Chapter 23: White Ground
The night was deeper, and the peach blossom valley was dark.
Each peach tree seems to have been repainted with black paint.
"Don't hold me anymore. The juice has dried up. Rey said.
The soles of the feet stepped on the wet land of Peach Blossom Valley, although it was cold, it was quite comfortable.
"Oh?"
Liu Min found that Rey could indeed walk on both feet, but for some reason the hands of the two were still tightly glued together.
The wind whistled and carried the fragrance of peach blossoms.
As I walked, I walked through the dense gaps of the peach trees, and there seemed to be light in front of me, and there was faint black smoke.
"Firelight?" Rey tightened the dagger in his hand.
"Well, let's be careful." Liu Min said softly.
In this Peach Blossom Valley, everyone is dangerous.
Passing through a few peach trees, the fire in front of me grew brighter and brighter, followed by a wave of heat.
The more I walked, the hotter I went, the hotter I went, and I began to sweat on my forehead, chest, back, torso, and all parts of my body.
Finally see it clearly.
There was not just a pile of flames ahead, but a pile of fire a few meters apart, lined up in front of the two of them, like a fire dragon lying in front of the road.
The flames were blazing and the smoke was thick.
The smoke that rose was blown away by the cold wind in the valley.
Rey looked in both directions, and there were still a little fire as far as the eye could see, and the fire dragon made up of piles of fire seemed to have no end.
The heat wave hit their faces, and the two of them instantly sweated profusely.
Nourished by the wind, the flames in front of him changed their shapes with teeth and claws, like hideous demons.
"Stand back."
Rey felt like the air he had inhaled into his lungs was on fire, and it was already difficult to breathe.
"Hmm."
The two of them retreated more than ten meters, and three or four layers of dense peach trees blocked the flames.
It's still hot, like standing on the edge of a volcanic crater.
It seems that the road to the Dragon's Cave is really dangerous.
The sound of whirring flames echoed in the ears of the two of them, as if mocking everyone.
The dark valley has never been so bright, and the peach groves in front of me are vivid, and the pink peach blossoms can't resist the erosion of the heat wave.
Time is passing minute by minute, and I don't know if there is still a time limit for this dragon slaying game, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible for the flesh and blood to pass through this dense fire dragon.
Just as the two of them lay behind the peach tree, staring closely at the flames in front of them, while trying to figure out a way, the heat wave didn't seem to be so scorching.
The smoke was thicker than before, but the flames were gradually extinguished.
The light in the valley faded, and the giant fire dragon seemed to transform, gradually replacing the flames with thick smoke.
The wind was still howling, the fire was finally extinguished, and the smoke was gradually blown away.
"Let's go, let's see."
Rey and Liu Min cautiously walked towards the previous fire dragon.
Walking through the three or four layers of peach trees in front of him, piles of burned ashes appeared in front of him.
"Look." Liu Min pointed to the ashes that had burned out of the fire.
The fire was so fierce that it left only oval-shaped black marks on the ground after burning. The wind blows, and these black marks seem to carry all the glory of life, and they do not want to disperse. The ground beneath the black sigil was white, emitting a faint white glow in the dark valley.
The white ground was dozens of zhang wide, like a calm river in front of them.
In addition to the rings of black marks that had just been burned, there were other marks in front of them.
All the sigils took on a similar shape, but the deeper they extended into the white ground, the lighter the color of the imprints became, like a gradient, and gradually disappeared.
In the depths of the white ground, between the two vague marks, there was a pile of black things, like burnt meat, that was emitting faint smoke.
"What do you say these fires are?" Liu Min asked.
Circles of black seals, one at intervals of a few meters, stretched infinitely in both directions.
There is another thing in this dense Peach Blossom Valley, that is, the ubiquitous peach trees.
"This should be all left after the peach trees burned." Rey said.
"I think so too, but who can light so many peach trees at the same time?" Liu Min was thoughtful.
The white ground was still calm, like a broad band.
Could it be that this strange ground ignited the peach trees?
"I'll try." Rey led Liu Min towards the river-like belt.
Coming to the edge of the belt, the wind was blowing, and it was still cold all around, and the white ground didn't seem to have a lot of heat.
Rey cautiously stretched out his soleless foot......
"Be careful." Liu Min stared closely at Rey's feet.
The soles of his feet stepped on the white ground.
It's not hot, it's not as damp and cold as other lands, but it's warm with a little residual heat from the flames burned out.
"It's strange, this temperature doesn't burn the peach tree."
Rey retracted his feet and looked at Liu Min beside him, "Or, why don't we go over?" ”
"Squeak."
Liu Min was about to answer, when suddenly a black figure scurried past his feet against the ground.
"Ah......h
It turned out to be a huge black mouse.
"Squeak."
The black rat barked as it ran towards the pile of roasted meat, deep in the white ground.
Rey and Liu Min stared at the big rat tightly.
The rat finally came to the pile and ate it pleasantly.
It was really roasted meat.
What kind of meat is it?
"Squeak, squeak."
Two more rats sprang out of the peach grove, staring at their little black eyes, and rushed to the pile of roasted meat like sharks that smelled blood.
Just as the three mice were eating, the white ground began to flicker.
A wave of heat rose, and Rey and Liu Min quickly took a few steps back.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak......"
The three rats let out a miserable cry, but still greedily ate the roast meat in front of them.
The ground was getting hotter and hotter, and the white edges extended outward for a few meters, gradually turning a pale yellow.
Rey took Liu Min back a few more steps, and the white ribbon actually stretched a few meters like a rising tide, enveloping the outermost layer of peach trees.
The ground is getting hotter and hotter, turning from pale yellow to dark yellow.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
The three rats finally put down the meat from their mouths, and ran towards the edge of the belt with a miserable scream.
But it was too late!
"Whew."
The large rat at the front caught fire, and the flames quickly consumed its body.
"Whew, whew."
The two rats in the back also burned after a few difficult movements.
The flames quickly burned away the rat's fur and eventually turned into three steaming piles of roasted meat.
The ground boiled and turned completely crimson, like magma.
The heat was raging and the smoke was billowing out.
Rey and Liu Min retreated even farther than the first time.
The outermost peach tree, which had been re-encased, burned one after another, and the flames took advantage of the wind like a roaring demon.
A fire dragon reappeared in front of him, and the Peach Blossom Valley was as bright as day in an instant.
"This, this ground is really weird." Behind the four or five layers of peach trees, Rey was very afraid.
If it weren't for the greedy rats taking the lead, it might be themselves who turned into roast meat.
"Hmm." Liu Min said as he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the peach trees were completely covered, like huge lanterns.
Soon, the peach trees burned out.
The smoke in the sky was gradually blown away by the wind.
The heat wave is subsiding.
The two of them returned to the edge of the tape.
The ground has faded from red to yellow.
The peach trees that had just burned out left black marks on the ground again, round and round.
And the traces after the previous burn have become shallower.
The edge of the strap extends several meters.
Eventually, the scorching heat was all gone, and the ground was white again, emitting a faint white glow, as if nothing had happened.
"Rey." Liu Min called to himself softly.
"How long do you think there is between these two burns?"
"About five or six minutes."
"Hmm." Liu Min looked at the white ground dozens of zhang wide and continued, "If we run with all our strength, five or six minutes is enough to run to the end." ”
"Hmm."
Even if the white ground like a quiet river is 100 zhang wide, it is no more than 300 meters, which is not as long as a standard runway.
And Rey is fully confident in his ability to run.
A minute is enough, maybe not a minute.
"Okay, let's run over there."
As soon as Rey finished speaking, the white ground began to flicker.
The two of them quickly ducked back behind several layers of peach trees.
This time the fire came faster and more ferociously.
In the blink of an eye, all the outermost peach trees were ignited.
The flames rose into the sky, and the fire dragon shone brightly.
The interval has actually become shorter, and the interval between two burns is only about three or four minutes.
"Liu Min, listen to me. This time the interval has become shorter. Rey, who was hiding behind the peach tree, stared at the skyrocketing fire and continued, "It's probably only three or four minutes, and the next time it may be shorter, maybe only a minute or two." ”
"Hmm." Liu Min nodded, "And the distance has increased." ”
"Yes, it's a foot away, but a minute or two is enough." Rey tightened his clasped hands and said, "According to this law." We can't wait any longer, or we'll never get by. ”
"Hmm."
"Okay, as soon as the fire goes out in a while, I'll count one, two, three, and we'll rush over with all our might!" Rey's gaze was fixed on the flames in front of him.
Once again, the heat wave subsided, and a few peach trees were still burning tenaciously.
"One."
Rey's voice sounded in Liu Min's ears.
The flames were all extinguished, and only billowing smoke remained.
"Two."
The bitter wind still tickled the smoke.
"Three!"
Just when the smoke had not completely cleared, Rey took Liu Min's inseparable little hand and rushed towards the white ground.
"Knock, knock, knock."
The ground was still glowing with a little yellow light, and the soles of your feet were like stepping on a hot kang when they stepped on the ground.
The two of them ran quickly, and the black marks gradually became lighter and lighter, and finally disappeared.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Just when the white ground starts to heat up again, the end is finally in sight!