Chapter 17: Heroes
Everywhere you look, there are traces of the beast's fights, slashed tree trunks, stray footprints, dried blood, and weathered bones.
The richer aura makes the beasts here bigger and more aggressive, and in the same way, it has also given birth to many monsters.
"The map refers to the place where the Tongmai Fruit is located in the land within that waterhole. Zhao Weiquan pointed to the high mountain not far away, there is a waterfall as wide as an arm's length on the high mountain, the high mountain is not too steep, so the small waterfall does not flow fast, and under the waterfall, the formation of a waterhole is also a common thing.
"Then let's go over quickly!" Zhao Wei'an seemed very excited, he only regarded this as fun, and he was unguarded.
Unexpectedly, on the trees on the side, there was a lot of danger.
"Be careful!" Zhao Weiquan knocked Zhao Wei'an down.
I saw that at this moment, a green snake more than two feet long rushed straight towards the position where Zhao Wei'an was standing, but fortunately, Zhao Weiquan had already knocked him down at this time, so he was not bitten by this green snake.
Everyone rushed up, took out the weapons they were carrying, and slashed at the green snake.
But this green snake is by no means like a snake outside the realm of demon beasts, a cut will be broken into two sections, Zhao Weiguan's fine iron broadsword struggles to chop from top to bottom, it touches the snake, the hammer is loud, the gold and iron are all ringing.
But even with such a powerful attack by Zhao Weiguan, the green snake only screamed a few words in pain, and it was no big deal, and then turned around and fled, and disappeared into the jungle at a very fast speed.
"Be careful!" Zhao Weiquan pulled Zhao Wei'an up from the ground and said loudly, "Cheer up!"
This green snake He Ping also saw it in "Strange Beast Record", named Zhu Yeqing, usually only one foot long, with a highly poisonous body, this bamboo leaf green is already two feet long, and its body is so hard, it is obviously about to step into the realm of demon beasts.
The more you walk to the waterhole, the more silent it becomes, only the sound of the Zhao family walking through the jungle to pick the branches and leaves, even the birds and birds dare not chirp, here, if you dare to make the slightest sound, you will die.
"There is a cave ahead," Zhao Weiquan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, "There is a soil lizard in the cave that has become a demon beast, but although it is a demon beast, as long as you don't provoke it, it will be fine." ”
"This beast is quite gentle, and the head of the family said that nothing has gone wrong in the past few years, and presumably there will be nothing wrong this year. ”
But the closer you get to the cave, the weirder it becomes.
The lizard in the cave seemed to sense something, and slowly began to stir, and a low roar came from the cave.
"Don't panic!" Zhao Weiquan encouraged, "This earth lizard should have woken up and turned over......
But before Zhao Weiquan finished speaking, he suddenly felt a shaking, and looked underground, where Zhao Wei'an was, was cracking.
Zhao Wei'an was overwhelmed by the violent shaking under his feet, shaking the mountains like an earthquake, so that he could only stand in place and couldn't move.
"Guard, be careful!" Zhao Weiquan saw that Zhao Wei'an was in danger, his heart was anxious, and he wanted to rush over to save Zhao Wei'an, but it was too late, he could only shout loudly, "Guard'an!
But where to escape.
A huge spike stretched out from the crack and pointed directly at Zhao Wei'an.
Fortunately, at this time, a burst of yellow light suddenly lit up on Zhao Wei'an's body, obviously absorbing the earth aura between heaven and earth at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, a gray-yellow shield was formed, and the spikes hit the shield and could not be stretched again.
It is the treasure of the Zhao family, the jade pendant of the earth line body protector.
Everyone was relieved to see that Zhao Wei'an was fine, but at this time, the demon beast in the cave still chased it out, roaring, fine and sharp teeth, swallowing snake letters, and the stench emanating from its mouth.
The earth lizard ignored it, and rushed straight towards Zhao Wei'an, carrying a claw of earth aura, and swung it on the gray and yellow cover, although this blow was powerful and heavy, it still couldn't make the shield shake a bit, it seemed that Zhao Wei'an was temporarily safe.
"How did this lizard make a riot?"
He Ping was very strange in his heart, it stands to reason that since the Zhao family's previous record was that this beast was gentle, it would not easily hurt people, but looking at his current appearance, it was obviously not related to gentleness.
Since the earth lizard is a demon beast, it naturally has some wisdom, and when he found that he had no choice but to kill Zhao Wei'an, he decided to turn his head and kill the others first.
The first to bear the brunt is Zhao Weiguan, who is the closest.
Not all the children of the Zhao family have a jade pendant for the earthy body, and Zhao Wei'an is also favored by the head of the family, plus he is stubborn by nature, so in case he is out of business, he gave him a piece of safety.
Zhao Weiguan is also a person who is about to break through the refining qi, and when he saw the earth lizard rushing towards him, he hurriedly slashed the fine iron broadsword in his hand, and the big knife slashed at the brown scales on the earthlizard's body, but it only sparked, and without the weapon blessed by spiritual energy, it was difficult to hurt the demon beast in the slightest.
I saw the earth lizard flick its tail, Zhao Weiguan couldn't dodge, and was directly knocked away by this blow, until it hit a giant tree next to him, Rao is Zhao Weiguan's body was close to the Qi refining cultivator, and he couldn't hold it, a wisp of blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, he gritted his teeth and wanted to stand up, but it was difficult to stand up, just let the blood flow more.
The power of this blow is immense.
Zhao Weimin, the third son of the Zhao family, saw that his second brother was seriously injured, so he hurriedly ran over and fed him a pill of wound medicine, and the soil lizard didn't care about Zhao Weiguan, and rushed towards the people on the side.
The person on this side is He Ping.
He Ping hurriedly dodged, and narrowly dodged the claw blow of the soil lizard, He Ping thought that this soil lizard was going to repeat the old trick, swept him with his tail, and hurriedly lay down.
But unexpectedly, this earth lizard actually summoned an earthy yellow ball, the ball contained an extremely manic earth aura, and flew quickly towards He Ping, fortunately, at this time, the earth protection jade pendant on He Ping's body also lit up in time, and the earth spirit ball flew into the shield and integrated into it, so that He Ping would not die on the spot.
When the earth lizard saw the gray cover again, it was extremely irritated, and with a loud roar, it pounced on the next target.
"Weiguo dodge!" Zhao Weiquan saw that the target of the earth lizard was Zhao Weiguo, and immediately pulled him behind him.
"You go take care of Weiguan, I'll stop it!" Zhao Weiquan was already red at this moment, and when he saw his compatriots being bullied by this lizard like this, he shouted angrily, clenched his hands into fists, and attacked the earth lizard.
But Zhao Weiquan's right hand hit the scale armor of this beast, and only smashed his own hand out of blood, but this beast did not hurt in the slightest.
Although the earth lizard is only a first-grade demon beast, it is also comparable to a mid-stage cultivator of the human race's qi refining, and it is definitely not comparable to those who have not yet entered the qi refining.
The earth lizard swung its right claw vigorously, and although Zhao Weiquan retreated, he was still scratched by its nails, and the blood flowed profusely.
The earth lizard took advantage of the victory to pursue, and shook it hard with its tail, Zhao Weiquan was no longer able to resist, and was thrown out, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The earth lizard was about to continue to kill the others, but unexpectedly, Zhao Weiquan, who had been thrown away, had stood up at some point, pulling its tail behind it, preventing it from getting close to the others.
"Brute!" Zhao Weiquan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and shouted, "Your opponent is me!"
The earth lizard screamed, and with a force of its tail, it shook Zhao Weiquan away, and the human annoyed it, and it decided to kill him first.
"Good brute!" Zhao Weiquan's injuries became more and more serious, but he laughed out loud instead, "I, Zhao Weiquan, can fight against you, a demon beast, and it is not in vain!"
The people of the Zhao family, who were behind Zhao Wei's body, heard Zhao Weiquan's words, and their faces immediately changed greatly.
"Big brother, are you?!"
"Don't! Big Brother ......"
"You all have a future, big brother will help you protect this future!" Zhao Weiquan turned his head and grinned at them, then he looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, the aura between heaven and earth seemed to be abnormal, and the aura of the wood system was surging from all directions until it formed a cyan vortex above Zhao Weiquan's head.
Zhao Weiquan is to forcibly break through the refining of qi.
The disadvantages of forcibly breaking through qi refining like this are extremely great, it will hurt the root and cut off the avenue in the future, but Zhao Weiquan can't care much about it at the moment, if he doesn't do this, his brothers will all be buried in the hands of this beast.
"Big brother...... Woo," Zhao Weiguan saw Zhao Weiquan like this, his eyes were red, and he was already crying, "Big brother, don't! Don't!!"
Zhao Weiguan knows Zhao Weiquan best, of course he knows what Zhao Weiquan wants to do.
Just breaking through the early stage of qi refining is naturally not enough.
However, the Zhao family's family secret method records a legal decision, called "Life and Death Decision".
I still remember that Wu Jing once said that "Wood Xing Decision" can make the dead wood spring, but it can also make the spring wood wither.
I saw that in an instant, Zhao Weiquan was as if he was fifty years old, and his black hair turned gray in an instant.
The crowd could only see his back.
His back was so tall at this moment, this man, protecting them.
The spring wood withered, in exchange for a powerful force, at this moment, Zhao Weiquan overdrew all his vitality, and in the late stage of qi refining!
"Beast!" Zhao Weiquan laughed loudly and swung his fist again, this punch already carried a great amount of wood aura, "I want you...... Die!"
The lizard finally seemed to be frightened and struggled to escape, but it was too late.
This blow, which carried Zhao Weiquan's anger and life, was by no means something that a first-class demon beast could withstand, and under one blow, the hard head of the earth lizard was also pierced by a blow, and there was no sound.
"Big brother!"
"Big brother!"
Everyone hugged Zhao Wei's body, and after Zhao Weiquan struck, he grinned again, smiled like a smile, and suddenly fell backwards.
Look at it again, he is already full of gray hair, his face is full of wrinkles, and he is about to die.
Everyone in the Zhao family cried silently.
"Guard, don't cry. Zhao Weiquan said weakly, as if he felt Zhao Wei'an's crying, "Man, blood does not shed tears." ”
"Guard, stay close to me. You...... You haven't been near me in years......"
"Big brother......" Zhao Wei'an knelt beside Zhao Wei's body, covering his mouth vigorously, not daring to cry.
Zhao Weiquan's figure was completely recalled in his mind at this moment.
People say that the eldest brother is like a father, Zhao Weiquan is really like a father, the careful guidance of his cultivation, the tearful beating of him when he makes mistakes, the standing next to him all night when he was sick, and then from the green snake, from the hands of this demon beast to save him, from childhood to adulthood, consistent.
"Guard, I'll see you again. Zhao Weiquan became weaker and weaker, and his eyes were already a little reluctant, and he carved a few words, "You...... You must be obedient in the future, listen to your second brother, no, don't be stubborn. ”
"Yes...... Yes, big brother!" Zhao Wei'an finally couldn't help crying.
"Weiguan, Weimin, Weidong...... Defend the country, Guard'an, I'll look at you again, look at you again. After that, he was silent.
He left, laughing, quietly.
The whimpering of everyone in the Zhao family was extremely clear at this moment.
He Ping watched silently, only to feel that there was a sudden sourness in his heart, which was so strong that it stimulated his eyes and wanted to cry.
Zhao Weiquan is a hero, and heroes should be remembered forever.
Everyone put away Zhao Weiquan's body and continued to walk towards the waterhole, although Zhao Weiquan died, he also had to pick the Tongmai fruit to avoid his death.
Perhaps because Zhao Weiquan's residual power was still alive, even the demon beasts guarding the Tongmai Fruit did not dare to show their faces, and they did not encounter the demon beasts again until they walked to the Tongmai Fruit Tree.
But he unexpectedly met the Liu family and his party.
"Let me guess who is carrying it?" Liu He walked over and said with a laugh, "It should be Zhao Dagongzi, you haven't seen him here." ”
Everyone in the Zhao family looked at him indifferently.
He didn't care, and turned his head to look at Zhao Wei'an again.
Zhao Wei'an was as if he had lost his mind, and he was confused.
"Prince Guard?" Liu He whispered to his ear, "Is that night pearl made of the heir of a lizard still useful?"
When Zhao Wei'an heard this, he seemed to have suddenly woken up to something, and asked angrily, "You, you!"
"Yes, I made them sell. Liu He laughed, "But, it's also Gongzi Wei'an, you bought it." ”
Liu He laughed, turned his head and left, "We've finished picking, let's go quickly, don't disturb the Zhao family brothers picking Tongmai fruit." ”
The Liu family also laughed.
He Ping was like a bystander, seeing all this, but he was also a participant, and he also felt that the seeds of hatred had been sown in the hearts of everyone in the Zhao family, including him, but it was unknown how many grains could sprout.