Chapter 80 - Dragon Spine Defense Line
On the cold dragon bone platform, the strong wind was as sharp as a knife, stirring up fine evil dust.
Chu Linyuan sat cross-legged beside Xie Zhao, his eyes closed, his face so pale that it was almost transparent.
A thin layer of dark blue frost covered his eyebrows and temples, and every breath he took was accompanied by a heavy white mist, as if even the breath he exhaled would be frozen by the chill of the abyss.
One of his hands unconsciously rested on the cold shaft of the Immortal-Slaying Spear that lay across his knees, while the other hand lightly pressed on the air just an inch above Xie Zhao's heart.
There was no light at the fingertips, but there was an invisible and extremely condensed black ice evil spirit, which was like an invisible silk thread, continuously drawn out from Chu Linyuan's body and accurately poured into the thin layer of dark blue ice on Xie Zhao's heart.
Maintaining the delicate balance between the frozen poison ivy and the guardian spark, this continuous, uninterrupted output was like lighting a slow fire in his already depleted meridians, slowly but steadily burning his essence.
The dark gold dragon pattern on his cheek had completely lost its luster, like an ancient weathered mark.
He is like an ice-carved lighthouse that has run out of oil, silently burning his last light and heat, just to protect the spark under the ice that may go out at any time.
"Senior Brother... he is like this..." Su Tang knelt beside him. Her psychic eyes clearly saw the energy vortex in Chu Linyuan's body that seemed to be slowly drained and the increasingly weak life fire. Her little face was full of worry and heartache.
She wanted to wipe the frost off Chu Linyuan's forehead, but as her fingertips touched the biting cold, she pulled back as if she had been electrocuted.
"I won't die." Luo Hongyi's voice came from the side, with a hint of imperceptible fatigue and forced calmness.
She was sitting cross-legged on a relatively smooth keel with her treasure bag spread out in front of her.
Inside, various bottles and jars as well as collected poisonous herbs and poisonous crystals of strange colors were piled together.
A faint emerald-green poisonous fire lingered at her fingertips as she carefully calcined a viscous liquid in a small stone bowl. The liquid took on a deep, dark green hue, emitting a heart-pounding aura of annihilation, yet, under the control of the poisonous fire, it held within it a strange vitality.
"Ice Tuozi is incredibly tough. He wouldn't die even if he was frozen for ten days or half a month. The most important thing now is to prevent any random things from disturbing his spell, and also..." She glanced at Xie Zhao, who was sleeping like an ice sculpture, "...find a way to remove the 'root poison' from that idiot's body."
The "root poison" she spoke of was the backlash from the temporarily frozen Life-Burning Talisman's blood. The freeze could only be suspended, not eradicated. The longer it was left, the harder it would be to repair the damage to her foundation, even if it were later unfrozen.
"Senior Sister Luo, this... this poison, will it work?" Tie Niu's huge body was like a wall, blocking the forefront of the platform leading to the evil spring below.
In his hand, he tightly grasped the black iron lump from the abyss, which had just had its edge sharpened and could barely be called a "pot". At this moment, he was temporarily using it as a shield.
His bronze face was filled with vigilance, and the brute force of the stars swirled faintly beneath his skin, forming a faint protective film of astral light. He stared warily at the swirling sea of murderous clouds outside the platform, questioning Luo Hongyi in a muffled voice, his eyes unable to help but glance at the dark green venom swirling in the stone bowl. That aura made him instinctively sense danger.
"It's more than enough to deal with the 'little bugs' outside." Luo Hongyi didn't even raise her head, concentrating on controlling the poisonous fire. Her fingertips were like the most precise carving knives, guiding the energy in the venom to fuse, "As long as it's not that big guy... um?" Before she finished speaking, her brows suddenly frowned.
"Gululu!" The Moon-Eating Rabbit in Bai Xiaolu's arms suddenly let out a series of rapid, menacing growls! Its tiny body tensed instantly, its snow-white fur bristling! Its ruby eyes fixed intently on the sinister sea of clouds below the platform, near the dragon's toes! Its dark maw gaped, a powerful devouring force gathering momentum!
"There's something!" Tie Niu reacted the fastest, his huge body suddenly turning in the direction of Tutu's warning, the black iron pot shield across his chest, and the star's brute force burst out! Starlight and dark green poisonous patterns intertwined on his bronze skin, exuding a fierce aura!
Su Tang's psychic eyes also instantly caught the abnormality: "The flow of evil energy has changed! Something is approaching! Very fast! The size... is not big, but the energy reaction is very violent!"
The poisonous fire on Luo Hongyi's fingertips instantly extinguished, and she quickly poured the dark green venom from the stone bowl into a specially made bone bottle and sealed it. She abruptly stood up, and several ice needles flashed with a cold blue light from her fingertips. Her eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. "Prepare for battle! Don't let them get close to Bingtuozi and Ershazi!"
Several black shadows were like arrows shot from a bow, tearing through the swirling gray-black clouds of evil spirit and suddenly pounced onto the Dragon Ridge Platform!
They were several monsters covered in dark red scales, resembling giant lizards! They were about the size of calves, with short, strong limbs and claws like poison-tipped hooks that shimmered with a faint light.
Their heads were flat, their gaping mouths filled with densely interwoven fangs and dripping with corrosive saliva. Most bizarrely, their eyes were a murky dark red, devoid of pupils, revealing only pure brutality and greed!
It was obviously an abyss creature that had gone berserk due to the uncontrolled evil energy in the core of the abyss!
"Roar!" The leading dark red-scaled lizard let out a sharp hiss, and its smelly saliva dripped onto the keel platform, making a "sizzling" corrosion sound!
It kicked the ground with its hind legs, and turned into a dark red afterimage, carrying a fishy wind, and rushed straight towards Chu Linyuan, who was sitting cross-legged and regulating his breathing, and was completely defenseless!
“Get out of here!” Tie Niu roared like thunder! His massive body erupted with astonishing speed belying his size! He took a sudden step forward, his right arm infused with stellar brute force, and swung the heavy black iron pot like a door, bringing a howling gust of wind as he fiercely slammed it towards the dark red afterimage!
BANG!!!
Like a heavy hammer hitting rotten wood! A dull crash was accompanied by the crisp sound of bones breaking! The dark red scaly lizard that pounced on Chu Linyuan was directly knocked away by Tie Niu's unreasonable blow!
Dark red scales mixed with blood, flesh, and internal organs exploded in mid-air! The broken body rolled like a torn sack and fell into the swirling sea of evil clouds below!
"Good!" Su Tang couldn't help but cheer! But the cheers stopped abruptly!
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