Chapter 31: The Mouth of Purgatory
The second floor of the cave was pitch black, the stone walls were closed, blocking the way out, and the surroundings were extremely quiet, only the sound of ticking water. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The three of them were a little at a loss, the dark cave couldn't tell the direction, and even the direction of each other was not clear, and as for the hour, it was even more fantastical.
"Zixiao, can you still hold on?"
"It's okay, but it hurts, and I can't use it."
"Brother Qinghan, do you have a fire break on your body?"
"Yes, yes, but it's already wet and can't be used."
Lu Zixiao is already desperate, trapped in such a cave, even if he has great ability, he can suffocate to death, not to mention that he still has injuries on his body.
"Lang Li, are we going to die here?"
"No, they caught Ruyan just to bring us here, how could they die, even if they want us to die, they won't die here casually, since they are from the Demon Sect, they must have some other purpose."
Qi Qinghan felt that what Lang Li said made sense, and continued: "Well, what Brother Lang said is right, that is, I won't let us die here, besides, we have to go through three levels to see the Flame Holy Lord, if we die like this, then the Flame Saint Lord doesn't need to spend so much trouble, just kill us directly." ”
As the three of them were talking, they suddenly felt as if there was a woman's cry for help, the voice came from a distance, not too clear, but it seemed to be a sound like smoke.
Lang Li's heart was overjoyed, although he didn't dare to conclude that it was like smoke, but at least there was hope, and then he thought about it, if it was really like smoke, such a miserable voice must have been greatly tortured, thinking of this, Lang Li's heart tightened again.
I don't know how long later, the braziers on both sides of the wall suddenly lit up, and the three of them saw the situation in the cave clearly.
They were located at the entrance of the cave, behind them was a newly closed layer of holes, and in front of them was a long, straight hole with no end in sight.
The long hole is low and narrow, and the front end of the hole can be three people in parallel, and the further you go, the narrower it becomes, and finally only enough for one person to pass, and you have to keep your head down.
The three of Lang Li had no way back, they had to go forward, Lang Li was in front, Qi Qinghan was behind, and Lu Zixiao was covering his wound in the middle.
The stone cave does not see the light all the year round, the cave is extremely damp, cold and abnormal, the mountain spring penetrates the stone wall and drips water, but for a while, the three of them feel that the cold air is strung from the soles of their feet upwards, and even the braziers on both sides of the stone wall are ignited with oil, and the charcoal fire cannot be burned here at all.
The three of them are bent on their waists, about half a pillar of incense, the stone cave is at the end, the place here is much more spacious, in front of them is a stone door, the stone door is carved with a huge door knocker, there is not enough strength, it is more difficult to open the stone door than to ascend to the sky.
Lang Li and Qi Qinghan tried several times but failed to open the stone door, if it couldn't be opened, this stone cave really had no way forward and back, and it became a dead end.
"This door, I guess it was also opened with a mechanism?"
Lang Li also thought about this question in his heart when he heard Lu Zixiao say this, but if it is opened with a mechanism, the knocker on this door is only used for decoration?
"Brother Lang, you and I both grabbed a knocker and used force at the same time, I think it should be able to open."
Lang Li nodded, he grabbed the knocker on the left, Qi Qinghan grabbed the knocker on the right, the two of them used force at the same time, the stone door moved slightly, and then, the stone door slowly opened.
Looking inside, the entrance of the cave is a lot wider, but the temperature inside the stone gate is cooler than that outside the stone gate, the mountain spring above the stone cave has accumulated for many years to form icicles, the big ice cave is empty, and the end of the ice cave is a bigger stone door.
After observing for a while, the three of them carefully stepped into the cold grotto, for fear of encountering some mechanism, so they walked very slowly and carefully, surprisingly, there was no mechanism opened, only a piercing coldness came from the soles of their feet.
The three of them came to the larger stone door, but the stone door had no knocker, it was bare, and there was nothing. Lang Li touched the stone door, as well as the surrounding stone walls, but did not find a way to open the stone door.
Lu Zixiao's arms were hugged tightly, even so, her body was still trembling, her thin lips were already bloody, and at this moment, she only heard the sound of running water, and when she looked closely, she knew that a few small round holes were revealed on the stone wall at some point, and water was slowly flowing out of it.
"Not good! It's a trap, and if the water fills the cave, we'll be trapped here until we freeze into ice. ”
Qi Qinghan said nervously, trying to stop the flow of water.
Lang Li was anxious, how could he not understand what Qi Qinghan said, but where was this organ.
The water was flowing loudly, it had already submerged the ankles of the three people, and there was still no intention of stopping, such a cold stone cave, plus the wounds on his body, Lu Zixiao almost fainted. Qi Qinghan held him, and Lang Li was very anxious.
At this time, the water pipe on the stone wall poked out, and the water flow also increased, and the flowing water quickly spread throughout the stone cave.
Lang Li told himself that the more calm he had at this time, and only by being calm could he find a way out.
Lang Li found that some of the water pipes that poked out were running water, and some had no water at all, could it be that the mechanism was malfunctioning?
The water was very loud, and Lang Li raised his throat and said, "Brother Qinghan, look at those pipes that don't come out of the water, I think there is a problem." ”
As he spoke, Lang Li stepped forward, and the wooden sword pushed it hard against the pipe that did not come out of the water, and sure enough, the empty water pipe was forced to retract back into the stone wall, and at the same time, a corresponding water pipe on the opposite wall also automatically retracted into the stone wall.
Qi Qinghan's eyes lit up, and he followed Lang Li's example, helped Lu Zixiao to walk to the corresponding stone wall, and pushed the pipes that had not come out of the water back into the stone wall one by one with a sword.
Lang Li let out a long breath, and finally put his heart down, and at this time, the stone cave began to shake again, and the stone door cracked horizontally from the middle, and the stone door opened half upwards and half downwards, and the sound of stone friction was deafening.
The stone gate finally opened, Lang Li and Qi Qinghan looked at each other and smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, waded through the water and walked towards the stone gate, at this moment, the stone cave began to shake again, and the open stone gate began to slowly close again, the two of them were shocked, and they ran towards the stone gate by holding Lu Zixiao.
They ran, and the stone gate did not stop, if they couldn't cross this stone gate, I am afraid they would never be able to find the exit again.
The two of them exerted all their strength and ran desperately, and when they came to the stone gate, there was only a gap less than half a person high.
The two of them threw Lu Zixiao through the stone gate first, and then turned sideways, barely passing through the remaining gap. Before he could gain a firm footing, there was a bang, and the stone door closed tightly.
The three of them sat on the ground gasping for breath, not caring to look at the situation in front of them, only to hear a deafening roar, like a loud snoring.
The surroundings gradually brightened, and the air gradually warmed up, even a little hot. What appeared in front of them was a huge stove, the fire of the furnace was blazing, and the skin of the people roasted by the fire wave was hot, and the three of them felt a little dizzy in the sudden cold and heat.
Sleeping next to the fire were two red-faced men like giant spirits and gods, even if Lang Li and the three of them were combined, they might not be as tall as one of them.
Lu Zixiao leaned against the wall, Lang Li and Qi Qinghan slowly got up, and every step forward, the fire was scorching.
At this time, a petite woman walked out from behind the giant furnace, also in red clothes and red shoes, covered with red gauze, very close to the furnace, but she did not feel a burning sensation.
"It's surprising that you were able to survive the ghost gate, and you won't have such good luck in the next purgatory."
"Flame Demon Flame Demon!" The woman called softly to the two sleeping men, the voice was not loud, and the sleeping two big men shook their bodies and slowly got up with fire cloud maces in their hands.
"Serve our guests from afar!" After the woman finished speaking, she drifted back to the back of the furnace and disappeared.
Hearing the call of the woman in red, the big man shook his tall body and took huge steps, and with each step, the ground shook. looked at Lang Li and Qi Qinghan with vicious eyes, and didn't speak, really like a devil in hell.
Lang Li and Qi Qinghan looked at the monster in front of them, unable to say a word, saying that they were not afraid that it was fake, and their faces were sweating, and they didn't know if it was hot sweat or cold sweat.
Although the fire demon and the fire ghost moved slowly, the speed of the move was not slow, and there were not so many tricks, and he raised the fire cloud mace and smashed it at the heads of the two.
The fire cloud mace was like a tree, sweeping the heat wave, how dare the two of them take the move, they jumped out to the sides respectively, and with a bang, the ground was smashed out of a pit in response.
Immediately afterwards, the giant spirit man did not hesitate, raised his mace, and swept towards the waist of Lang Li and the others, saying that it was a sweep, if it was hit, there would be no internal or external injuries, and it would directly be shattered.
The two had no chance to fight back at all, dodging left and right, and more than a dozen pits were smashed on the ground one after another.
Sweat soaked their clothes, and their bodies were about to explode from the heat wave one after another. It's even worse than the ice cave just now.
You can't fight big with a small one at all, you can only use clever tricks, but how can these two big men get close when they sweep a large area. Even if Lang Li has a high sword technique, he can't use it.
Fighting, Lang Li deliberately approached Qi Qinghan, and said while avoiding the attack of the big man: "Brother Qinghan, these two people are really powerful, only if you and I work together to kill one of them, we will have a chance of winning." ”
Qi Qinghan nodded yes: "What can you do?" ”
Lang Li smiled bitterly: "There is no good way, I will attract their attention, you can take the opportunity to get close to them and cut off their hamstrings." ”
After Lang Li finished speaking, he flew towards the big man on the left. Seeing that the situation is not good, the big man raised the mace and smashed it, Lang Li had already concluded that there would be this move, kicked the ground hard with his left foot, rushed to the right, slammed on the ground with his right foot and got up, holding a wooden sword, stabbing at the door of the big man on the left, the big man couldn't react, and hurriedly covered his face, who knows, Lang Li's sword has not yet been stabbed, and the mace of the big man on the right has also arrived, Lang Li secretly said that it is not good, and hurriedly made a thousand pound falls, and quickly fell to the ground.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Qinghan had wind on the soles of his feet and ran towards the soles of the big man on the left.