Chapter 160: The Field of Ashes

The 327th layer of the Abyss Demon Realm, the Ash Field, the reddish-brown ground is like ashes left by the fire, countless Lothar demons and dog demons roam the ground, fighting each other, they can survive by eating the brown soil of the Ash Field and some light-disgusting plants that grow here, but they prefer to devour the meat of their own kind or other creatures, which is much better than eating soil and thorny plants. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A tiny crack appeared in the dim sky, and the two figures fell straight down, with a loud bang, striking a cobweb-like crack in the ground.

A scorching, dry wave of air rushed towards him, accompanied by a pair of bone blades, cross-cutting at Alexia. Alexia's twin swords met head-on without hesitation, and after a crisp collision, Alexia and the sneak attacker were shocked back at the same time.

This is a two-meter-tall, triangular head of the Lothar Demon, covered with a gray bone shell, with two hind feet on the ground, the forelimbs are not the claws of ordinary creatures, but a pair of sharp bone swords, not the human kind of hidden blades, but the entire claw is the bone sword.

After being pressed a step back, Alexia rushed up again, Lothar was still in a state of hard stunning, his claws were swung to the sides, the empty door opened, Alexia's right hand sword stabbed and slashed, and his left hand sword was raised, both hands clenched the hilt, and two silver-white fighting lights slashed down in an X-shape.

The Lothar Demon was stabbed five times by Alexia in less than two seconds, especially the last one, which almost split it in half.

However, the tenacious Lothar Demon did not die immediately, but just twisted his body desperately to escape from here, and even the wounds on his body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Alexia frowned and made a stab and cut off the creature's head, leaving no blood coming out, like a skeleton.

On the other side, Levy's heavy sword sweep broke the cervical vertebrae of two dogs taller than humans, and now the two canines are lying on their sides on the ground whimpering and waiting to die.

"What the hell is this place. Levi patted the ash on his body, looked at the monster who had noticed the two not far away, and said with a painful face.

The temperature here is more than 50 degrees, and if you are not an ordinary person who is a professional, this temperature can kill them, and even if you are a professional, it is very uncomfortable. And the air here is also very muddy, and there is a sense of blockage in breathing.

"I don't know. Alexia was visibly uncomfortable too, "Find a place to hide and observe." ”

"No problem. Levi looked at the Lothar demons running over and smiled, "Let's get rid of these guys first." ”

Quickly and neatly dispose of these monsters, Levi and Alexia quickly moved places.

In the Fields of Ashes, you can often see such landforms, with strata of different heights arranged irregularly like a giant's staircase, as if construction waste had been smashed and piled up haphazardly.

The shelter that Lévi and Alexia had chosen was a splinter that would not normally go up, more than a hundred meters above the ground, angled inward. With the help of some climbing tools, it is not difficult to climb up from the rough earth section, and Levi uses a small hammer to knock out a few depressions that are easy to settle down on as he climbs, and after infusing a small amount of fighting energy, a hammer is a small deep pit.

Alexia quickly followed.

The view from above is excellent, and you can see all kinds of monsters roaming the land in the distance.

"Whew, it's hot. ”

Sitting on the ground, Levi took out a two-fist-sized cooler from his backpack, stuffed it with a water pattern crystal and a magic crystal, and after activation, a layer of light blue mist was confined within a radius of one meter, and the temperature dropped and the humidity rose, reaching a level suitable for normal humans.

Levi is not a spellcaster, so he can't use attribute crystals directly without equipment like Carl, and if he doesn't have the crystal energy device to restrain and use it directly, the water element will quickly dissipate.

"Don't rush to rest, it's not necessarily safe here. Alexia kicked Levi lightly.

"It's fine. Levi shook his head, "There's nothing worth paying attention to in my perception. Constant vigilance is a commendable quality, but resting when it's time to take a break can last longer. ”

Alexia ignored him, inspecting the neighborhood and soon found a curly, prickly dark brown plant in the rock formation, which was very similar to the color of the land here, but was discovered by Alexia.

"Is this thing poisonous and can you eat it?" Levi also leaned over, curious.

"This one is very similar to the prickly curls in the desert. Alexia was silent for a moment.

"It's not like it at all!" cried Lévy, "I'm a man who came back alive from the desert of death, and the curls are as tall as two people, and they are the size of a head, and the curls are green, which are brown, and the spines of the curls are not like this one with barbs. ”

"Don't make a fuss, I'm talking about plant classification, they should be close relatives. Alexia gave him a blank look, "Look at the brown bristle curl—let's call it that way—whether it has distinct ridges and verrucous protrusions, and the bristle curl is four-edged, and this plant is also four-edged, so even in the primitive tepal subclass it is two plants that are quite close to each other." ”

"Don't bully the scumbag like this...... Levi waved his hand weakly, "Anyway, can you eat this thing, the prickly hair roll is a good thing, it can provide a lot of water and nutrients." ”

Alexia hesitated for a moment and said, "Probably, as long as you have a stronger stomach than the natives here." ”

One of the adventurer's guidelines is that if you can replenish food on the spot, don't consume the dry food you carry. But whether it is the Lothar Demon covered with a full-body exoskeleton or the dark blue haired dog demon, there is no flesh on the whole body, and the only muscles are as hard as steel, and they will spontaneously combust and burn into a puddle of ashes and return to the earth.

"This brown prickly curl is widely distributed in this plane. Alexia crouched on one knee and slashed across the ground with her single-edged sword, "Through it, I can deduce the natural environment of this plane to a certain extent. The dry surface, little to no precipitation, strong wind and sand, and a large temperature difference between day and night, so it is dark here...... There is an aquifer underground...... All I can tell is that, and if Carl is here, I should be able to analyze something. ”

Lévy opened his linked list, looked at the time, and silently noted that his linked list was purely mechanical, and the sealing was excellent, and it would not affect the work due to changes in the environment.

"I don't know how long the day and night are on this plane. Lévy put away the linked watch and said.

"Hmm. Alexia nodded, then suddenly stopped, pointing to the sky in the distance, "What do you see there?!"

Levi turned his head to look, only to see a blood-red crack appear in the sky, and then dozens of gray-green dots fell from mid-air to the ground, and as soon as they landed, they frantically fled into the distance.

The surrounding Lothar demons and dog demons seemed to smell the scent of their prey and quietly surrounded them.

"I can't see clearly. ”

Levi said as he took out a precision-made monocular from his backpack, a crystal lens made of high transparency, the barrel made of brass was only twenty centimeters long, but it became three times the length when elongated, and it was also painted with a fine magic array of Mithril, which could improve clarity by inputting magic or fighting energy, and even be able to see through some illusions and fog.

Levi looked through the binoculars and handed it to Alexia: "I don't know how to describe it, you can see if you can recognize it." ”

Alexia picked up the binoculars and took a closer look.

It was a four-foot-tall gray-green creature with thin limbs, a bloated body, a very ugly one, a small head without a neck, two eyes on either side of the head, and a nose with only two nostrils, the most obvious of which was the large mouth that took up almost half of the face, and saliva flowed from between the mutilated teeth.

This creature was slow, although its front paws looked large, but it was not threatening, and it could only desperately flee in the face of the attacks of the dog demon and the Lothar demon, but under the attack of these two monsters that moved quickly, only one or two of the twenty or so finally ran away.

"It's cowardice. Alexia put down her binoculars.

"In the eleventh chapter of "Skywalker's Travels", Hugo's crown mentions this creature, and there are accompanying pictures. Cowards are naturally stupid and slow, and fighting is inefficient. They relied on their damage reduction abilities to survive in battle after battle. ”

"I'm sorry to tell you the news, this plane we are in is a certain layer of the Abyss Demon Realm. ”

"This ...... You're not kidding, are you?" said Levi, with some disbelief.

Alexia looked up at him, not joking at all.

"What are your plans?" Levi quickly calmed down, he hadn't encountered an even more dangerous environment than this.

"Three scenarios. Alexia closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Plan one, Xingli is a magus with the ability to travel between planes and find her, but I don't feel like she and Carl are in this plane. The second plan is to wait for the legendary rescue of the elves and the empire. ”

That's a viable suggestion. Levi nodded.

"But I don't want to wait here, and I don't know how many layers of the abyss are here. Alexia looked up at the dim sky.

"So what are you going to do, the third option. Lévy sat down.

"You're gold-level, aren't you?" Alexia suddenly turned to look at Levi.

"Uh...... You can see it. Levi nodded without hesitation, "That's right. ”

Alexia stared at him with a dangerous look.

"Why are you looking at me like that......" Levi shrank a little uncomfortably as he stared at the crimson eyes.

Alexia slammed her fist on Levi's head: "Why did you say it in the first place, since you joined the team, you are honest and obedient, you are making it difficult for me as the captain to do this." ”

"I just want to play soy sauce...... Levi held his head and whispered, "and Carl has more hole cards......"

Levi always had the illusion that if he fought Carl to the death, he would be killed in one round, but God knows how that feeling came about.

"Hmph. Alexia glanced at him, "I know he has hole cards, but he will pay a lot to use them, don't you?"

Alexia has been with Carl for a little longer, and with her acumen, she has already discovered a lot of things, and Carl is not too shy of her, such as when Carl paused for a long time in front of the second puzzle door in Scott's underground labyrinth. But she won't ask about other people's secrets, just like she has secrets that she doesn't want others to know.

"I'm speechless, I'm just trying to be lazy......" Lévi muttered.

Lévy's purpose in the first place was indeed to be lazy, and he followed Alexia to do his task by the way, so that he could be free to run around.

And the stubborn and violent squad leader and the boy who seemed to know everything were very funny, and the journey would not be boring - if Alexia hadn't beaten him all the time, and Carl hadn't often used systematic theoretical knowledge to mock him as a scholar. But now it's all used to it, it's used to it, haha.

"Can you cut through the space with the golden fighting energy?" Alexia asked.

"Yes, yes, but I can't do it all at once, and I can't get through a passage that goes straight to the main plane. Levi said helplessly, "I tried, something is interfering with me." ”

"Sure enough, it was exactly what I guessed. Alexia stared at the barren land in the distance, "In the Abyss Demon Realm, almost every layer has a plane master, who has a fairly high ability to interfere with this plane, and can only leave if he kills it. ”

"This plane hasn't been explored yet. Lévy grabbed a handful of grayish-brown sand and let it slip between his fingers, "Let's call it the Ash Field." ”

Sure enough, as Alexia guessed, after the night fell, the temperature of the Ash Origin plane plummeted, from more than fifty degrees Celsius, which can heat low-level professionals to death, to close to freezing, but fortunately, they were prepared in advance, so the two of them did not seem flustered.

Turn on the Crystal Furnace and the chill is dispelled.

"You rest, I'll keep vigil, and I'll call you in four hours. Alexia said to Levi, "Eight hours later, night or day, set off at once." ”

Night and day in the Fields of Ashes are not noticeable, as the sky is always dark, and the difference is only in temperature.

"Hmm. Levi was not pretentious, and quickly fell into a deep sleep in his sleeping bag.

In a tacit team, they will not shirk their own obligations, nor will they indiscriminately assume the obligations of others, this is for the good of everyone, only to ensure that they are in good condition, in order not to drag down their teammates.

Enter the 15th hour of the Field of Ashes.

The nights in the Ash Field were longer than those of the Main Plane, and after eight hours of rest, it was still a somewhat cold night.

"Early. Levi said to Alexia, who was still a little dazed as she sat up.

“...... Good morning. Alexia rubbed her eyes and said, and then a pair of double ponytails exploded, "Good morning, big head!

"Of course not. Levi shrugged, "If anything, I would have called you up." ”

"Let's go, then. Alexia said after quickly adjusting her condition.

Levi paused for a moment and said, "I sensed the general direction of the plane master of this plane, but it may have sensed me as well. ”

Alexia put on her cloak and frowned at Levi's words, "Then we have to hurry." ”

The two of them did not have any delay, in the outer layer of the Ash Field, there were no monsters stronger than them, unless they encountered a cluster, and the small strand was directly targeted by Alexia with a gun.

The terrain in front of them gradually changed, and a steep mountain range nearly a kilometer high stretched in front of the two of them, with an inclination angle of more than 70 degrees, which ordinary people could not climb at all.

The mountain split a hole in the first exit, forming a zigzag canyon channel less than ten meters wide.

"Stop. Levi suddenly grabbed Alexia.

Alexia immediately stopped and looked at Lévy.

"It can be dangerous to go from here. Levi squinted, "The canyon passage is a bit long, at least three hundred meters above, and it's out of my perceptual range. There's something in there, but it's hidden, and I won't be able to tell for a while. ”

Alexia raised her head and looked at the almost vertical cliff that was more than a thousand meters high: "If you climb the mountain, it will take a lot of time and consume more physical strength. ”

"You decide. "There's a dangerous but fast canyon passage on one side, and a safe but slow climb on the other." ”

Alexia thought for a moment before stepping forward, "The longer we stay in the Ashes, the greater the danger we will face, and we can't afford to lose time. And it's not always safe to climb, and we don't know if there are any flying monsters here. ”

"Do you choose to go through the canyon? Levi grabbed his hair, "I'll go ahead, you take cover." ”

Alexia's expression also became solemn, and she followed closely from Lévy.

Once you enter the canyon, the view narrows all of a sudden, not only because the light is blocked by the mountain walls on both sides, but also because it is not straight, but twisted and curved.

Levi didn't turn on the crystal lamp, but carefully inspected every place with eyes that were countless times stronger than ordinary people, to prevent possible dangers.

A three-meter-tall stone pillar-like plant suddenly cracked open as Levi passed by, and its sharp teeth bit at him with a fishy wind, and the speed was amazing.

The broad-bladed sword abruptly crossed in front of the large mouth, and with a pull, it split a large section of the plant with the huge mouth, and the huge plant that would prey on it quickly retracted into the rock wall as if it felt severe pain.

"When this thing doesn't move, it's like a rock, and it doesn't react at all. Levi shook the dark green juice from his sword hard, and it fell to the ground with a corrosive sizzle.

"Hmm. Alexia also had a reddish-brown fragment of plants at her feet, "very insidious indeed. ”

There were two trap plants, and instead of attacking Levi, the first one let him go, and then attacked together when Alexia arrived, but they couldn't support each other. However, Alexia had a high level of intuition, and when she sensed the danger, she subconsciously counterattacked and defeated the attack.

"Don't lean against the rock wall. Levi didn't withdraw his greatsword either, and continued to explore the path ahead.

Only the footsteps of two people could be heard in the silent canyon.

"Two Lothar demons have entered my perception. Levi whispered suddenly.

"Are you coming at us?" asked Alexia, "in front or behind." ”

Levi shook his head: "No, this canyon passage is not a single route, this is a fork in the road on our side, there is a meeting point in front of it, they seem to be going to the other side of the mountain." I could barely tell by the shaking of the ground and the mountain walls. ”

Continuing a few dozen meters forward, Alexia could barely feel that there seemed to be a passage on the side, as she also felt a slight vibration.

"There are more than two, and there is more than one channel. Levi lowered his voice and said, "It's probably a relatively large space ahead, let's go see what's going on inside." ”