Xu Shuo landed on a branch of the tree, looked at the ground below that instantly turned into a sea of flames, and then turned to look in the direction of the flames.
Some distance ahead is the exit of this forest.
The light of dusk in the evening was dimly visible on the outskirts of the woods. Since we were facing the direction of the setting sun, we could only vaguely see the tall trees standing in the light.
"You are really well prepared..."
Xu Shuo murmured.
The flames below grew stronger and stronger.
This was originally a land of forests, but now it is a dry climate in early winter, resulting in extremely violent fires.
Catalina, who was hugging a tree branch, curled up her toes slightly, feeling a little intolerant of the high temperature.
The light aura in the Holy See of Light is only a slightly warm light. For the ice and snow elves who love cold weather, it is just a somewhat irritable summer.
But this moment is such a raging fire.
It was clearly roasting an ice elf.
She doesn't sweat, but her condition is obviously a little sluggish in the high temperature.
The pale skin of the ice and snow elf instinctively exuded bursts of chill, colliding with the twisted heat flow in the air, causing water mist, and then began to be filled with moisture.
Xu Shuo took a look: "When humans sweat, they sweat on their own bodies. When you sweat, it just rains locally, right?"
Catalina frowned in confusion: "What?"
Xu Shuo just smiled softly.
This bit of rant is not worth dwelling on.
The horse had been mercilessly swallowed by the sudden charging fire dragon and turned into dust, while the bottom had become a sea of fire.
Originally, it was just their road that was burning with flames.
But after Xu Shuo landed on the tree to take shelter, tongues of fire rushed into the woods from all directions, quickly igniting the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and began to spread up the trunks of the trees.
It seems that the enemy is willing to set fire to the mountain and trap them to death in this forest.
But flames alone are not enough.
Maybe there will be other methods in the future.
Xu Shuo twitched the corner of his mouth: "Follow me. It seems I can only rush out directly. I want to see what else is waiting outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, he had already jumped to another tree and flew towards the entrance of the forest reflected in the sunset at a very fast speed.
Catalina was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses.
She hurriedly caught up with him, moving nimbly through the trees, the chill on her body constantly adjusting the surrounding temperature.
Ice elves are also cold-blooded animals in a way.
Variable temperature.
The two of them just moved a few dozen meters forward.
Didn't even get close to the exit.
And the next moment.
Suddenly, a large steel net covered with blades fell from the top of this bush!
The rustling sound is like a violently vibrating steel wire, and occasionally a sharp razor-sharp sound echoes, causing goosebumps all over the body for no reason.
Looking up, he saw the sharp thorns on the iron net cutting off the forked tree branches, and they fell straight towards the two people below!
The speed is not extremely fast, but it will definitely fall to the ground in less than ten seconds!
And in order to avoid the flames, they were jumping at high altitudes. The iron net that fell down at this moment covered a wide area, and every inch of the blades shone with sharp light, making it impossible to avoid them!
"careful!"
Catalina yelled subconsciously.
Although she also knew that the people in front probably didn't need her reminder at all.
Catalina hates the flames and high temperatures below, so the power of faith in her body floats, and a freezing cold air spreads around her body.
A sheet of crystal-clear ice formed above her head, like the icy land of the Elf Holy Land. It seemed to be an attempt to block the iron thorns above.
Xu Shuo made a decisive decision and fell to the ground.
Wow——
The blazing flame surges up!
However, the moment the young man landed, he suddenly spread out in all directions, as if a whirlwind was forming, creating a hollow area.
The sound of cutting steel knives above my head came.
Xu Shuo looked up at Catalina, and a familiar golden chain appeared in his hand. He swung it up and wrapped it around her waist, and pulled the whole body off with force.
"Chi——"
Catalina was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
The chill on her body seemed to have produced some kind of chemical reaction with the heat around her. After a short chirping sound, thick white mist surrounded them.
Catalina gasped for breath: "It's so hot!"
The voice fell.
There was a violent bang above the two people's heads, as if something had been smashed.
It's the ice that was just formed by her.
It was directly smashed by the falling barbed iron net. The broken ice fell into the flames and slowly melted. The menacing iron net also got stuck on the thick tree trunk at an angle.
The sharp blade connected to the iron net floated dangerously over the two men's heads.
In fact, the iron net may be able to cut off most of the slender tree branches, but the thick tree body is not so easy to cut off.
And the larger the scope, the easier it is to get caught in the tangled branches.
So choosing to land is the easiest way to deal with it.
Although Catalina was a little resentful of Xu Shuo's behavior just now, she also knew that the other party was probably trying to save her.
So she endured it.
It’s just that the environment in the flames is really extremely uncomfortable!
She folded her arms and faced the high-temperature flames rolling in from time to time around her, feeling a dense tingling on her skin.
For the ice and snow elves, the most comfortable temperature is minus twenty degrees.
Now it's extremely out of line.
There was a fiery red color all around.
Crackling sounds came from everywhere.
There is a hot breath in every breath.
There are blazing flames in all directions, and above the head are shaky steel knives and iron nets. When the tree trunks are swallowed by the prairie fire, the iron nets will continue to fall.
And they still seem to be unable to avoid it.
Catalina looked at the young man next to her.
The other party's side face, illuminated by the firelight, remained calm and composed. There was a shimmer in his silver-white pupils, but they were equally emotionless, as calm as a bone-chilling pool.
It seemed that no matter what, this man couldn't be seen panicking, he was as calm as a thoughtless doll.
It’s obvious that we have reached an almost hopeless point?
Why can he still be so bland?
Even if you really have something up your sleeve, it would be nice to at least show a little bit of surprise or distress!
Catalina stared at it in confusion for a while.
Until the latter looked back with questioning eyes.
So she also asked, "Aren't you worried at all?"
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows: "What are you worried about?"
"If we can't escape..."
"Then you just stay here and become a cumulonimbus."
"…………?"
Catalina is almost used to being choked.
She rubbed her arms and pursed her lips as if aggrieved.
Xu Shuo had been mentally observing his surroundings, but he had not yet noticed if there were any other ambushers in the woods. Seeing that the iron net loosened again, he raised his hand.
Catalina looked over subconsciously.
But she didn't feel any magical energy, and the young man's palms were already emitting light, and the surrounding flames were getting higher and higher, faintly seeming to echo.
"Follow up."
A deep voice came.
The next moment, the light ball in Xu Shuo's hand was thrown out, like a beam of light, quickly breaking through the flames on both sides!
Xu Shuo quickly moved to follow behind the light beam, and Catalina reacted quickly this time and followed closely behind.
She looked back and saw that the flames that had just been broken were engulfing her path again.
The distance between the flames on both sides was extremely close, almost burning close to their bodies, but at this time, they could no longer hope for a better escape environment. Catalina could only endure the high temperature.
She stared closely at the back of the person in front of her.
The priest's robes that rose up with the heat wave seemed to be emitting light, and the surrounding flames reflected the silver hair, giving each hair strand a layer of gold.
Catalina is staring.
Suddenly, the young man raised his hand behind him and seemed to throw a handful of something black at her.
Catalina, who was running behind, was caught off guard and ran directly into the black patch. Her whole body was covered by the fallen cloak, and she was completely invisible.
She hurriedly opened the cloth on her head and looked up, but her eyes were pierced by the sudden flash of golden light.
The silver eyes immediately turned vertical, and Catalina squinted.
The young man's figure in the light turned his head and said: "Put on this cloak, try to stay away from crowded places after going out, and then wait for me outside Dalton City. Remember you only have five minutes to escape."
Catalina was too stunned to react.
After waiting for no response, Xu Shuo turned around and looked at her in confusion: "Did you hear that?"
"I don't know the way."
Katrina blurted out.
Xu Shuo paused: "Then you can find a deserted hilltop to stay, but if you go east, I don't want to fall back."
After saying this.
The two of them had already rushed out of the woods following the flames broken by the light beam. With almost no time to react, countless arrows flew towards them!
Catalina's ferocity was revealed for a moment, and the overwhelming murderous intent made her hair tremble!
She even subconsciously wanted to release the Guardian Spirit of Dawn.
However, the young man walking in front suddenly grasped a dark green bamboo cane. There was no fluctuation of magical energy, but a strong light shone on the cane, and it was suddenly swung out!
Swish——
The circle of light swept into the air, instantly shattering the rain of arrows in front of them, and bursting into clusters of golden fireworks in mid-air.
Catalina's floating breath subsided slightly.
She looked out at the mountain col, feeling the violent vibrations on the ground, and saw the heavy cavalry roaring and charging in the afterglow of the setting sun, like thousands of horses galloping, majestic!
Catalina quickly glanced at the young man standing in front of her, then turned to look at the side hillside.
"I am leaving!"
She put on her cloak and hat, turned around and rushed towards the hillside. The fine ice condensed under her feet, and she jumped directly into the air.
The human army is overwhelming.
Catalina had no intention of dawdling.
Strangely, there seemed to be no enemies coming to stop her from escaping.
Xu Shuo didn't even look at her actions. He just stared at the silver-helmeted general behind the heavy cavalry. He raised a faint smile on his lips and gently stroked his slender cane with his fingers.
The heavy cavalry at the front were wearing armor.
When rushing over with a spear.
He did not avoid it, but faced it at an even faster speed!
The end of the dark green cane traced a light trail. Before the oncoming heavy cavalry could react, they only saw the light trail falling towards their front door!
The armor on his body is strong, the helmet completely covers his body, and even his eyes are hidden behind the plate armor.
The tip of this ordinary scepter is not sharp at all.
It seems impossible to penetrate the armor's protection.
At that moment, these thoughts flashed through the cavalry's mind, and the spear in his hand was thrust out instinctively, but then his body was hit by a huge force, and he fell involuntarily.
The sound of armor falling to the ground was loud and resounding.
The speed of the heavy cavalry charge would not be slowed down by this. The cavalryman who fell to the ground was directly trampled hard by the iron hooves of the charge from behind, and was instantly submerged in the smoke.
After repelling the cavalryman who bore the brunt, Xu Shuo grabbed the reins of the war horse, spun around and sat astride the horse.
But the front of the charge was a flaming forest, so he quickly turned his horse's head and ran towards the hillside.
At this time, a spear rushed out of the slanting stab and took it straight to his head!
Xu Shuo suddenly leaned forward, and the sharp spear pierced his eyes. The moment it hit the air, it whirled towards his neck.
At this moment when the war horse slowed down its charging speed.
The heavy cavalry in hot pursuit immediately rushed out from both sides of him, holding spears full of murderous intent in both hands, stabbing out several shots at extremely fast speeds, and fearlessly driving the horses towards him!
Xu Shuo waved his cane to block several attacks. When he saw the cavalry attacking from the left and right trying to collide, he suddenly pulled the reins!
The war horse neighed, its raised front hooves slowed down, and fell a few steps behind.
The cavalrymen on both sides who did not restrain their momentum collided directly with each other. In an instant, they were thrown off their backs, their heavy armors clanged, and they turned several somersaults on the ground.
But still no one stopped for this.
The war horse quickly jumped over the obstacles on the ground.
After Xu Shuo slowed down again, he was completely overtaken by the pursuing enemy troops from behind. Countless heavy cavalry rushed past from both sides, forming an arc formation and blocking his path.
This is not just an elite division.
Or a hysterical suicide chase.
Xu Shuo sneered and pulled the reins sharply, causing the horse to turn ninety degrees, and the front hooves that jumped high almost fell over.
Turning around again, Xu Shuo charged back in the direction of the heavy cavalry charge. The two sides were about to explode!
But he stared closely at the general behind the heavy cavalry.
At this moment, the latter obviously realized that the other party's target was him.
Because he was wearing a tightly-fitting plate helmet, the general on the horse could not see his expression clearly, but he suddenly picked up a heavy bow, and the sharp arrow was placed on the bow, and he was holding it tightly.
Boom——
After the clanging sound, the sharp arrows passed through the sides of countless heavy cavalry with the force of lightning and rushed towards the oncoming man!
Xu Shuo raised a smile on his lips.
The next moment, a blood-stained ax appeared in his hand without any warning, and the whole person disappeared from the horse in an instant!
Bah!
The sharp arrows that cut through the air hit the heavy cavalry at the rear. The huge thrust even penetrated the plate armor on the cavalry's chest, knocking them away and falling to the ground.
The general on the horse was suddenly startled.
He suddenly looked up and saw the young man appearing above him, with a sinister smile on his handsome and elegant face.
