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Ling Dengxian just felt that Tallulah's eyes were not very friendly for a moment, but he didn't pay much attention to it. With the help of the firelight, he saw the same deep black area on the ground as before.

"This kind of thing again..." Ling Dengxian frowned, half squatted down, and reached out his hand towards it.

"Don't touch it!" Tallulah was startled and immediately shouted to stop her, but Ling Dengxian looked at her innocently. The white flame flowed on the ground like a stream of light, and in the blink of an eye it swallowed up the black area completely.

The dragon girl's expression froze, and she looked at him in disbelief: "You...what did you do just now?"

"This black floor looks quite dangerous. I encountered it there before with Big Bear. I tried it and found that White Flame can 'eat' this kind of thing, so I wanted to deal with this threat..." Ling Dengxian retracted White Flame and looked up. He found that except for Tallulah, everyone else was also confused when they saw the black area, and most of them were so shocked by the tragic scene that they were speechless.

"Leader, do you know what this is?"

Tallulah's eyes were complicated, and she was still a little confused about Ling Dengxian's behavior just now. However, she hesitated for a moment and answered his question:

"This should be the 'Kingdom'... But if it is the 'Kingdom' and they have been here..." Tallulah's heart sank, and she was glad that they did not appear on the front battlefield.

Ling Dengxian certainly couldn't draw any conclusions based on this little information, but some memories that he had almost forgotten suddenly revived.

In the seventh chapter of the main storyline, in Tallulah’s memories, the land she stepped on was all pitch black, the snow was like ink, her movements were like ghosts, her power was terrifying, and the Emperor’s sharp blade...

Ursus Internal Guards?! Ling Dengxian almost shouted out, did they just pass by an extremely dangerous existence?

“The Ursus Internal Guards, I’ve only heard about...other people before. This dangerous type of soldier is passed down by word of mouth. They have very dangerous individual combat capabilities. For some reason, the land they step on... will be irreversibly transformed into this state called a country, and no living thing can survive normally.” Tallulah’s face was solemn, and Ling Dengxian was stunned. So the infection of this thing is irreversible?

The memory slowly emerged more clearly, the Ursus Internal Guard... Yes, in addition to the memories in Chapter 7, in Chapter 8 of the main storyline, there was also a confrontation with a Mo Guard who looked very experienced.

Specifically... Two inner guards can wrestle with the current human-shaped disaster Tallulah, and three of them can keep the Patriots busy.

However, it is a bit worrying to talk about this now. If he really has to face the Ursus internal guards, it will not be his turn.

Ling Dengxian came back to his senses and found that Tallulah had been staring at him, apparently waiting for his response. He immediately spread his hands and said, "I don't know why the white flame has this effect... This is the first time I have seen the 'kingdom' today."

"...You came from the other side, what's the situation?" Ling Dengxian changed the subject. He didn't want to dig deeper into his own problems... Although he did feel a little uneasy in his heart, it was obviously unwise to make things worse for himself under the current circumstances.

"...The material reserves are not as much as we expected, but at least they can last through this period." Tallulah's eyes flashed with worry. Judging from the expressions of the people behind her, the situation was not satisfactory. "The Ursus defenders left some infected people and drove them out from our garrison to block our offensive. I think they broke through from you and Froststar, right?"

"Yes...I can't stop it."

"No, there is no need to increase meaningless sacrifices. Our goal is to liberate this mine and obtain supplies. Annihilating the defenders is not part of our plan." Tallulah showed no regrets and her eyes were bright.

"By the way, Talulah, White Dove, do you smell anything strange...is there a fire somewhere?" An infected warrior behind Talulah keenly noticed the problem.

"Hmm? So I did feel a faint heat source nearby..." Tallulah shook her flaming tail and nodded.

"Oh, nothing. The place where the passage next to it goes up seems to be on fire." Ling Dengxian explained.

Everyone was shocked and looked at him in disbelief: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Because I looked at it and it seems that it won't spread for a while, and the mine is full of rocks and can't burn--" Ling Dengxian hesitated to speak because Tallulah's face became a little ugly.

"Bai Ge, we got a message from the infected fellow we just received..."

"The Ursus defenders... originally planned to blow up the mine..."

Ling Dengxian's heart suddenly froze. The word "explosion" naturally meant... there were hidden dangers here.

"But Talulah, the current situation is probably beyond their expectations and control. Should everything be alright?" The infected warrior tried to ease the atmosphere.

But when Ling Dengxian saw Tallulah's rapidly changing expression, he knew that this time, he was in trouble again.

"Be careful--"

Two flaming lotuses quickly expanded and blossomed, one red and one white, each holding up half to protect everyone behind them. Almost at the same moment, a violent explosion occurred!

The white flame and the red dragon fire were obviously not evenly matched in strength, and the difference was enough to destroy the defenses with the flames of the explosion. The white flames suddenly disintegrated at the last moment and turned into streams of light, absorbing part of the impact of the explosion and pushing everyone backwards into the corridor.

"Get up! Quick! There can't be just one wave of explosion!!" Tallulah roared. Ling Dengxian didn't say anything. He pressed down his palms and released white flames in an overdraft manner. The flames turned into chains that wrapped up the unconscious and dazed warriors around him. He immediately followed Tallulah and staggered out of the corridor.

The second explosion was even more ear-piercing, and it dragged a wave of flames that violently split the stone corridor. The high temperature and burning gravel cut people's arms.

The white flames dissipated, Ling Dengxian had never expected that there would be this in the end. His mental strength was exhausted again today, and even his physical combat was greatly affected. His legs became weak and he could hardly stand.

"Give me your hand!" The Dragon Girl noticed his abnormality and turned back to shout at him. He saw that some of the infected people he had put down stood up, while others were pulled and carried by others to escape from the flames.

"Okay..." Ling Dengxian had just stretched out his hand when the silver-haired leader lifted him onto his shoulders without any hesitation. The group ran into people who were transferring supplies and immediately shouted to evacuate. The mine that was about to collapse ultimately failed to swallow up the infected people. Under the flames that destroyed from the inside out, an underground mine that once devoured human bones fell in the dust of history.

"...The noise is too loud. Assemble immediately, take the items you have collected and meet up with Froststar Red Blade, and inform Mr. Patriot that they don't need to rush over—"

"Leader... When you were away just now, Mr. Patriot sent someone to deliver a message... Something happened to him!" The infected messenger looked anxious.

"what?!"

"The Ursus army suddenly cut off our retreat!"