I'm sprouting again

three hours later.

"boom--"

The bone stick of the skeleton battle armor was smashed down, and Bai Xiao was held by Zang Feng and jumped up on the spot. At the same time, Zang Feng swung out the halberd, and the tip of the halberd suddenly transformed into an axe. The meter-long energy blade just blocked the attack of another armor.

"boom!"

The collision of the energy blade and the big knife made of white bones made a deafening sound.

Under the huge momentum, Zang Feng and Bai Xiao were knocked upside down and flew upside down, volleying into the energy field.

At that moment, Bai Xiao only felt as if his lungs were being dug out and slapped, and there was a burning pain in his chest, and there was no place in his body to gain strength.

At the same time, because the energy field was in the shape of a dome, Zang Feng and Bai Xiao collided and immediately fell down again.

Zang Feng didn't have time to respond, so he could only roll over and let himself act as a meat pad for Bai Xiao, before smashing to the ground full of broken bones.

"Cough! Cough!"

After falling to the ground, Zang Feng let go of the arm tightly holding Bai Xiao, then curled up sideways, coughing out a mouthful of blood.

Bai Xiao's physique is not as good as Zang Feng's. Even with the protection of the defense device, his eyes are black at this time, so he can only reach out and touch Zang Feng's arched back.

Bai Xiao felt the tremor in his palm due to Zang Feng's cough, as well as a sticky touch.

is blood.

"Punishment time is over."

The voice of the great elf sounded again, without the initial joy, it looked at all this coldly and indifferently.

The skeleton battle armor that was chasing came to a halt, and the huge bone club was less than half a meter away from Bai Xiao and Zang Feng.

Then they rose into the air again, and the accumulated bones on their bodies fell like raindrops.

The tense air disappeared in an instant, and the chicken cubs and ball beans that had been hiding under the tree roots also ran over.

They screamed anxiously, but to no avail.

This is the fourth punishment time.

During each penalty time, the combat power of those skeleton armors doubles.Their behavior patterns are becoming more and more like "humans", and they are becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

Bai Xiao seemed powerless in the second punishment, but Su Mei and Luo Qi showed amazing fighting power.

During the next two punishments, Zang Feng stayed by Bai Xiao's side, but correspondingly, Zang Feng had to deal with two more skeleton armors.

Bai Xiao had seen Zang Feng's combat power during training, and he knew that Zang Feng should be able to handle these attacks with ease.

However, after the two punishments passed, Zang Feng's state became very poor, and even his spirit was not stable. Even though he looked cold, Bai Xiao could feel his irritable mood.

Then, things went bad.

The magic attack of the skeleton armor intensified.Although Bai Xiao couldn't feel it, the sudden burst of light in the void and the inexplicable injuries on Zang Feng's body proved their existence.

Those two skeleton battle armors seemed to be deliberately targeting Zang Feng, and their attacks were much stronger than the other two.

"cough!"

Bai Xiao forcefully coughed out the stagnant qi in his lungs, and his vision regained clarity.

Bai Xiao first saw his hands, the crevices of his fingers were stained dark red, Zang Feng's clothes were wet with sweat and blood and stuck to his body, some places were torn open, exposing flesh and blood turned out.

"Your Highness."

Bai Xiao got up from the ground, supported Zang Feng's body, and let him sit up leaning on his body.

Bean-sized beads of sweat wet Zang Feng's hair, strands of which fell on his forehead; he opened his eyes, and the pupils of his golden eyes were stretched into thin lines; his lips had faded to pale, but his lips It was stained with bright red bloodstains.

Bai Xiao could feel Zang Feng's body shaking uncontrollably.

"Your Highness, don't move, I'll treat your wound."

Bai Xiao clenched his fists, his eyes were red, but his voice was calm.

Zang Feng was very obedient, he just looked at Bai Xiao quietly with those eyes that were detached from emotion, as if all his wounds could be healed from this gaze.

"Let me do it."

At this time, Su Mei and Luo Qi also came over, and Su Mei suggested to Bai Xiao, "I received special training when I was in Dongguo."

Bai Xiao nodded and agreed without hesitation. His knowledge of first aid is just two lessons.

Bai Xiao adjusted Zang Feng's body position so that Su Mei could treat Zang Feng's wound.

However, when Su Mei stepped forward and came within one meter of Zang Feng, a sudden change occurred!

"boom!"

The long halberd suddenly appeared in Zang Feng's hand, the tip of the long halberd turned into an axe, and he chopped down like lightning, Su Mei reacted swiftly and took a step back, dodging the attack.

Fortunately, the purpose of Zang Feng's attack was only to prevent Su Mei from approaching, so he did not pursue him.

Several people were taken aback by this turn of events, and Su Mei almost took out her weapon.

"Your Highness?"

Bai Xiao was also frightened. He lowered his head and stared at Zang Feng, only to see that the irritable emotions in those golden eyes were almost burning into flames.But when that tyrannical gaze met his gaze, the raging flames gradually turned calm again.

Bai Xiao's heart moved, and he raised his head and said to Su Mei and Luo Qi, "Don't come here."

It doesn't need to be said by Bai Xiao, Su Mei and Luo Qi dare not approach rashly.

Even the chicken cubs and ball beans next to him backed away a little.

"Let me bandage it, Your Highness."

As Bai Xiao said, he took out his first aid kit, and tentatively treated Zang Feng's wound.

Zang Feng didn't move, and cooperated obediently with Bai Xiao's movements.

Sure enough, it should be some kind of binding force of the tree of life on the royal family.

Thinking in his heart, Bai Xiao let go of his hands and quickly treated Zang Feng's wound.

With Bai Xiao's bandage treatment, Zang Feng's condition has improved significantly, his eyes became calm, and he slowly returned to normal from the absent-minded state just now.

When the final simple bandaging was completed, Zang Feng was able to sit up by himself.

Bai Xiao looked at his movements and was a little worried, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

Zang Feng reached out to touch the back of his neck, furrowed his brows vigorously, but answered the question in an irrelevant way: "I can last at most two more punishment times."

Bai Xiao was taken aback, he didn't expect Zang Feng to say this suddenly, let alone get this answer.

Zang Feng's fighting ability is not bad, nor is his stamina bad, so there is no reason why he can only last for so long.

Bai Xiao is not stupid, neither are Luo Qi and Su Mei, they can easily associate some results.

And Su Mei and Luo Qi, who can perceive magic power, almost confirmed the answer.

Su Mei asked: "His Royal Highness, you have never used magic power from the beginning to now. Is there any injury yourself?

——Sorry to be so presumptuous, but I think our current situation is not optimistic, so it is better to be honest. "

"Rather than being injured, it's better to say that His Royal Highness is restricted by something." Rocky is more sensitive than Su Mei in this regard, and almost hit the core of the problem, "His Royal Highness is very slow in perception of magic power, and his fighting skills Although clever, this is obviously a long-term training for his own fighting, and His Royal Highness is very unstable..."

After a pause, Rocky narrowed his eyes: "Is it because of the magic core?

I remember that His Highness the Crown Prince has not yet melted his armor. Generally, Kester fighters will choose to melt their armor when they are adults. That is also the best time to melt their armor, but His Highness the Crown Prince did not do so.

So, is it because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling or 'cannot' if he doesn't want to join the armor? "

Bai Xiao was startled.

Zang Feng glanced at Rocky indifferently, but he didn't say anything negative.

Bai Xiao couldn't believe it, but it wasn't because of Zang Feng's concealment, but because he had been with Zang Feng for such a long time, and he didn't realize it at all.

"The problem now is to find the elf's body."

Zang Feng did not explain his "illness", but talked about the current problems they need to solve.

Su Mei and Luo Qi were immediately attracted attention, and frowned sadly.

But Bai Xiao didn't move, he still looked at Zang Feng steadfastly.

Zang Feng noticed Bai Xiao's gaze, turned his head, and his golden eyes met Bai Xiao's eyes.

After a few seconds of silence, Bai Xiao suddenly said, "I haven't noticed your situation. I haven't noticed anything for so long."

Zang Feng moved his lips. He felt that Bai Xiao's current mood was a bit wrong, but he didn't understand exactly what was wrong with this "wrongness" and why it was wrong.

But soon, Bai Xiao directly asked the question.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

This almost questioning tone did not arouse Zang Feng's dissatisfaction.

Zang Feng pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "It's very complicated, it's unnecessary."

Bai Xiao's eyes widened slightly.

not necessary?

The heart seemed to be pulled tightly by someone suddenly, and then it was filled with smelly air, and it continued to expand, squeezing the lungs so that there was no room for breathing.

So sad.

Bai Xiao lowered his head abruptly, covering his sore and red eye sockets.

Zang Feng's short words are like thorns growing wildly in Bai Xiao's body, rooting in every place in his body along the blood vessels.Even breathing can involve pain.

——When it first became the tree of life, Bai Xiaoyou was secretly happy, because the tree of life is inseparable from the royal family.He thought that he and Zang Feng had become one and inseparable.

But now he understands that even with the tree of life, the distance between him and Zang Feng has not actually been shortened by half a point.

"Then let's continue looking for the bones."

Bai Xiao retreated, and at this moment, he temporarily lost the courage to pursue Zang Feng regardless of his poor status.

Bai Xiao raised his head, his nose and eye sockets were a little red, but there were no tears in his eyes, and his voice was very calm.

He repeated: "Time is running out, let's get on with the bones."

Both Luo Qi and Su Mei understood the current situation. They didn't speak, but they knew it well.

The two looked at each other, followed Bai Xiao's words, and walked away tacitly.

At this time, everyone should pretend that they didn't see Bai Xiao's abnormality, and then let Bai Xiao calm down slowly as if nothing had happened.

However, Zang Feng didn't understand.

Zang Feng grabbed Bai Xiao who was about to stand up and leave, his eyes swept over Bai Xiao's red eye sockets and nose, and he frowned slightly.

"You cry."

The tone of the statement, but the voice was shaken and flustered that only Bai Xiao could understand.

Zang Feng was worried about him.

Bai Xiao knew it, and her heart would still be moved by this tender care.

But this caring is not enough, it is just the same thing as "hello, thank you, goodbye".It makes people feel good, but it can only stop here, and it is still far away from Zang Feng's heart.

"You're sad." Seeing that Bai Xiao didn't reply, Zang Feng expressed his own conclusion and wondered, "Why?"

why?

Bai Xiao took a deep breath, looked up at Zang Feng's eyes, those beautiful golden eyes were full of doubts, clean and clear as if blaming Bai Xiao - what are you angry about?

A wave of resentment rose in Bai Xiao's heart.

Why don't you understand?You have said such things, why do you still doubt that I will be sad?

Impulsive, questioning words came to his lips, and they were about to turn into sharp swords and charge towards Zang Feng, but when the words came to the juncture, Bai Xiao bit them tightly.

——No, there is nothing wrong with Zang Feng, he is just such a person, didn't he already know it?

Bai Xiao's throat rolled, swallowing the resentment that fascinated him just now.

Bai Xiao took a few deep breaths, and after calming down, he looked at Zang Feng and took what he always did.

Straight talk.

Bai Xiao looked into Zang Feng's eyes and said, "Yes, I'm sad. Because you just said that I don't need to know about your condition. To me, it sounded like you were saying 'my business has nothing to do with you'. "

Zang Feng was startled, then frowned even tighter, "I didn't mean that."

Bai Xiao looked at Zang Feng's serious expression, as if trying to find traces of lying.

but.

The stale air that was stagnating in my heart, which was almost rotten, was vented all at once.

"So, what does that mean?" Bai Xiao relaxed, his body felt sore and limp from excessive force, he quietly moved his leg that was numb from tension just now, and continued to ask, "There's no need to let me know, Is it because I don't have the qualifications to know, or is there another hidden secret that I can't let me know for the time being?"

Zang Feng's expression was serious, like a good student answering a teacher's question, every word and sentence revealed sincerity: "You are entitled to know everything, but I can't let you know for now."

Bai Xiao's heart moved, and he asked: "I am entitled to know about you because I am the tree of life?"

Zang Feng nodded: "Yes."

Bai Xiao choked, savoring the bitterness welling up in his heart, while scolding himself for "making it his own fault".

"Also, because you are Bai Xiao." Zang Feng added.

Bai Xiao raised his head, his eyes widened - was this what their highness said?

Zang Feng saw Bai Xiao's surprise, but he didn't understand, he just finished his words.

"Because you are Bai Xiao, I am willing to let you know about me. I will not deceive you, but there are some things that I think are harmful to you, and I will hide them. So, please forgive my arrogance for making you sad. "

"Because I am Bai Xiao, because I am me?"

Zang Feng was slightly puzzled by the tongue twister, then nodded: "En."

Bai Xiao felt like crying, but at the same time, the corners of his mouth flew up uncontrollably.It was as if a hundred rabbits had been put into the heart, and the bouncing and bouncing made the blood boil.

Bai Xiao couldn't hold back anymore, he opened his hands and rushed forward to hug Zang Feng.

Zang Feng was stunned by the sudden hug.This was the first time he had such an intimate contact with Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao's weight was very light to him, but the hug was so strong that he could feel Bai Xiao's heartbeat through his chest; Itching, he felt his skin trembling.

This is a very strange feeling.

He was so unfamiliar that his peripheral nerves were numb, and the desire to hunt deep in the Kester blood was just around the corner.

"I'm glad you said that," Bai Xiao put her head on Zang Feng's broad shoulders, and said with a smile, "I understand your concealment from me, but you also need to understand how much I care about you. So, if When you think you can tell me, please tell me about yourself."

Zang Feng's body was a little stiff, and he only replied stiffly after hearing the words: "Yes. I will."

Bai Xiao let go of Zang Feng, his face was already full of smiles.He stood up and said, "Then let's continue looking for bones. Speaking of which, I thought of a way—hey, Su Mei, Rocky, come here."

Like a rabbit returning to the grassland, he hopped and ran to call Rocky and Su Mei.

Zang Feng was still sitting there. He looked at Bai Xiao's cheerful back, then slowly raised his hand, and touched his neck—the feeling of Bai Xiao's cheek and hair touching his skin was still vivid. .

"Your Highness?"

Bai Xiao came back with Su Mei and Luo Qi, and signaled Zang Feng with his eyes to discuss together.

Zang Feng's eyes moved slightly, then he put down his hands, stood up and walked over.

Several people reunited, and Ji Zai and Qiu Dou also followed.

Bai Xiao expressed his thoughts: "I heard Gou Gou talk about Kester's soul before, I remember he mentioned that if the soul of a dead creature disappears, it will only become a dry bone; but if the soul is still there , then its body is still its home.”

Bai Xiao said, glanced at the big elf who had become indifferent and quiet, and said to several people: "Obviously, the 'soul' of this elf is still alive, so its bones are still its home."

Su Mei and Luo Qi didn't quite understand what Bai Xiao meant, but Zang Feng immediately came to his senses.

Zang Feng said: "You mean, let the guardian elves help to distinguish these bones?"

Guardian elves can possess bones, but if the master's bones are still there, they cannot possess them.In this way, some bones can be largely excluded.

Luo Qi and Su Mei also understood, both of them were overjoyed: "This is a good idea!"

But then the problem came again.

Rocky asked: "But, how do we call the guardian elves now, are they really still here?"

From the beginning of the game, the guardian elves all disappeared, and never appeared again.

"They haven't left." Su Mei said, "I can feel it.

However, I cannot summon them. "

Then, all eyes returned to Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao looked at Su Mei: "Is there any trick to communicate with the guardian spirit?"

Su Mei thought for a while, and said: "Usually, it can be driven by the magic power of the seed itself, but if you can't perceive your own magic power, you need a medium and a wish."

"Medium?" Bai Xiao was stunned for a second, then understood, "Hair or blood?"

Su Mei nodded: "Different from the magic core of the Kesters, the power of human seeds permeates the whole body, so every part of the body contains magic power, which is the medium of communication. But... you have already lost a lot of blood .”

Indeed, during the punishment time just now, even though Bai Xiao was protected by Zang Feng, a lot of color was on his body, and blood was shed quite a lot.If blood is the medium of summoning, then judging from the current situation, the summoning power of this medium is not strong.

But Bai Xiao was not worried.

Bai Xiao bent down to pick up the chicken cubs on the ground, and smiled at them: "I'll try it."

As he said that, Bai Xiao took a few steps to the side with the chicken cub in his arms, and squatted down at an undisturbed distance with his back to the three of them.

After squatting down, Bai Xiao put down the chicken cub, and then hooked out the pendant he was wearing from the neckline.

This is his own space button, which he always wears on his body.

Bai Xiao's fingertips pressed the space button, and with a flash of light, a glass bottle full of buds appeared in Bai Xiao's hand.

——Since I am a tree of life, these buds must be the essence of magic power, which is perfect as a medium.

Bai Xiao thought about it, then opened the glass bottle, poured out a sprout from it, and took the glass bottle back.

The moment the bottle cap was opened, Zang Feng's eyes moved a few steps away, and he immediately understood what Bai Xiao's "medium" was.

Bai Xiao put the buds in his hand on the ground, closed his eyes, thought about the appearance of those elves in his mind, and then said softly, "Help me."

"call--"

As soon as the words fell, the breeze suddenly picked up.

The buds on the ground turned into green light sand, twirled at Bai Xiao's fingertips, and then scattered in the grass like a group of mischievous fireflies.

"Boom, boo, boo."

Like carrots being pulled out one by one, the guardian elves popped their heads out of the grass, and their dough-like "ears" looked like a strange flower blooming in the grass.

The guardian elves timidly did not move, and from time to time they would look back at the huge elf who was immobile on the tree stump.

Bai Xiao understood their concerns, so she stretched out her hand and repeated earnestly: "Help me."

Finally, a guardian elf took the courage to walk out of the grass and came to Bai Xiao's side.

"Boom."

Bai Xiao was overjoyed. He gently picked up the guardian elf that came over, then lowered his head and kissed it on the head: "Thank you."

The guardian elf who was kissed was suddenly stunned, like a puppet that had been immobilized, and then fell to the side of Bai Xiao's palm with a "babble".

Bai Xiao was startled, thinking that something had happened to it, but in the next second, the guardian elf turned into a ball of light and flew up from Bai Xiao's palm.

"Boom! Boom!"

The elf made a loud sound like a drum beating, and rushed towards the white bones all over the ground. Soon, a green light cluster lit up in the eye socket of one of the monster skulls, and walked out from the bone pile.

It walked from the bone mountain to the edge of the atrium, and didn't stop until it hit the energy field.

Then the green light ball flew out from inside, returned to Bai Xiao again, landed in Bai Xiao's palm, changed back to the appearance of a little person, and looked at Bai Xiao expectantly.

"Boom."

Bai Xiao was taken aback for a moment, as if he understood something, then lowered his head and kissed the little round head of the guardian elf again.

really.

The elf flew up again as if it had been injected with chicken blood, and rushed towards the pile of bones.

"Boom."

"Dong dong!"

The other guardian elves finally reacted.

Got preempted!

They swarmed towards Bai Xiao, and formed a long line in front of Bai Xiao.

Without Bai Xiao supporting them one by one, they climbed onto Bai Xiao's shoulders, and then "kissed" Bai Xiao's cheek with their round heads, and then made a louder "dongdong" sound, rushing towards the The mountain of bones was destroyed.

The guardian spirits were like a group of green petals carried by the wind, sweeping past Bai Xiao, and then scattered among the white bones all over the ground.

Soon, the guardian elves separated the mountain of bones.

Back and forth, the skeletons that could be possessed were transported to the edge and put down, and then flew out, lined up behind the long team next to Bai Xiao, and after completing the "kissing ceremony", they flew to the White Bone Mountain again.

In less than half an hour, all the possessable skeletons were counted.

At this time, the edge of the energy field in the atrium was filled with white bones, as if a sea of ​​white flowers opened around the atrium.

But around the flower beds in the atrium, there are green grass, but no bones can be seen at all.

Several people were dumbfounded by the situation in front of them, and Rocky couldn't help doubting: "Could it be that the thinking just now was wrong?"

Even if the big elf's skeleton wasn't that big, it shouldn't be too small to be seen.

"correct."

Zang Feng denied his idea, and then Zang Feng walked to the edge of the flower bed.

There, several guardian elves with ears stood in a circle holding hands.When Zang Feng approached, they scattered again, jumping on the nearby grass or stones to look at Zang Feng.

Zang Feng bent down and picked up something from the grass, and then returned to them, spreading his hands, there were some white bones that were as fine as pieces of porcelain.

"..."

Several people looked at the broken bones and fell silent.

Rocky even had the urge to curse people - no wonder they could find such a bone!

"There's more."

Following the guidance of the guardian elves, Su Mei ran a few places and brought back the remaining bones.

But even if all the bones are put together, there is only a handful.

And these bones are so broken that they are out of shape, not to mention spelling out the original shape of a monster, even spelling out a complete bone is enough.

"It's playing us."

Rocky said angrily, and turned his head to stare at the big elf.

The Great Elf was still as stable as Mount Tai, like a sitting statue, not at all as lively as it was at the beginning.

Bai Xiao felt that it was not that simple.

He stretched out his hand forward, and said to Zang Feng and Su Mei, "Give me a try."

The white broken bones fell into the palm, and the flowing white bones were like gravel in an hourglass, turning back time.

In an instant, all the people and scenery around him disappeared, and Bai Xiao held the bone in his hand and stood in a bright and soft golden void.

And in front of Bai Xiao, stood a huge monster the size of a palace.