The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3252 Charging into the Wall of Flames

"Elder Zhou, please step back!" Qian Ying's gaze sharpened as she looked at Zhou Zixing beside her and said in a solemn tone.

He noticed the gap in the wall of flames. If it wasn't repaired quickly, the shadowy figure might take the opportunity to rush in through the gap. At that time, even if the two of them were innate masters, they would inevitably be put on the defensive.

Therefore, he planned to retreat into the fire tunnel first, restore the fire wall at the gap, and then continue dismantling the building and collecting wood.

Upon hearing Qian Ying's words, Zhou Zixing immediately nodded, quickly distanced himself from the black shadows fighting beside him, and with a flash, retreated into the fiery passage.

Seeing Zhou Zixing retreat quickly, the shadowy figure initially intended to pursue, but upon realizing he had entered the wall of flames, it immediately stopped. After roaring a few times outside the flames and hearing the crackling sounds, it turned and vanished into the darkness.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing are now used to the various roars from the shadowy figure. Whenever the shadowy figure fails to ambush them, is unable to defeat them, or even attacks them, it might roar at them. It has almost become a regular occurrence.

The two stood side by side in the passage, wielding their innate short swords to pick up the burning wood scattered by the collapsed parts, piling it back up at the gap, trying to restore the wall of flames as quickly as possible.

Just then, several dark figures suddenly rushed out of the darkness, roaring at the two of them and assuming an attack stance.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing immediately retreated and stood inside the wall of flames, using the flames to block the sneak attacks from the shadowy figures.

However, to the two old men's surprise, the shadowy figures did not actually attack them. Instead, they slowly retreated near the edge of the fire tunnel.

Strangely, as these shadowy figures retreated, their claws grabbed the fallen pillar and some collapsed rafters, dragging them into the darkness.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing looked at this scene with puzzled expressions. They exchanged glances, both wondering why these dark figures were dragging away the pillars and rafters.

Could it be that they want to take away these logs, leaving them with no wood to burn, and eventually causing the wall of flames to extinguish itself?
But then they thought about it again and realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, there are still many pieces of wood that have collapsed. The wood scattered all over the ground after the collapse is enough to keep the fire burning until dawn, and it can keep the fire at its highest and largest level. There is no need to worry about not having enough wood.

Therefore, the two didn't pay too much attention, assuming that the shadowy figure was just not thinking straight and was trying to reduce the burning wood, but only dragging away a portion instead of all the collapsed wood.

Therefore, there's no need to pay attention to those shadowy figures; let's repair this patch of debris and gaps first. Once the flame wall is repaired, we can continue dismantling the building's pillars to obtain more wood.

After all, it's always better to be safe than sorry. Although we have enough wood now, it's never a bad thing to have more. No one can guarantee that these shadowy figures will retreat on their own after dawn.

Moreover, Qian Ying has now discovered a faster way to dismantle the wood and wants to try it more. She's considering cutting down all the supporting pillars around the building, causing the roof to collapse and a large portion of the roof to fall, thus destroying the protective barrier around the roof. Using this method, she can obtain even more wood.

These shadowy figures are not the original ones; they are the product of a fusion, far more powerful than before the fusion. They might still attack them after dawn, and if they don't have wood for fuel then, they'll be in serious trouble.

Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing reached a consensus on this point after communicating secretly.

They never imagined that this moment of carelessness would lead to such heavy losses and bloodshed for the warriors in the camp area.

At this moment, Chen Mo was not paying attention to the movements of Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing.

He held Ouyang Ruoxi's hand tightly, with Ouyang Nan and Ouyang Nana standing beside him, all three protected by him, positioned near the array barrier. The flames here burned fiercely, with layers of wood piled together, the fire raging powerfully enough to block any attack from the shadowy figure, making it relatively the safest place in the entire camp.

Through the flickering flames, Chen Mo could only vaguely make out the outlines of the dark figures in the distance, unable to discern what they were doing. However, he did not move to observe their movements.

In his view, the most important thing at this moment was not to pay attention to the movements of the shadowy figure, but to protect the safety of Ouyang Ruoxi and the other two.

He knew that the merged shadow was already close to the Innate Realm. Although Ouyang Ruoxi, Ouyang Nan and Ouyang Nana were not weak, if they were ambushed by the Innate Realm shadow, they would definitely die without any chance of resistance.

To ensure the safety of the three, Chen Mo had already secretly placed a Vajra Talisman on each of them. This talisman could form an invisible defensive barrier around them to resist the attacks of the shadowy figure. Although the defense was limited, it could still buy them a chance to survive in critical moments.

Especially since Ouyang Ruoxi was pushed to the edge of the flames by Ouyang Ding and almost got ambushed by a shadowy figure, that incident still haunts Chen Mo. Therefore, he will never leave Ouyang Ruoxi's side again, not even for a moment.

Just then, Chen Mo's gaze suddenly sharpened, and his expression instantly turned serious. Through the flickering flames, he could vaguely see a large group of dark figures moving rapidly towards the camp area. There were more than thirty of them, a formidable force moving at great speed, clearly indicating that they had come prepared.

The flames were burning too fiercely, the light was blinding and interfered with his vision, and the direction the dark figures were moving was not on his side, but on the other side of the camp area.

Therefore, Chen Mo simply watched the shadowy figure's movements quietly and did not immediately alert the martial artist on the other side.

He thought that the shadowy figures were just launching a simple sneak attack, and that with the wall of flames over there and the presence of a martial artist at the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, they should be able to withstand it.

But when the shadowy figures approached the campsite, Chen Mo's expression changed drastically when he saw what they were holding. He thought to himself that something was wrong and wanted to warn them, but it was already too late.

Among the thirty-odd shadowy figures, several were relatively robust and were even lifting a thick pillar together; others were gripping rafters and moving swiftly, rushing out of the darkness towards the wall of flames in the encampment area.