The realm of the far east, the ice valley in the hinterland
Suddenly, the surface of the earth shattered, and hot magma from the core of the earth continued to splash out from the rock cracks. The magma spewed out carrying hot and billowing black smoke. The soldiers had not yet recovered from their panic, and looked blankly at the sudden eruption of black smoke at the bottom of the valley.
"Ah!" In the crowd, a soldier who stood stunned heard a shrill scream after being attacked by a cloud of black smoke. Then within a dozen breaths, the black smoke burned the soldier into a pitch-black charred bone. .
"Run away!!!" Seeing this scene, the soldiers became frightened and began to shout and flee in all directions. In the sky, billowing masses of black smoke, like an eagle that has found its prey, quickly pounced on the panicked crowd and launched a crazy attack.
"Ah! Ah! Ah..." In an instant, there was a wailing at the bottom of the valley, and in the blink of an eye it became a hell on earth. One by one, rows of soldiers who had no time to escape were quickly swallowed up by the black smoke and turned into charred bones. They died of life in a moment as if they spontaneously combusted. Even their screams were so short-lived.
Seeing this scene of eating people like a demon wantonly, with no power to fight back. Qiye's teeth were trembling, his eyes were pale, and he collapsed on his knees, fear reaching the edge of collapse. But even in such despair, the innate survival instinct and the strength honed over many years kept Qiye from giving up completely. Escape was urgent. Qiye suppressed his powerless fear and forced himself to cheer up. He struggled to get up from the ground, stabilized his shaking body, took trembling steps, and staggered towards the pile of jumbled rocks in front of him, hoping to find a crevice to hide in for the time being. At this moment, my physical condition is too bad, my escape strength is weak, and I should not take risks to break through.
On the other side, Han Qi and others have also realized the huge danger. Han Qi mobilized his spiritual power to form a barrier, temporarily resisting the impact of the black smoke. However, the amount of black smoke is so large and continuous that it is difficult for the barrier to withstand it for a long time.
Just as Han Qi was about to lead Langbei and Yanagi to retreat together, he looked back and saw Yanagi standing motionless not far behind him in the darkness. He seemed very calm, but the thick black fog had already blocked the distance between the two. , Han Qi couldn't see Liu Bingwei's face clearly at this moment. Suddenly, a ball of billowing black smoke came quickly from not far away and rushed towards the unsuspecting Yanagei Wei.
Seeing the black smoke approaching, Liubei still had not launched his spiritual defense. Seeing this, Han Qi felt something bad and was about to reach out to rescue him. "Poof!" The black smoke barrier was so fast that it completely engulfed Liubei in an instant. In the end, Liubei was burned into a charred body and fell to the ground without even letting out a scream. .
"No!!" Han Qi roared like crazy as Liu Bingwei was burned to charcoal. When Han Qi, whose face was full of grief and anger, was about to rush towards Yanagei Wei, a strong arm instantly stretched out from the darkness behind him and quickly grabbed Han Qi's arm.
"Lord City Lord! This place is in danger, don't stay for a long time! My subordinates will escort you out of this place." Han Qi turned around when he noticed it, and saw Lang Bingwei grabbing his arm and saying.
"Let go! I want to take General Liu away with me!" Han Qi shouted loudly.
"Brother Han! What General Wolf said is true. If you don't leave, you and I will be buried here. I believe General Liu doesn't want to see anything happen to you here!" Shui Lianggong hurried forward to stop Han Qi and persuaded him. Admonished.
Although Han Qi was reluctant to leave, this place was indeed too dangerous, so he had no choice but to be driven away by Lang Bingwei and Shui Lianggong. The three of them used all their strength to open the spiritual barrier, flying and jumping all the way, blocking the impact of the black smoke demonic barrier after another. He struggled to find a way to escape, then quickly climbed up the ice valley cliff and escaped towards the ice field above.
The soldiers at the bottom of the Ice Valley were reduced to charcoal one by one amid the waves of black smoke and miasma. Heart-rending screams could be heard everywhere at the bottom of the valley. When the 60,000 soldiers who stayed on the ice sheet saw the sudden tragedy at the bottom of the valley, they were so frightened that they abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in panic. The large amounts of black smoke raging at the bottom of the valley continued to overflow like boiling and filled the air toward the fleeing soldiers on the ice sheet. go.
Qiye, who was hiding in the crevices of the rocks, saw such a tragic devouring scene. A strong and silent desire to survive surged into my heart from nowhere, completely suppressing the fear and powerlessness in my heart: life and death were at stake, my life was hanging by a thread, how could I give up the struggle so easily and die! Gritting his teeth, Qiye stood up with difficulty while holding on to the rock, and then quickly adjusted all the spiritual power in his body, transporting this spiritual power to all parts of the body as quickly as possible to achieve the perfect state of body function. This is what is said about sharpening your knife and cutting firewood.
As early as a month ago, there were still about 140 spiritual stars left in Qiye's spiritual world. But a month later, Qiye tried his best to reduce the use of spiritual power, and now there are still 50 spiritual stars left in the spiritual world. Although these spiritual powers are all the life-saving energy of Qiye, now is not the time to talk about saving! If you can't get out, you will die!
With this kind of awareness, a feeling of full strength soon slowly rose in the body, the legs and feet also regained their flexibility and lightness, the pain and hunger had dissipated, and the body had reached its best and most prosperous state. During the seven-night breath adjustment period, the 90,000 soldiers at the bottom of the valley were almost swallowed up by the black smoke barrier in the blink of an eye. Such a speed of death is jaw-dropping.
There are fewer and fewer people alive, and even the spiritual army has no power to resist. If this continues, Qiye hiding in the cracks in the rocks will soon be discovered, and there is no time to waste... After observing the concentration of the black smoke and miasma around him, Qiye chose a relatively thin direction, and was ready to attack immediately with maximum power. Shadow step.
"Shadow step, Lingbu!" Qiye shouted, and his body rushed out of the cover of the boulder like an arrow. With the strength of "Ling Bu and Xiao Cheng", Qiye rushed nine meters away in an instant.
After rushing into the open area from the pile of rocks, Qiye was quickly discovered by several groups of black smoke demons looking for prey, and then pursued them closely. Qiye, who was running, swept his eyes around and immediately rushed to the north area where there were fewer black smoke obstacles. But four or five groups of aimless and wandering black smoke demonic barriers in front blocked Qiye's path and swooped towards him. "Damn it!" Qiye faced the fate of life and death without flinching or slowing down. Behind him, six groups of black smoke demonic barriers "bite" him tightly, and he cannot shake them off. If he hesitates for a moment, he will be attacked from both sides by several black smoke demonic barriers in an instant.
Soon, a face to face. Qiye judged the attack pattern of the Black Smoke Demonic Barrier with clear eyes and clear mind. He dodged left and right neatly, and then spun and rolled. After passing through the encirclement of several black smoke blocking the road, he landed safely and immediately accelerated towards the north...
"Hahaha! It's been seven thousand years, and this great protector has finally come out!!!" From somewhere, an unusually penetrating laughter came.
"After waiting for so long, I have finally found such a perfect body for this great protector, haha!!!" The laughter hit his ears, and Qiye's whole body felt like an electric shock, and for a moment, the hair on his body stood on end. Running at full speed, I looked back in fear.
In an instant, a mass of black smoke as huge as a millstone, exuding the strongest black gas of death, came at lightning speed, low to the ground and at high speed, hitting Qiye from behind who had just turned his head.
Bang! At the moment of the impact, Qiye felt like a red and scorching hammer that had just been taken out of the iron-making furnace and hit his body. The blood in his abdomen spurted out from his mouth in an instant, covering the broken organs. The huge impact knocked Qiye directly a hundred meters away.
The extremely painful feeling also flew out in the gap, swallowing up Qiye's conscious mind. Qiye felt like he was in a coma, his body rubbed and bumped against the ground for a long distance before rolling down to a puddle under the rock wall at the bottom of the valley. At this moment, the armor on Qiye's body was completely damaged, and there were countless naked wounds all over his body, dripping with blood. His muscles and bones were shattered, his abdominal organs were ruptured, and he was bleeding profusely. His mental consciousness was completely lost, as if he was on the verge of death.
Although there were black marks on Qiye's back, his body was not burnt to a crisp. During the seven nights that he passed out in the pool, there was still a faint beat in his pulse, and the remaining breath that he had been losing all the time hung in his mouth.
In the territory of Hunyuan Lian, just when the black smoke hit Qiye's body. A huge humanoid skull burning with black flames violently broke through the spiritual world wrapped in the Hunyuan Refining Realm. Just as the black skeleton opened its mouth and rushed towards Qiye's soul, preparing to devour the still soul in the spirit world, Qiye quickly injected his consciousness into the soul and promptly activated Lingbu's dangerous close-up flash. After being devoured by the big mouth of the black skull, the danger was saved.
"Who are you? You can actually break into my body!" Qiye, who dodged to the side, immediately asked.
"Giggles, how can you ants know the reputation of this great protector? How dare these ignorant rats break into this place? You are really overestimating your capabilities. But thank you very much for coming and providing so many sacrifices for this great protector to break through the seal. Not at all. To think that you, a little baby, could have such a strange state in your body has caused this great protector to lose a lot of strength. But it’s worth it to get such blood, so die!" After the black skeleton replied arrogantly, he bit Qiye again. Come.
"Are you not a human being?" Qiye seemed to understand, and tried his best to avoid it again before asking.
"Gee, don't compare this great protector with you lowly animals. However, it's okay to tell you little kid. They are all going to die anyway. After you die, remember to report my great protector's reputation to the ghost king of the underworld. This great protector. The protector is the Swallowing Heaven Clan—Ao!" The black skeleton burned with more powerful black flames, approaching Qiye's soul. Qiye's soul was extremely painful and suffocated by the black flames, so he had to widen the distance. But the black skeleton pressed forward step by step, gradually forcing Qiye into a blind corner like it was driving away prey.
"Ah Qi had no choice but to break into the forbidden area of the Great Protector. Please forgive me and spare my life." Qiye anxiously wanted to stabilize the Great Protector while constantly waiting for opportunities to find a way out. In this not-open spiritual world, Qiye was like a mouse unable to escape from a cage, being chased by the giant cat of the Great Protector.
"Giggle, let it go? How is that possible? I smell a very special smell on you. It's so delicious!" The Great Protector said greedily, as if he wanted to leave saliva.
"Special smell?" Qiye was stunned and muttered to himself. After countless questions flashed through his mind, he put it aside for the time being. Now that his life is in danger, he has no energy left to take care of other things.
However, the words of the Great Protector also made Qiye understand: It is too naive to ask the other party to let him go. In today's situation, it seems that he is in doom. All illusions of survival have been shattered, and Qiye has fallen into an unprecedented desperate situation.
