The team continued on their way, and had barely walked a few miles when Rick pointed to the sky behind him on the left and exclaimed, "There's a city there, haha, it's good now." As he said that, he wanted to ride his horse to the city, but Alice stopped him at this time, and said, "It is a phantom, a mirage." ”

"How is that possible? I can see it clearly. Rick said a little angrily.

Alice had no choice but to patiently explain: "It's an illusion caused by the refraction of light, if you run after the illusion, you will never want to see that city in your life." ”

"But have you ever seen an ancient city that seems to have been abandoned for a long time? Even if it is an illusion projected from somewhere else by the refraction of light, where is its body? As far as I know, there is no such ancient city near the Huoyun Desert that seems to have been abandoned for thousands of years, it looks too old, maybe it is a ruin. ”

Alice apparently had no way to explain his question, and was not sure how to answer it, when Gyokuro rode over. Seeing that Alice and Rick were far behind, she thought something was going on, so she came over and asked. When he came to Rick's side, Yulu just wanted to ask, but Rick pointed to the ancient city floating in the air and asked, "Yulu, have you ever seen such a city?" ”

Gyokuro raised her eyes and took a closer look, and there was indeed an image of a huge abandoned city in mid-air, which was very realistic, and in some places even the steps were clearly visible. She was about to say that she was very unfamiliar with this ancient city, but when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a huge black flame pattern painted on an abandoned wall of the ancient city, a surprised expression appeared in her eyes, and her surprise turned to surprise. Rick looked at this and asked in surprise, "Gyokuro." Have you seen it? ”

Gyokuro nodded vigorously. "This is the legendary city of darkness. But I don't understand, how did he come here? ”

"Alice says it's a mirage, an illusion." Rick is now learning and selling, "How do you know it's the 'Dark City'?" ”

Gyokuro frowned in embarrassment, and Rick understood that he had asked a question that shouldn't be asked, and immediately turned around and asked Alice, "Will this ancient city be nearby?" ”

Alice thought for a moment and said, "Not necessarily, maybe in front of us, maybe behind us." Depending on the angle at which light is refracted, it will cause a mirage to look different. This ancient city may be in the desert, or it may be far away from us. ”

Rick pondered for a moment and asked cautiously: "I don't know if this is possible, you said that there is almost no strong wind in the Huoyun Desert, and there is no sandstorm, but we encountered it just now, maybe that ice sandstorm exposed a corner of the ancient city that had been sleeping underground for thousands of years. ”

"It's possible." Alice thought for a moment and replied. However, she continued. "We don't have time to stay in the desert and look for it, you know, it's still a long way to go to the next oasis. Looking for the scenery in the mirage is looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is impossible to find clues for a long time, not to mention that this is a desert. Let's go! ”

Rick nodded in disappointment, glanced nostalgically at the ancient city in the sky, called Gyokuro, and rode his horse after the team. He had been paying attention to Gyokuro's expression, and since she had seen the dark city in the mirage, her eyes had flashed like a beating black flame. Rick's doubts grew bigger and bigger.

After about two days of walking, at dusk, they unexpectedly encountered a hard sandy field, which is very rare in the desert, because even the hardest sand and gravel will turn into fine yellow sand under the erosion of the desert. The sand and gravel ground is not flat, and in some places you can see several wind erosion columns as high as several zhang, abruptly on the surface. And that night they were encamped here.

It was almost the end of the year, and there was no moon at night, but the cold stars were bright. The whole team set up a dozen tents, and due to the unusually cold desert at night, there were no guards on duty outside, which also facilitated the movement of some people.

A ghostly figure floated out of the tents and shot out into the distance like electricity. Standing in the shadow of a tent, Rick gestured to the heron beside him, and the two immediately chased in the same direction.

The strange figure went straight to the east, she didn't look back, probably thinking that in such weather, no one came out to move, not to mention that this is still a desert with few people. After running for about ten miles, the sand and gravel were near, and suddenly her figure rose and landed on the top of a wind erosion column, and as soon as her wrist was raised, a bright ball of energy flew into the air from her palm. After a slight pause, he flew north along the sandy ground. After about two hours, Rick and the heron followed her to a gravel-strewn place with a dark cloud in front of them, and they swirled around a building on the surface, spinning and spinning.

Her figure didn't pause, but picked up speed, and an electric shot burrowed into the clouds. Rick in the back didn't have time to stop him, so he could only look at the heron and ask for her opinion. Qinglu said: "The divine guards can feel the position of the childe, don't worry, they will come soon." ”

Rick nodded, letting the heron mark the ground, and the two of them swept into the clouds without hesitation.

Rick and Egret were following Gyokuro, who had been silent for the past two days since she saw the Dark City in the mirage, and seemed to have been thinking about something. Rick secretly watched her every move, and guessed that it must have something to do with the Dark City. Sure enough, on this night, Gyokuro quietly slipped out of the camp, and he and the heron followed her to this strange place. Rick thought to himself, if he was not mistaken, this place was the Dark City. In fact, he guessed right.

The dark cloud is not an ordinary cloud, it is full of the power of the dark element. Rick didn't feel any discomfort after sweeping in, but the heron was different, as soon as she entered, she felt a powerful force suddenly rush towards her, so that she was forced to gather her strength, and her whole body immediately emitted a gorgeous white light, which was the light that belonged to the Nymph Goddess's talisman true qi, but it was only able to resist this powerful force. Rick looked at the heron strangely, he didn't understand why he wanted to gather his strength at this time, he didn't even feel the slightest discomfort, the dark clouds were quite friendly.

The movement of the two of them swept forward did not stop, but gradually accelerated, but fortunately, the cloud was no more than a few hundred meters long, and after a few breaths, it had already passed. When it stopped again, the heron breathed a sigh of relief. The Nymph Goddess was born because of the pure and pure power of heaven and earth, and the dark force was naturally antagonistic, so the Nymph Goddess knew almost all other kinds of magic, but she could not use dark magic. Those clouds not only contain a large amount of dark elemental power, but also seem to have spirituality, as soon as they touch the pure and pure body of the goddess Nymph, it is like fire meets ice, and they immediately fight against it. Fortunately, the power of the heron was strong enough, and when it fought with the dark clouds, neither side took advantage.

As Rick expected, behind the dark clouds, it was the Dark City that Rick saw in the mirage. The real city of darkness is much more majestic and vast than the illusion, with stone pillars as high as more than ten zhang, huge animal bone sculptures, and sections of walls that were tall and solid thousands of years ago but have fallen into decay at this time. Successive stone staircases lead to majestic halls, and the entire dark city is like a temple in ancient times, although it has lost its former glory, it still looks like a sleeping hero, and no one can predict what it means for it to be floating again.

Rick was shocked by what he saw, but he didn't forget what he was here for. At this point, his senses sharpened, but the heron's strength was limited. Rick led the heron around a row of tall stone pillars and into the underworld of the Dark City from the back of a large hall, where Rick sensed Gyokuro and what she was fighting against.

The wide stone staircase swirls down, and although it is dark, it is not dull. Instead, there was a glow that seemed to glow from phosphorus fire floating in the air, allowing Rick and the others to see the scenery ahead, but it was obscure. The stone steps turned downward, and in front of them was a long road, and a large number of human and beast bones appeared on both sides, most of the bones were incomplete, and it could be seen that some of them were killed by killing each other, and some were killed by unknown beasts, in short, they all died miserably. At the end of the corridor was an open stone door, and the heron whispered, "There are still traces of magical energy fluctuations in the air here, and Gyokuro has probably just lifted the seal here." ”

Rick nodded, motioning for the heron to be on guard, and drew his sword himself. Behind the stone door was an even larger stone chamber, with boxes and boxes of gold scattered on the floor, and Rick roughly estimated that if anyone could get their hands on these things, they would probably not have to worry about eating and drinking for a hundred lifetimes. He was also moved, deeply moved, but he understood that now was not the time to deal with these things outside his body, and the most important thing was to find Gyokuro and save each other's lives.

There are two stone doors behind the stone room, one of which is open, and the faint sound of Yulu is heard inside. Rick and Heron immediately broke in. It's a long road again, there are not many corpses here, and the bones are also very complete, and it can even be seen that they are men and women, and they all came in with blades before they died. These people should be quite skillful and have a good status, because the swords they carry are still shining after thousands of years. Rick didn't know any of this, and moved quickly. The more I walked forward, the louder and louder the sound in front of me, and when I walked out of the corridor, there was a larger stone room in front of me. Gyokuro is fighting a monster like a rhinoceros. The monster can spit out a black ball of light from its mouth, and as soon as the ball of light hits the ground, it is a pit several feet deep, Rick has explored the stones used for construction here, and found that it is simply stronger than steel, and the monster can easily smash a deep pit on the ground, and its strength can be imagined. (To be continued......)