Chapter 145 Scarred
Seeing that even a bone knife couldn't kill the mourning bird, the gray rat clenched his fists tightly, pinching his palms with his worn-out nails.
Jiang He said to the three of them, "Leave through the exit first. I'll find a chance to get rid of it."
The gray mouse took a deep breath and rushed forward when the mourning bird passed in front of him, and his whole body hit the mourning bird.
The two huge wings of the mourning bird pierced through the gray mouse's body like two long knives. It seemed that it just reacted, and made an angry "woo" sound. It stopped chasing Jiang He, stepped on the gray mouse's body lying on the ground, lowered its head slightly, and looked at the gray mouse with disgust.
"Gray rat!" Jiang He, who didn't understand what was going on, thought that the mourning bird had targeted the gray rat, so he immediately turned around and pounced on it, trying to drive the bird away.
The mourning bird standing on the gray rat gradually faded away and completely disappeared before Jiang He's bone knife arrived.
Before it disappeared, its gray eyes were still looking at Jiang He greedily.
The gray mouse seemed to have lost all his energy to the mourning bird. He fell limply to the ground and said to Jiang He with difficulty, "The mourning bird is annoying. I tried many ways to kill it but couldn't. Fortunately, it only takes one person at a time."
Whenever the mourning bird appears, it will take someone's life. It will choose by itself and find the person it likes first. If someone bumps into it recklessly, the person it likes will not be taken away by it.
That's why it stared at Jiang He so unwillingly before disappearing.
"Baba, don't be sad, you will succeed."
Jiang He knelt on the ground, the gray rat in his arms was losing its vitality quickly.
She could do nothing but watch him die.
Before long, even the gray mouse's body became ethereal and disappeared like a mourning bird.
Her arms were empty, nothing was left. Jiang He stood up and picked up the bone knife on the ground. She asked Cai He and Xiao Sen, "You might die if you follow me. Are you sure you want to keep going?"
Caihe wanted to comfort Jiang He. Huishu must have thought of replacing Jiang He from the beginning, so he didn't tell him about the weakness of the mourning bird. But he felt that these words were a bit redundant and could only remain silent helplessly.
Hearing Jiang He's question, he nodded without hesitation, "I'm not afraid of death."
He is not even afraid of gray mice, so he will be even less afraid.
Xiao Sen saw Jiang He looking at him and smiled, "There is hope only if we keep going, right?"
Jiang He held the bone knife of the gray rat in his hand and walked towards the passage on the left first.
This passage belongs to the mining area. Jun ore appears from time to time around the cave walls, and the smell in the passage is also pungent and unpleasant.
Jiang He had been away for too long, and when he suddenly smelled the scent of Junshi again, he felt a long-lost sense of familiarity.
The ground was bumpy, and based on the humidity of the walls and the density of the Jun ore, everyone speculated that this mine tunnel already belonged to the inner layer, but was just on the edge.
Although the mine tunnel was winding, it still sloped downwards and no deformed objects were encountered along the way. Although Gray Rat had said that there were very few deformed objects in the mining area, the fact that not a single one was seen along the way still made Jiang He feel strange.
After walking for a long time, they came to a slope with an angle greater than 60 degrees. Jiang He stopped and said to the two people behind him, "There is a lava river below."
Caihe: "I'll go see how wide it is and whether there are other roads around."
He has wings and can fly at the critical moment. Jiang He nodded, made way for him and said, "Be careful."
Cai He nodded, knowing that Jiang He wanted to tell him that being alive was the most important thing. He comforted him, "It's okay, I'll be back after taking a look around."
He jumped down the passage with his wings spread. When Jiang He looked nervously at the entrance of the passage, Xiao Sen tore off a piece of his sleeve, squatted down, and signaled Jiang He to lift his foot.
Jiang He's legs would feel numb from time to time, so much so that she didn't even notice that one of her shoes had fallen off.
Xiao Sen put his sleeves on her feet, wrapped them around her several times, then tore off the ends and tied them around her ankles to make a simple shoe.
Jiang He tried to retract his foot, "No need..."
Her feet were not that delicate, and having him hold her feet made her extremely uncomfortable.
But Xiao Sen's grip was very strong and he didn't let go of her feet. If Jiang He used more force, she would kick him away, and she could only let him bind her feet awkwardly.
Xiao Sen, "Do you want to change the other foot to the same style?"
Jiang He: ... "That's not necessary."
Cai He came back soon, with a strong smell of burning on his body. Jiang He hurriedly asked him, "Are your wings burned?"
"It's okay." Cai He said to Jiang He, "The end of this mine is the lava river. There are no trails on either side of the lava river. There is only a flat area on the other side of the lava river."
After a pause, he continued, "But we can't get through. This lava river is too wide, at least fifty meters. The top of the lava river is burned by the lava, and there's a lot of rock ash. The slightest movement will cause this suspended rock ash to fall. The rock ash looks light, but when it falls on you, it feels like being burned by the lava fire. The temperature is very high."
He showed Jiang He the burn on the back of his hand, "It's just a little bit of rock ash."
Rock ash is not only hot but also corrosive. Although there is only a small burn on Caihe's back, the wound is so deep that the bone is visible and the bone has been burned black.
Jiang He's expression changed slightly, and he quickly searched for a solution in his mind. "Using the meteor pot might be able to prevent corrosion from the rock ash, but it's definitely impossible to jump across a 50-meter-wide lava river."
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, "Maybe I can try to link them together using my tentacles."
Connecting more than ten tentacles over fifty meters is not a problem.
The colorful crane has wings, so it should be able to maintain balance while walking on the tentacles. Jiang He turned his head and looked at Xiao Sen, "You're not afraid of heights, are you? Can you walk 50 meters on the tentacles?"
Xiao Sen, "The tentacles will be burned by the rock ash."
The space that the meteor pot can cover is limited, and it is impossible to cover all the tentacles. The tentacles lying in the center of the magma fire not only have to endure the scorching of the magma, but also have to endure the corrosion and burning sensation when the rock ash falls on them.
"So we have to be fast," Jiang He said, "very fast, and we can't fall down."
She said to Caihe, "You have wings, so it should be the easiest for you to maintain balance. You walk in front and I'll walk behind..."
Before she finished speaking, Xiao Sen said, "I'll go behind."
His voice was extremely firm, and Jiang He saw contempt in his eyes. It was as if he was silently saying: Do I need to tell you directly that your legs are crippled?
Caihe also agreed with Xiaosen's arrangement. Jiang He couldn't argue with them and could only walk in the middle.
After the three of them slowly slid to the entrance of the cave, Jiang He released his tentacles. The tentacles connected one by one, end to end, and soon formed a line above the lava river.
The rock ash fell on the tentacles, and the light ash instantly burned the skin of the tentacles.
The tentacles hurt, and Jiang He felt the pain too. She gritted her teeth and endured it without making a sound.
After all the tentacles were connected, she called out to the colorful crane in front of her, "Go!"
Caihe spread its wings and immediately walked towards the tentacles. Jiang He followed closely behind and summoned the Meteor Pot above everyone's heads.
Walking on the tentacles, Cai He could clearly feel the tentacles trembling. He raised his head slightly and saw that the meteor pot from outer space had been burned by the rock ash, leaving one black hole after another.
He quickened his pace, trying to shorten the time as much as possible.
Jiang He suddenly stumbled, and before she could steady herself, Xiao Sen passed under her armpit and lifted her arm.
"Don't panic," he said. "I'll carry you, so you won't fall."
He lifted Jiang He into the air and quickly followed Cai He.
Jiang He: ...At this moment, she is in the air. As long as Xiao Sen lets go, she will fall.
Besides, it must be difficult for Xiao Sen to keep his balance while carrying her like this, right?
After all, her weight is different from that of normal people.
Jiang He's worry was justified. Xiao Sen slowed down his pace, moved Jiang He, and said to him, "Close your eyes and don't be afraid."
Who can close their eyes peacefully in such a situation?
Jiang He said cautiously, "Let me go by myself."
Xiao Sen, "Don't say that, I'll be scared."
God knows, seeing her staggering, his heart would stop in an instant.
He said to Jiang He, "Climb on my back."
Jiang He had no choice but to carefully move and climb onto his back, saying worriedly, "Can you do it?"
Xiao Sen didn't answer. He quickened his pace and got closer to Cai He.
Suddenly, the tentacles under his feet tilted downward, and Jiang He began to tremble all over.
One of the tentacles was burned and corroded by rock ash, breaking it into two pieces. But immediately, its head and tail tentacles stretched themselves and reconnected the broken parts.
Although the tentacles were moving very fast, Caihe and Xiaosen still fell down because the tentacles suddenly swung. Caihe flapped its wings in time and returned to the tentacles after swinging in the air.
Xiao Sen's hand grabbed the stretched tentacle in time. He took a look at the tentacle that was riddled with holes due to the burns and corrosion of rock ash, and decisively grabbed Jiang He's hand, pulled Jiang He off his back, shook him in his hand twice, and then threw Jiang He to the opposite lava river bank.
The tentacles shared the same five senses as Jiang He. When the tentacles were burned and broken, Jiang He felt as if he was also broken into two pieces.
The pain made her thoughts stop for a moment, and she was unable to keep up with Xiao Sen's train of thought. It was not until she was thrown to the other side by Xiao Sen that she reacted. After touching the rocks on the shore, she immediately climbed up by holding on to the rocks.
With the help of its wings, the colorful crane quickly reached the shore, grabbed Jiang He who was clinging to the rocks, and pulled her ashore.
At this moment, only Xiao Sen was still on the tentacles.
He was a little distance away from the shore, but after seeing those injured tentacles, Jiang He shouted to Xiao Sen, "Jump, jump over here, hurry up!"
She could feel the tentacles' condition; they were already at the end of their strength and were about to break apart.
Jiang He didn't need to explain too much. Xiao Sen immediately jumped to the shore after hearing her words.
The distance was a bit far, and Xiao Sen couldn't hold on to the rock like Jiang He did. His body fell towards the lava river. In mid-air, he pulled out the black bone sword and inserted it into the rock wall to stabilize his body.
Jiang He was so frightened when he fell down that he felt like his soul had left his body. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had used the bone sword to stabilize his falling body.
Mr. Shadow tried to climb down and bring him up, but after a while, Mr. Shadow had to retreat because of the burning lava fire.
Only two tentacles returned, and they were dying and seriously injured. They fell asleep after entering Jiang He's body.
Fortunately, with the help of the bone sword, Xiao Sen climbed up little by little.
He looked up and saw Jiang He with most of his body sticking out, his arms stretched out long, waiting to pull him. The other person's worried look softened his heart, "A little further in, don't fall down."
Jiang He looked at him nervously, "No, I've got it. Be careful and don't be distracted."
Just as Xiao Sen was about to reach Jiang He's hand, a piece of rock ash fell and landed on the back of Xiao Sen's hand.
Immediately afterwards, more rock ash fell on the bone sword, and cracks appeared on the bone sword. Before it broke, Xiao Sen's hand slipped from the hilt of the bone sword, and his whole body fell into the lava river.
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