The Shentuo once again avoided the poisonous claws of a ghost owl and forced it back with a swing of his knife. The other ghost owl silently bullied him into the back of his head. The Shentuo had no time to turn around and only used his left short staff to fight back. , the ghost owl behind his head grabbed his short staff with one claw, and pecked at the god camel's head with his sharp hook-like beak. The divine camel's strength was almost exhausted and he was no longer able to resist or dodge. He was certain to die before he saw it.
Just when the ghost owl's sharp beak could barely touch the divine camel's scalp, a gloomy golden light suddenly flashed like a ghost, quietly piercing the ghost owl's body with a trace of afterimage.
This is naturally Chen Tianye's Golden Wind Arrow.
The ghost owl who was hit by the arrow was killed immediately, and he fell headlong into the group of snakes without even making a sound. The remaining three ghost owls let out a whine together, then turned around and rushed towards Qingshi and the others. Obviously, they wanted to take revenge on the person who shot the arrow.
Qingshi and Duan Wutian were mentally prepared. When Chen Tianye fired the arrow, they also took out their bows and arrows. Seeing the ghost owl coming towards them, the two of them opened their bows and shot two sharp arrows at the same time.
Qingshi and Duan Wutian both knew that it was almost impossible to shoot the ghostly figures of the ghost owl if they were prepared. Therefore, the arrows they fired were not a sneak attack like Chen Tianye's, but they were given enough force to make the arrows scream with a terrifying momentum.
Sure enough, the three ghost owls were frightened by the momentum of the sharp arrows. They each avoided the incoming arrows, and then disappeared into the night with their chirps.
Seeing the ghost owl fly away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The god camel slumped down on the stone pillar, took out two pills and swallowed them, then cupped his hands in the direction of Qingshi and the others, seemingly without the energy to speak.
The black snake under the stone pillar is still burning, but the flame has significantly reduced. The snakes around the flame are ready to move. It is obvious that the god camel is still not out of the crisis.
"Senior Shentuo!" Fire Catcher said, "I don't have many rockets. I can only shoot three arrows at most. Senior, please make plans in advance."
The camel nodded.
"Brother Jin Yi," Qingshi suddenly said loudly, "These beetles don't seem to be just spinning around in circles, so be careful."
Hearing this, Jin Yi and others all paid attention to the torrent of beetles circling around the two stone pillars. Only then did they realize that the vortex formed by the beetle flow was getting more and more squeezed into the middle. The beetle flow next to the stone pillars had been It gradually rose up and buried nearly a third of the two stone pillars. Moreover, as the insect stream continued to rotate, the two stone pillars seemed to have become much thinner due to the insects' hard armor.
Jin Yi, Shui San, and Tu Wu stood on a thicker stone pillar. He frowned and looked at his feet, and then said to Huo Si and Mu Er on the other stone pillar: "Second brother and fourth brother, hurry up. Use poison and fire to see if you can drive away these poisonous insects."
"good!"
Mu Er and Huo Si agreed, and immediately took out their magic weapons to use poison and spit fire. Unexpectedly, before they started to act, the stone pillars under their feet fell down with a crash. It turned out that at the bottom of the stone pillar, layers upon layers of beetles were grinding like crazy, grinding the foundation of the stone pillar so thin that it could no longer support the weight of it.
The stone pillar broke, and Mu Er and Huo Si were caught off guard and fell together. Mu Er reacted very quickly. As soon as his body fell, he stretched out his hand to support and push Huo Si's falling body up high, but he himself accelerated. It fell and immediately fell into the sea of insects.
Amid everyone's exclamations, Huo Si was grabbed by Jin Yi and pulled to the stone pillar where he was, while Mu Er was directly buried above his head by the insect flow and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"Second brother!"
"Second brother!"
The remaining four members of the Five Elements Catchers cried out in grief. Seeing their brothers dying before their eyes but unable to save them, one can imagine their feelings.
"Cry!" Anan said angrily, "I don't believe you can make the dead cry alive."
"Shut up!" Luo Luoshan shouted at Anan sternly, and then shouted at the Five Elements Catcher, "Why are you crying? Find a way quickly, your stone pillars won't last long."
Huo Si wiped away his tears and immediately set fire to it.
"Don't set fire!" Qingshi said, "Hurry and retreat to the stone pillar behind you."
Jin Yi looked back and saw that the nearest stone pillar was about eight or nine feet away from him. Although that stone pillar was small, it could only accommodate two people, but there were two stone pillars near that stone pillar that could also accommodate one or two people. Going to these stone pillars is indeed the best way at the moment.
However, the nearest stone pillar is eight or nine feet away, which is a bit difficult to handle. Ordinarily, considering that all of them are at the high level of the Golden Core Realm, if they were in the Tianlong Continent where the spiritual energy is abundant, they should be able to jump more than ten feet easily. However, in the Shenmu Continent where the spiritual energy and air are both thin and barren, such a leap would be difficult. The distance of only eight or nine feet has exceeded the jumping limit of any one of the four of them.
"Third sister, you are the best in Qinggong," Jin Yi certainly had a way and said without hesitation, "I will help you get there first, and then you will meet us after you get there."
"good!"
Shui San agreed, and when she was ready, she jumped towards the stone pillar. The moment she took off, Jin Yi stretched out his hand and pushed hard behind her. Shui San floated in the air and slid nine feet away, steadily. Landed on the stone pillar.
Jin Yi followed suit and pushed Tu Wu over again. Shui San stretched out his long scabbard sword to respond. Tu Wu stretched out his long stick and touched Shui San's sword, and then used his strength to stand on the stone pillar.
After Tu Wu climbed onto the stone pillar, he immediately jumped onto another stone pillar three feet away. Jin Yi used the same method to push Huo Si over again, and Huo Si immediately jumped onto Tu Wu's stone pillar.
Jin Yi took out a long rope and threw the end of the rope into Shui San's hand.
Jin Yi and Shui San tightened the rope. Jin Yi stepped hard and was about to leap into the air. But at this moment, the stone pillar under his feet fell down with a crash. Jin Yi stepped on the air and couldn't use any strength, and his body fell suddenly. Seeing that he was about to fall into the insect stream, Shui San violently swung the rope in his hand over his head and yanked. Jin Yi took advantage of the force of the long rope to fly up, and finally did not really fall.
Shui San tightened the long rope and pulled Jin Yi to the stone pillar. They both secretly said: What a danger!
These stone pillars were originally included in the stream of insects. Jin Yi and the others jumped off the stone pillars, making a lot of noise. As the stone pillars shook, the torrent of beetles began to flow around these pillars again.
Huo looked around and saw that they were starting to destroy the bottom of the stone pillar again. He quickly took out a large bag of black particles and threw them towards the insect stream. Those black particles fell into the insect swarm and immediately caused a large blue flame. The burning beetles hissed miserably. He screamed and got into the lower layer of the insect stream, but the flames were not annihilated by the insect stream. Instead, they ignited the beetles on the upper layer and burned them together.
Seeing that the fire attack was effective, Huo Si took out more particles and sprinkled them. As he sprinkled them, he cursed these damn poisonous insects and said, "Second brother, I will avenge you."
Seeing the beetles being burned to pieces by the fire, Jin Yi and the others felt relieved. Luo Luoshan, Black and White Shuangsha, and Qingshi, who were originally worried about them, also felt relieved. However, they were still happy too early.
Suddenly, a black beetle flew into the air. It opened a pair of black hard shells to reveal the elytra inside. It flapped its wings and buzzed into the air, reflecting the light of the fire.
Can this insect fly? Everyone was stunned and gasped together.
Buzz buzz buzz…
In just an instant, thousands of beetles spread their wings and began to fly, instantly forming a black storm and rolling towards Huo Si and the other three Five Elements Catchers.
The four people suddenly let out miserable and terrifying screams. They had no way of escaping. They immediately fell into this large black cloud storm and soon lost their figures.
Within a few breaths, the black clouds suddenly dispersed, revealing the bare stone pillars. Jin Yi and the four of them had naturally disappeared. The insect clouds gathered again, forming a storm that swept towards Qingshi and the three teams.
"Run!" Luo Luoshan shouted loudly, "Run quickly!"
This time, no one hesitated for a moment, they all turned around and ran towards the way they came.
The three teams were about a hundred feet away from the entrance. In just a few breaths, everyone ran out of the stone forest and entered the sand area. When they looked back, they saw that the large black cloud formed by the beetles was only about twenty feet away from them. Even though they were far away, they seemed to have no intention of stopping and continued to swarm towards them.
Everyone did not dare to stop and continued running. It was not until they had run twenty miles that they realized that the insect cloud was slowly being pulled away. After a few breaths, the black insect cloud suddenly rolled back. Suddenly , disappeared without a trace.
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the sand to breathe lightly. Running all the way on the soft sand did not make them any less exhausted.
Recalling the horrific scene where the Five Elements Catcher was caught in the insect cloud storm just now, everyone was frightened and frightened. Those bugs obviously have sharp teeth and venom. They are huge in number and move uniformly. If a person is surrounded by them, there is only one way to die.
Five groups, including the Five Elements Catcher with the largest number of people and the Shentuo Master and Disciple with the second largest number of people, were all wiped out. Although Qingshi and the others did not see Shen Tuo die in person, it was impossible for Shen Tuo to have a chance of survival in such an environment and facing the exhaustion of his true energy.
"Damn! It's all my fault!" After a while, Luo Luoshan said, "I underestimated the Desert Dragon. It has been thousands of years, but the traps he set are still so powerful. I really didn't expect it."
"Boss, there's no need to blame yourself!" A Dong said, "It's because these two groups are too weak."
"Yes!" Luo Luoshan said apologetically, "I knew they were not strong enough, so I shouldn't have taken them there. But... the window period is too short, and time is short, so I really can't find them. If we find better helpers, we can only bring them all along."
"Wealth lies in the sky!" Hei Sha said lightly, "Life and death are determined by fate!"
"Hahaha......"
Luo Luoshan suddenly burst out laughing, but his smile seemed a little forced.
"Brother Heisha said it well!" Luo Luoshan said with a smile, "Since you are going to lick blood from the blade, don't blame others! However, after all, I was the one who brought them here, the hunchbacked old man and the Five Elements Catcher, even if I am right I can’t stop you!”
"Boss!" Anan said, "What should we do next?"
"Hmm~" Luo Luoshan said thoughtfully, "Three brothers, Black and White Shuangsha and Tianxuanmen, what do you think?"
"You are the convener," Bai Sha said, "you should talk first!"
"Yeah~ That's right!" Luo Luoshan said, "I thought I was well prepared, but in the end I lost my troops before even passing the entrance and retreated in embarrassment. This is my responsibility, but I was not prepared enough. You two teams If you withdraw at this time, I will never be held responsible. If you still want to continue to explore treasures with me, then we can go back and rest for a while, and come back fully prepared. However, when will the next window period open? I can’t say for sure.”
"Window period?" Bai Sha asked doubtfully. "How long does it usually take?"
"It's hard to say!" Luo Luoshan said, "The shortest possible time is this time next year, and the longest possible time is once in a hundred years!"
"Boss Luo!" Duan Wutian said, "Why do we have to wait for the window period?"
"Yes! Why?" Chen Tianye asked, "In the past, this stone forest was buried under the yellow sand, and it would only be exposed during the window period, so we had to wait until the window period came to know where it is. But now we have Now that we know its location, even if it is buried under the yellow sand, we can still locate it and walk in from above the yellow sand! In this way, we might not encounter poisonous insects and evil beasts, wouldn't it be better?"
"Yes!" Bai Sha also said, "These poisonous snakes and poisonous insects should be dormant in the mud and rocks underground, and they will wake up when they notice people coming. If the yellow sand has buried the stone forest, then we can walk on the sand and say Maybe it really won’t alarm them!”
"Alas!" Luo Luoshan sighed and said, "It would be great if it were this simple! Do you still remember the Liusha River I mentioned? Once this place is buried by yellow sand, it will become part of the Liusha River. , compared to these poisonous insects and beasts, the Liusha River is even more dangerous, more bizarre and unpredictable."
"Ah! That's it!" Bai Sha suddenly realized and said, "In this case, we can only wait for the window period. It is said that the Liusha River is controlled by ghosts formed by evil spirits. Once trapped, there will be no way to survive. Reasonable. Although this poisonous insect beast is powerful, we brothers can still think of a way to deal with this quicksand river. I will never try it."
"Then~" Luo Luoshan said, "What do you brothers mean?"
"Do it!" Bai Sha and Hei Sha looked at each other, and then said, "Wait for the next window period."
"Okay!" Luo Luoshan said, "Actually, now that we have positioned ourselves, things will be much easier to handle. At this time every year in the future, we can come to check whether the window appears. We will do our best to deal with poisonous insects and blackmailers. Snake’s preparation, once the window appears, we can enter immediately.”
"Yes!" Bai Sha said, "We can continue to issue summons orders and select a few real masters."
"That's right!" Luo Luoshan said, "This time I was too eager for success after discovering the entrance. I should invite a few more good players."
"Where are you three?" Luo Luoshan turned to look at Qing Duan and Chen, "What do you think?"
