Chapter 69: The Swarm
Pale black snowflakes slowly falling from the sky, the gods are decorating the world with plain ink, and like the desperate suburban wilderness in a dark fairy tale, people feel a trace of sadness and sadness from the bottom of their hearts.
It's just that these black snow can't fall to the ground, or rather, they haven't fallen on the ground, they are sublimated by the heat from the ground, disappear without a trace, over this hill, behind them is a piece of ice and snow, but in front of them is a black-brown barren wasteland, the cold of the ice and snow behind them, facing the unbearable heat wave to hit people, standing at the junction, the taste of ice and fire is uncomfortable makes people want to go crazy, with Catherine's physique can only stay for a few minutes and can't stand it, ordinary people, stay for a minute will almost definitely be seriously ill。
She quickly stepped onto this black-brown wasteland, her bare feet fell to the ground, Catherine couldn't help but bared her teeth: the ground was too hot, at least more than forty degrees, almost the same temperature as the driest desert, Ling Mo stood not far away, pointed to a large rock next to her, and motioned for Catherine to rest for a while.
Her physical strength at this time was indeed a little dry, and she slowly walked to the stone and sat down, at this time, she obviously felt the excellence of the clothes on her body, obviously the temperature on the stone was much higher than the ground, but sitting on it through the hot pants, she didn't feel any heat at all, on the contrary, it was a little cold and cold, very comfortable.
Liberated from the state of running, Catherine immediately felt that her physical strength was rising rapidly, and it felt that she could return to her peak state again in about a few minutes, but the food consumption in her body was also amazing, and she didn't feel anything at this time, but she was a little hungry at this time.
It's okay to be hungry, licking her lips, Catherine only felt like a fire burning in her throat, she was already in a state of dehydration, and now she ran so far, the feeling of thirst was almost unbearable, but the barren land in front of her was obviously impossible to find a water source easily, so she had to force herself to divert her attention, and stretched out her hand to catch the black snowflakes in the sky, wanting to show off to the sailors.
However, to her surprise, the snowflakes that fell leisurely fell into her palms, and they were still pure white in color! They were no different from ordinary snowflakes, and as soon as they touched Catherine's palms, they quickly melted and became a small water stain on her hands. Catherine looked at the palm of her hand in some confusion, stretched out her hand again, and picked up several snowflakes in a row, and finally determined that the 'black snow' floating in the sky was an ordinary snowflake!
But why are they black? Thinking of a possibility, she quickly got up from the stone, walked back to the hill at the junction in a few quick steps, retreated more than ten meters on the side of the ice and snow, looked up, and finally discovered the secret of the black snow!
It turned out that it was not that the snow was black, but that the opposite side of the hill was essentially shrouded in a huge black fog! This black fog was everywhere, and the transparency was so high that it did not affect the line of sight, so that it was easy to ignore. Looking into the distance from where she is now, the snow on the left hand side is like a fairy tale, and the snow on the right hand side is like a ruin, this spectacle not only makes her look at it herself, but also makes the sailors in the live broadcast room intoxicated.
Just as Catherine was about to say a few sassy words, reflecting her long-sealed feelings of a literary girl, and deceiving a wave of gifts by the way, Ling Mo's voice came from the other side of the hillside:
"Have you seen enough? If you've seen enough, come here, and I'll explain something to you. ”
Hearing this, Catherine immediately ran over, but saw Ling Mo in his hand, carrying a squirrel that he didn't know where it came from, probably a squirrel, anyway, it looked very similar, it was a fat mouse with a big fluffy tail dragging behind it, but the biggest difference with the squirrel was that it was not a gray or brown fur like an ordinary squirrel, but a red red like a flame, especially the big red fluffy tail that kept flicking, looking like a dancing bonfire from a distance.
"See, this squirrel in my hand, whose scientific name is 'Taltan Flame Elf', is a second-level demonic beast under normal conditions, and very few can be promoted to the third or fourth level, so far I haven't found a fifth-level one," Seeing Catherine coming, Ling Mo spoke: "This thing has mediocre strength, basically belongs to the bottom of the same level of demonic beasts, but it has a characteristic, which is very important for us who cultivate martial arts." ”
Catherine was still a little immersed in the beauty just now, a little trance, a little absent-minded: "Oh, what characteristic?"
"Forcing out its flame essence and using this flame to cook a demonic beast of the same level can preserve about seventy or eighty percent of the energy contained in the flesh, and the validity period is about three or five days. ”
"That's it?"
"Well, that's it. After Ling Mo finished speaking, he casually threw away the squirrel in his hand. Catherine was stunned to watch the squirrel cross a graceful parabola and fall to the ground, rolled around and stood up to escape, she suddenly woke up from her trance, screamed, and jumped over with a tiger pounce, she swore that she had never jumped so fast in her life, the squirrel only felt a gust of evil wind rushing towards her, and quickly jumped sideways and flicked her tail, dodging Catherine's pounce, and ran away with a smoke.
Catherine threw herself on the ground in a heroic posture, her head shot to the ground, her ass cocked high, and she slid for a long distance, she watched the flaming squirrel go away, one rolled over and got up, opened her mouth to yell, the words came to her mouth, swallowed again, sighed, and said depressedly: "Master, why did you let it go?"
"I don't think you care......"
"Why don't you care!" Catherine burst into tears, "This is the light of hope for eating cooked food! Why did you just let it go? Every day I eat raw my mouth is about to become bitter, and every burp is a fishy smell!"
Ling Mo teased: "Do you know, the flame essence of the Taltan Flame Elf is very limited, basically roasting a demonic beast the size of a sheep, and forcing it to death, don't you feel a little cruel to kill an innocent squirrel after eating a meal?"
"I don't think so!" Catherine replied without hesitation, "I think it's more important to eat cooked food, Master, is this squirrel easy to catch?"
"It's easy to catch, it's very easy to catch, as for the distribution area? there is no distribution area, the 'Taltan Flame Elf' is a specialty of this black fog region, and there is no other place to go," Ling Mo looked at Catherine like an idiot: "It's going to be everywhere, your master and I will eat raw every day like a wild man?"
"......" Catherine exhaled in frustration, and had to retreat: "At least there are in this area now, let's eat more cooked food, Master, how long will we stay in this area?"
"It's very short, no more than 3 days at most," Ling Mo frowned, "Actually, if it weren't for the fact that your dehydration problem is really a bit tricky, I wouldn't have come here at all, this black fog area is very troublesome, even I feel very uncomfortable." ”
"Even the master doesn't want to touch this black mist?" Catherine was startled: "This black mist is poisonous?"
"It's not toxic, it's mainly because... Forget it, you'll understand when you see the main master, now follow me on!" Ling Mo said, looking at Catherine, he added: "The perception of the demonic beasts in the black mist area is one notch stronger than the demonic beasts on the periphery, if you die like just now, my 'aura masking' skill will not be able to protect your safety." ”
Even if I almost died just now, I won't be blind in the short term, right?
Catherine didn't say a word, she replied in her heart, and at the same time, she ran with Ling Mo again, maybe the speed of changing her feet increased after running, and she felt that the temperature on the ground was not as high as just now, and as she continued to go deeper, the ubiquitous black fog in the air began to become denser, and it faintly began to obstruct her vision.
The black mist is just a small trouble, it is a big problem for all kinds of demonic beasts to start appearing in groups, Catherine must carefully avoid them to prevent herself from touching them, not to mention the demonic beasts hunting alone for the time being, Catherine even saw a huge group of thirty or forty 'phantom wolves', their leaders are twice as large as other individuals, and the momentum exuded from their bodies is far beyond that of fourth-level demonic beasts!
This large group of phantom wolves is preying on a black-backed Kodomon, the leader of the wolf pack has single-handedly attracted the attention of the black-backed Kodomon, and the rest of the wolf pack members cooperate tacitly, attacking the vulnerable parts of the Kodomon with flame claws and throwing energy blades, the light of the 'Magic Light Killing Cannon' lights up from time to time, and the huge body of the Kodomon is already covered with scars, looking crumbling and will fall at any time.
Cautiously passing through the pack, Catherine turned her head to observe the skill of the wolves, the leader of the pack whose flame claws were completely different from other phantom wolves, it could even ignite flames on both claws at the same time, and then crossed in a sharp X-shape, and the three-meter-long horn on the head of the Kodo beast was broken by it.
Just as she was watching her eyebrows flutter, Catherine suddenly heard a grand 'buzzing sound', and before she could react, she saw a 'red cloud' rising from the shade of the hillside, like a red horse soaring into the sky, and a moment later, it fell from the sky with black pressure, covering all the warring Kodo beasts and phantom wolves, surrounded by impermeable wind, accompanied by the cry like a summer cicada, the tooth-aching fine biting sound sounded one after another, when the "red cloud" took off again, the skin of the Kodo beast and the phantom wolves on the ground, The flesh and internal organs have completely disappeared, leaving only the skeleton of Mori Bai standing in place, still maintaining the last posture before his death!
(ps: There is a sentence in the barrage of "Fengxue Love" in chapter 67 that was swallowed by the starting point.,It's a little awkward to read.,Modified it and sent it out.,Friends who have seen it can look back.。 )