Chapter 11: True Gluttony?
"Hiss...... Hiss. ”
Xia Jie couldn't see the distance clearly, so he could only judge the direction by this faint roar, and chased into the depths of the valley with a black knife.
It is also strange to say that in the past 2,000 years of meteorites falling from the sky, the people outside have actually repaired a Great Wall to defend it, but they did not dare to send troops to destroy this Gouwu Mountain when the gluttony was repulsed.
Is it really as the king and the military master said, this is a warning from heaven to warn the world not to be greedy, so the world takes it as a wake-up call and does not dare to destroy it?
For this reason, I am afraid that a large number of people will die of laughter if I say it, and Xia Jie naturally doesn't believe it.
Because he had seen a record about Gouwu Mountain in the ancient books of mountains and seas: "There is a lot of jade on the top of the mountain and a lot of copper under it." There is a beast, its shape is like a sheep's body and human face, its eyes are in the armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, its sound is like a baby, its name is roe deer owl, it is a cannibal. ”
Nothing will ever come out of nowhere, although the gluttony here is slightly different from the records in the ancient books of mountains and seas, but its origin, Xia Jie can also guess a thing or two.
……
On the Great Wall, a soldier of the Bear Army knelt on one knee, his hands presented a piece of broken armor supported by a black cloth.
Facing Shao Dianshuai, he whispered, "Qiqi Dianshuai...... We only found General Xia's already broken armor and weapons, his body...... There are no bones left. ”
The two soldiers behind him carried two large knives that had been blown up and bent like sheep's horns, and silently bowed their heads and held them high.
Shao Dianshuai stepped forward silently, looked at the crisp black armor that was already covered with spider patterns and burned by the flames, and sighed:
“…… Carry it back and erect a mound of clothes. ”
"Yes, Lady Palace!"
At night, the Great Wall was full of soldiers, all with white cloths on their heads, releasing Kong Ming lanterns to send Xia Jie's soul.
This is a funeral specification for a person at the level of a palace marshal, but Shao Dianshuai thanked Xia Jie for the sacrifice he made for this battle, and raised his funeral by a level in a special case.
"Knock~Knock~"
The sound of the war drums and an old Qin dialect were transmitted very far in the night, and even Xia Jie, who was already in the Hook Wu Mountain, could hear it.
"Huh? Shao Dianshuai or is he dead? ”
Xia Jie turned his head to look back, looked at the string of Kong Ming lanterns that looked like the Milky Way rising in the sky, shook his head slightly, and said, "In this way, you can be killed by a sneak attack, and that is also your life." ”
There was indeed a funeral on the Great Wall, but even if he wanted to break his head, he would never have imagined that he was the protagonist of this funeral.
Putting away this distraction, Xia Jie continued to look at the mountain with his eyes.
This is a 100-meter-high, strange rocky bald mountain, there is no plant on it, only the left side of the mountain has a large piece of jade-like crystals, is faintly emitting green light.
"It's weird...... It's not far from the Great Wall, and I haven't had a living creature here, and there's not even grass and trees growing on this ground?! ”
Xia Jie's eyes hesitated, the gluttony had already returned to the nest, but he stopped his pace because of this inexplicable palpitation, looking at this green mountain, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
There is no reason for this feeling, it is simply fear, an instinctive fear.
He silently lowered his head, looking at his hands covered with black and ash, as well as the black knife: "Now that I have the Fountain of Eternal Life in my body, I can return to reality even if I die, so what am I afraid of?!" ”
Fear is a biological instinct, and the source of fear comes from the unknown!
"I'm going to go in anyway!"
He clenched the black knife and resolutely stepped into the path that he had slipped into before.
This is a dark stone tunnel, and the stone walls are protruding with green fluorite, full of claw marks, which should have been dug out by gluttonous claws.
Xia Jie walked slowly, and as soon as he entered here, he could smell a pungent smell in the air, and the smell of rancid and dead silence came to his face.
"Hiss ......"
There was a faint roar of gluttony in the tunnel, which also made Xia Jie move the black knife in front of him to deal with the attack that might appear at any time.
After a hundred steps, the air became colder and colder, but he still did not reach the end, but the green light became brighter and brighter, and the road became wider and wider. He frowned, squinted and walked quietly.
The stones on the ground became more and more wet and slippery, Xia Jie's leg armor had been blown up, and he could only be barefoot, but it was difficult to maintain his balance, he held on to the wall, and his steps became slower and slower.
"This mountain road is so long......"
Xia Jie was secretly frightened, but the next moment, he stopped suddenly, and his eyes opened: "What's going on?!! ”
He could feel a suction force coming from the grotto, a force that didn't touch matter, but more like it was robbing his own life.
It's as if there is a giant demon in front of him, extracting his own flesh and blood essence in the air, and he can be safe and sound at the moment is also because there is a force in his body that is competing with it.
Xia Jie froze his footsteps, pondered and went to his body, he clearly saw that the power of the five elements in his body was constantly stimulating his strength at this moment, wrapping his whole body, although the power of the five elements was extremely thin, but they were able to resist it with the support of the Immortal Spring.
"This meteorite is really extraordinary, even if someone wants to destroy it for thousands of years, I am afraid that if I walk here, I will be sucked into a human body! Therefore, the Great Wall can only be cast to resist, not destroyed. ”
Xia Jie took another tentative step forward, and sure enough, the closer he got to the depths of the tunnel, the greater the suction.
And he could feel that his Five Elements power could support two more steps at most, and if he went any further, I was afraid that the Immortal Spring would also be able to make up for its intense consumption!
This is like wrestling, although he has infinite stamina, but in this strength, he is inferior.
"What the hell is this?"
Xia Jie frowned, looking inward in confusion, but he could only see the bare stone wall and the green light that was brightening the hall.
"Nourishing ......"
Suddenly, there was a strange sound in his hand, Xia Jie looked down, the blue light on the black knife gradually dimmed, and the blade of the knife suddenly retracted into the hilt.
Xia Jie shook his hand violently, no matter how hard he tried, the black knife could no longer be extended.
"Unexpectedly, even the energy of the black knife has been absorbed?"
At this moment, he finally understood that this suction force must be inseparable from the meteorite that day, and this place cannot be stayed for a long time!
"Stepping on ......"
Xia Jie hurriedly exited the tunnel, and although the suction force was getting smaller and smaller, it followed him like a shadow.
It wasn't until he completely got out of Hook Wu Mountain that he finally ran out of the range of this suction. By the light of the moon, he sat down on the rock, and looked up at the green hedron halfway up the mountainside with a puzzled mind.
"I had thought that the stone was similar to the Creator element in Prometheus, but this suction overturned my conjecture from the side. The meteorite of this mountain has the magical power of devouring the heavens and the earth, and perhaps, there is a real gluttony sealed in it! ”
After a while, Xia Jie was startled and said secretly:
"Whew, I see! The purpose of devouring flesh and blood and transporting it to the Beastmaster is not just to breed more beasts. And most likely, it is to accumulate flesh and blood and awaken the true gluttony in this stone? ”
"The so-called breeding, the so-called beast disaster once in sixty years, is very likely to be the awakening time of this glutton!"
This conclusion is enough to make people feel shocked and frightened.
But Xia Jie's eyes rolled, and he changed his previous fear, but he laughed violently.
"If it's really gluttonous, it's not to worry about it in such a weak state! This extraterrestrial meteorite has existed for more than 2,000 years, but it still maintains a frequency of once in 60 years, which shows that its power has always maintained at a point, neither increasing nor decreasing. ”
Although Xia Jie didn't know the reason for this, it didn't prevent him from having this confidence!
"There is abundant aura in this world, as long as I concentrate on cultivation, the power of the five elements will one day reach the second stage of the secret law."
"When the time comes, you will definitely be able to resist this suction force easily, and you can even urge the method of incarnation outside the body to refine it into an incarnation!"
The effect brought by the Immortal Fountain allows him to have plenty of time to cultivate, and as long as the upper limit of his strength reaches the level of resisting the suction, with the Immortal Fountain as compensation, it is equivalent to ignoring the suction!
This thought occupied his mind almost instantly.
At this moment, it doesn't matter what is perfect, what is the early completion of the five tasks, and if he continues to shuttle and continue to mix in other regretful worlds, the benefits that may be obtained are not as rich as this time, Xia Jie is naturally unwilling to go far.
The real opportunity to become stronger in front of him is his most intuitive desire.
Xia Jie slowly stood up, touched the black ash on the corner of his eyes, and also reflected on himself: "Since I obtained this cultivation method, I have always been forced to rush by the task, and the longest cultivation time is no more than three days. It's time to temper yourself in this world! ”
"As for the perfect point for this mission, I can imagine what I'm going to smoke! Don't! ”
The characteristic product, that is the item that he has owned, and this world, what the hell has he had! Broadsword? Deer Army Cloak? Armour? Or what kind of magnet? How can these things make Xia Jie tempted!
"Now that the black knife is also destroyed, if I don't make some money back, even if I win the mission this time, it will be a loss!"
Xia Jie thought silently, turned around and looked around, the radius of Hook Wu Mountain was a hundred miles, all of them were barren, he randomly found a rocky cliff and climbed it directly.
"Click...... Click......"
Standing on the edge of this half-meter-long stone platform, Xia Jie picked up the handle of the black knife is a fierce hammer, and used pure strength to carve a big hole in this cliff.
It wasn't until the sun poked his head out of the clouds that he finished the cave, the entrance of which was no more than a meter high and half a meter wide, but it was expanded to be three meters long and two meters wide.
He piled up a few deliberately reserved boulders at the entrance of the cave to block out the light and provide ventilation through a few small gaps.
"Everything is ready, start the retreat!"
Xia Jie patted the lime in his hand, and regardless of the ash marks on his body, he sat down and began to cultivate.