siyuan and Mu Mu...he almost I can imagine the scene of endless screams and panic, full of despair and struggling in despair...
I don't know how many people there will survive this trip, and what will those people look like...
"Ye Zhao—" Nie Renyan called out to him, and instead of his usual idle and lazy tone, he sounded gentle and low. "We seem to have arrived."
Ye Zhao withdrew his mind wandering in severe pain. Not far ahead, there seemed to be a place that was extraordinarily noisy. It sounded like dozens of different ancient beasts had gathered, and those walking with them seemed to have seen it too. There, after being stunned for a moment, he accelerated and swept forward.
Nie Renyan withdrew the black smoke wrapped around him, Ye Zhao collected the water polo, and the surrounding scenery came into view again. Through the vast white mist, the two people's eyes fell on a few steps ahead, where was a steep cliff , all the roads were cut off here, and the noise came from under the cliff. It just so happened that two huge flying birds dragged their long tail feathers, and with gorgeous green lights all over their bodies, they skipped beside them, crossed the cliff, and swooped straight down.
"Let's go!" Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan looked at each other, and they jumped off the cliff with their wings around the master.
Originally, his aura was getting weaker and weaker, and the master, who barely held his breath and didn't pass out, finally fainted completely after being stimulated by such suicide. And Shitou and Jiang Qi, who hadn't said much, couldn't help but scream at this time. Naturally, with their ordinary eyesight, they couldn't see the scene under the cliff through the thick white mist, but Ye Zhao and Nie Renyan could—
At their feet is a deep and secluded valley, where there are already many strange beasts standing or lying down, such as phoenixes, green luan, vipers, eagle birds, and even six-headed dragons dancing with several heads... like this The scene of gathering together a hodgepodge of exotic beasts living in various parts of Kunlun seems a bit weird, but the most weird thing is the valley itself.
Because, the entire valley, including the place tens of meters above it, has no trace of fog.