Although they didn't know why the python behind them stopped, the bloodthirsty hiss made their hearts beat in horror, and the three of them panicked, regardless of the desperate rush forward. I don't know how far I ran with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the voice finally disappeared completely, and reason returned to my brain, and everything in front of them made them unconsciously slow down their progress.

The forest was bleak, gloomy, and silent. Under their feet were thick dead branches and rotting leaves, sporadically revealing some wet and soft black soil, and the smell of rancid and moldy was always in the air, which made the three people who had just been frightened and vigorously exercised very uncomfortable.

"How do I think this place is a bit spooky? Not even a bird's call? Ke Zhenshi looked around with a thief's head.

"Isn't it a little ...... It's very ......," Di Qingchuan said with a trembling voice, "Look...... See what that is? ”

Following Di Qingchuan's line of sight, a big tree stood diagonally in front of him. It took on a strange twist, leaning diagonally on the tree next to it, and the twisted part of the bark seemed to have been peeled away, revealing the yellowish-white heart inside, which contrasted with the damp black bark above and below.

Ke Zhenshi didn't know why, "What's wrong with a broken tree?" ”

Di Qingchuan's eyes swept around the tree frantically, and he said with a frightened expression, "You guys...... Take a closer look...... Tree ...... Under the Tree......"

couldn't stand Di Qingchuan's hesitation, Ke Zhenshi said, "I'd better go over and see for myself!" But before he could get to him, he stopped, and stood there without moving for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Ke Zhenshi was a little weird, Rui Gong couldn't help but walk over. A thick rancid stench followed, and it was not until you got close that you could see several twisted footprints scattered around the tree. Suddenly, a strange wind blew, revealing the bones of dozens of animals under the dead branches and leaves. Rui Gong looked carefully, these bones were large or small, like sheep and fish, like tigers and birds, and their bodies were very strange, not like the common animal bones in biology class, and they couldn't tell what they were. The broken tree was also deeply imprinted with the paw prints of some animal, and this paw print was accompanied by a large number of splatters of black blood droplets.

The breath of death made Rui Gong not want to stay here for a moment, and she called Ke Zhenshi softly. Ke Zhenshi shuddered, came back to his senses and asked, "Is this a ghost gate or ...... What is the valley of death? ”

"The Valley of Death?" "So that's why the snake didn't chase it in?" ”

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound under their feet, as if something was dragging on the ground, and as if some reptile was crawling towards them. Rui Gong didn't dare to think about it, pulled Ke Zhenshi to call Di Qingchuan who was not far away, pointed in the direction he came, and left, Di Qingchuan hurriedly trotted to keep up with the two.

The sound of the rustling was intermittent, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, as if it was constantly tempting. Every time Rui Gong walked forward cautiously, he always felt that something was following him behind him, and the killing intent was very strong. The moment she turned around, she could always vaguely feel that they flashed into the dense forest behind her faster than her gaze.

With each step, she could feel the living objects crawling beneath the dead branches and leaves, staring at her fiercely with bloodshot eyes, as if they were ready to rush out and tear her body apart at any moment.

Rui Gong stood up suddenly, Ke Zhenshi just wanted to open his mouth to ask, Rui Gong hurriedly said "shhh", and the sound of squirming also stopped, and Di Qingchuan, who was following behind the two, had already said with a miserable face, "This has to be ...... How many snakes? ”

A chill rose from the bottom of her heart, and she tried to take a step forward. The sound of rustling sounded again, and this time, the sound came from all directions, close to the ear, and it had become a trend of encirclement.

Suddenly, Rui Gong felt something strange behind him, and when he looked back, there were dense pink vines as thick as fingers coming out from under the dead branches and rotting leaves, and with a hissing sound, these suke vines were still wriggling and lengthening, and pounced on them with teeth and claws. The three of them couldn't hold back any longer, and without the slightest hesitation, they ran lifelessly.

Suddenly, a sudo rose from the ground head-on, and rushed straight towards Rui Gong, who was running in front. Before he could react, he was wrapped around his neck by Sudo, and soon, more Sudo climbed up. Rui Gong was terrified and wanted to tear off the sudo around her neck with her hands, but instead she was getting tighter and tighter, and she tried to turn her head to ask the two boys for help, but she saw that the two people were also entangled in sudo, tugging at the arms and legs.

Soon, Sudo strangulated Rui Gong's skin, and blood dripped down and onto the ground. The feeling of suffocation and intense pain continued to stimulate Rui's brain, and just as she felt like she was about to die, the tight sudo suddenly loosened, and then slowly retreated. Rui Gong sat on her knees, her hands on the ground gasping, and she turned her head to look at the two men, and the sudo on their bodies slowly retreated to the ground, and soon disappeared.

"How are you?" Ke Zhenshi staggered over, "We wanted to save you, but we were entangled in that thing - what the hell are those things?" ”

"I don't know," Rui Gong shook her head, "Let's go, get out of here." As he spoke, he struggled to his feet.

"Your ...... His arm was bleeding," Di Qingchuan also followed, looked at Rui Gong's arm with a little concern and said, "What...... So much blood shedd? ”

I thought it was an ordinary strangulation, so I didn't care about it just now, but Rui Gong found that his arm on the ground was bleeding nonstop, and the blood seemed to be attracted by something in the soil, and flowed down his arm to the ground, but even though it seemed to be sucked dry by the black earth, there was no trace. With a palpitation, Rui Gong hurriedly raised his hand. As the last bits of blood disappeared into the soil, the ground beneath his feet shook as if it had been activated with life.

"There was an earthquake! Come on! Ke Zhenshi grabbed Rui Gong and dragged him forward. At this time, I didn't care about finding out what was going on, and I couldn't care that Rui Gong's arm was still bleeding. With the help of his strength, Rui Gong jumped up from the ground and ran crookedly forward on the twisted and trembling earth.

Suddenly, a hundred zhang away, the ground was divided into several petals, and the woods above rolled over like waves, and in the blink of an eye, black smoke rose everywhere, and the mountains and forests trembled. The three of them hurriedly stopped, and saw that the top of the ground was pointy, like a leaf, and like a swimming octopus tentacle. The three of them were so frightened that they hurriedly turned around and ran back.

But who knew that there was already turmoil behind him: in the dust and smoke that covered the sky, the blue sky was faintly revealed; Not far away, a large black hole under the rotten leaves gradually opened up, bottomless, and a strange whining wind blew from inside, as if from hell. Soon, a ring of dark green needles grew next to the black hole, and they trembled inverted, like the teeth of a beast.

"We ...... Besieged! Di Qingchuan said desperately, "We want to ...... Dead here. ”

In the blink of an eye, the ground under my feet rolled up at an angle of nearly 90 degrees, forming an upright and steep slope. The three of them were unsteady on their feet, and before they could scream, they all rolled down with their bones. Seeing that they are about to experience the scene of losing their souls once again when they fall into a black hole.

In the chaos, Di Qingchuan was caught by a dead tree, and he quickly grabbed Ke Zhenshi who rolled past him, and when the two turned back, they could only watch Rui Gong fall towards the hellish black hole.

"Whoa—"

A long roar sounded in the air, a golden light fell from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, several dense ancient trees next to the black hole knocked down, horizontally and vertically on the black hole entrance, becoming a net, rotten leaves mixed with soil, falling like rain, Rui Gong fell on the soft branches and leaves, and rolled out of the hole, moved forward, and found a hidden thick branch to hold onto. After she settled down, she saw that the golden blade of light that had saved her life just now seemed to be yesterday's flame.

The surrounding ground gradually closed, and the branches were like two nail boards that were gradually closing, and Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan hanging on the trees had nowhere to hide, and they had no power to fight back, and they were soon pierced by the branches.

"Help! Help us! Seeing what the fire blade did just now, Ke Zhenshi couldn't help but shout for help.

The blade of fire turned into a ball of fire, and suddenly flew around the two of them, and the branches and trees instantly burned out, turning into powder and dissipating into the air, but the two of them were unscathed. This action seemed to anger the things in the black hole, and the whining screams became more intense. The fireball seemed to be undaunted by the black hole, and suddenly fell, rolling around the needles at the entrance of the cave, and in an instant, the raging flames rushed straight into the hole. In an instant, the black hole seemed to explode, and a heart-rending wail came from inside, and the already rolled ground writhed like a wave, revealing the other side of the earth—a huge leaf with clear veins. The three of them were speechless by the shock, but before they could figure out what was going on, something even more surprising happened.

With a hissing sound, a thick red-gold stamen quickly poked out of the black hole. At first the stamens were crumpled like shriveled snake skin. Immediately afterward, a faint yellow light came up, and where it climbed, the wrinkled stamens became round and firm as if they were inflated. The stamens were split at the top, like a cloth bag.

The stamen pocket looked around as if it had eyes, and then attacked the most conspicuous Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan, and the posture was to devour them all. The two hurriedly dodged, the flower stamen pocket was empty, a mouthful of it was inserted into a dead tree, as soon as the head was raised, the tree was broken by the waist and swallowed whole, after a few gurgling sounds, the mouth of the bag was reopened, and the inside was already empty, only wisps of green smoke came out.

Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan were so frightened that they didn't care about the flesh and skin that were cut by the dense and slender branches, they only riveted their strength and climbed up desperately. But as soon as they moved, the huge flower pocket could sense it, and immediately stretched out to the two of them, and the fireball was not to be outdone, and followed closely, and the two red gold were entangled together.

For a while, it was as if they had come to a battlefield full of artillery fire, the branches and leaves were scattered, and the dense explosions were like war drums and thunder, each of which was shaking the hearts of the three people.

Rui Gong nervously looked at the two people dozens of feet above him, at this time the ground leaves had been completely buckled, Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan were hung into the air and did not dare to move again, so they could only hold on to the branches. The flower pocket directly below, the mouth of the bag was wide open, and he pounced on the two of them with enough strength.

"Help—"

"Help us—"

"It's over." Rui Gong closed her eyes in despair.

There was a sudden silence between heaven and earth. When Rui Gong opened his eyes again, he saw that the two people on the branch were still holding the branch, "Are you okay?" Rui Gong shouted.

As if they hadn't heard, the two stared nervously at the closed stamen pocket below. Rui Gong only thought that the two of them were frightened and couldn't come back to their senses, and just wanted to scream again, but suddenly saw the mouth of the flower pouch open and close, and a sharp scream burst out instantly. On another look, the stamen pocket was burning from the inside out. The hundred-foot highland skin that was rolled up seemed to suddenly lose control and fell down with a bang. The three of them were caught off guard, and they fell from a height and were directly stunned.

In the midst of the severe pain, Rui Gong woke up, and there was still gloom and gloom in front of him: the howling monsters in the dense forest had long since disappeared, and everything had returned to dead silence; The huge plant curled strangely on the ground, motionless, and the yellow-brown slime flowed from the crack, emitting a pungent rancid stench.

"Find your companion and get out of here quickly." In the silence, an ethereal voice rang out.

The sudden voice did not startle Rui Geng, but gave her an inexplicable sense of relief, she looked around and asked loudly, "Who are you?" Are you the fireball just now? Yesterday's flames? Or the same tiger...... Tiger-sama? ”

The voice didn't answer, but said, "No more questions." You still have a long way to go and need to walk on your own. ”

"It's a long way...... Where to go? How to get around? Feed! Where are we now? ”

The voice was silent. In the middle of the night, there was a crackling sound of burning and exploding wood ahead. Rui Xun Yin looked, a few faint golden sparks flashed a few times, extinguished, and a strong sense of panic and helplessness struck. At this moment, an eager voice came from behind.

"Rui Gong—Rui Gong—"

"Regon - where are you? Answer us quickly! ”

A faint warmth welled up in Rui Gong's heart, and she responded loudly, "I'm here!" ”

Soon, Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan came panting. The three of them who survived the catastrophe met again, looking at each other scarred, and they didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, Rui Gong said, "I was told to get out of here quickly. ”

Ke Zhenshi's eyes lit up suddenly, "Someone?" Is there anyone here? How can there be anyone here? Who is it? ”

Rui Gong shook her head and said, "I don't know, I only heard voices." ”

Di Qingchuan said suspiciously, "Then let's go...... Look for him, maybe...... He was able to take us home. ”

"I can't find it," Rui Gong thought for a moment, "he said that this place is dangerous, and he needs to leave quickly, so let's go!" ”

Ke Zhenshi said, "But we're leaving, and it's dangerous to leave him here alone." ”

"He's amazing, he's the one who saved our lives." ”

"But ......"

Seeing what Ke Zhenshi wanted to say, Rui Gong said, "He asked me not to ask more, anyway, the rest of the way can only be left on our own." ”

"The rest of the way...... ...... on our own," Rui Geng's words silenced the two boys. Seeing that they didn't speak, Rui Gong said, "Get out of here quickly, this is not a good place." ”

Finally escaped from this dead place, and the frightened three people breathed a long sigh of relief. After walking for a while, I saw a vibrant green under the warm and warm sunshine from afar, the breeze blowing, and the leaves sounded, so a peaceful and peaceful scene.

"We ...... Go over there...... How about taking a break? The sharp-eyed Di Qingchuan pointed diagonally forward and proposed. No one can refuse such a place after a catastrophe, Rui Gong and Ke Zhenshi nodded weakly.

Walking out of the forest, they came to a low cliff, and the three of them were tired and frightened by the experience of the past few days, and they found a clean stone and lay down on the ground.

In a daze, Ke Zhenshi felt that something was dripping onto his head. He reached out and touched his forehead and said, "Huh? Why is it raining? It stinks! ”

As soon as the words fell, a thunderous roar exploded overhead. The three of them were so shocked that they rolled over from the stone and got up.

Following the sound, they saw a reddish-purple behemoth standing on the cliff where they were resting. If you look closely, the features on the huge head look like a tiger, but the neck is surrounded by thick and sparse hair like a lion; The body is strong and powerful, full of muscles; Beneath the four huge, thick pads covered with long hair, there are faintly visible curved blades that glow coldly, as if they can slap people into flesh with a single claw. On the thick tail is a flaming red hair, like a burning flame.

What's even more amazing is that on the back of this monster, there are two large purple-black meat wings that only the dragons in the movie have. At this time, he was slightly opening his bloody mouth, revealing his fangs like sharp knives, standing majestically on the cliff, looking condescendingly at the three humans below. The "rain" that fell on Ke Zhen's stone just now was his saliva.

"Only then did he get out of the snake's den and into the tiger's den." Rui Gong sneered and said to herself, "Well, I'm really learning and applying."

Maybe it was really because they couldn't run, maybe it was the tiger lord last night who made the three of them have a good impression of the monster with the tiger's face, none of them ran, they didn't shout, they just stood there nervously, staring at the monster on the cliff without blinking.

The purple monster examined the three of them, and flew down the cliff with its wings. Suddenly, the surrounding area was like a tornado, and the grass and trees on the side were blown by the wind carried by the wings. The three of them hurriedly closed their eyes and covered their mouths and noses, and then a huge heavy object fell in front of them with a "bang", shaking their legs numb. When the surroundings were quiet, they dared to open their eyes timidly, and found that this hideous-looking tiger was actually several people tall. He was lying in front of them like a hill.

Both sides stared at each other. After being silent for a long time, Ke Zhenshi pretended to be bold, looked at Rui Gong and Di Qingchuan beside him with his spare eyes, and asked cautiously, "Is this guy a tiger?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the corners of the tiger's face grinning, and the cloudy yellow eyes narrowed slightly, turning to Ke Zhenshi. Rui Gong was a little surprised in her heart, "This thing is actually human." ”

The sharp eyes of the purple monster swept over, making Ke Zhenshi shudder, and he stumbled and said, "I'm just guessing...... Don't you mind ......."

The purple monster roared again. Immediately after, a deep voice came out of his throat, "Am I a tiger?" ”

"OMG! The tiger speaks for itself! Ke Zhenshi's shocked voice was filled with inexplicable excitement.

"Human words? So, you're human? The purple monster leaned over and looked at the three of them carefully, and when he saw that the three of them nodded obediently and didn't seem to be lying, he said to himself, "It turns out that there really is a spirit beast like 'human', but ...... But I can't feel any spiritual power at all, hmph, low-level waste...... No, how can they be so similar to the gods on the altar? ”

Hearing only the phrase "low-grade waste", Rui Gong knew that the comer was not good. Regardless of whether the monster could understand it or not, he said quickly, "We came here unexpectedly, and we just received help from your companions, and we don't want to disturb you. Let's go, let's go......"

"My companion?" The purple monster suddenly became interested and said, "Which 'companion' of mine?" ”

Rui Gong looked at the face of the monster in front of him and said cautiously, "That's it...... It's another tiger, who looks older than you, with a beard, not as strong as you, who can read, and a flame that follows him, but the flame seems to be ......."

Before he finished speaking, the purple monster's pupils suddenly contracted, and he said in an eerie air, "Hmph...... Long Ride...... Yunzhong...... It's him again...... He's here too...... So fast...... Every time it's his bad stuff...... Could it be that he was preempted again this time? ”

He turned to Rui Gong and said viciously, "Say, what is he doing here?" What did he carry with him? Have you ever seen a huge egg, or ......? ”

"I didn't ...... Not...... We don't know him well...... Didn't see anything. ”

"Really?" The purple monster's voice was even deeper.

"Not really! Rest assured, we don't know him well! We didn't see anything! "The heads of the three men shook like rattles.

"Huh...... How do I know if what you're saying is true? The purple monster laughed darkly, "It's more reassuring for me to have a chance to come." A low sound resounded through the sky, and in an instant everything seemed to freeze, the purple monster showed its sharp fangs, and its cloudy yellow pupils turned Roland's purple.

The three teenagers suddenly felt that they weighed a thousand pounds, and even their little fingers couldn't move, so they could only look at the purple monster that raised its right paw towards them in horror.

A colorful mist silently appeared in front of them, quickly enveloping the three of them, and before they could react, they suddenly felt lightheaded, and then the sky swirled.

It was as if I had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant, and the feeling of dizziness finally stopped. The three of them came to their senses, the daunting sense of oppression was gone, the purple monster was gone, and there was only a big fox with red and white fur in front of them. This fox has an upright body, about as tall as Di Qingchuan, and its standing posture is very elegant. At this time, he was pulling his beard with one paw, looking at them with a smile on his face, and he looked gentle and elegant.

"The three children weren't hurt, were they?" The fox's voice was low but pleasant, making the three teenagers feel like a spring breeze in an instant.

Ke Zhenshi stammered, "My mother...... Another talking animal...... How can these animals speak human language? ”

The fox said in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." It's dangerous for you to just walk around here like this. ”

Rui Gong and Di Qingchuan, who had just experienced life and death, stared nervously at the talking fox and did not say a word.

The fox said, "The spirit beast you call the tiger is a poor strange, it seems to be called a tyrant or something. I just set up a phantom array to escape with you. However, Qi Qi is very powerful, I am not at the same level as him at all, and my illusion cannot resist him for too long. ”

The talking fox has already made the three of them unclear, and the words "poor strange", "phantom array", and "illusion" in these words are even more confusing to the second monk.

Seeing that the three of them didn't speak, the fox thought for a while, "Actually, I've been observing you for a while, but I was preempted by Qiqi...... By the way, you're a Terran, aren't you? Well...... And it's a human race without spiritual power. It's really dangerous, any spirit beast can eat you...... I mean, why don't you come home with me first? ”

"Home?" Di Qingchuan suddenly came to his senses and asked excitedly, "You know...... Return...... Is there a way back to Taowu Village? ”

The fox tugged at his beard and thought for a moment, "Taowu Village? Is that your home? I don't know, but I do know how to get back to the Spirit Fox Tree House, which is my home. ”

Suddenly, there was a faint tremor in the earth. The fox was startled and turned to look behind him, revealing the five tails behind his buttocks. Looking at the "deformed" fox in front of them, the three of them looked at each other.

"Not good! It seems that Qiqi has seen through my illusion. If we don't leave, after a while, he will break the illusion and chase after him, then we will all suffer. ”

The fox turned around and saw the three of them staring at his ass dumbfounded, and suddenly understood what was going on, he waved his five tails and said proudly, "I am a five-tailed fox, different from ordinary foxes, I am a spirit fox." ”

"Spirit fox? So, you're also a 'spirit animal', aren't you? Rui Gong asked vigilantly, "Can you eat our spirit beast casually?" ”

Di Qingchuan echoed, "Yes...... yes, you just said it yourself...... Spirit animals will eat us...... So how do we ...... Do you believe ......? ”

Rui Geng's question made the five-tailed fox a little embarrassed, he thought for a while and said, "We spirit foxes practice spirituality and pursue the realm of enlightenment, although we occasionally eat a chicken and beat the tooth sacrifice, but basically do not hurt the spiritual body...... Besides, the human race and our Spirit Fox clan have a deep relationship, how do you Terran have a saying? Five hundred years ago it was a ......"

Rui Gong raised his eyebrows and said, "Huh? Who is the same family with you? ”

The earth shook even more, the birds flocked, the leaves rattled, the purple-black light above the dense forest in the distance was faintly visible, and the previous sense of oppression hit again.

Without his previous gentleness, the fox hurriedly said to the three of them, "Hurry up and decide, whether you want to go with me now." If we're lucky, maybe we'll make it home alive - uh, I mean the fox tree house alive, not the peach you said...... Momomura? ”

Looking at the fox's sincere look, Ke Zhenshi straightened his waist, and his tone suddenly became bold, "Let's go, anyway, it's a big deal to be eaten again!" ”

The originally clear sky was now filled with black clouds, as if a hurricane was coming. Immediately after, a muffled thunder exploded, and a purple arc of lightning jumped in the air, shaking the forest into light and darkness. "You ...... What a boldness......" The chilling voice came from all directions, and the voice was even thicker than just now, hitting the heart again and again like a bell, and everyone felt their hands and feet numb.

At this time, the five-tailed fox's hair stood on end, his eyes were round, and he looked at the sky, "He's angry!" If we don't leave, we're really finished! ”

Rui Gong clenched his fist and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

Di Qingchuan quickly glanced at Rui Gong and said, "That'...... Then I'm ...... Let's go with you. ”

"Okay!" The five-tailed fox suddenly opened its five tails like a peacock opening the screen, one paw clung to his Luhua chicken, one paw was slightly moving, and silver-gray light overflowed from between the paws, instantly enveloping him and the three teenagers, he looked back at the crowd, "You hold on to my tail and close your eyes!" ”