Chapter 117: Treacherous Forest, Strange Demons
Jiang Chen looked at Lin Xi with pity, he knew that this was a very normal reaction for a person who was close to death.
Not to mention a delicate and expensive eldest lady like Lin Xi, even Jiang Chen himself felt bored and anxious after the arduous trek over the past few days. It was not easy for Lin Xi to hold on for so long.
He listened to Lin Xi's complaints in silence, and only after her mood calmed down a little before he comforted: "Hold on, as long as you can save your life, you will still be the eldest lady of the Lin family after you go back-"
Halfway through the words, Lin Xi's body suddenly leaned over, hugged him tightly, and cried in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say this kind of thing, I'm so scared......"
"It's okay, I understand." Jiang Chen looked at her shrugged shoulders and said softly, "I will definitely bring you back to the human world." ”
Lin Xi whimpered slowly, and his emotions couldn't stop bursting out, sobbing from a small voice to crying loudly, turning all his grievances and fright into tears.
The experience of these few days can indeed be called the greatest ordeal since she was born.
With no other companions, no relatives and guards by her side, she felt lonely and frightened like never before, and the only one she could rely on was the young man she had known for a long time......
After a long time, Lin Xi gradually calmed down, and said softly in a sobbing voice: "I'm sorry for getting your clothes wet." ”
She raised her face and showed a pear blossom with a rainy smile, but when she saw Jiang Chen's expression, her expression couldn't help but be stunned.
She suddenly thought that during this journey, the young man in front of her had been under more pressure than herself, and he was only the same age as herself......
A burst of emotion surged in her heart, and in silence, two hearts that were also lonely and wandering slowly drew closer together.
I don't know how long it took, Lin Xi cheered up, let go of his hands, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe his tears.
This action also made Jiang Chen wake up from his confusion, he turned his head a little embarrassed, cleared his throat, and said, "Do you feel better?" ”
"Hmm." Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a lot more relaxed in his heart.
After resting, the two continued on their way.
On the way, they are frequently attacked by demon beasts, and what is more terrifying than demon beasts is the alienated plants, they either have towering torso and large branches and leaves, and the ground shakes with a single blow; Either there are many vines, entangled in the snare, and it is impossible to cut down; Or hide very deeply, sneak attack with bright petals, fine powder, and tiny roots, and it is impossible to prevent it.
Lin Xi had been attacked by Mod's silk.
Moss quietly parasitized her, unconscious, slowly sucking her blood.
She herself felt a little dizzy, but she only thought it was a state of exhaustion, and gritted her teeth to support it, until Jiang Chen found a rhizome on her neck, and reminded her: "There is something in your clothes!" ”
Lin Xi hurriedly lowered her head, only to see a large piece of green root on her neck, which spread all the way to the inside of her collar, this disgusting and terrifying picture made her almost faint immediately.
The tiny rhizomes of the devil's silk burrs pierced into her flesh, which had a strong paralyzing effect, and the part that was clinging to her was not felt at all.
When Lin Xi saw this terrifying and disgusting scene on his body, he screamed in fright, jumped and jumped, but those roots couldn't be shaken off like appendages.
Jiang Chen went up and pressed her shoulder, forcing her to calm down, and then quickly ripped off the silk on her skin and threw it on the ground and trampled it to death.
As for the burrs in his clothes, Jiang Chen turned his back and asked Lin Xi to pull them off by himself.
I only heard Lin Xi's cursing and the sound of boots stepping on the ground behind her, in this day, she had already made too many unladylike moves, and now she didn't care about her image.
After a long while, the stampede stopped, and then after waiting for a while, Lin Xi said loudly: "You can turn around." ”
Jiang Chen looked at her face, only a little pale, not too unusual. However, some of the symptoms of poisoning could not be judged by his face, he touched Lin Xi's forehead and asked, "How do you feel, are you feeling unwell?" ”
"I'm a little dizzy." Lin Xi shook his head.
Jiang Chen opened her eyelids and looked at them, and asked, "Do you feel anything else?" e.g. nausea, chest tightness, stomach pain......"
"Nope."
"That shouldn't be poisoning, dizziness is the sequelae of blood loss. Be careful, don't be pushy, and tell me right away if you don't feel well. ”
"Got it!"
The two moved on.
After walking for about half a mile, Jiang Chen suddenly stopped, made a gesture to Lin Xi, and whispered with a solemn face: "There is a fight in front. ”
"Could it be Uncle Tu and them?" Lin Xi said in surprise.
"Not really. You're waiting for me here......"
Jiang Chen was halfway through speaking, when he saw the panicked expression on Lin Xi's face, he thought that it would not be safe to leave her here alone, so he changed his words, "You follow me, let's go over and have a look." ”
Lin Xi nodded heavily, followed behind Jiang Chen, and approached lightly.
The sound of fighting in the depths of the dense forest was getting closer and closer, the low roar and the roar of the beast were staggered, mixed with the loud sound of the grass and trees breaking and the footsteps shaking the ground, Jiang Chen and Lin Xi easily approached the place where the battle took place.
After brushing aside a branch and leaf and seeing the scene of the fierce battle in the field, Jiang Chen was greatly surprised. Lin Xi next to him poked his head over, exclaimed in a low voice, and then quickly covered his mouth.
Neither of the two sides in the forest is human.
One of them was a fifth-order green-backed lion, which was a common demon beast in the forest, and the other burly figure was the reason for Jiang Chen's consternation—Jiang Chen had never seen such a strange demon beast.
The creature resembled an orangutan, but it was much bigger than an ordinary orangutan, covered with green hair, with two horns on its head, and an old and strange appearance like an ape. It wields a taupe axe and fights the green-backed lion with agility.
"What is it?" Lin Xi asked in a low voice.
"Certainly not human!" This orangutan-like monster reminded Jiang Chen of the devil in Buddhist murals.
He noticed that the monster's five fingers were very thick, and its nails were as sharp as tigers and leopards, and occasionally when the axe was swung in the air, the monster would fight the green-backed lion with its left paws, and sometimes even tear off a large piece of flesh from the lion's body.
Lin Xi seemed to remember something, and shouted in a low voice: "Longyuan Demon Man! ”
Jiang Chen asked, "Do you know it?" ”
Lin Xi said in a low voice: "I just heard some rumors...... These demons call themselves the Longyuan clan, from a small world called 'Longyuan', about thirty years ago, they suddenly appeared in the Netherworld Forest, invaded the human frontier on a large scale, and almost captured the fortress of Xiliao. The human race paid a heavy price, and in the end, it was the national teacher Zhang Manqing and the first knight of the Imperial Palace, "Sword Venerable" Shen Lingfeng, who joined forces to defeat them......"
"So, they're still an organized race? This is not good......"
"Where are we going to help?" Lin Xi asked.
"If you don't help each other, you're ready to leave."
Jiang Chen watched the battle in the field, the demon and the beast fought for a while, and gradually the winner was about to be decided.
The green-backed lion bit the air, and was held down by the demon on the head, and the axe slashed heavily on the back, and blood burst out.
The lion struggled like a frenzy, and rushed with his head covered, and the demon dodged and dodged, and another axe slashed at the lion's neck.
The lion collapsed to the ground with a wail, and the roar in his throat grew lower and lower, and gradually stopped moving.
The demon man took a few breaths, suddenly turned his head, and looked at Jiang Chen's hiding place with a cold gaze, his fat lips opened, revealing the sharp fangs inside, and let out a dull roar.
This roar...... Jiang Chen was shocked in his heart: "It's not good, it's gathering its companions!" ’
"Let's go!" He grabbed Lin Xi's slender waist, and with a slight kick under his feet, he jumped several meters away.
But when he heard the terrible sound of the wind behind him, the demon threw the axe over.
Jiang Chen's footsteps were off the ground at this time, and with another person, his body was not in good shape, and in a hurry, he pulled out the long sword at his waist, drew a silver lightning bolt, and swept his head in the direction where the wind behind him was blowing.
With a "clang" sound, the axe hit the sword body, and Jiang Chen only felt a heavy force surging from his arm to his shoulder, shaking his body to deviate, staggering a few steps under his feet, and almost hitting a big tree in front of him.
Lin Xi was also led by him to fall towards the big tree, with a groaning sound in her mouth, dancing with her hands, but Jiang Chen, who was holding her, became more and more unbalanced.
Jiang Chen let out a low snort, and slapped his palm on the trunk of the tree, which was able to stabilize his figure.
At this time, the footsteps behind him were rapidly approaching, and the demon man ran while panting, the speed was extremely fast, one moment it was still two feet away, and the next moment it was already close to Jiang Chen's back, and the sharp claws grabbed the back of his neck with a terrible wind.
Jiang Chen hurriedly dodged, and his right elbow slammed back.
He didn't have time to look back to check the results, and threw Lin Xi out with a soft force with his left hand, and shouted in his mouth: "Run forward!" ”
When Lin Xi landed, he was relieved by the softness, staggered a few steps and stood firmly, obeyed Jiang Chen's instructions, and ran forward without looking back.
The demon man was not happy to be smashed by Jiang Chen's elbow, and after snorting, he exhaled a breath of turbid air, and then attacked Jiang Chen from the side in a circle.
After Jiang Chen put Lin Xi aside, he immediately felt a lot more relaxed, he leaned back to avoid the demon's claw, slapped his left palm on its wrist joint, and took its body away by a few points, and before it could adjust its center of gravity, he immediately swung his sword and stabbed it towards the demon's heart.
This sword was handed out along the gap between the demon's breathing, as fast as lightning, Jiang Chen had calculated for a long time, and thought that he would be determined to win, but was blocked by the demon's other claw.
The claw was wearing a steel ball chain sleeve, which was tightly embedded in the sword, and the long sword was jammed.
"Damn it!" Jiang Chen's pupils shrank, he didn't expect this ghost thing to be so difficult.
Moreover, he heard hurried footsteps not far away, and there were about seven or eight people approaching this direction at a very fast speed.
The demon man also got the news of his companion's approach, and his two hands clenched Jiang Chen's sword body, and his ugly face and lips grinned, revealing a hideous smile.
"Humph!" The corners of Jiang Chen's lips also showed a sneer.
He held out his left hand.
The demon probably thought that as long as his companion arrived, the human in front of him would die. It's a pity that it can't hold out until its companions arrive—
"Spatial Scars"!
A cold light flashed out from Jiang Chen's left hand, and the expression in the demon's eyes turned from smugness to consternation, then panic, and fear.
It tried to turn and run away, but the cold halo had already spread over its body, and suddenly passed through its body, and the hideous expression on the demon's face froze.
Its arms reached forward, its eyes full of unwillingness, but it could only fall to the ground with a soft pop.
When the seven or eight figures rushed out of the depths of the woods arrived at the battlefield, they saw the scene of the demon being split in half.
They all froze for a moment, and then let out a chaotic roar and rushed towards them angrily.
Jiang Chen didn't dare to fight so many demons head-on, unless he activated the seventh-order "Xuangang" physique again, these agile ghosts could combine to tear him to pieces.
Jiang Chen withdrew his long sword from the corpse's claws, glanced at those demons, dodged and rushed out a few steps in the other direction, blending into the shadows on the edge of the woods.
As soon as he left with his front foot, the demons rushed to the corpse, one demon stayed behind to check the corpse, and the other demons kept chasing after Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen stepped on his feet and jumped onto a branch.
The branch swayed slightly, and with a subtle rustle, his figure flew lightly to another taller branch, picking up a leaf in his hand and flicking his fingers.
The leaves made a sharp sound of breaking through the air, shooting in the other direction, piercing through an unknown number of branches and leaves, and the sound spread into the distance.
Jiang Chen completely held his breath, suppressed his own breath, hid behind the shadows of the lush foliage, let himself merge with the aura of this wood, and quietly stared at the land under the gap between the branches and leaves.
After two or three breaths, six or seven burly demons swept under Jiang Chen from far and near, like a gust of wind, without stopping for anything, chasing in the direction where the sound of the leaves spread.
Jiang Chen was relieved when they ran away, but then he heard Lin Xi's scream in the distance, and his heart hung again.
What happened to Lin Xi?
Jiang Chen's footsteps were longitudinal, and he swooped to the ground like a big bird, rushing towards the direction where Lin Xi was.
The demons obviously heard the scream as well, and immediately adjusted their direction and divided two or three people to pursue Lin Xi.
The two groups of people had the same purpose, and soon learned of each other's existence.
Jiang Chen was in front, and the demons were behind, shuttling through the forest like the wind, passing through any obstacles and fetters, and rushing to Lin Xi in a hurry.
Jiang Chen saw clearly what caused Lin Xi to scream - it was a blue and white snake, less than two steps, it seemed to be frightened by Lin Xi's scream, and it was hurriedly curling its body and scurrying towards the grass.
Jiang Chen looked at Lin Xi, who was motionless in place, and felt like crying without tears.
Lin Xi said: "I'm sorry......"
At this time, there was no time to blame her, Jiang Chen turned his face and sank his waist to deal with the three-headed demon who chased after him.
The two sides did not understand the language, and there was no other means of communication except for roaring and roaring, so they fought without saying a word.
In order to prevent the flames of war from affecting Lin Xi, Jiang Chen took the initiative to rush towards the three-headed demon.
His whole body glowed with red blood, and he raised his body to the sixth-order "Blood-moving" realm, like a giant bird swooping down the cliff, and the sword qi in his palm poured out.
The oncoming two-headed demons were knocked upside down and flew out by his full burst of power, and one of the demons was kicked on his calf by him, and his tendons were broken and he fell to the ground.
A moonlit halo burst out from Jiang Chen's left palm, and then spread over the body of the two-headed demon.
To Jiang Chen's surprise, the tallest demon who was originally standing in the middle not only did not force up together, but instead took a few steps back when he crashed into the two demons.
'How can it avoid edges?' ’
This thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind, he originally planned to attack the three of them at the same time with the "Space Warp" Divine Ability, but due to the retreat of the tall demon, he could only target the two-headed demon in front of him.
The other demon was knocked back two steps by Jiang Chen, and its left arm was also torn apart by the "space warp", but it was not afraid of death, it shouted twice in its mouth, and immediately adjusted its body shape to counterattack.
And the demon who fell to the ground was half shattered, and he could still fight again, and he also roared and pounced on Jiang Chen's lower plate.
Jiang Chen jumped lightly, avoiding the fall of the ground demon, and at the same time wielded a blood-colored sword shadow, fighting hard with the other demon, intending to use his strength to float back.
He thought to himself that the demon on the ground could not move, so he could get rid of it by just pulling a distance, and then concentrate on dealing with a demon man.
However, just as he was about to land, but he didn't land, the tallest demon suddenly moved.
A vicious and arrogant aura rushed towards it, bringing out a dark shadow, as if dragging the background behind it into darkness.
Jiang Chen changed color in a panic: The cultivation of this tall demon is amazing, and it is the physique of the peak of the sixth-order "blood transfer"!
What's even more terrifying is that this demon had avoided Jiang Chen's supernatural powers before, and the timing of his attack was also extremely accurate, which showed that it had extremely high intelligence, and it must be a murderous and cunning person......