Chapter 209: The Stars Fall
With Fang Qiubai's extremely convenient ability, the path around the mountain where the stars descended would normally take a day or two for people to walk, but it only took him and Illya one second to appear on the top of the mountain.
"Wow, this is really special enough!" Looking at the scenery in front of him, Fang Qiubai couldn't help but sigh, and Illya on the side was even more shocked, just staring at the scenery in front of her blankly, and couldn't help but nod silently after hearing Fang Qiubai's voice.
The two of them appeared at the edge of the mountaintop, around the end of the mountain road, and saw the size of a dozen football fields, flat and smooth gravel without even a single weed.
In the middle of this vast flat land, there is a crack that divides the top of the mountain in two, and it seems to have been cut by a huge sword, which is 2 meters wide and more than 10 meters deep.
On this side of the crack, the ground was flat as if it had been repeatedly crushed by a road roller, and the first thought that popped into Fang Qiubai's mind when he saw the ground was: "Highway"
On the other side of the crack, the ground, which is the size of at least five football fields, is full of potholes of different sizes and depths, and there is not a single intact place.
"Eh, there seems to be something in front of the rift?" said Illya, pointing abruptly to the front of the rift.
Fang Qiubai fixed his eyes on it, there was something faintly in front of the huge crack, and he simply led Illya towards the crack.
This mountain peak is surprisingly large, because when they reached the top of the mountain, they were no longer in a hurry, and Fang Qiubai, who did not use spatial ability, walked for nearly 20 minutes before coming to the front of the crack.
And the thing that was faintly unclear turned out to be a sign made of metal that I don't know what kind of metal it was, and there were a lot of words engraved on it.
"Precautions for the place where the stars are coming, this side of the ravine is absolutely safe, and the other side of the barrier is the real place where the stars are coming, and the stars in the sky will fall at any time, ordinary people should not cross this ravine. Illya read curiously, word by word.
"If you want to pick up the shards of the stars, be careful not to linger in the place where the stars fall for a long time, lest you suffer an unwarranted disaster. Please note that although the stars have various magical powers, they may also have negative situations, please think twice if you are interested?" Fang Qiubai continued with Illya's words.
"Meteor fragments still have magical power?" Reading this, Fang Qiubai looked at Illya and asked puzzled.
"I've heard them say that some of the shards of the stars are so hard that they can be said to be indestructible when crafted into weapons, and if they are made into armor, they can ignore most sword attacks. And some star fragments have a magical amount of magic power, which can amplify or weaken the amount of magic power, and some have magical power attached to them, and the strength will increase a lot out of thin air after absorption, but I really haven't heard of the negative effects. Illya replied with a straight finger as she remembered what she had heard.
"This is too strange, isn't it? It's strange enough that meteors always fall in one place, and the remains of meteors still have such a strange effect? Anyway, this place has been smashed by meteors for so many years, but there are only so many potholes on the surface, logically speaking, this mountain should have been smashed flat a long time ago, right? Fang Qiubai looked at the pitted ground where the stars had descended, and asked with a frown.
"I know this, it is said that the material of this mountain is relatively unique, even a level 9 master is difficult to leave scars on this mountain, and this road around the mountain is also a master of the Yongan Empire who has surpassed the holy level, and it took nearly a hundred years to open up this magical scene. Like a child showing off her favorite toy, Illya told her all the news she knew.
"This person is so idle, has it been a hundred years, and Yugong is not as boring as him!" couldn't help but look back at the mountain road in the distance, Fang Qiubai sighed.
"It is precisely because of this act called Alex Kwua'e that many people have seen the magic here, and the Yongan Empire has many more strong people because of this. Hearing the ridicule in Fang Qiu's vernacular, Illya said with a straight face.
"I don't look down on him, I can stick to one thing for so many years, not to mention anything else, his determination alone is worthy of admiration, but I just think he is really too idle. Fang Qiubai hurriedly explained.
"It says that the stars may fall at any time on the other side of the ravine, and I don't know if we have the luck to see it. Looking at the pothole-ridden ground opposite, which was not only unsightly but also very ugly, Illya asked expectantly.
"Let's not talk about where so many meteors came from, it's daytime again, I'm afraid it's not easy to see. Fang Qiubai looked up at the sky, also a little uncertain.
"Eh, what is that?" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Qiubai discovered the abnormality in the sky, and hurriedly pulled Illya and asked in surprise.
"Where, where?" Illya looked up in surprise, asked anxiously, looking at the sky for a while and not noticing any difference, she stomped her foot in a hurry.
"There, there, look, a red one!" Fang Qiubai hurriedly hugged Illya in front of him, bent down, raised his hand to point to the sky, and motioned for Illya to look along.
Following Fang Qiubai's guidance, Illya finally found that in the distant sky, there was a red bright spot the size of a grain of rice, if it wasn't for Fang Qiubai's reminder, she wouldn't have found it if she didn't pay attention.
"Is that?" Illya's voice was filled with excitement and disbelief.
"It should be" Fang Qiubai nodded, just like Illya, staring at the red bright spot tightly.
Under the gaze of the two of them, the red dot became larger and larger, and soon became the size of a ping-pong ball.
"It seems that it is really a meteor, I didn't expect us to be so lucky!" After seeing the red dot getting bigger, Fang Qiubai said with emotion, even he didn't expect that the luck of the two of them was so good, and they could see the meteor fall just after they arrived.
"Well, speaking of which, it's the first time I've seen a meteor!" Illya leaned happily on Fang Qiubai's arms, her eyes looking at the meteor in the sky for a moment and sighed.
Soon, as the meteor approached, it looked bigger and bigger, and the two of them could even see the raging fire burning on top of the meteor.
The meteor dragged its long tail like a flame in the air and drew a burning line, straight towards the two of them. As the meteor approached, the two could even hear the sound of crackling and burning in the sky.
Fang Qiubai looked at the meteor in the sky that was getting closer and closer, the size of a watermelon, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and asked nervously: "Xiaoya, this meteor won't hit us!"
Illya's face was also a little pale, and she grabbed Fang Qiubai's hand tightly and replied, "Probably not, right?" You see that there are no traces of stars falling here, and isn't there a hint?"
With a piercing scream and a loud roar, the two of them even felt the ground shake under their feet, and the meteor quickly smashed into the ravines on the top of the mountain, raising up a cloud of dust.
"This is really unscientific!" Seeing the meteor landing on the ground less than a hundred meters away from him, Fang Qiubai opened his mouth and stammered for a while before he said in a daze.
"Qiubai, let's go and have a look!" was about to jump up excitedly, Illya pulled Fang Qiubai and jumped towards the ravine.
"Xiaoya, be careful, the temperature must be very high when that star has just fallen. Fang Qiubai looked at the sky to see if there were any meteors, and carefully protected Illya behind him.
Looking at the pit with a diameter of one meter that had not completely dispersed the dust in front of them, in the middle of which there was a dark unknown object still emitting smoke, and the two of them could feel a burning breath emanating from the pit just by standing on the edge of the pit.
"It's a pity that I don't know water magic, so I think I'll have to wait. Looking at the meteor wreckage in the pit, Illya said with pity.
"It's nothing, the stars are in front of you, are you afraid to wait a little while to cool it down? Let's go back over there first, if another star falls in a while. Looking up at the endless blue sky, Fang Qiubai said worriedly.
"Okay, I don't know what's so special about this star, there is still such a large volume left, I heard that after the most common star descends, all that is left is a fist-sized wreckage. Illya nodded, obediently followed Fang Qiubai back to the other side of the ravine, and said with anticipation.
Just as Fang Qiubai was about to speak, there was a sudden shouting from afar.
"What's the situation?" Fang Qiubai asked in wonder looking at the top of the mountain where there was no one else except himself and Illya.
"It seems to have come from the detour and should be close to the top. Illya reflected in an instant, Tifang Qiubai explained.
"Still Xiaoya, you are amazing, I forgot that this mountain road is surrounded by the mountain and cannot be seen at the top of the mountain. Fang Qiubai smiled embarrassedly, compared to Illya, who had lived as a mercenary for so many years, Fang Qiubai was much worse in judging such a thing when he met him.
"It seems that they are chasing someone, so let's avoid it first. Listening to the shouting and killing sound getting louder and louder, it seemed that many people were chasing a target, Fang Qiubai looked at Illya.
"But what about the wreckage of the stars?" said Illya, looking back at the still smoking crater behind her.
"It's okay, just come and get it later, and we won't go far. Fang Qiubai summoned a portal and stepped in with his arms around Illya's waist.
"Ahh
However, the falling momentum immediately stopped, and in Fang Qiubai's snickering, Illya noticed that she and Fang Qiubai were actually standing out of thin air at a height of hundreds of meters higher than the place where the stars had descended.
Looking carefully, Illya noticed that Fang Qiubai had summoned two enchantments under the feet of the two of them to use as a stepping stone, and the two of them were standing on top of the almost transparent enchantment.
Looking further down, on the road around the mountain, there were more than 10 people dressed as black-clad assassins with various weapons chasing a young man who was covered in tattered clothes, seemed to have suffered a lot of injuries on his body, and limped around and shed a pool of blood from time to time.
It was a boy with short green hair, a childish face full of hatred and despair, who looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and the boy tried to run forward, his mouth open and closed, not knowing what he was saying.
The man who seemed to be the leader behind him, with a red edge on the collar, laughed and shouted: "Elsi, give up, there is a dead end ahead, you can't run!" The arrogant voice reached Fang Qiubai and Illya's ears, making the two of them frown slightly.