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"It's so hot..." The dim road and the annoying temperature were almost exactly the same as in his memory. Ling Dengxian felt irritated. It was not yet dark, but the sky was getting dark.

But the temperature did not drop, but instead showed a tendency to continue rising. The heat bent the grass tips, and the trees kept their mouths shut. Ling Dengxian realized that he could hardly move his legs. "That's right, I've just used up most of my strength, how can I recover so quickly?"

After walking laboriously under a big tree, Ling Dengxian realized that he was still holding the little wolf beast when he was about to sit down. When he thought of the potential threat posed by this guy, he suddenly felt like he was holding a hot potato.

"I don't think you have done anything excessive... Tell your mom or dad that I didn't bully you - it's better to say that you are the one who has been bullying me." Ling Dengxian said to the little beast with some resentment, and the latter blinked as if listening very seriously.

"Alas... Isn't this, nothing was done?" Ling Dengxian froze when he was untying the little beast's restraints. Xiaoxie's voice did not come out at this moment, but he seemed to feel that guy was staring at him. It seemed that hundreds of layers of membranes were added to the eardrums. The familiar crisp female voice was blurred, but the strange thing was that Xiaoxie's emotions were conveyed very clearly:

Comforting, gentle.

Ling Dengxian felt dizzy, similar to the dizziness he felt when he stood up after squatting for a long time. It was five minutes later when he finally untied the little beast.

"Host, are you okay?" Xiaoxie's voice was filled with worry. "You seem to be in a bad state. It's just that you are temporarily lacking in strength. Don't dwell on it."

"I... am fine. Just a little dizzy, maybe..." As he was speaking, the little beast gained its freedom and rushed out without hesitation. When Ling Dengxian watched it go, he found that this guy was still holding the beast's leg in his mouth.

Don’t forget your original intention…

"Host?"

"Maybe I've used up too much energy. I'm fine." Ling Dengxian sighed, slowly regained his determination, put the backpack strap back on his shoulder, and felt that he still had enough energy to continue on his journey. So he looked back in the direction where he and Fengpi had parted ways, and silently thought about the task that Fengpi had given him:

Find midnight and leave with her; find the garrison and follow their orders.

Not much, not complicated, and shouldn’t be difficult.

He took a short rest and set off again.

Gray-haired Kuranta walked in the mountains carrying a heavy weapon, his pace was neither fast nor slow, very steady. The communication terminal on his waist rang a few times, he looked around and glanced at the terminal, the terminal screen showed that the contact signal was decreasing.

"We are already close to the place where the natural disaster was formed... We can't go any deeper." Duva added in his mind, "Unless it is necessary." Just as he was about to close the terminal, a message suddenly appeared on the screen:

"The Sarkaz woman went into the mountains. With another sword."

The gray-haired Kuranta frowned: "She hasn't left yet? Don't mess around!"

Just as he was about to take action, Duval suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the side. "...Thirty people." He quickly made a judgment, "The Victoria encirclement and suppression army has 250 people, a detachment of the Iron Eagle Mercenary Group."

He thought for a moment and retreated into the shade of the trees to avoid being seen. There was a sound of grass rustling, and a mercenary team of thirty people walked out of the shade of the trees.

They had not encountered any accidents along the way, and were the luckiest team among the three teams. Therefore, the long wandering and trekking also reduced their sense of vigilance.

So it's no surprise that their luck has ended here.

Duva raised the heavy hammer, he didn't mind reducing some of the threat in advance.

Blood drips.

The bloody bandage was hastily covered by a small hole dug by Safra with a dagger, and the pain turned into sweat flowing down his cheeks.

She treated her leg injury for the third time in the middle of the night. Fortunately, although the two-day escape had exceeded her expected time, her leg was not broken thanks to a few thrilling hiding and resting times. But she also could not escape the pursuit. Unfortunately, after several terrible confrontations, her tamed animal, A Deng, was separated from them.

“It hurts so much…” Yeban’s face turned pale as he looked at the bloody wound. “I really can’t take it anymore… Damn, these bastards *RemBitto swear*… Deng, I hope you’re okay.”

A sudden explosion occurred not far from where she was hiding, and the sudden flames fiercely pounced on Ye Ban's pupils. Then the figures of the mercenaries appeared at the edge of the flame pit like maggots attached to the bones.

"...What's wrong with them one by one? We haven't taken down even one of the injured Safras!" Hapil was furious, "She ran away again this time *Victoria swears*!"

There was no sign of any injured Safra or Longbeaked Beast near the flame pit.

The mercenaries were angry but dared not say anything. They just nodded and continued to carry out the leader's pursuit order. They would soon meet up with the main force anyway, and the leader would handle the matter when the time came.

The feeling at midnight is quite bitter, but fortunately, there are no wild beasts blocking the road. Although it is very strange, it is a good thing after all.

Help me, anyone can...

……

The huge blue-black figure stretched lazily, shook its ears, and its black pupils revealed a hint of laziness. The prey beside it - the corpse of a horned beast - was almost eaten. The wolf beast trampled down a circle of grass and lay down. Just as it was about to close its eyes, it seemed to remember something and took out a piece of beast leg meat from the side. The size seemed a little bit small compared to her, but she was still ready to put the beast leg meat in her pocket.

The blue-black wolf's ears suddenly stood up. The rustling sound of grass leaves rubbing against each other attracted her attention. Her black eyes flashed a dangerous look. The grass parted, and a black head of a small animal emerged from it. It stopped immediately when it saw the wolf.

What? A long-nosed sleeping beast... Is your sense of smell just for show? Seeing no threat, the wolf beast looked away.

"Woo." The long-nosed beast let out a timid cry, tentatively stretched out its little paws and took another step.

The blue-black wolf-beast ignored her.

Another cautious step.

The blue-black figure glanced at the sleeping beast.

"Woo..." The wolf beast impatiently picked up the beast's leg and threw it at the long-lipped sleeping beast, then turned over and faced away from her.

Unexpectedly, the long-nosed sleeping beast saw this and stepped directly over the beast's leg and came to the wolf beast. After hesitating for a moment, it made a request again.

The wolf beast did not respond.

"Woo, woo..." The sleeping beast boldly stretched out its claws to scratch the blue-black fur of the wolf beast, and the wolf beast immediately turned over and opened its mouth wide to let out a threatening growl. The little beast almost shrank into a ball, but did not run away, but insisted on making a request.

The wolf slapped her and pushed her aside. The little beast somersaulted several times, but immediately got up and ran towards Yoming.

Another light slap, this time in a different direction. The little beast insisted on getting up again and approaching, and the wolf beast raised its claws again...

This cycle repeated several times, and finally the little beast desperately crashed into the wolf beast's arms and made a sound that was almost crying. The wolf beast looked irritated and finally responded impatiently. The long-nosed sleeper beast jumped up in surprise and prepared to lead the way, but was pulled back again.

The wolf pointed at the leg meat with its chin condescendingly, and the little beast then began to eat angrily to fill its stomach that had been empty for a long time.