Chapter 64: Out of Danger
Tian Jihong didn't dare to count on his luck to be able to successfully stick the dagger firmly into the cliff to support his weight, but even the momentary force on the stone wall was enough for him. At the moment when the dagger was stuck in the stone crack, Tian Jihong stood up in mid-air with the drag force brought by the hemp rope, forcibly blocked the trend of his body from continuing to fall, and launched a final sprint towards the edge of the slope that was close at hand.
Sure enough, the dagger, which was not completely stuck in the crack of the stone, finally slipped out under some tugging, and the hastily tied hemp rope on it was about to fall off. But at this time, under the swing of the rope, Tianjihong, who returned to the same level as the stone slope, had already stretched out his arms and firmly grasped the edge of the cliff; The lower body is driven by inertia to roll in the air, jumping upwards after crossing an arc from the lower end of the slope, and finally landing on the edge of the slope.
With his own smooth operation, Tianjihong, who finally landed steadily at this time, was already at a distance of nearly seventy meters from the granite platform in the distance, and all the paths that existed in between had been destroyed in the chase between himself and his opponent. This time, the giant wolf above was absolutely unable to cross this distance in a short period of time, and after half an hour of fierce fighting, Tian Jihong was finally able to rest and take a breath.
And the Dongyun Wolf, who was an opponent in the distance, was obviously angry when he saw this scene. At this time, it had successfully returned to the cave, seeing that victory was already in sight, but how did it expect that the opponent would come to such a desperate comeback at the moment of danger, not only instantly resolved all the previous disadvantages, but also trapped itself on the platform above and could not find a way to pursue or go home. Once the frenzied weakening period is completely over in a few minutes, if the other party finds a chance to make a detour back here, it will obviously be more than lucky to be eaten by the sequelae.
And the entrance of this cave is a place that the wolf has always been afraid of, just now a wolf alone here made such a big noise, it is fortunate that it did not anger the existence in the cave. As an outsider, Tianjihong didn't know anything about the situation in this vicinity, but the Dongyun wolf, who had lived here for many years, was well aware of the horrors in the depths of this cave, otherwise it would not have carefully cleaned up the traces of its own presence after each hunt before. If it stays here for too long, if it accidentally catches the sight of the creature in the depths of the cave, it may not know how it will die in the end. So the only thing the wolf can do now is to quickly go around the mountain range, go around in a big circle, find a new path back to the lair on the back of the mountain to recuperate.
Tian Jihong, who was standing quietly on the slope, quickly urged the exercises to adjust his breath, but still did not forget to lock his eyes firmly on the platform in the distance. After all, as an opponent, Dongyun Wolf is really more familiar with the terrain around this area, although he is very sure that he has destroyed all the paths that can be seen in his field of vision, but there is no guarantee that the opponent will not find a path that he has not discovered to launch a surprise attack. Therefore, it is necessary to be vigilant.
However, under the gaze of his gaze, the Dongyun Wolf, who was powerless against the Tianjihong in the distance, finally chose to leave after a few long howls threateningly. A few minutes later, seeing that the huge head finally disappeared on the edge of the platform, Tian Jihong also relaxed his guard a little and began to heal with all his might.
In this duel with the Dongyun Wolf, although he did not suffer any too serious injuries, the process was more dangerous than yesterday's battle, during which several times Tianjihong fell into disadvantage after the opponent's change of moves, and the final result showed that he was just lucky to rely on his wisdom to draw with the opponent's general.
Tian Jihong also comprehended the power of the true spirit beast at this moment. Although this Dongyun Wolf's last move madness secret technique did make it surpass the strength of ordinary spirit beasts, the most fundamental reason why the other party was so difficult was because the spirit beasts sprouted wisdom no less than that of humans. Not only did the other party react on the spot, but he quickly saw through several traps laid by himself, and even Tian Jihong himself was almost brought into the trap by the other party several times.
Taking advantage of the gap in recovering spiritual power, Tian Jihong also carefully recalled the battle just now in his mind, and he was still quite satisfied with the decision he had just made. Compared with all the mistakes in the battle in the previous two days, today's duel between himself and the East Luck Wolf actually played a relatively good role, even if there were a lot of risky moves during the period, but at least they were all decisions made in the realm of reason.
Tianjihong understands that if he lets himself compete with the other party again, I am afraid that except for some details, there is no way to optimize the strategy. The improvement in tactics is also the main reason why I was not fatally wounded until the end of the duel today. And in the end, there was such a tie situation, because the opponent's strength did exceed his expectations after the madness.
However, it can't be regarded as the end of the battle yet, even if Tianjihong knows that the Dongyun wolf's frenzied state will not last long, after its effect disappears, it will most likely choose to escape, and it is unlikely that it will even return here to harass itself in a short time. However, in order to ensure safety, he must go back to the place where he is and confirm that the other party is really powerless to fight again before he can rest assured.
Besides, he spent so much effort to solve this scourge, in addition to deliberately looking for him to practice after cultivating his spiritual power yesterday, the most important thing is that he plans to go deep into the cave to find out. Therefore, how to return to the upper platform now is the biggest problem at hand.
Fortunately, during the battle, his package was still tightly attached to him, and with the rope and dagger just now, Tian Jihong was still relatively confident that he could find a way out here. Tian Jihong's plan did not consider going around to the other side of the mountain to find other paths like the Dongyun wolf above, seeing that there was still a bottomless mountain stream under his feet, and he didn't know anything about the surrounding environment, if he wanted to find another way, he might have to make a detour.
So, when the path above was blocked, Tianjihong set his eyes on his feet. Of course, his aim was not to dive all the way to the bottom of the cliff, but to find a narrower area in the mountain stream to cross the cliff on the west side of the cliff opposite, as he had done when he came. The cliffs between the east and west sides grew vertically, and the distance between the cliffs at the two ends was not increased by the decrease in altitude, since he had just found a platform above to cross the cliffs, Tian Jihong did not believe that there was no other suitable position in the area under his feet to go to the other end.
This time, he had plenty of time to prepare, so he tied the rope around his waist and fixed the other end firmly to the slope, and then began another round of diving. As expected, after descending to a height of about 100 meters, Tianjihong really saw that not far from the side, there was also a flat terrain protruding towards the mountain stream between the cliffs on the west side.
However, unlike the lava field above, the soil on the western platform appears to be quite wet, and half of the area is covered with dense vegetation. Tian Jihong guessed that he was probably not too far from the bottom of the cliff, and only in the low-altitude basin climate would there be such a humid environment suitable for vegetation growth.
Although this protruding terrain is not as large as the granite platform at the cave above, it is nearly half a square in size, but it extends nearly three zhang into the valley, which greatly shortens the distance that Tianjihong needs to cross the mountain stream. Even if the latter was not as fortunate as he had been, failing to find a support point opposite the platform to place the bridge; But with the previous demonstration of the Dongyun Wolf, Tianjihong has a rough understanding of the upper limit of his physical fitness in the duel just now, since the opponent can easily cross a distance farther than now, there is no reason why he can't do it if his strength is similar to that of the Dongyun Wolf.
Therefore, Tianjihong chose a rock about four or five zhang high above the opposite platform, which is more spacious than other footholds, and can provide itself with a running distance of about two or three meters. After putting away the rope around his waist, Tian Jihong took a deep breath with his back against the cliff, accelerated his kicks and rushed straight towards the mountain stream in front of him.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong this time, and Tian Jihong, who urged to jump with all his strength, successfully crossed this distance, and even touched the cliff on the west side before reaching the platform below. Obviously, with his strength, even if he doesn't need a platform to settle down, he still has a chance to successfully jump to the other side, but for the sake of insurance, Tian Jihong is unwilling to do such a risky thing.
Due to the drop, Tian Jihong was still two or three meters high from the soil below when he arrived at the opposite cliff, but this distance was impossible for him to even bruise, which was far beyond his ordinary physique. Steadily landing behind a dense cluster of bushes, Tian Jihong quickly got up and dusted off the dirt on his body, and quickly began to look for a way to climb up.
But before that, the careful Tian Jihong had observed something unusual between the damp platforms. Similar to the skeleton of the Firespinal Sheep found on the east side earlier, there were also many skeleton fragments piled up in the corner of the platform he was on at this time. Originally, he thought that there were Dongyun wolves around here, which was actually not a special discovery, but after carefully examining the bone cracks, Tian Jihong frowned.
The fractures of the broken bones all over the ground did not seem to be as sharp as if they were broken by force under the action of a huge force, but the rather rounded shape of the interface seemed to be burned by flames, and then actively melted and fell off under the action of high temperature. Looking at it this way, although the Dongyun Wolf also has the existence of fire-attribute spiritual power in its body, in the duel just now, the former did not show a skill similar to manipulating flames from beginning to end. Then if it weren't for the other party's deliberate clumsiness, there would only be one possibility left - in addition to the Dongyun Wolf here, there must be other powerful spirit beasts around, and judging from the fact that the flames it manipulated were enough to melt the bones, its strength might even be above the Dongyun Wolf.