Chapter 23: Crystal Nucleus

A soft sound of 'thorn' slid past Wang Lung's ears, and looking at the fire spirit beast in front of him that had finally been slain by him, Wang Lung not only did not have a trace of joy, but frowned.

Now Wang Lung has confirmed that the strange snake is indeed composed of the crystal nuclei of many fire spirit beasts, in his opinion, that strange snake is not a puppet, but a spirit beast with independent consciousness, and all fire spirit beasts are controlled by it in the palm of his hand.

From the moment the knife was released, now it was just a cup of tea, Wang Lung's initial target was the strange snake head, but something that Wang Lung didn't expect happened, the strange snake seemed unwilling to confront Wang Lung head-on, seeing Wang Lung's attack, his head shrank and dodged away at an incredible speed.

At the same time as the strange snake dodged, the whole body moved to the left for a long distance, and its tail fell off four crystal nuclei from its tail when it passed the place where the snake's head was just located, and the crystal nuclei were no different from those harvested by Wang Lung, if it was really different, it was only a difference in shape.

After the crystal nucleus broke away from the snake's tail, it instantly turned into a three-foot-long flame, which was the fire spirit beast that Wang Lung had been searching for.

Now it may not be appropriate to call the other party the fire spirit beast again, but Wang Lung does not have a suitable name to press on the other party, so he can only call the four flame spirits according to the original name.

After the fire spirit beast appeared, he rushed towards Wang Lung without stopping, Wang Lung frowned slightly when he saw this, he knew what the attack strength of this beast was, the temperature itself was okay, at least about 1,000 degrees, and he could withstand it with his physical strength in a short period of time, but after a long time, even if he had rough skin and thick flesh, he didn't dare to stay next to the fire spirit beast for a while.

The truth of boiling frogs in warm water Wang Lung knows, close to the fire spirit beast for a long time, it is a great burden on its body, although it will not be burned, but the internal organs are not as heat-resistant as the skin, and it will take a long time. Under the action of heat conduction, the internal organs will not be able to stand it.

Seeing the four fire spirit beasts rushing towards him, Wang Lung wanted to dodge the past, at least the passage when he came in had been cleared by the strange snake, and with his speed, there was absolutely no problem if he wanted to escape from this place. The speed of the Fire Spirit Beast is not far from his.

The idea of escaping flashed in Wang Lung's mind, the reason was very simple, the purpose of his jumping into the hot spring here was to destroy the fire spirit beast, and now the fire spirit beast was in front of him, although the way it appeared was a little weird, but the purpose was not achieved, how could he leave, so Wang Lung gritted his teeth and decided to fight with these four fire spirit beasts first, and then see the situation.

With the body and speed of Wang Lung. Although the strength of those four fire spirit beasts was okay, how could they get close to Wang Lung.

Wang Lung adopts the method of swimming, as long as there is a chance to attack, he will definitely unceremoniously swing a knife, while swimming, Wang Lung's attention is mostly focused on the strange snake, which is the most unpredictable danger, on the contrary, the fire spirit beast can not cause him much damage.

Wang Lung's previous speculation about the Fire Spirit Beast. It was confirmed when fighting them that it was impossible for an unattacked Fire Spirit Beast not to take the initiative to attack others. The fire spirit beast was controlled by the monster snake and attacked first.

Although the battle knife slashed three inches into the head of the fire spirit beast and did not directly kill the opponent, the fire spirit beast had already lost most of its ability, and could only watch the broken body dissipate by itself, only a spherical flame scurried on the ground, as if it had lost its direction.

It's been a long time. It only took a breath or two, and the fire spirit beast with only its head left, the flame qi on its surface would gradually disappear, and it would no longer move until the original appearance of the crystal nucleus appeared.

Originally, Wang Lung thought that the Fire Spirit Beast had been killed by himself, but he soon discovered an incredible thing. The crystal nucleus that fell to the ground only lay quietly in place for two or three breaths, and then there was a slight trembling, and it shot out in an instant, and it was the strange snake that fled in the direction of its escape.

At that time, Wang Lung was stunned to watch the crystal nucleus escape, and wanted to stop it, but found that his speed could not catch up at all, even if he could catch up, there were three fire spirit beasts around him around him, and he couldn't get out of his body for a while, all this was a little incredible in Wang Lung's opinion, the strange snake was composed of the crystal nucleus of the fire spirit beast, and after the fire spirit beast was killed, only the crystal nucleus was left, and now the crystal nucleus returned to the strange snake, that doesn't mean that the fire spirit beast can't be killed?

When I thought of this, Wang Lung's body was a little stagnant, and it was very fatal to use two minds during the battle, and the remaining three fire spirit beasts seized the opportunity and hit Wang Lung's body fiercely, Wang Lung didn't notice it, and was knocked to the ground at once, and the fire spirit beast not only did not stop after it succeeded, but turned its body and wrapped directly around Wang Lung's body.

Wang Lung, who was hit, finally reacted, if he wanted to understand everything in his heart, he had to kill these three annoying fire spirit beasts first, and it was not the time to think about the problem when there were enemies watching from the side.

Wang Lung, who understood it, saw that the three fire spirit beasts had already climbed on him, although he didn't feel much weight, but their three-foot-long flame bodies were like a rope, one wrapped around his right arm, one tied his feet, and one just wrapped his neck around twice, a crystal nucleus shining with a faint white light appeared in Wang Lung's eyes, and the fire spirit beast wrapped around his neck seemed not to be satisfied with this, and planned to open its mouth to eat his head.

Seeing this, Wang Lung snorted coldly, raised his left arm and reached out to grab something, it was the crystal nucleus of the fire spirit beast, this beast was composed of slender flames, but it had no substance, it was just a three-foot-long flame, Wang Lung reached out with his left hand and grabbed the crystal nucleus in his hand.

With a slight force in the palm of his hand, the fire spirit beast was like a snake with its tail pierced, and its body wrapped around Wang Lung's neck was quickly withdrawn, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a fireball around Wang Lung's fist, Wang Lung ignored it, and with a wave of his left hand, the crystal nucleus that was originally in his palm was thrown dozens of zhang away, and it was thrown out along with the crystal nucleus, and there was a flame that was rapidly chasing.

Seeing this, Wang Lung sneered, and ignored the fire spirit beast that had been thrown out, and reached out again with his left hand, grabbing the crystal nucleus of the fire spirit beast wrapped around his right hand in his hand, the same action, dozens of zhang away, in the same direction as the first fire spirit beast.

After freeing his hands, Wang Lung looked at his feet, the fire spirit beast seemed to ignore his two similar people who had been thrown away, and after entangling Wang Lung's legs, he desperately released the high temperature in his body, intending to incinerate Wang Lung's legs. It's a pity that its temperature is of no use to Wang Lung, making Wang Lung feel that it has only increased the temperature by a few hundred degrees.

Originally, the Fire Spirit Beast was a disembodied demon beast, and it was impossible to bind Wang Lung's hands and feet, but Wang Lung clearly felt that after his hands and feet were restrained by the Fire Spirit Beast, it seemed that there was an invisible belt entangled in his hands and feet. For a while, he couldn't break free, but he could use his left hand to poke into the head of the fire spirit beast, and there was no obstacle at all, and he easily grabbed the crystal nucleus in the palm of his hand.

Wang Lung couldn't figure out what was going on, but he didn't bother to think about it, so he grabbed the fire spirit beast crystal nucleus at his feet with his left hand, and immediately stood up, looking up at the two fire spirit beasts that were thrown out by him in the distance, and saw that they hadn't returned yet. The corners of his mouth showed a faint coldness, and he turned his head to look at the strange snake wrapped around the stalactite pillar, and threw the crystal nucleus in his hand with his left hand, and when the crystal nucleus left his body exactly three feet, and the flame body of the fire spirit beast chased the crystal nucleus, the war knife in his right hand slashed out.

A soft click came into Wang Lung's ears, and the crystal nucleus of the fire spirit beast fell to the ground, and the knife slashed right at the third of the fire spirit beast's head. It struggled for a breath or two before falling to the ground, this time. Wang Lung did not lean over to pick up the crystal nucleus, but raised his right foot and stepped on the crystal nucleus under his feet, looking back at the strange snake.

The strange snake seemed to be indifferent to Wang Lung's provocative eyes, his fiery red eyes only blinked, and a small ball of flame slowly emerged from his eyes, and Wang Lung felt that the crystal nucleus under his feet suddenly burst out with great strength. As if he wanted to prop up Wang Lung's right leg and flee from the road, Wang Lung saw how he could let him get his wish, and the strength of his right leg increased a few points, but his action was done in vain, and soon he felt that his feet were empty. The crystal nucleus that was originally on the sole of the foot disappeared without a trace.

As soon as Wang Lung felt that the crystal nucleus was not there, he immediately took a step back and looked down, he thought that his strength was too great, and he stepped on the crystal nucleus into powder, and only after seeing his feet clearly did he find that it was empty.

Slightly surprised in his heart, Wang Lung looked up at the strange snake, a crystal nucleus flashing with a faint white light shot out from the soil layer below the strange snake, and returned to the body of the strange snake, Wang Lung frowned even tighter when he saw this, but he didn't continue to be distracted, the war knife in his hand was raised and split again, and his body rotated to one and a half sides, followed by another knife.

The reason why Wang Lung made such a move was because the two fire spirit beasts that he threw out rushed over without knowing whether they were alive or dead, although most of his attention was focused on the strange snake, but he didn't take the remaining two fire spirit beasts lightly, before the fire spirit beast got close, he first cut out a piece and cut off the nearest fire spirit beast from three inches of his head, and then turned around and let the fire spirit beast that came after him slash to the same position with an accurate knife.

The two fire spirit beasts were cut off by Wang Lung's heads almost at the same time, and the flame body slowly dissipated into the air, and the flames on the side of the skull wrapped the crystal nucleus in a directionless tremble, and after a breath or two, only the crystal nucleus fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Wang Lung sneered, leaned over and held a crystal nucleus in the palm of his hand, while the other crystal nucleus, he just glanced at it lightly, and then raised the war knife in his hand, wanting to slash it hard.

As soon as Wang Lung raised his sword, there was a hissing snake sound in his ears, Wang Lung was stunned, and the movement in his hand stopped, turned his head to look at the strange snake, and saw that the other party's eyes were full of flames, and the big mouth of the fluorescent flickering was opened, and the snake letter formed by the flames was actually divided into two forks.

"Why? I know that this crystal nucleus is not without any weakness, if I don't cut it off, it will return to your body, it will not become an immortal body, I don't have so much time to spend with you, unless you can promise me a condition. ”

Wang Long's war knife was against the crystal nucleus, looking at the strange snake coldly, and the body of the strange snake was coiled on the stalactite pillar, most of the head was hanging in the air, shaking from side to side, and his eyes were staring at Wang Lung, and his mouth did not make any sound.

Seeing this, Wang Lung snorted coldly and said: "Since you can control these fire spirit beasts, you have already opened your spiritual wisdom, you can naturally understand what I say, as long as you don't let these fire spirit beasts go to the Pure Land to steal Baiyue Shame, I will naturally not trouble you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Lung squinted at the strange snake, wanting to hear how the other party replied, and the two fell into silence, Wang Lung looked at the strange snake, and the strange snake shook its head and did not say anything.

After a cup of tea, Wang Lung frowned and said again: "Can't you speak?" If that's the case, if you agree, you can nod your head, if not, I think you should know the consequences." ”

At the end of the words, Wang Lung's tone was somewhat threatening, and the strange snake not only did not say anything after hearing it, but retracted its head, and its body slipped on the ground along the stalactite pillar, and after it all landed, the head glanced at Wang Lung slightly, the eyes were lifeless, but in Wang Lung's opinion, it seemed to have some anthropomorphic mockery and contempt.

Soon, the strange snake no longer paid attention to Wang Lung, swayed his body and walked into the distance, until its figure completely disappeared in Wang Lung's eyes, the strange snake never looked back, nor did he agree or disagree, Wang Lung was stunned when he saw this, what did the other party mean, did he really not plan to reconcile with himself, did he really want to fight in the end?

"Hey, hey......" Wang Lung shouted several times but never got a reply, and the strange snake left him alone and disappeared.

Seeing this, Wang Lung shouted angrily: "Okay, since you don't know what to do, then don't blame me for being rude, I want to see if you can still build your complete body without a complete crystal nucleus." ”

After Wang Lung finished speaking, he was no longer verbose, the war knife in his hand was raised again, and it slashed at the crystal nucleus on the ground, only to hear a crisp sound coming into his ears, Wang Lung looked down at the crystal nucleus, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and open his mouth wide.

The crystal nucleus turned out to be intact, and then looked at the war knife in his hand, fortunately, there was no gap, he knew how powerful his knife was, and it happened to be the eyes of the strange snake, which made Wang Lung's heart burn with anger, although the strength of the knife did not reach ten percent, at least eighty percent, in his heart, let alone a small crystal nucleus, even if it was ten thousand catties of boulder, it should be cut in two.

Wang Lung didn't believe that he had no way to take the crystal nucleus, and the war knife in his hand was raised again, this time the strength was so great that Wang Lung himself couldn't estimate it, ten percent was nothing, he held his breath, and slashed down fiercely.

Bite...... Sparks flew, the war knife in his hand was bounced up fiercely, and the tiger's mouth was numb, and then he looked down, Wang Lung sat on the ground like a deflated ball, the crystal nucleus was not damaged, because the force was too great, he was forced into the dirt. (To be continued......)