A small basin with a diameter of several kilometers.
After making sure that his teammates could not see the area he was in, Zhang Chenran released the two white sand giants in the shadow.
The white sand giant's previous color was replaced by black, and it completely turned into a dark demon guard.
Because it was not at night, the breath after their "resurrection" was only slightly stronger than before.
"It's a pity that there were no earth elemental monsters of the general level."
Zhang Chenran sighed, and recalled the scene when he was in the Sand River.
The road from the Sand River is definitely not available. If you want to collect earth elemental monsters again, you have to change the route.
Try to guard more points in the Burning Plain. Zhang Chenran looked up at the shadow version of the white sand giant:
"Turn a sand knife for me to see."
The white sand giant did as he was ordered, and a three-meter-long sand knife condensed in his half-clenched hand. The strange thing is that the color of the sand knife was actually dark brown!
Zhang Chenran broke off a piece of the sand knife and rubbed it in his hand.
The earth energy and dark energy contained in the dark brown sand knife did not conflict, but combined together. This is a new element energy that has never appeared before!
If the earth energy and dark energy are put together, the erosion of the latter will gradually engulf and corrupt the former, and the two will repel each other.
But now, the earth energy and dark energy contained in the sand knife, the two are not repelled but blended, and a new energy combining darkness and earth is born!
"If Lao Feng was here, I'm afraid he would be happy to take off." Zhang Chenran murmured in a low voice, and then sighed.
Unfortunately, this fusion ability is caused by his natural talent, and the shadow soldiers are the same.
"Aohou!!!"
The heart-pounding tiger roar echoed in this basin.
The creatures hiding in the basin also slowly walked out, and pairs of scarlet eyes stared at the uninvited guests who stepped into their territory.
"Yanqiu Tiger?"
After Zhang Chenran saw the faces of these creatures clearly, he recalled the information about the burning original creatures he saw on Lingling's computer.
The Yanqiu Tigers were not very powerful in the northern corner of the Burning Plain. Their racial strength was barely above average. Although they were few in number, their individual combat power was terrifyingly strong.
There were only more than 200 Yanqiu Tigers that were alarmed in the surroundings, so it was not a big problem.
"Just right, let's see how strong these earth elemental monsters are after their sharp transformation."
Zhang Chenran released all the hundreds of white sand giants in the shadow.
The white sand giants still met the enemy in rows according to the tactics they used in their lifetime.
With their impenetrable defense and the offensive of the shadow sand knife, the Yanqiu Tigers were defeated again and again. When they wanted to escape, they found that all their retreat routes had been blocked.
The white sand giants were like a well-trained army. After dealing with all the Yanqiu Tigers, they stood in rows.
"These white sand creatures are like the ancient army. Even without a commander, they can still respond to the enemy in
an improvisation. It's interesting." Zhang Chenran looked at the group of white sand giants with great satisfaction. It was worth the trip.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
The small red light on the bracelet suddenly flashed, and at the same time, the cursed substances on Mo Fan and others suddenly moved in another direction.
Zhang Chenran closed his eyes in confusion and received information about the cursed substances.
"Chen Ying, if you had said it earlier, you wouldn't have to let Zhang Chenran go ahead to explore the way. Now he is in the opposite direction of where we are."
"Me, me too"
"He has the locator I gave him. I'll give him a hint and he'll know where we are."
"In that case, let's go first and explain to him when he comes back. If we're a step slower, the Heavenly Tribulation Fruit will be taken away by other teams."
Zhang Chenran came back to his senses and was full of doubts:
"Heavenly Tribulation Fruit?"
Didn't we agree to come here to find natural treasures and Yan Ji? Why did we suddenly change our target and even the direction?
Without thinking too much, Zhang Chenran took back the souls of the White Sand Giant and those Yan Qiu Tigers and rushed in the direction of the main force. ...
...
Came to the foot of a flat-topped mountain that rose from the ground.
This mountain looks like a volcano, but it is like a straight volcanic column. It is impossible to climb it without a means of flying.
Zhang Chenran closed his eyes to collect the route of the cursed material.
According to the route of the main force, it is to go around. There seems to be a crack behind the mountain that leads to the inside of the mountain.
"Huh?"
Zhang Chenran wondered, the cursed substance he had placed on Mo Fan disappeared.
Boom! ! ! ! !
The loud sound of the volcanic eruption echoed, and the eye-catching magma burst out from the mountain.
There was not much magma on this side of the mountain, like spring water flowing out of a small crack in the mountain.
"What kind of place did these guys find?" Zhang Chenran couldn't help but say.
The cursed substance on Mo Fan disappeared, if nothing unexpected happened, he should have had an accident.
As for the cursed substances on the others, they were still there, and there should be no danger for the time being.
Bypassing this huge fire pillar mountain, Zhang Chenran saw a gap passage leading to the inside of the mountain.
The passage was filled with high-temperature magma and could not be passed.
The cursed substance sent him a message, and everyone was trapped in the passage.
They found a place to avoid the magma, and they could only move after the magma disappeared.
"Ring!!!"
When Zhang Chenran was thinking, a strong breath in the sky locked him.
That breath had surpassed the stage of command, and he was not able to deal with it. It was easy for the other party to kill him.
Zhang Chenran did not dare to move at all. The opponent's mental power was far superior to his. Just being watched made him feel a huge mental pressure.
He was about to call on Youlan to possess him and fight to the death with her.
As a result, the creature in the sky withdrew its gaze and flew towards the molten lava flowing below.
"Monarch?"
Zhang Chenran looked up with lingering fear and saw a fiery red graceful figure in the air.
Her figure was not much different from that of a human, but her aura had surpassed the boundaries of a commander and reached the level of a monarch!
Only a super-class being could compete with this level of existence. Fortunately, she did not attack him, otherwise he would surely die.
This creature was not a demon, but the overlord of the northern corner of the Burning Plain, a fire elemental creature.
Elemental creatures are different from demons. They do not have strong malice towards humans.
Perhaps it is for this reason that he was able to escape.
"We must find them as soon as possible."
...
After the lava has drained away.
Zhang Chenran jumped down the cliff and headed for the passage leading to the inside of the mountain.
"Hehehe!!!"
A metallic scream echoed at the entrance of the cave.
A group of two-faced monsters wrapped in fiery red armor were guarding the entrance of the crack passage. They looked at the humans who were about to embark on this road and grinned.
These monsters are not afraid of lava. They were covered by lava before, and Zhang Chenran did not notice their existence.
Zhang Chenran held two dark long swords in his hands, and behind him floated dozens of dark executioners exuding the aura of a general:
"Kill in as quickly as possible."
This crack passage showed a winding upward trend, and the rocks inside were half-crystal and half-rock, very smooth. After being baptized by the previous magma, some fragments of spirit seeds stuck in the cracks of the rocks also appeared.
But Zhang Chenran didn't have time to dig them out one by one.
He kept killing along the crack channel.
Sensing the message from the cursed substance, Zhang Chenran stopped at the entrance of a cave blocked by a huge rock.
"Go and clean up the things on top."
Zhang Chenran gave orders to the dark torturers and walked to the huge rock beside.
"Monkey! Zhao Manyan!"
He didn't rush to dig out the huge rock, but politely knocked on the huge rock to ask about the situation inside.
"Brother Chen! It's Brother Chen!" Zhang Xiaohou's excited voice came from the cave:
"Brother Chen, we are inside!"
"No, why are you shouting nonsense? His arrival means that everything is fine outside, move the stone away!" Zhao Manyan said unhappily.
"Oh oh."
Zhang Xiaohou and Chen Ying, two earth magicians, moved the huge rock blocking the hole.
Seeing that they were safe, Zhang Chenran put away the dark double swords in his hand.
"Brother! You came just in time!"
Zhao Manyan excitedly stepped forward and gave him a big hug.
"Where's Mo Fan? Have you seen Mo Fan?" Lingling and Xinxia asked hurriedly.
Zhang Chenran shook his head:
"When I was outside, there was a molten lava here. I waited until the lava disappeared before I broke in. Did he have any problem?"
"Brother Fan was washed away by the lava!" Zhang Xiaohou's face was full of anxiety.
Zhang Chenran glanced at the Star Wolf and said:
"His summoned beast did not return to the summoning plane. He should be nearby now."
Everyone did not dare to delay any longer and hurriedly set out to look for Mo Fan who was washed away by the lava.
...…
When they walked down the crack passage, they found that it was full of corpses of two-faced turtle demons, including several two-faced turtle demons of the general level.
"You killed all the way up?" Zhao Manyan's face was slightly surprised.
He knew how terrifying these two-faced turtle demons were, and they were the ones who blocked everyone's only way to survive.
But thinking back to the scene where Zhang Chenran killed hundreds of white sand giants in one move, this was not too surprising.
Zhang Chenran nodded and asked:
"Why did you suddenly change your direction?"
"This is what happened." Chen Ying started to explain.
It was probably because her mother wanted the Fire Tribulation Fruit to heal her injuries, and Yan Ji was the guardian of the Fire Tribulation Fruit.
If you can find the Fire Tribulation Fruit, you can find Yan Ji.
With the information Chen Ying got from her mother, everyone temporarily changed their direction.
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the bottom of the mountain.
After listening to her narration, Zhang Chenran's eyes lit up:
"I just saw the Flame Witch who saved your mother. Her previous trajectory was flying towards the bottom of the magma.
The fact that the Swift Star Wolf did not return to the summoning plane means that Mo Fan is still alive. If the Flame Witch has good intentions towards humans, Mo Fan should have been rescued by her."
"So, as long as we find the Flame Witch, we can find the Fire Tribulation Fruit and Mo Fan!" Chen Ying said in surprise.
Zhang Chenran nodded slightly:
"I had been guarding below the lava flow before. If Mo Fan was washed away by the lava, I should be able to see it.
When I came up, the lava had not completely cooled down, and there was no trace of him on the road where the lava flowed.
Now it seems that he must have been rescued by the flame witch."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and then they all looked at Chen Ying.
"From what my mother said, we have to reach Pingling Mountain first and pass through the Fire Cloud Forest." Chen Ying explained.
"This road is too dangerous. There may be new lava flowing down. It's better to climb up directly." Zhang Chenran gave an idea.
The crack channel has been washed by the lava, and some narrow roads may be blocked.
This is not a big problem, but the problem is that there is a fear that the lava will flow down again, which will be another disaster.
"We don't have a rope to climb up. Do you have a way to crawl or fly?" Zhao Manyan accepted this suggestion and asked immediately.
"Chen Ying and I can carve out a foothold on the cliff to climb, but Xinxia and Lingling..." Zhang Xiaohou didn't say anything else.
"No need to bother. The sun is not on our side now. A shadow will do."
Zhang Chenran said, and took out two pieces of worn cloth from his backpack under the puzzled gazes of the crowd.
After knowing the function of the ghost tuft, Zhang Chenran was reluctant to sell it again. Now he was not short of money.
These two pieces of ghost tufts were obtained when hunting in the underground palace. Among them, the ghost general had two throat-sealing ghost horns.
Zhang Chenran threw one piece to Lingling and Xinxia on the back of the Swift Star Wolf, and threw the other one to Chenying:
"You will know its function after you carve the soul mark on the ghost cloth."
Xinxia and Chenying did as she was told.
The moment Chenying carved the soul mark, she felt a dark force under her control. She could lurk in the shadows at will and move quickly in the shadows.
The next moment, her figure disappeared into the ground, forming a dark area.
"Damn, this thing is cool!" Zhao Manyan's eyes were full of stars.
Buzz!!!
The ghost tuft in Xinxia's hand trembled strangely, as if resisting something.
The ghost stalk struggled to break free from Xinxia's hand and flew back to Zhang Chenran.
"Brother Chen, what's going on?" Zhang Xiaohou looked puzzled.
Zhang Chenran was also puzzled. He reached out and grabbed the ghost stalk:
"Is it afraid?"
"Afraid? Afraid of what? Afraid of Xinxia?" Zhang Xiaohou asked hurriedly. Zhang Chenran
shook his head slightly. He looked at Xinxia sitting on the back of the Swift Star Wolf with a strange look, and then threw the ghost stalk to Lingling:
"Lingling, you come."
"Oh." Lingling grabbed the ghost stalk and engraved the soul mark on it.
The ghost stalk is similar to a magic tool. As long as the soul mark is engraved on it, it can have the hiding and shadow-evading abilities that the Sealing Throat Ghost Horn had when he was alive, and there is no risk of backlash.
A touch of darkness lingered around Lingling. She reached out and touched Xinxia behind her, and the two of them disappeared into the shadows together.
"So cool! Where's mine?" Zhao Manyan looked at him excitedly.
"You think this stuff is wholesale, right?" Zhang Chenran glared at him unhappily, and then pulled him and Zhang Xiaohou over.
The three of them disappeared into the shadows.
The dazed Star Wolf was also sucked in and disappeared into the shadows together.
"You can even pull a general with you, your shadow system must be almost high-level, right?" Zhao Manyan asked.
"I've stepped half a step into it, and I'll break through when I go back." Zhang Chenran said.
"If I can have one of the powerful space system and the shadow system that has stepped into the high-level half-step, my father will be happy to give me half of his fortune." Zhao Manyan said in a sad tone.
At this time, Zhang Xiaohou, who was also escaping into the shadows, said:
"Brother Chen, I suddenly remembered the time when you, me, and Brother Fan fought against the Phantom Wolf Beast together."
"Yeah, I miss it,"
Zhang Xiaohou said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"So Brother Chen, you had already awakened the shadow system at that time, right?"