Divine Flame Crystal

The surroundings suddenly became dark, and they were surprised to find that their companions had disappeared. Only the loud shouts of Lily of the Valley could be heard slowly, as if coming from a faraway place. "Be careful, this is an illusion!!!" When Xingluo heard this, he was startled and hurried towards the direction of the voice.

After running just a few steps, the road ahead disappeared. Xingluo felt dizzy and hurriedly mobilized his mental power to break the illusion.

But the mental strength that he was so proud of seemed like a joke at this moment. It seemed so powerless under the attack of this illusion that came from nowhere.

Not to mention breaking through the environment, even he himself was lost in the illusion. Xingluo just kept walking and walking, and when he looked up, he found that he had come to a desert. The sun was shining brightly, and he felt dry mouth and tongue, as if he would die of thirst in this scorching sun in the next moment.

Just as he began to lose consciousness, he suddenly shivered all over and walked from the desert into a world of ice and snow. The temperature here was extremely low, and no matter how he used magic to protect himself, he still felt extremely cold.

His hands and feet gradually froze, and with a "thump", Xingluo fell into the "snow".

If he died in the illusion, his body outside would also really die. This was not the training illusion in the academy square.

It was an illusion that could really kill people. Xingluo felt his consciousness becoming increasingly blurred. He could no longer hold on and perhaps he would die in the next moment.

In the distance, a strange monster seemed to appear in front of him. The monster was as black as ink, with only a pair of bright eyes. However, the eyes seemed to be filled with stubbornness and endless loneliness. He stood there covered in blood, as if he would fall down at any time.

Xingluo looked into the eyes of the monster, and saw the loneliness in its eyes, as if he was seeing himself.

At this moment he wanted to protect him. Xingluo stood up, dragging his almost collapsed body, and moved towards the black monster.

When the black monster saw Xingluo approaching, he wanted to leave, but his body was too badly injured and he couldn't move at all. So he showed his sharp teeth to Xingluo and made a very ferocious gesture.

But for some reason this human seemed to be still approaching him. He no longer had the strength to fight, and he wanted to just fall down, but it seemed that the blood in his body had a will telling him to stay alive and not fall down.

Xingluo looked at the black monster and found it somewhat amusing that it actually showed its teeth at him. However, the weak appearance of the monster made him feel sympathy, and Xingluo wanted to protect it.

Xingluo ignored the monster's hostility and continued to move forward. However, his exhausted body lost its balance and he fell down, right onto the monster. Fortunately, he had a lot of flesh, so he was not hurt. However, with this pounce, he happened to hold the little black beast in his arms.

This scared the other party. The little beast raised its head and bit Xingluo's neck. Its sharp teeth pierced Xingluo's skin. At this moment, the little beast suddenly hesitated because he found that this guy didn't seem to have any hostility towards him.

And the hand holding him was stroking his back, and it was the first time he felt such warmth since he was born.

Those chubby hands felt very comfortable touching him. The little beast did not move any further. He was already very tired. Even biting was already a struggle.

The little beast loosened its teeth and let the other party hold it. Xingluo didn't know why he felt so impulsive when he saw this little beast.

Maybe it was because of the look in the little beast’s eyes, or maybe it was because he was about to die in this illusion.

In this way, the man and the beast hugged each other, and at this moment, Xingluo's blood and the little beast's blood mixed with each other, and at this moment their fate was also intertwined.

When the little beast's blood flowed into his body, Xingluo was surprised to find that the illusion around him slowly faded away, the ice and snow turned into a green land, and he "returned" to the Monster Forest.

His physical strength was restored, and the bleeding on his neck stopped instantly. It was just a skin scratch, but there was a lot of the animal's blood stuck on his neck, which looked a little creepy.

He hurriedly looked into his arms and found that the other party had fainted. When he was stroking the little animal, he felt two fleshy bulges on its back. This guy looked like a puppy, but without hair, covered with scales, with thick legs, short forelimbs, and a mouth a bit like a crocodile.

The little beast also has a long tail. “Why does this strange-looking creature look a bit like the legendary dragon?” But then he gave up this idea. If it was a dragon, how could it be so weak and have no wings?

Xingluo gradually recovered and prepared to go back to find his companions, but this place seemed very far away from where they separated. He looked down at the pitiful little beast.

He then found a cave nearby that seemed to be uninhabited by any magical beasts, crawled in, and prepared to treat the poor little beast first.

This was a dry cave, and it was a little dark inside. After he used magic to illuminate it, he found that it was not bad here. There was even a small pool at the innermost part.

He sniffed and searched again, and found that no wild beasts had lived in this cave for more than a year. Perhaps there was still the scent of some powerful monster here, which made other monsters dare not approach.

Xingluo was very satisfied with the place, so he put the little animal on the stone platform in the cave and wiped the blood off its body. When the blood was wiped clean, the criss-crossing scars on its body were exposed. Xingluo gently stroked them with his fingers, feeling angry inside.

Linglan was really anxious and angry at the moment. With her strength as an Earth Knight, she could barely see clearly within a distance of 1 meter around her. Sometimes, magical beasts suddenly emerged from the illusion and caught her off guard. She was injured not long after.

Fortunately, the sound was transmitted a little farther, and with the help of the Earth Knight's ears, she managed to find Mo and Ying. Both of them had suffered varying degrees of injuries and were trapped in an illusion unable to extricate themselves.

Linglan used her fighting spirit to stimulate their heads and finally pulled them back from the illusion. Linglan then led the two of them, shouting and looking for the source of the sound, and headed to the side.

Finally, Pandora and Tiffany were rescued from the claws of a magical beast that was half a step beyond the advanced level.

However, during the fight with the monster, Lily of the Valley was also injured, and her injuries were serious. Her clothes were dyed red with blood.

After that, Linglan shouted for a long time nearby, but still couldn't find Xingluo, and the sound attracted many monsters. In the battle, Linglan was injured repeatedly, and finally even her strength began to decline. "If this continues, they will all die here."

Linglan shouted with all her might towards the depths of the forest: "Xingluo!!!", but still received no response. She looked back at Pandora and the others and said in some pain: "Let's go back and ask for help first. If we continue like this, we will all die."