"Bang ——!"

The dazzling orange firelight was reflected in Jiang Yao's stunned pupils, and the scattered ashes came to his face with the heat wave, and finally returned to nothingness in the gradually annihilating flames.

"What just happened......!?"

Jiang Yao stared blankly at all that was happening in front of him, and in just a few seconds, the giant demon that was originally fangs and claws was burned to the point that there was not even a slag left, and such a sudden change made Jiang Yao stand on the spot for a moment, unable to return to his senses for a while.

"Hoo ......"

The cold wind blew away the residual heat, and also pulled Jiang Yao back from his shock. In the swirling white mist, Jiang Yao suddenly vaguely saw a black shadow flashing through the mist, submerged into the depths of the swamp.

Who!?

"Rumble......

Just as Jiang Yao was in doubt, he suddenly heard a shocking roar from far and near, and at the same time, he found that the swamp under his feet began to rise again, and began to collapse rapidly downward like quicksand.

Not good!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Yao hurriedly turned around and tried to run towards the back of the swamp that had not collapsed; however, contrary to his wishes, at the moment when the chaotic energy veins in his body had not completely subsided, how easy was it to escape from the mire? Soon, half of Jiang Yao's body was pulled into the rushing mud, and he was about to be buried alive, but at this moment, a pale yellow light lock suddenly rushed out of the fog and quickly wrapped around Jiang Yao's body, pulling him out of the mire at once.

"Uh-huh......!"

Caught off guard, Jiang Ya fell into the swamp behind him under the action of inertia, but before he could get up, he was lifted by a man's arm and dragged to a rocky beach in front of him.

"Wait! you, you're ——?"

"It's me!"

Eager words sounded from Jiang Yao's side, Jiang Yao turned his head to see that he was facing Lu Xingyue's strange gold and silver eyes.

"Road, road...... Lu Xingyue!?"

Jiang Yao's face twitched, and the hand that was being held subconsciously shrank back, obviously the psychological shadow brought to him by the bait conjured by the fish monster before had not yet passed.

"Huh?" seemed to notice Jiang Yao's strangeness, and Lu Xingyue was suddenly a little surprised. "What are you grinding against? The area behind is going to collapse! Quick, let's go up to the rocky beach in front, it should be safe over there!"

"......" Jiang Yao was speechless, but the current collapse crisis could not help him hesitate, so he could only temporarily suppress his complicated emotions and follow Lu Xingyue all the way to the rocky beach in front of him.

"Boom ......"

The aftermath of the concussion gradually subsided, and the churning swamp finally slowly settled, and finally silence returned. Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue, who finally stepped on the rocky beach, stopped, turned around to look behind, and found that the swamp behind the rocky beach had collapsed more than half, and the original location of Jiang Yao had become a void hollow.

"It's ...... Space collapse?" Jiang Yao looked at the cavity that collapsed behind him, and his heart gradually sank.

"That's right, I've inquired before, this is the junction of the two areas, and the location you were at was the outermost part of the entire space at the moment. According to the rules, the outermost area of the space will collapse every hour. Lu Xingyue explained.

That is to say...... As of just now, another hour has passed in the challenge time...... Huh!?"

Jiang Yao suddenly leaned over and covered his chest, leaning on a rock beside him in pain, cold sweat rippling on his face. Under this series of changes, the energy pulse flow in Jiang Yao's body was also completely disrupted, if it weren't for the continuous operation of the "Xuanwu Bead" in his arms, whether he could maintain his consciousness at this time is still two words.

However, fortunately, after the "Chiyou Consciousness" appeared for a moment before, Jiang Yao could clearly feel that the chaotic energy in his body seemed to have converged a lot, which also allowed him to gradually control the energy veins in his body. After a moment of respite, Jiang Yao finally suppressed the chaotic energy in his body, and the red color of his eyes gradually faded and his ink color was restored.

"Jiang Yao, are you okay?" Seeing that Jiang Yao's face was not good, Lu Xingyue hurriedly stepped forward and said with concern.

"No...... I'm fine. Jiang Yao looked up at Lu Xingyue's face, and suddenly looked away a little uncomfortably.

"Is it really okay?Why do I think you look at me a little strangely?" Lu Xingyue hugged her arms and looked at Jiang Yao suspiciously. "Are you hiding something from me?"

"No, no......" Jiang Yao stammered, and after being entangled for a moment, he cautiously raised his head and glanced at Lu Xingyue, and added uneasily:

"Xingyue, you...... Is it really you?"

"Huh, what nonsense are you talking about, are your brains broken?" Lu Xingyue looked at Jiang Yao inexplicably, and reached out to touch Jiang Yao's forehead. "You don't seem to have a fever, which tendon is you doing wrong?"

"No...... I'll just ask......"

The temperature of Lu Xingyue's palm came from his forehead, which also made Jiang Yao's worried heart finally calm down.

"Then again, how did you find me?" I remember I felt like I had fallen into the abyss...... "Jiang Yao asked.

"Isn't this thanks to Uncle Ben's decisive action at a critical time?" Lu Xingyue pursed her lips, stretched out her hand to Jiang Yao's back collar, and pulled out two pale yellow filaments.

"At the moment you fell off the cliff, I wrapped two cushioning cables around your back, in order to save your life. Later, I will follow my light to you. ”

"So that's ......" Jiang Yao suddenly felt a little guilty while feeling grateful. "I'm sorry, because ...... Because a demon approached me in the form of you, I ...... just now."

"Ah, demons, have you met demons?" When Lu Xingyue heard this, her face suddenly became solemn, and she hurriedly asked.

"Hmm...... This demon has a huge fish head, but its body is made of the fusion of ten fish bodies, and the black mist it emits can also transform into a human form to bewitch people's hearts, even me...... Forehead...... I almost fell on the road. Jiang Yao thought about it, but decided not to mention the fake "Lu Xingyue".

"One fish head, ten bodies, listening to your description, this demon seems to be 'He Luoyu'......" Lu Xingyue pondered. "Ordinary 'He Luoyu' demons are generally intolerant of harm, but I have also heard that there will be individual mutants who can use the demonic energy around their bodies to absorb people's hearts, conjure up their familiar relatives and friends, and lure them to come and become prey, it shouldn't be this kind of mutant that you encountered, right?"

"It should be true, the demon also conjured the appearance of half a woman on his head, and it could only be a mutated monster that had fallen into the demon. Jiang Yao nodded.

"It seems that there is really everything in this different space......" Lu Xingyue said with a positive color. "We've got to be careful. ”

"About this alien space...... In fact, when I was confronting that demon before, I heard another version from the other person......"

Jiang Yao paused, and after thinking for a moment, he told Lu Xingyue the news he had obtained from the 'He Luoyu' demon before.

"Is the space here ...... 'alive'?" Lu Xingyue's eyes widened in surprise. "Did you hear me right?"

"That's right, according to what the demon said, the body of this space is a magic circle that absorbs energy, as long as the magic circle is not broken, all the life forms in the space will be drained of energy and buried here. Jiang Yao said. "But I'm not sure if the demon is alarmist......"

"No...... Maybe it's true. Lu Xingyue gently held her chin, her eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Actually, I was somewhat aware of it before, in this space, the tenacity and strength of my demonic power light rope are weaker than in the outside world, and this weakening trend is more obvious with time. ”

Lu Xingyue raised her head and said seriously.

"The demonic light rope is essentially a form of energy, and once it continues to weaken after it is generated, it also marks the loss of its energy. You should feel a little bit of a feeling, right?"

"Hmm...... Maybe......" Jiang Yao muttered, although he didn't obviously feel the loss of energy, but after entering this different space, the energy veins in his body became more difficult to control, and the destruction of the green stone collar made Jiang Yao a little uneasy.

"All in all, this place, this 'special challenge' seems to have a lot of information that we don't know, it would be nice if we could catch that 'He Luoyu' demon again and ask clearly......" Lu Xingyue said softly, suddenly raising her head to look at Jiang Yao. "Where is that demon now?"

"Dead, instantly burned to ashes in front of me. Jiang Yao sighed, shook his head and said. "I don't know who made it, and I didn't even react before it became like this...... In fact, I have some questions I want to ask it. ”

Jiang Yao recalled the abnormal words of the fallen demon monster before he died, and the doubts in his chest lingered.

"I see! no wonder...... No wonder you have a 'colorless constitution', no wonder you can contain the 'soul of Chiyou'! Because you are something that should not exist in this world! Your 'essence' is actually ......."

My ...... "ontology?"

"Shhhh

Just thinking about it, Jiang Yao was suddenly pulled aside by Lu Xingyue, looked up, and found that Lu Xingyue was looking at the edge of the rocky beach in front of him with a vigilant face, only to see that in the white mist, there seemed to be a faint figure behind him, and he was getting closer and closer to Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue.

Who?

Jiang Yao's heart, which had been slightly relieved, suddenly began to hang again, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered the flashing figure that he had inadvertently glimpsed in the fog after the fallen demon monster was burned to death.

"Puff...... Puff ......

His heartbeat gradually accelerated due to nervousness, Jiang Yao stared vigilantly at the figure in the mist, and as the figure gradually became clearer, he suddenly felt that the figure of this person seemed a little familiar.

Huh? This person...... Seems to be?

Jiang Yao's eyes widened slightly, and in front of his line of sight, a slender figure slowly appeared.

The tall figure, the skin is as white as snow, the delicate shawl long curly hair and the pair of watery and beautiful apricot eyes make the woman in front of her look particularly beautiful, and these beautiful eyes suddenly flashed with irrepressible joy and relief after seeing Jiang Yao.

"Jiang Yao!"

The woman's pretty face was filled with the excitement of a reunion after a long absence, and she ran over quickly and stood in front of the stunned Jiang Yao.

"White, white pheasant!?"