Chapter 772: Nether Ancestor
Zhang Chi still wanted to ask for it, but when he heard Huangfu urging him to get on the boat, Zhang Chi came to the boat with the snow girl in his arms.
Yu Guoshou became more and more strange when he saw that the young master was so focused on Zhang Chi, and he didn't know that it was Zhang Chi who rescued Huangfu Wang from the iceberg in the middle of the lake.
The people of the Shanman clan got on the boat one after another, and the boats rowed to the depths of the underground river, Huangfu looked up, but saw a lonely figure standing on the long bridge with a cane, it was his father Huangfu Xiu, Huangfu Wang thought of the day when they would never see each other this time, and suddenly burst into tears.
Zhang Chi looked at the Snow Girl with a concerned face, feeling that someone was looking at him, looking up, but seeing Yu Guoshou staring at him coldly, Yu Guoshou said, "Do you recognize her?"
Zhang Chi smiled: "As long as it is a beauty, I look familiar, Mr. Yu, why is she unconscious?" he also asked knowingly.
Yu Guoshou said: "If she is sober, I am afraid that your life will not be guaranteed." ”
The speed of the dinghy suddenly increased, but the current suddenly became turbulent, after leaving the underground stronghold, the river suddenly widened, and more than a dozen ice caves appeared in front of them, which divided the underground river into different tributaries, Yu Guoshou threw Zhang Chi an oar: "Don't just stare at the woman, help row." ”
Zhang Chi put the Snow Girl in the cabin and lay down, picked up the oars and rowed with Yu Guoshou.
Huangfu Wang didn't wipe away his tears until he couldn't see his father's figure clearly, took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Yu, will that monster come?"
Yu Guoshou said: "Definitely!"
The crowd enters the ice caves in batches, and these ice caves end up in the same direction, and eventually rejoin the unfrozen river exposed to the surface.
Zhang Chi was worried about the situation of the Snow Girl, and looked at Huangfu and said, "Young master, is she okay?"
Yu Guoshou said: "She was hit by the colorful wolf smoke, it takes three days and nights to wake up, you can rest assured, since the young master promised to give her to you, he will not regret it, I hope you don't regret it." ”
Zhang Chi heard Yu Guoshou say the same, and gradually put his mind at ease.
They traveled in the dark underground river, accompanied by dozens of dinghies, and after about an hour's march, Yu Guoshou led the group into a natural underground harbor, where they docked the dinghy and landed on the smooth ice.
Zhang Chi saw it in his eyes, and secretly thought in his heart, it seems that these people really don't plan to come back, and the other clansmen shouldn't know that from other ice caves, along the tributaries of the underground river, they will eventually drift into the unfrozen river, if the Netherworld Ancestor really catches up, those people will act as bait invisibly, it seems that Yu Guoshou has already planned everything. If it weren't for Huangfu Wang's ability to let him go along, it is estimated that he would have become a bait like everyone else, so it seems that Huangfu Wang is not bad for himself as a life-saving benefactor.
Zhang Chi picked up the Snow Girl and walked forward along the ice with everyone, and it didn't take long to see the ice rock with a steep angle, they needed to climb up from here, Zhang Chi cut a cable when he left the dinghy just now, and used the cable to tie the Snow Girl to his back.
Yu Guoshou watched coldly, expecting that Zhang Chi must know this woman, otherwise he would still have a burden in this situation.
Although Zhang Chi carried the Snow Girl on his back, his climbing speed was not inferior to others, and he did not become a burden in the team, Zhang Chi deduced that they should be climbing to the surface, and the exit was likely to be on the side of the Cold Mountain Plateau.
Zhang Chi found the Snow Girl, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground. Although Yu Guoshou was full of suspicion about him, Zhang Chi didn't care, this group of people didn't pose much of a threat to him, and the Shanman clan had fallen to the point where it was today, and there was no hope of restoring its former glory.
In comparison, the biggest threat is still the Netherworld Ancestor, although Zhang Chi did not confront the Netherworld Ancestor head-on, but he also saw the scene where the monster turned a worker into powder in an instant, what happened Zhang Chi is not clear, judging from the situation at the scene, it should be the monster that sucked the energy in the worker's body.
This method is somewhat similar to Dubeifeng's ability to enhance by absorbing the black blood in the black warrior's body, but this Netherworld Ancestor is even more terrifying, and he can directly suck people into powder and turn them into powder.
Fortunately, the Netherworld Ancestor did not catch up, and after half an hour of climbing, they finally came to the surface.
Zhang Chi climbed up from the snow cave with the Snow Maiden on his back, and a blood-colored red moon hung above the night sky, dyeing the endless snow fields around him with a layer of rose.
Yu Guoshou, who climbed to the snow field first, stared blankly at the blood moon, his face was full of horror, and muttered: "Resurrected, he really came back to life." ”
Zhang Chi was a little strange, Yu Guoshou didn't see the Netherworld Ancestor, why would he make such a judgment? In Zhang Chi's opinion, the so-called Netherworld Ancestor may just be a supernatural person who was teleported from him like him, because the origin is unknown, so it was given such a mysterious color, and human beings are often full of fear of unknown things.
The thousand years of the Netherworld Ruins are not long compared to the outside world, one year in the outside world is equal to thirty years here, and a thousand years is more than thirty years.
Zhang Chi helped the snow girl check it, her breathing was even and her heart beat was smooth, and it was estimated that there was no big problem. Judging from the place, this should be the Cold Mountain Plateau, Zhang Chi tried to establish contact with the lightning, but after several attempts, he could not get what he wanted, it is estimated that there is a short distance between him and the lightning, and it may also be because of the shielding around. However, they are heading in the direction of the North Ice City, and it is believed that they will soon be able to meet up with the rest of their companions.
Huangfu looked around dazedly and depressed, until now he was still in a state of self-blame, always thinking that if he hadn't been too reckless and poured wine around the icicles, maybe the old monster inside the icicles would not have broken through the wall and would not have caused this catastrophe to the clan.
Yu Guoshou saw that he was in a low mood, and comforted: "Young master, I believe that the lord Jiren has his own natural appearance, this place is by no means a place to stay for a long time, let's leave as soon as possible." ”
Huangfu said: "I really don't understand, there are so many of us, he is only one, I don't believe that we can't control him." ”
Yu Guoshou said: "The Netherworld Ancestor has existed for more than a thousand years, and the development and growth of the Netherworld outside the Great Wall of Ice and Snow is only a matter of six or seven hundred years. Although the words were said tactfully, they still showed their attitude, and they couldn't control it, even if they gathered all their mountain barbarian clans, they probably couldn't control it.
Huangfu Xiu stood on the long bridge, the screams were endless, the sound came from far and near, and a snowy water arrow in the distance went downstream, Huangfu Xiu looked fixedly, but saw a naked man standing on top of a small boat, with his hands behind him, although he did not operate the oars, but the small boat under him seemed to be full of horsepower, moving at an astonishing speed.
There were dozens of dinghys fleeing in front of them, and in an instant, the naked man had rushed into the camp of the dinghy, and there was no collision, and before the man could get close, the dinghy shattered into slag, and the people on it also turned into blood mist.
A dark red blood mist filled the surface of the underground river, and the naked man was bathed in the blood mist, and the bones around his body made a firecracker-like sound.
Whoa!
Arrows flew like locusts, leaving the Guards legion to take advantage of the concealment on both sides of the strait to launch an attack on the Netherworld Ancestor.
The speed of the feather arrow's flight changed from fast to slow, and finally froze in mid-air, the gloomy eyes of the Netherworld Ancestor stared at Huangfu Xiu on the long bridge, nodded slightly, and the warriors of the Guards hidden on the ice walls on both sides felt attracted by an invisible force at the same time, and flew into the air with a scream, their bodies rotated and collided together, colliding with each other in the air, the high-speed impact broke their bones, and dozens of warriors squeezed each other together, spinning rapidly in the air at an alarming speed.
The Nether Ancestor had already taken a small boat to the bottom, and his whirling body exploded violently, and the scene was like a rain of blood.
Huangfu Xiu raised the iron rod in his hand and aimed at the Netherworld Ancestor, the blue light at the top of the iron rod was brilliant, and a wrist-thick blue light shot straight towards the Netherworld Ancestor, and the beam continued to expand after leaving the iron staff, and it had expanded into a two-meter-diameter beam in the middle of the line, with such an expansion speed, when it reached the river surface, it could cover the entire river surface.
Words can't describe the speed at which the beam travels, the Nether Ancestor moves faster, and at the same time as the beam is projected, his body has already left the surface of the river and entered mid-air.
Huangfu Xiu was dumbfounded, the speed of the other party's movement was already amazing enough, and the small boat seemed to be born under his feet, rising in mid-air along with it.
Huang Fu changed direction, aiming at the Netherworld Ancestor in the air and shot out a beam of light again, this time the Netherworld Ancestor did not dodge, the pillar of light suddenly became fragmented when it approached his body, and the broken flowers became small points of light, and the blue points of light were silently sucked into his body.
The Netherworld Ancestor's body froze in mid-air, looking down at Huang Fu Xiong, as if looking at an insignificant ant, his lips did not move, but Huang Fu Xiu's mind clearly resounded with the other party's voice.
"Hand over my blood crystals!"
Huangfu Xiu shook his head.
The Netherworld Ancestor didn't repeat it a second time, the dinghy under his feet broke away from his feet and flew out, and the top of the dinghy wedged into the bridge deck where Huangfu Xiu was standing with lightning speed, the bridge deck broke from it, and Huangfu Xiu's body fell towards the frozen river, and the naked body of the Netherworld Ancestor turned into a blue light and crashed into Huangfu Xiu's body.
The wind on the cold mountain plateau was very strong, and the wind rushed down from the top of the plateau like a herd of wild horses, crashing into people's bodies, and after a round of impact, it crushed people's flesh with low temperatures.
People walking in such bad weather have to maintain the posture of bowing their heads and fighting against the oncoming wind, life is like walking, there are always times when encountering difficulties, Huangfu Wang tried not to think about other things, silently reminded himself to move forward, he can only move forward.
Zhang Chi followed the snow girl at the end of the team with the snow girl on his back, it wasn't that he wanted to walk with Huangfu Wang's group of people, he was already thinking about thinking of an excuse to leave the team as soon as possible, this group of people is currently a high-risk group, and walking with them is likely to be pursued by the Netherworld Ancestor.
Zhang Daxian stopped, and Yu Guoshou, who had been paying attention to him, immediately noticed: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Chi waved his hand, pretending to be out of breath: "Let's go...... Can't walk anymore...... Can you take a break? Yu Guoshou is the most treacherous and cunning of this group of people, and he should be able to see through it.
Yu Guoshou said: "No, either you can continue to go, or you can stay by yourself." ”
Zhang Chi originally wanted to stay by himself, but he sighed and said, "I really can't walk." ”
Yu Guoshou frowned, he had always suspected that this kid had a ghost, their trip was secret, if it wasn't for Huangfu Wang's insistence on bringing Zhang Chi, he would not have walked with Zhang Chi in his meaning, Huangfu Wang also stopped at this time and turned around.
Zhang Chi said: "Young master, I really can't walk, and I don't want to drag everyone down, so it's better for you to go first, and then catch up after I recover." ”
Huangfu nodded, he didn't care about Zhang Chi at all now, although Zhang Chi saved his life, but he also gave Zhang Chi a reward, in a sense, they were two clear.
Yu Guoshou also didn't want to relax and go together, so it was better to separate early.
Huangfu Wang and Zhang Chi said goodbye, and before leaving, Zhang Daxian said cheekily: "Young master, can you give me the antidote to the colorful wolf smoke?"
Huangfu was also refreshed, and he asked his subordinates for an antidote and called Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi watched Huangfu look at this group of people to leave, and everyone could be regarded as a good fit and a good dispersion. The antidote is a small porcelain bottle, after unscrewing, a spicy smell came to the nose, Zhang Chi put the mouth of the bottle close to the nose of the Snow Girl, the Snow Girl inhaled this spicy breath and was choked coughing and sneezing, opened her eyes, and looked at Zhang Chi with tears in her eyes.
Stunned, he said, "I...... How did I end up here?"
Seeing that she was fine, Zhang Chi smiled and said, "You fell while flying." ”
Xue Nu listened to him easily, but knew that the process must not be so simple, snuggled in his arms, and said softly: "You must have spent a lot of effort looking for me, right?"
Zhang Daxian said: "You are my woman, and it is my responsibility to protect you." The words made the Snow Girl's heart flutter, and she hooked her flabby neck with her backhand and sent a lingering kiss, and said delicately: "I am your slave, and it is my responsibility to protect you and serve you." ”
Zhang Chi pinched the pretty face of the Snow Girl, the Snow Girl stood up with his support, tried to take two steps, her legs were still sore, it seemed that although her mind was clear, it would take a while to recover her normal walking ability.
Zhang Chi picked up the snow girl on her back, the snow girl asked what happened after being hit and fell, Zhang Chi simply told her, the snow girl was furious after hearing it, and she couldn't catch up now to kill Huang Fu Wang and a group of people, Zhang Chi let her not be impulsive, although there were twists and turns in the middle, but the result was not dangerous, Huang Fu Wang that kid is not a bad person, and listening to Huang Fu Xiu's words, obviously some regrets, he let Huang Fu Wang go to the North Ice City to join Feng Mantang, if Huang Fu Xiu died, Huang Fu Wang is the supreme leader of the Shanman clan.
After this incident, Huangfu Wang should have realized that it would be a good thing if he could lead the Shanman Clan to join the camp against the Netherworld army.
Although the Snow Girl has a bad temper, she is obedient to Zhang Chi, since Zhang Chi prevented her from chasing and killing the Shanman Clan, she naturally complied, not to mention that she is also weak now, her legs are so weak that she can't walk, and she has to rely on Zhang Chi to carry her on her back.
Zhang Chi couldn't sense the direction of the lightning, and couldn't tell the specific direction in this vast snowy field, the snow girl pointed to the snow-capped mountain in front of them on the left and said: "There is the cold mountain, the cold mountain plateau is divided into east and west parts, we were in the west of the cold mountain before, and now we are on the east side of the mountain, you can't sense the direction of the lightning, probably because of the blockage of this big mountain." ”
Zhang Chi said: "Could it be that we have to climb over this mountain to meet the others?"
The Snow Maiden smiled: "We have agreed to go to the Northern Ice City, and we can reach the North Ice City from the east and west of the Cold Mountain, and the distance is similar." ”
Zhang Chi said: "I'm afraid they are still waiting for us in the same place." ”
The Snow Girl said: "Then let them wait for one more day, and when I regain my ability to fly, I will take you directly over the cold mountain and go over there to meet them." ”
Zhang Chi carried the Snow Girl on his back and continued to walk in the direction of Cold Mountain, and Snow Girl was a little strange and didn't understand why he chose to go towards Cold Mountain instead of following the footprints of that group of people. Zhang Daxian actually has his own calculations, always worried that the Netherworld Ancestor will catch up, although he is confident in his ability, but it is difficult to guarantee that he can still take care of the Snow Maiden in the situation of encountering a strong enemy.
The closer she got to the cold mountain, the heavier the wind and snow, and the snow girl saw that it was the time of day and night again, the northern aura flickered, and soon the temperature would drop sharply, so she asked Zhang Chi to find a place to hide from the wind and snow and low temperatures.
Zhang Chi found an ice cave nearby, took the Snow Girl into it, the two squeezed together, the Snow Girl felt the warmth of Zhang Chi's body, clinging to his body, Zhang Chi hugged her, remembered the matter of the Netherworld Ancestor, and said in a low voice: "Have you ever heard of the Netherworld Ancestor?"
The Snow Maiden shook her head, her abilities had recovered somewhat, her five fingers stretched and swirled, and the hole was sealed by transparent thin ice with her movements, and the Snow Maiden did not forget to leave a small hole for the two of them to breathe. When he met Zhang Chi's gaze, his beautiful eyes were as gentle as water, and his breath became hot.
When the two were about to enjoy their world, Zhang Chi suddenly sat up, the ice cave was narrow, forgetting that the top was too low, and accidentally hit his head on the hard ice rock.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Chi said: "The lightning is coming!"
The Snow Girl knew that there was also a contract between Zhang Chi and Lightning, and they had some kind of unknown induction, and the Snow Girl said, "I hate it, why did it come so quickly." The enthusiasm and passion in my heart suddenly cooled down because of this news.
The Snow Maiden looked out through the thin ice at the entrance of the cave, and soon saw three wind wolves rushing towards their place at high speed in the wind and snow.
Zhang Chi shook his head with a smile, raised his foot to kick the thin ice that sealed the entrance of the cave, and got out of the ice cave, lightning rushed to Zhang Chi's side first, and saw that the master was unharmed, so excited that he stood upright, and put a pair of front legs on Zhang Chi's shoulders.
Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and rubbed Lightning's triangular face, Lightning crooked his mouth and blinked his eyes: "Master, is it a good thing for you?" The Snow Girl did not leave the ice cave, but the lightning had already smelled the ambiguous breath in the ice cave.
Zhang Chi said: "It's not the first time for you. ”