Chapter 21: Burning Wolf (Collect!) )

The cloth bag was slung cross-body on his back, and the Qingmo sword was in his hand, and he walked into the forest with a high stride, walking towards the place where the iron ore deposit was.

The air here was visibly stuffy, and sweat was oozing from his high skin, which made him a little uneasy, like a boulder in his chest. I really don't know how those disciples of the Blazing Yuan Sect lived in such an environment for a long time.

The season of the fairy world, the time is synchronized with the present world, it is now November, the weather is gradually getting cooler, and it is entering winter. But the temperature has not changed in these places near the Blazing Valley, and according to the coachman's words, it will always feel like it is locked in a steamer.

Gao Zhen believes that the temperature environment here is very likely to be caused by the mineral deposits under the Blazing Yuan Valley. This is not like Black Bay Island, where the warm climate is maintained by the underground magma of active volcanoes, but because there should be a large amount of fire-attribute minerals like "Flame Iron" beneath the Blazing Yuan Valley. The effect of these minerals is similar to that of volcanic magma, but they are all special minerals rich in fairy powers, so the effect may be more obvious than that of active volcanoes.

Gao took a detailed look at the trees around him, which he couldn't name. Their branches are dark in color and have a lot of dry folds on them. The leaves are needle-shaped, a bit like the leaves of modern pine trees. The shape of the leaves is a good way to retain water and reduce the loss and evaporation of the already small amount of water. These strange plants should have survived in such an environment for a long time and evolved themselves.

Remembering the reminder on the mission data that there might be wild beasts in this forest, I raised my vigilance. He bent as quickly as he could, without making too pronounced noises. Because the beasts that haunt this environment are generally not flying animals, but some strong beasts, and they will even carry the spiritual power of the fire attribute on their bodies.

There were thorns growing in the bushes ahead, blocking the path of the high pillow. This forced him to swing his sword and split them. In this regard, the high pillow is a little tight, because the temperature around him is very high, and the water in the soil is also evaporated, forming water vapor, which leads to high humidity. The ability of the air to transmit sound in this state is extremely strong. Even if you are careful, you may alarm nearby people or wild beasts.

Sure enough, after Gao Zuo had carved a path through the thorn bushes with his sword, he saw the tracks of many wild beasts above a clearing behind the bushes.

It seems that I am really going to meet it. Thinking so, he stepped forward and reached out to touch the blackened footprints on the dirt.

It was stepped on by the paws of a canine, and the high pillow clearly distinguished the position of each toe and nail in the shallow pit. The shallow pit is not large, only the size of a fist, and the inside is charred black.

Gao Zhen gently twisted a small bit of burnt dust with his two fingers, rubbed it, a hot sting pain came from his fingertips, and he quickly patted it on his clothes to pat the dust off.

Looks like you've just left? Gao Pillow stood up from the ground, pricking up his ears to make out the sounds around him. He was now in a clearing in the woods and was very likely to be the target of an ambush.

Suddenly, he heard a grinding sound, which was originally very faint, but gradually became rapid, and he felt that there was this sound coming from his front, rear, left and right, as if something was passing through the thorn bush and surrounding him.

A burst of crimson fire ignited in the dark thorn bushes in front of Gao Pillow, followed by behind him, to the left and to the right. He could distinctly feel the four fireball-like things slowly approaching him.

Squinting his eyes for a moment, Gao Zhen still couldn't make out the exact outline of the four moving fireballs, their bodies were completely wrapped in the raging flames, and the only thing that stood out was the dark green eyes. The eyes shimmered a faint green glow in the crimson flames, like two ghostly emeralds.

"Huh!" Gao Zhen's eyes were horizontal, and a dazzling black flame rose from the Qingmo Sword, which was better than the flames on the four beasts that surrounded him.

In front of Yancheng and decent people, Gao Zhen did not dare to use magic power, fearing that he would be regarded as a demon cultist and expelled from the Eastern Continent. But here, there is no one, and even if they are seen, the other person does not know them. Therefore, he boldly unleashed the pure black witch flame, wanting to fight a few beasts quickly.

The dark green eyes in the four fireballs began to stand before they met, ready to fight, and they all froze for a moment. Soon, though, they grew brighter and brighter. The speed of the four flames in the thorn bush increased instantly, and they leaped up, drawing four arcs of flames in the air, and pounced towards the prey standing in the middle.

It was only at this time that Gao Zhen could distinguish the huge mouth of the four beasts. I saw that at the tip of the four red fireballs, under the dark green eyes, a huge crack opened. There, the flames split into two parts, each burning and jagged, like two rows of sharp teeth in a giant mouth. The four huge mouths all bit towards the high pillow, leaving no way for him to retreat.

Too sluggish, Gao Zhen thought to himself, and with a crisp snap, a dark blue spell shattered on his left hand.

Water Attribute Control Spell, "Glacier Spell".

A blue light flashed from where the spell was broken, and the cold air suddenly spread in all directions, freezing the air within three or four meters of it.

The hot and humid air shrinks sharply the moment it comes into contact with the cold, and the water that evaporates from the ground condenses rapidly, turning from water vapor into water droplets, and finally into ice particles.

With the high pillow as the center, within a circle of three or four meters, ice rain suddenly fell. These tiny blue ice particles rained down from the sky and landed on the four flaming beasts that pounced on them. The air had almost frozen under the power of the cold, which was not conducive to the burning of the flames, and the flames on the four beasts were significantly dimmed by the rain of ice.

This "glacier charm" was bought in a charm shop. Thinking that he was going to come to this Blazing Yuan Valley area, the water attribute spell was naturally indispensable. The effect of the "Glacier Charm" is similar to that of the Mage's "Frost Flask" in that it creates a cold area and reduces the mobility of enemies in the area. In such a hot and humid environment, it can also generate ice rain, which can be said to be a miracle.

However, in order to save money, Gao Zhen bought defective products. Normal glacial charms can freeze the air within a radius of five or six meters, while defective products have a radius of effect of only three or four meters, and there may be "dumb charms" that cannot be triggered.

Although the effect may not be good, the purpose has been achieved. Most of the flames on the four beasts were extinguished, revealing their fur underneath. Seeing this, Gao Zhen had a rough guess in his heart.

This beast has lived in the Blazing Yuan Valley for a long time, which is rich in fire attribute spiritual power, and has more or less accumulated a part of it in its body. They have also gradually mastered the means of controlling these spiritual powers, gathering them at the tips of their own hairs, releasing them, making contact with the air, and igniting flames. They envelop themselves in a fireball that both protects themselves and deters their enemies.

However, in the face of human intelligence, the evolution of beasts in decades, if not centuries, is still as clumsy as child's play.

The four beasts, attacked by the cold and freezing rain in quick succession, leaped a normal distance and fell to the ground, the flames on their furs almost completely extinguished, which made them feel terrified. Now they are as fragile as snails that have lost their shells.

Under the influence of the glacial charm, they could not escape, so they wanted to roar loudly and pass the message to their distant companions.

But sitting high won't give them a chance.

The flames on the Qingmo Sword were half dark black and half red, and the fire attribute true qi in the high pill pill had already been enhanced near the Blazing Yuan Valley. He flicked the tip of his sword and slashed through the throats of the four beasts.

The blood flowers bloomed, and instantly condensed in the cold air, forming bright red ice spikes.

The flames on the four beasts were finally completely extinguished, and the remaining spiritual power in their bodies disappeared into the last burst of ice rain along with their passing lives.

Gao Zhen crouched down and flipped a beast over with his green ink sword, discovering that it was a wolf-like creature. The fur itself is dark brown, the limbs are thin but powerful, the mouth is huge, and there are no ears and tail.

Burning wolf.

Gao Zhen remembered the name of the creature. He had encountered them in the fairy world of old accounts before, and their eyes and fur could be sold for money.

Despite being very short of money at the moment, he doesn't want to spend too much time on peeling. First, I was afraid that I would lose time and be discovered by the people of the Blazing Yuan Sect, and second, this fur was very heavy and not suitable for carrying.

In the end, Gao Zhen could only simply gouge out the eyes of the four burning wolves and accept the eight emerald-like wolf eyes.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to use the fire cloud finger to ignite the corpses of the four burning wolves and clean up the traces of the battle.