Chapter 268 Disaster

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Chen Xing looked at the moon above his head.

The mist in the distance floated in like light smoke, slowly and gently covering the moon.

The hazy moonlight penetrated the clouds, and reflected the bright moon behind the sky in a mottled way, which was being slowly eaten away.

The covering seemed like an invisible giant mouth, and like a huge palm, slowly covering the originally shining moon.

A trace of confusion flashed in Chen Xing's eyes. He vaguely felt that what covered the moon was not pure darkness, but a deep black and red, as if it was the coagulated blood of a long time, dark and heavy, revealing a mysterious and ancient atmosphere.

"The total lunar eclipse... is it ahead of schedule?" Chen Xing muttered to himself, full of doubts.

He thought that perhaps because of the difference in regions, the total lunar eclipse observed in this area came earlier than expected.

He stared at the moon above his head that was gradually swallowed by darkness. Since he stepped into this foreign land, he has been accompanied by this bright moon every night.

The moon here is not much different from the one he had seen in Daxia, but in this world full of extraordinary power, the sun and the moon are given a more mysterious and noble status.

In the past, when looking up at the starry sky from the land of foreign lands, Chen Xing found that the moon here was always shrouded in a hazy halo, as if it was added with a mysterious filter, making it impossible to glimpse the scenery in its depths.

Even the extraordinary beastman with far superior vision could not see through the hazy halo.

On the other hand, the moon on the blue planet has been set foot on by people in recent years, but there is only endless desolation except for the barren land, as if it has already died.

"This lunar eclipse seems to be different from the previous small lunar eclipses. The last time I saw this kind of red lunar eclipse in a foreign land was fifty years ago." Qiu Shangqing looked at the moon above his head, indicating something.

Chen Xing asked, "Mr. Qiu, is there any difference between this lunar eclipse and an ordinary lunar eclipse?"

"Of course it's different. An ordinary lunar eclipse usually only covers an area of ​​at most a few territories. This kind of lunar eclipse is common and only helps some special races. For example, some wolf monsters that use the moon as a totem and believe in the moon need to complete their evolution on the day of the lunar eclipse, or use it to hold some special ceremonies."

"But this red lunar eclipse covers not only a few territories, but the entire foreign land can see it, just like the moonlight a few days ago."

"This kind of phenomenon was almost invisible before, but it has become more and more frequent recently." Qiu Shangqing sighed, "Every time there is a strange phenomenon in the foreign land, there should be a deeper meaning behind it. Unfortunately, for the entire foreign land, my vision is just a drop in the ocean.

But what I know is that after the red lunar eclipse that covered the entire foreign land fifty years ago, the overall magic tide level of the foreign land rose by a certain degree, and this time may be the same." Qiu Shangqing said.

It is precisely because of the higher magic tides than before that Daxia can catch up with the old forces in the foreign land as a latecomer.

After listening to what Mr. Qiu said, Chen Xing's heart sank. Is the red lunar eclipse different from the ordinary lunar eclipse? If it evolves, will it affect Taotie?

Chen Xing quickly recalled the knowledge related to evolution and quickly found relevant precautions.

The ceremony can be held regardless of any lunar eclipse, and it will not affect the final result of the evolution ceremony.

But if the evolution ceremony changes due to external reasons, it has nothing to do with the ceremony.

"What's wrong? You seem to be worried." Qiu Shangqing noticed the strange expression on Chen Xing's face.

Chen Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Qiu, I accidentally got an evolutionary route for Taotie. The evolutionary ceremony needs to be held on the day of the lunar eclipse. If you miss this lunar eclipse, you may have to wait for another half a year until the next lunar eclipse."

"Taotie's new evolutionary route. That little crocodile?" Qiu Shangqing murmured.

He looked at Chen Xing thoughtfully. He remembered that Taotie took his Canghai Emperor Crocodile route, and now he is preparing to change the evolutionary route?

But what made him curious was what evolutionary route could make Chen Xing give up Canghai Emperor Crocodile.

After all, he knew the strength of the Canghai Emperor Crocodile very well. This was a potential of the Overlord level.

And there was a higher level route above it. According to the foreign land, it was the Totem level.

Although it was incomplete, it was still a grand road with traces to follow.

What made him curious was whether he could change to other evolution routes after evolving into the Water-Tan King Crocodile.

Qiu Shangqing pondered, "It's a bit long to wait for another half a year. We can find a remote place to evolve after crossing the border."

Qiu Shangqing looked at the Giant Heart dragged under the four phases, "This is the item you need for evolution. It's really inconvenient to carry it with you. It's good to use it for evolution."

Generally speaking, the time required for evolution is between 15 and 60 minutes.

As long as you find a suitable place in the wild and complete the evolution, if the speed is fast enough, it won't cause too much noise.

Chen Xing also had this consideration. If you carry the Giant Heart around, it's easy to have an accident. This thing is too big and too conspicuous. It's better to convert it directly into the power of taming beasts.

After crossing the Yanjiang River, the group flew for half an hour and found a hidden valley to land.

Qin Xuan said, "I looked at the map. The nearest city is an hour and a half away from us."

Qiu Shangqing nodded, "I will help you protect the law, you can evolve."

Chen Xing felt warm in his heart and didn't waste words.

Half an hour has passed, and the moon in the sky above has become increasingly dim, and has been eroded by almost half.

Chen Xing couldn't help but recall the steps of evolution.

On the day of the lunar eclipse, dig open the center of the eyebrows, plant the seeds of the Heavenly Dark Thunder God in the center of the eyebrows, swallow the heart of the giant spirit and blow the conch of disaster, carry the monument of the world, and undergo the baptism of disaster. After enduring the disaster, ascend to the sky on the day of the lunar eclipse, and you can transform into the giant beast Tianhen Eye.

First, dig open the center of the eyebrows.

Chen Xing took out the tools from the storage ring.

Summon the Taotie.

The giant beast descended into the valley, and countless snakes, rats, insects and ants fled in all directions, and some scattered monsters also fled.

The valley was cleared.

Then, with the help of the four phases, he landed on the center of the eyebrows of the Taotie, and Chen Xing began to chisel at its eyebrows with a chisel.

The center of the eyebrows of the Taotie began to be chiseled off bit by bit, but strangely, no blood was left.

This is Chen Xing's pet's ability to correct its posture, which can slightly change the pet's head shape to a certain extent without hurting the root.

Soon, the forehead was chiseled open, leaving a hole the size of a bowl.

Then Chen Xing took out the Cang Tian Ming Lei Shen Seed and put it into Taotie's forehead.

Zi Zi Zi Zi ~

The violent lightning flickered, and Taotie groaned and closed his eyes at the same time.

It felt that its forehead was swollen, as if there was a landmine buried inside.

Then swallow the Giant Spirit Heart.

Chen Xing looked at the Giant Spirit Heart next to him and said to Qiu Shangqing, "Please help me clean up the Giant Spirit Heart."

The Cang Hai Emperor Crocodile sitting at the entrance of the valley raised his eyes and waved his claws. Countless water columns surged in the void, cutting along the surface of the Giant Spirit Heart, and a large amount of soil and sand attached to the surface were cut off.

Finally, the real body inside was exposed-a heart that was dark red and covered with black lines on the surface.

The heart was still beating, but the frequency was extremely slow, beating only once every ten minutes, and the amplitude was extremely small. If Chen Xing's senses had not been enhanced, he would not even notice this small beating.

This giant heart was very large, nearly sixty meters high.

If it were an ordinary beast, it would not even be able to swallow it, and the giant heart was extremely hard and could not be destroyed by ordinary means.

So this was also an invisible hard condition.

But fortunately, the Taotie was larger, and opened its abyss-like huge mouth to swallow the giant heart in one gulp.

Then it slowly slid into the stomach.

Taotie felt his stomach was bloated, and it seemed that there was something beating inside, just like a baby was pregnant.

No! I am a male crocodile!

Taotie was startled suddenly, his eyes widened.

Then he carried the world-suppressing monument and blew the disaster conch.

This conch must not be blown by oneself.

According to the inherited knowledge, whoever blows it will suffer the baptism of disaster.

So only Taotie can blow it!

Chen Xing took out the world-suppressing divine tablet and placed it on the back of Taotie.

Compared to its current size, the world-suppressing divine tablet is very small, but as long as everyone looks at it, their attention will be attracted by the world-suppressing divine tablet on its back.

Qiu Shangqing's brain was confused, what was that pale golden stone tablet.

It didn't look like an ordinary thing.

Chen Xing took out the disaster conch and handed it to Taotie's mouth.

He found a position to fix it, and then asked the four ministers to pull him back.

"Wait until the moon is completely covered by the lunar eclipse, then blow the disaster conch in your mouth." Chen Xing said to Taotie.

"Toot~"

Taotie wanted to open his mouth to respond, but the air flow gushed out, and the disaster conch in his mouth was blown out with two low sounds.

Taotie was startled.

"It's useless to blow it now. It can only be activated after the lunar eclipse." Chen Xing shook his head. This is one of the reasons why many people cannot study the special use of the disaster conch and can only treat it as an ordinary high-level secret treasure.

On the day of the lunar eclipse, the disaster conch can produce more wonderful sparks.

Under the gaze of Qiu Shangqing and Chen Xing, the darkness continued to devour the moon until the last trace of moonlight disappeared, and the whole world seemed to fall into chaos.

The valley where they were also became more blurred, and the surrounding scenery seemed to be swallowed by darkness.

In this dark night, the world-suppressing monument on the back of Taotie emitted a faint glow. Although the light was weak, it was like a bright lamp in the dark night.

The mysterious runes engraved on the monument became more eye-catching.

Taotie blew the disaster conch in his mouth.

The voice was low and sobbing, completely different from the cheerful and bright beeping sound before.

This sound seemed to come from the abyss.

"Woo~"

The sound of the conch echoed in the valley, and a faint breeze blew in the valley.

At the same time, the moon above the head that was swallowed by the lunar eclipse also changed.

At the same time, outside the mysterious palace above the moon, the entire moon was covered with blood-colored black fog at some point, and a tall and vague figure was looming in the fog.

In the palace, the white giant beast looked at the figure outside vigilantly.

Although it knew that the other party could not come in, it was still extremely vigilant.

Because the other party's status was not inferior to its master at all, to be precise, there were twins in one body, where there was light, there was darkness, where there was sun, there was moon.

But at this moment, a faint voice came from a distant place.

The tall figure in the fog suddenly trembled, as if it had not expected the sudden change.

"No!!! Who is plotting against me!"

The existence in the fog roared angrily, like thunder.

But it is not in its complete form now, let alone in its prime state. How could it activate the calamity at this time? The little source it finally condensed directly turned into the nutrients of this catastrophe.

This is not the main point. What is more important is that the success or failure of the calamity affects its authority.

Bang!

The existence in the mist exploded with a bang, and the red mist on the moon became brighter.

"The lunar eclipse disappeared!?"

Qin Xuan suddenly found that the moon above his head had changed.

"It didn't disappear, but it seemed to have changed in some way." Qiu Shangqing said, and his eyes fell on Taotie.

He absolutely didn't believe that the change had nothing to do with Taotie.

Because the moon began to change after the sound of the conch came out, the time was too coincidental.

The darkness shrouding the surface of the moon slowly receded. The moon showed its face again, but this time it was not the pure white moon, but the weird extreme scarlet!

The scarlet moon illuminated the earth, and under the blood color, the whole world was dyed red.

Chen Xing's face was solemn. He needed Taotie to survive the disaster, but he didn't know what the disaster was.

"Here it comes." Chen Xing seemed to have noticed something. He looked up and saw countless black shadows falling from the sky above his head.

These black shadows appeared out of thin air. From a distance, they looked like some kind of birds and beasts, but these birds and beasts were all white and made of bones.

The only sound in the sky was the flapping of their wings.

Densely packed white-bone birds and beasts fell from the sky and instantly enveloped Taotie. From the outside, Taotie's figure was instantly covered.

Those white-bone birds and beasts flapped their wings and landed on Taotie's body like messengers of darkness.

They pecked at Taotie's flesh and skin desperately, as if they wanted to peck through it alive.

Taotie's skin, which had always been tough and thick, was as fragile as a piece of paper under the sharp beaks of these white-bone birds and beasts.

Each light peck could easily tear off a palm-sized piece of skin.

The severe pain made the Taotie's body tremble involuntarily, and it let out a low roar.

"Big Whirlpool!"

With it as the center, a huge whirlpool phantom emerged in the surrounding void.

Although this is land, the water element in the air was instantly attracted, gathering into a majestic wave phantom, sweeping around.

However, these white-bone birds and beasts are like reefs standing on the shore. No matter how the waves surge, they still stand still and are not affected at all.

"Do you need help?" Qiu Shangqing asked Chen Xing.

Chen Xing shook his head. According to the inherited knowledge of evolution, only Taotie can experience the disaster.

External intervention will affect the success or failure of the disaster, and will greatly affect the evolution of Taotie.

Three minutes later, all the white-bone birds and beasts dispersed, flapping their wings and disappearing into the night without a trace. It is unclear how they disappeared.

Only the bloody flesh of the Taotie was left, and the skin was completely peeled off.

The steaming flesh and blood gave off a great heat wave, and the scarlet flesh and blood was particularly dazzling under the blood moon.

Chen Xing frowned, feeling a little reluctant.

But he quickly suppressed his emotions. He couldn't intervene, and the materials needed for the evolution of the Taotie were all prepared.

If he intervened now, all his efforts would be wasted.

There was another sound in the void. This time, many green flies appeared. These green flies were born strangely. The tails of their lower bodies were extremely long, like snake tails, and there were sharp barbs at the tip. Each green fly was the size of a palm.

The strange thing was that Chen Xing couldn't see the attribute panels of these green flies, just like the white-bone birds and beasts before.

Not being able to see the attribute panels can only mean two things.

First, these are not entities, but just phantoms, just like you can't see the attributes of the monsters in the photos through photos.

Second, what you see is not their true bodies, they exist in another dimension.

These green flies were the same as the previous wave of bone-bone birds and beasts. Taotie's skills still couldn't hurt them.

They swarmed over and stabbed Taotie with their tails.

Then Taotie's flesh and blood continued to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye, and these rotten flesh and blood piled up like a hill and fell to the ground.

Chen Xing's heart trembled and he clenched his fists.

Three minutes later, there was only a white-bone giant beast covered with blood vessels in the valley, and a mountain of rotten flesh beside the giant beast.

The giant beast's stomach was bulging, and there was a huge heart beating slowly inside.

After corroding all the flesh and blood, the green flies blended into the night and disappeared strangely.

Seeing this scene, Qin Xuan's eyelids twitched.

Is this evolution? It's a bit too scary.

"Are you okay with the beast?" Qin Xuan asked Chen Xing.

Chen Xing shook his head slightly.

Through the contract, he could sense that Taotie's vitality was still strong.

There was no sound from the sky this time, and at this time, there was movement from the ground under his feet.

Countless white maggots broke out of the ground, bursting from the earth like a waterfall, and sprinkled all over the Taotie.

These maggots attached to the bones, and with a slight drill, the bones fell straight down like powder.

The huge spectacle of bones standing in the valley was eaten bit by bit, and finally turned into powder all over the ground, leaving only some internal organs.

After completing their mission, the maggots merged into the earth and disappeared.

As expected, the fourth wave came.

Is it the internal organs this time?

If the internal organs also disappeared, what is left? The soul?

But the magical thing is that the monument to the world is still floating in the air, emitting a faint golden light.

A sound came from above again, this time it was many black bats, flying around the internal organs.

After a while, they stuck to the remaining internal organs.

The internal organs withered and turned into skin.

The giant heart that was swallowed by the Taotie before was also exposed to the air, but at this moment, the giant heart had undergone some subtle changes.

The black lines on the surface spread out at some point, and the heart beat more and more frequently.

Could it be that the flesh of the Taotie was hatched again from the giant heart?

Seeing this scene, Chen Xing guessed in his heart.

The fifth wave of attack arrived.

These were countless phantoms wearing tattered cloaks, and under the cloaks were transparent blue outlines.

Just as these phantoms were about to launch an attack, a deafening thunder suddenly came from the void.

This thunder resounded through the sky and spread over a thousand miles.

The blue clouds above were scared away, leaving a large hole.

Under the thunder, countless phantoms in the void trembled for a moment.

Suddenly, those dark blue bodies burst open one after another, like bursting balloons. The tattered cloaks fell in the valley like leaves falling in autumn, and disappeared after touching the ground.

About three minutes later, a clear bell sounded in the distance, breaking the silence. The melodious bell sound echoed on the empty plain, which seemed particularly abrupt.

Under the bloody moonlight, a strange figure appeared at the end of the plain.

It was a mole, but it stood upright like a human, carrying a package several times larger than itself behind it. The package made of red cloth seemed to contain living things, and the things inside were squirming.

As it squirmed, the outline of the red cloth appeared from time to time.

The movements of this mole seemed slow and clumsy, but its speed was amazing. Like a gust of wind, it approached everyone quickly and steadily.

"I seem to have heard of this thing." Qiu Shangqing narrowed his eyes after seeing this kind of mole.

"There is an ancient legend in a foreign land that when a person dies, he will see the Death Rat, which will take the dead away, put it in the package behind it, and then take it to the underworld."

Legend?

Chen Xing thought of the legend at the first time.

Could this mole be the Death Rat?

At this moment, the Land Guarding Monument shone brightly.

It burst into brilliant golden light, and infinite golden light shone on the surface of the mole's body.

Hole after hole appeared on its body surface, and green smoke came out.

Seeing this, it stopped, raised its head, and looked at the Land Guarding Monument in front of it with cloudy eyes.

It didn't make a sound, but it didn't continue to move.

Chen Xing noticed something strange. The monsters in this sixth wave of attacks were different from the previous five waves. It actually stopped.

Could it be intelligent?

The mole stood there for a moment, and then looked up at the red moon above his head.

After a moment of silence, he took off the red cloth package on his back.

Gently opening a corner, the things inside rushed out impatiently, and countless black shadows rushed towards the direction of Taotie. Looking carefully, these black shadows were clearly the souls of some monsters, but these souls had hideous faces and red eyes.

After releasing some dead souls, the mole tied the red cloth tightly again and then carried it on his back again.

Without even looking at the ending, he turned around and left in the direction he came from.

The intermittent ringing echoed on the plain, gradually fading away

"These are undead creatures." Qiu Shangqing said in a serious voice.

Undead creatures are quite rare in foreign lands, mainly because foreign lands generally do not have an environment to accommodate their survival. Without a living environment, it is difficult for them to grow and develop.

The Zhenjie Divine Monument shone brightly again, and the undead creatures entered the range covered by the light, turning into gray smoke and disappearing, leaving only some transparent light blue crystal powder on the spot.

Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and waited for the seventh wave of attacks.

But the seventh wave of attacks did not arrive for a long time.

Suddenly, a beam of red light came from the red moon in the sky, covering the place where Taotie was!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As time passed, dense cracks began to appear on the heart of the giant, just like the fine lines on the surface of broken porcelain.