Fu Xin crossed his arms across his chest and glanced at Liu Ruyan a few more times. The woman in front of him was indeed quite pretty. No wonder Dugu Yi could like her.
"My senior brother is deeply affectionate and has superb martial arts skills. To be able to like this girl like you is your blessing!"
Liu Ruyan was stunned for a moment, and realized later that Fu Xin was talking to her. Her eyes fell on Dugu Yi, she nodded slightly, and commented very seriously: "Your senior brother has discernment."
This frank and frank tone made Bai Zhi and the others laugh lightly, and even Shen Yanchu couldn't help but lower his head to hide the warmth in his eyes.
Fu Xin was speechless and could not speak for a while.
Everyone continued to walk along the narrow stone path, and the blood stains mixed in the sand and gravel continued to the end.
At the end, there is a huge mine with uneven rock walls and dark green patina left behind. The soles of your feet are sand and gravel accumulated for thousands of years, which makes a rustling sound when you step on it.
Liu Ruyan looked up at the top of her head, and the weak fluorescence flickered on and off. She counted them silently, close to a hundred. These fluorescences should be embedded in the stone walls, giving the entire mine a layer of weird color.
When they got here, everyone stopped leaving again. Liu Ruyan heard someone talking: "Have you seen the one lying among the rocks?"
There was a human skeleton among the gravel, with minced meat and dust mixed together, making it almost indistinguishable from the human form. The deceased was originally a wanderer, but this time he broke in alone. There was no one to collect the body after his death, and he was buried in the belly of the beast with all his flesh and blood. .
Next to the human bones, Liu Ruyan saw this huge beast clearly for the first time. Its claws were like hooks and as long as a human hand. Its whole body was covered with dark brown scales, and dark yellow lines could be faintly seen.
In appearance, it does look a lot like a skink.
Skinks are very common, they can be seen everywhere in woods, deserts, and caves, but this is the first time she has seen one that can grow to such a huge size.
At this moment, it is closing its eyes and seems to be sleeping.
The native master was uneasy. They had traveled all over the country for so many years and had seen man-eating beasts, but the one in front of them was obviously a spirit. Maybe it was the mountain god who suppressed the sword tomb. If you offended the mountain god, you would be in disaster.
He looked at the dark crowd behind him: "How about we go back?"
"We have come this far, how can we come back empty-handed?" Elder Jiang said without hesitation. He picked up his sword and continued to move forward, "Beasts are beasts, let me die!"
As he stepped forward, a fishy smell came out of the skink's nose, and then he opened his eyes, with beastly pupils like slits.
"It's awake, the monster is awake!" Tufuzi was shocked, and retreated to the back in panic, continuing to look at people with his peripheral vision.
Elder Jiang, determined to fight quickly, flew up to the skink. He unsheathed the long sword in his hand and suddenly stabbed it in the beast's pupil.
The skink closed his eyelids, then the beast's claws moved slightly, and the huge body took a few steps back.
"This reptile has just eaten a human, and its movements have slowed down. Quick, take action now!" Dugu Yi said, trying to encircle the skink from behind.
The skink noticed Dugu Yi's approach, and it quickly swung its tail. Countless sand and stones were swept up into the air, and it immediately fascinated Elder Jiang's eyes.
Before Dugu Yi could take action, it flew forward, raised its head upward, and opened its huge mouth. The distance was so close that Dugu Yi could even see clearly the rows of fangs in its mouth. It looks like saw teeth, and there is still meat foam left between the fangs.
Dugu Yi tapped the ground with his toes, pumping up his energy, and flew into the sky like a flying swallow with spread wings. At his feet, the skinks also jumped up, and their fangs followed closely!
The others were so frightened that they quickly closed their eyes and held their breath, as if there would be a sound of bones breaking at any time. The disciples of the Qingyan Sect saw this scene in their eyes, but Shi Longzi and Dugu Yi were too close, and they wanted to catch up.
It was too late to rescue him in the past.
At this moment, a beam of silver light flashed in the cave, and Dugu Yi jumped in mid-air, turned around, and attacked the skink head-on, while the long sword in his hand was pointed directly at the beast's throat.
He urged his inner energy to pour into the long sword, and then with a burst of energy, the sword blade penetrated the skink's mouth into his internal organs.
The skink struggled desperately, and his roar almost broke his eardrums. His huge body brought up sand and gravel, which rose and fell, and finally regained his composure.
"It...is dead?" Fu Xin came over with lingering fear and saw the blood stains on Dugu Yi's sleeve, "Eldest brother is not injured, right?"
Dugu Yi pulled out his sword and said with a stern expression, "I'm fine."
The Tufuzi also poked his head out and was in awe of Dugu Yi's bravery and fearlessness: "Young knight, you are so skillful!"
"I feel like it's so scary in this cave. Let's leave quickly." Someone suggested.
"Yes, yes, hurry up and leave!"
The group of people stopped lingering and stepped on the blood-splattered sand and gravel one after another. Liu Ruyan walked beside Dong Qingxian. Seeing his expression was different, she asked casually: "What, what are you thinking about?"
Dong Qingxian raised his head and listened for a while: "There seems to be a sound under the ground."
Liu Ruyan then looked at the ground. A thick layer of sand and gravel was left over from the digging of copper mines thousands of years ago.
Dong Qingxian stopped, and his usually gentle eyes became serious: "There is movement under the feet, and there is something hidden under the sand and gravel."
Listening to his description, Liu Ruyan had a bad premonition in her heart. She suddenly stopped the people behind her, Bai Zhi, Jin Buhuan, Shen Yanchu and others, seeing this, they all stopped moving forward.
"Why don't you leave again!" someone urged impatiently.
Liu Ruyan looked back at the man with a solemn expression: "There is movement under the gravel, everyone, be careful where you step."
"Is it possible that there is some mechanism underground?"
As the words fell, countless sand and stones suddenly rolled down. In the flying dust, a skink about the size of an adult man emerged from the ground, its scales reflecting a captivating light.
Immediately afterwards, one skink after another emerged from the ground, and their number was so large that it made people feel frightened.
The skink smelled the blood floating in the air and immediately pounced on the nearest person. Almost in the blink of an eye, his leg bones were broken. The person didn't even react and fell straight into a pool of blood, followed by people from all directions.
The skinks quickly gathered around...
Fu Xin was dumbfounded. He approached Dugu Yi tremblingly: "It's eating people, the monster is eating people."
Dugu Yi frowned. Even though he had excellent swordsmanship, he had never seen such a terrifying scene.
There was another vibration on the ground, and countless gravel rolled down. Dark brown scales were exposed at Fu Xin's feet, and sharp claws unique to beasts were grabbing at Fu Xin.
He exclaimed in surprise, raised his sword and stabbed.
But the scales were like the hardest armor in the world, and he couldn't hurt it at all in his desperation.
"Before it is completely out of the stone, quickly, hit its eyes!" Dugu Yi shouted.
Fu Xin shook his hands: "Yes, it hurts my eyes."
He was so scared that he could hardly hold the sword steady, and stabbed a beast pupil. But as soon as the blade in his hand changed direction, the skink lowered his body and suddenly jumped out of the ground.
It was so fast that Fu Xin could not dodge its attack even with his skills. In panic, Fu Xin fell on his back among the gravel.
The skink jumped up and showed its fangs. Fu Xin was so frightened that he screamed and closed his eyes.
"Don't, don't eat me!" He kicked his legs randomly.
However, the pain he imagined did not follow. He opened his eyes nervously, only to see a sword lying in front of him. Almost half of the blade did not enter the beast's mouth, and there was a lot of the beast on his chest.
of blood.
Dugu Yi pulled out his sword, shook off the blood on it, and looked at Fu Xin gloomily: "Follow me, don't go anywhere."
Fu Xin quickly said yes. He secretly glanced at his senior brother and felt that he seemed to be a different person.