Volume 1 of the Witch Book Chapter 7: A Thrilling Escape
By the end of the night, the inky black had completely covered the entire land. Time passed little by little, and half an hour passed unconsciously, and Zhao Hong felt as if a long day had passed. It wasn't until he couldn't hold it anymore that he took out the fire fold from his bosom and illuminated the surroundings.
There was a deathly silence all around, and there seemed to be not a single wild beast in the entire mountain forest. Zhao Hong raised the fire fold with his left hand to illuminate, pinched the earth escape charm with his right hand, half-squatted, step by step, and slowly moved forward.
10 meters, 9 meters, 8 meters...... With each step closer, his heartbeat intensified by a point.
Zhao Hong picked up the stainless steel broadsword on the ground, and slashed at the gray-clothed man who only had half of the corpse left, and found that he had no reaction, so he breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the gray-clothed man is indeed too dead to die.
Zhao Hong searched carefully on the remnants of the gray-clothed man, and he didn't know if this gray-clothed man was really a poor ghost's scattered cultivation, or if all the things in his life had been burned by those fire bomb talismans. He searched hard, but found nothing,
With nothing to gain, he could only kick out in hatred and kick half of the gray-clothed man's body away several meters away. He didn't have any sympathy for this gray-clothed man who had just threatened to kill him.
Zhao Hong's eyes moved, and then he saw the iron cage that was set aside. He lifted the iron cage, but saw that the two white foxes inside had passed out, and several wounds appeared on its body, blood flowed out, and several places of the original snow-white fur were dyed scarlet. It looks like it was hit by the fire of the war just now!
Zhao Hong stared at the white fox in the cage, his eyes were a little uncertain, and he groaned thoughtfully.
Originally, he got this white fox, but he could find an opportunity to give it to Jiang You, let him give it to that Ye Zijin, and win the favor of Miss Ye. But according to the current situation, the white fox falling into his own hands is obviously a great trouble.
Wang Batian's killing will inevitably involve the City Lord's Mansion and Tengyan Peak, at least the City Lord Wang Dashan will definitely be thunderous. If these two families investigate afterwards, the person who holds the white fox will definitely become the biggest suspect. And tonight's situation, with Zhao Hong's own mouth, he can't explain it clearly, and people may not give him a chance to clear his suspicion.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hong showed a resolute expression, and resolutely decided to open the iron cage and lift the white fox out of the cage.
"Well, you little fellow, should you say that you are lucky to have met me, and if you fall into the hands of the two of them, you will not have such good luck. Zhao Hong tore off a piece of his shirt and bandaged the injured part of the white fox.
The white fox seemed to hear Zhao Hong speak and woke up in shock. The two tails swayed, and the body shook several times, as if it was extremely painful because of Zhao Hong's clumsy bandaging technique.
"Let's go!" Zhao Hong didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of the white fox, and after the bandaging was completed, he put the white fox on the ground and returned it to freedom.
The white fox glanced at Zhao Hong quietly, his blood-red red pupils flashed with a gleam, and then screamed like a baby crying.
"It's not going to be the other way around, it wants to eat me, right?" Zhao Hong was shocked, thinking that although the white fox was small, it was a nine-tailed fox clan and belonged to a man-eating beast, so it might not be impossible.
But it didn't take long for the white fox to circle around Zhao Hong twice, and then with a wave of his tail, he jumped into the woods and disappeared.
Zhao Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that the white fox had disappeared in the night, so he picked up his knife and walked to Wang Batian's corpse, and also looked for him. But what is disappointing is that Wang Batian's body is also empty, which is completely inconsistent with his identity. However, he found a fist-sized cloth bag on Wang Batian's waist.
Zhao Hong had seen Jiang You's storage bag, and at the same time, he remembered what the man in gray said before, and understood. It seems that Wang Batian has put all his net worth into the storage bag.
Zhao Hong sat weakly on the ground, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face. Calling the storage bag requires a real monk to rely on his divine thoughts. Therefore, although he desperately wanted to find out what was in the storage bag, he could only stare dryly, and there was nothing he could do.
Dare to come down this night, risk almost losing your life, it's all in vain! You can't take this storage bag and go around looking for a monk to help you open it, right?
Thinking of this, Zhao Hong was depressed and depressed, and ruthlessly ripped the storage bag off Wang Batian's waist. No matter what you have, take it first, and maybe if you encounter any opportunity one day, you can open it and take a look. The eldest young master of the City Lord's Mansion should always be worth a lot of money, right?
He thought that Wang Batian was still bullying people in Baibaozhai a few hours ago, and he was vicious, and he was relieved to die at this time.
But not long after Zhao Hong ripped off the storage bag, Wang Batian's "corpse" suddenly twitched, and a pair of stiff hands grabbed one of Zhao Hong's feet.
Zhao Hong's hairs stood upside down all over his body, and his heart had already jumped to his throat. Are you Wang Batian an earthworm? You are already disabled like this, why haven't you died yet?
Without thinking, he picked up the steel broadsword and slashed at the big hands, one, two, and three...... He didn't remember how many slashes, where they were, but he felt that the hand was slightly loose, and he got up and kicked it with his other foot.
With a "bang", Wang Batian had already been kicked away by him.
Zhao Hong didn't have any interest at all, and went to find out if Wang Batian was really dead, so he hurriedly ran away, and at the same time activated the earth escape charm and shouted "column".
In the night, I saw the yellow light flashing away, the void was restless, and there was a "coaxing" sound of breaking the ground, and Zhao Hong's whole person shot into the dirt in a hurry, and suddenly disappeared into the night.
After a while, Zhao Hong's heart couldn't help but panic, he felt that the effect of the Earth Escape Talisman in his hand disappeared, slowly turning into ashes and scattering, and he had already come to another location in the distance.
What made him panic this time was not because he couldn't control the direction when he activated the Earth Escape Talisman, nor because he didn't know where he was now, but because he found that his body was still stuck in the dirt.
Zhao Hong shook his head and smiled bitterly, his face was full of embarrassment, and he muttered to himself: "Jiang You, the effect of the earth escape talisman you made is too inferior!
He struggled hard, and found that the soil was soft, but he was also relieved, thinking that it should not be too far from the surface. Otherwise, if it is too deep, I will not be able to break through the ground for a while, but I am afraid that I will suffocate underground.
So, without hesitation, he pulled out the steel broadsword in his hand, and forcefully broke the soil layer above his head, and drilled up little by little.
After half a burnt incense, a previously calm mud layer splashed a few pinches of loess "bang", and a hole a foot wide appeared, and a figure struggled out of the hole. This person is Zhao Hong, who has been a mason for a long time and escaped.
He gasped for a few breaths and breathed a little, before slowly patting the dirt off his body and taking out the fire fold from his bosom to light it again.
"This ...... Where is this?" Zhao Hong looked at the environment around him, a moment of surprise, and an incredible expression.
It is a rugged underground cavern that is no taller than an adult. The cave is very dark, but there are countless stone stalactites of different sizes growing up and down, making the cave seem quite mysterious. The stone stalactites were already very beautiful, and the fire in Zhao Hong's hands was shining, exuding a hazy color.
Zhao Hong had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery at the moment, he cautiously bent over and sneaked, every step he took tried the virtual and the real first, and every step was tense. He clenched the steel broadsword in his right hand, which was quite a bit of a step-by-step implication.
Half an hour passed, but fortunately, he had not encountered any trouble along the way. But anyone walking in such an underground cave where the depth and danger were not clear, he would not dare to relax his vigilance for a moment! So until now, Zhao Hong had been nervous, and he couldn't remember how far he had walked and how long he had walked.
I don't know how long it took, just when Zhao Hong began to worry about how long the fire fold would last, a slight strange sound suddenly sounded in his ears, which suddenly made his heart beat faster and he was fully alert. But when he listened closely, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, for he was sure that it was the sound of the water, and the water seemed to sound a little rough.
If you can find a stream of water, it means that there is hope to get out of this cave.
At the same time, he also found that the cave had come to an end, and what was blocked in front of him was a huge rock, covered with mud and moss. How big the rock is, he is also a leopard in the tube, and he can't figure it out. He put his ear to the stone wall and listened, and sure enough, the sound of water was coming from the stone.
Zhao Hong didn't know how big or thick the boulder was. As far as he could see, he saw that the five or six feet high karst cave he was in was completely blocked by the boulder in front of him. He reached out and touched the rock, and when he saw that it was made of hard granite, he couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that if he wants to get out of here, he must break through the boulder in front of him, and this stonemason will have to be a good one, even if he doesn't want to. He took a deep breath, plunged the fire breaker into the wall of the cave, and picked up the steel broadsword again.
With a "bang" collision sound, the steel knife slashed on the rock, cutting down a large piece of gravel.
Zhao Hong was overjoyed, and then worked harder to split the stone and dig the road.
The gray-clothed man's steel broadsword was indeed a treasure, and he used it to continuously cut and cut rocks, and it was unscathed at all, as if he was at ease. It didn't take long for half-height stone chips to accumulate under Zhao Hong's body, like a small hill.
Zhao Hong suddenly had a strange thought in his heart: if the gray-clothed man was still alive and saw his housekeeper's treasure knife, just finished mud work, and was used for stone work, I don't know how he would feel?
Zhao Hong shook his head, not planning to think about this unsolvable problem anymore, and continued to concentrate on being a stonemason.
The steel broadsword is still a battle, but the height of this cave makes Zhao Hong a little speechless. He couldn't fully stand up straight, let alone split a stone with a knife!
Therefore, he can only use a half-squat posture to exert his arm strength with all his strength and maximize the power of the broadsword. As a fifteen-year-old boy, he is still a little behind an adult strong man in terms of strength. At first, he could still stick to the half-squat position, but the more he went on, the more he felt that it was a lot of effort, and his thighs were almost numb, and he shook unobediently.
In the end, Zhao Hong was helpless, so he simply sat on the ground and slashed stones, although the strength could not be compared with squatting, but it was expensive to last, and it also saved physical consumption.