A flock of yellow-beaked and white-winged birds hovered in the air, some of the perfumers had already landed in the ranks and attacked, they stretched out their slender tongues and stabbed into the bodies of their victims, sucking up nutrients and turning them into dried corpses, Yan Zheng raised a three-foot long knife and slashed to death a perfume bird that was eating, he reached out to pull out a soldier who was besieged by the perfumer, but the other perfumers attacked him together, leaving him to take care of himself, and in the hole dug by the three hunters, there were more perfumers rushing out of the hole.

The sudden attack caught everyone by surprise, but the military qualities carved into the bones made them immediately respond, under the leadership of the commander, the soldiers who were responsible for the rearguard task quickly moved into action, some of them armed with standard spears around the baggage convoy to form the first line of defense, others pulled out the long knives at their waists to clear the fish that slipped through the net, and the rest took out crossbows to shoot at the birds in the air to prevent the perfumers from approaching the supplies.

"Commanders, the defenders report that they have encountered a flock of spiced birds, which are numerous, and need our assistance."

The situation of the defender's encounter with the demon beast quickly spread to the striker, and after receiving the situation, the general immediately reported it to Shen Dutong.

"Let Lin Xiaotian go to the aid of the defenders, remember not to have reservations, and be sure to fight quickly."

Shen Dutong judged the situation and quickly made a decision and issued an order, the incense bird is a very weak demon beast, even if it is gathered in a group, it is not to be afraid, what is really worth noting is the chain reaction caused by the battle, now they are already in a place where they are deeper into the dark realm, if the battle is too long, maybe some more powerful demon beasts will be drawn over, he does not want to repeat the mistake of the fifty-seventh exploration operation.

After receiving the order, Lin Xiaotian summoned a gourd from the sea of qi, the gourd was fiery red, the surface flowed with flame-like patterns, the gourd exuded a blazing temperature outward, and the surrounding air was distorted, his mind moved, and the volume of the gourd suddenly expanded until it was enough to carry a person to stand on it, and then jumped on the gourd lightly and flew towards the guard.

Lin Xiaotian looks like he is about thirty years old, with healthy wheat-colored skin, he is not handsome, but he is better than his eyes, as a monk who has followed Shen Dutong for more than ten years, his actual age is much older, and it can only be said that all monks have a good face.

In a few breaths, the gourd carried Lin Xiaotian to the position of the guard, the three lines of defense around the baggage convoy were still strong, under the brave fight of the soldiers, the ground around it was already covered with the corpses of the perfume birds, but the flock of birds hovering in the air seemed to be endless, still constantly attacking the soldiers, although the slender tongue of the perfume bird could not cause much damage, but there were still soldiers who were not lightly injured.

Lin Xiaotian jumped off the gourd, and the gourd also became a normal size, he opened the lid of the gourd, poured the fiery red liquor into his mouth, and then pinched the magic trick in his hand, and spat out a hot stream of fire from his mouth, the volume of the fire suddenly expanded, and rushed towards the flock of birds hovering in the air.

Fire-Swallowing Spell.

The perfumers that had been swept by the flames burned rapidly, and they let out a piercing and shrill cry from their mouths, struggling to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but it was all in vain, and the flames sprayed from the gourd were like maggots on tarsal bones, and they continued to burn as long as they were contaminated with the bird's body, and did not stop until the body was completely burned to ashes.

Yan Zheng rolled agilely, avoiding the pounce of several spiced birds, he stabbed backhanded, cutting one of the birds in two, the sharp blade given by Lu Wuchang was really not ordinary, after slashing dozens of spiced birds, the blade was still as sharp as ever, the soldier who was caught in the siege and was not pulled out by Yan Zheng in time was no longer alive, the slender tongue of the spiced bird left deep holes in his body, and his entire blood had been completely sucked dry, turning into a shriveled corpse.

A stream of fire swept over Yan Zheng's head, instantly burning the incense birds near him to ashes, and he loudly reminded the soldiers who were still fighting next to him to quickly retreat at the same time, avoiding the range of the flames and retreating into a safe area.

Looking at the fire flow that swept over the sky from time to time, feeling the violent aura fluctuations in the air, Yan Zheng's eyes unconsciously revealed a look of envy, the monk's shot was really extraordinary, even if Lin Xiaotian was only a jade void mid-level monk, the attack ability under the full force was not beyond the reach of mortals, he was carrying a red yarn Bodhi, he could have killed these incense birds with injuries in exchange for injuries, but if he led a team of soldiers to encounter a flock of incense birds, then the final result would be nothing more than the rations of the birds.

A moment later, the whole sky was filled with a sea of fire, one after another, and only a few of the birds hovering in the air were still dying, and the smoke below the sea of fire was filled, as if the clouds of the overcast sky had fallen to the ground, and those were the ashes formed by the burning of the perfumers.

The chaos caused by the attack of the incense bird flock did not last long, under the fire flow that Lin Xiaotian spitted out, the huge flock of birds was just a pile of fuel, seeing that most of the birds had been killed, he wiped the remaining liquor from the corner of his mouth, closed the lid of the gourd, took out a jade box from his arms, took out a pill from it and took it, and the consumption brought by the fire devouring spell with all his strength was not small, he needed some time to recover his aura, and after the mana recovered some, he stepped on the gourd and flew towards the position of the striker.

The rearguard also disarmed the three lines of defense, and carried out simple rearmament in place, and the attack of the incense bird flock caused nearly ten casualties, which was already the result of a proper response, the wounded were gathered up, the less serious ones were handed over to the doctors for treatment, the more serious ones were treated urgently, and carried to the baggage convoy to rest, while several unfortunate soldiers who died, their bodies were hastily buried, and the armor pieces engraved on their bodies were removed and returned to their families and relatives at a later date.

Under Shen Dutong's order, the entire team stopped resting and set off immediately, the fierce battle must have attracted the attention of some powerful demon beasts, not to mention the mountains of fragrant bird corpses piled up on the ground, even the strong smell of blood would make some scavenging demon beasts rush to it, they must leave as soon as possible now.

After traveling about a few miles in the direction of the headwind, the whole team stopped again, and it was relatively safe to get here, even if there was a demon beast attack, it could be found in time, Shen Dutong ordered to rest in place, after a battle, the establishment of the guard was damaged, and it needed to be rearranged, they had been marching for nearly a day, and the whole team stopped just now just to rest, but I didn't expect to be interrupted by the sudden attack of the fragrant birds, but this kind of thing is too common in the dark world, and the soldiers did not complain about anything, but sat on the ground and began to drink water and eat.

"Are you hurt? Do I need to be bandaged? ”

The doctor saw that Yan Zheng was covered in blood, and asked about his situation with concern, this doctor was a very young girl, it was estimated that she was recruited from the medical hall temporarily, because Yan Zheng had never seen her in the guard, her body was stained with the blood of the wounded soldiers, and her hair was also stuck to her forehead because of sweat, although her cheeks were a little black from the smoke just now, and the whole person looked very embarrassed, but her beautiful face could still be distinguished.

"Thanks, just give me some bandages, I got a little bruising."

The little doctor took the bandage and handed it to Yan Zheng, Yan Zheng took it, and wrapped it around his arm a few times, in fact, he was not injured at all, and the blood on his body was basically from the perfume bird, but in order not to let people see the clues, he still had to pretend to bandage it, seeing Yan Zheng's clumsy movements, the little doctor reached out and snatched the bandage in Yan Zheng's hand, bandaged his arm for him, and then tied a knot.

"Thank you, bother." Yan Zheng nodded and thanked the little doctor.

The little doctor just smiled sweetly, and then stood up and continued to help the other wounded, Yan Zheng looked at her beautiful back, and couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, looking at her appearance, it really didn't look like she had entered the secluded realm before, she must have thought that this was just an ordinary exploration mission, and it was most likely deceived by the high remuneration promised by the draft, after all, no matter how much money was promised, it had to be a life flower, and the doctor would be relatively protected, and it might be safer than the soldiers, but when the danger really came, everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, How can there be energy to save others.

Yan Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, took the bread and cured meat handed to him by the veteran, and ate it in a big gulp, he had also experienced a battle just now, so he felt a little tired, now he relaxed, a wave of tiredness swept over like a tide, he leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes, and took a nap to help recover.

Thinking about it carefully, the movement of the group of spiced birds just now was a little strange, because when Yan Zheng found them, he obviously saw that they rushed out from some distance away from the large army, so in fact, the large army had nothing to do with the birds, but something alarmed the birds, so it caused the birds to attack, so who would do this in the dark world?

Yan Zheng, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by the sound of a commotion, he stood up sleepily to check the situation, it seemed that something was wrong with the striker, and after a while, Wu Chang came over and motioned for everyone to sit down and continue to rest.

"Captain Wu, what's going on over there?" A veteran asked curiously.

Wu Chang replied, "The team sent out to scout caught a hunter, and Shen Dutong was asking him about the situation. ”

It turned out to be the hunters of the Netherworld, those outlaws who licked blood from the knife edge, Yan Zheng was thoughtful, he had heard of the notoriety of these people before, they did everything to obtain the treasures of heaven and earth, and it was even more common to kill people and sell goods, and things like black eating black were commonplace, but the appearance of the hunters provided a reasonable explanation for the previous situation, it must have been that they went deep into the underground cave without authorization, alarming the sleeping incense birds, which led to the attack.