Volume 1: The Empress of the Nine Shadows

The first volume is over in this chapter, and the second volume I will use the traditional literary writing method to create, after all, for me, I can't grasp the rhythm of the online text, after nearly 200,000 words of creation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info I found a lot of problems, so I decided not to follow the crowd anymore and chase the cooler. The second volume will be created with rigorous word formation, and I am going to open a separate book for the creation of the second volume, I hope you will collect it then, thank you.

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The fire was raging behind us, and wave after wave of heat hit us. A few of us ran down the huge tree trunk desperately, and I felt like my hair had been burned by the fire.

Taking the moment to look back behind us, a large flaming monster roared after us. This thing is the same monster we glanced at in the hollow of the tree and saw some of its limbs. It was indeed not afraid of fire, and rushed out of the huge fire, bringing a whirlwind.

But I soon realized that something was wrong, and there weren't many dead branches and leaves in this pit. Even if it was easy to ignite, there would never be such a big fire, and the fire would have started almost instantly. The giant tree that collapsed with a bang, and the countless vine plants wrapped around the tree, were all alive.

And there is another thing that I am very puzzled about, this huge white monster that looks like an ant can have enough strength to uproot this thousand-year-old tree? Obviously, I don't think it has the power to do that. Otherwise, we probably won't even have a chance to escape, and we will have been rushed out of the tree hole by it long ago and there will be no bones left.

And the fire behind him looks like it's not simply because of the burning of dead branches and leaves.

Sure enough, just as I was running for my life, a deafening explosion suddenly came from behind me. Countless sparks rose from behind us, as we were tossed to the ground by the waves of air. Overhead, it was as if countless flowers of flame were blooming, indescribably gorgeous.

But by this time my ears were completely inaudible, and one wondered if the heat wave could evaporate at any moment, filling every corner of the space we were.

"Doesn't that look like plant burning?" After a long time, although the fire behind him became more and more vigorous, it did not continue to extend. I heard the fat man groan in pain as he touched the sweat on his forehead.

"Is this a crater, or is it an active volcano." Cui Linghong didn't know when he had come to his senses.

"I'll just say, what a shit meteorite smashed into a deep crater. Who can smash such a big crater out of a meteorite? "The heat wave rushed in front of us wave after wave, so that when I see the fat man and Cui Linghong now, it is as if there is a water curtain in front of me, blurry and unreal.

"Look here!" Cui Linghong didn't answer the fat man's words, and pointed to the trunk of the tree not far from us.

I followed Cui Linghong's gaze and saw the huge white monster, which was hanging on one of the trunks of the giant tree with twitching limbs.

There was a large hole in the abdomen for some unknown reason, and blood was gushing outward. It's just that with such a huge heat wave, the white fluff on this monster's body has not been affected at all, and it is still swaying from side to side with the heat wave.

"This must be the ghoul queen, right? How did he die? The fat man swallowed and asked incredulously.

"Hit in the abdomen by magma, it should have lived in the crater all the time, maybe something mutated because of this, so it is not afraid of flames." Cui Linghong said as he took out two daggers from his backpack and threw them to me and the fat man. He continued: "We can't stay here for long, even if the eruption of lava has stopped, but this heat wave will kill us." Go and cut off a few pieces of its skin, and drape it over it should block the heat and flames, so let's get out of here. ”

I was thinking we didn't have a lot of them in our backpacks, did we? Why be so cruel to cut this monster? What's more, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the monster has not completely lost its breath, even if it kicks us in the leg, it is not something we can bear. But when I think about it, all the pieces in our backpacks are the size of palms, and it is difficult to do any protection. So he had to wink at the fat man and tell him to be careful.

We crept up to the monster with great difficulty, trying to avoid the range of its limbs. Luckily, the monster was badly injured, and it was only a matter of time before it ran out of breath.

But soon, we were in trouble. It's just that the skin of this monster is not afraid of flames, it is like an iron skin, and no matter how hard the dagger is on it, it can only make a white mark. Not to mention cutting off a piece of skin, it is impossible to cut out a hole.

The fat man said dejectedly: "If you want me to say, let's not toss, let's run quickly, support the intermittent period of this volcanic eruption, maybe we can run out." ”

I know time is important now, so I don't think about it anymore. shook his head at Cui Linghong in the back, indicating that this thing had no way to start.

The fat man and I had to get up and go back, and the three of us limped towards the stone wall.

The stone wall is full of caves, and there is no better escape route now. We had to pick up the nearest cave and go headlong into it.

As soon as we entered the cave, we were shivering. This fucking fire is burning on the outside, how can it be the same as the North and South Pole inside? A few of us looked at each other, completely unaware of the situation.

"It's supposed to be the groundwater system, and we've been out there for too long, so the surface temperature is a lot higher than usual. And here is always in a shady environment, the room temperature does not exceed 10 degrees, and the humidity is very heavy, so it will feel very cold at first glance. Don't worry, it's okay to get used to it. Cui Linghong obviously also noticed this abnormality, and immediately explained.

I looked around with my flashlight, and the top of the stone wall was full of stalactites. Thousands of postures, indescribably splendid and colorful. Countless stalactites hang upside down on the roof of the cave, slowly dripping with water.

The fat man had already stood under a stalactite with his mouth outstretched to drink the drops of water that were dripping. That's when I realized that my mouth was dry, as if my whole body had been emptied.

I pulled the fat man over and said, "You're dying, aren't you?" There is no hurry to drink water at this time, there is water in front, and it is no problem to hold you to death. I don't know how many years this stalactite has been hanging on, and it will fall off at any time. If you don't want to die, go ahead. ”

The fat man was stunned by what I said, but after all, he didn't go under the stalactites to get water to drink.

The three of us walked out of the edge of the cave and walked cautiously forward.

It didn't take long for me to see the underground river. I didn't say a word to the fat man, and jumped in with two plops, but before I had time to celebrate, I found that although the underground river looked calm, it was surging low. As soon as we jumped, we realized that something was wrong, and we couldn't stand on our feet at all, and we were soon carried by the current in an unknown direction.

Cui Linghong saw us jumping so recklessly on the shore, and before he could stop it, he saw us involuntarily floating forward by the current. I could only jump down with it, and I was a little angry and instructed: "Everyone hold each other's hands tightly, don't let go at any time." ”

I just floated along the dark river, and I don't know how long I floated, until I finally saw the light in front of me. The fat man has become fatter, and Cui Linghong's whole body has become extremely puffy, and I know that I myself may not be much worse.

This is simply two heavens of ice and fire, first roasted by fire, and then blistered. Thankfully, however, we finally saw the light of day, and several of us struggled to crawl to the shore. When I lay down, I didn't have the strength to move, and I quickly fell asleep one by one.