Chapter 384, Escape from Death!
Helenor did not dare to slack off after rushing out of the gates of the Giant Wood with his oxen, by this time they had lost their horses, and could only run forward on foot, and if the Giant Wood army came in pursuit, they would not have a chance to escape.
Fortunately, the biggest feature of the Giant Wood Empire is that there are many mountains and trees, and after leaving the city gate, the two of them ran directly to a nearby forest, where the trees are very lush, and people will inevitably stumble when walking in it, and it is obviously even more impossible for horses to enter.
"Helian, where are we going next?", Niu Chong's mood is very good, he has lived a poor life since he was a child, and when he has no food to eat, he goes into the mountains and forests to dig wild vegetables or tree roots, at this time he is already holding a large handful of red berries in his hand, and throws them into his mouth one after another.
"I don't know, let's stay away from the Giant Wood Empire first!", Helianor of course knew why Niu Chong was so happy, he had already noticed that although this big man was very heavy when he was fighting in the city, he didn't kill any soldiers, at best, he just broke the opponent's hands and feet, and now Niu Chong must be glad that he didn't kill anyone, but if he wants to really become a strong man, how can he not kill a few lives in his hands? Helianor knew very well that sooner or later, the simple Niu Chong would repeat countless times what he had not done today.
Both of them have lived in the mountains, and they are very familiar with everything in the forest, and Niu Chong still has the heart to show his understanding of the forest in front of Helenor, but what surprised him is that Helenor, who is obviously much younger than him, will enter the forest like a fish returning to the sea, and knows everything in the forest well, he can distinguish the direction in the dense forest where the sun cannot be seen by the color of the leaves, he can determine what kind of creature passes through here according to the shallow hoof prints of wild beasts, and he can imitate the sounds of various birds to attract flocks of birdsIn front of this young man, Niu Chong thought that his extensive knowledge of wild survival was childish, and in the end, Niu Chong was even accustomed to obeying any orders from Helenno, who said that he would take whichever way he went, and Helianno said which wild fruit could be eaten and he swallowed it without hesitation.
The two of them have been hiding in the dark forest for three days, during which they have also heard a large number of horse teams passing by the edge of the forest, it can be seen that the army of the Giant Wood Empire has not given up the search for them, fortunately, the food in the forest is quite sufficient, they are not worried, the only thing that worries Helianor is that the agreed duel day is approaching, if he can't rush back on time, he will miss a lot of things.
The turn of events came on the fourth day, the Giant Wood Empire was originally a rainy country, but the strange thing is that for a long time recently, there has not been a drop of rain within a hundred miles of the entire Giant Wood City, and the abnormal climate has dried up the branches and leaves that are in urgent need of hydration, and Helianor can even feel that the atmosphere of the entire forest is much hotter.
In the early morning of the fourth day, when Helianor came out of the cave where the two were hiding, he suddenly smelled a very strong smell of smoke, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see that not far from the cave, a terrifying cloud of smoke rose up, rolling in the air.
"Is there a fire? No!", Helenor's heart trembled, he quickly noticed that in all four directions of the forest, there was smoke rising, this situation would definitely not be a coincidence, there was only one reason that could be explained, that is, the Giant Wood Military Department had found out that the two of them were hiding in this forest, because the power of the archers could not be exerted in the dense forest, they simply set the entire forest on fire, vowing to turn Helenor into ashes together with the hundred acres of forest!
"You are really willing to pay for it!", Helianor gritted his teeth, turned around and pulled up Niu Chong, who was still sleeping in the cave, and saw the slowly approaching fire, Niu Chong suddenly panicked, and he sat on the ground with a desperate look on his face.
Because of the spread of the fire, the animals that inhabit the forest had to flee desperately, and some scenes that could not be seen on weekdays were rarely staged under the threat of death, Helianor saw a colorful giant tiger running side by side with several wild goats, the colorful giant tiger was originally the natural enemy of the wild goat, but at this time, the colorful giant tiger forgot the instinct of hunting, and the wild goat also forgot to fear, and the two ran in perfect harmony, running for a glimmer of life!
The most pitiful of all were the birds, and after feeling the heat of the forest, these spirits of the sky flew up with a mournful cry, but soon, the thick smoky light that permeated the forest blinded their fragile eyes, and they unconsciously flapped their wings, but in vain they flew into the flames, becoming the fertilizer of the forest.
"You can't just sit still!Iron Bull, take off your shirt and soak it in the stream!!Let's rush out!", Helianor clenched his fist, suddenly quickly removed his shirt, threw it directly into the stream in front of the cave, and then covered his mouth and nose with wet clothes dipped in clear water, and strode towards the fire!
Niu Chong was stunned for a moment, and then learned Heleno's appearance to protect himself, and strode behind Heleno, both of them knew that such an act was almost equivalent to sending him to death, the temperature of the fire could easily dry the moisture of the wet clothes, unless he had a soul with a strong defensive soul skill, no one could rush through the fire of hundreds of meters intact, unfortunately Helianno had no defensive soul skill at all, and at this time, if he used the Wind Falling Lightning Slash, it could only increase the fire!
Because there were fires on all sides, Helenor had no choice, and ran in one direction casually, and when he was still four or five meters away from the fire, he felt the heat wave coming to his face, his hair was directly twisted because of the extremely high temperature, Helenor felt a dizziness, the temperature of the flames made the air seem to be distorted, and his feet involuntarily began to flutter, and he couldn't continue to run forward at all!
"Helian, what's wrong with you?", Niu Chong's physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people, although he is also stiff at this time, the situation is still much better than Helenor, seeing that Heleno's feet seem to be a little stumbling, he rushed over directly, hugged Helenor in his arms, his thick arms protected Heleno's head and face, and roared loudly and ran straight to the fire!
"Tie Niu, let me go, you can run out alone!", just by saying a word, Helianor felt that his throat was as dry as stuffed with sparks, and he pushed Niu Chong's arm, but he couldn't use his strength at all.
Niu Chong didn't seem to hear Helenor speak, but tightened his arms, because of his unusual physique, his body can also withstand the high temperature that ordinary people can't bear, but his already short hair was easily burned in the fire, Niu Chong tightly protected Helenor in his arms, trying not to let the fire touch Helenno's skin, but in this way, his speed slowed down a lot.
On the other side, outside the forest surrounded by fire, the dense Giant Wood Emperor ** team was waiting from afar, each of them was holding a longbow in his hand, and at this time the arrow had been wound, the bowstring was tight, and no one dared to speak loudly.
"Battalion commander, such a big fire, let alone a person, even a high-level soul beast can't survive, isn't it a little too much for us to be so nervous?", at the rear of the army, a handsome man said to the big man beside him.
"I also think that there are some small issues on it, isn't it just a little doll that may be related to the Helian family, look at the way they are nervous! In my opinion, those old guys in the military department were all scared by Helian Zongheng back then! According to me, after Helian Zongheng died more than ten years ago, the so-called military god family has long been in vain!" , Dahan smiled disdainfully, of course he only dared to talk in front of his cronies, if he was heard by those people in the military department, he, the newly appointed commander of the archery battalion, was afraid that he would be set up in an instant!
As soon as the big man finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from the periphery of the forest, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see that in the midst of the sparks, a tall man with a whole body in pitch black rushed out quickly, the man was almost naked, and in his arms, it seemed that he was still holding a person!
"His grandmother's, it's really fateful! Cavalry archers, release arrows!", the big man swallowed a mouthful of foam with difficulty, and it took a long time to react.
There was a heart-palpitating sound, all the archers released their bowstrings at the same time, and the black shadows in the sky shot towards the embarrassed Niu Chong, Niu Chong had the intention to dodge, but his feet were already extremely sore, in the process of rushing through the flames, even his tough skin was seriously burned, if it had been placed before, even if there were more flying arrows, he would not have paid attention to it, but now......
"I'm sorry Helian, I can only protect you one last time!", Niu Chong suddenly smiled innocently, did not dodge the arrows in the sky, but quickly turned his back and gave his broad back to the opponent!
Just when Niu Chong thought that he was going to be pierced by random arrows, a clear birdsong suddenly came, and then he heard the sound of violent flapping of wings, followed by his shoulder, which seemed to be gently grasped by the claws of some object, and his body quickly hung in the air, gradually moving away from the ground!
"That'...... What is that?", the commander of the archers looked up sluggishly as the huge bird-like creature easily flapped its wings and flew its arrows, and then the burly man holding the ground swayed to his feet.
At this time, Niu Chong, who was caught in the sky, closed his eyes tiredly, and in his hands, he was still holding Helenor, who had already been stunned by the high temperature.