Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 472 History
"witch?"

Xu Yue was not unfamiliar with the term "Wu". According to the shape of the character, "Wu" is connected to the sky above and the ground below, with the middle part representing connection, and the little people on both sides are the Wu.

Therefore, in history, the earliest beings who could connect heaven and earth and worship ghosts and gods were called witches.

For a long time, witches were the inheritors and judges of civilization. They represented mystery, medical skills, sacrifices, world cognition, prophetic guidance, etc. They were even able to influence the prosperity of their country and even the change of imperial power.

In myths and legends, witches are gods and demons born in ancient times. They are truly majestic beings who possess the ability to know everything and to catch the stars and the moon.

The titles such as the Ten Witches of Lingshan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches are very famous. Even the Jiuli bloodline that he inherited is said to have a very close connection with witches.

Of course, this is only the relevant information he knows, but judging from Fei Lian’s current expression of fear, the witches in this world are obviously not simple.

"Tell me in detail about the witches you know."

Inside the cave, Xu Yue's steady voice allowed Fei Lian to gradually suppress the fear that was surging in her heart. After taking a deep breath, she slowly spoke.

"There are not many records about witches in the tribe. After all, the era of witches has long passed. I can only talk about what I know."

"Legend has it that in the ancient times, when humans had not yet appeared, there were only those powerful fairies born naturally. Of course, it is totally fine to call them gods and demons. Then, as time went by, perhaps because they felt lonely, some extremely powerful individuals among the gods and demons began to actively evolve into groups. From then on, the originally dead world began to gradually come alive."

"And witches are one of the most powerful tribes that absolutely stand at the top of the world. It is said that once these beings reach adulthood, even if they do nothing, their combat power will naturally grow to a level that is not inferior to that of immortals. The most powerful among them are even comparable to gods."

"However, the world has its ups and downs, and things have their changes. With the outbreak of an unknown war, the ancient times finally came to an end. Even those powerful gods and demons, tribes, and witches, all entered silence one by one. Even their immortal characteristics were completely wiped out, leaving only a few tiny bloodlines to be passed down and scattered."

"After that, all things began to multiply and grow, and humans emerged and rose. As for the last record of witches, it involved a battle for supremacy thousands of years ago. At that time, humans were not as weak as they are now..."

When it comes to the word "weak", Fei Lian curls her lips out of habit, but when she thinks of her current situation, her movements suddenly freeze, and she turns to look cautiously at Xu Yue on the opposite side. Only after making sure that the other party has no grudges, does she continue to tell the story.

"The humans of that era were very strong, truly overwhelming all other races. Not only did they inherit the blood of many gods and demons, but there were also many powerful people who were called immortals and deified. One of the races, called Jiuli, was said to have inherited the blood of witches. Later, a civil war broke out among humans, and it was said that the number of other races involved in the battle and destroyed was as high as double digits. In the end, the human side won, and Chiyou, the leader of the Jiuli tribe, was killed. Most of his tribe was swallowed up, and only a small number of survivors were exiled and disappeared."

"At this point, all records about witches disappeared completely. This is all I know."

After saying that, Fei Lian looked at Xu Yue who was in deep thought, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked that rather curious question.

"According to the records in the tribe, since the Jiuli merged into Yanhuang, the bloodline blended and humans gradually separated from nature, there has never been a being that has awakened even a tiny bit of witch blood. So... Boss, are you a descendant of the Jiuli survivors?"

Glancing at Fei Lian who was looking curious, Xu Yue did not reply but asked another question.

"Does your clan's records about the Battle of Zhuolu mention the whereabouts of Chiyou's flag?"

"Chiyou's military flag? I seem to have some impression of it. Let me think..."

Although he said he was thinking about it, the cat demon's eyes were fixed on the other lunch box in Xu Yue's hand, and his meaning was not concealed at all.

Without any nonsense, Xu Yue directly threw the lunch box in his hand to the other party. Since reaching a cooperative relationship with Xia, she even took the initiative to prepare a large number of portable foods that can be preserved for a long time, just to make it convenient for Xu Yue to eat in the derivative world.

What he gave Fei Lian were all the portable lunch boxes that he had previously stockpiled in a worker's shop. Although the taste was not bad, it was obviously inferior to the batch made by Xia, so he didn't feel sorry even if he consumed them all.

On the opposite side, Fei Lian took the lunch box thrown to him, his eyebrows slightly curved, and he skillfully input spiritual power into the lunch box to heat it automatically while continuing with his previous narration.

"There are not many records about Chiyou's military flag. We only know that it is the most precious treasure of the human race, which is known as the best for military attack. It is even on the Kui Niu drum. Because the gods are immortal, it is said that after Chiyou's death, in order to prevent him from resurrecting again, the Yellow Emperor chose to cut off his body and head, bury them separately, and use his blood to draw a trace of divinity on the military flag."

"On the one hand, as long as the military flag is not destroyed, Chi You will never be able to return to his position. On the other hand, by borrowing the might of the God of War Chi You, we have also created a treasure for the military formation. I have to say, when it comes to ruthlessness, you humans are still the most ruthless..."

Halfway through his words, Fei Lian noticed Xu Yue's eyes and quickly changed his words.

"Ahem, that's all the tribe has recorded. The last time the Chiyou flag appeared in the world, it seemed to be in the hands of a human named Xiang Yu. But since that human was defeated and died, the flag has completely disappeared. That's all I know. If I want to know more, I need to go back to the tribe to inquire, or go directly to Daxing to ask the Fairy Hall there. They definitely have the most detailed information."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lunch box in Fei Lian's hand made a slight sound, which meant that the food inside had been heated up. As the lid was opened, an enticing aroma of food gushed out and spread to the entire cave in an instant.

"Uh, is there anything else you need to ask?"

Even when asking, Fei Lian's gaze inevitably shifted to the lunch box in her hand. Since the flesh and blood of most creatures in the cave contain high concentrations of evil spirits, in order to minimize erosion, the food she has had for the past two years has been hard to describe.

But now, after seeing these normal foods that were already delicious, she felt that her aggrieved stomach was constantly screaming for more. With the cat demon's body of nearly three meters, as long as she wanted, she could easily swallow fifty portions, let alone five.

"This is the last one. After finishing it, prepare to go to the core of the formation you mentioned."

"it is good!"

He agreed decisively, and then the sound of chewing was heard quickly. The food was delicious, but compared with the temptation of escaping, the desire to eat was not worth mentioning.

So, just three minutes later, the man and the cat walked out of this relatively safe cave. Outside the cave, several dim corridors were still intricate and led directly to different unknown distances. The two figures stopped at the intersection. Xu Yue recalled the two fire-patterned wolves that were on guard not far away. He first replenished some of their mana through the brooch, and then summoned two more wolves of similar size.

However, one of the wolves had silver threads wrapped around its body, while the other had wings on its back, making it look a little bloated even when they folded their wings.

The gray wolf summoned by spending 50 mana points will always randomly inherit some of his talents. The first two inherited his pure sunfire, and the current two inherited his metalization and flying abilities respectively.

Surrounded by four giant wolves, Fei Lian at the front of the team felt extremely safe. The effect of the ability of "differentiation" in the hands of the dead dog and in the hands of the big man behind him was completely different. At this moment, he even felt that creatures like wolves seemed a lot more pleasing to the eye.

"Okay, let's go and find the core of the formation as quickly as possible!"

Xu Yue's low voice came from behind. Fei Rao nodded in response, and then his yellow and green eyes lit up with a faint light. After a glance around, he directly locked onto the dark corridor on the right.

"This way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fei Lian rushed out first, followed by five figures following closely behind him.

Four of the giant wolves slightly sped up and then steadily protected Yu Fei Lian, while Xu Yue followed slowly behind the team, the Xiaoyun longbow in his hand, which looked like a work of art, shining brightly in the darkness.

In a relatively narrow environment like a corridor, it is not conducive to the use of the main weapon Fang Tian Hua Ji. Instead, the Xiaoyun longbow is particularly suitable. In addition, with the presence of five baits and meat shields in front of him, he can fully maximize the lethality of the longbow.

Twenty minutes later, a cat and four wolves rushed through the corridor at a very fast speed. In the darkness at the top of the corridor, a large lizard that was almost integrated with the rock wall suddenly opened its eyes, and its blood-red eyes stared at four figures that were about to rush over not far away.

The next moment, when the four figures just moved to the bottom, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and then a long blood-red tongue as swift as an arrow suddenly pierced straight down from the sky.

But when it was about to hit the target, Fei Lian, who was running at full speed, nimbly turned sideways as if he had anticipated it and perfectly dodged the long bloody tongue that fell from the sky.

"Oh!"

There was a muffled sound at the feet, and a large amount of smoke and dust exploded from the ground where the long tongue had penetrated deeply. The four figures who were the target completely ignored the sudden attack, and continued to run forward without stopping, passing the long tongue.

Directly above, watching the quickly disappearing prey, a trace of brutal murderous intent flashed in the pair of scarlet eyes clinging to the rock wall. Failure in hunting was nothing, but this blatant attitude of disregard caused its incomplete sanity, which had been eroded by the evil spirit, to fall directly into an almost uncontrollable rage.

Its sharp claws suddenly tore through the rock wall. Just as it was about to retract its long tongue that was deeply embedded in the ground, it jumped out. However, two beams of golden and red light that came from nowhere had already approached its side.

Then, before it could react, two beams of light cut off its long tongue and pierced its eyes. A ball of golden-red fire exploded at the top of the tunnel, and then a two-meter-long khaki lizard fell heavily to the ground. Under the residual firelight, its entire head was almost torn into pieces, and the inside of the broken skull was charred, as if all the brain tissue was burned to charcoal in an instant.

[You killed the lizard demon Fu Chi and obtained 2.1% of the source of the world. Now you have obtained 8.4% of the source of the world.]

[You get a treasure chest (purple)]

.........

"Good luck."

After a few breaths, a pair of black combat boots walked out from the darkness at the back. Looking at the large lizard that died miserably at his feet, Xu Yue curled the corners of his lips, then leaned over to pick up the purple treasure chest that quickly emerged next to the corpse.

This was already the third goblin he had shot along the way. To be honest, this lizard's ability to conceal its breath was not weak, as it was able to survive in the cave. But when its attention was completely attracted by Fei Lian, Xu Yue was able to easily shoot and kill the exposed opponent with just two arrows without any resistance.

It was so easy that it was almost no different from picking up a treasure chest. At this rate, perhaps before he even found the core of the formation, the amount of his world source would exceed 10%.

Surrounded by the purple feasting fire, Xu Yue put the treasure chest in his hand back into the space. After thinking for a while, he also took back the broken red long tongue on the surface of the ground. Looking at the five black shadows that were about to disappear at the end of his sight, he stomped his feet hard, and the whole figure disappeared instantly. Only the pool of black charred ash that was blown away by the wind was left.

Forty minutes later, a deep roar suddenly resounded throughout the corridor. Following the sound, one saw a sturdy man covered in scars quickly transforming into a ferocious giant bear more than four meters tall amid the roar.

The bloodstained black fur tore the clothes apart, and under the broad bear's paws, the ground was crushed into cracks by the exaggerated weight of several tons. Above the corridor, a pair of blood-red eyes as big as round bowls looked down, staring at the five figures circling around it, with unspeakable violence and madness in the eyes.

"Bugs, die!"

With a roar, the giant bear suddenly swung out its arms, and a raging hurricane rushed out in an instant. The giant bear, which was already more than four meters tall, had an attack range of nearly six meters with its arms swung out, almost covering half of the corridor, leaving nowhere to hide.

There were two loud thuds, and a strong smell of blood immediately spread throughout the entire corridor. With one blow, the wolf with silver threads wrapped all over its body only had time to whimper before being blown away. As for the other wolf with wings on its back, it was even more miserably smashed directly into pieces in mid-air.

Blood mixed with minced meat almost covered the entire body of the giant bear. It howled excitedly and was about to swing its arms to hit again, but suddenly it found that the other two wolves in the field had bitten its arms and wrists tightly. At the same time, dense green wind ropes appeared at some point and tightly wrapped around the joints of its limbs, making it unable to move for a while.

The next second, a loud phoenix cry was heard in front of him, and a dazzling golden-red light was seen breaking through the air and coming straight towards him.

"boom!!!"

(End of this chapter)