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Chapter 55 Blazing City

【Accurate prediction】

[Details: With enhanced perception and judgment, users can more accurately predict enemy attacks and defenses, allowing for more precise responses in combat.]

As the breathing technique advances, a new skill entry appears.

"Predicting the action?"

Rhodes turned his head and looked towards the woods on the left.

In the distance, a rabbit looked around in the grass, lowered its head to nibble for a few seconds, then looked up again, repeating this over and over again, but not in a regular pattern.

He picked up a small stone.

After sitting quietly for a few seconds, he suddenly threw the stone out.

Just as the rabbit raised its head, the stone flew past its scalp.

This frightened the rabbit so much that it quickly jumped away.

"About 1 to 1.5 seconds."

Not bad.

It is enough to ensure that he does not lose out in skills during the battle.

But in the final analysis, [Night Hunter Breathing Technique] is not a one-in-a-million method. There are many high-level breathing techniques. You must not be careless when fighting against humans who practice breathing techniques.

When the night was deep, Terry pulled Rod into the woods, and soon the sound of the rhythm of life could be heard.

The goblin Geima cursed inwardly, pulled the blanket over his ears, and struggled to sleep.

The next morning.

The three of them set off again, struggling to bypass the difficult mountain roads, and finally arrived at the Blazing City in the afternoon.

The scorching city during the day seemed covered with a golden veil, with sunlight pouring down. When you get closer, you can see that every inch of land and wall is rising with air waves that distort the space.

Fortunately, there are many spires in the city, and the black shadows are continuous, so those pedestrians wearing colorful headscarves or veils can run among them.

Despite the high temperature, it is still a place controlled by humans.

In addition, there are also fire lizardmen and fire spirits living here. Anyway, most of them are heat-resistant races.

As they entered the inner city, Gema, sweating profusely from the heat, stopped in front of a shop.

"Do you need the Orchid Potion?"

Then she noticed that the two of them remained calm and waved their hands.

"forget it."

"No, prepare some."

With the mentality of "something is better than nothing", Rhodes successfully purchased two tubes of orchid potion.

This is a magic potion unique to the Blazing City. It has very good heat resistance. The human soldiers stationed here rely on this potion to survive.

Blazing City is a large border city in Aetheron.

It borders a tribe of salamanders called Kaua'i, and the relationship between the two has been sometimes good and sometimes bad, with minor disputes continuing for hundreds of years.

Although it is not explicitly stated in the history books of Eselon, many people on the continent actually know that three hundred years ago, the Blazing City was still the territory of Kaue.

Therefore, you can always see the symbols of the sacred fire believed by the Salamanders along the streets.

After a while.

Gema led the two to an inn called Antelope Ferry.

After putting away her luggage, she hurried away, probably to find a guide for the open-air maze.

Because it was not time for dinner yet, Terry slept in the shadows to save energy.

Rhodes had nothing to do, so he sat at the bar where there were few customers, chatting with the hotel owner.

The boss of Antelope Ferry is a Salamander Man.

He was born here and grew up here.

Apparently, their attitude towards the Kaua'i tribe was the same as that of the local humans, with them spewing out words like 'Damn Kaua' from time to time.

According to him, this hotel was built with the help of humans in the city.

"Compared to the human guests I've seen before, you're in quite good spirits."

"My fire resistance is pretty good." Rhodes replied while shaking the blue wine in the glass.

This is the local giant wine.

Because some fruit juice, the raw material of orchid potion, was added, the color became more vivid.

The taste is minty and a little herbal, like the black toothpaste of the Earth.

He doesn't like it very much.

While the boss turned his head to look at the soldiers lined up outside the hotel, Rhodes secretly called out Terry, poured the remaining wine into her mouth, and pushed her back no matter how she danced.

"I heard there are hot springs in the city, right?" he asked.

"What? Oh, hot springs, yes, there are, but you have to wait until after eleven o'clock at night and go to the inner city, and you need ten silver Aarons as an entrance fee."

Ten silver Arons?
It's ridiculously expensive.

The Salamander boss spread his hands.

"You're unlucky. You're late. Last month the ticket price was only fifty copper arons."

"What's going on? There's such a big difference."

"I heard they're Orchid Berries, the raw material for the Orchid Potion. Something went wrong with their harvest. They're grown near the hot springs. Perhaps the city lord is trying to get them back from the tourists who come here?"

Outside the door, another group of soldiers passed by.

You can see that this is a mixed group of humans and salamanders.

Both of them looked sideways.

"Strange. Why is it so lively today?"

The boss muttered, then added, "If you ask me, you humans should just stop using those orchid potions. You haven't been able to adapt to the high temperatures for so many years, why don't you try something else? Just believe in the Holy Fire, and with its blessings, why would you be afraid of such a low temperature?"

Rhodes smiled and didn't respond.

Gradually, it got dark.

Seeing that Gema hadn't come back yet, Rhodes simply had a bacon dinner at the hotel.

I've heard that the smoked bacon and air-dried meat of the Salamanders are unique on the continent. After trying them today, I found it to be true.

After the temperature stabilized, Rhodes went out to the commercial street in the inner city.

The streets are much more lively at this time than at night, and you can see people of all races hawking and performing on the streets.

Only then did he realize that many humans were holding up torches nearly three meters high, forming a circle and dancing in the center of the street.

He didn't stay long and went straight to the Spiritual Guild.

And bought a lot of fire dragon meat there.

Fire dragon meat is the meat that fire lizardmen have been eating since childhood, and it is also the source of their high-strength physical body.

Originally, humans, an intelligent species with low fire resistance, were prohibited from purchasing it. However, when Rhodes chewed two large pieces on the spot, the guild's receptionist was still shocked.

The fire dragon meat will continue to accumulate heat in the stomach, constantly strengthening the body, but even the fire lizardmen dare not eat too much of it because of the heat.

Rhodes had looked up information before coming to Blazing City and knew of the existence of this thing. It can be said that he came here just for it.

After finishing, he still came to the local hot springs.

Come here.

It would be a shame not to experience it.

After spending twelve silver Aarons, he successfully rented a compartment.

As for the high-temperature hair removal by the female fire spirit, the scale back rubbing by the female fire lizardman, and the flame cupping by the female half-dragon, he didn't order any of them because he was the type who brought his own alcohol.

The long-awaited Terry excitedly jumped out from the shadows and turned into a plump mature woman with golden hair, who looked somewhat similar to Rhodes.

She looked anxious and flew over to hug him.

"What's going on?" Rhodes couldn't help but ask.

Tai Li smiled wickedly: "Your brother-in-law is drunk and won't wake up for a while."

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(End of this chapter)