It was pitch black inside the salt cave.

In the innermost part, where the fire crystals were being dug, there were more than a dozen people waving their weapons in their hands, trying to pry up the fire crystals on the ground next to them.

At that time, the leader of the Burning Fox and the leader of the Sen tribe, because they fled in a hurry, did not have time to rush to take away the fire crystals that had been dug up, and the basket containing the fire crystals placed next to them was also kicked over, and the fire crystals were scattered on the ground and frozen by the frost that spread out of the pit.

At that time, there were indeed some people who left with the leader of the Burning Fox Tribe, but there were also some people who failed to escape and missed the best opportunity to escape, so they stayed in the cave, and some of them felt that staying in the cave was the safest, so they did not follow the leader out of the cave.

Now, the leader is not there, the people in the cave are dead and wounded, no one cares about them, and I heard from the people who ran out and came back that there was a huge beast outside, and it was invincible, so it could only come back and hide first.

Someone knew about the fire crystals, so they moved their minds and came here to pry out all the fire crystals on the ground. Fire crystals are still very attractive to totem warriors.

Four people were digging, one person next to him was holding a torch, and there were more than 20 people guarding not far away, preventing others from coming to grab it. Fortunately, the people who escaped into the cave, although some of them entered the lower salt cave, did not keep rushing to the innermost part, and they were worried that the innermost part would not be safe, because there was a lot of frost in the inner place, and there were people who were frozen to death. If it had been safe, the two leaders would not have fled at that time.

Next to the fire crystal pit, the person holding the torch, even if he is close to the fire, feels that the surroundings are cold.

The ground around him was covered in white frost, and they hadn't seen what was going on here, but they could guess from what they saw.

"Hurry up!" urged the man who was not far away. They felt that it was too cold around them, and it would be nice if there were fire crystals that could be used.

"Just dig up a fire crystal. Why is it so slow!" someone muttered.

"Easy to say, do you know how hard this ice is?!" The sword-wielding man gasped, they also didn't understand why the ice got harder the closer they got to the crater, and. The ice here is different from the ice outside, it is too hard, and it is still difficult to pry it up, even though half of the fire crystals have been exposed. The bronze weapons in their hands are not very good, they can only be regarded as ordinary, they are the kind that the merchants in Anseong sell in large quantities, and it is even more difficult to use.

The sword slashed down, and the ice chips splashed on their faces, necks. Mouth side.

One of the warriors shrunk his neck, shuddered, and stuck out his tongue to lick the ice chips that had just splashed on the side of his mouth.

"Salty. The man said.

"Nonsense, of course the salt cave is salty. ”

"Shhh

Suddenly, a soldier who was guarding not far away trembled, "What happened outside the cave?"

There was the agitation of the crowd inside the cave, which made them very uneasy.

I vaguely heard someone shouting: "It's outside, it's outside!"

"The beast is in?!" panicked the people who were guarding there.

"Nope. It can't get in, it certainly can't get in. "I don't know if I'm comforting myself or convincing others.

"But the people in front ......"

The words are not finished yet. Then they heard a roar.

The people in the upper salt cave, at this moment, they seemed to be facing a strong wind with frost, blowing people's breath stagnantly, and their eyes could not be opened, as if they were in a blizzard outside the cave.

And the lower layer of the salt cave inside. A warrior raised his hand to block the oncoming wind, which was not as strong as above, after all, there were quite a few people in the upper cavern, and they blocked most of the strong winds.

"Hey, the guy in front. What the hell is going on?!" a warrior shouted into the wind.

No one responded.

Click-click--

They seem to hear this in their ears.

Next to the fire crystal pit, the person with the weapon to pry the fire crystal also stopped at this time, and the torch next to it had been extinguished under the gust of wind just now.

The heat disappears, and the cold is biting.

The soldier with the extinguishing torch quickly hid in a hollow place behind him, took out the prepared ignition tool against the wind, skillfully identified the gelatinous substance applied at one end of the ignition rod, and then took out the flint and rubbed it.

Whew――

The flame ignites on the ignition rod. The fire was not hot enough, and he wanted to light the torch. The wind has become lighter, and you should be able to light the torches.

However, before he could light the torch that had just been extinguished, the fire on the ignition stick was instantly extinguished.

"Mah!"

After scolding, the warrior felt the temperature around him getting lower and lower, breathed in the air that was about to freeze his lungs, and whispered to the warrior who was digging for fire crystals a few steps away: "Who of you still has a fire rod on you? ”

No one responded.

There was a dead silence all around.

The warrior wanted to say something, but he found that his consciousness seemed to have begun to detach from this body, and the cold around him could no longer be felt, only that his body felt heavy and stiff until he was completely unconscious.

If there is light, you will find that the warrior has been covered with a layer of hoarfrost from his face to his feet.

And a few steps away, the person who originally dug up the fire crystal, maintained the posture of holding a weapon, and stood there stiffly, without any breath and breath of life, and the more than twenty people guarding not far away did not have a heartbeat.

The surrounding clicking sound continued, and the frost covered the entire upper and lower layers of the salt cave, and all life stopped.

On the other side, inside the salt cave of Flame Corner.

The three leaders had wooden faces, and they no longer knew what to show.

They also heard the voice just now, and they could feel the murderous aura in it. Strangely, this murderous aura is not very strong.

It's a gut feeling.

"Perhaps, it doesn't take us seriously at all, he just wants to take revenge on the person who disturbed it?" Shao Xuan said to the good, although there was a purpose to comfort others, but it was not nonsense.

Just like when he got lost in the cave of the king insect of the stone worm, the stones around him were also changing, and he was not too far away from the king worm, and he didn't believe that the king worm was not aware of his existence. Just ignore it, just like people walking down the road and ignoring an ant at their feet.

"Or maybe it's just that he's in a good mood today, so it's not very murderous?" said Zheng Luo tentatively. Shao Xuan said just now that the king beast was in a good mood.

"Either way, just don't provoke it. "Although the temper of this king beast is worse than that of the stone insect king insect, it is still better than the fierce beasts in the mountains and forests. Ignore it, ignore it, it's a good thing for them.

Suddenly there was a tremor, then another, and then another...... It's just that every sound is far away.

Shao Xuan quickly came to the entrance of the cave, and did not stay here for a while, the gap in the entrance of the cave had been buried by snow again.

Pushing away the snow, Shao Xuan looked outside.

He saw the snake-like figure in the wind and snow, jumping up and down, crawling on the ground for a while and jumping again.

Really...... Lively.

When the sound was far away and could no longer be heard, the people in the cave couldn't help but take a long breath.

"Is it gone?" asked Seiro.

"I should be out of here for a while, but I don't know when I'll come back. After all, this is supposed to be its lair. Shao Xuan said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

"I'll go too. Zhengluo turned to Duokang and said, "You take care of the people in the cave, don't let them run around." ”

Seeing Zheng Luo and Shao Xuan go out, the other two leaders also decided to go out to have a look, and they also wanted to know what had become of the outside, taking advantage of the fact that the king beast was not there now. This is a rare opportunity, if you can go back alive, maybe you can record this experience on the animal skin scroll, so that the descendants of the tribe know that in this mountain forest, there is such a magical place inhabited by king beasts, and in this magical place, they have dug salt mines for hundreds of years.

By the way, I'll make sure if I can get out of here.

Listening carefully to the surroundings, Shao Xuan pushed away the rocks and walked out quickly, and when the other three leaders also came out, he pushed the boulder at the entrance of the cave back again.

It was still windy and snowy outside, much colder than inside the cave.

The rocky land had been leveled and covered with a thick layer of snow again.

"Go to the Flame Fox's salt cave and have a look. Zheng Luo suggested.

"Hmm. ”

The four of them cautiously walked over there, following the trail of the giant beast crawling until they reached the salt cave of the Fierce Fox Tribe.

Everywhere the giant beasts crawled, there was a layer of hard frost, and the coldness jumped up from the soles of their feet, and when they saw the situation in the Fierce Fox Salt Cave, they felt that it was really nothing, it was better than these unlucky ghosts

The entrance of the Burning Fox's salt cave was covered with a thick layer of white ice, and these frosts also made the entrance a lot smaller, and the entrance to the cave that was flush with the ground under his feet was already covered with a layer of ice nearly one meter high.

Jump on it and head into the cave.

Holding the glowing hedrons, he could see the situation inside the cave clearly.

Someone near the entrance of the cave was frozen under the ice, presumably trampled on it while escaping.

Further inside, they saw some fragments.

Yes, broken pieces.

The frozen ones are cracked one by one.

The chill rushed up the spine from the tail vertebrae, and the hairs on the back of the neck stood up. Even the three leaders trembled violently in their hearts.

Shao Xuan raised his feet and continued to walk inside, there were some people blocked, all standing, their bodies intact, but they were all frozen and covered with a layer of white.

Passing through the gap between these people, the four of them came to the lower salt cave.

I thought that the lower level would be better, but I found that it was not much better.

Although there was no other breath of life in the exploration here, I couldn't help but be afraid in my heart when I really saw it. Covered in a layer of hoarfrost, you can vaguely see their expressions, and you can guess from their movements what they want to do before they freeze.

"Fire Crystal?" Getting closer, Seiro felt the presence of Fire Crystal.

Hearing "Fire Crystal," the other two leaders immediately threw aside the fear they had just had.

Finding the frozen fire crystals on the ground, the three leaders came enthusiastically.

The king beast is not there, there are no other living people in the cave, and there are fire crystals on the ground, what should I do?

Dig!!(To be continued......)