"Boy, now you know how good the old man is to you. With the smug voice of Lao Xuanwu in his mind, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but smile slightly. Old Xuanwu was the first intelligent creature he knew after coming to this world, and he was also his longest-accompanied, he said "thank you" to Lao Xuanwu in his heart, and he heard Lao Xuanwu say with some concern: "Be careful, I think something is wrong with this place." ”

Zhao Yuan was a little surprised, his spiritual power had already swept this oasis, and he didn't find any abnormal conditions, and Lao Xuanwu actually sensed it. Thinking about it this way, the secret of that treasure map must be related to Xuanwu. The strange premonition in his heart became heavier and heavier, and he couldn't help but find Akuma, who was eating, and took the initiative to speak: "Akuma, when so many people disappeared into this oasis out of thin air, no one felt that it was wrong, came here to investigate? Why did everyone still camp here to rest as if nothing had happened?"

Zhao Yuan didn't deliberately lower his voice when he said this, and was just heard by the leopard clan who was cooking next to him, and the leopard clan laughed without waiting for Akuma to speak: "Boss, you are talking about your strange gossip everywhere again, don't listen to his nonsense, there is no such thing at all! Our eldest only formed the Fierce Leopard Mercenary Army in his thirties, and he had never been to the Traveler's Swamp before that." ”

When Akuma heard the words of the leopard clan, his expression was uneasy, but he didn't open his mouth to refute, and silently lowered his head to pick up the rice. Zhao Yuan walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and whispered, "Akuma, I believe what you said." ”

Akuma looked up at Zhao Yuan in surprise, only to see Zhao Yuan pointing to his arm and whispering, "My seniors told me that there is a problem here, let me be careful." ”

Hearing this, Akuma immediately put down the rice bowl in his hand and pulled Zhao Yuan to the side of the corner where no one was around: "Little brother, don't be like this in the future." If others knew that your Xuanwu would talk to you, they would be killed. You are young and have little knowledge, and it's no wonder that you don't know, the Warcraft that can communicate and talk to people, in addition to the eighth-order Warcraft, there are only Warcraft that have inherited the bloodline of the Divine Beast, and I don't know how much bloody rain it will cause when it is placed outside. ”

Zhao Yuan looked at Akuma's worried appearance, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, he wanted to see who dared to find him. But he still nodded very seriously and accepted the "teachings" of the old leopard clan.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan was so sensible, Akuma's eyes were a little worried, and he said: "Little brother, your experience and knowledge are still too little, and people are a little stupid, and you are a human race, it is difficult to mix in the Cold Beast Continent......! You come to my team to train for a few years, and I will teach you some common sense of walking the rivers and lakes. ”

Zhao Yuan looked at Akuma's smart eyes, and his purpose was suddenly clear in his heart. He pretended not to know and politely declined Akuma's invitation, and continued the topic just now: "When so many people disappeared out of thin air, it wouldn't have been a splash at all, right?"

Akuma was immediately distracted, he shook his head, and was silent for a while before continuing: "This matter is very strange from beginning to end...... You may wonder why my team said that, but he was right, until I was sixty, I thought I was in my thirties before I first came to the Traveler's Swamp. ”

"How can this be?" Zhao Yuan was a little puzzled. Akumar gestured to him for a moment of calmness and continued, "When I was in my thirties, I came to the Traveler's Swamp and established the Leopard Squad, which has since grown in size and has grown very well. But it wasn't until I was sixty years old that an injury suddenly reminded me of a forgotten memory I had just told you, that I had been to the Traveler's Swamp in my twenties. I don't know why, I forgot about that memory after I escaped from the Traveler's Swamp, and when I returned to the Leopard Clan, I only had a map on me and nothing else. I only know from the conversations of other people that something happened during the time of the Traveler's Swamp, and many people lost their lives. By the time I regained my memory, it was already too many years later, and the original events had been overwhelmed by time, and I could hardly find anyone who remembered the original events. I talked to them, and they only thought I was making up stories. ”

Zhao Yuan looked at Akuma's lonely appearance, and he also felt a little emotion in his heart, he could understand this feeling of being alone and not being understood by the whole world.

"In short, let's go back safely this time, the secrets of this oasis will always be solved. Zhao Yuan patted Akuma's shoulder and comforted.

"yes, it doesn't matter what the secret is, as long as we can go back safely this time. Akuma's eyes lit up with determination. He stood up and began to arrange the manpower in the camp, preparing to rest for the night first, and then act tomorrow morning to see the situation.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yuan woke up in the tent, the light outside was still dim, because he wanted to perform the expulsion technique, he meditated in the tent all night last night, closed his eyes and recuperated, and only squinted slightly for a while until it was almost morning. Although when it comes to his realm, it's okay not to sleep for a few days, but Zhao Yuan's schedule from childhood to adulthood is very regular, and he is really not used to not sleeping.

Smoke rose from the camp, and the smell of breakfast wafted through the camp, making Zhao Yuan's stomach growl. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned, and quietly swallowed a crystal nucleus by the way, and his stomach suddenly felt warm and full.

Not far away, a four-man mercenary squad was encamped. Zhao Yuan remembered that they had arrived at night, which meant that the mire beasts were only chasing them and ignoring the others.

Akuma also noticed the team, and he sent someone to bring a breakfast, and by the way, he asked for news. Sure enough, on the way here, the group found a large number of mire beasts roaming around here, and they came to the oasis in fear, only to find that those mire beasts had no intention of attacking them, so they planned to continue their mission today.

"Looks like they're going to trap us here. Akuma frowned. The other team members also gathered around him, with sad faces.

At this time, Zhao Yuan pushed aside the crowd, walked up to Akuma and said, "Brother, tell your people to pack up their things, and we will set off for back now." ”

Akuma glared at Zhao Yuan, happy and surprised, happy that Zhao Yuan called him "brother", indicating that the friendship between the two was one step closer, and what Zhao Yuan said made him inexplicable, I don't know if this young man of the human race has a bad memory, forgetting that there is a group of mire beasts outside eyeing them.

Zhao Yuan ignored everyone's surprised gazes and walked directly to the edge of the oasis.

"Be careful!" Akuma shouted as he came to his senses. When the mire beasts on the edge of the oasis saw Zhao Yuan, they gathered one after another, and the dense mud mass made people's scalps tingle. saw Zhao Yuan holding an ordinary staff in his hand, and raised his voice: "Frozen for thousands of miles!"

A dazzling ice-blue light shot out from the staff in Zhao Yuan's hand, sweeping the mire beasts in front of him like an ice crystal dragon, and those mire beasts didn't even have a chance to react, they were instantly frozen. Not only that, but the large swamp in front of them was also frozen and turned into hard ice.

"Little brother, you-you're a high-level mage?!" Akuma said in disbelief, and the team members around him were also stunned, they originally thought that a third-order mage around twenty years old was already a genius, but they didn't expect him to be a high-level mage!

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly, did not answer, but said to everyone: "Go and pack your things!"

The members of the team turned to pack up their things and dismantle the tent, leaving Akuma, the real boss, aside. Akuma looked like a ghost, and walked to Zhao Yuan's side in a trance, looking at the ice field in front of him that was almost endless. He even crouched down and touched the ground, and his brain was finally back to work.

"Little brother, you, are you the Terran Archmage who was rumored to be?" asked Akuma. He had faintly heard some rumors before, but he didn't associate Zhao Yuan in that direction at all, in his opinion, the eighth-order powerhouse was an unattainable legend, even if he was not arrogant to the sky, he shouldn't be like this...... Approachable, right?

Zhao Yuan nodded, and was about to say something, but suddenly turned his head to look at the swamp.

"The miremon you were going to catch, it's calling for help. Zhao Yuan's spiritual power was keenly aware of the faint fluctuation, and he didn't mean to intercept it, but just asked the Fierce Leopard Team who was about to set off not to leave for the time being, and waited in the oasis first.

"Little brother, if you don't let it go, if you can't hand over the task, it doesn't matter, everyone is safe. Although he knew that Zhao Yuan was an eighth-order archmage, the seventh-order Mud King had already had a bad reputation, and they were still on each other's territory, and Akuma was worried that something would happen to Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan shook his head firmly, looking at the frozen and dead swamp. After about ten minutes, the ice in front of them suddenly began to "click", followed by a loud "boom", an extremely large figure broke out from the ground, shattered the ice, and appeared in front of Zhao Yuan and them.

"The King of the Swamp!" exclaimed someone, who cast a heavy shadow over their heads like a hill, overwhelming them breathlessly.

The momentum of the seventh-order powerhouses roared like a flood, and many team members were overwhelmed and were about to fall to their knees. However, the next moment, the momentum that oppressed them suddenly disappeared, and instead an even more terrifying aura rose in front of them - the human race that seemed to be powerless, his aura was like a vast sea of stars, completely dominating this swamp, and the king of the mire couldn't help but be defeated by his momentum in front of this small figure.

"Eighth Order powerhouse!" Only then did the members of the Flame Leopard realize what kind of existence had come to their team. Their previous panic was swept away at this moment, and instead an excitement and excitement rose in their hearts—that was an eighth-order powerhouse!