Dawn of Another World

Chapter 42

Looking through the sparse bushes, there is another large open area in front of it, which is wider than the corroded swamp that it passed through before. Except for the strong and choking fragrance wafting around, there is nothing to see.

Having narrowly escaped an attack from that monster once, he already knew that thing would cunningly hide its tracks.Although he has no eyesight, he seems to be able to respond to sound vibrations. Ling Xiao didn't show up rashly, but hid behind the tree, covered his mouth and nose with one hand and restrained his breath, carefully avoiding another tree that was twisting around the branches of the tree. The larvae that devoured the sap pulled out a small stone that was infested with dark green from under the thick layer of rotting leaves, and threw it towards the opposite direction of the open field.

The movement of the stones rolling down on the soft humus layer was not much, but it was obvious enough in such a dead and silent place. In an instant, the calm open space just now was undulating like waves on the sea surface, making the sound of gurgling , Countless or broken or complete rotten leaves slid from the high point to the low point one after another. Ling Xiao watched with bated breath, his eyes gradually widened, and the pupils that clearly reflected the monster's figure shrank tightly——

Just like Kraken, the sea monster in Norse mythology, countless bluish-purple slime-covered branches squirmed and twisted, wrapping the entire spindle-shaped huge body tens of meters high, slowly emerging from the bottom of the swamp like a hill.

The main trunk, which is at least ten meters wide, is also covered with mucus. On top of a cluster of deep purple plump and swollen sepals, there is a curly corolla of the same color. The fragrance that confuses people's minds should be emitted from it, as expected. In addition , many stomata covered with sharp thorns that keep opening and closing are lined up on it—they should be plant stomata. Ling Xiao no longer dares to use his own knowledge of the earth to judge the creature in front of him. Those stomata are more like plant stomata at this moment. There are huge hungry mouths, with two rows of sharp fangs, eager to devour something.

This is only the exposed part above the ground, and there is an unknown volume under the swamp that has not been seen.

Ling Xiao was so nervous that his palms were sweating, he took out the red magic flame talisman from his waist pocket and pinched it. The huge strange thing in front of him, whether it should be an animal or a plant, was definitely the creature that attacked him.He saw a small part of the remaining vines that had been scorched black by the magic flame that had been ignited before. They seemed to have lost their vitality and were drooping to one side, shaking as the monster's entire body moved.

And more green and purple vines that were intact and undamaged made a rustling sound at this moment, and meandered in the direction where Ling Xiao threw the stone just now.The result, of course, is nothing.As a result, those strange vines twisted and shrunk back one after another, their astonishingly large torsos sank slowly, as if they were about to hibernate into the swamp again.

Ling Xiao forced himself to calm down, and began to look around, searching carefully not to miss anything, no, no, no...

No trace of Basil was found anywhere.

I don't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or to prepare for the worst, Ling Xiao kept telling himself not to think about it, Basil will be fine, but the fear and uneasiness are still rising like a tide, almost drowning Ling Xiao. drowned.

I don't know what to do now, should I wait here, or look elsewhere in the jungle, will the two of them miss it by chance, if this monster has taken Basil...

Will not.

Shaking his head, furrowed lines of pain between his brows, another voice in his heart quickly refuted, Basil became his guardian, he would never die quietly like this, he clearly swore that he would always be by his side side...

If he had enough power, if he wasn't so incompetent, would he be able to protect Basil from falling into the current predicament?

Ever since Basil disappeared, the questioning that had been circling in Ling Xiao's mind was extremely clear at this moment.

Never before had he resented his own powerlessness like now. Ling Xiaomu stood, his whole mind was rumbling and chaotic, his chest was swollen and hot, but his hands and feet were abnormally cold.

Feeling that a certain part of the body is slowly breaking open, but the soul is gradually drifting outside, Ling Xiao is very clear that his situation is wrong, but he refuses to wake up in his heart.The emotion that once made him lose control when he was in Giant Wolf City, flooding him like a torrent, once again swept over him.

This time, it's no longer the ice and snow that freezes my heart and has nowhere to hide.

Disturbed because of caring, all the unwillingness and anger turned into an external airflow and wind pressure in an instant, hovering from the bottom of Ling Xiao's feet and rising rapidly.

Countless out-of-control forces rushed into his body, like a beast trapped in a cage looking for an exit. Ling Xiao was hot and painful, as if his whole body was about to split open.

"Fool! You—"

An exasperated voice sounded from behind Ling Xiao, and Wang Linqi no longer cared about hiding his whereabouts furtively. He looked at Ling Xiao who was clearly on the verge of losing control, and blood began to ooze from his mouth and nose—obviously, the unexpected burst of power made his body Unable to afford it, for an ordinary person, to bear such a violent force is like letting a newborn baby carry a mountain, which is a fantasy.

That damned bracelet was obviously heavily sealed, so how could it release such terrifying power just by changing it?He couldn't imagine how terrifying that thing would be if the day when all the seals were released.

Wang Lynch was cursing, his sound just now had completely startled the monster that was sinking its body into the swamp.

At this moment, countless ugly and sticky vines waved again, and quickly approached the location of the two with their teeth and claws.But Ling Xiao, who was wrapped in the whirling and whirling wind pressure, stood still, as if he didn't feel anything.

The tattered black cloak made a hunting sound. Wang Linqi raised one hand to cover his face and approached Ling Xiao, and stretched out the other hand, trying to grab the dumbfounded Ling Xiao when the vines wrapped in poisonous mucus touched the two of them. Xiao left the place.

"hiss--!"

Before touching the corner of Ling Xiao's clothes, the wind blade hovering around him cut Wang Linqi's hands countless small cuts.Although he has become an undead, Wang Lynch can still feel the pain. If he hadn't reacted quickly and withdrew in time, his fingers would have been lost, and he had to grow a few more fingers, which would be a waste of energy. very troublesome.

It seemed that he really underestimated this terrifying power.

Within a few seconds of the delay, many livid vines of different thicknesses had already danced and quickly approached the two of them. Wang Linqi quickly drifted back, not caring about Ling Xiao who was out of control.

What a joke, with those impenetrable air blades whirling to protect him, it is a dream for anything to get close to Ling Xiao!

And sure enough, as Wang Lynch expected, those twisted and swimming vines just wanted to entangle Ling Xiao, and the cyclone that expanded and rebounded instantly tore them to pieces, leaving only green juice splashing around.

The bracelet on his wrist was emitting white light, stimulated by the scene in front of him, Ling Xiao, whose bloodshot mouth kept dripping from the corners of his mouth, seemed to have regained part of his sanity.He coughed, his eyelashes fluttered, and he subconsciously covered the mouthful of blood gushing out of his mouth, the glaring red dripping from between his fingers.

Ling Xiao didn't know what was wrong with him, his spirit was extremely exhausted, his body was whining and sounding the alarm, and even his bones were screaming for pain.But at the same time, the continuously emerging power filled the veins of his limbs and body like surging magma, making him feel hot and painful all over, as if his whole body was being placed on a raging fire.

Every time he took a breath, Ling Xiao felt that what he inhaled and exhaled was no longer air, but burning flames, so painful and hot.

The blood was boiling and evaporating, and even his vision turned red.He looked at the strange thing that seemed to be completely enraged and was waving countless ugly vines towards him like a fishing net——

That’s it, hiding the basil.

He wants to find him.

Thinking in such a daze, he squeezed the magic talisman that he had been holding tightly in his hand, and Ling Xiao, who was tormented by the high fever and severe pain, could only think of finding Basil.

This thought supported him, ordering Ling Xiao's legs to move quickly, his muscles to contract, squat down, jump up——

Like a cloud covering the top, accompanied by the sharp sound of piercing through the air, an astonishing number of vines came menacingly, hitting the ground heavily.

The fallen leaves flew in all directions, and the trees on the side collapsed with a creaking sound at this moment.

Relying entirely on instinct to act and react, without Ling Xiao himself noticing, his gray and white slender figure bounced high to a height of more than ten meters, leaving behind all the poisonous ivy on the ground without exception.

His gaze was tenacious, firmly locked on the huge monster like a hill in front of him, and the light green pupils seemed to be burning with fire.Without any support in the air, surrounded by the whistling wind pressure around him, before the second wave of chasing vines closed and shrunk, he jumped a distance of more than ten meters to the top of the monster's dark purple corolla. For the target, straight up like an arrow.

"cough--!"

Standing on the top of the corolla exuding a pungent fragrance, Ling Xiao once again choked out a big mouthful of blood. Countless silky petals that were also covered in mucus were sucked in and crushed by the wind blade.

The attacks failed one after another, and someone stepped on the fragile corolla above his head, which seemed to make the monster under Ling Xiao's feet fall into a state of rage.It raised more thick vines from under the swamp, and waved them airtightly, like countless palms curled together, quickly suppressing towards the top where Ling Xiao stood fiercely.

The wind pressure wrapped around the outer layer of the body twisted the approaching vines to pieces, but just smashed a batch, and there will be more wriggling substitutes coming up immediately.The spherical space formed by the entire peripheral wind blade is being compressed smaller and smaller, and nothing else can be seen around. The densely entangled vines in all directions form a gloomy blue-purple tomb, as if to completely bury Ling Xiao in it .

Faced with such a critical juncture, Ling Xiao seemed to have no distractions.He pinched the scarlet flame magic talisman that was stained with a lot of blood in his hand, a total of fifteen pieces, arranged in a circle with himself as the center, bent down and finally took the last one in the center of his feet, Ling Xiao's fingers had already begun to twitch Trembling, he almost couldn't hold it anymore——

"Explosion."

After chanting the activation spell with difficulty, the red fireball expanded and exploded with Ling Xiao as the center in the next moment.

This was taught to him by the Prophet Jiji, the simplest and quickest way to activate the flame circle.

Chanting magic skills requires a specific talent; magic circles are not. As long as they have all the materials and correct steps, even ordinary people can create magic circles with 100% effect.

The author has something to say: there will be a second update today, and the next chapter will probably be published after 7 pm, to make up for yesterday's disconnection. The naked update party also has dignity (￣へ￣)

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