The majestic mountain is more than 5,000 meters high, but the top of the mountain is burning, and the white flame exudes infinite light and heat, like a huge torch.

At the foot of the mountain, rows of dark red houses are built against the mountain, layer upon layer, surrounding the entire mountain, like a red scarf.

The flames on the hill are relatively stable, the dark red walls reflect the firelight, and the light and shadow falling on the ground maintain a fixed shape, and there are some less obvious shaking, like a breeze blowing Buddha.

On the periphery of the houses, there is a three-zhang high wall.

Looking at the city wall from afar, I saw a dazzling path of light, spreading around the mountain.

In the darkness, there was the sound of running, and not long after, I saw three figures staggering towards the city wall.

Wu Youguo is the patrol officer of the Ninth Ring City, and he is on duty today. At this time, he was looking out from the outpost.

Seeing the strange three people rushing towards the city wall, Wu Youguo hurriedly took off his bow and arrows, rushed out of the outpost, and stood on the head of the wall, with the arrow pointing under the city wall.

"Stop! if you dare to come closer, I'll shoot an arrow!"

Under the reflection of the firelight, I saw that the three people leaning against the city wall were all covered in blood, and they looked like they were wearing a cloak, among them was a fat man, and the clothes on his body were still in tatters, and they obviously came to this city wall after a fierce fight.

It was Zhu Tianpeng, the fox girl Yingqiu and the little fat man Yuanqing.

Although they fled quickly, they could not stop the rats that surrounded them on all sides. The closer they got to the volcano, the more crazy those big rats became, and countless big rats pounced on them, and no matter how clever their spear skills were, they couldn't withstand it.

In the end, they could only use the true element to form a protective shield, and they rushed forward by stepping on the big rats all over the ground.

Figuratively speaking, they did not rush away from the rats to flee for their lives, but "swam" to the shore in a sea of rats.

It wasn't until they broke out of the jungle that they escaped from the rats. Perhaps it was because they came to the vicinity of the volcano that the rats were afraid of the light, so they did not rush out of the jungle and continue to attack them.

Zhu Tianpeng glanced back at behind him, under the clusters of swaying tree shadows, countless turquoise points of light flashed, all of which were the eyes of big rats, making people's scalps tingle.

As for the fox girl Yingqiu, her face was already pale, her whole body was weak and weak, leaning on Zhu Tianpeng's body, if it weren't for Lao Zhu holding her waist, it is estimated that she would have fallen to the ground softly.

On the way forward, after just a slight pause, the little fat man's True Yuan shield was broken, if Zhu Tianpeng hadn't made a timely move, I was afraid that he would have died among the rats. In that moment, his clothes were torn apart by the rats.

"Phew!"

The little fat man felt that the smell on his shirt was very pungent, and in disgust, he tore off the robe on his body, only to find that the back part had long been missing, and it was obvious that he could not wear it anymore! Fortunately, there was still a pair of underwear on his body, so as not to show his ugliness.

The three people under the city walls only cared about themselves, and did not reply.

Wu Youguo saw that the three strange people under the city wall were silent, and immediately shouted: "Who are you? What do you want to do when you come to the city wall?"

Lao Zhu saw that Yingqiu had come to his senses, and his face was bloody, so he let go of her, walked to the city wall, and replied as he walked: "I waited for the three of them to be careless for a while, alarmed the rats, and was chased and killed by the rats, before escaping here, please forgive me and help one or two!"

As he walked, he said that as soon as one foot stepped into the shadow area of the wall, he saw a sharp arrow shoot down from the wall, making a sharp wind whistle.

Lao Zhu hurriedly retreated to dodge.

"You've broken the shadow taboo, who are you?"

Facing Wu Youguo's question, Zhu Tianpeng was stunned for a while. Shadow taboo? What the hell?

He looked at the long arrow stuck in the ground, and beyond that, the shadow of the wall illuminated by the firelight. Could it be that the creatures of this world have a taboo against the shadow area?

Thinking of what happened in the gloomy jungle, Lao Zhu roughly guessed the reason. Most of the reason is that the dark jungle is very dangerous, and people are afraid of it, and even they are disgusted with the shadow area, and there must be some strange legends.

So, he hurriedly raised his head and replied: "I was chased and killed by the rats all the way, and when I saw the city wall, I was overjoyed and forgot for a while, please forgive me!"

The little fat man was a bystander, and he thought about it comprehensively, and then explained loudly: "I waited to go out of the city to hunt, and I accidentally alarmed the rats for a while, and I came here in a panic, please help me and let me wait to enter the city." ”

Hearing the little fat man say "go out of the city to hunt", Lao Zhu couldn't help but praise secretly. Since it was "out of the city", the three of them were naturally people from the city, as long as the people on the city wall did not doubt it, they avoided introducing themselves, so as not to say too much wrong.

Wu Youguo still had doubts: "Hunting, don't try to lie to me." Do you still have a female companion with you when you hunt?"

What kind of strange custom is this, you can't bring a female companion when you go out hunting?

The little fat man reacted quickly, and immediately complained loudly at Zhu Tianpeng: "Big brother, do you hear me? I said at the beginning, don't take your sister-in-law, don't take your sister-in-law, you just won't listen! Even if you are newly married, you can't give up your sister-in-law, and you can't mess around! Now it's good, not only has it alarmed the rats, but now even the city can't get in. It's all your fault!"

Lao Zhu's reaction was also fast, and when he turned around, he scolded the little fat man: "Second brother, did you talk to my brother like this? If I hadn't led the way, would you have been able to easily get out of the jungle? Isn't everyone okay?"

"What do you mean it's okay? What do you and I have left besides the blade? I don't even have any clothes to wear, so it's okay?"

The little fat man slapped Chi Guoguo's chest vigorously and roared angrily.

"How do you speak? Do you still have me as a big brother in your eyes? Believe it or not, I beat you?"

Lao Zhu held the seven stars high and grabbed it, making a gesture to hit the little fat man, but his eyes were fierce at Yingqiu.

Yingqiu also came back to her senses, and said coquettishly: "Okay! It's all my fault, I shouldn't have made a fuss and came out." Don't quarrel with you brothers!"

After she finished speaking, she begged at the city wall: "Big brother in the city, can you help us? We are already exhausted, if you don't help, we will die in the wilderness!"

Yingqiu's voice was very moving, and there was a sadness in his words, which made people feel pity when they heard it.

Wu Youguo obviously couldn't resist, and hesitated: "Military law stipulates that no matter who enters and exits through the city gate, if anyone climbs over the city wall, he will not be spared." I, I'm just a patrolman, I can't help you!"

"Big brother, we don't have the strength to walk to the city gate, you can do it, help us!" Yingqiu's voice became more and more poignant.

Wu Youguo was embarrassed: "I can't help! The city wall is too high, I can't stand you!"

When Zhu Tianpeng heard him say this, he thought of the bundle of immortal ropes that had always been used as a belt, and immediately untied them, and under the drive of Zhenyuan, the bundle of immortal ropes suddenly became three or four zhang long.

Without a gesture, Yingqiu understood what Zhu Tianpeng meant.

She immediately rushed to the city wall and said, "We have a rope, after throwing it, can you help us hold the end of the rope?"

Under the influence of the fox girl Yingqiu's charm, Wu Youguo was completely confused, and used the elongated bundle of immortal ropes to pull Yingqiu up the city wall first.

Then, Zhu Tianpeng and the little fat man were also pulled up the city wall.

Before Lao Zhu and the others had time to rejoice, a loud shout sounded in their ears:

"How dare you climb over the city walls?"