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Click, click, click.

The soles of shoes tapped against the stone road, making a hurried sound of footsteps, which seemed a bit abrupt in Qicheng Town, which had already received the notice to evacuate its personnel.

The cloak scraped against the wall tiles, making a slight sound, and as its owner stopped, it floated forward along his legs due to inertia.

In the dimness of the alley, an invisible "force" silently covered over, forcing the woman dressed as a bounty hunter to stop.

"Mr. Carpenter, by now, the townspeople should have evacuated."

"What do you want to do?" The low voice was full of doubt. "Did she ask you to come?"

"Has something happened to Kazdel again?"

“Kazdel?” The fluttering cloak suddenly fell silent. “I also want to ask, why is Kazdel missing?”

If Ling Dengxian was here, he would be shocked again. The hometown of the Sarkaz people, Kazdel, disappeared?! What does that mean!?

“Huh?” The people deep in the alley were even more confused, “What’s wrong with you… Could it be that she… is like this?

"Then just ignore it. Since you don't know, there must be a reason for it."

“…Hehe, Kazdel disappeared.” The woman’s voice became hoarse for a moment, and then she shook her head, “Since you have nothing to say, then I have nothing to talk to you about.”

The deep voice did not refute, after all, the two of them were just acquaintances. Moreover, this matter seemed to involve something he was not clear about.

"By the way, since we've met, let's chat for a while." The cloaked woman paused before leaving, "Your son is doing well in Casimir now."

The air seemed to stagnate. The man deep in the alley remained silent, and the woman did not delay any longer.

"bye Bye."

A sigh was barely audible.

In the southeast of the Victoria Border Mountains, a fight was breaking out in the jungle and on the open ground. A huge lizard-like scaly beast about four meters long was frantically trying to tear its opponent to pieces. The orange-red figure with clean and neat movements felt that the battle was almost over, so he took a step forward and made a heavy upward strike. The power from the city-breaking spear made the scaly beast's head rise upward, revealing its vulnerable vitals, and its opponent seized the opportunity to stab it with a fatal blow.

Puff! Blood spurted from its neck. The beast was about to fight back before dying, but the owner of the city-breaking spear used his strength to suppress the resistance. After a few seconds, the scaly beast was no longer alive.

"Hey, Xiao Xian, do you understand it this time?" Feng Di turned around and smiled brightly at him. Ling Dengxian was standing aside, not knowing whether to nod or shake his head. In this battle that lasted one minute and two seconds, he still didn't see many movements clearly.

This was the tenth day since the two entered the mountains. During this period, Fengpi used hunting beasts to show Ling Dengxian some fighting skills. This was the third beast, but Ling Dengxian did not gain much.

"It can be seen that you are trying your best to prolong the battle, but sorry, there are still some things I don't understand." Ling Dengxian had already felt the difficulty of actual combat in advance.

"It turns out that just watching from the sidelines won't work... Then next time, Xiaoxian, you should experience it yourself, starting with a weaker opponent." Fengpi was a little disappointed, but he didn't dwell on it too much. He waved his hand and said, "Come here and prepare the edible parts and prepare lunch."

"Okay. But what are the details?"

"Well, this kind of scaly beast is okay, most of its torso is edible, but if there are source stone crystals on the surface of the body, it is not okay, so you must be careful. We will just take a part of it, and find a place to leave the rest in the mountains." Fengpipe explained very carefully.

Ling Dengxian picked up the pale white sword and tried to cut the flesh of the scaly beast. Seeing this, Fengdi reminded him again:

"As for swords, they are not very suitable for processing food. It's okay once you are used to it, but generally speaking, hunting knives are more useful."

As she spoke, she threw a hunting knife to him. Ling Dengxian caught the knife and put the sword back into the sheath. He quickly separated several pieces of prime meat from the scaly beast.

The bagpipes were not idle either. It was getting late. Clouds were swirling around, and the sunset reflected the layers of smoke. The sky also gradually changed from blue to purple-black. In the gradually rising fatigue, the Vaifan girl was seriously setting up the tent.

Regarding this point, Ling Dengxian realized a problem that he had overlooked shortly after setting out. It was a very critical problem. Fengdi prepared two tents, but gave one to Yeban.

"What about us?" Ling Dengxian asked.

"Don't we still have a tent?" Bagpipe didn't seem to consider this question.

"Who among us will use it?" Ling Dengxian felt uncomfortable again.

"We use it together." Seeing Ling Dengxian blushing, Fengdi finally realized what he was worried about. His ears and cheeks quickly turned red, and he hurriedly explained, "We don't sleep together at the same time! We have to take turns to keep watch! Keep watch!"

"Ah, oh oh oh..." Ling Dengxian was embarrassed so many times that he always misunderstood others. He decided to think more and not speak rashly.

Back to the point, when Ling Dengxian had built a fire and was grilling the meat, Feng Di had also set up the tent. Ling Dengxian put away his sword, and Feng Di also prepared to wipe her own weapon, and stood up and walked towards the campfire, her city-breaking spear stuck next to a fallen tree trunk.

Ling Dengxian also stood up and looked up. At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a beast-like figure in the woods not far behind Bagpipe in the changing light and shadow, as if it was about to pounce on Bagpipe!

"Bagpipe!" Ling Dengxian took a step forward and raised his city-breaking spear, and Bagpipe, upon hearing the sound and seeing the situation, was driven by his fighting instinct to bend aside. Ling Dengxian swung his arm and threw the spear out, and the city-breaking spear, with a sound of breaking wind, penetrated into the woods and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The incident happened suddenly, and all these actions happened in a flash. The grass leaves were still swaying and flying, Ling Dengxian was gasping for breath, his chest heaving, and Fengdi quickly turned around to face the shade of the trees, protecting Ling Dengxian behind him.

The sun was still setting, but it was still hard to see what was happening in the forest. The sudden attack just now startled the feathered beasts that had just returned from the battle with the bagpipe. The two of them did not dare to be careless and had no time to pay attention to other movements.

Fengpi's eyes were still fixed on the shadows in the woods, but her hand stretched out to Ling Dengxian. Ling Dengxian immediately took out his city-breaking spear from his waist and handed it to her. Fengpi flicked her wrist, and the city-breaking spear extended and started.

"Follow me closely." Fengpige didn't look back. Ling Dengxian responded in a low voice, and the two of them walked cautiously into the forest.

After Ling Dengxian threw the city-breaking spear, there was no sound of struggle or howling of wild beasts in the forest. Perhaps he missed the target and the beast escaped, but the two still had to ensure the safety of the surrounding environment.

When the two finally saw the situation in the forest clearly, they couldn't help but be surprised. Feng Di turned around and looked at Ling Dengxian in surprise, then looked at his own city-breaking spear, feeling a little unbelievable.

Under the setting sun, the alloy-cast city-breaking spear was quietly inserted at a certain angle into a rock shaped like a crouching tiger. With a force that could stabilize the army, three-fifths of the spear was deeply embedded in the rock.

Fengdi was very surprised. They both understood that Ling Dengxian had misjudged the rock in the interweaving of light and shadow and suddenly attacked, but the effect now seemed very unexpected.

"Turns out I was mistaken... It was just a false alarm, sorry Dizi." Ling Dengxian breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, nothing." Fengpi couldn't help but stepped forward and raised his hand to hold the spear handle and pulled it out, but found that he couldn't pull it out even with a certain amount of force. Fengpi was even more surprised, after all, Ling Dengxian was not even used to his own much lighter city-breaking spear, and he could actually throw this city-breaking spear at this level.

"Very powerful! This is already as powerful as one of my serious attacks." Fengpi exerted a little more strength and pulled out the city-breaking spear with a "whoosh".

"It takes me all my strength to match your serious attack..." Ling Dengxian felt a little inferior.

"No, it's amazing. After all, I'm a member of the Storm Commandos, so I'm an elite, right?" There was still a hint of uncertainty in Bagpipe's tone.

"Then I'll try again!" Ling Dengxian suggested unwillingly.

Bagpipe uttered an "hmm" and handed out the city-breaking spear again, standing aside with great interest, his long orange-red hair swaying with his movements.

With the help of the light of setting sun, Ling Dengxian raised the city-breaking spear again.