"Second brother, what's wrong?" After setting off from Heisongzhai, the second brother Yinhu looked solemn and behaved strangely all the way. He fell at the end of the team from time to time and stopped to look at the way he came. He looked very worried when he saw Yinhu. He hung at the end of the team without making a sound, then Bao Xiong took a few steps back and asked.
"I had some issues with that 'Crazy Scar' before. I saw him looking unkind yesterday, so I'm afraid something might happen." Silver Fox said with a heavy heart.
Silver Fox was extremely shocked when he suddenly saw "Crazy Scar" yesterday. The reason why he didn't kill him in the end was because he saw that "Crazy Scar" had been seriously injured and had not been taken away for a long time. Moreover, the two of them usually had a good relationship, so he couldn't kill him at the moment. Let it fend for itself.
"Are you afraid that he will secretly follow us and cause mischief?" Bao Xiong said with a solemn expression without asking what the grudge between Silver Fox and that "Crazy Scar" was.
"Yeah!" Silver Fox nodded, "Crazy Scar" must have hated him deeply.
"Second brother, don't worry. Before you came back, the eldest brother and I were still very wary of them. Now that you're back, they don't even have the guts to come and make trouble." Yan Bao, the second leader of Yakou Village, and Liu Yu and Xuanshan saw that the two of them were lagging behind, so they stopped and waited for them.
"Having said that, it's better to be careful. Dar, you stay behind and hide, and see if anyone is following us!" Even if the "Mad Dog Society" gang catches up, they won't be their opponents, but these Everyone is a desperado, and Bao Xiong thought it was better to be more careful.
"Yes!" Dar nodded. He is an elite member of Yakou Village. He is very familiar with the underground caves of "Fat Pig Ridge" and has always served as a scout for the hunting team.
"If anything unusual happens, catch up and report it immediately, and be careful yourself!" Silver Fox warned worriedly.
"Don't worry, Lord Silver Fox!" Darr replied confidently, holding his hand. He is the best scout of the hunting team. He takes the lead in searching and tracking prey on weekdays. If someone is following someone with ill intentions, he will definitely find it.
"What happened?" Liu Yu couldn't help but asked with a slight frown. Looking at this scene, combined with what he saw in the tavern yesterday, this trip may not be peaceful.
"Nothing, just leave a secret post to avoid being followed. Fellow Taoist, let's continue on our way!" Bao Xiong said with a laugh.
Afterwards, everyone continued on their way. They were still far away from the Flame Cave level, and there was still a long way to go. There was a man named Daal hanging far behind, and soon he slowly disappeared.
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At the entrance of a narrow tunnel in an underground cave, Dahl hid in the shadow of a pile of rocks, holding his breath and staring at the long and narrow tunnel. The stone walls of the tunnel were dotted with various colors of light, which were bright and dark. Some of the fungi and mushrooms that grow are specially planted with moss.
Dahl had been hanging far behind the hunting team. Several hours had passed and he still found nothing unusual. When he arrived at the narrow connection between the grotto and the mine, he stopped and hid behind a pile of rocks to see if anyone was really following them.
The grotto in front of him is not big, and there are only some shrubs in the open space. It is clearly visible at a glance. If someone is secretly following the hunting team, he will be able to find it immediately.
"Sand, sand!" A quarter of an hour later, there was a slight movement at the entrance, which aroused Dar's vigilance. He saw a lazy "mourning dog" sniffing left and right in the grotto, then suddenly accelerated and pounced forward. He pinned down a stone rat that sprang out from the bushes.
"Crack, click!" With the crisp sound of bone cracking, a plump stone rat fell into the belly of the mourning dog.
After a full meal, the mourning dog lay down on the bushes for a while, then stood up and shook its body, slowly left the grotto backwards, and gradually disappeared into the dark mine.
Dahl has been hiding in the dark and watching quietly. Evil spiritual beasts such as "mourning dogs" are not uncommon in underground grottoes. They often prey on various small spiritual beasts such as rabbits, rats, and minks.
It also likes to eat carrion, and its body is filled with a disgusting stench. When hunting this kind of dead dog in the village, its skin and flesh are usually sold for spiritual stones and are never eaten.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, and seeing no other movement, Dahl walked out of the pile of rocks, affixed a "divine walking talisman" to himself, used the wind control technique with all his strength, and chased in the direction of the hunting team, thinking that after waiting for so long... There was nothing unusual for a long time, and the hunting team should not have been followed.
Because the various mines and forked passages in the underground caves are like a maze, and the spiritual consciousness here is interfered by the thick stone walls and various corners, it is extremely difficult to follow others.
The short distance is fine, but once the distance is extended, it will be too difficult to catch up. If you take a wrong turn, all your efforts will be wasted.
He had been waiting here for a full two-quarters of an hour. The hunting team had already gone far away. If anyone was following them, they would have appeared long ago. Otherwise, they would never have been able to keep up with them if they were so far away.
You must know that the hunting team does not follow a straight mine road. Each mine road has seven or eight forks, and there are forks among the forks. It is not easy to follow them.
Shortly after Dahl left, the mourning dog went away and came back again. Taking vigorous steps, he appeared at the entrance of the cave again, sniffed the residual scent in the air, and then moved in the direction Dahl left, as if A ghost chased after him.
The group of people from Yakou Village walked in the underground grotto for nearly two days, stopping only twice to rest.
During this period, the temperature in the grottoes and mine tunnels became higher and higher, and the dense tree landscape gradually decreased. The wasteland landscape was mostly sparse bushes and piles of rocks. The further down, the more desolate it became.
Red hot magma began to flow out from some stone walls and gaps in the cave. The overflowing magma gathered to form a slowly flowing red "river", or accumulated into a pool to form a magma fire pool. It was obvious that everyone had arrived at the underground cave. Flame Cave Layer".
"Almost there!" After walking for a long time in the intricately connected grottoes like a spider web, they came to a large canyon-like grotto. Yanbao said excitedly as he walked in the front.
"We're finally here!" Xuan Shankou said dryly after traveling for most of the day in this hot and dry cave.
"Xiong Tou, you are here!" When the group of people walked to the corner of the middle of the grotto where there were many rocks, several people suddenly appeared from behind a pile of huge rocks.
"Are those two beasts still in the magma pool?" The violent bear stepped forward and asked hurriedly.
"It's still there. The male snake went out several times and dragged back a few "Red-haired Cave Bears". The female snake only swam out of the magma pool when she was eating." It turned out that these people were the sentinels who stayed here from Yakou Village. Wei, monitoring the movements of the two "fire pythons" from a distance.
There is a narrow cave entrance behind the pile of rocks. There is also a large grotto inside the cave entrance. There is a huge magma pool at the bottom of this grotto.
The hot magma in the pool bubbles up from time to time. This magma pool occupies almost a quarter of this small grotto, turning the entire grotto into a natural furnace.
The stone wall above the magma pool has been scorched and cracked. If you look carefully, you can see fist-sized crystal stones glowing with dim red light through the cracks. They are fifth-level fire elements. The weapon refining material "Red Flame Crystal".
It's just that the stone wall above has been baked by the heat of magma for many years, and the surface stones have solidified into gray-red, which is somewhat similar in color to the "Red Flame Crystals". If you don't look carefully, you really can't find these "Red Flame Crystals" embedded in the cracks. ".
"Has anyone been here during this time?" Bao Xiong then asked.
"Several groups of people passed by. They didn't notice anything strange. They all passed by in a hurry." Among the few people who stayed here in Yakou Village, an old-looking man said.
"What are you waiting for? Go over now and kill these two beasts!" Xuanshan said in a loud voice.
"Fellow Taoist, don't be anxious. We have been traveling for so long and all the brothers are tired. Let's rest for a while to let the brothers recover some physical strength and mana. If anything happens, we can take a long-term approach!"
The violent bear said soothingly, and then led everyone back a certain distance, away from the entrance of the cave, so as not to be smelled by the two "fire pythons" in the magma pool.
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