Chapter 70: Zhu Guo
The cave is flattened, extremely wide, and extremely high, and the walls and floor of the cave are covered with white ash powder, which looks like it has been formed by long-term flame baking.
There are many huge paw prints on the ground, much like the claws of a firebird.
From time to time, there is a hot wind blowing out of the cave, and there is a "chirping" birdsong sound.
By all indications were that the cave must have been the nest of the firebird, and that there were its kind in the cave, and that there seemed to be more than one of them.
Zhang Xiaopaw was reluctant in his heart, and said that in such a narrow space to fight with the firebird, the firebird spewed a mouthful of fire, and there was nowhere to hide, it was simply an old birthday star hanging himself to die.
But the black giant ape didn't talk to him at all, and he didn't allow him to talk about it, so he stretched out his hand and patted him on the back, and he immediately rolled into the hole like a gourd.
The cave winds down, and the slope is very steep, the black giant ape roars, sits on the ground, sliding down with his hands and feet, Zhang Xiaopaw rolls in front of it, and can't stop if he wants to.
Zhang Xiaopaw thought that he would soon reach the end of the cave, and when he saw the nest of the firebird, he didn't know that he had slid all the way down, and it was still not the end after half an hour, but the temperature of the air was constantly rising, and the oncoming heat had made him feel difficult to breathe.
There were no fingers in the darkness all around, only the roar of the black giant ape, and the black guy seemed to be having a good time.
turned another corner, and a flash of light suddenly appeared in front of him, Zhang Xiaopaw's nerves tensed instantly, and he clenched the bone knife in front of him to deal with the sudden danger. The light in front of him was not the incandescent light of the midday sun, but the red light of a charcoal fire, and he knew at a glance that it was the light of the flames of the firebird, so that in front of him was the nest of the firebird, and he could clearly hear the call of the firebird coming from the light.
Seeing that a vicious battle was inevitable, Zhang Xiaopaw only prayed to the black-haired beast not to trap him.
As the distance closes, the light is getting stronger and stronger, and the temperature is getting higher and higher, Zhang Xiaopaw is already sweating profusely, and the heat is about to suffocate, but the temperature is still rising rapidly, which can't help but make him speechless, feeling that he may not need to shoot the firebird at all, and the light and heat will heat him to death.
"Stop, stop!"
Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly stopped and screamed, because he found that the road ahead was broken, and beyond that was a big pit. For the sake of sight, he couldn't see how deep the pit was for the time being, let alone what was inside the pit, if the firebird waited below with his mouth open, and the two of them planted themselves in someone's mouth and came to deliver rations for a thousand miles, it would be funny.
"Ho-"
The black giant ape was playing happily, how could he care about Zhang Xiaopa's yelling, and running forward with a big-footed board.
"Big, I won't let you go if I'm a ghost!-" Zhang Xiaoshu scolded angrily, but then there was an exclamation, and he was pushed down the pit by the black giant ape, his feet dangling in the air, and his body fell down.
Zhang Xiaopaw hurriedly looked down, and secretly prayed that it would not be an abyss, let alone a firebird's brazier mouth, his prayer was very effective, and below was neither the abyss nor the firebird's brazier mouth, but the red magma that was red and hot, gurgling and tumbling.
"Holy shit!"
Zhang Xiaopaw's face was pale, full of bitterness, and he said in his heart that if he fell into this underground magma, it was better to fall into the abyss, or fall into the mouth of the firebird's brazier.
Speaking too late, Zhang Xiaopaw found that the bottom of the pit was not completely covered by magma, and the area exposed by the magma was only in the middle of the big pit, with a diameter of about three or four zhang long a circular pool, and there was a large open space around the pool.
Whew-
Whew-
As soon as Zhang Xiaopai's front foot landed, two fire dragons attacked him on his back foot, startling him coldly, and he heard two birdsong sounds at the same time. Frightened, but he didn't panic at all, and easily dodged the attacks of the two fire dragons with a single leap.
In fact, he has been on guard in his heart, and the first thing he looked for when he fell into the pit was the figure of the firebird, because in his heart the firebird was the most dangerous existence, but his eyes swept over the entire pit and did not find the figure of the firebird, so he had to be vigilant and guarded.
Originally, he took it for granted that the firebird was hiding in the magma, so most of his attention was on the magma pool, but the firebird was not hiding in the magma, but hiding in the stone cave on the rock wall next to the pit, which is why he was jumped.
Chirp –
Chirp –
The two firebirds emerged from the cave and chirped hostilely at the pawn and the black ape that had landed on the other side of the magma pool, as if to question why they had trespassed into their lair.
Zhang Xiaopaw's eyes fell on the two firebirds, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, because the two firebirds walked and swayed, like ducks. They were bare, with only sparse and soft fluff, not a single feather, no red flames, and a childish call, which was clearly two young birds.
However, although it is a young bird, it is still huge, larger than an adult eagle.
Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but hold his forehead, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that the black-haired beast had no fear, it turned out that he had long known that there were only two young birds in the nest, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
Whew-
Whew-
Two more fire dragons attacked, but they were much weaker than the two fire dragons just now, and they collapsed on their own without even spraying on Zhang Xiaopu. Obviously, the two young birds have a very shallow path.
Chirp - tweet -
The two young birds also seemed to be self-aware, knowing that their kung fu of playing with fire was still shallow and they couldn't deal with Zhang Xiaopaw, so they pouted their heads and rushed to Zhang Xiaopaw, looking at the posture to peck him with their beaks.
Zhang Xiaopai's bone knife was raised and aimed at the two young birds that were staggering towards him, but he immediately put the bone knife away again. Because the bone knife is a bone removed from the body of the great firebird, it is too cruel to use the bones of the great firebird to kill its young children.
Boom!
The black giant ape jumped over the magma pool, landed between Zhang Xiaopu and the two firebirds, and when it landed, the huge impact force shook the two toddlers to the ground, it reached out and grabbed them, and the two young birds fell into their palms, and then turned around and walked towards the magma pool.
Zhang Xiaopai's scalp was numb, knowing that the two young birds fell into the hands of the black giant ape and there was no possibility of survival, and he felt that the black giant ape was too vicious to kill them all, but after thinking about it, he used to catch rabbits and dig out birds' nests to dig voles, isn't it also a litter, and even if you compare it seriously, he and his friends are much more cruel and ruthless than the black giant ape to deal with their prey.
There is nothing wrong with the jungle eating the weak.
The black giant ape grabbed the two young birds and walked to the edge of the magma pool, pulled off their heads, and the blood suddenly spurted out of the cavity, and its hand was drawn to the void, and the blood sprayed out seemed to be alive, converging into a stream of blood in the air, and falling in the direction it guided.
Zizizi——
Blood fell into the magma pool, and there was a sizzling sound.
Zhang Xiaopaw carried the suffocating heat and walked to the side of the black giant ape, he couldn't help but admire himself, feeling that his body had been refined to be cold and hot, his body was frozen and could not kill him, and facing the magma only made it difficult for him to breathe, plus the skin was scorching and painful, which was completely within his tolerance.
He felt that he should really be grateful to the black giant ape, if it weren't for the cruel destruction and ravaging of the black giant ape, how could he have been able to maintain this strong body in just a few days.
Zhang Xiaopaw stood still beside the black giant ape, his eyes looked curiously at the place where the blood was splashed, and when he saw it clearly, he couldn't help but sigh, he found that the black giant ape was pouring a fiery red plant with the blood of a firebird.
This small seedling was not afraid of the scorching heat, and grew directly in the red magma, which really made Zhang Xiaopaw feel incredible, and he looked up and down in surprise.
The whole plant is fiery red, the same color as magma, and if you don't look closely, you can't find it at all. It is about one foot high, and there are only five leaves on the stem, each leaf is about two inches long, and it is a shuttle shape with two tips and a wide middle, and there is a flower bone growing at the very top of the stem, and the flower bone is not opened, and the bud is waiting to be released.
Just one glance, without any guesswork, Zhang Xiaopaw was absolutely sure that this plant was nothing extraordinary. Plants that can grow in magma are not ordinary things even if you think about it with your ass.
Zhang Xiaopaw saw that the blood of the firebird was poured on the fiery red plant, and its stems, leaves, and flower bones seemed to be irrigated with nutrients, becoming more and more vivid, especially the flower bones, which opened a little.
As the blood continues to water, the flower bones open at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally fully bloom.
The strange thing is that there is no fragrant floral fragrance as Zhang Xiaopaw imagined, and there are only three petals, and what is even more strange is that the middle of the flower bone is not a stamen, but an egg-sized round fruit, the skin of the fruit is smooth, but not all red, but there is a spiral of black stripes, from the bottom to the top.
Gollum - Gollum –
The flowers bloomed, revealing the fruit hidden inside, and the magma suddenly boiled violently, and there was no wind and waves, and the hot slurry water set off waves from the edge of the pool to the center of the pool, and finally slapped hard against the fiery red plants.
Suddenly, the fiery red plant is like a flat boat, fluttering on the stormy sea, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by the waves.
The black giant ape didn't seem to be worried at all about the fiery red plant being swallowed by the irascible magma, so he sat down by the pool, grabbed the legs of a firebird, stretched the firebird's body above the magma, and barbecued it leisurely.
This time, instead of greedily swallowing the two firebirds, it threw the other one to Zhang Xiaopaw.
The black giant ape was not worried, but Zhang Xiaopaw was extremely nervous, staring at the Zhu Guo at the top of the fiery red plant with two eyes without blinking, for fear that it would be slapped down by the waves and fall into the magma. After staring at it for a long time, the two eyeballs were sour, and there was no problem with Zhu Guo, so he slowly put his mind at ease, grabbed the firebird on the ground, and put it on the magma to roast it like a black giant ape.
The two firebirds were roasted one after the other, and one of them ate so much that he almost swallowed his tongue in his stomach, and the flesh of the young bird was a hundred times more delicious than that of the adult.
Zhang Xiaopaw thought that he would find two more bone knives on the two young birds, but unexpectedly searched every bone of the two young birds, and did not find a bone similar to the bone knife, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, guessing that the young birds might be too young to grow this bone in their bodies.
Zhang Xiaopaw circled the pit a few more times, searching carefully inch by inch, hoping to find some other treasures, but he found nothing except bird feathers and bird droppings, and piles of white bones of unknown animals. I could only go back to the pool and sit down, looking at the fiery red plants in the center of the pool in a daze.
He knew that the black ape was waiting, waiting for the egg-sized fruit to ripen.
I don't know how long it took, it seemed to be three or four days, maybe five or six days, there was no sun and moon in the cave, I couldn't tell the time, Zhang Xiaopaw only knew that he had slept for several years, and he didn't know how many times he woke up and suddenly found that the magma pool had calmed down, the waves were gone, the bubbles were gone, and even the surge was not surging.
The fruit swelled a little, the whole became more transparent, the color also changed from the previous bright red to dark red, and there seemed to be a glow under the translucent epidermis, which made people want to take a bite.
Suddenly, the stems, leaves, and flowers of the fiery red plant began to fade, and the red all poured out to the top of the fruit, making the vermilion fruit even more reddish.
When the red color of the stems, leaves, and flowers faded, the whole plant quickly withered, and at the same time, a strange fragrance emanated from the vermilion fruit, a refreshing sweet and fruity fragrance, and the saliva of Zhang Xiaopai was like a waterfall from the corner of his mouth.
The black giant ape was also salivating, grabbing Zhu Guo's void and uprooting it.
Zhang Xiaopaw watched Zhu Guo fly into the hands of the black giant ape with roots and leaves, and longed for it to be merciful and share a bite of himself, so that he could taste the taste of Zhu Guo, otherwise he would regret his heart and not be able to sleep at night.