Chapter 493 Working Together
"Fellow Daoist Long, we are all seeking opportunities in this secret realm when we participate in this conference. There is no such thing as first come first served." Huan Lingzi narrowed his eyes and said slowly.
The cultivators who came with him also stepped forward one after another.
"If that's the case, then it depends on your ability." After Long Chong said this, a light immediately lit up on his body.
Qing Tong thought he was going to snatch the Earth Core Fire Lotus, and had no time to think. He immediately flashed and turned into a beam of light and flew towards the center of the magma lake.
But after flying out for more than ten feet, he found that Long Chong stopped at the edge of the magma lake, without stepping into the lake. The corners of his mouth slightly curved, with a faint smile.
Qing Tong secretly cried out that it was not good, and hurriedly stopped.
But before he could stabilize his body, the magma lake below suddenly surged violently, and several fire crocodiles jumped out of the lake, opening their bloody mouths one by one, spewing red molten magma towards him.
Qingtong was shocked to sense the amazing demonic power of the fire crocodile, and quickly dodged.
However, the fire crocodiles, which had been disturbed by Yuan Ming and his men before, were already furious. At this moment, they attacked at the same time, blocking all of Qingtong's retreat routes.
Qingtong barely avoided the attacks of the two fire crocodiles, but a stream of molten lava attacked from a blind spot and hit him hard.
Qingtong did not panic, and quickly raised his hand and summoned a strange round shield with purple mist to block the molten lava.
The blazing molten lava hit the round shield, and bursts of purple smoke suddenly rose, making a "puff" sound.
Like Yuan Ming's silver shield, the purple round shield was instantly burned through a big hole.
The molten lava that suddenly came in fell on Qingtong's body protection treasure light, and immediately burned him with a scream, and fell into the sea of fire below.
The two fire crocodiles had been waiting here for a long time, and opened their mouths to bite Qingtong.
At this moment, a long rainbow-like blue light shot from a distance and instantly reached Qingtong's body. It spread out with a "whoosh" and formed a blue light curtain, supporting Qingtong's body.
The two fire crocodiles bit it hard, and the crystal light curtain was twisted and deformed, but it did not break.
Qingtong took a breath, stepped on the blue light curtain, and flew out with the force. His figure was like a ghost, bringing out a series of snake-like phantoms, which made people dazzled.
The fire crocodiles around were also confused by the phantoms and reacted slowly for a moment.
Qingtong took the opportunity to break away from the encirclement and shot towards the shore.
The group of fire crocodiles chased out in anger, and more than a dozen magma fire pillars rushed to hit Qingtong's back.
The blue light curtain that was originally flat suddenly stood up, blocking more than a dozen magma pillars for a moment, and Qingtong successfully escaped from the lake.
After landing, he did not dare to stay, and used magic power to protect his burned chest and continued to flee outward, without noticing the fire crocodile that stopped when it reached the shore.
"Haha"
Long Chong had returned to Yuan Ming and the others. Seeing Qing Tong's embarrassed look, he laughed so hard that he almost couldn't straighten his back.
Others saw this scene and looked like they were struggling to hold back their laughter.
Yuan Ming didn't laugh, but glanced at Xue Jiao.
The blue light curtain that just rescued Qing Tong was emitted by this woman. It was not a magic weapon, but just an ordinary stream of water. It was able to block the attack of the red fire crocodile twice, which was quite extraordinary.
And Xue Jiao didn't just defend. When she resisted the fire crocodile twice, she fought back. Many extremely fine water needles were shot out of the blue light curtain, specifically attacking the eyes, nose and other vulnerable parts of the fire crocodile. Otherwise, Qing Tong would not have been able to escape so smoothly.
It's just that those water needles are extremely fine, and it's difficult to detect them if the spiritual sense is slightly weak.
Yuan Ming secretly sighed that the mermaids are really good at controlling water. If you fight with this woman in the future, you must be very careful.
Qing Tong came to a safe place, treated her injuries a little, and immediately turned to Long Chong.
"Long Chong, you and I cannot coexist!" His eyes almost spit out fire, he raised his hand and grabbed two thin black swords, flashing with a faint black light, and shot towards Long Chong.
"I didn't ask you to blame me?" Long Chong sneered, fearless, a flash of light in his hand, a blue spear appeared in his hand, and he was about to meet him.
Just as the two were about to fight, a figure suddenly flashed out and blocked the middle of the two. It was Qianbao Taoist from Jin'ao Island.
He pushed his hands out to the left and right, facing Qingtong and Long Chong respectively, holding a round jade ring and a square seal in his palms respectively.
The green light on the round jade ring gushed out, forming a huge circular magic circle, like a giant shield blocking Qingtong, and a mountain formed by yellow light appeared outside the square seal, also blocking Long Chong.
"My two Taoist friends, please be patient and listen to me."
Qing Tong's two thin long swords fell on the green giant shield, and were repelled with a flash of green light. The long swords were shining with green light, and the speed was twice as fast as before.
Long Chong's spear only stabbed halfway and stopped in front of the yellow mountain.
Qing Tong hurriedly pinched the seal repeatedly, and then regained control of the thin long sword, and said in a deep voice: "Daoist Qian Bao, what do you mean?"
"My two Taoist friends, as the saying goes, harmony brings wealth. What we are looking for in this secret realm is not the many natural treasures and opportunities? Now that the treasures have not been obtained, we fight to the death by ourselves. Isn't it too much of a loss?" Qian Bao Taoist laughed.
"Long Chong just deliberately led me into danger. Everyone present saw it. He was the one who provoked me first!" Qing Tong said coldly.
"What a joke. It's your own greed. You are so eager to feed the crocodiles. What does it have to do with me?" Long Chong looked down on him.
Qingtong was furious, and the long sword in his hand glowed black again.
"Are you two here to quarrel and make a fool of yourself? Please move somewhere else, don't disturb us from picking the earth's core fire lotus here." Fairy Jinyun said with a trace of impatience on her face.
"Qingtong, I have something to do, I don't have time to talk to you, let's fight to the death after we get out of the secret realm." Long Chong seemed to be very afraid of Fairy Jinyun, so he took the lead in putting away his weapon and retreated.
Qingtong was furious and wanted to say something, but Xueyu's lips moved slightly, as if she sent a few words to Qingtong.
Qingtong's expression changed slightly, he took a deep breath, the anger on his face faded like a tide, and he also retreated.
"Brother Long, be careful, Qingtong is a vindictive person, you set him a trick, he may not let it go." Yuan Ming reminded him through voice transmission.
"Don't worry, I know all of Qingtong's tricks." Long Chong didn't care.
"Fellow Daoist Qianbao is right. The magma lake is very strange. We can't detect any living creatures at all. Each of those fire crocodiles has the strength of a third-level monster. It's hard to get those earth core fire lotuses if we fight alone. We are all gathered here for a reason. Why don't we work together to pick lotuses together?" Huan Lingzi secretly thought it was a pity, but he had a smile on his face. He walked out and suggested.
"Fellow Daoist Huan Lingzi, this is very good. What do you think?" Taoist Qianbao nodded repeatedly.
"At present, the monsters are powerful. It is indeed the best strategy to join hands to fight against them." Yun Jiuxiao agreed.
Fairy Jinyun, Qingtong, Xuejiao, Hou Santong and others also nodded one after another. Only Long Chong and his group, as well as Zhong Ling and the other three did not express their opinions.
"Fellow Daoist Long, do you think this is inappropriate?" Taoist Qianbao looked over.
"Brother Yuan, look..." Long Chong said.
Taoist Qianbao only noticed Yuan Ming at this moment, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Long Chong is the son of the owner of Qianlong Island. He is usually rebellious. Now he actually wants to ask Yuan Ming for his opinion, which is unexpected.
"We naturally agree with the proposal of Daoist Fellow Qianbao and Daoist Fellow Huanlingzi." Yuan Ming said after a moment of hesitation.
Daoist Qianbao smiled and nodded at Yuan Ming, looking at Zhong Ling and the other two.
"Everyone, the three of us are practicing wood-attributed skills, and the spirit beast is also wood-attributed. We will not take the risk if we are too restrained by this fire crocodile." Zhong Ling communicated with the other two and shook his head.
"What Junior Sister Zhong Ling said is also what I think." Baili Zhui from Hongye Island also spoke.
"The three of us are weak and can't really help much. Don't worry, the three of us will leave immediately and will never disturb you to get the treasure." Hua Ping said with a bow, and turned and walked away with the other two.
"This..." Suddenly, three helpers were missing, and everyone was stunned for a while.
Yuan Ming smiled slightly. The three of them were still as steady as ever. However, this was the right approach. They knew how to make choices. Only by giving up can you gain.
"I knew they would retreat. Three cowards." Qingtong snorted.
"The three of you stay. The talisman technique of Yuzhu Island, the magic array of Hongye Island, and the secret technique of Wanhua Island are all known in the whole East China Sea. The three of you are too modest." Qianbao Taoist hurriedly tried to keep them.
"It's not that we are modest. We are really weak and don't want to take this risk." Zhong Ling said.
"The three Taoist friends act steadily. I admire you. What do you think? You don't have to do it yourself. You just need to work together to set up a Wanmu formation on the shore and help contain some fire crocodiles from a distance." Qianbao Taoist pondered for a moment and said again.
Hearing that they could avoid taking risks, Zhong Ling and the other two looked at each other and nodded.
When the others heard this, many of them looked angry, but they did not raise any objections.
"Brother Long, what is this Ten Thousand Woods Formation? Why does Fellow Daoist Qianbao value it so much?" Yuan Ming asked in a voice transmission.
Although Yan Sijing collected a lot of information about the East China Sea, she did not mention this formation.
"The Ten Thousand Woods Formation is a joint attack formation of Yuzhu Island, Hongye Island, and Wanhua Island. Yuzhu, Hongye, and Wanhua Island are proficient in wood-attributed magical powers and have a close relationship with each other. After the predecessors of the three islands shared and exchanged their own magical powers, they worked together to create this Ten Thousand Woods Formation. This has always been a good story in the East China Sea cultivation world. The Ten Thousand Woods Formation is incredibly powerful, especially good at defense and trapping enemies. Zhong Ling and the other two are the best Jindan-stage cultivators of Yuzhu, Hongye, and Wanhua Islands. The formation they set up is estimated to be able to trap even Yuanying-stage cultivators for a period of time." Long Chong said.
When Yuan Ming heard this, he suddenly realized that with the help of this formation, taking the fire lotus would indeed be twice as effective with half the effort, and it would be safer.