The roar of roaring beasts echoed in the empty basin.
The densely packed red leopards occupied most of the basin. After a brief pause, they all moved their limbs together, baring their teeth and claws to attack Lin Ze and the others. Their bodies made of red crystal stones were galloping around, like an endless blaze of red.
The wave swept over, leaving many young warriors pale with fear.
Most of the red leopards roared and attacked, but hundreds of them stayed behind, guarding the entrances of the caves, seemingly to prevent them from escaping. Seeing this, Lin Ze became more and more sure of his guess.
Before the red obsidian leopards attacked, he quickly whispered his guess to Lin Yingning beside him. The girl was stunned when she heard the words. After briefly observing the performance of the red obsidian leopards around her, she suddenly realized that Lin Ze's
The guess should be correct. After thinking about it, he frowned and said, "It's probably not the human race. I've never heard of anyone who can control a ferocious beast, let alone such a large number of red leopards."
"That means there is a leader-level ferocious beast behind them controlling them?"
"...I'm not sure." Lin Yingning said with a bitter smile. She had never encountered such a thing.
Guo Xiaozhi said anxiously: "Now is not the time to talk about this, there are too many red leopards, we have to find a way to escape!"
As he spoke, he punched out hard, directly smashing a red obsidian leopard that had rushed forward to pieces.
The distance of more than 20 meters passed in an instant, and the densely packed Red Obsidian Leopards finally arrived, slamming into the people of Fire Fox Village who had formed a circle near the stone pier to protect themselves. The latter's average strength was much stronger than that of the Red Obsidian Leopards.
As soon as they fought, the dozen or so red leopards that rushed forward were blasted into pieces that filled the sky.
However, the Red Obsidian Leopard at the rear showed no fear and continued to charge forward without fear of death. Under the attack of countless ferocious beasts, everyone in Fire Fox Village was like a light boat in a violent storm, and it would capsize if they were not careful.
Seeing that the red obsidian leopard's attack became more and more fierce, and everyone was struggling to resist, Lin Yingning took the time to look around, and his eyes fell on the cave wall behind him. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted loudly and decisively:
"Retreat to the cave wall at the back first and rely on the cave wall to defend!"
If they were to defend themselves around the stone pier, they would have to face the red leopards that were constantly attacking from all directions. However, if they retreated to the cave wall and had no worries about their rear, they would only have to defend the first three directions, left and right, and the pressure would undoubtedly be reduced a lot.
Everyone in Fire Fox Village responded quickly when they heard this, resisting the Red Obsidian Leopard's attack while slowly moving towards the cave wall.
Previously, whenever they moved toward the entrance of the cave with the intention of escaping, the Red Obsidian Leopard would stop them like crazy and forcefully force them back. However, this time they retreated, and the Red Obsidian Leopard did not respond as before.
Instead, they slowed down their offensive and seemed to be letting them retreat deeper into the basin.
Looking at this scene, the expressions of Lin Yingning and others changed. They couldn't tell that these ferocious beasts wanted to kill them here.
But Zhigui knew that with the strength of their team, there was little hope of breaking out from the siege of seven to eight hundred red leopards, not to mention that the driver behind them had been hiding in the dark and watching with eagerness, and had not yet appeared.
Among the group of people, only Lin Ze remained calm.
The situation in front of him is far from a desperate situation. If he uses all his strength, he can destroy the red leopard group in front of him in less than a quarter of an hour. However, the plan to hide the gradual development of strength will be ruined.
Yes, it’s best not to do this if possible.
After casually killing a red leopard that jumped forward with its mouth wide open and its sharp teeth exposed, Lin Ze focused part of his mind on sensing the surrounding aura.
The red obsidian leopard was formed by the mutation of the fire source stone. It was born with the breath of the fire source stone. It was mixed with the breath of the fire source stone in the mine, making it extremely difficult to distinguish. In this way, even if there are more than ten cave entrances around
There was a giant red obsidian leopard lurking behind, and it was difficult for him to detect it.
After sensing ** holes in a row but finding nothing, Lin Ze couldn't help but frown slightly, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
"In this case, we can only expose our strength."
Just when he was about to take action, his expression suddenly changed.
In his perception, among the aura of fire source stones that permeated all directions, a human aura suddenly appeared, as abrupt as standing out from the crowd.
The aura is exactly at the entrance of a cave about thirty meters away on the right.
Lin Ze raised his brows, thought for a few seconds, and said to Lin Yinning beside him: "I think I found the person who controls the Red Obsidian Leopard."
Lin Yingning had a layer of sweat on her forehead. The red obsidian leopard's wave after wave of attacks made her exhausted. When she heard Lin Ze's words, she was startled for a moment before she realized: "Human
?The people who control these red obsidian leopards are humans?"
After being surprised, she looked overjoyed and didn't bother to ask how Lin Ze found it. She kept saying: "Where is it? Let's catch him first and force him to drive away these red leopards!"
Lin Ze calmly pointed out the location to her, and finally said: "There are so many people that it is difficult to move. You pretend to break out towards the exit to attract the attention of the Red Obsidian Leopard. However, I will take the opportunity to rush towards the hole where the man is hiding."
"You plan to go alone? No, it's too dangerous!" Lin Yingning's expression changed slightly.
You can tell with your toes that the mastermind behind the control of the Red Obsidian Leopard must be surrounded by a large number of Red Obsidian Leopard guards, and it would be very dangerous for Lin Ze to fight against him alone.
"Don't worry, I am a Ring of Fire level warrior after all." Lin Ze glanced at the rest of the people who were sweating profusely and said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid the others won't be able to hold on if we drag this on any longer."
Lin Yingning was choked when he heard this, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally bit his silver teeth and said: "I understand, you have to be more careful!"
Seeing Lin Ze gently nodding, she immediately turned her head and whispered a few words to Guo Xiaozhi. The latter glanced at Lin Ze in surprise, but did not hesitate for too long and nodded firmly through gritted teeth.
The battle situation was urgent and there was no time to explain in detail to the others. Lin Yingning immediately pointed to the entrance of the cave from which he came and shouted loudly: "Everyone, hold on, we are breaking out towards the exit now!"
The soldiers didn't understand why they wanted to break out again now, but seeing that Guo Xiaozhi had already responded, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow suit. They all shouted in agreement and followed the footsteps of Lin Yingning and Guo Xiaozhi and rushed towards the entrance of the cave from where they came from.
Seeing the prey preparing to break out and escape, the Red Obsidian Leopard's offensive stalled slightly, and the next moment it became more fierce and fierce, rushing towards the crowd, intending to stop their steps.
The beast's roar echoing over the basin suddenly became louder.
Everyone struggled to resist, but halfway through the line, Lin Ze suddenly left the team and hit the two red leopards in front of him with lightning speed. In a few flashes, he was already close to the target cave entrance and was less than ten meters away.
within the range of meters.
This move was so sudden that not only the others in the team except Lin Yingning and Guo Xiaozhi were shocked, but even the Red Obsidian Leopard and the mastermind behind the scenes were unable to react in time until Lin Ze almost rushed into the cave entrance.
, the red leopard group suddenly let out a fierce roar, and nearly half of the red leopards suddenly abandoned Lin Yingning and others and hurriedly returned to the cave entrance.
Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Lin Ze made a lightning attack. The seven or eight red leopards guarding the entrance of the cave were unable to block even one of them. In an instant, they were blasted into pieces like a dismantled machine, and Lin Ze's figure was already gone.
Breaking through the curtain formed by the fragments, he flashed into the cave entrance like a whirlwind.
Red light filled the air behind the cave entrance, and the large passage was illuminated by the fire source stone and the red light overflowing from the red obsidian leopard. Lin Ze looked up and saw a middle-aged man in his forties with rough skin looking at him with a surprised look on his face.
Looking at him, the four giant red obsidian leopards in front of him showed their fangs, roaring, and stared at him with cold eyes without blinking.
Lin Ze glanced directly at the giant red obsidian leopard, swept across the face of the middle-aged man, and finally landed on the crescent jade in his hand. In his other hand, he was holding a fire source stone, which was pressed against the surface of the crescent jade.
The middle-aged man was obviously very surprised by Lin Ze's appearance. He looked him up and down and said, "You are actually able to find me. It seems that Cheng Xing and Liang Jianming did not exaggerate. Your strength is indeed good."
Lin Ze raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Are you from Fire Bear Village?"
"Hey, I don't like that kind of barren little village." The middle-aged man sneered disdainfully, then looked at Lin Ze, a sneer gradually appeared on his face, "I have to praise you for discovering my existence.
But it's a pity, if you hadn't discovered it, you could have lived an extra quarter of an hour or two."
Following his words, the four red obsidian leopards suddenly roared and slowly stepped forward towards him, their sharp fangs and claws shining with an icy sheen under the red light.
Guo Cong looked at Lin Ze with cold eyes. He had already known about the competition from Cheng Xing and Liang Jianming, and naturally he also knew everything about Lin Ze.
A 20-year-old Fire Ring-level warrior could only be praised as a good person in Yanlong City, but in a village with a lack of training resources, he can still practice at such a speed, and his talent is particularly impressive.
Even so, he is now just a low-level fire ring level warrior, and two red leopard leaders are enough to kill him.
Killing a genius with his own hands made Guo Cong feel a twist of pleasure in his heart. He used his five fingers to crush the absorbed fire source stone into pieces. The fine stones slipped from between his fingers, but he saw it in front of him.
Staring at Lin Ze without blinking.
What made him strange and confused was that, facing the four red leopard leaders slowly approaching, Lin Ze never showed a look of fear on his face. Instead, he looked calm and indifferent, as if the four harmless leopards were approaching him.
puppy.
"Pretending!" Guo Cong snorted coldly.
Following his snort, the leaders of the four red obsidian leopards changed their slow pace and suddenly jumped out, opening their mouths and biting Lin Ze fiercely.
The passage chosen by Guo Cong is extraordinarily spacious, enough to accommodate four Red Obsidian Leopard leaders attacking at the same time. For a junior Fire Ring level warrior to face the siege of four ferocious beasts of similar strength, one can imagine the outcome.
However, just when Guo Cong thought that Lin Ze was about to be torn into pieces, the Red Obsidian Leopard leader who rushed forward seemed to have hit a solid wall head-on and flew back faster than when he rushed.
There was a continuous clicking sound, and countless spar fragments exploded as soon as it hit the ground.
Guo Cong's eyes widened immediately.
Looking at Lin Ze again, his figure had disappeared from the spot, turned into a red afterimage and rushed out, rushing towards the other leader of the Red Obsidian Leopard, hitting him hard like a cannonball, and immediately heard an ear-splitting bang.
With a muffled sound, the leader of the red obsidian leopard split into two parts in an instant and fell heavily to the ground without making any sound.
The remaining leaders of the two red obsidian leopards stopped in panic, but Lin Ze was already attacking without stopping. The two ferocious beasts could hardly resist and followed in the footsteps of their companions.
In the blink of an eye, the four menacing red leopard leaders turned into crystal fragments all over the ground. The red light reflected through the crystals on Guo Cong's face, reflecting his pale complexion.
Guo Cong felt like he was in a dream, his mouth and tongue were dry, and he was speechless for a while.
After a long while, he finally said in a trembling voice: "Fire, fire source level!"
His teeth chattered, and incredible emotions surged in his heart.
How is it possible? Fire Fox Village is just a small village, how can there be a Fire Source level warrior? And he is still so young?
Even in Yanlong City, there is no 20-year-old fire source level warrior!
After being frightened for a while, Guo Cong suddenly felt his eyes darkening. He looked up and found that Lin Ze had already arrived in front of him. He screamed strangely and turned around and ran away without thinking.
Fire source level enemies were definitely not something he, a mid-level fire ring level warrior, could contend with. There might be a glimmer of hope if he could escape.
Well, maybe.
Guo Cong had just run a few steps when the ground in front of him suddenly broke open, and six thorns burning with blazing flames burst out of the ground, shooting like sharp arrows. He had long been frightened by Lin Ze's display of strength.
He could not perform 50% of his performance. He was caught off guard and only had time to tear two red thorns, and then he was tied into a rice dumpling. The scorching red lotus flames stirred up violent ripples on the Huoyuan Gang clothes on the surface of his body.
Across the Huo Yuan Gang Yi, Guo Cong could feel the terrifying heat contained in the red lotus flames. He was so frightened that he did not dare to relax. He quickly mobilized the fire element to maintain the Huo Yuan Gang Yi, fearing that he would be burned into coke if the Gang Yi was scattered.
, so that he could not break free from the shackles of the red thorns, and could only watch Lin Ze slowly walking towards him.
Taking the crescent jade from Guo Cong's hand, Lin Ze glanced at it and said calmly: "Tell me how to control the red obsidian leopards outside."
Guo Cong just hesitated for a moment and then felt that the air around him suddenly became extremely stagnant and heavy. He felt a tightness in his chest and a feeling of heart palpitations. When he raised his head in shock, he met Lin Ze's cold eyes.
, the whole person suddenly trembled violently, and shouted loudly without hesitation:
"These red obsidian leopards were hatched by me using the beast control stone, and they will only obey my orders!"
This thing was originally called the Beast Control Stone.
Lin Ze pondered secretly, glanced at Guo Cong, and saw that his face was panicked and his eyes were frightened and horrified, and he didn't look like he was lying, so he put away his dragon power.
He had a sudden idea just now and wanted to use the Dragon Power skill to extract information. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good.
"Let the red leopards outside disperse and stay away from the basin."
Guo Cong nodded with a frustrated expression. He had long since lost the will to fight against Lin Ze, not to mention that hundreds of red leopards could not pose even the slightest threat to a fire-level warrior.
No matter how he acted, the incessant roars of beasts outside suddenly stopped, followed by bursts of hurried footsteps. After a while, silence returned outside.
Lin Ze concentrated on sensing and found that the auras of many moving fire source stones were moving away at a very fast speed. Then he rubbed the jade in his hand and asked lightly: "How can this beast control stone hatch a red obsidian leopard?"
"I told you, would you let me go?"
Lin Ze didn't answer, he just glanced at Guo Cong coldly, spread his fingers and stretched out his hand towards his neck.
This move immediately frightened Guo Cong, who hurriedly shouted in panic: "Wait! I said it! I said it!"
Hearing this, Lin Ze stopped.
Guo Cong did not dare to bargain any more and told the story dejectedly. It turned out that the Red Obsidian Leopard was not born directly from the beast control stone. Instead, the Beast Control Stone first absorbed a large amount of fire source stones to create the Red Obsidian Leopard leader, and then the Red Obsidian Leopard leader was created.
The leader hatches an ordinary red leopard.
Almost all the red obsidian leopards currently raging in the mines were born this way.
"Where did this thing come from? What is your purpose?"
After listening to Guo Cong's words, Lin Ze pondered for a few seconds and asked slowly.
"I am from Yanlong City." When Guo Cong said this, he secretly paid attention to Lin Ze's expression. Seeing that he had a pale face and did not show any fear or fear, he couldn't help but be very disappointed, "Beast Control Stone
It was given to me by an adult in the city, asking me to search for fire source mineral veins outside to cultivate a large number of ferocious beasts."
"The Fire Bear Village is also involved?"
"That's not true. I just happened to know Liang Jianming and lived in Huoxiong Village."
Lin Ze glanced at Guo Cong coldly.
Not long after the Fire Fox Village won the competition and took over the mine, something like this happened. To say that the Fire Bear Village had no involvement in this, he didn't believe it at all.
The Fire Bear Village most likely knew about Guo Cong's mission, and happened to have to hand over the mineral vein after losing the duel. They simply asked Guo Cong to use a large amount of fire source stones in the mineral vein to cultivate red obsidian leopards, which might even cause huge damage to the Fire Fox Village.
If it weren't for Lin Ze, their plan would have probably succeeded.
As his thoughts were whirling, Lin Ze had roughly figured out the origin of the matter. He still had to ask for more details, but then he heard footsteps coming from outside the cave entrance, and Lin Yingning's faint call.
"Cousin!"
The moment the voice came, Lin Ze's eyes flashed, and the lightning in his right hand reached out and hit Guo Cong's throat directly.
Click!
The sound of broken throat bones suddenly sounded. Guo Cong's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Lin Ze in disbelief. He opened and closed his mouth a few times, but no sound came out. As the red thorns dissipated, his body slowly collapsed to the ground.