Crossing to the Wild
Chapter 118
Rongyue and Tianyang in the cave were not as relaxed as some people above, Rongyue hadn't experienced such a tense feeling for a long time.
The darkness in the cave was abnormally thick, and his ball of holy light could shine everywhere on the ground, but it only illuminated a radius of 50 meters in this hollow.
The depth was like a rift, when Tianyang brought him to the ground, he almost stepped on something.
When I took a closer look, I was so disgusted that my stomach was nauseated, there were demonized mice all over the floor, layer by layer, huddled together and wriggling.
With Tianyang's palm blowing down, the individual abilities of the demon rats were very poor, and they almost died in a single sweep. However, the demonic energy was not damaged at all, but was absorbed by other living demon rats.
Rong Yue didn't have time to discuss this abnormal situation with him, so she read a hymn, Tian Yang pulled out the magic snake bone knife, and the two of them flew among the group of rats, smashing a large area, causing blood to fly everywhere.
"No." Rong Yue leaned against the cold stone wall and said loudly, "Cover me!"
The sacred sword that can burn the magic energy is transformed into the palm, and the dazzling golden light pierces the darkness.
He made a holding stick, swung the sword with his right hand, and made a slashing movement.
The shock wave shook the ground, causing countless black air to escape.
it works!
The last time when he was fighting the magic snake, Tianyang was injured during the practice. Later, after numerous experiments, it was proved that the holy sword and the magic energy did conflict.So unless it was absolutely necessary, Rong Yue would not throw the sword to Tian Yang again.
Fortunately, the Demon Snake Bone Knife was also very useful. Tianyang controlled the field, quickly cut down a huge number of rats, and piled them to Rong Yue's side to wait for him to burn them with divine power.
This kind of communication and cooperation is very efficient. In half an hour, the magic rat will be wiped out.
However, before they were happy for a while, the devilish energy that came from nowhere gradually surrounded them like a thick fog.
Accompanied by the sound of animals flapping their wings in the cave... it was a little bat.
"Too many." Rong Yue stood still, her tone tense.He didn't mean these animals, but the continuous demonic energy.
There is such a place in the underground of the City of Valor, if they hadn't dug it out now, what kind of consequences would it have been on the day it erupted!
"Back!" Tianyang shouted, then took a deep breath, held the snake bone knife backhand, and swept across like lightning!
"Squeaky-"
The huge impact crushed a whole piece of black magic beast against the wall, and there was nothing in front of it.
"It won't work like this." Rong Yue said decisively, "If you can't finish it, you have to know where the source is. If you stand in the way, I'll come and find it!"
Tianyang nodded tacitly, and the holy light was sacrificed from between the two, barely acting as a mosquito repellent. The monsters did not dare to attack, and those who dared to come were hacked to death by Tianyang.Under tremendous pressure, after walking several hundred meters, I finally found an abnormal mountain bag among the corpses of rats everywhere.
Tianyang jumped up, kicked away the rat corpse under his feet, and a little white appeared.
It was a huge skull, taller than a human being, just placed here, continuously creating a deadly devilish energy!
"I'll do it." Rong Yue jumped up, picked up the holy sword, and stabbed down hard—it couldn't go in!
do not move!
Tianyang used his body to protect Rongyue, and the surrounding magic bats crackled and hit him. Rongyue held the sword, and Tianyang grabbed the back of his hand and wrapped it tightly.Then raise your hand and use your strength.
The golden lightsaber sank into the ominous skull, but there were two clicks, and as the skull cracked, the black air inside rushed out like an explosion!
"Tianyang, up there!"
Before Rong Yue could yell, Tian Yang had already rushed out of the cave with a few teleports in his arms, and the people watching the excitement above were thrown on their backs. Tian Yang blocked the big rock before he could stand still: "Stand back! Stay away! a little!"
Rong Yue sat down on the ground, sweating profusely on the back of her neck, closed her eyes and thought about what to do now.
It's too strong, the total amount of magic energy may be more than that of the sea beast that was so tall back then.They were unprepared and underestimated the enemy.
Senior White Fox and Senior Black Turtle are thousands of miles away. They want to get rid of this hole in a very short time. Otherwise, there are too many people outside, how many people can survive?
The more nervous Rong Yue became, the faster his thoughts turned. After a while, he opened his eyes and uttered a sentence: "Fire in ice."
When he took something from the package, it seemed to outsiders that he raised his hand, and the item appeared out of thin air, so miraculous that the onlookers almost applauded Rong Yue.
Too bad the timing wasn't right.
"Try the power," Rong Yue took a deep breath: "After you remove the stone, I will throw it away."
"Throw it right," Tianyang smiled reassuringly, "Don't hit it on the stone wall, you'll lose if it breaks in mid-air... It doesn't matter, just get out of trouble slowly, don't be nervous."
"En." Rong Yue really felt a little sense of security, and stared at the hole with all her attention.Tianyang exerted his muscles and moved the big rock a crack, Rongyue let go of the small transparent bottle regardless of the black air rushing out.
boom!
The raging fire filled the entire hole in almost three seconds.
The demonic qi sizzled, and was quickly wilted by the white flames. The monsters screamed and burned.Tian Yang quickly blocked the stone again, and Rong Yue was responsible for burning the overflowing demonic energy.
Everyone was still in shock, and when there was no movement in the cave, they asked one after another what it was! ?
"Demon energy." Rong Yue explained.After finishing speaking, seeing the reverent eyes of everyone, remembering that they had been exposed, he bent his eyes to comfort them: "Don't be afraid, it's okay... Yes, we are from the Xingyue tribe, my name is Rongyue, and his name is Tianyang."
Everyone started discussing in an uproar, their faces flushed with excitement, they were much more enthusiastic than seeing the city lord of the city of courage.
Rong Yue was a little surprised, she didn't expect their reputation to spread so widely... It's nothing more than a big tribe, but here are mostly small tribes east of Xingye, but they all recognize them and look like they admire and yearn for them?
"Okay." Tianyang behind him moved the big stone away, closed his eyes and sensed it, making sure that there was no trace of magic energy before coming over.
"Why didn't you sense it before?" Rong Yue turned around and asked.
"I don't know," Tian Yang frowned: "I was at sea last time, and I felt it far away. I don't know what it has to do with it."
Rong Yue couldn't think of it for the time being, so she put it aside, leaned into the hole, and threw another shining ball of holy light down.This time, there was no interference from the demon energy, and the entire space was filled with light, and there were bloody animal corpses everywhere, exuding an unpleasant smell.
"There's no way to live with people." Rong Yue said helplessly, "You can save a little effort and throw those waste rocks inside, it's convenient."
Tianyang nodded: "It's okay, dig on the other side."
Someone was worried for a long time, and summoned up the courage to ask: "Xingyue Priest... is this place really safe? I, I'm a little scared..."
Indeed, while some are big-hearted, many more are afraid.
Demonic energy is a fatal poison for most people. Just now, a monster rushed up, and it was an unprecedented strong impact on many women who had only stayed in the tribe.
"It's safe for now," Rong Yue reassured them: "If there is any danger, we will notice."
Even though he said so, some people still looked uneasy, Rong Yue thought about it, and said with a smile: "If you are really scared, come to Xingyue next year."
"!???"
Although his voice was not loud, and only the people around him could hear him, the impact of his words was stronger than that of Warcraft coming up to shop.
What did Xingyue Priest say?Go to Xingyue next year? ?
"To be precise, we came to the west of Hoshino, and we arranged a place." Rongyue explained: "The storm was blocked by an invisible barrier when it was close to Hoshino, and we basically didn't have any troubles from the storm. It's just a collective facility for the winter, it's not that bad Difficulties, when the time comes, you will run in another direction and come to us to spend the winter.”
"..." Leader Fallen Leaf came to his senses first: "Then how much supplies do we have to pay?"
Rong Yue squinted her eyes and smiled: "Keep the food for yourselves, but you need to send people to help you build the building. We can only provide some guidance and help—after all, this is where you want to live."
No!want!things!capital!
These words spread out round and round, and the entire NO.20 hole really boiled.
The deciduous leader's eyes were red, and he was shocked and asked: "Is it only our No. 20 hole?"
"Everyone is welcome." Rong Yue said, "You are all welcome."
The storm outside the cave was still blowing wildly, and the snow was dripping down, but everyone's mood was inversely proportional to the weather, it couldn't have been more sunny!
Many people cried at the scene, shouting that they would no longer have to go hungry...
"When we go out, tell the city owner!" The leader of the fallen leaves shouted excitedly: "We will never come to the city of courage again!"
"Don't come to the city of courage!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"The shit city lord, go and play by yourself!"
"The shit city lord, go and play by yourself!"
"..." It seems that everyone really hates the city lord, obviously no one has really seen it.
Unexpectedly, three days later, everyone in the No. 20 dungeon, who hadn't seen the city lord for several years, actually saw the city lord's true face with their own eyes.
The storm stopped for a while, and the city lord actually came down here, surrounded by guards, with a high attitude.
There was no sound in the cave.
"I heard that something happened here?" The city lord was wearing a fur cloak, standing with his hands behind his back, his sharp chin seemed to poke people: "The guard said he heard the sound of smashing things, why...?"
He half turned, dumbfounded.
How his burrow was gouged out with several ugly holes! ?
"Who did it!?" The city lord was furious, his eyes were bloodshot: "How did my beautiful underground cave become like this!?"
No one dared to answer.
Just as the city lord was about to ask further questions, an icicle fell from the top of his head, hitting his head with pain.
City Lord: "..."
In hole NO.20, no one spoke.
Even if some of them had crooked thoughts, they were all stared at by the people around them.
The leaders and priests of Xingyue must have a purpose for refitting here.They promised to provide them with a safe haven next year. This is a good thing to save their lives. It is too late for everyone to enshrine them as gods. How can they come out?
"Speak!" The city lord was furious: "If you don't say who did it, don't even think about entering the city next winter!"
Everyone... rolled their eyes.
"Then we won't go in." Someone whispered, depressed and unbalanced.
"What?" The city lord was taken aback for a moment, but he couldn't believe the voices coming and going from all around him.
"I won't come next year, I'll piss him off."
"He didn't dig the hole, so what are you pulling?"
"I'm not afraid of him anymore, I'm happy to think that I won't be here next year..."
"Please come and I won't come."
"Without this half of the supplies, they will starve...I'm so looking forward to it!"
The city lord's face turned pale: "Are you all desperate?"
No one explained, and everyone stopped talking again.
"They want it." Rong Yue came out from the hole at the back at this time, her hair was tied up, and she leaned against the wall lazily: "It's with you, and I almost died. They said that next year they would rather dig a hole by themselves than come to the City of Courage. Your hole is gone."
Tian Yang followed him back and forth, and smiled when he heard this.
"You are from the Digging Tribe!?" The city lord's eyes widened: "Why are you here? Not on the [-]st..."
"Isn't this business development?" Rong Yue said with a smile, "Our tribe is very good at digging. If we dig such a big hole next year, everyone can go to our place to take shelter from the wind. I'm here to promote it."
Everyone held back their laughter and applauded him.
The cheekbones spit out by the city lord slid up and down under the skin, and it was extremely irritating to watch.
He trembled for a long time before yelling frantically: "Catch it!! Catch it for me and send it to the City Lord's Mansion!!"
The guards surrounded Rong Yue and Tian Yang, Rong Yue pretended to be moderately panicked.
Coincidentally, taking advantage of the gap between the storms, he entered the City Lord's Mansion.
When Rong Yue followed them up, she felt much better after being a little tensed by the demonic energy.This city lord is stupid and poisonous, and he even created opportunities for them.
It needs to be reformed through labor.
Rong Yue quietly approached Tian Yang's ear: "After getting the mine, throw the city owner down."
Tianyang smiled at him and nodded slightly.
Let him experience the intoxicating night when thousands of people snore.
The author has something to say: Rong Yue: I have been insomnia for many days, everyone is hi
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~
Thanks to the little angels who cast [Landmine]: 4 for Xiaoyan larissa; 1 for Lianlian Wusheng;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:
Chayun Girl 20 bottles;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
The darkness in the cave was abnormally thick, and his ball of holy light could shine everywhere on the ground, but it only illuminated a radius of 50 meters in this hollow.
The depth was like a rift, when Tianyang brought him to the ground, he almost stepped on something.
When I took a closer look, I was so disgusted that my stomach was nauseated, there were demonized mice all over the floor, layer by layer, huddled together and wriggling.
With Tianyang's palm blowing down, the individual abilities of the demon rats were very poor, and they almost died in a single sweep. However, the demonic energy was not damaged at all, but was absorbed by other living demon rats.
Rong Yue didn't have time to discuss this abnormal situation with him, so she read a hymn, Tian Yang pulled out the magic snake bone knife, and the two of them flew among the group of rats, smashing a large area, causing blood to fly everywhere.
"No." Rong Yue leaned against the cold stone wall and said loudly, "Cover me!"
The sacred sword that can burn the magic energy is transformed into the palm, and the dazzling golden light pierces the darkness.
He made a holding stick, swung the sword with his right hand, and made a slashing movement.
The shock wave shook the ground, causing countless black air to escape.
it works!
The last time when he was fighting the magic snake, Tianyang was injured during the practice. Later, after numerous experiments, it was proved that the holy sword and the magic energy did conflict.So unless it was absolutely necessary, Rong Yue would not throw the sword to Tian Yang again.
Fortunately, the Demon Snake Bone Knife was also very useful. Tianyang controlled the field, quickly cut down a huge number of rats, and piled them to Rong Yue's side to wait for him to burn them with divine power.
This kind of communication and cooperation is very efficient. In half an hour, the magic rat will be wiped out.
However, before they were happy for a while, the devilish energy that came from nowhere gradually surrounded them like a thick fog.
Accompanied by the sound of animals flapping their wings in the cave... it was a little bat.
"Too many." Rong Yue stood still, her tone tense.He didn't mean these animals, but the continuous demonic energy.
There is such a place in the underground of the City of Valor, if they hadn't dug it out now, what kind of consequences would it have been on the day it erupted!
"Back!" Tianyang shouted, then took a deep breath, held the snake bone knife backhand, and swept across like lightning!
"Squeaky-"
The huge impact crushed a whole piece of black magic beast against the wall, and there was nothing in front of it.
"It won't work like this." Rong Yue said decisively, "If you can't finish it, you have to know where the source is. If you stand in the way, I'll come and find it!"
Tianyang nodded tacitly, and the holy light was sacrificed from between the two, barely acting as a mosquito repellent. The monsters did not dare to attack, and those who dared to come were hacked to death by Tianyang.Under tremendous pressure, after walking several hundred meters, I finally found an abnormal mountain bag among the corpses of rats everywhere.
Tianyang jumped up, kicked away the rat corpse under his feet, and a little white appeared.
It was a huge skull, taller than a human being, just placed here, continuously creating a deadly devilish energy!
"I'll do it." Rong Yue jumped up, picked up the holy sword, and stabbed down hard—it couldn't go in!
do not move!
Tianyang used his body to protect Rongyue, and the surrounding magic bats crackled and hit him. Rongyue held the sword, and Tianyang grabbed the back of his hand and wrapped it tightly.Then raise your hand and use your strength.
The golden lightsaber sank into the ominous skull, but there were two clicks, and as the skull cracked, the black air inside rushed out like an explosion!
"Tianyang, up there!"
Before Rong Yue could yell, Tian Yang had already rushed out of the cave with a few teleports in his arms, and the people watching the excitement above were thrown on their backs. Tian Yang blocked the big rock before he could stand still: "Stand back! Stay away! a little!"
Rong Yue sat down on the ground, sweating profusely on the back of her neck, closed her eyes and thought about what to do now.
It's too strong, the total amount of magic energy may be more than that of the sea beast that was so tall back then.They were unprepared and underestimated the enemy.
Senior White Fox and Senior Black Turtle are thousands of miles away. They want to get rid of this hole in a very short time. Otherwise, there are too many people outside, how many people can survive?
The more nervous Rong Yue became, the faster his thoughts turned. After a while, he opened his eyes and uttered a sentence: "Fire in ice."
When he took something from the package, it seemed to outsiders that he raised his hand, and the item appeared out of thin air, so miraculous that the onlookers almost applauded Rong Yue.
Too bad the timing wasn't right.
"Try the power," Rong Yue took a deep breath: "After you remove the stone, I will throw it away."
"Throw it right," Tianyang smiled reassuringly, "Don't hit it on the stone wall, you'll lose if it breaks in mid-air... It doesn't matter, just get out of trouble slowly, don't be nervous."
"En." Rong Yue really felt a little sense of security, and stared at the hole with all her attention.Tianyang exerted his muscles and moved the big rock a crack, Rongyue let go of the small transparent bottle regardless of the black air rushing out.
boom!
The raging fire filled the entire hole in almost three seconds.
The demonic qi sizzled, and was quickly wilted by the white flames. The monsters screamed and burned.Tian Yang quickly blocked the stone again, and Rong Yue was responsible for burning the overflowing demonic energy.
Everyone was still in shock, and when there was no movement in the cave, they asked one after another what it was! ?
"Demon energy." Rong Yue explained.After finishing speaking, seeing the reverent eyes of everyone, remembering that they had been exposed, he bent his eyes to comfort them: "Don't be afraid, it's okay... Yes, we are from the Xingyue tribe, my name is Rongyue, and his name is Tianyang."
Everyone started discussing in an uproar, their faces flushed with excitement, they were much more enthusiastic than seeing the city lord of the city of courage.
Rong Yue was a little surprised, she didn't expect their reputation to spread so widely... It's nothing more than a big tribe, but here are mostly small tribes east of Xingye, but they all recognize them and look like they admire and yearn for them?
"Okay." Tianyang behind him moved the big stone away, closed his eyes and sensed it, making sure that there was no trace of magic energy before coming over.
"Why didn't you sense it before?" Rong Yue turned around and asked.
"I don't know," Tian Yang frowned: "I was at sea last time, and I felt it far away. I don't know what it has to do with it."
Rong Yue couldn't think of it for the time being, so she put it aside, leaned into the hole, and threw another shining ball of holy light down.This time, there was no interference from the demon energy, and the entire space was filled with light, and there were bloody animal corpses everywhere, exuding an unpleasant smell.
"There's no way to live with people." Rong Yue said helplessly, "You can save a little effort and throw those waste rocks inside, it's convenient."
Tianyang nodded: "It's okay, dig on the other side."
Someone was worried for a long time, and summoned up the courage to ask: "Xingyue Priest... is this place really safe? I, I'm a little scared..."
Indeed, while some are big-hearted, many more are afraid.
Demonic energy is a fatal poison for most people. Just now, a monster rushed up, and it was an unprecedented strong impact on many women who had only stayed in the tribe.
"It's safe for now," Rong Yue reassured them: "If there is any danger, we will notice."
Even though he said so, some people still looked uneasy, Rong Yue thought about it, and said with a smile: "If you are really scared, come to Xingyue next year."
"!???"
Although his voice was not loud, and only the people around him could hear him, the impact of his words was stronger than that of Warcraft coming up to shop.
What did Xingyue Priest say?Go to Xingyue next year? ?
"To be precise, we came to the west of Hoshino, and we arranged a place." Rongyue explained: "The storm was blocked by an invisible barrier when it was close to Hoshino, and we basically didn't have any troubles from the storm. It's just a collective facility for the winter, it's not that bad Difficulties, when the time comes, you will run in another direction and come to us to spend the winter.”
"..." Leader Fallen Leaf came to his senses first: "Then how much supplies do we have to pay?"
Rong Yue squinted her eyes and smiled: "Keep the food for yourselves, but you need to send people to help you build the building. We can only provide some guidance and help—after all, this is where you want to live."
No!want!things!capital!
These words spread out round and round, and the entire NO.20 hole really boiled.
The deciduous leader's eyes were red, and he was shocked and asked: "Is it only our No. 20 hole?"
"Everyone is welcome." Rong Yue said, "You are all welcome."
The storm outside the cave was still blowing wildly, and the snow was dripping down, but everyone's mood was inversely proportional to the weather, it couldn't have been more sunny!
Many people cried at the scene, shouting that they would no longer have to go hungry...
"When we go out, tell the city owner!" The leader of the fallen leaves shouted excitedly: "We will never come to the city of courage again!"
"Don't come to the city of courage!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"The shit city lord, go and play by yourself!"
"The shit city lord, go and play by yourself!"
"..." It seems that everyone really hates the city lord, obviously no one has really seen it.
Unexpectedly, three days later, everyone in the No. 20 dungeon, who hadn't seen the city lord for several years, actually saw the city lord's true face with their own eyes.
The storm stopped for a while, and the city lord actually came down here, surrounded by guards, with a high attitude.
There was no sound in the cave.
"I heard that something happened here?" The city lord was wearing a fur cloak, standing with his hands behind his back, his sharp chin seemed to poke people: "The guard said he heard the sound of smashing things, why...?"
He half turned, dumbfounded.
How his burrow was gouged out with several ugly holes! ?
"Who did it!?" The city lord was furious, his eyes were bloodshot: "How did my beautiful underground cave become like this!?"
No one dared to answer.
Just as the city lord was about to ask further questions, an icicle fell from the top of his head, hitting his head with pain.
City Lord: "..."
In hole NO.20, no one spoke.
Even if some of them had crooked thoughts, they were all stared at by the people around them.
The leaders and priests of Xingyue must have a purpose for refitting here.They promised to provide them with a safe haven next year. This is a good thing to save their lives. It is too late for everyone to enshrine them as gods. How can they come out?
"Speak!" The city lord was furious: "If you don't say who did it, don't even think about entering the city next winter!"
Everyone... rolled their eyes.
"Then we won't go in." Someone whispered, depressed and unbalanced.
"What?" The city lord was taken aback for a moment, but he couldn't believe the voices coming and going from all around him.
"I won't come next year, I'll piss him off."
"He didn't dig the hole, so what are you pulling?"
"I'm not afraid of him anymore, I'm happy to think that I won't be here next year..."
"Please come and I won't come."
"Without this half of the supplies, they will starve...I'm so looking forward to it!"
The city lord's face turned pale: "Are you all desperate?"
No one explained, and everyone stopped talking again.
"They want it." Rong Yue came out from the hole at the back at this time, her hair was tied up, and she leaned against the wall lazily: "It's with you, and I almost died. They said that next year they would rather dig a hole by themselves than come to the City of Courage. Your hole is gone."
Tian Yang followed him back and forth, and smiled when he heard this.
"You are from the Digging Tribe!?" The city lord's eyes widened: "Why are you here? Not on the [-]st..."
"Isn't this business development?" Rong Yue said with a smile, "Our tribe is very good at digging. If we dig such a big hole next year, everyone can go to our place to take shelter from the wind. I'm here to promote it."
Everyone held back their laughter and applauded him.
The cheekbones spit out by the city lord slid up and down under the skin, and it was extremely irritating to watch.
He trembled for a long time before yelling frantically: "Catch it!! Catch it for me and send it to the City Lord's Mansion!!"
The guards surrounded Rong Yue and Tian Yang, Rong Yue pretended to be moderately panicked.
Coincidentally, taking advantage of the gap between the storms, he entered the City Lord's Mansion.
When Rong Yue followed them up, she felt much better after being a little tensed by the demonic energy.This city lord is stupid and poisonous, and he even created opportunities for them.
It needs to be reformed through labor.
Rong Yue quietly approached Tian Yang's ear: "After getting the mine, throw the city owner down."
Tianyang smiled at him and nodded slightly.
Let him experience the intoxicating night when thousands of people snore.
The author has something to say: Rong Yue: I have been insomnia for many days, everyone is hi
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~
Thanks to the little angels who cast [Landmine]: 4 for Xiaoyan larissa; 1 for Lianlian Wusheng;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:
Chayun Girl 20 bottles;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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