Chapter 2 Flame Bugs

Their destination is in the far southwest continent. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoJudging from the animal skin map brought out by the tribe, first they need to cross a legendary Yan River. This river is wide in the north and narrow in the south, and they have to go around to the narrowest part of the river before they can cross it. And there is the source of the Yan River, and no livestock can run in such hot weather, they have to walk there.

The farther west you go, the warmer it gets. The scorching heat made all three of them try not to speak, which also made Qingkong feel speechless at the moment, and it will take a while to calm down. Pain and guilt go with you, and silence is the best antidote.

On the way they saw several streams that were about to dry up, and not far from the stream were the remains of several wild beasts, large and terrible dead, and the carrion of their bodies had been pecked at. It's like trying to find this place, but it's ...... They didn't stick to it. Sometimes it's not just one step away from success, it's life as well.

As we move on, the landscape begins to change dramatically. To everyone's surprise, from here, the temperature began to stay the same. It's still hot, but as long as it doesn't continue to grow, it's still bearable. It's just that this sudden change is a little weird.

"The Land of the River of Fire is ahead. The scholar looked at the area shrouded in haze in the distance and said lightly.

Then this is the so-called road to the "Land of the Burning River", Qingkong thought silently. He looked around, and what he was treading under his feet might not be called a road at all, and everywhere he could see was a layer of dry and snowy limestone, as if it had been eroded by magma.

"It seems that we are going to go for a while on the next road. The university scholar said.

After listening to the scholars, Qingkong and Lu'er looked around cautiously. No one would think that walking for a while is because they want to enjoy the scenery around them, and they must have encountered some difficulty.

The scholar stared at the gray layer in front of him and seemed to see something inside. He gently flicked the stone layer in front of him with his toes, and the stone layer was destroyed like a sparse building hollowed out by termites. Then, starting around this area, a circle of cobweb-like cracks spread out to an area several meters away.

With a bang, all the stone layers within a few meters in front of them were destroyed, instantly stirring up a thick white ash that choked the nose. Everyone hurriedly retreated, who knew if this white ash was poisonous or not.

In a moment, the white ash formed a white ethereal weft veil over the ruined road ahead, making the already hazy road even more invisible.

Just as everyone was waiting for the ashes to disperse, Qingkong suddenly felt the sound of wisps crawling, like ants pecking at their hearts, itching unbearably. He looked at the university scholar, whose expression was grim, and it was obvious that he had noticed that something was wrong.

"Get back out there!" the scholar suddenly pointed to a large rock not far behind him. The rock was not high, but it was thin at the bottom and round and thick at the top, like a huge spinning top.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qingkong and Shikaer hurriedly climbed the rock, and finally when the university scholars also stepped up, the sight in front of them was breathtaking......

The white mist formed by the destruction of the lime layer slowly receded, but the piercing creeping sounds continued, and the owners of these sounds slowly appeared in everyone's sight.

"What are those......" There was a hint of fear in Shier's green eyes, but thankfully Sky kept her out.

From the ruins of the stone layer just now, a wave of "red streams" slowly struck, like magma but the color was brighter than it, as if blood spilling from the ground, making people dizzy. When the "red stream" flowed as far as the eye could see, everyone realized that it was a liquid, composed of creature covered in red and with dense legs. Although each one is only the size of a palm, tens of thousands of them are pouring out at once, which is still a little crazy.

"It's the Fire Bug, a creature that lives deep in the lava layer and feeds on the ashes of the remains of creatures that have been burned by magma. The university scholar said as he looked at the dense meat worms that kept crawling under his feet.

"That'...... Are they a threat to us?" looked at the flame insects that were still pouring out in the distance, and still didn't dare to be careless.

"Harmless to people, it should be said that it is not interested in living things. In medicine, they are also an extremely precious medicinal material that cannot be sought-after and is extremely valuable......"

"That's ......" Qingkong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he found that the scholar's expression still did not soften. He also seemed to notice that something was wrong. Extremely precious medicinal herbs? So how can this piece of water-like creatures be called "precious"?

"Extremely precious? Why...... So much?" asked Qingkong.

"That's exactly the problem. They are usually found in a few of them underneath the rock formations in the volcanic eruption, because when the lava flows through any living thing, only a pile of ash is left, and a pile of ash can only support a few fire bugs. But now that there are such a large number of flame adults, I don't know how many creatures are needed to feed them......"

Qingkong understood why the scholar's expression was still so grim, what was the place behind this group of countless fire insects, what creatures were inside, or what should I say, the remains of some creatures?

After waiting for this batch of flame insects to wander around aimlessly for a long time, the huge team gradually thinned out. At this moment, there was a sudden scream in the distant sky, and Qingkong was overjoyed, knowing that it was coming.

Sure enough, a huge colored light and shadow swept by, swooping into the ground. Fat raised his huge head, opened his mouth full of fangs, and swallowed the swarm of fire insects that were scurrying around.

"You guy...... It wasn't thinking of me, it was smelling the food. Qingkong was dumbfounded, watching the fat mouth spew black smoke while sweeping away the fleeing meat worms.

The scholar stroked his beard and looked at the fat man below, his eyes shining brightly.

When the fat little enjoyment was over, there was not a single living flame insect around the crowd, only a pile of wreckage and a pungent smell of burning. Fat Xiao slowly walked to the rock, shaking his head towards the sky, as if asking for credit. It turned out that it thought that these insects were besieging Qingkong and the others, so they came to the rescue.

These days, Qingkong has been in the tribe's camp, while Fat Xiao forages in the wilderness outside the camp. And if the master doesn't use Qi Ming to summon his dragon, the dragon will not take the initiative to find its pilot. But Qing Kong knew in his heart that although he had not summoned it, it had always been around him to protect him, and he could feel it.

Sky jumped off the rock, walked up to the fat boy, and looked up at its colorful eyes. He hadn't looked at it so seriously for a long time, but he didn't expect it to slowly break away from the original image of the four dislikes. Weifu's body was already taller than him, and the white down feathers that had covered his body had fallen off, revealing shiny scales and strong limbs. And the most surprising thing was that these exposed scales were actually colored, and under the sunlight, the colors were like wearing colorful armor.

"It's ...... It's getting better and better!" The deer also came to him and looked at it, but did not recognize it for a moment.

The university scholars also looked at it, but the expression in their eyes was a little different from before, as if they were surprised by the color on its body, and they seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yes, it's finally like a point. Qingkong stretched out his hand and stroked its hard dragon scales, which were not very hot, warm as jade. Fat spins his eyeballs, enjoying and shaking his huge head.

Suddenly, the fat longan glowed coldly, as if it felt something. Immediately after that, the huge dragon wings fanned out, and Qingkong and the others hurriedly retreated to avoid the dust. In an instant, the fat boy took off into the air and flew in one direction, and that direction was where the fire insect swarm had crawled out just now......