Natural enemies

The wind howled, and the last few ghost flames were extinguished, and the glacier fell into the deepest darkness before dawn.

The ice under his feet trembled violently, which made Tang Ji wonder whether the blood of God had failed, because the three generations of blood who fell into the coffin had obviously not completely transformed into humans, and they could even manipulate the black mist composed of tiny bats, trying to recreate the blood. Drag a few people to suck blood.

A black belt rushed to Tang Ji angrily.But Tang Ji could feel that, whether it was speed or the power contained in it, this black belt was much worse than before.This kind of power is probably only similar to that of ordinary blood clans of the seventh or eighth generation. In normal times, Tang Ji only needs to strangle it with a silver chain, and it will disappear in smoke.

It seems that the blood of God is still working, but why the three generations of blood did not return to adulthood, but only a decline in strength?

This idea flashed in Tang Ji's mind, but he was not allowed to think about it, the black belt had already stretched out and touched his cheek.

It's really hard to pinch persimmons.Tang Ji smiled weakly.Just now he was slapped on the face by the coffin cover, if he hadn't crossed the butcher knife in time to resist, the whole person would have been photographed as flat as the coffin cover at this moment.

However, at that time, the blood clan of the three generations still retained their original power, and even the holy weapon of the blood clan, the butcher knife, could not withstand all the power and broke from it, and the small part of the power that had not been counteracted was enough to seriously injure him.Not to mention, before that, he used blood to activate the butcher's knife, which wasted a lot.

With a bang, Tang Ji tilted his head, his lips parted slightly, and a silver triangular blade that was only as long as a knuckle flew out of his mouth, accurately hitting the tip of the black belt, and then split the whole black belt into pieces like a bamboo. in two halves.

The black belt that was divided into two halves stopped in the air for a moment, then fell down with a crash, and scattered into a black dead bat.

"I really thought I was a bully..." Tang Ji gasped, licked the blood at the corner of his mouth, moved his tongue nimbly, and put another same blade in the middle of his lips, "Come again if you have the guts!"

But there was no black belt stretched out again.There were shouts from all sides, the black belts whose strength had declined were crushed by the demon hunters one after another, the black mist dissipated, and the vision was finally a little clearer.With the reflection of the ice and snow around, Tang Ji vaguely saw the coffin in the air—the coffin lid had flown back at some point, was hanging above the coffin, and was slowly pressing down, while a hand stretched out from the side of the coffin , seemed to be desperately trying to support the coffin lid, but was finally pressed down inch by inch.

With a click, the coffin lid fell, and the huge silver inverted cross painted on it suddenly lit up, and then the silver light flowed, wrapping the entire coffin like a spider web, and slowly sank toward the crack in the ice.

At the same time, the seal lines on the ground emitted a heavy black light, and like a touched sea anemone, they suddenly shrank towards the position where the central coffin fell.As they shrink, the entire ice surface collapses inward as if absorbed by some huge force.

The ice surface under Tang Ji's body tilted suddenly, and he slid out immediately.Not far away, it seemed that Andy yelled, but it was drowned out by the sound of ice shattering.

Tang Ji was still holding half of the butcher's knife in his hand, and now he was going against the direction of the slide and tried his best to stab the broken knife into the ice with the last bit of strength, barely stopping his body.But right away he found that it was useless, because the entire ice surface was sliding downward obliquely, as if there was a big mouth below to swallow the glacier.

Moreover, the more the ice surface slid down, the more it tilted. Tang Ji could still lie on the ice at first, but in the end it was as if all his weight was on the butcher's knife. There was only a click, and the ice that the butcher's knife was inserted into was unbearable. The heavy load cracked open, and Tang Ji had nowhere to draw his strength, so he slid down with a swish.

Looks like it's over now.Tang Ji looked at the mouth of darkness that quickly opened in front of him, and smiled wryly.He has no strength at all now, he can't even insert the butcher knife into the ice again.What's more, judging from the situation, the entire ice surface was almost standing up, even if he could insert the butcher knife into the ice again, it would only be a delay.

Vaguely seeing a whitish thing in front of him, Tang Ji suddenly realized that it should be the ice cube turned up from the ice before, and he was about to hit it!

The ice on the glacier is as hard as steel, and he bumped into it so defenselessly...

Let it be fate.Tang Ji smiled bitterly again, and curled up his body as much as possible, hoping not to hit the vitals directly, and also hoped that the end of the ice cube facing him would not have any sharp edges.

What are you afraid of?When Tang Jicai thought about it, the huge ice block was close at hand, and he could barely see it with his eyesight. What was facing him was a sharp triangular edge.If this collides, it will probably become a string——

Before the last word "burn" appeared in Tang Ji's mind, a black shadow suddenly fell from above and hugged him tightly.With a muffled bang, the two people who were hugging each other were bounced by the ice and rolled down into the darkness below.If it wasn't for the almost shrill wind around them, you might still be able to hear them bang bang bang along the way...

A line of fish maw-like whiteness appeared on the horizon, and the glacier was a little brighter.

Andy got up from the ground in embarrassment—to be precise, he got up from Shen Jingyan: "How are you?"

Shen Jingyan was still clasping the ice beside her with one hand, and forced the corner of her mouth to twitch: "I can't die, but my left ankle may be broken."

"I—" Andy didn't know what to say.Demon hunters are all companions, and it is common for them to save each other at the critical moment of life and death, and sometimes there is no need to thank each other at all.But this person in front of him is one of Gu Yi and the others, and he is not very familiar with him, it seems too impolite not to thank him, but he is not too willing to thank him.

"Where are the others?" Shen Jingyan didn't care at all, she propped herself up to sit up, glanced behind her, and her face changed, "Look!"

Andy turned his head to look, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Before, because the three generations of blood races broke through the sealed ice layer, the entire ice surface where the seal was located was cracked and turned over, as if being repeatedly plowed by the Titans dragging a huge plowshare, but now, with the coffin re-opened, As it sank under the ice, the tattered piece of ice also sank, and clear water was emerging from the cracks, quickly freezing in the cold air, and condensing the ice into a whole piece again.

"The seal is sealed again..." Another demon hunter got up from the crushed ice, and also stared dumbfounded at the ice surface that had returned to its original state.

In fact, they came a little later. When they arrived, most of the seal lines were already stained red with blood. There were countless corpses and stumps on the ice, and they did not see the original appearance of the seal.But now, those lines that have been dyed red have also disappeared with the sinking ice, and now there are only some gray-black outlines left on the ice, as if it is the most normal cast by the raised ice. shadows.

As the ice layer and the coffin sank together, there were countless corpses and severed limbs.The untouchables used for sacrifice, the vampires who carried out the killing, Louis himself, and even the sacrificed demon hunter were all sucked down by the seal, leaving nothing behind.The ray of dawn in the sky shone down, and the glacier reflected clean white brilliance, like a huge diamond, crystal clear and beautiful.

"It's always a good thing." Wu Peng coughed twice as he said.He just stabbed himself with a military thorn in the ice, so apart from being hit by the falling ice a few times, he didn't suffer any injuries, at least much better than the others, so he looked around in a good mood Take a look around: "At least we have completed the task. Thanks to Tang Ji and Gu Yi—where are they?"

When he yelled out, all the demon hunters who had just got up realized that everyone was there, only Tang Ji and Gu Yi were gone.

"What's going on!" cried Andy involuntarily. "Jim, Jim! Who saw them?"

All the witchers looked at each other.Now that the ice surface has leveled off again, there are only some natural ups and downs. At a glance, it is clear that there are no gaps for hiding people, and of course it is even more impossible to hide two large living people.

"I seem to have seen just now..." a witcher said hesitantly, "At that time, the ice surface around me collapsed, and I missed it. It was Gu who pulled me up, but then he seemed to jump off himself—— The light is too dark, I just feel a blur in front of my eyes, I can't be sure..."

Although he said he couldn't be sure, everyone knew in their hearts that the ice was so flat that there was no place to hide. Since Gu Yi disappeared, it was likely that he jumped off as the witcher said.

"Why did he jump down?" Wu Peng raised his foot and ran towards the middle of the seal.

"Yes, Jim fell!" Andy's face turned pale, "I saw the ice he was lying on sank, and I wanted to catch him..." But he almost missed, and he fell himself Going down, if Shen Jingyan hadn't used his legs as a pad, his head would probably hit the ice, and his face would be full of flowers.

Wu Peng jumped onto the ice in the middle of the seal, but it was as smooth as a mirror. If you looked carefully, you could find a faint rectangular shadow in the depths of the ice, but you couldn't see anything else.Just now they all saw a lot of water emerging from the cracks in the ice, condensing into a new ice surface. If Tang Ji and Gu Yi had really sunk, they would have fallen into the water by now and were frozen on those ice. between crushed ice.

Wu Peng picked up the army thorn in his hand and chiseled it down. After a few dings, the triangular tip of the army thorn broke off a small piece, and his own tiger's mouth was also shattered, but the ice surface was not damaged at all, even a white spot None left.

"Don't chisel it." Shen Jingyan slid over with one leg, "Don't let the blood drip on the ice..." Otherwise, the seal might be reopened.Although it is only a few drops of blood, who knows what chain reaction it will bring...

Andy's two knives have already been lost. Just now, he was about to hit the ice with his fist, but he could only stop when he heard Shen Jingyan's words: "Then what should we do? They must be here!"

"I don't think so." The six years of living in the temple made Shen Jingyan calm down more than others at certain times, "I just discovered that there are only us here."

"Of course it's just us, Jim and the others didn't drop—" Andy suddenly came to his senses before he finished speaking, "Where are those vampires?"

Because Gu Yi suddenly appeared to interrupt the unsealed blood sacrifice, there were still dozens of vampires left at the scene. Even if several of them were killed by three generations of vampires just now, there should still be about twenty or so left.Although most of them are still imprisoned by chains, it is impossible that there is not even a single survivor now.

"Could it be this seal—it is specially designed to seal vampires, so—but Jim is not a vampire..." Andy was only halfway through speaking, and then overturned his own guess.

"If it's specially designed to seal vampires, then we should leave a corpse for us." Shen Jingyan looked around, "Anyway, it doesn't make sense now, so I think Tang Ji and the others may not be here..."

When the demon hunters were desperately trying to analyze and reason like ants in a hot pot on the ice, Tang Ji and Gu Yi had already uttered a final "boom" - the two fell to the same plane and stopped moving.

"My God——" Tang Ji sighed involuntarily, "It finally stopped...how are you doing?" The two of them hit each other like bouncing balls just now. Although he was not injured, his head was already damaged. Was shaken almost dizzy.

"It's okay." Gu Yi let go of him slowly, and lay flat on the ground, "They're all ice and rocks, they can't hurt me. What about you?" No matter how tightly he hugged Tang Ji, it was impossible Cover him completely, after all Tang Ji is a little taller than him.

"It's nothing else, just this head—I suspect my brain has been shaken into soy milk..." Tang Ji also lay still.He said it lightly, but in fact, there are already stars in front of his eyes, his eyes are clearly open, but he can't see anything except a dim red, maybe there is something wrong.

Tang Ji stretched out his hand to the side.Gu Yi also said it very easily, but if he was really fine, he wouldn't be lying down until now.After all, in a strange place, they don't know what will happen. The two of them are so scattered, if an enemy appears, there is no time to react.

His fingers touched the cool skin, and Tang Ji held those slender fingers. He felt that he had no strength in his whole body, and even felt a little depressed.It is of course a great success to re-seal the three generations of blood clan and prevent Louis' plot, but—the blood of God is exhausted, and Gu Yi's hope of returning to adulthood is completely gone.

Thinking of this, Tang Ji almost lost the energy to get up.He didn't even dare to think about what mood Gu Yi was in right now.He was even a little lucky, luckily his eyes were red from the fall, and he couldn't see Gu Yi's face clearly, otherwise——

wrong!Tang Ji's head turned halfway and stopped suddenly, because although his field of vision was still dark red, he could still see Gu Yi's face clearly, but there seemed to be wisps of mist always lingering between them...

"This is—" Gu Yiye just opened his eyes, and sat up in the next second, pulling the injury on his back, and couldn't help twitching the corners of his lips.

He hesitated to speak, but Tang Ji had a flash of inspiration: "It can't be, it can't be that blood mist maze?"

The Venus in front of him finally disappeared. Once he cleared his mind, he could see more clearly. Although the surrounding area was filled with red mist, it seemed that there was a wall not far away. Because it was also dark red, it was hidden in the mist. , which is hard to see.It was only because he was lying down now and the fog near the ground was thin that he noticed it.

Of course, the red mist is not necessarily the blood mist maze, but weren't they sucked in by the seal just now?The seal was originally made by Cain, but now that he came to such a place, of course he immediately thought of the Blood Mist Labyrinth.

"Yes, it's the Blood Mist Labyrinth!" Gu Yi climbed up while supporting his waist, and looked around in surprise, "The seal is actually connected to the Blood Mist Labyrinth?"

Tang Ji also got up: "How are you?" Didn't you just say you're fine?Now he is holding his waist again, as if he has indulged too much, which is really worrying.

Gu Yi casually slapped his hand to lift his clothes: "I said it's okay, I just bumped into it, and it will be fine soon. Let's think about how to get out."

Tang Ji's hand paused: "Haven't you walked out of the maze?"

Gu Yi rolled his eyes at him: "At that time I neither knew how to get in nor how to get out, but now it's even better, I don't know where I fell in the maze, how can I get out?"

He looked around and sighed: "Everywhere in the blood mist maze is exactly the same, there is not even a mark, I really don't know how to get out..."

Suddenly there was a chuckle in the mist.The sound seemed to be far away, even with Tang Ji and Gu Yi's ears, they couldn't tell where it came from.

"Who is it!" Tang Ji shouted in a deep voice, subconsciously standing in front of Gu Yi, with his arm hanging down, the mithril chain had slipped into his hand, ready to strike at any time.

But in the next second, Gu Yi slapped him heavily on the shoulder: "Shut up, it's the ancestor!"

Tang Ji felt his chest was full of blood when he moved it, but Gu Yi slapped him again, almost turning his internal organs up, and suddenly coughed violently: "Ahem, are you going to murder..."

The laughter grew louder: "Francis, you didn't come to see me when you came to the maze, did you just want to leave?"

"Ancestor, I'm just—afraid to disturb your rest..."

"Because you brought a witcher?" Cain's voice was flickering, and although there was a smile, it was also a little confusing.Gu Yi's heart skipped a beat, he stretched out his hand and pulled Tang Ji behind him, and said cautiously: "I didn't intend to bring him here to disturb the ancestor, it was because someone wanted to open the seal of the ancients, we—"

Cain interrupted him casually: "I know that, but he is still a witcher after all, isn't he? A witcher came to my blood mist maze, what do you think I should do?"

As soon as these words were uttered, Tang Ji felt that the temperature in the entire maze seemed to drop a lot.What is the attitude of a vampire towards a demon hunter? Does it need to be said?What's more, this is Cain!As long as he makes a murderous move, it is estimated that no one in the Demon Hunters Guild can resist it, let alone after he is seriously injured...

"The meaning of the ancestor is—" Gu Yi held Tang Ji firmly, not allowing him to walk in front of him, "He didn't want to disturb the ancestor, but because of blocking—"

"Ah, I know." Cain interrupted him again, his voice was half a smile, "So I also want to try not to kill him, why not—" He seemed to have suddenly thought of some good idea, and his voice suddenly became lighter: " Why don't you let him become a blood race too. In this way, you can be together."

"No!" Gu Yi blurted out.

"Why?" Cain seemed to think that his idea was very good, "Have you already used the blood of God? In this way, it is impossible for you to become a human being again, so let him become a blood race. Isn't it good to stay together?"

Tang Ji couldn't help thinking about this method.Seems like—really possible?

"No." Gu Yi resolutely refused, "I won't let him become a blood race. Besides, are you really the ancestor?"

Tang Ji was stunned, Gu Yi had already stroked his palm a few times: "The ancestor would not make this suggestion, you—"

The word "you" was still echoing in the maze, and a ray of silver light suddenly flew out of Tang Ji's hand, shooting towards the corner of the maze.And behind the silver light, Gu Yi's figure suddenly dispersed into a group of bats, and they jumped on them.

The dark red blood mist was turbulent for a while, and Gu Yi's figure appeared on the spot, unscathed, but obviously nothing was found.As for Tang Ji's mithril chain, it disappeared into the air like a mud cow entering the sea.

Cain laughed out loud in the mist: "Why, I didn't say that your sweetheart must become a blood race, so why did you suddenly start doing it? I haven't seen you in decades, and your temper is much worse than before. Ah. Alright, alright, I won’t tease you anymore——ah, really, the juniors now don’t have the patience to chat with the seniors..."

This change was simply too fast, Tang Ji's mouth twitched, and he asked Gu Yi in a low voice: "Is this your ancestor?"

"I—" Gu Yi didn't know what to say, "The ancestor wouldn't take the initiative to transform you into a blood race..."

"Hey, it's just a joke." Cain said slowly, "No one has come to talk to me for more than 60 years. Seeing you now makes me happy."

Now the corner of Gu Yi's mouth is also twitching: "Sixty years ago, you were not like this. At that time, no one had entered the maze for hundreds of years, right?"

"Of course it was different back then." Cain was still speaking slowly, "At that time, all my strength was used to maintain the thirteen seals, and I had neither energy nor interest in chatting with people. But this time, you put With McAwi's strength weakened, I don't have to work hard to maintain his seal, so of course I'm in the mood to talk to you."

"Looking for us?" Tang Ji keenly grasped the clues in Cain's words, "You—cough, you brought us here?"

"Of course." Even though he didn't show up, he could hear the joy in Cain's voice, "After all these years, I had to sleep to maintain the seal, and it was really boring. Now you have liberated part of my energy and let me I can finally come out and do some activities, so I want to thank you too. How about it, do you want me to give you a first hug? In this way, you will become a blood clan higher than the generation of the ancients, and you can unify the thirteen clans."

"First ancestor!" Gu Yi's face turned dark.Now he can be sure that this is indeed Cain himself, and he is very happy that Cain finally no longer has to sleep, but—how could he not know that the ancestor is such an ancestor, it sounds—seems very unreliable.

"Hahahaha——" There was a burst of laughter from the corner of the maze, the red blood mist parted to the two sides, and a figure walked out slowly.

Speaking of which, among the vampires, Cain's appearance is really not outstanding, but he has an indescribable temperament, so that when you first see it, you will think that the highest-ranking vampire should be this Appearance, but his face is not important.

"First ancestor—" Gu Yi took a step back subconsciously, and pulled Tang Ji behind him again.

"Don't be so nervous." Cain scratched his hair helplessly, "I thought I wasn't so scary. Besides, I just said I should thank him."

Tang Ji laughed dryly: "You are not scary, Gu Yi is just worried that I will offend you." As for thanking you, forget it, of course, if Cain still has a drop of God's blood...

Cain laughed again: "Well, I don't have the blood of God. However, you haven't used up the original drop, so why do you need a second drop of God's blood?"

"Not finished?" Tang Ji subconsciously turned to look at Gu Yi.

Gu Yi looked bewildered: "I've used it up..." The red gem was completely integrated into the body of the third generation of McAvey, without any debris left.

Cain shrugged: "If it is a whole drop of God's blood, even three generations can fully restore human beings, then the seal will disappear, and he will not be pulled back into the coffin again."

Gu Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly: "Indeed, that is not a whole drop of God's blood, but some transparent pieces that have been polished and cut..."

"Oh, in fact, the power of the blood of God is mainly in those transparent parts." Cain said the amazing secret casually, as if to say that the cabbage gang is not as delicious as the cabbage heart, "although the red part accounts for a larger proportion. , but in fact it is mostly impurities, not the essence.”

But this secret is somewhat useless to Tang Ji: "But the fragments have also been used."

"No!" Gu Yi grabbed him, "The fragments should—not all of them have been used up! Have you forgotten? Only a small half of Andre's pendant is left! Where's the other half?"

"Of course the other half is still there." Cain said slowly, "And, it's still where you lived before."

"How do you know?" Tang Ji asked in disbelief.

Cain smiled.His smile is different from just now, it seems that there is something more: "Of course I sensed it. Don't forget, I was once a descendant of God."

Cain is the son of Adam, and Adam is No.1 created by God in his own image.Although it is said that God created Adam only from dust, since God gave him life, his blood is inseparable from God.

"Then let's go back and find the other half of the pendant!" Tang Ji now can't wait to put on a pair of wings and fly back to Shanghai immediately, "I think that half of the pendant is probably lost in the garage! Or it may be picked up by someone Let’s go, it’s inlaid with gold after all!”

After listening to his plan to go back, Cain began to investigate from the staff of the exhibition center, and interjected unhurriedly: "It seems that you have to get out of the maze first."

There was a hint of mischief in his eyes, and he pointed outside: "When the seal is opened, there will be movement in the entire Bloodmist Maze. Now the elders of the twelve clans have gathered outside. If you go out now, you can just fight with them." Say hello."

"Ancestor—" Gu Yi's face darkened again.Now go out and face the elders of the Twelve Clans?That is unless he gets another drop of Cain's blood.

Cain happily admired Gu Yi's expression, and then laughed: "Well, since you guys helped me solve the burden of a seal, I should do something."

He patted his black long coat, turned around and walked towards a certain direction: "Since I don't want to return to being a human being, then the blood race is still my responsibility. Come with me, what the younger generation of the Fanzhuo clan does must always be done." It’s better to explain clearly to everyone.” He suddenly turned his head and blinked at Gu Yi, “Otherwise, when you become a human, will you still be chased and killed by the blood race? This is my thank you.” Come on."

Following his footsteps, the bloody mist in the labyrinth receded to both sides like an ebb tide, and a door that was slowly opening appeared in front of it, and more and more light was being projected from the wider and wider cracks in the door .In an instant, the whole labyrinth seemed to come alive, filled with hope again, just like the hearts of Tang Ji and Gu Yi at this moment.

Hope is always ahead...

The author has something to say: Ah, finally, finally, the writing is finished, the ending has been dragged on for so long, I have written and changed it, changed it and deleted it, and finally found an ending that I think is quite reasonable.So, sprinkle flowers to celebrate the end...

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