Chapter 18: Thunderstorms
Tall chocobos galloped past the wilderness river, their footprints quickly buried by the wind-blown dirt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The heavens and the earth are as dark as night.
There was a faint roar of electric light, tearing apart the slits between heaven and earth. The wind howled around, and the long wails of the beasts were buried.
Lu Yubing roared, "It's a thunderstorm!"
Hou Xue frowned, of course he knew the power of the thunderstorm.
First there was a hurricane and thunder, and then thousands of thunderbolts pierced down from the sky, shattering all living beings on the earth. This is the only climate that often occurs in the southern wilderness, and because of this climate, everything becomes unsurvivable.
The hurricane kicked up the earthy rubble, and the chocobos ran for their lives.
Hou Xue said: "Release the reins and let them go!"
Since chocobos live here, they must know where to hide, so it is better to let them find a safe place before continuing their journey.
Chocobos run faster, they flapp their wings to make their bodies streamlined, and they struggle desperately in the hurricane, screaming and running all the way. Their cries are like hoarse ducks, and in the roar of the wind, they can only see their beaks open, but they cannot hear the sound.
The wind was stronger, and the chocobo's unusually strong hooves were stuck in the dirt, but they moved back deep into the ground.
Visibility is less than seven feet.
Hou Xue instinctively grabbed the hilt of the knife, and Lu Yubing also noticed that something was wrong, so he took the bow and arrow from his back and pulled the string to aim at the vast scene in front of him.
Chocobos stop here, feathers on top of their heads standing up and guarding ahead.
A "hunting beetle" came from the wind and sand, it has a black-spotted earthy yellow body, the whole body is long and narrow, showing a golden ratio, the head and tail are about three meters long, the four hooves are slender and straight, and the sharp claws at the end are extremely sharp, which can cut the iron shield. In the wind and sand, this claw can also be firmly embedded in the earth.
The beetle wags its tail and leans down, letting out a whining roar......
Lu Yubing drew his bow like a full moon, but he didn't shoot an arrow for a long time, he turned around sharply, but saw three hunting beetles coming from behind! He shot through the skull of the leading hunting beetle with an arrow and nailed it to the ground! Hou Xue swung his big knife and cut the remaining two heads, whining.
Lu Qingchen pulled out the "Jade Dragon Tooth" violently, "What a hunting beetle, he actually knows how to attack the west." ”
Hou Xue just clenched the knife and kept looking around.
"Woo, woo......" The beast's roar was getting closer, and they might be surrounded. Hunting beetles often come out with dozens of horses to feed, and they evolved according to the special climate of the southern wilderness, because of the frequent thunderstorms, they have evolved a strong sense of smell, and can follow the prey with the storm. Their fur also blended with the dust, and the short time before the thunderstorm was their chance to hunt.
The eyesight of the beetles has deteriorated, and they can tell where they are based on their sense of smell.
Chocobos are timid by nature, and they refuse to move even half a step when they know they are surrounded. If they were here, they would be crushed by a thunderstorm! Whether it's a hunting beetle, a chocobo, or two people on a bird.
Hou Xue took off her armor and stabbed the tip of the knife into her arm, and blood flowed down from her white hands....... He was a teenager with no skin of blood.
Drain blood.
Thinking that their prey is injured, the wildness in their bodies bursts out and swarms!
Hou Xue roared angrily, and with a single sword, he split the beast's body in half! Lu Yin's ice blade was deadly, and he seemed to have calculated the gap and distance of each knife, either slashing his throat or stabbing his heart. In an instant, there were five more bodies on the ground. The beetle hunters are coming in a steady stream, and this tribe is so big that there may be hundreds!
Between the wind and sand, the hunting beetle jumped on the back of the chocobo and bit Hou Xue's shoulder.
Hou Xue threw the knife up, grabbed its head, and slammed it to the ground!
He has always had an invincible momentum.
It was like a fire in the middle of a dry and devastated wasteland, and he felt that way when he roared at the enemy with his spear in hand. Break through everything, blood boiling!
The hunting beetle kept falling, and the scars on Hou Xue's body became more and more. No matter how brave he is, it is impossible to defeat such a large number of fierce beast races, Lu Yubing looked at the sky and said, "It's too late, you can't fight hard!" He put his hand under the belly of the chocobo, and suddenly plucked a handful of feathers, and the chocobo suddenly broke out into a fierce scream, and ran into the direction of nowhere. Seeing this, Hou Xuena rode a chocobo, and also mustered up the courage to break through the encirclement and chased Lu Yinbing.
They could hear the chase of the beetle.
I also heard the dust of hunting, and thunder on the horizon became more and more frequent, and the sound became closer and closer......
The dead beetles are eaten by their companions, but only a small part of the bellies are filled, and they need more and more meat, as they have plundered in Fuso. The beasts here have tasted human flesh, and are especially fond of tender, juicy food, and are mad to chase them.
Lu Qingchen teased: "They are too persevering, right?"
Chocobos run as hard as they can, retracting their little heads from time to time, and then they are frightened and run faster, but they soon forget and look back, and then they are frightened again...... I heard that some chocobos will die of exhaustion, and the rumor is true.
"Boom!" a thunderbolt smashed the boulder, and the tumbling stone crushed a bunch of beetles to death.
The thunderstorm had already begun, followed by three, four, thousands! At the same time, a thousand thunderbolts descended on the wilderness, and the hunting beetles were struck and turned into charcoal. Their wails, the falling of boulders, the thunder of the sky, the howling of the wind...... The sounds were intertwined, and the eardrums of the two almost cracked.
Hou Xue covered the wound, and those hunters finally knew how to give up, and after chasing for a few hundred meters, they completely disappeared.
The thunder fell in anger! Just a few inches beside Hou Xue.
The chocobo was still running desperately! Lu Yubing had to rein in and calm it down, and only then did he regain his senses, and the two chocobos had some communication, and suddenly ran away.
Nearby is a huge bedrock cave that is extremely hard. The two chocobos ran all the way inside, but simply sat down on the ground and refused to move.
Lu Yubing went to lead them, and they were still quacking, as if to say: You bastard is not allowed to ride me anymore, the uncle is tired, and he won't move anymore.
Lu Yubing couldn't help it, so he just sat down and rested, waiting for the thunderstorm to gradually subside.
"Quack, cluck, ......" the voices of many chocobos rang out, but not these two. In the deep and huge cave, there are thousands of chocobos gathered here...... Lu Yingbing laughed miserably: "These two guys brought us to the lair." ”
Behind them, the two huge chocobos stood up again and let out a mournful cry.