The dark forest of blood-colored stars covers the sky and shocks the terrifying might.

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Betton was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night.

He didn't make much effort to build any complicated shelter, but sat directly in the canopy and fell asleep against the trunk of the striated leaf tree. The Moon Prayer who evolved to adapt to life in the woods can guarantee that he will never fall down due to the chaos in the middle of the night, and the warm climate of the Nanyuan Continent also makes him not need to think about maintaining the loss of body temperature.

There was no rain in his ears, no rain on the leaves, but Betton did feel tiny drops of rain on his bare skin, and the cool feeling gently caressed his body, waking him up from his light sleep, and then he sensed that something was wrong.

It's quiet, the woods are so quiet, there should be a lot of nocturnal animals moving even at night, it shouldn't be so quiet.

The Dire's claws rubbed against him, as if they were deliberately alarming him, which was one of the main reasons why he woke up, and Shadowwing, who had always been noisy, did not make a sound, but stood on a nearby branch, shaking his wings from time to time, looking up at the sky.

Dire didn't count, Betton rarely saw a lively Shadow Wing like this, it looked as if it had been frightened in some way, and was trying to shrink its body into its wings, trembling weakly.

The strange chill that filled the air made Belton a little uneasy, and when the fire under the tree had been extinguished, and when his pupils dilated to a full circle and he could not see the scene in the woods below, he suddenly realized that something was missing from the environment, it was the light of the moon in the sky, and at some point the faint moonlight had completely disappeared.

"Hiss......"

When Bayton looked up at the sky, even a seasoned veteran of wilderness survival couldn't help but gasp. What greeted the eye was a terrifying sight that had never been seen before, the bright stars in the sky turned into a blood-like demonic red, flickering at an extremely fast frequency in the dark background, and even showed signs of movement visible to the naked eye.

No, it wasn't blood-colored stars, but the real starry sky was covered in something...... The clouds that exuded a strong ominous aura completely obscured the real starry sky, and even the moon did not leave a trace of afterimage, and blood-red points of light flickered and moved in the darkness, so dense and terrifying, that they continued to envelop the sky over the woods.

Suddenly, without warning, a strange hiss sounded in the silence, it was a strange noise of high frequency, it was impossible to determine the specific source of the sound, as if it resounded throughout the world, it was definitely not beautiful music...... Bayton felt as if his brain was about to explode in this high-frequency noise, and he couldn't help but cover his ears and isolate most of the noise from the outside, which made him barely feel better.

A faint drizzle of rain fell on the surface of his skin, and the slightest coolness calmed him, and with a hint of uneasiness, he continued to shrink his body into the canopy. Whatever it was, it was clearly not something he could fight against, and he knew all too well the horrors of nature.

But even though he felt a hint of fear, he didn't give up his observation, and after holding the trembling Dire in his arms, Betton still looked up at the dark clouds that shimmered with red dots of light. He didn't need to look through the cracks in the leaves, for he knew very well that it was not necessary for something of this magnitude, and in this case, with the help of the excellent shimmer vision of the moon praying in the darkness, he could clearly see the clouds bulge downward in an eerie way, gradually stretching and lengthening, and finally turning into some kind of misty amorphous limb...... Watching this scene up close is enough to scare many people into nightmares for months. Those red points of light that appeared from time to time were like eyes floating in the clouds, this huge limb with a length of at least a few tens of meters slowly waved in the sky, the movement was very slow, but the visual impact was extremely shocking, the violent wind swept directly through the woods, some of the small animals that were originally hiding were frightened and fled in all directions, while more animals continued to curl up quietly in place.

"What is that...... Unlike those panicked animals, Betton was able to observe more rationally in the face of this catastrophic horror, so he noticed that this huge amorphous tentacle was not waving meaninglessly, and when it swept over the trees, although it could not be seen by the eyes, some kind of sound was heard in the ears, it was not a simple raindrop, something was like rain spilling from the amorphous huge limbs, and something that did not shine fell nearby, Although they are not visible in the dark.

Bayton closed his eyes and listened carefully to the sound of falling objects brushing the air and the treetops, trying to determine their approximate distance from them. This process did not last long, when a deafening thunder made him open his eyes, just in time to see the circle of lightning that slowly exploded in the dark clouds spread out like water waves, turning into arcs of electricity and dissipating into the distance.

The Night Thunder Ring is not a phenomenon that only exists near the Magnetic Vortex Sea.

This marvelous landscape is like a dream, almost every time, just a brief dream, and when you wake up, the magnificent scene dissipates as if it had never happened.

The scene didn't last long, as the trembling mist-like limbs shrank back into the thick dark clouds of the sky as Beyton watched. The flickering red dots of light were getting thinner and thinner, and when Betton realized this, he realized that the terrifying pressure of that environment was fading away... This is not entirely a psychological problem, the pressure of the atmosphere has indeed decreased due to the presence of the unknown cloud, and this state is slowly returning to normal, and eventually, an unusually bright red color appears in the cloud with only very sparse red spots. It wasn't an eerie flash like that, but a huge celestial body from afar. As if the whole body was burning, it broke through the barrier of the clouds and appeared in the night sky with a proud attitude, and even dyed the leaf trees on the shore of Xinghua Lake with a faint red.

The clouds opened and the fog dispersed, and the brilliant light of the stars and moon once again sprinkled onto the earth.

"Thunderbolt...... Earthquake ......"

Beton exhaled softly, his back soaked with sweat, and he gently stroked the Dire hair on his knees, which was only lying on his stomach and letting it caress him, while Shadowwing boldly jumped directly onto the Dire's back, just to be able to get closer to each other...... It wasn't just Bayton who were frightened by that scene, even they knew how terrible it was.

"This is just the beginning of the journey, have you already encountered this extremely rare monster?" Beyton took a deep breath, his silver-white pupils that had dilated to the limit stared at the night sky above, as if he could still vaguely see the strange and unpredictable figure, "Thunderbolt, the super giant fog-like monster that appeared with the Night Thunder Ring, I don't know anything about the specific situation. ”

Although there is no record of this kind of monster taking the initiative to attack, but the terrifying scene that changes the color of the sky and the earth at every turn has proved its terrifying power, no one thinks that they can deal with this kind of thing, even if it is a burst arrow made of the fruit of the fire god tree, it will not have any effect if it hits, the ring lightning that spreads all over the sky is like a god.

In fact, just as the Nine Nights Kingdom worshipped the Nine Night Cats as a mythical beast, there are indeed people in some regions who worship the Thunderbolt as a god who controls thunder and lightning and the wind, and have made up many interesting myths.

After calming his inner turmoil for a while, Betton seemed to have made up his mind, and he removed the Dire and Shadowwing from his body...... This action caused the Dire to slap in displeasure, and then grabbed the trunk with his palm, groping his way through the darkness and climbing straight down the leafy tree.

The fire that had been lit before seemed to have been extinguished in the drizzle brought by the thunderstorm, but when he got closer, he found that the flames were not completely extinguished, and there were still faint flames burning in the depths, so things became very simple, and in just a minute or so, Betton had re-energized the flames here, and then pulled out a thick wooden stick with a notch, and stuffed some messy wood chips into the notch and lit it.

In this way, a torch was made that could be used for portable lighting.

"I remember a couple of locations around here." Betton held the flaming torch aloft in his hand, and the flames managed to scare away some of the nocturnal animals in the vicinity. It is useless to use a burst arrow in a dark night when the light is not good, but it is easy to hurt himself, so he used his other hand to pull out the thin sword behind his back, this is not those simple bronze swords, but a thin sword made of iron, and the sharp edge surface lethality should not be underestimated, "It is dangerous to act at night, but I am afraid it is too late to ......"

There was a faint sound of footsteps around him, the familiar rhythm of his steps made Belton know that it was a Dire, and it was obviously not willing to stay where it was, and the sound of Shadow Wings flapping its wings could be heard in the sky, and they didn't need to communicate with each other much, but had a tacit understanding that had been formed for a long time.

It was likely to be a fruitless expedition, and Betton knew it, it was still too reluctant to rely on the faint sounds of the environment, and the target he was looking for would not use means such as glowing to make himself more visible, and even if there were torches in the woods at night, many details would still be overlooked, so he didn't have much hope, but he was unwilling not to try.

After rummaging through the grass near the location of the most recent sound, but still didn't find anything wrong, just when Beton felt hopeless, the Dire suddenly stopped, it patted his leg lightly, and then turned in the other direction, as if sniffing something in the air, which made Betton realize something instantly, and he did not hesitate to follow the Dire around the trees.

Then, in the light of the torches, he saw something in front of him, something that was clearly out of step with the surrounding woods on the ground in front of him.

"That's it...... Is this one? As if he was still a little incredulous about his discovery, Betton took a deep breath and gently reached out to lift the volleyball-sized white ball in front of him from the ground. The object was light to the touch, as light as a balloon, but tough without the slightest scratch or bump on the outer membrane.

"Something we have never seen before, maybe we have made a big discovery this time......"

(Everyone's been so cold lately...... Lying on the ground)