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In the oasis, the forest road is full of fragrance, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines through the shade of the trees, mottled and scattered among the skirts of passers-by.

"Why are you going this way?"

Mu Yun hesitated for a long time, but still asked out the confusion in his heart.

Qi Zhong, who was leading the way, heard a doubt at first, turned around with narrowed eyes, and hummed: "What? Are you afraid that I will cheat you?"

Mu Yun shook his head lightly, and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid. It's just that I don't know how to ask each other."

As if he had heard something funny, Qi Zhong blinked his eyes and stepped forward triumphantly: "Hmm... just ask if you don't understand, it's a good habit. But... isn't your attitude of asking people a bit insincere?"

Their eyes met for a moment, and Mu Yun suddenly understood Qi Zhong's careful thinking, and he had no choice but to take a half step back and bowed respectfully: "The inferior is dull, please enlighten Brother Qi."

Seeing this, Qi Zhong laughed out loud: This is too sincere.

With a dry cough, Qi Zhong put his hands behind his back pretending to be high-spirited, and said slowly: "Yes. I'll tell you."

"Actually, it's very simple. All creatures in this world have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. You can see that the trees ahead are densely packed. Along the way, even birds, insects, and beasts have increased. Moreover, the further you go, the smoother the road is, which shows that Some people have walked this road before, so... this road must be a way of life."

Mu Yun nodded, feeling that his thinking was clear, and praised: "Brother Qi is really talented, sensitive and sensible."

"Uh... that's right." Confidently patted his chest, Qi finally lifted his chin with great enjoyment.

Then, Mu Yun looked at the road in front of him, and it was already dusk, and said again: "It's not a good thing for the creatures to escape. They follow the crowd mentality, and if they go to one place, they will also attract hunters..."

"Hiss...that makes sense." Qi Zhong propped his chin and nodded in agreement, "Then we'd better hurry on our way."

"Um……"

Mu Yun was about to nod, but he saw Qi Zhong spared a circle, hid behind him, and pointed to the front: "Come on, I'll help you see if there is a sneak attack behind you."

"……Oh."

Before I knew it, the sky was already dark.

The two people who were looking for a way out continued to walk through the forest. When they reached the end of the forest road, they saw a steep cliff blocking the road. Below the cliff was an open space, empty and desolate.

"Hey, I made a mistake."

Qi Zhong turned his head and sighed: "This road is blocked."

Mu Yun was not in a hurry to answer, but went around the edge of the cliff, investigating step by step.

"Hey, what are you looking for?" Qi Zhong asked in confusion.

Mu Yun caressed the white stone on the cliff, it was extremely hard.

"Here, the atmosphere is wrong. It seems to be the habitat of some kind of large bird."

As soon as the words fell, a huge winged shadow hovered in the night sky, and the black wind that rushed towards him pressed heavily on the ground.

Qi Zhong looked up and sighed: "Oh, it's not good, the big bird has returned to its nest."

"Come on!"

Mu Yun saw the shape of the evil bird in the sky, and quickly pulled Qi Zhong's elbow, and hurried back to the dark place in the forest.

Just as the two were evading along the cliff, the evil bird fluttered its wings and sang loudly, as if announcing the excitement of finding the prey.

Qi Zhong swallowed his throat and said, "It won't eat us and stuff our teeth?"

"Don't talk too much."

Mu Yunning reminded her with eyebrows, her steps were fast but cautious.

Seeing that they were about to re-enter the forest to cover their figures, the evil bird in the sky suddenly noticed the whereabouts of the two, and at the same time it flew around, it spewed out a big fire, burning a large forest in front of the two.

As a last resort, the two were forced to retreat under the cliff again.

Qi Zhong sighed: "Heh. This little bird can breathe fire, it's incredible."

The evil bird has not yet noticed that the two are hiding in a corner of the stone wall, and has been hovering in the air angrily, neighing endlessly.

Mu Yun turned sideways and said: "This bird is the evil soul of the ancient beast Suzaku. Although it does not have a fierce body, its nine heads still have evil energy, so it is extremely ferocious."

"So it has nine heads, all breathing fire?"

"No. Only the evil leader in the middle can control the evil fire. If the fire burns the body, the wounded will burn their hearts and bones, and their liver and gallbladder will be torn apart. So you and I must be careful."

Mu Yun warned seriously, Qi Zhong nodded honestly.

"Listen to you, so the rest of the stupid bird's head is used to cover the fire-breathing head in the middle?"

"Ah."

Qi Ding nodded, and said again: "Look at the posture of this stupid bird, if it didn't tear us into its belly, it probably wouldn't leave on its own initiative. We've been staying here, and it's not an option to waste our energy and effort in dealing with it. Why don't we go first?" Is it better to start?"

Mu Yun hesitated for a moment: "If you want to defeat it, you must block its evil fire, otherwise the chances of winning are not great."

"Then chop off its big head."

"It's not that easy, not to mention that ordinary weapons can't hurt it, even with a sword in hand, it flies in the air, we can't get close to it, and it's difficult to deal with it if we are distracted."

"Hey. That's right, you have not recovered from your internal injuries, so it's not suitable for you to go to war."

Qi finally sighed regretfully.

While hesitating, a burst of fire swept across the ground, scorching the white stone and cliffs to black.

Seeing this, Qi Zhong hurriedly took out the magic talisman as a shield to block the embers from the cracks in the stone wall.

"Hey. The paper talisman given by Uncle Lin is quite useful."

He said happily, but he couldn't help revealing his position. Suzaku had already locked the position of the two of them, and began to concentrate his firepower, attacking a crack in the stone.

Mu Yun hurriedly pushed Qi Zhong away, and the two rolled over, separated by a few feet.

"Don't hesitate, run separately!"

Seeing that Qi Zhong was still in a daze, Mu Yun was so worried that he urged him eagerly.

The two ran around separately, but were surrounded by fire on the way, and finally had no choice but to run to each other and lean on each other.

Time was running out, Mu Yun couldn't think too much, and suggested first: "Brother Qi, I'll cover you and go first, and hide in the deep forest as soon as you get out of the fire encirclement, keep running, don't look back."

Qi Zhong furrowed his brows angrily: "Why should I listen to your arrangements? You are a wounded number, and if you want to leave, you should go first."

"Brother Qi! Don't be willful at this time."

"Willful? Whose life is not life? Why do you always have to face death alone?"

Qi Zhong's words became more and more excited, Mu Yun lowered his eyes in a lonely way, and said powerlessly: "You don't understand."

"I don't understand what? There are so many traps in this ghost place, do I have to live longer than you if I go out?"

Qi Zhong didn't understand the meaning behind his words, and became more and more determined not to back down.

During the stalemate between the two, Suzaku's evil fire swept in again, and the two cooperated with each other to block it head-on.

After several rounds, the surrounding area was already raging with flames. Qi Zhong secretly set up a low-level illusion array, which lowered the temperature of the fire light a lot in the illusion, because he could not help but catch a glimpse of the sweat dripping from Mu Yun's forehead from the corner of his eye. fall.

Suzaku had no intention of giving up, so Qi finally changed his strategy and took the initiative to discuss with Mu Yun: "Hey, you are good at controlling the sword, why don't you let me attract its attention, and cut off its head while it is distracted?" .”

"But……"

"Oh, let's go."

After the words fell, the two parted ways.

Cutting through the fire, Qi Zhong focused on bringing Suzaku to the most dangerous place in the canyon, narrowing the scope of its troubles.

After struggling for a long time, it seemed that the opportunity had appeared. Qi Zhong was about to fight again, but suddenly there was a burst of tearing pain in his heart, which forced him to lose all strength in his hands and feet, and the sword in his hand trembled and fell to the ground.

He knelt down on one knee, covering his heart anxiously, with cold sweat on his forehead: how could this happen?Could it be that what the master said is true, the power of fate is meant to be a fluke.

Seeing that the prey had no strength to resist, Suzaku spewed fire even more, vowing to burn it to ashes and devour its soul.

Mu Yunguan's situation changed suddenly, he was worried about his friend's safety, so he resolutely gave up the great opportunity to severely injure Suzaku, and moved down.

Seeing the flames constantly emerging in his pupils, Qi Zhong died unwillingly, but he was also helpless, his limbs and bones were in unbearable pain.At the moment when the blazing heat hit his face, a Yiying shadow sank in, and the sword glow passed by, turning back the firepower, saving his life.

"you……"

Qi Zhong frowned and looked at Mu Yun's back, and was about to persuade him to say something, but the pain in his body had spread to his internal organs, forcing him to say nothing.

Mu Yun suppressed the panic in his heart and responded calmly, regardless of the internal injury and blood stasis, he turned his famous sword skillfully, and strengthened the sword array to block the evil fire.

Suzaku was already irritated to the extreme, and without mercy, he flew forward, rushed down the majestic evil fire, and charged strongly at the sword formation.

Mu Yun couldn't raise Yuan in time, and when the formation broke, he was slapped directly on the canyon wall with infinite energy. After falling to the ground, he vomited red and his life was in danger.

The scene in his eyes gradually blurred, and he suddenly remembered the conversation in Shanting that day in his mind, and there was a feeling of regret in his heart, as if the coldness of his life was coming to an end.At this time, there was a pair of warm hands, pulling him into his arms in pain, and his anxious shouts were blurred in his ears.

"Idiot! Mu Yun!"

"Why are you so stupid?"

"You're going to piss me off!"

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Qi Zhong hadn't relieved the pain yet, but he didn't care about himself, he embraced him in his arms with self-blame and remorse, feeling the faintest breath.

The unprecedented despair turned into a burst of anger in my heart.The pain in the body gradually faded, and at some point, the relatively slender blood vessels on the palm of the hand ruptured for no reason, and blood dripped down the ground along the fingertips.The Yingluojian that fell in the grass just now felt a familiar hallucination, exuding a faint cold sword light.As if waking up the aura, he quickly responded with clang and trembling.

When the sword was unsheathed, it spit out bright red filamentary fluorescence like a snake letter, and a magnificent phantom was stripped from the sword light, forming like a phantom.

Qi Zhong didn't notice the appearance of the sword spirit, and focused on fighting Mu Yun's injury.

At this moment, Yingluo Sword Spirit rushed to Qi Zhong, hoping to stare at him: "God Qiyue, are you finally willing to see me?"

"Ah?" Qi Zhong looked back at her in bewilderment, but he didn't have time to delve into it, so he said in a panic, "Yeah."

Sword Spirit was overjoyed when he heard his words with such certainty, and wanted to say something more.Qi Zhong saw Suzaku attacking fiercely again, and reminded in panic: "... Hey, be careful behind you."

The conversation was interrupted, Yingluo looked coldly, and said indifferently: "God wait a moment."

The shape and spirit of the ancient sword were separated, Yingluo quickly took over the sword body hanging in the air, and then the light fell in the shadow, and the dust was shocked, and the evil fire met the sword light but was powerless to eliminate it.

Qi Zhong suddenly understood that the ancient evil beasts would only appear so vulnerable in front of the ancient swordsmanship.

I saw Yingluo slashing coldly, with fierce and swift moves, shuttled under Suzaku's long neck like a shadow, and with the sword light flying, several bird heads were already cut off by her.

Suzaku bullied the weak and feared the strong, unable to stand up to the opponent's fast attack, dragging its bloody body, flapping its wings and fleeing.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Zhong hurriedly picked up Mu Yun, who was seriously injured, and quickly escaped from the danger.

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