Chapter 381: Escape Underground

Ancient road, west wind, afterglow.

Xiao Mian stood motionless at the edge of the jungle, his whole body tense, his mind highly concentrated, as if there was some terrifying monster deep in the jungle.

"This kid's spiritual perception is really sharp!" Seeing Bai Caiwei's puzzled expression, Bai Yuxi explained: "There is a little guy in the jungle ahead. I thought he couldn't find it, and I wanted to see how frightened he was!"

"Yuxi! You are not a child anymore, why do you still love to play pranks? What is it? Is it dangerous?" Under Bai Caiwei's repeated questioning, Bai Yuxi had to confess honestly: "It is a fourth-level 'rock gecko'. Its attack power is not outstanding, but its defense power is comparable to that of a fifth-level monster. However, this little guy is gentle and timid. It is not difficult to drive it away, but it is not easy to kill it..."

"Are you trying to find out his trump card?"

"Third sister, you are really smart and beautiful..."

"Speak properly ! "

"I'm afraid it won't be peaceful on the way west!" Under Bai Caiwei's coercion, Bai Yuxi finally regained some seriousness, frowned slightly, and whispered to himself: "Whether it's for him or for us, there are always people who don't want the three of us to leave Nanyuezhou safely, and there are even more people who wish we could never go back! I'm afraid there will be twists and turns along the way. I always have to know the bottom line of this kid, so that when necessary, I can make a more detailed plan, knowing myself and the enemy. "

"..., you are right!"

At this time, Xiao Mian naturally didn't know the conversation between Bai Yuxi and Bai Caiwei behind him, but after such a long time, he didn't see the two of them appear, so Xiao Mian knew that something was wrong, but Xiao Mian was not too worried, because Guitou didn't warn him.

This at least shows that in Guitou's view, the unknown danger ahead can be solved by him, and I'm afraid this is also the reason why Bai Yuxi didn't show up.

With a turn of mind, Xiao Mian guessed Bai Yuxi's plan.

But the next moment, Xiao Mian threw all distractions behind him. With the support of Bai Qiye, a quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator, Xiao Mian planned to fight the unknown monster in front of him.

The Five Spirit Sword was unsheathed and cut into the jungle with great momentum. As the sword passed, the low bushes and jungles fell back, revealing the dark soil and half of the tree trunks.

Xiao Mian wanted to force the monster out. He didn't have the spiritual consciousness like Bai Yuxi, so he naturally didn't know what kind of monster was hidden in the jungle.

As soon as the Five Spirit Sword rushed into the jungle, there was a sound of shaking the ground in the jungle. It was obvious that the monster hidden in the jungle began to fight back.

Through the feedback of the five spiritual thoughts attached to the Five Spirit Sword, Xiao Mian finally captured the shape and appearance of the monster.

A fourth-level rock gecko?

How did he encounter such an unpopular monster!

Just like Bai Yuxi said, the rock gecko has low attack power but excellent defense power. The biggest reason why it can be ranked fourth is that the adult rock gecko has its own demon pill, which is equivalent to the golden pill of human cultivators. However, just like the alchemists and array masters among human cultivators, the rock gecko is not a type that is good at fighting among demon beasts, but an auxiliary demon beast that lives with ore.

Rock geckos generally like to nest on some hard ore veins, and use the earth attribute and gold attribute spiritual energy contained in the ore veins to temper their stone armor.

Therefore, there are usually some unknown spiritual mines in places where rock geckos appear, which can be regarded as unexpected wealth for discovering rock geckos.

It is difficult to catch a rock gecko, just because the rock gecko has a natural magical power that is worthy of its name as a fourth-level demon beast-earth escape technique!

After quickly going through the information about the rock gecko in his mind, Xiao Mian's courage was even stronger. This thing is clearly a natural living target!

At that moment, Xiao Mian activated the "Ten Thousand Poisons Curse", spread his Thunder Wings, and rushed into the jungle, intending to cooperate with the Five Spirit Sword's offensive and fight the rock gecko with his bare hands.

Even Bai Yuxi was secretly shocked after seeing Xiao Mian's actions.

Even if the rock gecko's attack power was low, it was a fourth-level monster after all. The power it burst out between its gestures was not something that ordinary Jindan cultivators could withstand. This kid dared to rush in like this when he knew that the jungle was hiding a fourth-level monster. It seems that he is very confident in his body training skills!

Thinking of this, Bai Yuxi and Bai Caiwei took a few steps forward, intending to raid Xiao Mian nearby to prevent the kid from being killed by the rock gecko.

When the two came to the vicinity of the jungle, they heard bursts of ping-pong sounds from the jungle, as if some blunt instrument hit the stone. Occasionally, there were also shrill screams flying out, which made the two look at each other in confusion.

Out of curiosity, Bai Yuxi probed his spiritual sense into the jungle.

It would have been better if he hadn't looked. Once he looked, even the usually unruly Bai Qiye was surprised, and then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You'll know if you go in and take a look yourself!"

With a bitter smile, Bai Yuxi led Bai Caiwei into the jungle.

Soon, Bai Caiwei knew why Bai Yuxi had that expression.

The Five Spirit Swords turned into five-colored sword dragons, hovering in the air, staring at the sky; four ten-foot-high mountains stood on the ground in all directions. Although not high, they were majestic and solemn, like the peaks of Dingtian; another mountain arched over the ground, raising the entire ground by a foot; on this high platform, Xiao Mian sat across a calf-sized monster, smashing the monster covered with rock armor.

The monster was three feet long, like a crocodile covered with rock armor, with a hideous face, but at this time, it was beaten by Xiao Mian and wailed continuously.

However, there was a five-colored sword dragon lingering in the sky. Although the sword dragon was not a real dragon, it was an attack from the Jindan realm. The rock gecko was always timid and did not dare to directly collide with the five-colored sword dragon; the ground was even more imprisoned by Xiao Mian's Five Mountains Chaozong Formation. Although the rock gecko was proficient in earth escape, it was only a fourth-level spirit beast after all, and the Five Mountains Chaozong Formation was a genuine fifth-level magic formation, which restrained the rock gecko to death; the rock gecko would not have fallen into such a situation, but Xiao Mian's copper bones and iron fists were not inferior to the rock gecko's monster body.

In this way, the rock gecko was doomed to a tragic end.

"Is this really a fourth-level spirit beast?"

"Maybe..., is it still injured? Or is it weak after giving birth? Or is it hungry and weak? In a bad mood? Not in good condition?"

"It's more likely that this kid has a strong fist!"

"Humph! He just took advantage of the Five Mountains Chaozong Formation!"

Having said that, Bai Yuxi had to admit that he had underestimated Xiao Mian before, thinking that Xiao Mian was just a foundation-building cultivator protected by the three major sects.

Putting aside other abilities, just the courage to face the fourth-level monster is definitely not comparable to ordinary cultivators.

Many times, courage determines a person's strength!

"Okay! Don't beat it to death! My goodness, it's so pitiful..."

"Huh! I told you to bite me! I told you to lick me! So disgusting..."

Despite Bai Yuxi's plea, Xiao Mian still punched it twice fiercely, and then stood up from the rock gecko. The rock gecko was really scared by Xiao Mian's beating, lying on the ground motionless, with tears rolling in its big eyes.

"What a sin this is..." Bai Yuxi came to the rock gecko while scolding Xiao Mian, stepped on its big tail, and said softly: "Evil beast! If you know what's good for you, take us to your nest and let us see what kind of spiritual ore you are associated with. If you don't know what's good for you, I will let that little bad guy continue to beat you!"

"Woo woo..."

The rock gecko nodded repeatedly while wailing.

After that, Bai Yuxi planted a divine mark on the rock gecko, and ordered Xiao Mian to remove the Five Mountains Chaozong Formation and the Five Elements Sword Dragon.

With the existence of the divine mark, Bai Yuxi could take the life of the rock gecko in a moment. The monster seemed to know how powerful it was, and became more respectful in front of Bai Yuxi.

Under Bai Yuxi's order, the rock gecko escaped into the ground, leaving a passage large enough for one person to pass through.

The three people followed the rock gecko into an underground world.

Shortly after the three disappeared, a black shadow appeared near the cave that had calmed down. It lowered its body to observe carefully, then stood up, looked around, and left.

A moment later, another figure appeared nearby, walked around the cave that had disappeared, and gradually sank into the ground, performing the earth escape technique.

Almost at the same time, a flying shadow flashed in the sky, and the high-pitched eagle cry resounded through the night sky, and the sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the earth...