Xia Shiqing used the moonlight to look carefully in the direction of the sound. She saw that the dark forest obscured her sight, and the sound seemed to gradually become fainter. She hesitated slightly and jumped onto another tree, jumping to the fifth lesson in a row. When I climbed the tree, the sound was already close at hand.
She looked down at the weeds carefully, and calls for help came intermittently: "Help... help... quack... quack..."
After her efforts to identify it, she saw a big dark green toad with its eyes wide open and struggling hard in the weeds. The toad seemed to be half a person tall, and it seemed to be restrained by something, unable to move. Its big eyes It protruded outwards, with its big mouth gasping for breath, as if it was about to expire.
Xia Shiqing secretly marveled that she was holding the hilt of the sword tightly in her hand. The big toad seemed to be restrained by some creature. Seeing that it was about to die, she thought for a moment and was about to jump down to find out. Just when she was about to jump down. , suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some creature moving slowly under the moonlight. After careful observation, she realized that the big toad was bound by a big snake. The whole body of the big snake was transparent and hidden in the grass. If it hadn't been lifted up by it, At first she opened her mouth wide and tried to swallow the big toad in one gulp, but she couldn't even notice it!
Xia Shiqing no longer hesitated, she aimed at the big snake's open mouth, and fired out with the long sword in her hand!
There was a soft sound of "Puff", and the big snake's upper jaw was penetrated by the sword!
The big snake loosened its body in pain and kept twisting. Its transparent body was dyed red by the splash of blood. Only then did Xia Shiqing see clearly that its huge body was as thick as an adult's head.
With the twisting of the big snake, the big toad finally regained its breath. It opened its big mouth and breathed greedily. At the same time, it continued to cry out for help in its throat: "Help...Help, croak..."
Xia Shiqing saw the opportunity and jumped down from the tree. She drew out her spare long sword and stabbed the big snake in the head!
"Swish!" With a sound, the sword penetrated seven inches of the big snake, which was exactly its vital point. However, after the sword penetrated a few inches, the muscles of the big snake contracted and could no longer move forward at all, as if it was stabbed in Made of elastic, thick cotton.
The big snake's cold eyes stared at Xia Shiqing, and it opened its mouth and bit her like lightning!
Although Xia Shiqing wanted to draw her sword to resist, the long sword was tightly clamped by the muscles of the big snake as if stuck in a quagmire. In desperation, she had no choice but to let go of the long sword and jump back, while making handprints with both hands: "Spiritual Wood·Wood Dragon Technique" !”
The green wooden dragon roared out without mercy and bit the big snake on the neck!
The big snake sensed the opponent's strength and no longer dared to resist. It could only hiss with its huge body and try its best to get rid of the shackles of the wooden dragon, and then rushed into the grass.
How could Xia Shiqing allow it to escape? She chased it for a few steps but saw the big snake leaping off the cliff. Its soft body was hanging on the branches that grew out of the gap in the cliff. Then it swung hard in the air, and with this force, it curled up again. Another tree lived in it, so it swung back and forth among the small trees growing on the cliff and finally disappeared.
Xia Shiqing sighed and returned to the big toad, only to see the big toad lying weakly on the ground, breathless. She quickly stuffed two pills into the big toad's big mouth and helped it heal its wounds. After a while, the big toad finally woke up.
"I...am I dead? My body hurts so much..."
"If you die, you won't feel the pain, right?"
"You've never died. How do you know... eh eh eh? You have to be... saved gua..."
"Yes, yes, I have never died, so I don't know. But if you want to die, I can't help you..."
"I don't want to die!"
The big toad made a rumbling sound from its abdomen, and then finally turned over and lay on the ground. It murmured to itself as if it was frightened: "It's a good thing it was saved, otherwise it would really have died! If the mission is not completed, what if it dies?" That’s troublesome…”
Xia Shiqing bent down and looked at it curiously and said, "Hey, can you still move? Go back quickly, be careful not to be targeted in the future."
The big toad moved its limbs a little, as if to confirm whether there were other injuries. Then it hesitated and suddenly spit out a golden square-hole coin from its mouth and presented it to her.
Xia Shiqing hesitated slightly but still reached out to catch it. This coin was very heavy and seemed to be a bit heavier than pure gold. There were four words printed on it: "Golden Toad Treasure".
"This is……"
The big toad lowered his head towards her as if he was bending to bow his head, "Thank you for saving me, gua. Just treat this as a thank you gift. If you encounter difficulties, just take it out. Immortal Golden Toad will not stand idly by. gua."
"Golden Toad Immortal?" Xia Shiqing obviously heard this name for the first time and didn't know who it was.
The big toad nodded and said: "You will also go to Zhaoti Temple, right? Everyone will go, and it will be helpful to take it out then."
"Why should I go to Zhaoti Temple?"
"Don't you know? Gua, everyone will go there."
"Is it related to the birth of the Buddha?"
Facing Xia Shiqing's inquiry, the big toad showed a tone of deafness. It turned around and jumped a few times, and finally looked back and said: "I have to leave because I have something else to do. Oh, by the way, my name is Toad Green. That's it, goodbye."
Xia Shiqing watched its figure gradually disappear. If it weren't for the heavy "Golden Toad Treasure" in her hand, she would have thought she was having a dream. At this time, the sky had begun to brighten, and the orange glow gradually spread in the forest. At this time, a loud "bang" sound suddenly came from the forest, startling countless birds, and the loud noise seemed to break the forest. Sweet dreams awaken everything from its slumber.
Xia Shiqing looked towards the direction where the sound came from, with a bad premonition in her heart. She didn't know if Ling Ning, who was fighting against the enemy alone, had escaped. Having fought against Duan Shaotian before, she was well aware of the opponent's terrifying strength. This loud noise It was probably the noise caused by the battle between the two.
Thinking of this, she put away the coins and jumped up the tree trunk, diving towards the direction of the sound.
The loud noise just now was indeed made by Ling Ning. His situation at the moment was not optimistic. He was running in one direction with all his strength. Behind him, Duan Shaotian, who was looking furious and carrying a long black knife, was chasing after him. His whole body was like boiling. Boiling water emits hot steam, and the bones of his left foot are dripping with blood. The blood is constantly evaporated by the heat, creating blood mist. After a while, the blood condenses and stops bleeding.
This was already the maximum damage Ling Ning could inflict on the opponent. Only by injuring the opponent's feet could he limit the opponent's elusive speed. Only then could he have a chance to escape, but he also paid the price for this. He slashed hard, leaving a long bloody mark from the left chest to the right rib.
Although he tried his best to avoid the knife, the knife still left a scar on him. The most important thing was that the scar could not be healed. The wound sizzled like boiling water, and blood continued to flow out. Turned into wisps of blood mist, even if he used the "Shen Transformation Art" to stop the bleeding, it had no effect. Facing the opponent's weird skills, he really couldn't figure it out, but he clearly realized that if he continued to lose blood like this , I am afraid that he will faint due to excessive blood loss before long.
Although Ling Ning also wanted to defeat the enemy head-on, the attributes he was good at seemed to have little effect when facing the enemy's blazing steam. With the blessing of his pupil technique, he could clearly see every pore on the opponent's body. After a short period of time, blazing steam will be emitted. He originally wanted to use the ice attribute "Broken Star" to freeze the opponent's whole body, but after trying it, he found that the power of the "Broken Star" was not enough to freeze the opponent. Even if he succeeded, The ice will also thaw immediately under the action of "steam".
And his demon fire didn't work either. Instead, it encouraged the other party's "transpiration". The opponent was stronger than him in terms of speed and true energy level. Without the blessing of the palace master, he could only barely escape and would not be able to give a strong counterattack.
He originally thought that the other party's "transpiration" mode could not last for a long time, but now it seemed that the other party was still able to do it with ease, but he himself fell into a predicament of blood loss and fainting.
"Can't I retreat from the enemy without leaving the Palace Master?" Although Ling Ning was unwilling to do so, she had to admit the facts before her.
Just when he was at a loss what to do, a sudden change occurred, and he saw two green wooden dragons attacking Duan Shaotian from the left and the right, one biting his injured left foot and the other biting his chest!
This change was so sudden that even the experienced Duan Shaotian had no time to dodge and was bitten!
Before Ling Ning could be surprised, she suddenly heard a voice: "Brother Ling! Let's go!"
He turned around and saw Xia Shiqing waving to him anxiously. He felt happy and quickly flew over to run away with her.
The two of them kept walking and conversing with their spiritual thoughts at the same time.
"Shiqing, why are you here? Didn't you leave?"
"Xin'er got lost. Mei'er and... her companions went after her first. I was too seriously injured so I didn't go far."
"I understand, did you come over to take a look after hearing the noise here?"
"Well, I know that guy's strength, so I'm worried... about whether you can escape..."
"Huh, luckily you helped hold him down. To be honest, I can't handle it alone..."
Before Ling Ning could say this, he suddenly heard an earth-shattering explosion behind him, followed by a majestic heat wave that suddenly appeared and burned their backs. The two of them looked back in surprise at the same time, only to see Duan Shaotian Just like a cork stuck on the spout of a boiling pot, it finally spurts out under the influence of steam!
His whole body turned red, with a trail of white steam trailing behind him. The most surprising thing was that his speed became extremely astonishing, several times faster than arrows and meteors, and he headed straight towards the two of them. Come on! The long black knife had been thrown away somewhere long ago. Duan Shaotian raised his fist high like a flying monkey, as if preparing for a second explosion.
Ling Ning almost subconsciously ducked behind Xia Shiqing. The next moment, the majestic and hot steam came closer and closer. The pores in his body seemed to be opened by the steam. Almost at the same time as he felt the heat, his waist felt heavy. Got a hit!
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, Ling Ning clearly realized that her waist had been cut in two. A mouthful of blood spurted uncontrollably on Xia Shiqing's neck. Their bodies were knocked away by this strange force, as if The fired cannonball flew out of the woods uncontrollably, and then fell rapidly!
The place where they fell was not land, but a bottomless gorge. It was as if a hole had opened in the earth, or as if a devil had opened its mouth and swallowed them whole!
Although Ling Ning realized that he and Xia Shiqing were about to fall off the cliff, his body seemed to have been filled with this strange force and he could not even move a finger. The same was obviously the case with Xia Shiqing. Although she was not hit directly, It could be regarded as being hit indirectly. At this moment, she felt a surge of energy and blood. The real energy in her body was stirred by this strange force and was scattered and unable to gather together, let alone use Taoist magic to save herself.
The red clouds finally painted the entire coffin mountain, but Ling Ning and Xia Shiqing in the deep stream were still swallowed by the darkness.
Duan Shaotian stood on the edge of the cliff and stared at the deep gorge where the two fell. It was pitch black, and the branches and vines stretching out from the rock wall were like intricate needlework, haphazardly sewing and filling up the bottomless hole. , without a trace of light.
There was a look of disdain on his face, and he murmured to himself: "As a toy, being able to do this is already worthy of praise. If you don't die in my hands, just thank me for my mercy..."
