Zhao Yuan carried Leng Qing on his back, and the group of people walked several hundred feet more. The light of the sun's sacred furnace became increasingly dim, and the surrounding black swamp scorpions were getting closer and closer. Their ferocious faces sent chills down the spine.
The situation is getting more and more critical.
Black swamp scorpions have already begun to attack the two brothers Long Zi, Fei Long, Zixiao and Hua Tian who are behind the palace. However, the swordsmanship of the three of them is quite good. Between the flashes of light, they form one sword curtain after another. The attacking black swamp scorpions
Like raindrops, it fell, and for a moment, the air was filled with the fishy smell of the black swamp scorpion after it was killed.
The surrounding black swamp scorpions seemed to be stimulated by the fishy smell, and the commotion became more and more intense. The green light like a will-o'-the-wisp approached like a surging tide.
"Qing'er, hold on!" Leng Yue explored the path with a long stick in one hand and waved a flying sword in the other, forcing back the Black Swamp Scorpion that was about to move in front.
At this time, even Zhao Yuan was secretly shocked, because there were more and more black swamp scorpions around him, layer upon layer, and they actually piled up like a black city wall of nearly half a foot. When they were flying in the air, they were even more...
Like a thick lead cloud, it is shocking and makes people’s scalp explode.
"Brother, I can't hold on any longer!"
Leng Qing groaned in pain. It was obvious that she not only suffered from ankle sprains, but also lacked energy. After all, she was only a junior cultivator, and her own cultivation was very limited. All she had to guard was the power of the Rizhao Divine Furnace in her hand.
"Why not give the Rizhao Divine Furnace to your brother?" Zhao Yuan suggested.
"You idiot!" Leng Qing's leg was already hurting to the bone, but when Zhao Yuan said this, he became inexplicably angry.
"Hmph!" Zhao Yuan snorted coldly after being scolded by Leng Qing for no reason.
Zhao Yuan snorted coldly, showing his dignity without being angry. Leng Qing, who was about to speak, suddenly fell silent and swallowed his words abruptly.
"The Rizhao Divine Furnace is a birthday present given to Qing'er by our Purple Phoenix Danyang Sect Master for her sixteenth birthday. It is driven by a secret method, but I can't exert its power." Leng Yue felt awe-inspiring when she saw Zhao Yuan's unkind expression.
, explained quickly.
At this time, Long Zifei and the others were concentrating on dealing with the Black Swamp Scorpions that were getting closer and closer behind them. They did not notice Zhao Yuan's unintentional display of kingly aura. However, the three of them were still a little surprised, because the surroundings were densely packed.
The stacks of black marsh scorpions suddenly paused, as if they were blocked by some force for a moment.
Zhao Yuan carried Leng Qing on his back and continued walking with Leng Yue without saying a word, while Leng Qing also stopped talking.
After walking for several hundred feet, we arrived at a dark rock. The rock was three feet in diameter, pitch black, but extremely smooth. What felt strange was that there was not a single black swamp scorpion on this rock.
Among this overwhelming group of black swamp scorpions, it looks extremely abrupt.
"This rock is hard, let's take a rest first." Leng Yue made a test circle around the black rock and determined that the area around the rock was safe.
Everyone was exhausted and immediately agreed.
"Although the terrain of this rock is high, it is surrounded by open areas with no cover and no escape route. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. We should leave here in one go." Zhao Yuan glanced at the surroundings of the black rock and frowned.
Unfortunately, Zhao Yuan's proposal was not approved by everyone. Except for Zhao Yuan, they unanimously decided to rest around the rock for a while before leaving. Everyone believed that Leng Qing should at least recover some of her physical strength so that she could activate the Rizhao Divine Furnace.
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Everyone climbed up the black rock about half a foot high. Zhao Yuan had no choice but to follow them.
Surprisingly, after everyone climbed up the black rock, the surrounding black marsh scorpions also stopped attacking, and they all gathered around the rock, watching eagerly.
When everyone saw that the Black Swamp Scorpion did not attack, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed, and they sat down on the rocks to rest.
Only Zhao Yuan stood tall as a mountain, with a pair of deep eyes looking down at the green light that filled the mountains and plains like a will-o'-the-wisp.
The entire Black Marsh Mountain, except for the thousands of Black Marsh Scorpions that covered the mountains and plains, was suffocatingly quiet, without the slightest sound, and filled with the aura of death.
There was something wrong with this place, but for a moment, Zhao Yuan didn't know what was wrong.
"Brother Zhao, take a rest for a while, don't be nervous, wait for Leng Qing to rest for a while, activate the Rizhao Divine Furnace, and then you can leave here!" Hua Tian saw Zhao Yuan standing with his sword, thinking that Zhao Yuan was nervous and scared, so he comforted him.
"Yeah." Zhao Yuan looked around, then turned around and sat with everyone, eating something to replenish his strength.
"It's a little weird here." Long Zifei seemed to be aware of the danger.
"It's okay, I checked, the rock is not poisonous, and there is no mechanism formation or anything like that." Leng Yue said with a relaxed look.
"But, something feels wrong. Don't move. I'll go down and check again."
Long Zifei didn't wait for anyone to answer, he had already jumped off the boulder with the flying sword in his hand. The flying sword in his hand picked up the sword flowers, and his spiritual energy shot out. Countless black swamp scorpions were killed by it, and they were killed abruptly.
It forced a space.
Long Zifei walked around the dark boulder and found nothing, so he returned to the far point.
"Look at the texture of the rocks on the ground." Zhao Yuan suddenly saw a strange gray color where Long Zixiao walked, and reminded him.
"Hmm..." Long Zifei squatted down, pushed back the Black Swamp Scorpions that were about to move around, and moved the tip of his sword among the rocks on the ground. Suddenly, his face became extremely solemn.
"What did you find?" Everyone immediately noticed something was wrong with Long Zifei's expression and asked quickly.
"It's all bones."
"Skeletons..."
Everyone came to the edge of the black rocks and looked down. After a closer look, people broke out in a cold sweat because those gray rocks were not actually rocks, but layers of piles of bones, most of which were human beings.
's skeleton.
Through visual inspection, just where Long Zifei was standing, the bones felt like they were piled up like a mountain.
Obviously, the black rock was definitely more than half a foot tall at first. It was because of the accumulation of layers of bones that the pitch-black rock became shorter and shorter...
Inexplicably, people felt chills running down their spines.
If these skeletons are all victims, then it means that many cultivators took a break like them when passing by this dark rock, and in the end, they all died here.
Everyone looked at each other in shock.
"Let's leave immediately!" Zhao Yuan stood up immediately and suggested.
"Yes, it's not easy to stay here for a long time. You all come down and let's go!" Long Zifei immediately decided not to go up to the rock. The long sword in his hand breathed out dazzling spiritual energy, forcing the black swamp scorpions to retreat.
Human beings are often full of endless fear of unknown dangers. After knowing that this dark rock was probably a fatal trap, Leng Yuehuatian stood up one after another, eager to leave the place of right and wrong immediately.
"Ah...Brother...I can't stand up anymore..." Leng Qing suddenly exclaimed.
"Let Brother Zhao carry you...ah..."
Before Leng Yue could finish her words, she stumbled and fell down from the black rock. Fortunately, she was agile and when she landed, she rolled and landed on her feet. Otherwise, she would have fallen and hit her head.
In this desperate situation, the consequences are unimaginable.
"No, I'm poisoned!" Leng Yue struggled to get up, touching her head with a look of horror on her face.
"Hua Tian, Zi Xiao, where are you?" Long Zifei was shocked.
"I'm a little top-heavy." Long Zifei stood on the rock, tensing the black rock with one hand and touching his forehead with the other.
"Me too." Hua Tian looked panicked.
"Don't come down!"
The long sword in Leng Yue's hand was like a surging river, forcing back the Black Swamp Scorpion that was about to move. He helped Leng Yue up and jumped onto the black rock.
Leng Yue jumped onto the black rock. Everyone was already staggering around. Only Zhao Yuan stood on the rock like a mountain, looking at the Black Marsh Mountain with a pair of deep eyes.
At this time, the entire Black Marsh Mountain seemed to be moving. Dense green rays of light rushed toward the black rock, sweeping in like a green tide. The first thrilling feeling...
"This time, we are in trouble."
At this time, Long Zifei also felt that his head was as heavy as a huge boulder, his limbs were weak, and even the sword in his hand seemed to be as heavy as a thousand pounds.
There is no doubt that this dark rock is just a trap for the Black Swamp Scorpion, just to let passers-by stop and rest. While resting, they were unknowingly poisoned by some unknown poison...
Everyone looked desperate.
"Brother Zhao, are you okay?" Long Zixiao suddenly discovered that Zhao Yuan had been standing still from beginning to end, and was not slumped on the rock like them.
"Is it because you used drugs to harm us..." Leng Qing suddenly said sharply.
Zhao Yuan suddenly turned around, his eyes fell on Leng Qing like lightning, and Leng Qing's words were swallowed hard once again.
"Qing'er, what nonsense are you talking about!" Long Zifei made a look at Leng Qing and said to Zhao Yuan: "Brother Zhao, why are you not poisoned?"