People are singing in the tide, but there is no crown

"Lihuo is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. To put it bluntly, it is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. It is so powerful that it damages the inside. And your Lihuo is damaging your own lifespan."

In the mirage, Ling An did not continue to move forward, but instead wrote and drew on the snow.

Beside him, Duanli squatted obediently and listened.

"Then will I die early?" Duanli asked.

"What, are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid of those remnant elephants and the exiles. If I don't use my power, I will die." Duanli shook his head with a firm tone.

At her age, she has already experienced the dangers of life.

She was already accustomed to separation and death.

From her, Ling An learned the story that happened here.

The remnant elephant tide revived and massacred all the people in the village where Duanli lived, while she herself was secretly hidden in a secret corner of the village in advance.

Fortunately, she was not killed by the residual elephant tide.

But unfortunately, when she showed up, she was the only one left out of hundreds of households in the village.

How can a girl like this survive in this snowy land where elephants are rampant and exiles are burning, killing and looting?

Just thinking about it, Ling An felt desperate for her.

But she survived.

The price is to constantly consume one's own lifespan and forcibly activate the Lihuo, which he is not yet proficient in.

Exchange a destroyed future for a surviving present.

Sad, sigh.

Ling An put his large palm on her head and rubbed it: "When you are able to master the Lihuo, the consumption of your lifespan will naturally slow down."

"I can practice!" Duanli clenched his fists and said seriously.

Hope lit up in her eyes as she looked at Ling An.

Although the person in front of him, no, this afterimage, does not seem to belong to the same species as himself.

But inexplicably, when he was by his side, Duanli felt an extremely safe feeling.

Powerful, yet gentle.

His human-like body was ferocious, but not scary. If any residual images appeared, he could just wave his fingers and drive them away.

The most important thing is that in Ling An, Duanli felt a long-lost feeling of dependence.

Everything that had protected her in the past had turned into blood in the tide of afterimages, and the sudden appearance of the afterimage before her made her experience this feeling again.

Safe and reliable.

Just as he told himself.

"Next, you just need to follow me." Ling An said in a deep voice.

Although he didn't know if it would work, he wanted to save some more life for the little girl in front of him.

Even just a little bit.

"it is good!"

Duanli nodded heavily. The communication just now seemed to make her trust Ling An more.

At least now, she won't be hanging behind him and keeping her distance.

Ling An moved forward along the snowy road.

For the first time, there was a little follower hanging behind him, following his footsteps closely.

Long footprints, going straight forward along the snowy path.

Just like the black pieces on the chessboard in a secret room, it continues to exist surrounded by the white pieces, and its breath has not yet died out.

This game that spans time and space is taking place silently in an unknown place.

Ling An's figure stopped in front of a huge door.

He watched silently. Logically speaking, this was a village and there shouldn't be such neatly arranged buildings.

It seems that the scene in the mirage is not exactly the same.

Yu Guangzhong and Duanli searched around, as if trying to find a way to open the portal.

At a young age, she already knows how to use wisdom.

Ling An just looked at her silently, sometimes jumping to one side, sometimes appearing on the other side, his hands busy all the time.

When a dull sound sounded, the heavy door slowly opened. Duan Li jumped in front of Ling An and asked for credit: "It's open!"

"Great." Ling An's voice had just fallen when his eyes suddenly became stern and he shouted, "Get out of the way!"

His speed was faster than the warning, and the next second he was standing in front of Duanli, stretching out his hand to block the thing rushing out of the portal.

A creature with a prismatic body and the remnants of wing-like arms extending to both sides slowly revealed its shape.

"It's a residual elephant!" Duanli said in surprise, and then her eyes suddenly became lost. She felt the frequency of this residual elephant.

"It's the dead villagers...it absorbed their frequency..." Duanli said sadly.

Her eyes suddenly turned red, and anger made her forget Ling An's advice, and she rushed towards the remaining elephant.

These frequencies that were absorbed were from the villagers in her village!

"Destroy it... and avenge everyone..."

A beam of light hit him, and Duanli fell to the ground awkwardly.

Her strength is not enough to support her determination for revenge.

The remaining elephant stretched its body, gracefully yet extremely cruelly, as it poured out its anger towards the ignorant boy who dared to challenge it.

In an instant, Duanli suddenly felt his body lighten, as if someone was holding him up.

She turned her eyes and saw Ling An's ferocious profile.

"Want to kill it?"

"Ok!"

"I'll help you."

As soon as Ling An finished speaking, he rushed out like lightning.

In just a moment, his palm had already landed on the prismatic body of the remaining elephant, and the tragic wails swept through like a strong wind.

Ling An's expression remained unchanged, and he exerted a little force with his arms.

click -

The body of the remaining elephant was shattered into thousands of pieces and flew into the air.

Duanli opened his mouth in disbelief and stared at the scene in a daze.

Ling An is too fast.

It was so fast that before she could react, the remaining elephant had turned into flying fragments in front of her.

He said it and he would do it in the next second.

Duanli covered his mouth and looked at Ling An blankly.

At this moment, the ferocious body of the elephant suddenly became extremely soft in her eyes.

She just felt that every inch of Ling An's body was the ultimate manifestation of strength.

Ling An gently put her on the ground: "Keep going, I have a feeling that the end is just ahead."

Duanli nodded blankly, looking at Ling An with flickering eyes.

suddenly.

She quickly stepped forward and took Ling An's hand: "Can you... teach me?"

Her eyes were full of anticipation.

Ling An shook his head slightly: "If you want to use the fire, it won't happen overnight. It requires long-term practice."

"I can practice and I can endure any hardship!" Duanli said firmly.

Then, as smart as she was, she seemed to have thought of something.

"You're going to get out of here, aren't you?"

When she said this, Ling An felt a suppressed bitterness.

She finally found a mountain, a person she could rely on, but he could not provide her with shade.

In the dark life, a ray of light finally shines through the cracks, but this light is surprisingly short-lived.

But she still didn't let go of his hand, just looked at Ling An silently, her eyes so fiery that it seemed as if she wanted to see everything about Ling An.

She gritted her teeth, her eyes misty: "Can you... not leave me?"