Chapter 11, Mud Horror

Although Nanling City is also the fief of Yan Gonghai, the king of Nan, it is actually not under anyone's jurisdiction. It's like a pot of hodgepodge full of all kinds of odors. Dongxuan, Semi or Western exiles and mixed-race people of all kinds of skin colors can be seen everywhere. Their dirty clothes and wild eyes are clearly telling people that they are adventurers, fugitives, or simply natural criminals and strong. Thief. They came here from all corners of the continent, mostly at the last stop of this civilized society. Their destination is the dead swamp on the outskirts of Nanling without exception. From there to the south, it is a paradise in the minds of adventurers of all races, and also a hell, an opportunity and a danger. A place of terror and hope - the southern wilderness.

Although there are also city owners representing the law, so many outlaws gather in such a small border city that anyone has to protect themselves. The government has long been a kind of decoration, and they are only interested in how to collect taxes. Moreover, Yan Gonghai, the king of the south, was newly defeated. He heard that the army of the king of martyrs was about to fight here. The owner of Nanling was planning to surrender and had no intention to pay attention to the public security in the city. Therefore, the city is full of robbery, **, killing, arson and other crimes. If there is no accident in one day, it makes people feel abnormal.

The sultry weather in Nanling in June, and occasionally a wisp of south wind brings the rotten smell of the distant swamp. At noon, a small team came in from the north gate and stepped on the innate chaos of Nanling, which made many people feel vigilant and surprised. Those people are obviously not exiles or fugitives. Although they are dressed in ordinary clothes, everyone is tired, and their faces are full of dust, their dignity and style from their bones can't be concealed even if they want to hide it. In the eyes of many shrewd adventurers in Nanling, they immediately distinguished them from the exiles.

The leader among them is a middle-aged man who is nearly 50 years old, with an ordinary figure and dressed like an ordinary businessman. The only unusual thing is his eyes. Even in fatigue, there is a spirit that people dare not look directly. The group stopped outside the gate of the best "Beidai Inn" in Nanling and didn't wait for the second shopkeeper to say hello. They had already robbed the advanced store to make some advice for the middle-aged man. He calmly turned over from the horse and turned around to bring down a beautiful young woman who was nearly 30 years old from another horse. The two entered the inn hand in hand and sat down at the table by the window under the guidance of the entourage.

As soon as the young woman "Prince" raised her hand, she was stopped by the man. She saw him look around warily and said to the young woman with a wry smile, "Dan, I have said before that we are fleeing now, and we must no longer have an attention-catching title."

The young woman looked gloomy and said quickly, "Yes, my father-in-law." What else do you want to say? The second child has brought wine and vegetables. She immediately closed her mouth and waited for the second child to leave before she whispered, "Sir, we are in a hurry all the way, and the people and horses are exhausted. Now the southern wilderness is close at hand. Shall we rest here for two days first?"

The man held the wine glass in a daze and stared out of the window, which happened to be the south. A trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes and he shook his head slowly. "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. I want to rest here for half a day, and we will go to the southern wilderness before dark.

"Walking all night?" The young woman was shocked and wanted to say something more. There was a sound of horses' hoofs outside the door, which suddenly stopped outside the door, and then there was the sound of long horses and hoofs digging the ground. Almost at the same time, the rider has turned over and fell from the saddle. Before entering the store, he shouted crisply, "Shopkeeper, I'll find a few people. Do you have any guests from Jincheng these two days?"

Speaking that the man had stepped into the store, the young woman couldn't help turning her head and look at him. She saw a handsome young man of 18 or 19 years old, dressed in a clean blue samurai suit and a water-colored cloak, which made him look more chic and romantic, with a strange dagger hanging around his waist. As soon as he came to the store, his jade-like eyes glanced around. Suddenly, he saw the beautiful young woman not far away. An incredible surprise flashed on his face and immediately walked over and couldn't help shouting, "What a coincidence. What a coincidence. Is your sister also here?"

Seeing that he was intimate, the young woman couldn't help blushing and quickly turned around and stopped looking at him. But he didn't care about the young woman's embarrassment at all. He came over and grabbed her hand and asked, "Why did my sister come here? Still dressed so strangely?"

Seeing a trace of suspicion flashing in the eyes of the middle-aged man opposite, the young woman quickly shook off his hand and stared angrily and said, "I don't know you. You have the wrong person."

"I didn't admit it!" The boy looked at the young woman carefully and shouted exaggeratedly, "Aren't you Princess Shen Dan of South?"

As soon as the words fell, several followers around him immediately drew knives and surrounded the teenager in the middle. The teenager was shocked, looked around, and then looked at the middle-aged man who had been sitting opposite the young woman. Finally, he suddenly realized and pointed to him and shouted, "Oh! I know, you, you are Nan Wangyan"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the middle-aged man wink at an attendant behind the teenager. The attendant immediately hit the back of the teenager's neck with a knife handle. The teenager suddenly fell to the ground like an empty sack. The corrugated hero hat on his head also fell down, and his long black hair immediately spread.

"Oh! It's a woman!" The two attendants who set her up looked surprised. When the young woman saw her appearance, she suddenly realized and quickly whispered to the middle-aged man, "I remember that her name is Ji Xuanxuan, the niece of Abedu, the lord of Dongling City. Last time I was chased by a necromancer in Dafeng Mountain, I was helped by her cousin Yaxin, and then went to Jincheng together."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly and saw several followers waiting for him to make a decision. He pondered a little before whispering, "Take her with you, maybe you can use it. It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Let's change places immediately.

After saying that, he got up and left. When the inn shopkeeper found out, everyone had left clean, but there were a few gold coins left on the table, which were enough money for wine and vegetables. The old shopkeeper did not think much about it. It was a pity that such a generous guest was rare to meet in a year.

"Boss, find a room and bring the wine and vegetables to the room!"

The boss was regretting that he saw a Dongxuan man with a little Western bloodline coming in with a Western child in his arms. The child was tightly wrapped tightly, and only his head and face were exposed outside. The child's face was a little pale and his spirit was a little depressed, and seemed to be sick. The boss was about to ask in detail when he saw a beautiful woman from the Western nationality also following him, handed him a few gold coins, and whispered, "Go and do it. The carriage outside has also been handed over to you. The axles need to be oiled and the animals should be fed!"

put the gold coins to his mouth and bit them hard. The boss was immediately overjoyed and held the heavy gold coins. He did not live in his heart to thank the gods. He didn't expect to meet a bold guest in a year, and he met two of them in a day. He did not dare to neglect, and immediately asked Xiao Er to drive the car and lead the horse, and then let the kitchen prepare delicious food. He personally led the guests to the upper room upstairs. After stopping the three people, they happily came downstairs. Along the way, I couldn't help speculating: Is it another Western noble lady who eloped with Dongxuan people? But depending on their age, it seems that there should be no such a child?

Needless to say, these three are Xia Feng, Kunier and Wing Prince Alette who came all the way from Jincheng to Nanling. Hearing that the shopkeeper had gone far away, Cunel closed the door, and Xia Feng untied the cloak from Alette. Prince Wingman's injury has basically healed, but because of excessive blood loss and long prison life, his body is still a little weak. Although he can already fly and can even use his natural ability to summon his companions to bring them back to the land of ice and snow, somehow he has never done so. He has always remembered his promise to Kunel: take her to fly with him after his injury. He was afraid that if he left, he would never have a chance to meet again.

Xiao Er brought wine and vegetables soon, but was blocked by the door by the guests. After the beautiful Western woman took over the wine and vegetables, she immediately closed the door and plugged it in the latch. This made Xiao Er mutter, but Nanling City has always had all kinds of people, not to mention a pair of alien lovers who eloped, so Xiao Er did not feel too strange.

After dinner, Xia Feng finally smiled at Alette and said, "Well, bird man, further ahead is the southern wilderness. I don't want you to accompany us to take risks. This has nothing to do with you. I think your injury is almost healed. If you can fly, let's break up here.

"His injury hasn't healed yet!" As soon as Xia Feng finished speaking, Kunel said strangely, "We can't leave him alone."

"What should I do?" Xia Feng shrugged his shoulders, and there was a trace of sadness in his heart. Cunel thought for a moment, "I'm going to find my companion. I can leave two people to take care of Alette until his injury heals."

"My injury has completely healed." Alette said anxiously, "I don't need anyone else to take care of it anymore. I accidentally heard that you went to the Southern Wilderland for the 'Maple Star' of the West. Let me go with you!" The southern wilderness is extremely dangerous. With a pair of eyes in the air like me, it can help you avoid many dangers.

Xia Feng and Kunel looked at each other and saw that there seemed to be some willingness in her eyes. Xia Feng instinctively wanted to refute, but heard Alette say, "You are Alette's benefactors and friends. Helping your friends is my responsibility and my happiness. I hope you don't refuse. Unless you don't treat Alette as a friend, but as some kind of poor animal and kindly help him for a while.

"Alet, we don't think so," Cunel said quickly. "We have always regarded you as a friend, but the southern wilderness is too dangerous, and we don't want to."

Seeing that Alette's eyes were so disappointed, Kunier couldn't say any more, so he had to turn his eyes to Xia Feng and let him make up his mind. Xia Feng thought for a moment, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Alette and smiled, "OK! You are welcome to participate in our adventure, but I want to make it clear first that since it is a friend's help, we don't pay any wages. If necessary, you have to be responsible for making food for us and guarding for us. Is there any problem?

"No problem, no problem!" Alette held Xia Feng's hand excitedly, "I will do my best to help you."

Seeing that this matter was finally resolved satisfactorily, Kunier breathed a long sigh of relief and couldn't help stretching out his hand to hold them tightly together and quietly unwilling to let go. It was not until she found that the two men's faces were a little different that she reluctantly let go of her hand and said to the two people, "I'm going to find my six companions, and then we We can rest for one night and go to the southern wilderness early tomorrow morning.

What kind of danger is there in the southern wilderness? How can it make people talk like this? Xia Feng couldn't help but talk silently in his heart. Looking at the cloudy sky outside the window, I can see the thick clouds on the edge of the sky changing into various unpredictable shapes from time to time, and under the thick clouds is the most mysterious and horrible corner of the continent of the continent - the Southern Desert.

When there was a drizzle in Nanling City at night, it rained heavily in the southern barren swamp more than ten miles away. The originally cramped hard land suddenly became more crowded. More than a dozen strong men led their horses around the only tent, staring at the vast white fog swamp in front of them, and their eyes were full of helplessness and sadness.

"This damn weather has made everyone suffer." The evil-eyed middle-aged man suddenly got out of the tent, and several men who squatted or sat down quickly stood up and shouted to him in a low voice: "Your Highness the Southern King!"

"Don't call it like that again," Nanwang Yan Gonghai blocked an entourage's oil umbrella and let the bean-sized raindrops hit the slightly thin body directly, making him wet in a blink of an eye. His sharp eyes like an eagle swept over everyone's faces and saw that although everyone's faces were embarrassed, they still respected and respected him. Nanwang couldn't help showing a trace of praise in his eyes and nodded slightly, "Brothers follow me all the way to take risks in this southern wilderness. It's really difficult for you. If I, Yan Gonghai, can make a come up again, I will definitely not forget the difficulties of the Communist Party with my brothers today."

"Lord, don't say that!" Everyone said one after another, "The Lord is as kind to us as a mountain, and it is our luck in our life to follow the Lord. Not to mention this small southern wilderness, we will never care about the mountain of knives and fire."

Yan Gonghai nodded with satisfaction and patted the shoulder of an attendant beside him. "Everyone has worked hard this night. Wait for a good rest for an hour before leaving. This is only the edge of the swamp. After this swamp, it is the real southern wilderness."

Returning to the low tent, Princess Shen Dan quickly wiped the water from his face with a dry sweat towel. In addition to Shen Dan, there is also Ji Xuanxuan, who is still unconscious in a man's clothing.

"Not awake yet?" Yan Gonghai frowned and looked at Ji Xuanxuan. Shen Dan hurriedly said, "I smelled a little soul fragrance for her, and she probably won't wake up for a while. What is your father-in-law going to do with her?

"Well, I heard that Lin Xiaoyu has sent a master of the 'Investigation Department' to chase us. We can't let her reveal our whereabouts. Of course, the best way is to throw things into the swamp." Speaking of this, seeing Shen Dan suddenly change his color, Yan Gonghai smiled quickly and said, "But her cousin is your lifesaver. Of course, I can't treat her like this. Now I have to take her with me for the time being and take her step by step."

Shen Dan sighed, hugged his knees and shrank into Yan Gonghai's arms, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, can the 'Maple Fir Star' really help us revive and rise again?"

Yan Gonghai gently took the princess's shoulder and smiled confidently, "'Maple Star' is a national artifact of the Great Western Empire, which is very sacred among the nobles of the Great Western Kingdom. If it hadn't been for the desolate and remote southern wilderness and separated from our Dongxuan Kingdom in the middle, I'm afraid they would have sent troops to the southern wilderness. If we can find the 'Maple Star' this time, we will definitely be able to borrow a strong soldier from the Western Empire, and then we can fight with Lin Xiaoyu!"

The two were talking, and they only heard a moment of ** from outside the tent. The warriors who had followed them for many years actually screamed with horror. Yan Gonghai came out and saw that in the white water mist of the swamp in the distance, a huge meat mushroom broke through the mud and slowly rose, gradually rising to a hill-like height, and then slowly sliding this way. In the silence, you can hear the sound of it stirring the mud and sewage, like countless buffaloes rolling in the mud at the same time. When it slipped closer, everyone found that it moved its bloated and soft body by dozens of huge tentacles in the mud. Each of its tentacles was as thick as ordinary human thighs, and its size far exceeded that of any animal on land.

A frightened war horse suddenly broke free from its owner's hand and ran to the way. As soon as it ran out, it suddenly slipped into the mud and struggled desperately, but it could not jump out of the mud. The huge meat mushroom immediately leaned over it and leisurely stretched out its huge tentacles. The top of the tentacles slowly opened like a huge horn flower, slowly wrapping the horse, and then the tentacles squirmed. The war horse was swallowed up by the tentacles little by little, and a squirming bulge gradually appeared on the tentacles. Obviously, the engulfed horse has not been killed for a while.

"Don't panic, it's a blind dragon!" Yan Gonghai hurriedly warned everyone, "Get down in place and don't move. It can't see or hear. It all depends on the touch to feel the vibration in the mud to judge the position of the prey!"

When everyone heard this, they lay on the ground in a hurry. They saw that the horse, which was still struggling, had been swallowed into its body along the huge tentacles. Then it slowly moved over. The huge tentacles crawled on the ground like a snake and slowly touched everyone, flexibly and carefully testing and groping, the soft and sticky. The tentacles touched everyone and their faces one by one, which made people tremble all over. A follower could no longer stand this fear and suddenly jumped up and shouted to cut off the tentacles. The injured tentacles immediately retracted, but another tentacle came lightning from the other side and suddenly wrapped the warrior tightly and quickly dragged him into the mud pond. The warrior struggled desperately and howled, but could not move at all. All the companions not far away could only watch him wrapped in the trumpet-like tentacles and finally swallowed up little by little.

After swallowing the warrior, the blind dragon seemed to find that there was a prey he liked here. He couldn't help getting closer and stretched out his tentacles to grope on the ground again. At this time, Yan Gonghai suddenly jumped up and shouted at everyone, "Everyone, drive the horse away!" Hurry up!"

Everyone hurriedly let go of the horses they were pulling, but these horses were so scared that they trembled and dared not move half a step. Yan Gonghai couldn't help shouting, "Use a knife to drive them away!" Hurry up!" With that, he took the lead in inserting the knife into the buttocks of a war horse. The horse was in pain and immediately jumped forward. It suddenly fell into the mud, immediately attracted the tentacles of the blind dragon, and was completely swallowed by it in a blink of an eye.

Several other horses were also driven into the mud by the warriors, and none of them escaped the huge tentacles of the blind dragon. One of the warriors accidentally fell into the mud and became the food of the blind dragon. After swallowing two people and seven horses, the blind dragon slowly sank into the mud with satisfaction, gradually disappearing into the depths of the mud with a series of bubbles.

It was not until they could hear any movement that everyone slowly got up from the ground with lingering trem, ignoring the mud and dirty water all over their bodies, but looked at each other with pale faces. There was no sadness of losing companions and horses in their hearts, only the relief of escaping from death, and they didn't even notice when the rainstorm stopped.

"Clean up the tent quickly and let's get out of here immediately!" Yan Gonghai hurriedly waved to everyone. Then he turned around and got back into the tent. Shen Dan, who was trembling all over, suddenly rushed into his arms and sobbed to him in a hoarse and trembling voice, "We????? Let's go back and don't go to the southern wilderness!"

Yan Gonghai held his concubine tightly in his arms and said firmly and helplessly in her ear, "We have no way to go except the southern wilderness."

At dusk, walking on this mud path mixed with mud and sewage, Xia Feng couldn't help chanting his new poem to Siye. As soon as he said a few words, he saw that Kunier beside him was indifferent. Her imperial guards frowned, and the guide was like a deaf man, turning a deaf ear to his beautiful new poem. , and the birdman Alette flew ahead to lead the way for them, and no one flattered himself. He had to put away his throat and began to miss Ji Xuanxuan, the wild girl who appreciated his poems best. Thinking of her, Xia Feng couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart. Suddenly, he felt that this dirty, dirty and smelly southern swamp was not so hateful. I got used to her tricky and strangeness, and suddenly lost her mess around, but there was a feeling of emptiness in my heart.

They prepared all kinds of equipment for exploration in Nanling and hired an old guide before they began to set foot on the swamp leading to the southern wilderness. The map of the southern wilderness provided by McRae shows that from this swamp, it is even the southern wilderness boundary. Crossing the swamp is a dense primitive jungle, and further ahead is a large area of unknown terrain that outsiders do not know, and the map is blank. The guide only promised to take them to the primitive jungle and resolutely did not go any further. No matter how much money he gave, it was useless.

Alette, who flew dozens of feet ahead, suddenly folded back. He is still a little weak and often needs to fall to the ground to rest. Fortunately, they have mules, and the winged prince can rest on the back of the mule. Xia Feng followed the advice of the guide and replaced the horses with mules that were more burden-bearing and mild-tempered before departure. Now walking in the muddy swamp where the road can't be seen at all, Xia Feng understands that the fast-paced war horse is basically useless here.

"There is a situation ahead!" This time, Alette did not fall on the back of the mule as usual, but circled over everyone's heads and said to Xia Feng and Kunel, "About 50 feet away, it seems that many people have camped there, and there is still a lot of waste on the ground. In addition, there are many blood stains in the grass, but it doesn't look like there has been a battle.

"Warn, pull away the formation!" After all, Kunel was the captain of the Imperial Guard, and she immediately showed her military character at the critical moment. The six imperial guards immediately picked up their weapons and carefully leaned forward. Slowly came to the large and hard land rarely seen in the swamp. There was some garbage left by the camp scattered on the ground, and even two single knives were thrown on the ground. Kuner picked up one and looked carefully and said to Xia Feng, "Look at the style is the weapon of your Dongxuan people. I don't know what trouble they have encountered. There were so many blood stains left on the ground that last night's rain did not completely wash away the blood stains.

"Don't be nervous. I probably met bandits. Maybe I was still fighting internally and fighting for a knife. I often encountered this situation when I was in school." Xia Feng deliberately spoke and laughed easily. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Alette hovering above his head suddenly shout: "Look! What is that?"

When everyone looked in the direction he pointed, they saw bubbles in the mud sewage not far away, and a cloudy black mud appeared in the sewage, rising like a spring. Then, a white head struggled out of the mud, and then the rotten body. It crawled stiffly in the direction of everyone. Its face was not completely rotten, its muscles hung like mud, and mud kept pouring out of the empty eye sockets. Below the head is a semi-rotten body, with fence-like ribs and mud-like internal organs, and most of the skin and muscles have melted.

"There's more over there!" An imperial guard pointed to the other direction in fear and shouted. Everyone looked around and found that this dirty and terrible thing kept emerging around. Under the blue sky, it also made people cold and their scalps explode. Several imperial guards looked earthy, and the swords in their hands trembled involuntarily. These born to death and murderous villains are also very afraid of the situation in front of them.

"It's blind! There are blind dragons here! We are dead!" The old guide shouted in horror, and there was a cry in his words. Xia Feng ignored the monsters that were slowly climbing up and quickly grabbed the guide and asked, "What is a blind man? What is a blind dragon again?

Under the continuous questioning of Xia Feng, the old guide had to stammer: "It is said that there is a huge blind dragon living in the southern wasteland, and they can freely enter and exit the swamp mud like loach. It hides in the mud to rest in the day and floats up to look for food at night. People who are swallowed by them usually do not die. It spits out half of the digested people and becomes its blind, just like a tiger turned into a tiger eaten by a tiger in the southern wilderness forest. The blind man is to drive people into the mud and let them fall into the swamp for the blind dragon to enjoy at night. Look, there are so many blind people around. This blind dragon has eaten so many people. It must be very huge. It's about to get dark and it will wake up. We can't escape!"

As he spoke, a blind man had climbed to the hard ground where everyone was and began to slowly climb ashore. Several imperial guards were so scared that they retreated and dared not stop them. Kunel's long sword stabbed out repeatedly, and in an instant, he stabbed two swords in the blind throat and heart, but the blind man unconsciously still opened his arm full of mud and slowly pushed Kunel. Kunel was helpless and had to retreat repeatedly. Seeing that he was about to be forced into the swamp behind him, he suddenly heard a shout in the air: "Squat down!"

Kunel didn't have time to think about it. He suddenly squatted down and only heard the sound of the wind above his head, and a strong wind blew quickly from his head. Alette's wings swooped down from the air, kicked the blind man's chest in front of him fiercely with this impulse, and immediately kicked it out and fell into the swamp for a long time without getting up.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! Do it quickly!" Xia Feng remembered the situation of dealing with the dead in the past, and hurriedly greeted the imperial guards who only knew how to dodge. He took the lead in pulling out the cicada wing knife, cut off a blind neck head-on, and then kicked it back into the mud. Encouraged by him, several imperial guards also began to attack the blind men who climbed up the shore. Although those blind men look horrible and their bodies are dirty and ugly, they are much more clumsy than the dead. They basically have no power to fight back in front of everyone, but their number is so numerous that they are invincible.

"It's getting dark! The blind dragon is coming out!" The guide was not happy because everyone blocked the blind, but shouted with greater fear. Xia Feng looked at the sky and saw that the sun had already set on the horizon, and the bloody sunset in the sky gradually faded its last color. The scenery in the swamp began to become hazy, and the sky was unstoppable from dusk to night.

"Tell me! How to deal with the blind dragon? Xia Feng quickly grabbed the guide and asked. The guide replied with a sad face, "I don't know, as long as people who have seen the blind dragon, they will eventually become blind."

"I don't believe this evil!" Xia Feng threw away his guide and observed the swamps around him vigilantly, waiting for the legendary blind dragon to come out.

The sky finally got completely dark, as if they had got a signal. The blind men suddenly stopped attacking and began to sneak into the mud. Soon they all disappeared into the mud sewage of the southern wasteland and could no longer see any trace. The surroundings suddenly calmed down, and I could hear the leisurely frog singing in the distance. Everything seemed to have passed, but everyone was more nervous, and a heart seemed to be in their throat.

The turbid and rotten swamp didn't calm long after seeing a huge bubble keep emerging from the sewage, and then slowly rising from the swamp like a huge mushroom top, with dripping sewage mud, like a huge round meat mountain, or a swamp in a swamp. Giant jellyfish.

――――sou! An imperial guard couldn't help shooting an arrow. Although it was the kind of coarse crossbow temporarily bought from Nanling City, such a big target did not need to be aimed at an arrow. His behavior reminded his companions, and several people picked up their crossbows and shot at the meat mountain. The crossbows nailed into the body of the blind dragon one after another, and it trembled and slowly sank into the mud. Everyone thought it had retreated and was about to cheer. Unexpectedly, several huge tentacles suddenly came out of the mud and suddenly rolled up two imperial guards who had no time to react. In a blink of an eye, they were dragged into the mud and swallowed by the tentacles little by little.

Seeing several tentacles stretched ashore again, everyone hurriedly dodged, and two mules that could not dodge were swallowed by it one after another. After eating two people and two mules in a row, it still had no intention of giving up. It kept groping the place where everyone stood with tentacles. It seemed that its appetite was quite large.

"It's not a way to go on like this!" Xia Feng saw that it dragged away another mule and finally couldn't stand it. Instead of sitting like this and waiting for death, it's better to take a risk! He pulled out a long mountaineering rope from the "treasure bag" around his waist and tied it tightly to his waist, and then handed the other end to the winged prince in the air, "Alette, it's all up to you! Hang me on that guy's head!"

"No! This is too risky!" Before Alette answered, Cunel hurried to stop it. Xia Feng didn't have much to say, but pushed away her hand and said, "Miss, teach me a way not to take risks first!"

Kunaire was speechless. Xia Feng ignored her and only threw the rope to Alette in the air: "Birdman, it's all up to you!"

"Good! Let's blog!" Alette showed rare fortitude on his face, tied the rope to his waist, tied it tightly into a dead knot, and then clenched his fist at Xia Feng, "No matter what happens, I will never leave you!"

At the sign of the summer wind, Alette spread his wings and tried his best to lift the summer wind to the blind dragon hidden in the mud not far away. Because it had just been hit by an arrow, it had sunk into the mud, revealing only a small piece of its head, hidden under half a foot deep sewage. With the help of the moonlight, the summer wind can easily find where it is, and then put away the rope little by little, and signaled Alette to fly lower.

At the right height, Xia Feng suddenly released the rope, and his body immediately fell straight down like a bungee jumping. The cicada wing knife in his hand stabbed straight into the water, pointing straight at the round head of the blind dragon in the mud! Almost without hindrance, the cicada wing knife broke through the thick meat wall of the blind dragon head, and Xia Feng also plunged into the body of the blind dragon.

The mud suddenly boiled, and the huge tentacles of the blind dragon suddenly trembled, dancing around without palms, beating the mud sewage desperately, and then sinking into the mud. At the same time, it also brought the summer wind into the depths of the mud. Alette hurriedly fanned his wings desperately, but was still dragged into the swamp by the huge force on the rope. Seeing that he could no longer support it, Kunel on the shore could not care much more. He pulled down a rope bundled with goods on the mule's back, tied it to his waist and rushed to the swamp, desperately rowed to Alette, and the rest of the shore. The individual quickly grabbed the other end of the rope and tied it firmly to the saddle of a mule.

Over the swamp, Alette was flapping his wings desperately, but the power on the rope was so great that Alette could no longer support it and finally fell into the swamp. Kunil, who came desperately, just grabbed his hand and pulled it tightly to prevent him from being dragged into the mud. Several people on the shore were busy pulling the rope together, whipping the mule desperately, and the rope suddenly straightened. After a moment of stalemate, the two sides finally pulled Alette out of the mud little by little with the joint efforts of everyone.

The huge power on the rope gradually disappeared, and everyone finally dragged Alette and the summer wind tied to his waist ashore. Alette was already exhausted and fell to the ground gasp, while Xia Feng's face was full of blood and mud. Regardless of the filth on his face, he laughed and gasped, "It was the most unforgettable experience in my life to get into the monster's stomach to play. I didn't expect that I could still come out alive and brought out a souvenir! Unfortunately, it's too late to write 'Summer Wind Comes Here' in its stomach! Hahaha!"

said and proudly showed the things in his left hand to everyone. It was a round object the size of a baby's fist, stained with blood and mud. Xia Feng wiped his head and face randomly, and then wiped the things in his hand on an old cloth. The round object suddenly glowed a white light, like the brightest moonlight at the full moon.

"Dragon Ball! It's Blind Dragon Ball!" The knowledgeable old guide exclaimed, and his voice was full of surprises and surprises. Xia Feng wiped his head and face with a sweat towel and asked with a smile, "Oh? Isn't it a rare baby? I remember that the popular fantasy novels in the past are usually written like this. The scales, bones, dragon tendons, dragon teeth and other things on the dragon's body are treasures, not to mention Dragon Ball.

"Of course it's baby!" The old guide nodded excitedly, "It can not only avoid evil, but also exorcise many insects and beasts. Daxi people also call it 'Dingfazhu'!"

"Dingfa beads? What's the effect?"

"I'm not sure," the old guide shook his head regretfully. "I only know that some Western magicians are willing to buy it at a high price."

"Ha ha, it seems to be true." Xia Feng said and picked up the dragon ball again, only to see that it was crystal clear, with a layer of bright brilliance, which was really not a common thing. After reading it, Xia Feng handed it to Alette. "If it hadn't been for you, I would have been buried in the quagmire. This dragon ball should belong to you."

Alet quickly refused and said, "This is what you got from the body of the blind dragon. How can I take it?" Besides, thanks to Kunier this time, she dragged us out of the swamp, otherwise I would have been buried with you at most.

"Then it's yours!" Xia Feng said and handed the dragon ball to Kunel, "It's a pity that this bead is a little big, otherwise it can be made into a pendant and given to you."

"You'd better keep it. I feel sick when I think of the appearance of the blind dragon, not to mention the things in its body." Cunel waved his hand in disgust. Xia Feng knew that she deliberately refused, so she had to put away the dragon ball and then change into her blood-stained clothes and pantyhose.

Everyone camped and rested in place that night. Because Xia Feng ventured to kill the blind dragon, the night was very calm. The next morning, the crowd silently mourned the two companions buried in the belly of the blind dragon, and then continued to move towards the depths of the swamp. On the way, only poisonous snakes and insects were walking one after another, and everyone knew that Dragon Ball really had the effect of expelling poisonous insects and beasts.

The group trekked in the mud. If it hadn't been for the guide, everyone would not have been could not see the way from the swamp. At noon, Alette, who explored the road in front of him, was the first to find a strange condition and warned everyone loudly. Everyone carefully leaned over and saw that a large area of blood was scattered in the swamp, which had completely solidified. There were also some broken clothes, shoes and hats and other items, but they could not see a person's body, or even see it. A little limb or bone.

"Be careful in the water!" Alette, hovering overhead, suddenly reminded that the sewage of this swamp was deeper than elsewhere, and several huge dead tree trunks floated on the water and slowly floated towards the crowd. There could be no such a huge dead tree in this swamp, let alone a dead tree trunk that would float by itself. Everyone suddenly became alert. When the dead trunk floated closer, everyone found that its exposed part on the water was completely different from the rough bark, which was a neatly arranged armor-shaped bulge with a steel-like dark cyan.

"Crocodile! It's a crocodile!" Xia Feng finally saw what it was and was more surprised for a moment, "Such a big crocodile? Who came up with the perverted setting that won't let people live?"

Several imperial guards also saw what it was and immediately raised their crossbows and shot at them. Unexpectedly, after the crossbows hit their bodies, they were bounced away one after another. With the sharpness of the crossbow arrows, they could not pierce its armor.

"It's an iron armored crocodile that can't be dealt with by knives and guns!" The guide couldn't help exclaiming, and Xia Feng asked quickly, "What can I do to deal with it?"

"There is no other way but to escape!" The guide raised his hands in despair. When everyone looked in front of them, it was a huge mud pond, and the sewage was half a person deep. It was impossible for people and horses to escape the pursuit of these killers in the mud pond.

A huge armored crocodile suddenly rushed ashore and rushed to a mule. It was far less flexible on the shore than in the water. An imperial guard was the first to stop its way, and a sword cut its head. The sword was bounced away, but it unconsciously bit the imperial guard's thigh, even the belt bone, and broke it! The imperial guard screamed and immediately fell to the ground and rolled with pain, while the iron armored crocodile leisurely enjoyed the thigh and chewed the bones.

Other armored crocodiles stimulated by the smell of blood also rushed ashore and rushed to the injured imperial guard on the ground. Kunier hurriedly defended his companion with a sword, but several swords could not pierce the iron crocodile's leather armor and couldn't help retreat. An ironcladile suddenly rushed to her from the side, seeing that she could no longer avoid it. Xia Feng didn't care about his own safety and hurriedly stopped Kunel's side and cut the iron armored crocodile's head. He didn't hurt it, but was hit to the ground by its huge impulse, and the cicada wing knife was actually knocked out of his hand.

Xia Feng tried his best to cut a shallow cut on its armor, and did not hurt it at all, but he was hit to the ground. When he was frightened, he saw that the armored crocodile did not continue to attack Xia Feng, but slowly retreated a few steps timidly and dared not come forward. Xia Feng was stunned and suddenly remembered the dragon ball in his arms and quickly took it out. The iron armored crocodile immediately retreated in panic and finally hid in the pond.

Xia Feng suddenly realized that it is like the beasts in the jungle who are afraid of the taste of tigers, and a tiger bone can also scare off the evil wolf. These iron armored crocodiles are obviously afraid of swamp kings such as blind dragons. Their fear of blind dragons has long been rooted in their nature and memory, and dragon balls can't be distinguished by their wisdom. How is the breath different from the blind dragon? No wonder the dragon ball can dispel many insects and monsters in the swamp. Thinking of this, Xia Feng immediately raised the dragon ball to protect Kunel and scared away the two armored crocodiles that attacked her.

But these water killers are obviously bolder than ordinary insect monsters. The scope of protection that Dragon Ball can protect is very limited. The injured imperial guard on the ground finally failed to escape the tone of an iron armored crocodile and was dragged into the pond by it. More than a dozen iron armored crocodiles came forward to compete one after another. The water splashed in the pond for a moment, and the emperor The national guard was immediately torn into pieces. He only heard the iron armored crocodiles chew their bones, and then swallowed all the belt bones without leaving any waste.

The iron-cladile that enjoyed its prey surrounded it again and formed a circle around it, surrounding the people in the center of the hard ground. Everyone pulled the mule and squeezed tightly around the summer wind holding the dragon ball, constantly thinking about how to escape like a prey falling into a trap. During this period, there were always bold armored crocodiles breaking through the instinct of fear and constantly attacking the mules outside, and a mule was dragged into the water by them.

"Try to shoot them in the eyes!" Alette in the air suddenly reminded him, saying that he took off his bow and arrow, dived to a very low height, and aimed at an iron-cladile's eyes close to an arrow. The arrows penetrated deeply into the eyes of the armored crocodile, and it suddenly rolled all over the pond in pain and could no longer besiege the crowd. Seeing this, everyone also picked up the crossbow and aimed at the ironcladile eyes around them. Although it is very difficult to shoot its small eyes, one or two of the ten arrows can always be shot. More and more ironcladiles are injured, and fewer and fewer people are besieged. The remaining few finally gained experience from their companions' lessons, and all dived into the pond and dared not show their heads again.

Although there are only a few left, it is still very dangerous for everyone to rush into the water, but there is no way to continue this stalemate. Finally, Xia Feng estimated the width of the pond and had to say to the rest, "Let's kill a mule and take a risk!"

Three imperial guards killed a mule in place and let blood flow into the pond. Then everyone pulled the last remaining mule around the summer wind and carefully stepped into the waist-deep pond by relying on the guard of Dragon Ball. Sure enough, as Xia Feng expected, the remaining iron armored crocodiles were attracted by the blood and rushed to the dead mule, scrambling to swallow them one after another, ignoring Xia Feng and others for a while. After everyone hurriedly wade through the pond and far away from the territory of the armored crocodile, they couldn't help but feel a sense of escape from death.

Look at the more than ten mules brought now, and there is only the last one left, and the three very strong imperial guards have also become the food of monsters one after another. Xia Feng can't help cursing in his heart: This is so tragic that the loss is so heavy before coming out of the swamp. What will happen if it comes to a region that no one has ever been to? And how should the most wise magician in the Western Empire deal with it? It seems that I think everything is too simple.

Of course, Xia Feng can only hide these thoughts in his heart. Seeing that everyone's eyes are blank and depressed, he does not dare to give them any more psychological pressure. Fortunately, there is a faint shadow of lush trees at the end of the horizon in front of him. It seems that this swamp is finally coming to the end. Xia Feng was refreshed and raised his head and smiled at the crowd: "I have written a new poem. Come on! Let's chant together: Forward! Forward! Forward! Our team is like the sun, shining on the continent of Alandes and carrying the hope of the empire. We are an invincible force."

The free and easy summer wind infected everyone, and everyone's pace gradually became brisk, and their faces also swept away the gloom and decadent. They stepped on the muddy and strode to the unknown road in the distance!