Following the man's exclamation, a huge monster fish jumped out of the hot magma, opened its bloody mouth, and bit off half of the skinny man in mid-air. body.
"ah--!"
The frightening scream of the skinny man resounded throughout the cave.
At this moment, all he could do was scream. The speed of the fish demon was too fast and its fangs were too terrifying. Even if the leader of the Najibo Adventure Group warned him, he would not have time to do anything. Resist.
Plop!
Blood sprayed out, and the remaining half of the man's body fell back into the magma along with the large scale fish monster, sputtering out a golden heat wave.
Everyone looked pale, staring nervously and fearfully at the disappearing black shadow in the magma beneath their feet.
It's hard to imagine what kind of existence can survive in this hot magma, like fish swimming in a pond, and there is only a square inch of ground under their feet. If the fish monster makes a sudden attack...
"gone?"
After the entire audience was on alert for a moment, there was no movement from the magma below. It seemed that the man-eating fish demon had left.
Someone turned pale and looked in the direction of Ji Ning and asked:
"What is that thing? Did you know it would come out and eat people?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Ji Ning, with a hint of fear in their surprise.
Especially the leader of the Najibo Adventure Group, his face was so gloomy that he could shed tears.
They all saw the situation just now. Ji Ning and his group occupied the rock. They didn't want to give up their seats, but they suddenly changed their minds and moved away.
And then, when the man jumped from above, a fish demon rushed out of the magma and ate the man.
All this happened in just a few seconds, and some people didn't even realize why the thin man got into a verbal conflict with Ji Ning and others, and the others died as a result.
"It's such a coincidence, it's like you knew in advance that a demon would rush out from below."
Cui Jibo, the leader of the Jibo Adventure Group, stared at Ji Ning, as if he wanted to see some clues from the young man.
"You took the initiative to come to this dangerous fire realm. Is it just a coincidence, or do you really know some secrets? What about the fish monster?"
Qi Lan, Xue Zhongjing and others were also silent. They couldn't help but look at Ji Ning. Everything that just happened was such a coincidence. They also wanted to know the answer.
Facing the question, Ji Ning just frowned slightly and said calmly:
"I took the initiative to come here because I just intuitively believed that there was a chance here. There was no other reason. As for the fish monster, it is even more nonsense."
"Didn't you hear what that man just said?"
Ji Ning asked quietly while looking at the crowd.
The skinny man just now yelled at him in front of everyone, and threatened him, saying that there were forty or fifty people, but there were only four of them.
"Power is stronger than people. I swallowed my breath and gave up my position to him because I didn't want to have a conflict. He himself was unlucky enough to die. Can you blame me?"
"this……"
Everyone was speechless after hearing this, because what Ji Ning said made sense.
Cui Jibo frowned and quietly observed Ji Ning for a long time. After confirming that the latter's cultivation was only at the willow bone level, he said lightly:
"Well, then we blamed you wrongly."
"It's just that the situation is critical now. I don't know when the fish monster below will come up again and pose a great threat to us. I suggest that among the more than 100 people present, vote for a common leader and coordinate the march first. , if you cooperate, your chances of survival will be greatly increased!"
"I agree with what Captain Cui said!"
"I agree!"
"Since everyone has been assigned here together, we shouldn't be scattered. It's time to choose an alliance leader!"
Among the crowd, people responded to Cui Jibo's words one after another, and not surprisingly, they were all people from his original adventure group.
In addition to him, there were three small adventure groups present, the largest number of which did not exceed twenty-five, followed by Xue Zhongjing and Ji Ning.
The skinny man was right. The Jibo Adventure Group was indeed the only one here.
"But who should take the position of leader?"
Seeing that the situation was getting more and more out of control, at the edge, a young swordsman with narrow and delicate features spoke calmly. He was also the captain of an adventure team.
"Opportunities and dangers coexist. If you rashly elect an alliance leader to manipulate everyone, once the alliance leader is incompetent and becomes obsessed with profit, the blow will be devastating."
"Yes, we are strangers to each other. Who wants to listen to other people's orders for no reason?"
"In that case, we might as well go our separate ways."
Opposition voices also appeared one after another, and they were all members of the small adventure group.
When Cui Jibo saw this, his face became a little gloomy. He stared at the young swordsman who spoke first and said:
"Anyone can take the position of leader. If you are capable of taking the position, then you can take it."
The young swordsman shook his head and said:
"I don't do it right and I don't make alliances."
"But not forming an alliance does not mean that we cannot cooperate together. I suggest that everyone move forward in batches. The monks at the rear will provide protection for the monks in the front. At the moment when the rock is changed and it takes off, if the fish demon still dares to make a surprise attack, Then kill him immediately."
"This cycle continues until everyone reaches a relatively safe place, or other situations arise, and then we can discuss it again."
"So good!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone agreed.
Even some of Cui Jibo's men couldn't help but nod.
Seeing that his ambition failed, Cui Jibo snorted coldly:
"Then do it."
"But, who will take the lead?"
Everyone focused their attention on Ji Ning.
Judging from the current order, Ji Ning and others are at the forefront.
"I don't think it's appropriate."
Qi Lan looked solemn and sent a message to Ji Ning and Xue Zhongjing.
"This group of people obviously have bad intentions. If the fish demon rushes out, they will react slowly..."
"Won't."
Ji Ning looked calm, staring at the surging magma below, silently counting the time.
That fish demon is actually a puppet left by Zhen Yuzhen during his lifetime. He lives in this fire spirit vein magma river. All his behaviors are in order, which are marked on the map.
Now, it's not time for the other party to prey.
"Let's go forward."
Ji Ning glanced at the person behind him, and finally took a deep look at Cui Jibo. Then he took a step forward and jumped onto a rock that had been eroded by magma with only a few bare shells left. Then he waited quietly for Qi Lan to come. After the person caught up, he moved forward again.
"Go, follow!"
Cui Jibo and others squinted their eyes, and followed quickly and vigilantly. The expressions behind them were alert, warning the people jumping in mid-air in front of them. This cycle continued, and before they knew it, everyone had moved forward more than 40 rocks. .
The scene in this underground magma cave has changed slightly.
In addition to the jagged stones soaked in the water, there are small caves sunken inward on the rock walls in some places, which seem to be places where some treasures are hidden.
However, the cracks in the rock above are still very fresh, and it seems that they have been discovered by others long ago.
Not only that, as the magma surges below, some stone impurities will be brought up from time to time.
While the crowd was marching silently, at the edge of the cave on the left, a monk opened his eyes wide and carefully fished out a stone shining with red light from the magma.
"High-grade fire elemental spirit stone!"
The man wrapped his hands with spiritual energy and looked at the treasure in his hands with shock and surprise on his face.
A piece of high-grade spiritual stone can already allow an ordinary monk to stay in the mortal world and enjoy glory and wealth for several years.
And the price of high-grade spiritual stones with elemental energy like this can increase ten times!
"How lucky!"
When the crowd saw this scene, they couldn't help but look envious, and some people were even gearing up.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of doing it here, they would have started snatching it long ago!
"Then Huangquan didn't lie to us, there is really a treasure here!"
"Let the people in front hurry up. There are many grottoes here that have been mined. I want to go to the front to grab the treasure!"
For a moment, the crowd was excited, and the appearance of a high-grade fire element spirit stone made them all forget the danger.
People who are slow can't even drink the soup. This truth is generally recognized in the world.
They have been following behind. I don’t know if their safety is guaranteed. At least the opportunity is gone with them.
And coincidentally, as everyone marched, the Fire Spirit Vein River in front of them became wider. The widest place could even accommodate everyone traveling in one line, and it was hundreds of feet wide.
"I found a treasure too!"
"I think I have one here too!"
"Ah, it's just an ordinary stone covered with magma..."
In the midst of the rising and falling sounds, the temptation of discovering treasures was like a magic sound, seducing the desires in everyone's hearts. As a result, the formation of the crowd was completely disrupted. No one wanted to follow others and eat leftovers. Those who come down must go to the front.
Ji Ning and others were gradually surpassed by the crowd and were in the middle.
Seeing the others scrambling to be the first, Zhen Xixi couldn't hold back anymore and couldn't help but ask:
"Should we go faster?"
"Not urgent."
Before Ji Ning could answer, Xue Zhongjing spoke calmly, looking at the figures getting closer and closer in front of him and said:
"Look at those people, they arrived here so long before us, but they still stay here, which shows that there must be other weird things here."
"That's right."
Qi Lan also nodded solemnly. He had noticed this a long time ago. The length of this underground palace spanned the entire middle area. It took them a long time to reach the fire spirit vein area.
And the length of this Fire Spirit Vein River should also be very long. You can't even see the end of it for seven days and seven nights.
There are so many dangers and opportunities here.
Those people arrived here several days earlier than them, but they still stopped moving forward. Why?
"careful!"
Suddenly, Ji Ning stopped and looked ahead solemnly.
I saw that something seemed to be happening in this magma river. The entire river began to tremble violently. More and more bubbles emerged, and the fluctuations became larger and larger. Until finally, it turned out to be a melting pot. One after another, pillars of fire were made that reached the sky, and they kept erupting.
"Boom!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
As pillars of magma and fire erupted one after another, hot golden magma rained down, accompanied by some rock residue, but the power at this time was like a cannonball.
Some monks who had no time to defend themselves were instantly engulfed by the pillar of fire and fell into the magma.
There were also some monks who were hit by the sputtering magma, and one accidentally fell. Even if he didn't fall, big holes were burned in his clothes, his flesh and blood were turned into coke, and he suffered serious injuries.
This also happens in an instant.
Pillars of fire shot up into the sky one after another, causing everyone's eyes to sting. Everyone used their spiritual energy to protect themselves.
In this way, after erupting for half a quarter of an hour, the raging magma river below gradually calmed down and stopped erupting.
The number of this group of people has also been reduced from one hundred to seventy.
If you are not careful, more than 30% of people will die.
And what caused all this was just an ordinary magma eruption.
"No, this place is too weird. If this continues, everyone will die!"
"Yeah, we've just come so far. I'm afraid we haven't encountered the real danger, but so many people have already died."
"What's the use of saying this? We can't go back!"
Sighs one after another resounded in the space.
Ji Ning, Qi Lan and others were standing there safely, and they were among the few people who were not injured at all.
Cui Jibo noticed this, slowly dispersed the spiritual energy shield around him, and asked Ji Ning again with a gloomy face:
"Hello!"
"do what?"
"You still say you don't know anything?"
Cui Jibo pointed at the rocks at the feet of Ji Ning and others and said with an ugly expression:
"Everyone, please pay attention. There is no fresh magma ash on the rocks under their feet!"
"This proves that the eruption of magma is not irregular. Some of the rocks present should have points where they can definitely avoid danger, and what they stepped on was one of them!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd's eyes suddenly widened. They carefully examined the stones that Ji Ning and the others were stepping on, and they were all shocked.
"It's true, it's true not!"
"Could it be a coincidence? I wasn't attacked just now."
One person said doubtfully that there was no fresh magma under his feet, and there was no pillar of fire erupting at him just now.
"Humph, you are just a coincidence. The four of them are not necessarily the same. They obviously have so many places to set their feet, but they are squeezed on the same rock."
"And there is also the previous fish demon incident. Anyone who believes that this is a coincidence is a fool!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Lan immediately frowned and retorted:
"Walk slowly, one behind the other, and take care of each other. Isn't it agreed upon from the beginning?"
"You have been blinded by greed, so it's fine if you don't comply. But there are only four of us, so of course we have to be tied together. Can this be used as a reason for your suspicion?"
"What's more, even if you want to doubt us, you shouldn't doubt us."
"Then who do I suspect?"
Cui Jibo asked in a cold voice.
"them."
Suddenly, Ji Ning lightly raised his finger and pointed forward.
In front of him, it was the group of people who had entered here very early but had stopped moving forward, resting on one narrow stone after another.
After the chaos, they didn't move.
The stones underfoot are still intact.
"If there's anything fishy here, just ask them."
