Lin Yuan lowered his head and used the dagger in his hand to pry the lock on Ni Ji's neck.
I don’t know what metal the lock is made of, but it’s very sturdy and difficult to pry open.
Lin Yuan lay on the smooth surface of the gem, struggling to deal with the lock, while also being careful not to hurt Ni Ji.
Sometimes, the fingers would touch the skin of the sentinel's neck.
Perhaps because of excessive blood loss, Lin Yuan found that the skin there was cold, as cold as ice, and occasionally when touched by fingers, it would even tremble slightly.
While she was busy smashing and prying, the sentry lying there said nothing. He just turned his face away and let her do what she wanted.
Lin Yuan couldn't break the lock, so he stopped to take a breath, only to find that Ni Ji was avoiding his sight.
Is he angry
Blame yourself for running back
Yes, if it were me, I would definitely not like others not to act according to my plan.
But she suddenly remembered the look in Ni Ji's eyes when she climbed up just now.
He was chained to the cold stone mountain, and he raised his head in shock and looked at himself.
He opened his eyes wide as if in disbelief, and then, those beautiful eyes were filled with a complex and indescribable emotion.
The emotions contained in that look were too complex for Lin Yuan to interpret.
But Lin Yuan knew that it was definitely not anger.
If she had to describe it, she could only say that the fragile sentry looked at her with a look in his eyes that was both sad and moving.
That glance touched something in her heart. Even a cold-hearted person like Lin Yuan felt a strange feeling in his heart, a strange and slightly sour feeling.
Lin Yuan didn't understand the meaning of that feeling, but she felt that she would always remember this look.
But Ni Ji quickly turned his head away and avoided her gaze.
Lin Yuan even had an urge to pry open his chin and turn his face around so that she could take a closer look at his eyes.
But she knew that this was impolite, so she held back.
The sentry was locked there, his pure black combat uniform was mostly torn, revealing Yue Xiongtang, his broken legs, and his bleeding body.
The metal lock on his neck was locked too tightly and could not be pried open no matter what. Lin Yuan began to feel annoyed.
The dagger in her hand, used to pick the lock, was picked up from a battle site not far away.
That was Ni Ji's knife.
But now in Lin Yuan's hand, the knife turned into a short dagger, restrained and ordinary, and not very useful.
At this time, a very small and weak sound came from the handle of the knife, intermittently.
"Give... me some... fresh blood... and I can pry it open."
It was the strange knife handle that was speaking, Lin Yuan heard it.
"You want blood? Is my blood okay?" she asked.
Before she could finish her words, a pale, bloodless hand reached up from below and grasped the sharp blade without hesitation.
That was Ni Ji's hand.
Red blood flowed from the slender fingers. The dark blade absorbed the blood and instantly became weird.
"Wow, such sweet blood." A strange voice came from the handle of the knife, "You were beaten so badly. So much blood was wasted in vain."
The next moment, Lin Yuan exerted force with his hands, the blade moved, and with a click, the buckle that was tied around Ni Ji's neck was pried open.
The huge gem had a very smooth cut surface and was covered with Ni Ji's blood. Once the lock embedded in the stone was pried open, the sentry slid down the stone mountain uncontrollably.
Lin Yuan grabbed but failed to hold him back, and could only watch as Ni Ji's blood-stained body fell from the cliff made of lapis lazuli, ruby and emerald.
But he was not thrown to the ground.
Huge tentacles emerged from the ground and caught the fallen sentinel below.
Ni Ji fell into a large group of squirming, soft tentacles.
Those tentacles, each with their own opinions, were restless and not very polite in the past.
But at this moment, they caught Ni Ji well and protected the injured sentry among them without doing anything impolite.
He even helped Ni Ji gather the clothes that were open in front of Yue Xiong. Only one tentacle reached out and touched the sentry's bloody hair soothingly.
Ni Ji lay in the huge group of tentacles, curled up slightly, as if he had no strength left, and stopped moving.
On the other side of the Gem Mountain, more tentacles climbed up quickly.
They hissed, tore off the white sticky threads of mental power, and let their beloved killer whales down.
The killer whale opened its mouth, curled up its pink tongue, made a small whimpering sound, and revealed its sharp little teeth.
The tentacles began to fight, vying for a good position to stroke the killer whale's injured tail and limp dorsal fin.
It was not until they were about to pull out the mental bone spur that pierced the tail fin that the tentacles that were fighting endlessly paused for a moment.
Lin Yuan climbed to the top of the rocky mountain and stuck his head out to look at Ni Ji at the foot of the mountain.
She knew that when the bone spur was pulled out, the pain in her spiritual body would be transmitted intact.
Ni Ji also had to endure the pain of broken bones.
The bone spur that pierced the tail fin and held the killer whale in the air was pulled out cleanly by the tentacles.
The killer whale let out a cry, and its figure slowly disappeared, returning to its sea of consciousness.
The spiritual bone spur that restricted its return to the spiritual sea was pulled out and was smashed to the ground by the tentacles.
The moment the bone spur was pulled out of his body, Ni Ji's neck raised back, his fingers tightly clenched his clothes, twitching slightly, but he did not make even the slightest guttural sound.
He even recovered quickly, raised his face from the tentacles, and looked at Lin Yuan who was lying on the top of Gem Mountain looking at him.
He even smiled at Lin Yuan with his pale face.
Lin Yuan knew that smile did not represent happiness, but something else.
It's comforting.
He comforted himself with this smile.
Even though his leg was broken, he was covered in blood, and there was a big hole in his spirit body.
But he was still smiling to himself.
The scene was very chaotic at this time.
The leech-like monster was still screaming. The metal guards that were attracted were being controlled by the overwhelming tentacles, and the killer whale had just been rescued...
Lin Yuan's head felt like it was about to split apart with pain, and huge tentacles kept pouring out.
But miraculously, Lin Yuan's attention was diverted at this moment.
She stared at the blood-soaked Sentinel lying in the tentacles across the several-meter-high mountain of gems, and saw him give her a weak smile.
Lin Yuan suddenly thought of some irrelevant things at this moment.
The tentacles had said, "He tastes so sweet."
The strange dagger also said, "That boy's blood is sweet."
Maybe he really is sweet. Lin Yuan thought, maybe it tastes like the candy he gave me.
Lin Yuan licked his lips and slid down from the Gem Mountain.
She held Ni Ji's arm and tried to carry the sentry who was unable to walk.
Grit your teeth and push hard.
She found that she seemed unable to do it.
Ni Ji looked very thin, but he was a tall and strong sentry. Lin Yuan couldn't carry him with his physical strength.
She gritted her teeth, tried hard to push Ni Ji's body onto her shoulders, and forced herself to stand up little by little.
Ni Ji's head hung on her shoulders. As Lin Yuan's movements shook violently, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
The blood was dazzling, spraying on the ground and flowing back along the corners of his mouth.
This person had been able to hold back from making any sound when the bone spur was being extracted, but at this moment he couldn't help but let out a slight gasp.
Lin Yuan heard the tired breathing of the sentry slumped over his shoulder and felt his chest heaving violently.
She stared at the shocking red splash on the ground, and somehow she found the strength to slowly stand up.
With the help of the tentacles, she lifted Ni Ji's body, which was much heavier than her own, onto her shoulders.
Carry it on your shoulders, spread your legs, and start walking forward.
Although she knew she couldn't go far like this, she still wanted to go.
The little boy took his cat away.
She also had to bring back her own fish.
She took a few steps and heard Ni Ji making a weak sound on her shoulder.
"Left," the voice said softly.
Lin Yuan turned left and walked a short distance along the left wall. He heard Ni Ji's voice again.
"Down... the second staircase."
Ni Ji was showing her the way. Even at this moment, he lay on her shoulder in a mess, unable to move.
But he also tried to spread the sentinel's perception ability and find the nearest hiding place that Lin Yuan could barely reach.
He found them a little hiding place in a narrow alleyway beneath a staircase.
Looking from the outside, the alley was very shallow, with stone walls on all four sides that could be seen through at a glance, leaving no place for people to hide.
If one only used their eyesight, no one would walk into such an empty alley to search.
What’s quite interesting is that if you really walk three or four steps into this small alley, you’ll find that there is a visual blind spot at the end.
There is a small alley in the dead corner, which is not very wide. There are some useless items piled in the small and narrow space.
Lin Yuan dragged and carried Ni Ji into this alley and was completely exhausted.
The two of them collapsed together in the pile of debris, hearing each other's gasps.
There were chaotic footsteps running outside, and the metal-headed guards were looking for them.
The footsteps ran all the way without stopping.
They were not discovered and could rest here for a while.
The tentacles retracted their huge bodies and lurked underground outside the alley, taking on the task of guarding.
The presence of the tentacles would disrupt the thinking of all searchers passing by, and they would not be able to find the two people hiding in it in a short time.
But it can't stay hidden for long.
They had to leave as quickly as possible, preferably before the palace gates were closed.
Ni Ji closed his eyes and lay quietly on the pile of debris for a while. Then he opened his eyes and sat up, holding onto the wall.
He stretched out his hands to straighten his broken leg.
The hands looked very weak and even trembled constantly, but when they pressed on his knees, the hands stabilized instantly and twisted decisively and forcefully at the joints.
There was a sound of bones snapping and the leg bone was straightened.
It must be very painful. Lin Yuan felt his legs twitch slightly.
Once again, the sound of breaking bones rang out in the silent alley.
Ni Ji pressed on the ground and gasped for a while. After stabilizing his breathing a little, he reached out to hold on to the wall and tried to stand up.
Is the sentinel's physical fitness so abnormal? Lin Yuan was extremely surprised.
Of course, she soon discovered that she was wrong.
(End of this chapter)