Lin Yuan lowered his head and used the dagger in his hand to pry the lock on Ni Ji's neck.

I don't know what metal the buckle is made of, but it's very sturdy and difficult to pry open.

Lin Yuan lay on the smooth surface of the gemstone, struggling with the buckle, while also having to be careful not to hurt Ni Ji.

Sometimes, the fingers would touch the skin of the sentinel's neck.

Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, Lin Yuan found that the skin there was cold, as cold as a piece of ice, and sometimes even trembled slightly when touched by fingers.

While she was busy smashing and prying, the sentry lying there said nothing. He just turned his face away quietly and let her do what she wanted.

Lin Yuan couldn't break the lock, so he stopped to take a breath, only to find that Ni Ji was avoiding his sight.

Is he angry?

Blame yourself? And come back again?

Yes, if it were me, I would definitely not like others not doing things according to my plan.

But she suddenly remembered the look in Ni Ji's eyes when she appeared when she climbed up just now.

He was chained to the cold stone mountain. He raised his head in shock and looked at himself.

He widened his eyes as if in disbelief, and then, a complex and indescribable emotion filled his beautiful eyes.

The emotions contained in that look were too complex for Lin Yuan to interpret.

But Lin Yuan knew that it was definitely not anger.

If she had to describe it, she could only say that the fragile sentry looked at her with a look in his eyes that was both sad and moving.

That glance touched a certain place in her heart. Even a cold-hearted person like Lin Yuan felt a strange feeling in his heart, a strange and slightly sour feeling.

Lin Yuan didn't understand the meaning of that feeling, but she felt that she would always remember this look.

But Ni Ji quickly turned his head away and avoided her sight.

Lin Yuan even had an impulse to pry open his chin and turn his face around so that she could take a closer look at his eyes.

But she knew that this was impolite behavior, so she held back.

The sentry was locked there, his pure black combat uniform was mostly torn, revealing Yue Xiongtang's broken legs and bleeding body.

The metal buckle around his neck was locked too tightly and could not be pried open. Lin Yuan began to feel annoyed.

The dagger in her hand, which she used to pry the lock, was picked up from a battle scene not far away.

That was Ni Ji's knife.

But now in Lin Yuan's hand, the knife turned into a short dagger, restrained and ordinary, not very powerful.

At this time, a very small and weak sound came from the handle of the knife, intermittently.

"Give... me a little... fresh blood... and it will open."

It was the strange knife handle that was speaking. Lin Yuan heard it.

"Do you want blood? Is my blood okay?" she asked.

Before she could finish her words, a bloodless pale hand reached up from below and grasped the sharp blade without hesitation.

That was Ni Ji's hand.

Red blood flowed from between the slender fingers. The dull blade absorbed the blood and instantly became more mysterious.

"Wow, such sweet blood." A weird voice came from the handle of the knife, "Being beaten? So badly. So much blood was wasted in vain."

The next moment, Lin Yuan exerted force in his hands, the blade moved, and with a click, the buckle that was tied around Ni Ji's neck was pried open.

The facet of the huge gemstone was very smooth and was covered with Ni Ji's blood. Once the buckle embedded in the stone was pried open, the sentry slid down the stone hill uncontrollably.

Lin Yuan grabbed at him but failed to hold him back. He could only watch as Ni Ji's blood-stained body fell from the cliff made of lapis lazuli, rubies and emeralds.

But he was not thrown to the ground.

Huge tentacles surged out from the ground and caught the fallen Sentinel below.

Ni Ji fell into a mass of squirming, soft tentacles.

Those tentacles, each with their own opinions, were very restless and did not know much about etiquette in the past.

But at this moment, they caught Ni Ji well and protected the injured sentry among them without doing anything impolite.

He even helped Ni Ji to tidy up the clothes that were opened in front of Yue Xiong. Only one tentacle reached out and touched the sentry's bloody hair soothingly.

Ni Ji lay in the huge group of tentacles, curled up slightly, as if he had no strength left, and stopped moving.

On the other side of the Gem Mountain, more groups of tentacles climbed up quickly.

They hissed, tearing the white spiritual force threads and releasing their precious killer whales.

The killer whale opened its mouth, curled up its pink tongue, made a small whimpering sound, and revealed its sharp little teeth.

The tentacles began to fight, vying for the best position to stroke the killer whale's injured tail and limp dorsal fin.

It was not until they were about to pull out the spiritual bone spur that pierced the tail fin that the tentacles, which had been fighting endlessly, paused for a moment.

Lin Yuan climbed to the top of the rock and stuck his head out to look at Ni Ji at the foot of the mountain.

She knew that when the bone spur was pulled out, the pain in her mind and body would be transmitted intact.

Ni Ji also had to endure the pain of bone fracture.

The bone spur that pierced the tail fin and held the killer whale in the air was pulled out cleanly by the tentacles.

The killer whale let out a cry, and its figure slowly disappeared, returning to its spiritual sea.

The spiritual bone spur that restricted it from returning to the spiritual sea was pulled out and was smashed to the ground by the tentacles.

The moment the bone spur was pulled out of his body, Ni Ji's neck stretched back, his fingers tightly clenched his clothes, and he twitched slightly, but he did not make even the slightest sound.

He even quickly slowed down, raised his face from the tentacles, and looked at Lin Yuan who was lying on the top of the Gem Mountain looking at him.

He even smiled slightly at Lin Yuan with his bloodless face.

Lin Yuan knew that smile did not represent happiness, but something else.

It's comforting.

He comforted himself with this smile?

Tell yourself? He's fine.

Even though his legs were broken, his body was covered in blood, and there was a big hole in his spirit body.

But he was still smiling at himself.

The scene was very chaotic at this time.

The leech-like monster was still screaming. The metal guards that were attracted were being controlled by the tentacles that covered the sky and the ground. The killer whale had just been rescued...

Lin Yuan's head hurt so much that it felt like it was about to split open, and huge tentacles kept pouring out.

But strangely, Lin Yuan's attention was diverted at this moment.

She stared at the blood-soaked sentry lying among the tentacles across the several-meter-high gemstone mountain, and saw him give her a weak smile.

Lin Yuan suddenly started thinking about something completely irrelevant at this moment.

The tentacles said, "He tastes sweet."

The strange dagger also said, "That boy's blood is sweet."

Maybe he really is sweet, Lin Yuan thought, maybe it tastes like the candy he gave me.

Lin Yuan licked his lips and slid down from the Gem Mountain.

She held Ni Ji's arm and tried to carry the sentry who was unable to walk.

Grit your teeth and exert your strength.

She found that she seemed unable to do this.

Ni Ji looked very thin, but he was actually a tall and strong sentry. Lin Yuan couldn't carry him at all.

She gritted her teeth, tried hard to put Ni Ji's body on her shoulders, and forced herself to stand up little by little.

Ni Ji's head hung on her shoulders. As Lin Yuan's movements shook violently, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

The blood was dazzling, splattering on the ground and flowing back along the corners of his mouth.

This man was able to hold back from making any sound when having his bone spurs extracted, but at this moment he couldn't help but let out a slight gasp of "Haha".

Lin Yuan heard the tired breathing of the sentry slumped on his shoulder, and felt his chest heaving violently.

She stared at the shocking red spray on the ground, and somehow she found the strength to stand up slowly.

She carried Ni Ji's body, which was much heavier than her, onto her shoulders with the help of the tentacles.

Hold it on your shoulders, spread your legs, and start walking forward.

Even though she knew she couldn't walk far like this, she still wanted to go.

The little boy took his cat away.

She also had to bring back her own fish.

She took a few steps and heard Ni Ji making a weak sound on her shoulder.

"Left," the voice whispered.

Lin Yuan turned left and walked a short distance along the left wall. Then he heard Ni Ji's voice ringing softly.

"Down...the second staircase."

Ni Ji was showing her the way. Even at this moment, he lay on her shoulder in a wolf-like state, unable to move.

But he still tried to spread the sentinel's perception ability and find the nearest hiding place that Lin Yuan could barely walk to.

He found them a little hiding-place in a narrow alley at the bottom of a staircase.

Looking from the outside, the alley was very shallow, with stone walls on all four sides that could be seen through at a glance, leaving no place for people to hide.

If one only used their eyesight, no one would go into such an empty and shallow alley to search.

What’s more interesting is that if you really walk three or four steps into this small alley, you will find that there is a visual blind spot at the end.

There is a not-so-wide alley in the dead corner, and a few useless items are piled up in the small, narrow space.

Lin Yuan dragged and carried Ni Ji to this alley, and was completely exhausted.

The two men collapsed together in the pile of debris, hearing each other's gasps.

There were chaotic footsteps running outside, and the metal-headed guards were looking for them.

The footsteps ran all the way without stopping for a moment.

They were not discovered and could rest here for a while.

The tentacles retracted their huge bodies and lurked underground outside the alley, taking on the task of guarding.

The presence of tentacles would disturb the thoughts of all searchers passing by. It would be difficult for them to find the two people hiding in it in a short time.

But it can't stay hidden for long.

They had to leave as quickly as possible, preferably before the palace doors were closed.

Ni Ji closed his eyes and lay quietly on the pile of debris for a while. Then he opened his eyes and sat up, holding onto the wall.

He stretched out his hands to straighten his broken leg.

The hands looked very weak and even trembled constantly, but when they pressed on his knees, the hands stabilized instantly and twisted decisively and forcefully at the joints.

There was a sound of bones being dislocated. The leg bone was straightened.

It must be very painful. Lin Yuan felt his legs twitching slightly.

Once again, the sound of breaking bones echoed in the silent alley.

Ni Ji pressed on the ground and gasped for a while. After stabilizing his breathing a little, he reached out to hold on to the wall and tried to stand up.

Is the sentinel's physical condition so abnormal? Lin Yuan was extremely shocked.

Of course, she soon found out that she was wrong.