Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 459: Demonic Movement, Opportunity

Wei Zhong still underestimated the destructive effect caused by himself and others.

The underground fire veins of the Blood-Melting Ridge were already on the verge of erupting, and the gray fog covering the sky was a representation of this.

Like dry firewood emitting thick smoke, it can be ignited by just a breeze.

Wei Zhong and others used the Fuling Qiankun Formation to pry the terrain, which was equivalent to delivering this breeze with their own hands.

The result is the current situation.

The earth veins erupted, and lava covered the sky with endless gray fog.

It was so fast that even Wei Zhongtang and Hedao couldn't escape it.

In just a few moments, it was enveloped by the gray fog.

Accompanying him were An Yuxuan and three others.

The three of them were already injured, and after activating the formation, they were fleeing for their lives. At this moment, they were already in bad condition.

Wei Zhong immediately swung out the Yantian Whip to wrap around the three men, preventing them from being swept away by the gray fog storm.

"How are you guys doing?"

"I can still hold on, but the power of this fire vein explosion is too great, isn't it?" While speaking, Min Lingheng suddenly felt a slight pain in his throat and couldn't help coughing a few times.

The other two also covered their mouths and noses one after another.

Wei Zhong noticed something was wrong and immediately sealed his mouth and nose:

"No, this gray fog is poisonous."

The four of them quickly sealed off the area around them, even using their magic power to seal all the pores on their bodies.

Screams were heard all around, and it was obvious that a large number of monsters could not hold out in this disaster.

Wei Zhong didn't feel much about this. The protective aura that automatically rose from his robe had already blocked all damage, and there was also a thin layer of five elements aura on his body as the final protection.

However, the crackling sound coming from the robe also reminded Wei Zhong that he should not stay here for long.

As the spiritual consciousness extended, a tingling and painful sensation immediately spread from the mind.

"What a powerful gray fog. It can even affect spiritual consciousness."

With Wei Zhong's strength, his spiritual awareness can only extend three miles here. Any further would exceed Wei Zhong's limit.

The invincible divine consciousness of Hedao encountered a major obstacle here.

"Do you still recognize the way to the Blood Melting Ridge?"

The three of them shook their heads helplessly.

Their spiritual awareness was restricted and several people had lost their way.

The terrain of the entire Blood-Melting Ridge was also changed in the recent fire eruption, and the previous ground reference points could no longer be found.

At this moment, Wei Zhong and others seemed to be blindfolded and could not find the way to leave.

"Trouble!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Zhong and others heard a painful roar.

It comes from the ground, and the shape appears after the sound arrives.

The red flame was like a lantern. When it was fully revealed, Wei Zhong realized that it was a red toad.

Its aura was scattered and its pressure was spreading everywhere. Wei Zhong could easily judge its grade:

"Level 7, seems to be in the middle to late stage, stronger than the one we encountered when we entered the Blood Melting Ridge."

“It’s hurt!”

An Yuxuan pointed to the back of the red toad, where there was a red rock inserted into it, and blood was dripping onto the ground like magma.

The severe pain made the red toad extremely manic. It ran and rolled around without any scruples.

I don't know how many rocks were broken by the crash. Even the fellow tribesmen who took refuge outside could not escape the disaster. They were knocked away and fell to the ground, their life or death unknown.

"This beast is too close to us, get out of the way first!"

Wei Zhong and others immediately climbed up, but they didn't know whether they had disrupted the flow of the gray fog.

The red toad suddenly raised its head, its eyes glowing red like bright lights, and it locked onto Wei Zhong and the others through hundreds of feet of volcanic ash fog.

At the same time, Wei Zhong also sensed a sense of crisis and shifted his gaze to stare at the ground.

"not good!"

The four people's faces changed at the same time, and groups of red rocks were projected from below.

Each of them swung their magic weapons to smash it, but unexpectedly, a red rope suddenly came through the gray fog.

It was so fast that Wei Zhong didn't even have time to react before it tightly wrapped around the Dragon Sword in his hand.

Wei Zhong was stunned when he saw the appearance of the red rope. He saw that the lines on it were rough, like tongue coating.

I immediately realized that this was not a red rope, but the tongue of the red toad.

When he realized this, the red tongue had already bent and hit Wei Zhong in the face like a nimble flying snake.

Wei Zhong turned his head to avoid it, but the red tongue still touched his cheek.

Fortunately, there was the protection of the Five Elements' spiritual light, so it wasn't pierced by a single blow.

When the red tongue missed the attack, it immediately retracted it, and when leaving, it even wanted to snatch the Dragon Sword from Wei Zhong's hand.

However, Wei Zhong tightened his right arm and held it in his palm like an iron clamp.

No matter how the red toad was pulled, there was no response.

Realizing that something was wrong, the red toad immediately retracted its red tongue.

"Brother Wei!"

The fight between the man and the monster just now happened in a flash. The other three had no time to react and the whole process was over.

Wei Zhong touched his face and said calmly:
"nothing!"

The five elements of spiritual light on the side of the face have been corrupted, and a fire poison is spreading in the missing places, preventing the spiritual light from filling them.

Wei Zhong slightly controlled the magic power in his body to flush it out, and the fire poison was removed.

The five elements spiritual light protection is restored.

His right hand appeared before his eyes, on which was the wisp of red fire poison. As he examined it with his spiritual sense, Wei Zhong said slowly:
"This fire poison seems to be somewhat similar to the toxin spreading in this gray fog."

After checking it out, the others nodded:
"indeed so."

The Red Toad was born and raised here, so it's not surprising that it inherited some characteristics of the Blood Melting Ridge environment.

However, what puzzled Wei Zhong was that the perception of this red toad seemed to be too strong. It could spot Wei Zhong and others who were hiding even from hundreds of feet away.

This is not an environment with good visibility, but a special area filled with volcanic ash and fog, where even spiritual consciousness is affected.

However, the Red Toad was able to detect the location of Wei Zhong and others with just its pair of red eyes and launched a precise attack.

"This pair of eyes is indeed a treasure that can be used to refine the red night liquid."

Wei Zhong said this while staring at the two red lanterns below.

"Brother Wei, do you want to kill it?"

The three of them looked at Wei Zhong, wanting to see what this fellow thought.

Wei Zhong shook his head slowly:

"No need. We are not in an advantageous position in this environment. It is better to get rid of this beast as soon as possible and leave quickly."

After saying that, Wei Zhong took the lead and rose into the air, followed by An Yuxuan and others.

This time, as the distance increased, the red toad could not find the location of Wei Zhong and others.

Only a red tongue was left flapping wildly in the air, sticking a mouthful of gray mist.

Wei Zhongwang looked at the scene around him. As the distance increased, the four of them had already left the range of influence of the Red Night Toad and entered the territory of the Sky Crow.

Because this place is far away from the ground, it is only affected by the volcanic eruption. On the contrary, the ground collapse did not cause much impact on the Cinder Crow tribe.

A large number of low-level Sky Crows were able to protect themselves, and under the protection and guidance of their high-level counterparts, they gradually moved away from the dangerous area. The red feathers were particularly conspicuous, and with their large numbers, Wei Zhong and others could easily find the location of the Sky Crow monster group.

Groups of them, like flames dancing in the gray fog.

"Go, follow."

Wei Zhong didn’t know whether these Sky Crows could identify directions in the gray fog, but knowing that these monsters born here could lead him and others away from the core of the volcano and migrate outward was enough.

Sure enough, following the direction of the large group of monsters, Wei Zhong found that the gray fog around him was becoming thinner and thinner.

Obviously, they have already gone far away from the core area of ​​Blood Melting Ridge.

However, when they arrived here, a large number of Sky Crow Demons hovered and stayed, not moving forward another step.

"We've reached the edge, let's continue to take off!"

Following Wei Zhong's instructions, the four continued to climb.

Just like crossing the terminator, a clear vision appeared in the eyes of the four people.

The white clouds and clear sky outside formed a sharp contrast with the pitch black below.

"Finally it's out!"

An Yuxuan and the other two looked excited. With their abilities, it would have been difficult for them to cross the Blood Melting Ridge, but now they had done it with the help of Wei Zhong.

Although the process was a bit bumpy, the result is good after all.

The three were not injured, they just had some minor frights on the way.

"Okay, now that we are out of this fog, we can determine the direction and leave."

Wei Zhong looked around and found a green mountain range not far away. The ground was the iconic red soil, which meant that they were still within the range of the Red Flame Land.

Wei Zhong frowned slightly as he identified his surroundings.

"What's the matter, Fellow Daoist Wei? Did we take the wrong road?"

Wei Zhong shook his head slowly and presented the map to the three people:
“We didn’t go in the wrong direction, but we did deviate from the expected direction.

"We should have crossed the Blood Melting Ridge, walked through the Red River Valley, reached the Black Stone Desert, and then walked east...

“But now we have come to the southern end of the Red River Valley.”

Deng Hanwen and others didn't know the details, and asked with some doubt:

"Why, is there any trouble?"

When An Yuxuan heard what Wei Zhong said, her expression changed:
"Could it be that we have come to the vicinity of Qingshan Mountain?"

Wei Zhong nodded slowly.

Min Lingheng still didn't know where Qingshan was, so Wei Zhong had to tell them about the missions he had carried out before.

He also told everyone about the eighth-level demon dragon that appeared in this war.

"An eighth-level demon dragon. Could it be that the place ahead of us is the habitat of an eighth-level demon dragon?"

"No, it should be one of its territories, used for breeding offspring. But it is also quite dangerous. After all, beyond the green mountain is the Fierce Dragon Wood Forest. The top-level demon plants in it are comparable to half-step eighth-level, and are no less powerful than General Guan."

"..."

Wei Zhong and others fell into the void too early and did not know that the eighth-level Demonic Bearded Dragon had already been killed by Qi Han.

At this moment, I am still thinking about how to avoid the green mountains and try to find a safe route.

"Even if there were no green mountains ahead, we still can't cross this Fiery Dragon Forest right now," An Yuxuan said worriedly.

Wei Zhong nodded:

"Fairy An has a point."

"In this case, we can only take a detour."

"Exactly!"

After some discussion, Wei Zhong and his three companions decided to take a detour due to concerns about the danger of the route.

Following the outskirts of the Blood-Melting Ridge, we gradually headed north, crossed the mountains, and arrived at the Red River Valley, our destination.

This is a huge valley that stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles. The valley accumulates water veins from thousands of miles nearby, forming a unique wide river channel.

The Red River is located at the lowest point of the valley. Because the water carries a large amount of mud and sand from the Red Flame Land, its color is reddish, hence the name Red River.

There are evil dragons looking for water around the valley, but their ranks are not high, making the Red River a fairly safe area.

Even a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage has a chance to cross the river valley and reach the Black Stone Desert near the Shagang Demon Realm.

The four entered the valley and walked along the river.

Looking at the various demon dragons seeking water nearby, Min Lingheng had a strange expression on his face:
"That's strange. These demon dragons don't look that weak."

Following his gaze, Wei Zhong saw a group of strange dragons with swollen heads.
Wei Zhong knew that this demon dragon was called the Xuanding Evil Dragon, and the lump on its head was not a ball of flesh but hard demon bone grown inside.

The monster's bones bulged, pushing its head into this shape.

There is a dark green demon pattern on the top of the Xuanding Shalong's head, on which is engraved his innate demon magic, called the Qingshi Jue, which can generate poisonous fog and spiritual vines, which not only have the effect of corrosive attacks, but also can protect itself.

According to Jiuzhou's inspection, this kind of evil dragon mostly lives on the outskirts of the Red Flame Land and is rare inside.

But now these evil dragons appeared in the Red River Valley, which made Wei Zhong realize that something was wrong.

"Indeed, there is..."

Wei Zhong was about to reply when he was interrupted by a dragon's roar. The spreading power made Wei Zhong's expression change drastically.

The nearby drinking water dragons suddenly panicked and fled in all directions.

"Hide!"

The four people withdrew from the waterway and came to the nearby mountain wall, casting a spell to merge themselves with the rocks behind them.

Wei Zhong looked ahead and saw a demon dragon that looked like a silver carp showing its head in the Red River and swimming from downstream to upstream.

The huge body teased the two sides of the Red River, and from time to time it rolled out its black beard, taking the weak demon dragons on both sides into its mouth, chewing and swallowing them.

When he came not far from Wei Zhong and others, he flew into the air, splashing a large amount of water, revealing his true body completely in the air.

This turned out to be a silver carp monster with limbs. It had a fat body but slender limbs.

These limbs can't even support its huge body.

The silver carp dragon soared into the air, then lay on the ground again, crawling forward using its slender limbs.

Although it was such a funny scene, Wei Zhong and others couldn't laugh.

This was because the demon dragon's aura was so deep that it was far beyond the ability of Wei Zhong and his three companions to deal with it.

"Half a step to the eighth level!"

Or it can be said to be the seventh level of perfection.

Don't judge a person by his appearance, and the same goes for monsters.

It turns out that this silver carp demon dragon, the Fiery Dragon Wood King, and Guan Hong are all only one step away from the Mahayana realm.

"How could such a monster appear here?"

Obviously, this silver carp dragon is not a local monster, but migrated from other places thousands of miles away.

"Demon dragons have a strong sense of territory. How could they migrate like this?"

The scenery before him was beyond Min Lingheng's understanding.

But this is not the end. Soon after, a towering shadow appeared in the sky. The trees on both sides of the Red River Valley grew rapidly. In just a few breaths, they grew from saplings into towering trees.

"Why is the Fierce Dragon Wood King here?"

Wei Zhong cried out in shock.

The shadow on the horizon was getting closer and closer. It was the Fiery Dragon Wood King that happened to be passing by, and its own power affected the surrounding spiritual trees.

"The direction the other party is heading..."

A kind of speculation spread endlessly in Wei Zhong's mind. Thinking of what Guan Hong said, Wei Zhong withdrew his method of concealment:
"Three of you, you may need to walk the rest of the way on your own."

(End of this chapter)