Chapter 225: The Siege

Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu, who had just walked into the cave and were still not far from the entrance of the cave, had just stepped into a dark place, and their bodies shook almost instantly, and they immediately stopped in place. And a few feet away in front of them, the little black pig's head stared at the darkness in the depths of the cave, his whole body was slightly lowered, his eyes were staring at that side, and he actually put on the appearance of rushing to fight at any moment.

Although they were mentally prepared for all kinds of dangers that they might encounter when entering this cave, including all kinds of powerful demon beast enemies, they were still taken aback by the warning they encountered as soon as they entered the cave, and looking at Xiao Hei's appearance, his expression was completely different from the expression of the low-level demon beasts he had encountered all the way over these days, and he was already a little cautious and vigilant, obviously with his unusually keen sense, he sensed that the enemy in front of him was a very powerful opponent.

Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu glanced at each other, and their hearts were clouded with a layer of gloom, but since they had made up their minds, they naturally didn't have the reason to go back in fear when they heard a beast's roar at the entrance of this cave. Shen Shi took a deep breath, his right hand was raised slightly, there was already an extra talisman between his fingers, and Zhong Qingzhu also silently drew out the spirit sword, looking at the darkness in front of him with a cold expression.

The darkness in the depths of the cave is unfathomable, like a pool of unfathomable water, and you don't even know where the edge is. There seemed to be no light in sight, and I don't know if there was a cold gaze hidden in the depths of the darkness, staring at them coldly.

Inside and outside the cave, on both sides of the darkness, the air seemed to become a little solidified, and it was difficult to breathe for a sense of tension.

After a while, Xiao Hei suddenly raised his head and sniffed a few times in the air, his expression seemed to be a little surprised and confused, but then his whole body seemed to relax, and then he turned his head, but he snorted at Shen Shi a few times.

Shen Shi was stunned, squatted down and touched Xiao Hei's head, then glanced at the darkness in the depths of the cave, and said to Zhong Qingzhu: "Xiao Hei said, the demon beast over there retreated. ”

"Retreated?" Zhong Qingzhu said in amazement.

Shen Shi also had a puzzled look on his face, looked at the depths of the cave, and frowned: "It should be, strange, when ordinary demon beasts encounter this situation, most of them take the initiative to attack, and judging from Xiao Hei's reaction just now, most of that demon beast is still a high-level demon beast, there is no reason to retreat." ”

Zhong Qingzhu slowly put away the spirit sword, his eyes showed a bit of thought, he walked to Shen Shi's side and thought about it, "Does Xiao Hei know what kind of high-level demon beast it is?"

Shen Shi glanced at Xiao Hei, shook his head, and said, "It shouldn't be able to tell the difference." After a pause, he muttered, "It's always rare for a demon beast to retreat when it encounters someone, maybe there will be some low-level weak demon beasts, but it is very rare for high-level demon beasts, unless it feels that its strength is too much inferior to the two of us and retreats......

Having said this, Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu both shook their heads, obviously this possibility was too small, and then Zhong Qingzhu's eyes suddenly lit up and looked at Shen Shi, and Shen Shi seemed to have thought of something at this time, turned his head to look at her, his eyes were bright, his eyes were bright, and he said softly:

Or ...... There's something in that cave that makes this monster feel more important than eating us!"

What could overpower the demon beasts' innate ferocious and bloodthirsty instincts, and make them give up the flesh and blood food that might be in their mouths? That answer seemed to be self-evident in the eyes of Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu, and after a while, there was already an eagerness in their eyes.

Zhong Qingzhu didn't say anything more, just said simply but resolutely in a resolute tone: "Let's go." ”

Shen Shi nodded, turned around, and continued to take steps towards the depths of the cave.

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This time, the journey seemed to be much smoother than when they first entered the cave, along the cave passage that was not too wide but not narrow, the two walked all the way, and there were no more monsters blocking the way on the way. As for the unknown demon beast that he encountered near the entrance of the cave through a layer of darkness, it seemed that he also traveled all the way to the depths of the cave, and he didn't pay attention to the two of them at all.

The cave does not look like it goes deep into the ground, and although the road in the cave is full of potholes and rocks, it is generally flat, and it seems to go deep into the belly of the mountain. And as they went deeper, they gradually found that the cave was not completely dark, and occasionally some stones that glowed on the walls of the cave could be seen, as well as the light that came out from a crack in the stone from time to time and the breeze that blew inadvertently, all showed that the cave was not completely closed.

The eyesight of cultivators is much better than that of mortals, plus these little glimmers, although they are a little weak, but they are still enough for Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu to see the path in this cave clearly, as for Xiao Hei, it seems that he is better than the two of them, walking freely, very easily, it seems that this dark difficulty is nothing to worry about it at all.

After walking for about half an hour, just when Shen Shi was secretly surprised that the cave was a little deeper than he had imagined, suddenly from the distance in front of the cave, a strange scream suddenly came out.

The voice sounded like a child's cry at first glance, but it was sharp and poignant, and there was a feeling that shook the heart and made people's eyes black, Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu were taken aback, and subconsciously stopped.

The scream seemed to carry great anger and ferocity, echoing in this dark cave, echoing in the long corridor, Zhong Qingzhu listened for a moment, turned his head, approached Shen Shi slightly, and said softly:

"It's the Iron Winged Black Scorpion. ”

Shen Shi nodded silently, took two steps forward, and suddenly turned back to Zhong Qingzhu and whispered: "If you are close to the place where the demon beast is, don't be in a hurry, take a look at the nearby terrain first, and if possible, arrange an empty illusion array first to see the situation." ”

Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said, "Well, I know." ”

The two didn't say anything more, and continued to walk forward cautiously in the dark, the darkness and the faint light in front of them always seemed to switch between staggered flickering, giving people the illusion of walking on the edge of yin and yang. Perhaps only Xiao Hei was never moved, and walked calmly in front of the two.

Until in the air, suddenly there was a faint fragrance wafting in.

There was a strange ray of light, flashing from the front.

Zhong Qingzhu's voice said softly: "Stone, it's here." ”

As if the road that had never changed much along the way suddenly came to an end, Shen Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a huge cave suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, at least more than a hundred zhang in length and width, and in the center of the cave, above the extremely high stone wall above his head, there was a hole about four or five feet wide.

The bright sky light shone down from the entrance of the cave at the height, turning into a thick pillar of light, as if falling from the sky to illuminate a place below the cave, and in the brightest round light, a three-foot-tall green-leafed purple-petaled red fruit spirit grass grew, and other than that, there were no plants in the huge cave.

All the light, all the light aura, all the light in this cave, seemed to gather on this spirit grass, the wind blowing, and the green leaves swayed gently.

Heavenly Zhuguo.

Shen Shi recognized it almost as soon as he saw that spirit grass for the first time, this rare elixir with a peerless rare grade of up to six grades was the dream of almost every cultivator. Even with his cautious and calm temperament, he couldn't help but feel a burst of blood boiling when he saw Tianqi Zhuguo.

Fortunately, fortunately, this peerless elixir seems to be fine.

However, in the next moment, when Shen Shi's gaze left from the Heavenly Zhu Guo, when he saw the situation next to the Zhu Guo, his face suddenly changed greatly.

Under the bright pillar of light that fell from the sky, standing closely next to this Tianqi Zhuguo was a demon scorpion with a huge body, at least nearly three feet tall just by looking at it, and the scars between the iron-brown scorpion armors on the back could be seen everywhere, leaving a scarred iron wing, and another one was broken by the roots. On the huge and hideous head, the strange and numerous compound eyes flashed with a fierce and cruel light, and the mouth constantly let out that terrible scream, roaring at the surroundings.

Obviously, this terrifying demon beast is the Iron Winged Black Scorpion.

In front of it, to be precise, in the open space in front of Tianyu Zhuguo, at this moment, there were already six or seven corpses lying down, looking at the past, all of them were strong demon beasts that were rarely seen on weekdays, but at this time they had already died on the spot, there were those who broke their hands and feet, and those who disemboweled, and a thick bloody atmosphere was permeating this cave.

The pillar of light illuminated a place around the Heavenly Flame Fruit, giving the spirit grass the brightest light, and then slowly expanded, and the surrounding light began to slowly weaken and darken, and the further it went to the edge of the cave, the more dim the light became. And at this moment, at the junction of light and darkness, there seemed to be an invisible but terrifying encirclement, firmly enclosing the pillar of light, the spirit grass, and even the iron-winged black scorpion.

In the darkness, the shadows flickered, and there were dozens of demon beasts gathered around the uncertain light and dark, their eyes staring at the iron-winged black scorpion and the heavenly vermilion fruit. And among them, judging from the vaguely visible figures and momentum, at this moment, the people surrounding the Iron Winged Black Scorpion and the Heavenly Misty Zhu Guo in this cave are all powerful and fierce creatures above the fourth order, and there is not even one below the fourth order.

Shen Shi's heart beat violently uncontrollably, and cold sweat instantly oozed from the back of his forehead, and he only felt a chill all over his body. Turning her head to look at Zhong Qingzhu, she saw that her beautiful face was also pale.

Any fourth-order demon beast will inevitably condense a demon pill when it becomes an adult, and its strength is far superior to that of ordinary demon beasts, and it is often a hegemon. Any one, as long as it is in a state that is basically intact, it will not be something that Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu can resist with Ning Yuan Realm disciples, and in this scene in front of him, in this cave, at a glance, there are at least twenty or more fourth-order demon beasts that are roaring and roaring fiercely.

Not to mention, in the very center of the cave, there was also the extremely powerful fifth-order demon beast Iron Wing Black Scorpion.

If it was placed on weekdays, with the demonic power and perception of the fourth-order demon beasts, I am afraid that they would have already discovered the traces that Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu had already leaned very close, but at this moment, in the cave, all the fourth-order demon beasts seemed to have completely ignored this side, and their spirits all fell on the Tianlu Zhuguo and the iron-winged black scorpion in the deepest part of the light.

The roars came and went, the roar was low but seemed to shake the heart, and the fierce figures in front of them shook countless times, and the momentum was like mountains and seas, as if there was only one dead end left.

Zhong Qingzhu's body trembled slightly, her face was as pale as paper, and she seemed to have lost her sense of proportion in an instant, but at this moment, suddenly a hand grabbed her from the side, it was Shen Shi.

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to be stimulated by something, and was suddenly startled, and wanted to open his mouth to exclaim, Shen Shi was startled, and quickly covered her mouth with his other hand, and then hugged her tightly in his arms and retreated to the deepest darkness beside him.

Her body was cold, as if in an instant she seemed to return to the most terrible dark cave of the beginning, and her whole body began to tremble silently, until suddenly from behind her, in her ear, a voice said calmly but gently:

"Don't shout, be careful, I'm here. ”

Zhong Qingzhu's body trembled suddenly, his eyes were still looking at the terrible scene in front of him, and he was faintly distracted, but his body began to slowly calm down.

His breath, in this darkness, in his arms, gently embraced her.