In the forest, the wind was howling and fierce, and two huge figures were entangled together. It is said to be a grappling, but it is actually a one-sided torture and killing, and the piercing tearing sound continues to permeate, and each time it is accompanied by wisps of fishy and foul blood thrown into the air.

The flames that fell from the air at the first moment did not reappear, and the first pecking blow that fell in the air also missed, and it failed to penetrate the giant scorpion's skull as it wished, and it dodged in the struggle, only the base of the forefoot was injured.

However, the giant scorpion's continued struggle was very weak, and the strange bird that fell from the sky split its claws, one of which pierced through the scorpion's tail and stomped on the ground, and the other claw pressed against the scorpion's back, so as to facilitate the continuation of the sharp beak pecking. Every time it is shot down, it will leave a deep wound. During this period, the giant scorpion also waved its giant claws to resist, and the four giant claws only maintained a defensive position for a short time, and three of them were pecked off.

Finally, the ancient thorny crocodile scorpion's movements slowed down, and all that was left was a wail, and the previous rage and anger were gone. Of course, the strange bird had no intention of stopping there, and the sharp beak fell again, and this time, it was the head of the giant scorpion that was pierced.

Life withered.

Roar –

With its wings spread, the strange bird raised its head and roared, as if to show its might. At this moment, the turbulent fluctuations in the forest finally began to subside.

Not far away, Ning Yue barely got up with his sword, looking at the huge figure, his heart was shocked. He tried his best, but with the edge of the Dark Xuan Ancient Sword, he couldn't penetrate the carapace defense of the ancient thorny crocodile scorpion, but the strange bird in front of him could peck it into thousands of holes with its sharp beak, which was really terrifying.

But after thinking about it again, he suddenly reacted to what the reason was. The defense that really crushes the giant scorpion is not the spiky beak of the monster bird, but the strange flames that were initially just shot down from the sky. After being bombarded again, the surface of the giant scorpion carapace was obviously in a state of ablation, and its defense ability was greatly reduced.

"What a terrible beast fire......

Ning Yue boasted that he had a lot of experience in controlling the flames, first integrating the power of the demon bloodline to assimilate multiple beast fires, and then having the fire control method of the Nanyan Murong family. But even so, with the help of the Dark Xuan Ancient Sword, it still couldn't cause much damage to the giant scorpion carapace.

The strange birds and monsters in front of him, just from the fact that they could drive that kind of flame, were too terrifying. Besides, in the battle just now, it was clear that it had not used all its strength.

A trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes, and Ning Yue took a step back subconsciously in front of his sword. The appearance of the strange bird is very likely to take the ancient spiny crocodile scorpion as the prey of prey, and the hunt is successful at this moment, but it looks like it doesn't plan to leave directly.

There is a possibility that it intends to wipe out the remaining lives present along the way.

No, no.

Although it is said that he can't beat the giant scorpion by himself, let alone this strange bird.

While Ning Yue was glaring at the strange bird, the strange bird suddenly turned its head, and its dark golden eyes were also looking at each other. However, he soon looked away again and fell on the girl and the unconscious young man on the side.

There was another strange scream, it looked up at the sky, grabbed it with all its claws, and carried the dead ancient thorny crocodile scorpion into the air, swept a gust of wind, and hurried away.

Finally relieved in his heart, Ning Yue sighed and sat directly on the ground, not knowing whether to rejoice or sigh to himself.

Was the departure of the strange bird not hostile, or did he not take him seriously at all, and treat him as if he were nothing?

"What is the origin of that demonic beast? The inner feathers of the wings are navy blue, and the outer side and back are mainly brown and black, with various colored stripes near the neck. The overall appearance is more like a crow than an eagle...... In the ancient books I have read in the past, there are no bird-shaped magical beasts that match this appearance at all. ”

While he was muttering, in front, the girl hurriedly ran out with a short knife, came to the place where the two giant beasts were fighting just now, looked at the broken giant claws left in front of her, and hurriedly waved her hand and shouted: "Hey, people over there, can you do me a favor?"

"Okay. If I wasn't going to help you, I wouldn't have to. ”

Ning Yue answered, and got up again with his sword.

"What are you going to do?"

"I have little strength, I may not be able to cut it, please cut a piece of the carapace of this ancient thorny crocodile scorpion. My brother has been poisoned by it, and if he wants to get rid of it, the feasible way is to grind the carapace of this giant scorpion into powder, and then mix it with several other antidote pills, and take it together. It just so happened that the pills I had on me were quite complete. ”

Nodding, Ning Yue swung the Dark Xuan Ancient Sword with all his strength, aiming at one of the broken giant claws. The moment the sword fell, his eyes suddenly changed.

Sure enough, compared to the original hardness, the current carapace is much more fragile, and the Dark Xuan Ancient Sword slashed and slashed at will.

"It's important to save people, go and grind it into powder. Hmm, what are you going to do with the pestle handed to me?"

"It's all said, people have little strength, so you can help again. ”

A moment later, sitting in front of the campfire, Ning Yue roasted the meat that had been removed from the inside of the ancient spiny crocodile scorpion giant claw, smelling the taste, it was very good. He was somewhat resistant to using this meat as food, but the maiden named Shuti would not allow him to treat any of the wolf beasts that died in the distance as food anyway.

As for the stone armor, according to her, the meat is too woody to chew, and it is impossible to swallow. The reason why they go hunting is only because their tongues can be used as materials for some special elixirs.

So, Ning Yue had no choice but to deal with the meat inside the giant claw, thinking that this was not scorpion meat, but crab meat, and after it was cooked, he took a few bites and swallowed it. But he didn't expect that the taste was surprisingly good, which made him regret that he roasted too little for the first time, so he quickly removed more meat and started a new round of roasting.

And after eating that kind of scorpion meat, there is a faint coolness in the meridians of the body, which is not cold, it is a refreshing coolness, even in winter, it feels quite comfortable.

According to Shu Ti, the flesh of the ancient spiny crocodile scorpion can also be used as a material for refining elixir, but its value is no match for its carapace. So what's left here is just treated as food.

After tasting the taste once, Ning Yue nodded again and again, he would not refuse such a delicious and nourishing ingredient. Even, suddenly, I remembered a person, and Zhili, who had been separated for a long time.

"If she were here, she would have had a good time, right?"

With a faint smile, he continued to flip the barbecue, and at the same time, he glanced at the girl Shu Ti who was still dealing with her brother's injury. The two didn't talk much, except for her name and her brother Shu Quan, who came to hunt this time, the rest didn't know anything else.

However, it is possible to guess a little.

These two people should be from a sect with a lot of power, and they can be seen in their clothes. Moreover, ordinary warriors do not have the ability to domesticate a group of wolf beasts and take them out to hunt.

Moreover, Shu Ti has a good understanding of pharmacology, the grasp of the dosage of the drug, the mixing after crushing, the action is very skillful, and the action is very careful, and there must be many years of skill in it.

"An older brother who tames beasts, a younger sister who is proficient in pharmacology, such a combination is quite interesting. ”

With a secret smile in his heart, Ning Yue would not ask any more. Similarly, Shu Ti didn't ask him much about his origins, everyone knew in their hearts that they didn't need to know so much. At least they have experienced a vicious battle that can barely be regarded as a battle of life and death, and the distance between them has been shortened a lot, and there will be no hostility.

"The meat is almost roasted, so let's eat a little bit first?"

"No, I'll wait until I'm done applying the medicine to my brother. The ancient spiny crocodile scorpion is very poisonous, and even if it has its own carapace powder as a guide, the process of detoxification is relatively slow. Don't bother me until I'm done. ”

"Okay, I'll keep it hot. ”

While replying, Ning Yue took out a string of scorpion meat and took a big bite on it, the taste was as good as ever.

After another quarter of an hour, Shu Ti finally finished, got up and exhaled a long breath, wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, turned around and sat down in front of the bonfire, took two strings of scorpion meat and ate it directly.

"Thank you. ”

"You're welcome. ”

After the conversation of the transaction, he returned to calm, and for a while, Ning Yue felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, turned his head to look at the sky, and said casually: "You recognize that giant scorpion as the ancient spiny crocodile scorpion, then, what is that strange bird?"

Shu Ti shook her head and replied, "I don't know." However, I once saw in ancient books that the ancient spiny crocodile scorpion had a natural predator and fed on it. It was a bird monster, very rare. Even, the name of that bird and monster is not recorded in the ancient books. However, there are some records of appearance, but they do not match the strange birds seen today. ”

Ning Yue responded: "Don't you know? But it doesn't matter now, anyway, that strange bird doesn't regard us as an enemy, just hunted its prey and flew away, and it just happened to save us." ”

"Really...... Is it exact?"

Suddenly, Shu Ti stopped chewing on the scorpion meat, and slowly looked up, looking at Ning Yue's heart.

"What do you mean?"

Shu Ti said in a deep voice: "I vaguely feel that when that strange bird saw his brother's poisoned appearance, his eyes seemed to change a little, and he wanted to express something. Although it flew away, it left behind the severed limbs of the ancient thorny crocodile scorpion, which was enough to save our brother, allowing us to grind the carapace for medicine. It seems to know how to treat people who have been poisoned by scorpions......"

Ning Yue shook his head and said, "It's not so mysterious, right? It's just that it just happened that it pecked off the giant claws of the ancient thorny crocodile scorpion, maybe it was too little meat, so it didn't take it away with it, and left it for us." By mistake, it becomes an antidote. ”

"Do you think so? That is possible, but the way it looks at me, I feel some kind of emotion conveyed invisibly...... In short, I think it has spirituality and is kind enough to help us. ”

After that, Shu Ti took another bite of the scorpion meat and ate it slowly.

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, Ning Yue suddenly got up and exclaimed, "Is there spirituality?" By the way, is it possible, that guy will be the legendary Qingque Mountain's spirit bird Qingque?"

In this regard, Shu Ti just glared at him strangely, and then bit off the last piece of scorpion meat on the wooden stick, and said while chewing: "It seems that you are here to revive the Holy Spring of Qingque Mountain, right?"

"Yes, so what?" Ning Yue was stunned for a moment, and was not too surprised, it was he who mentioned Qingque Mountain, and recently in this area, the hottest rumor among the martial arts powerhouses must be the revival of the Holy Spring, according to Di Tong and the passer-by, that is......

Wait!

Suddenly, he remembered something again, because of Shi Xuandong's interruption that night, it seemed that there was another very important thing about Qingque Mountain, which he had never known.

Shu Ti shook his head and sighed, "It seems that you are really ignorant, you came here because of the legend of the holy spring, but you don't know the rumors that the holy spring dried up more than two hundred years ago. ”

"Yes, this is the only thing I missed that night. ”

Ning Yue stepped forward and walked past the campfire.

"What happened more than 200 years ago?"

"What happened? What caused the disappearance of the holy spring, no one knows, but there is a theory that many people agree with. That is, the spirit bird blue finch has fallen and died under the claws of another terrifying bird-type demonic beast......"