Chapter 304 The True Battle of Faith
"We, aren't going?"
Emily was stunned. "Why? I thought we were companions. Don't the adventurers in the books support each other? Are you worried that we will hold you back?"
"no."
Ji Ruo scratched his head and said: "How can I tell you, the eruption of a volcano will not only cause extremely high-temperature magma to spew out, but also release a large amount of toxic gases, such as sulfur and chlorine, which are harmful to the human body.
The other thing is volcanic ash. You may think it’s nothing, but it’s very hard and insoluble in water. Inhaling volcanic ash will cause damage to our respiratory tract and lungs, and…”
Ji Ruo listed to Emily dozens of possible dangers in active volcano areas, each of which could cause great harm to the human body.
Emily was confused by what she heard; of course she didn't understand.
Although she is the human body of the goddess of nature, apart from this identity, Emily is just an ordinary elf with a relatively special identity. It is impossible for the gods to keep their eyes on her for a long time. The human body of the agent just has a higher affinity with the gods, which does not mean that she is the gods themselves.
“Stop, stop, stop!”
Seeing that Ji Ruo was about to continue talking, Emily quickly stopped him.
"I know it's dangerous, and I know you're doing this for our own good, but we're adventurers together, and in all the stories I've read, adventures are always accompanied by a lot of danger.
It is an adventure only if there is danger!
I'm not afraid, and neither is Sheila! So we're going!"
"Ah, this..." Ji Ruo opened his mouth: "This is not a question of whether it is dangerous or not..."
"I've made up my mind!" Emily sternly interrupted Ji Ruo, carried the unconscious Sheila, and walked towards the Fiery Divine Realm with a stubborn expression.
"I will not give up, nor will I retreat. If there is danger, we will face it together. This is the meaning of companionship in all adventures.
I think Sheila must think so too!"
Ji Ruo: "..."cascoo
This kid, has he become stupid from reading novels? !
Seeing that Emily really didn't want to listen, Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian looked at each other.
"Forget it, let them go. If anything goes wrong later, we just need to rescue them immediately... Wait, do you have a gas mask in your treasure bag?" Liang Shixian suddenly remembered something.
He and Ji Ruo came here mainly to use the extremely harsh environment of the Fiery Divine Realm to cultivate the Eight Extreme Heavens. They cannot use any survival equipment during the practice, but Emily and Sheila do not have to follow this rule.
It would definitely be better to wear a gas mask.
Ji Ruo slapped his forehead and thought it seemed to be true.
So Ji Ruo quickly took out two gas masks, thought for a while, and then took out two sets of chemical protective suits - his four-dimensional pockets were filled with many things, no matter whether they were useful or not, he stuffed everything in there.
At least it can be accommodated.
Ji Xiaoxiao also has a pocket of the same type, and the two pockets are connected. To be honest, sometimes Ji Ruo is not very clear about what is in his four-dimensional pocket.
Ji Ruo handed the chemical protective suits to Emily and wanted them to wear them, but Emily asked Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian with a look of disgust if they wanted to wear them. Then, she righteously rejected Ji Ruo's kindness on the grounds that the clothes were too ugly.
"We are companions. We face difficulties and dangers together. We will face them the same way you face them."
Ji Ruo: “…”
God, let’s face it together!
Sometimes I really want to see what kind of books Emily usually reads - do novelists in this world not do research when writing books?
But since Emily had already said this, Ji Ruo didn't force her anymore and let her experience it herself.
Sheila...Since Emily said she definitely thinks so, then I guess that's it.
It is necessary to activate the Eight Pole Heaven and gradually adapt to the environment of this volcanic lava area.
The true essence within the three star clusters began to grow slowly and passively, and as it moved forward, the growth rate continued to increase slowly.
Not only that, a stream of true energy was cast out from each of the three star clusters, which began to construct and open up a new star cluster somewhere along the energy veins.
However, since this is still a marginal area, the impact is not very strong, so the process of opening up and constructing Nova Xuan is extremely slow.
Liang Shixian also sensed the changes in his body and couldn't help but look at Ji Ruo with surprise in his eyes.
Surprisingly, there really is such a magical technique!
But he didn't ask.
Just as Ji Ruo said before, areas with active volcanoes are extremely harmful to the human body. Even if you are a warrior in the Xingxuan realm, you are still flesh and blood after all. You have some resistance to harsh environments, but it is not completely unaffected.
Therefore, the first step in practicing Eight Extreme Heavens·Lava·Khan is to close all the pores on the body, convert breathing into internal breathing, and let the qi circulate in the body, greatly enhancing the body's resistance to this environment.
Then, through repeated activities or battles, the ability to move while breathing will gradually improve, and eventually the ability called 'following the breath' will be mastered.
Breathing: By controlling the breath circulation in the body, the body's self-healing ability can be enhanced.
As he got closer and closer to the red sky illuminated by the lava, Ji Ruo suddenly discovered that there seemed to be faint stars twinkling in the sky.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and an active volcano erupted suddenly. A mixture of red and black ejecta rushed into the sky. Although the expected mushroom cloud appeared, the scale seemed a little wrong.
Ji Ruo then discovered that the red color in the sky was not entirely caused by high-temperature lava, but rather by the presence of a large number of tiny high-temperature red crystals in the volcanic ejecta.
It was a dense fire element that was as solid as a substance.
“Boom!”
Emily, who was walking in front, suddenly fell down, and Sheila, who was on her back, also rolled to the side.
Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian, who were immersed in their cultivation, were startled and hurried forward to check.
Squatting beside the two girls, Ji Ruo suddenly raised his hand and patted Liang Shixian on the shoulder.
Liang Shixian looked up in confusion, only to see Ji Ruo pointing at his eyes, with subtitles rolling in his pupils: "I told her she would be poisoned, but she didn't believe me. Is this okay now?"
Liang Shixian: “???”
He had almost forgotten how capable Ji Ruo was - where on earth did this guy learn all these messed up things from?
Obviously, we all study the same subject!
Liang Shixian gestured frantically, roughly meaning: "The most urgent thing is to get them out first. If we leave them like this, someone will really die!"
Ji Ruo nodded, and the words in his pupils changed: "Indeed."
…
Using their skills to move away from the volcanoes, Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian began to rescue the two women.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing, squad leader!"
Seeing Liang Shixian pouting and about to confront her, Ji Ruo quickly grabbed him.
"Artificial respiration! Didn't you see they were having difficulty breathing... No!" Liang Shixian said unhappily, "Ji Ruo, what do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who would take advantage of someone in distress?"
"No, squad leader." Ji Ruo whispered, "I have known them for a while before you, and I found that they don't like to be clean."
Liang Shixian: “?”
"From beginning to end, I never saw them brush their teeth! How could you bear to do that?"
"???"
Is now the time to think about this?!
"Then what do you say we should do? They are clearly suffering from gas poisoning. They probably also inhaled a lot of volcanic ash, which caused their respiratory tract to be blocked..."
"Yes." Ji Ruo spread his hands, "Then by blowing like this, aren't you blowing the volcanic ash deeper?"
Liang Shixian frowned: "It makes sense, but I always feel like something is not right..."
"Let me think about it."
Just as Ji Ruo was thinking, Emily, who was lying on the ground, trembled her eyelids slightly, woke up slowly, and looked at Ji Ruo with resentment on her face.
"You, ahem, you don't like cleanliness! Our elves' bodies are self-cleaning, and the elements will automatically clean us. We don't have to do it ourselves!"
She tried to sit up: "Why don't you follow the routine? That's not what the novel says!"
However, before she could sit up completely, Ji Ruo pushed her down again.
Emily: “?”
"Don't move. You are poisoned and there is a lot of volcanic ash in your body. You can't move around. Just lie still."
Emily was a little mad: "That's not volcanic ash! It's elemental crystals! We elves have a very high affinity for elements. Although that kind of elemental crystals is a bit uncomfortable, I have digested it!"
"Hey~ How come you digest everything so randomly?" Ji Ruo's face was full of disgust.
Liang Shixian suddenly looked at Sheila, whose face had turned purple, and asked subconsciously, "Elves can easily digest volcanic ash, but what about humans?"
"I told you it wasn't volcanic ash!...Oh no, Shila, please don't die!"
A translucent Sheila slowly rose from its body, with a peaceful expression.
Emily chanted magic in a hurry, picking and choosing from the magic alchemy potions that Ji Ruo had just taken out, and mixing them in a panic.
Perhaps because she was too impatient, the preparation of the medicine soon failed. These medicines were obviously for treatment, but Emily managed to mix them into explosive effects...
Fortunately, the explosion was not very large and only shattered the glass bottle that contained it.
Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian reacted quickly and turned their heads to avoid the flying glass fragments.
Emily's hand was injured in the explosion, but it was not serious.
Only Sheila was unable to dodge, and half of her face was pierced with broken glass. The expression of her floating spirit became increasingly peaceful.
She was already unconscious. Although Emily insisted on following her and refused to wear protective clothing, she still listened to some of Ji Ruo's words.
So be careful when you breathe just now so that you won't be seriously poisoned.
But Sheila...
Sheila's condition was getting worse and worse, and she was about to complete the final evolution of the necromancer.
Emily became more and more anxious, and the more anxious she was, the more likely she was to make mistakes. The speed at which Sheila's spirit rose was also gradually increasing.
"Don't rush. Take your time."
Ji Ruo put on a half-finger glove, raised his hand and pressed Sheila's spirit back, forcibly extending her life.
The spirit returned, and the pain of the physical body became clear again. The unconscious Sheila showed a look of pain on her face.
Seeing this, Emily breathed a sigh of relief, whispered a thank you, then calmed herself down and cast the spell calmly.
Ji Ruo pressed Sheila's spirit, recalled Emily's behavior just now, and touched his chin.
"So that's what this is. Is this what they call a battle of faith?"
Both of them are agents of the gods, and the gods they represent are life and death.
According to Ji Ruo's understanding, these two were obviously opposing gods. The status of the agent was much higher than that of the saint. The latter was probably equivalent to a high-level VIP to the gods, while the former was more like the relationship between the stove god and Ji Ruo to the gods...
In this light, Emily's previous behavior was reasonable...
"What kind of dispute over faith?" Emily blushed. "How can you be innocent just because of the air pollution spirit?"
Ji Ruo smiled meaningfully.
Liang Shixian was a little confused.
Because of his relationship with Ji Ruo, Liang Shixian knew more or less about the transformation process of those elemental gods in Shangxuanyuan.
Liang Shixian had imagined a rough scenario regarding the dispute over faith in Mother Earth.
It must be a collision of various conspiracies and schemes, the ultimate operation of brainpower, the clash of swords, and sparks flying everywhere...
The result, is this?
Liang Shixian, who possessed the [Real Glasses] given by Ji Ruosuo, naturally knew the identities of Emily and Sheila a long time ago.
Although I have never understood it in detail, life and death, these two words are common but not ordinary. The two behind them must be great gods.
And those who have this identity...
Liang Shixian is a little skeptical about life.
Seeing him like this, Ji Ruo naturally knew what Liang Shixian was suspicious of. He raised his hand and patted his shoulder, saying with emotion: "Actually, I also think it's a bit absurd, but this is the fact."
Liang Shixian looked at Ji Ruo in confusion.
Ji Ruoyi spread his hands: "A false struggle of faith: a battle of wits, conspiracy, infiltration, infiltration, killing and blood, war and faith.
A true battle of faith: while the opponent is unconscious, quietly carry him into an area filled with poisonous gas, and after returning, pretend to be extremely anxious, constantly making small mistakes, and seemingly sending the opponent to the west in a reasonable manner... Tsk tsk."
The two looked at each other and looked at Emily at the same time: "What a scheme."
Emily stamped her feet anxiously: "I told you it's not like this!"
Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian burst into laughter.
Whether it's true or not, it has nothing to do with them anyway.
After all, in terms of closeness of relationship, Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian are still outsiders.
"Hmm~"
Sheila slowly opened her eyes, her eyes full of confusion.
I don't know how Emily prepared the medicine, but Sheila's injuries were all healed, but her whole body was numb. Not to mention the pain, she had almost no feeling in her whole body.
Sheila rolled her eyes and cast necromancy. One by one, white bones stretched out from the void and wrapped around the body - real exoskeleton drive.
The external jawbone controls the opening and closing of the jaw. Sheila asked blankly: "What happened just now? Why is my body so numb? And... I just dreamed that I was about to die..."
“Ahem.”
Ji Ruogan coughed and simply recounted everything that had just happened from the perspective of a bystander, without any exaggeration. He was just a passerby and did not exaggerate or slander.
"You weren't dreaming just now, you almost died."
Sheila looked at Ji Ruo blankly, then looked at Emily who was avoiding her gaze.
"I really didn't mean it. That's what it said in the novel... I thought... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
When Sheila thought about how close she was to death, she hugged her legs subconsciously, buried her head between her knees, and whispered, "I didn't offend any of you."
Liang Shixian: “?”
What does this have to do with me?
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