I became a fox girl and was captured by the True Dragon Saint

With Master Taibai's flying condition, it took him half an hour to fly. If this distance was calculated, he could probably go straight to Jiangdu City.

If the designer had set up a secret door in such a long cave, it would have taken me at least ten years to complete the search.

"Are you going to continue?" asked Master Taibai breathlessly.

"Go on." Jiang Ke'er nodded. "I still have some magic crystals here. Just fly. I don't believe that this road will never end..."

Hero Taibai continued to fly at high speed, winding down along the passage.

As the surrounding environment became hotter and hotter, he had to use his spiritual power to shield the girls to prevent them from being burned by the high temperature.

Nuannuan and Bingbing didn't feel the burning heat.

But as they watched the surrounding walls gradually change from pitch black to dark red, and scarlet light shone through the cracks in the rocks, like the gate to hell, they couldn't help feeling both fear and curiosity.

This was a scene that could only be seen in adventure storybooks, and they couldn't even imagine that they would actually see such a scene one day.

"What kind of epic otaku dug such a deep hole?" Jiang Ke'er couldn't help but mutter in frustration as her body gradually regained consciousness.

Hero Taibai has been flying for nearly three hours, about six hours.

That is to say, when they return, it will take at least six hours, and they will meet those bats head-on again.

What's even more troublesome is that as we go deeper, the surrounding rock walls become redder and softer.

The material used to support the cave walls has become brittle due to the erosion of time and high pressure.

If Master Taibai continues to fly at high speed, the wind pressure will likely cause the wall to collapse, and what will greet them then will be endless high temperatures and magma!

So they had to slow down and fly forward slowly.

"Listen, is there any sound?"

Jiang Keer's ears twitched suddenly and stood up.

indeed.

There was a rustling sound.

Along with the sound, there was a spell-like chanting.

Everyone felt a chill down their spines in an instant. The little guys held their breath, widened their eyes, and stared at the scarlet front of the cave.

At the end of this long and dark cave, in the center of the earth surrounded by lava, there are actually traces of life activities.

It could be a formation, a ghost, or something else...

"Don't make a sound." Hero Taibai covered Nuannuan and Bingbing's mouths, and was ready to run away immediately if he saw the situation go wrong.

He floated forward slowly, slowly.

The sound coming from the bright red cave ahead became clearer and clearer.

"No reply...no reply...dig...dig..."

The ancient language of the monastic world has not changed much from the modern one, so Jiang Keer was able to discern some words and meanings from the voice.

“Creaky…Creaky…”

Hero Taibai quietly flew to the source of the sound and slowly stood behind it.

It was a completely transparent shadow.

In rough outline, it is shaped like a giant rabbit, but has a bird's hooked beak.

Its eyes are as sharp as a hawk's, and the tail swinging behind it is as smooth as a snake's.

"A... aztec!"

Although its scales had been forged into transparent diamond-like crystals by high temperature, Jiang Ke'er still recognized the identity of this big rabbit at a glance.

The long-extinct ancient beast, the armadillo!

At this time, it was waving its two sharp claws and digging at the soft scarlet soil in front of it.

While digging, it secretes clear mucus with its tail to form hard tunnel walls on both sides of the tunnel.

All these movements were like machines, repeated perfectly and regularly, three times every second.

"Dig... dig... I won't go back... I can't go back..."

The armadillo's tone was panicked, and he kept repeating the same words over and over again in his mouth while extending the cave longer.

His body should have been black originally, but now all the impurities have been removed by the high temperature. It is crystal clear like a piece of glass from the inside out, and even the internal organs are clearly visible.

Everyone swallowed their saliva and didn't dare to come forward to talk.

Master Taibai gritted his teeth, remembered the importance of the Changle Ding, and mustered up the courage to speak: "Senior..."

"Who? What's that noise?!"

The armadillo's eyes widened in shock, and its body froze in place.

"Senior, I am Li Taibai..."

The armadillo turned around suddenly, staring at Hero Taibai, Jiang Ke'er and the other two girls, and his whole body began to tremble violently.

“Them? It must be them! I’ve been found… Why! Why! Aaaaaaaa——”

Without even waiting for anyone to ask, it immediately let out an extremely tragic high-frequency scream.

"Oops!"

Hero Taibai's face turned pale instantly.

With this horrifying scream, the surrounding walls, which had already been unable to bear the weight, immediately showed signs of collapse.

These walls have been supported until now by the secretions of the armadillo, but after countless years, the armadillo has already reached the limit of its capabilities.

And then, it will be like an avalanche.

The terrifying pressure from the earth's core will instantly press down on Hero Taibai and the three little girls, and even Hero Taibai will be crushed into meat paste in an instant.

Now there was only one thought left in his mind - regret.

I regretted that I had foolishly alarmed the armadillo, and I regretted even more that I had taken the risk of bringing the three little girls down with me.

Now it seems that not only will he die, but also the girl with the Thunder Sword who is regarded as the hope of the Tang Dynasty, and the two unfortunate girls...

"Don't retreat!" Jiang Ke'er suddenly spoke up and jumped off the back of Taibai Xia. "Listen to me if you want to live!"

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121. Exploration (4)

"Not running? Are you crazy?" Hero Taibai couldn't understand Jiang Keer's decision.

"We can't escape!" Jiang Ke'er said anxiously, "The passage above should have collapsed. It's too late for us to go back. The speed at which you absorb spiritual power from the magic crystal can't keep up with the consumption! We will run out of spiritual power and be crushed to death halfway!"

Jiang Ke'er spoke very quickly, but luckily Master Taibai's brain could process the words quickly and he reacted quickly.

"If you want to live, listen to me. Go forward and lie on the armadillo's belly!"

Although Hero Taibai didn't understand the point of lying on the armadillo's belly, Jiang Ke'er was right, it was too late to run back now.

Under this high pressure, the tunnel collapsed much faster than an avalanche. He would have no time to escape and would be swallowed up by the pressure.

That is a road that leads to death.

Instead of doing something futile, it is better to trust the little girl once.

"Then we'll leave our lives in your hands!"

Hero Taibai gritted his teeth and took the three little girls to fly towards the armadillo's belly as fast as possible.

As soon as they stood against the armadillo's belly, they saw the tunnel around them completely collapse.

The red magma rushed forward with a pressure even more terrifying than the bottom of the deep sea trench, pressing down on the three people and the armadillo!

Nuannuan and Bingbing had already closed their eyes out of fear.

However, the imagined burning sensation did not come.

Nuannuan tentatively opened one eye.

What comes into view is a beating transparent heart and endless dazzling light like the sun.

"Don't open your eyes."

Jiang Keer quickly covered their eyes.

High heat is often accompanied by strong light. Previously, it was not that hot due to the walls of the tunnel. Now, being in the magma, if you open your eyes rashly, you will probably be blinded.

Hero Taibai didn't have to worry. He used his spiritual power to protect his retina, opened his eyes and looked around in shock.

He found himself still on the armadillo's soft belly, intact.

The whole armadillo curled up into a ball, wrapping him and the three little girls tightly with its arms and solid armor, protecting them tightly inside and blocking all the pressure.

"How do you know..." Hero Taibai looked at all this in surprise, not understanding why the armadillo would help protect everyone.

"Help? No, it's just protecting itself."

"……Um?"

"I read a lot of books," Jiang Ke'er said with a smile, "but most of the books I read are encyclopedias of medicinal materials, and armadillos are mentioned in them..."

In ancient times, the armor shed by armadillos when they shed their shells was once a precious medicinal material.

Therefore, the living habits of the armadillo family were mentioned in the encyclopedia of medicinal materials.

——Armadillo, rabbit-shaped, with a bird's beak, eagle's eyes, and a snake's tail, lives deep underground and is good at digging holes. When in danger, it will curl up into a ball, using its scales to fight the enemy and protect its soft abdomen.

Of course, medicinal materials are not only recorded in books, but also in books such as Shan Hai Jing and Hong Huang Zhi Yi.

The habits of armadillos can basically be summarized in one sentence - because they are afraid of death, they focus all their attention on defense and digging holes.

The armadillo, which has lived since ancient times, has these two attributes trained to the extreme - this can be seen from the terrifying length of the tunnel and its diamond-like armor.

"This armadillo has probably been forged into a divine beast by the high temperature," Jiang Ke'er couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid it's the only one that can withstand the high pressure at the center of the earth..."

"Boom!"

The sudden and terrifying impact almost caused Jiang Keer to bite off her tongue.

The armadillo let out another terrified and shrill scream.

"Be careful of collision!"

"Boom!"

There was another violent collision. Even with the armadillo's shock absorption, everyone still felt their heads swelling.

Along with the vibration came a terrifying spiritual pressure.

Strong!

Jiang Keer felt it... This was a strong man that even she had to pay attention to!

It was impossible to discern the opponent's full strength from the fleeting divine sense pressure, but at least Jiang Ke'er could be sure that she was stronger than she was now, and much stronger than most Tribulation Immortals!

"No offense! No offense!" The armadillo yelled, and there was even a hint of tears in his voice. "Let me go, please let me go! I don't want to die, I don't know anything, I can't say anything, I won't go back to the ground..."

The armadillo cried hysterically.

Obviously it knew what the horrific existence in the magma was, and it knew many, many things.

I don’t know if it was the armadillo’s begging for mercy that worked, or if it was for some other reason.

The existence in the magma did not continue to take action.

The armadillo continued to follow the flowing magma back to the previously dug channel, like a piece of paper in a flush toilet, flowing down with the water flow.

It trembled and was pushed to the entrance of the cave by the pressure of the magma.

Finally, with a loud bang, it rushed straight into the sky!

It’s strange that it should have been a volcanic eruption scene, but no magma was rushed out of the cave.

The island seems to be protected by an invisible force, which firmly seals the magma from the center of the earth inside, preventing it from destroying the island.

Only the armadillo and the four creatures in its arms were ejected.

"Boom boom boom——"

The armadillo was knocked into the barrier by the huge force, and then bounced back by the island barrier, hitting the ground and bouncing several times in a row.