The current Xindongyang is divided into four major divisions: east, west, north, south. Except for the northern area, which is dominated by the remnants of the East, the other three areas have been occupied by countless monsters.
Nine days passed in a blink of an eye, and Claudia and her party were getting closer and closer to West Area 69. At this time, there were five fewer people in the team than before. And among the remaining people, almost everyone has a tired face, covered in dust and dust, and looks not much better than refugees.
In the middle of the line, Claudia also looked haggard, her lips were chapped, and her hair was full of earthy smell. She never thought that there would be such a dangerous place in the world.
You must know that half of their team may be capable. The leader of the team, Tales, is a Level 4 ability user and has many years of adventure experience. But even so, they still lost six people along the way, and their mental and physical strength were almost to the limit.
Along the way, Claudia and the others have encountered cheetahs that can become invisible, mantises that are bigger than humans, monsters that can spray lava, and forests that are hundreds of square meters in size and can move and hunt.
All kinds of monsters made the team members physically and mentally exhausted. Only Tares is still full of energy all day long, and every day looks like the first day of departure.
At this time, the team had already reached West Area 68. In front of their eyes was an endless stretch of scorched earth with no trees, no flowers and plants, like a desert of life, without any signs of life.
In the distance of the scorched earth, there is a volcano that is constantly emitting thick smoke, spewing out sporadic magma from time to time. There were waves of vibrations on the ground, making people wonder if the volcano will erupt in the next moment.
A team member said: "There are no more monsters here, right?"
Another person said, "Is it okay for us to go this way? The volcano seems to erupt at any moment."
Tales smiled and didn't speak. But Claudia on the side had already seen the other party's ability in the past few days. Seeing Tales' expression at this time, she couldn't help asking: "Why, are they not right?"
Tales shook his head: "Did you know? In nature, powerful creatures have their own territory, and in their territory, other species are very rare."
A big man heard what Tales said, and asked, "You mean that the place we are now is the territory of some powerful creature?"
Tares nodded, and replied: "The entire West 68 area belongs to the territory of the golden three-headed dragon. This monster is more than 100 meters long, weighs tens of thousands of tons, and has the ability to manipulate gravity. It is the first time I discovered He directly sacrificed hundreds of soldiers."
When a young man next to him heard Tales' introduction, he immediately became frightened: "Then why are we still going this way? If this monster finds us, aren't we finished?"
The others looked at Tales in puzzlement, but after a few days of getting along, they had already understood Tales' ability, and the other party was definitely not a mindless death seeker, so they were all waiting for his explanation.
Tares did not disappoint everyone, and explained: "Although the golden three-headed dragon is very powerful, he is already very gentle compared to other monsters, because he spent most of the month lying in that volcano sleep."
He pointed to the smoky volcano in the distance and said: "This monster usually absorbs the energy of the volcano inside, so this volcano seems to be very active, but in fact it will not erupt. As long as we quietly Don't wake him up, this route is very safe."
Next, the group ran towards the volcano. According to Tares, as long as they climbed over the volcano, they could reach the destination of the trip, West Area 69.
But along the way, under the reminder of Tales, everyone was cautious and did not dare to make loud noises. If they had something to say, they all lowered their voices, for fear of waking up the golden three-headed dragon in the volcano. .
Two hours later, they had climbed to the mountainside of the volcano, and the surrounding temperature was getting higher and higher, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.
However, no one complained at this time. The nine-day continuous journey has made everyone in the team understand that Xindongyang is definitely not a good place for vacation. Any carelessness or mistake may kill people.
At this moment, on Tales' shoulder, the little thing like a ferret suddenly squeaked a few times, and Tales looked in the direction of the little thing, and he could see a strange flower approaching Blooming under a cliff.
"Wait for me." He said, he had put down his backpack, took out his tools, and ran towards the flower.
The people in the same team are already familiar with it. The little thing on Tares’ shoulder is also a species discovered by Xin Dongyang, called the money mouse. It has a strong sense of smell and vision, and can always find some more valuable animals and animals. plant.
It is by relying on this money mouse that Tales can discover many particularly valuable things and avoid fatal crises time and time again. In fact, when many powerful ability users explored in Xindongyang, they would find a way to subdue one or two useful creatures to help them explore.
Because the Daxia government does not allow too dangerous creatures to flow out of Xindongyang, they often choose creatures like money rats that are not strong in combat but have special skills.
When everyone watched Tales carefully dig out the flowers on the cliff and stuff them into an animal skin pocket on his belt, they couldn't help showing envy.
It is a pocket made of the skin of a void dragon. This void dragon has a very weak body, about the size of an ordinary person's arm, but it possesses a strange space bag ability, which can, when in danger, Hide in the space bag. And the pocket made of his leather has a chance to become a space pocket.
I heard that there are only a total of more than 100 similar bags produced so far, and 80% of them have been taken away by the Daxia government. Because this kind of space pocket has aroused great interest from a director in the Eighth Research Institute, who is trying to fully decipher the principle behind it.
After putting the flowers into the space pocket, Tares showed a satisfied smile on his face.
His space pocket is not big, and it is all used to store all the things that are not easy to keep or are particularly precious, so he still has to carry a backpack.
"Okay, let's go." After Tales finished speaking, the group set off on the journey again, heading towards the top of the volcano.
But when they walked for more than ten minutes, there was a loud beast roar in the sky.
Accompanied by the roar of the beast in this life, the entire volcanic area seemed to be bustling, and many strange-shaped insects crawled out from the rocks, and ran towards all directions like the end of the world.
Just when everyone was panicking, the second beast roar came from the sky again, accompanied by bursts of sonic booms, a palpitating feeling weighed on everyone's hearts.
That is the most primitive fear of human beings, just like frogs meeting snakes, sheep meeting wolves. There was a look of fear in everyone's eyes. There were even a few people whose legs became weak and almost fell to the ground.
"Damn it, it's Long Wei!"
Tares looked towards the sky, and saw a black shadow in mid-air that came over the volcano in a blink of an eye.
It has pitch-black scales, thick limbs, and wings over 200 meters wide. What flew in the sky was a black dragon that only existed in myths and legends.
Everyone present looked at the black dragon hovering in the sky with ugly expressions, and angry dragon roars came out of the black dragon's mouth. Even a fool could tell that he was provoking.
Tales' face was livid, and he said in disbelief: "What's going on, why did the black dragon come here? Why did he want to provoke the golden three-headed dragon?"
However, in the eyes of these behemoths, there is obviously no place for Tales and the others. Following the roar of the black dragon again and again, the entire volcano began to vibrate violently, and a golden dragon head emerged from the crater. Bits of magma still remained on the dragon head, dripping from the mouth of the dragon head onto the volcanic rock. , There was a series of sizzling noises.
Then I saw the golden dragon's head pointing at the sky, and also let out a terrifying roar. The sound waves visible to the naked eye spread in all directions, and the entire volcano trembled violently, and large pieces of broken corpses fell down.
And in the team, most of the people were stunned by the beast's roar, and the terrible sound waves even made them all have tinnitus and couldn't hear anything.
Tares' face sank, grabbed Claudia on the side, and shouted: "Go! Go! They are fighting for territory! Go before they start fighting!"
Several stronger ability users followed directly behind Tares, and some weaker ones also stood up unsteadily.
While running, Tares turned his head to look with an ugly face, and saw that three huge golden dragon heads had all emerged from the crater, and with the sound of terrifying beast roars, countless rocks began to shatter , the black dragon in the sky made a somersault and also fell towards the crater.
"It's a gravity field! The ability of the golden three-headed dragon! Damn it!" Seeing this, Tales knew that the golden three-headed dragon had used his own ability to increase the gravity field near him. A special forces pressed into a meat paste.
Now he turned his head and saw that where they were standing before, those team members who walked a few steps late had all been crushed to the ground, squeezed and deformed a little bit.
At the crater, with the impact of the black dragon, the two giants rolled and fell towards the depths of the volcano. Tares could only hear angry beast roars, and felt the whole ground shake under his feet.
Just like this, he can feel how fierce the battle between the two terrifying monsters is. If it is on the Eastern Continent, the battle between the two may directly destroy a city.
At this time, he was in admiration, what method did the high-level officials of Daxia use to restrain all these dangerous monsters on Dongyang Island.
Then Tales thought again: "But what's going on, why did the black dragon come back to provoke, is it to fight for the territory? But I remember that the black dragon has its own territory?"
While thinking about it, Tares quickly ran down the mountain with the rest of the team members. Behind him, including Claudia, everyone was pale and their eyes were full of horror. At this moment, no one was thinking about the West 69th Area, and getting away from these two monsters was the highest priority.
But fortunately, the two monsters only had eyes for each other, and they had no time to deal with the little bugs like Tales and the others, so half an hour later, the group finally escaped safely to the foot of the volcano, all looking in the direction of the crater with lingering fear, and still passing on There was a roar of beasts.
Just as the group of people began to think about what to do next, there was another wave of ups and downs, and another voice came from the sky.
This time it was no longer the dragon's roar before, but bursts of loud noises like thunder.
A big man looked at the sky puzzled, and murmured, "Thunder? Is it going to rain?"
But with the sound of thunder, the next moment, something that stunned everyone happened. The black dragon and the golden three-headed dragon crawled out of the crater at the same time. Even Tales and the others could detect the panic in their movements.
Seeing the two giant beasts crawling out of the crater, they didn't dare to roar anymore, and they stopped fighting. They picked two opposite directions and flew out like bereaved dogs.
Tales was surprised: "They? Are they running away?"