Alone and Infinite

The hazy white light seemed to seep out from within the body, illuminating the entire stone chamber.

During the previous battles and escapes, his body had already been pushed to its limits, and now the tension in his body finally eased.

They began to repair the injuries little by little.

Since Li Xia can recover using her body's self-healing abilities, she doesn't need medication. This is both a form of exercise and a way to prevent her body from becoming accustomed to waiting for drugs.

Drug resistance isn't some kind of debuff in a game; it's a real phenomenon. If you rely too much on potions, you'll only find them becoming increasingly expensive.

Unless you spend a lot of money to have the temple give you a thorough cleaning.

Li Xia spared a bit of attention to watch the health and injury bars gradually rise. Once he felt that the speed was in line with his expectations, he had no more worries.

I began to devote myself entirely to healing.

"Boss, boss!"

Li Xia slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of stale air. The hazy airflow resembled an arrow of air, more than three feet long.

It solidified without dispersing, and when it struck the stone table in front of him, strange bubbles immediately appeared on the solid stone surface.

This was the residue of that strange acid from the armor-piercing cone inside his body, which Li Xia had forced out completely.

I glanced at my status bar and saw that the injury bar was almost gone. Although my health wasn't full yet, it had recovered to over 80%.

Unfortunately, his condition was quite good before. Perhaps it was because he had pushed himself too hard before. The previous healing state was a level of focus that Li Xia had never experienced before.

The efficiency is remarkable; given more time, it could be fully restored.

Since Aowu had already called out to him, it meant that the situation had definitely reached a critical juncture.

"Boss, the Griggans have broken in!"

The howling sound carried a rare hint of tension.

"They've broken in?" Li Xia glanced at the time and was shocked to find that more than nine hours had passed.

This is enough time for a lot to happen, even the guild missions can be completed directly, and we can retreat at any time.

"Yes, the Southern Legion is attacking like madmen, and the garrison at Dragon Road and Pass is also going all out. It is said that the Griggan royal court has abandoned the Royal Guard and come directly to the front line."

Li Xia frowned and immediately said:

"Go find bedrock!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than there was a knock on the door, and Baozuan's voice, which was trying hard to remain calm but still revealed her anxiety, came from outside.

"summer!"

Li Xia opened the door and, seeing Bao Zuan covered in wounds, realized that the situation had indeed reached its most dangerous moment.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your healing, but there really isn’t time right now. Skywall City is about to fall, and the Griggan royal court is already at the city gates. I’ll take you to see Bedrock.”

"Ah."

Li Xia didn't say much and followed behind Bao Zuan, who was walking hurriedly. Aowu and Heitan also jumped out from the side and lay on Li Xia's body.

The dragon and the cat immediately started chattering away in the team chat:

"Boss, is the mission complete? Can we leave anytime now?"

"Yes, it's done. The recovery privileges have been obtained."

Awoo suddenly fell silent, and cautiously asked:

"Should we continue? Should we help Bedrock send the Heart of Stone back?"

Li Xia was silent for a moment, then nodded:

"deliver!"

A promise is a promise because those two words carry intangible weight.

The stone figures helped him; on his escape, they risked their lives to hold off his pursuers.

They even used the lives of their entire clan to create time for themselves and complete the mission.

It was simply because of his own promise.

The stone man used the lives of his entire tribe to fulfill his promise to himself, and added immense weight to that promise.

Li Xia neither wanted to nor was willing to run away; he wanted to fulfill his promise.

A smile suddenly appeared on Aowu and Heitan's faces.

"To take risks for something that doesn't yield extra returns is very un-apostolic."

Aowu is a dragon, and he is undoubtedly proud, even disdaining to do such lowly things.

Many times, he used the idea that "only by using any means necessary can one become an apostle" to numb himself.

"But, that's very bossy!"

So when Li Xia didn't consider betrayal something to brag about, Aowu felt a sense of exhilaration.

"Meow!"

The same goes for Kurotan; the cat comes from the Monster Hunter world, a place that values ​​companionship and bonds.

Hunting cats and their partners are people who can entrust their lives to each other, and older hunters are willing to take risks for the sake of their juniors.

It was a world where the strong would protect the weak from monsters.

Therefore, the kitten is actually the least like an apostle.

Gem was unaware that Li Xia and the others had already held a discussion beside her.

He hurriedly led them to the small building.

"Xia, I'll leave it to you. I need to go to the front lines. I'll try my best to buy you some time."

After stabilizing himself and saying those words, Gem hurriedly walked outside again.

As I watched him disappear into the corridor, I could even feel a faint tremor above my head.

That was Grigan's War Trees hammering at the seemingly indestructible walls of Skywall.

Li Xia looked around the entire shelter and surprisingly found quite a few people in the plaza.

A quick glance revealed that the group consisted mostly of young children and elderly stone figures that could no longer move.

There were very few women, and the children huddled in the old man's arms, not uttering a word.

He just stared blankly at the slightly trembling cave ceiling above him, his eyes filled with a deep-seated hatred.

Above this cave were their parents, the Griggans who were like demons.

"Ugh"

Li Xia lowered his head and looked at Mimi at his waist. This dead man's head actually had a compassionate look on his face.

He sighed, "Actually, it shouldn't have come to this. When I proposed protecting the stone men, all we needed to do was pay tribute to a certain number of people each year, and they would be able to live in peace."

But the Stone Man vehemently disagreed and, in a fit of rage, killed the Crown Prince of Griggan in the very hall, thus igniting the war between the two races.

"Pah, hypocrite!"

It spat on the ground with disgust.

Mimi didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to speak with compassion:

"Don't worry, when I get back, I will definitely protect the remaining stone men here and will never let them go extinct."

"you--"

Li Xia finally spoke. He turned and walked towards the small building made of bedrock, saying strangely:

"You still think you can go back?"

The compassionate expression on Mimi's face suddenly vanished, and she frowned as she asked:

"Now that the royal court can know my location at any time, where in this vast world can you hide?"

"I will surely be able to return to my clan—"

"Tianbi Mountain!"

Li Xia interrupted him, looking at Mimi's wide eyes and increasingly horrified expression.

“I plan to leave you in Tianbi Mountain. If the Griggans are capable, they can go and get you from Tianbi Mountain.”

Li Xia didn't believe the Griggans weren't interested in this towering mountain that seemed to reach the sky.

They definitely explored it, but Bedrock says the Griggans couldn't reach the Skywall Mountains.

This means there must be something there blocking the Griggans.

Mimi forced a dry laugh: "Mount Tianbi is extremely dangerous. Even the Ten Pillars of Graegan have challenged it many times."

so--"

Li Xia interrupted him again, as if she were talking about something extremely ordinary:

"I can do it."

A cat's paw reached out and put the bell on Mimi's head again.

The sound disappeared in an instant, and Awoo scratched his chin:

"What are you babbling about? You talk too much nonsense."

Little Dragon flew forward, pushed open the door to the bedrock room, and, seeing the 'lava behemoth' still huddled in the chair, raised its paw in greeting:

"Stone Man, here we come!"

Bedrock nodded, his scarlet eyes holding an unparalleled tranquility, and said gently:

"Xia, are you ready?"

Li Xia nodded in response, "Mm."

Jiyan pointed to the small door behind him: "Go out from here later and walk all the way to the end of the road, and you will reach the foot of Tianbi Mountain."

All you have to do is climb upwards, and the Heart of Stone will guide you.

According to legend, after leaving his ancestral home, the stone man thought he would never return, so he placed some guards in the ancestral home.

However, after all these years, all the guards should be dead. If you encounter them, you just need to take out the Heart of Stone.

The considerations were quite thorough.

"it is good!"

The room fell silent once more. After pondering for a while, Jiyan felt that nothing had been overlooked, and nodded with a sense of relief.

Under their watchful eyes, it suddenly extended its claws and plunged them into its own chest. With a single effort, it pulled out a crystal-clear gem that resembled a flame.

The moment the stone was pulled out, the bedrock's jet-black lava shell suddenly developed a dense network of cracks.

Countless buds and branches sprouted from the cracks.

The pitch-black rocks turned grayish-white at an astonishing speed.

Jiyan placed his palm in front of Li Xia, and in just a short while, the grayish-white color had spread to his neck.

"There is a firework tube under my table. I made it when I was young and climbing Tianbi Mountain. I once dreamed that if I reached the top of the mountain, I would launch fireworks from the top down."

Tell the people that I have accomplished something great.

If possible, please bring a sparkler. If successful, set off the sparkler downwards.

Consider it as if I've returned to my ancestral homeland.

Li Xia nodded seriously:

"can."

The grayish-white color finally spread to his head, and the bedrock's scarlet gaze gradually dimmed as tiny buds and branches gradually covered his face.

A faint sound came from just before it completely covered the face:

"Thank you. Stone Man's trust. This time, at least I wasn't thrown away like trash."

The sound of the bedrock eventually became almost inaudible.

He turned into a gray-white stone covered with plants.

Hei Tan looked somewhat serious, even overly serious.