"What's going on!
How can the soil lose control?
Did Qi Yuan awaken a Third Order Soil Control?! "
Nie Xiu fell into a state of panic. The Insect Beast Detector could not lie. Qi Yuan was definitely a Stage 1 Awakened. Even if he had awakened [Soil Control], it was impossible for him to take control of the soil from his Stage 2 [Soil Control].
"I don't believe it!
I don't believe a First Order Awakened can break free from my control!
No matter what you do, I will kill you! "
Nie Xiu roared and began to use all his strength to control the soil. However, not only did the soil coffin that imprisoned Qi Yuan not move, but more and more soil went out of control.
Soon, both of the soil giant's arms lost control and quickly spread to its entire body.
Suddenly, Nie Xiu, who was hiding in the soil giant's body, felt a chill invading from the outside.
The chill was fierce and surging, spreading into Nie Xiu's body almost instantly.
This was the coldness that froze the soil and the twigs from the ground!
How could it appear here?
Nie Xiu suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that Qi Yuan was controlling this power?
Under the invasion of the chill, Nie Xiu's body gradually froze, and the huge soil giant also turned into stiff frozen soil.
Kacha!
Kacha!
The frozen soil coffin was torn apart under the power of steel, and Qi Yuan broke free from the frozen soil coffin.
"This freezing power seems to be good!"
Qi Yuan moved his body. If it wasn't for the freezing power that quickly froze the soil giant, it would have taken him a lot of effort to break free and find Nie Xiu's body. There was even a possibility that he would fail.
But now …
Kacha!
Qi Yuan punched the soil giant's abdomen and pulled the frozen Nie Xiu out. Under the spreading frost, he had completely lost control of his body. Only his head could barely move.
"Did the snake ghost die in your hands?" Nie Xiu looked at Qi Yuan and asked in despair.
Although he did not know how Qi Yuan survived from the Ice Python's mouth, losing contact with the snake ghost must have something to do with Qi Yuan.
"You can ask him yourself," Qi Yuan said with a smile.
"You cannot kill me!"
Nie Xiu looked into Qi Yuan's eyes and said, "The black thorns below have come alive. We are all trapped here. Even if you can break out of this island, you can't leave the swamp. Only I can help you leave the swamp!"
"That might not be the case!"
Qi Yuan glanced at him and calmly pulled out his Zhanmadao.
"What do you want?"
Nie Xiu struggled, but his stiff body made it so that he couldn't even move his fingers.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you!"
Qi Yuan looked down and saw that Jia Tao had already used the power of his mechanical arm to wave his energy blade and escape from the entanglement of the black thorns.
"Hold it in, don't make a sound!"
Without waiting for Nie Xiu to react, Qi Yuan waved his Zhanmadao, and the back of the Zhanmadao slashed his arms twice.
With two cracking sounds, both of Nie Xiu's arms were broken, and they hung weakly by his side.
"You-"
Qi Yuan stabbed again, and the Zhanmadao in his hand pierced through Nie Xiu's shoulder blade, nailing him to the trunk of the black twisted wood.
"Your ability is not weak, so I can rest assured!"
Without the cold power of the foreign metal, the black thorns came alive. The frozen ground under their feet was no longer stiff, and the trunk of the twisted wood became much more fragile.
Qi Yuan's full strength was able to pierce two inches into the Zhanmadao, nailing Nie Xiu firmly.
The cold not only froze the body, but also froze Nie Xiu's perception of pain. Seeing that his arms were broken and nailed to the tree, Nie Xiu suddenly realized that his fate might be more terrifying than death.
"Nie Xiu!"
Jia Tao roared and threw out a flying rope from his mechanical arm, accurately locking the top of the twisted wood. The flying rope spun and contracted, quickly pulling Jia Tao to the top of the twisted wood.
Jia Tao grabbed Nie Xiu's collar and roared, "Nie Xiu!
You deserve this! "
Nie Xiu, who was nailed diagonally to the twisted wood, laughed bitterly.
"From the moment you found us, I knew you deliberately approached us. It was only because these black thorns needed your energy blade that I agreed to let you join this mission.
I originally planned to kill you on the way back, but I didn't expect to fail halfway! "
Jia Tao's expression changed, as if he hadn't expected to be exposed so early.
Nie Xiu ignored Jia Tao and reluctantly raised his head to look at Qi Yuan.
"You, a Rank 1, were able to kill the Snake Demon, Sun Ye, and me. You're a ruthless person. No wonder you could cross the wilderness alone. If I had followed Jia Tao's wishes and not let you join, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many accidents!"
"Unfortunately, there are no ifs in life!" Qi Yuan said.
"I just don't understand why you helped Jia Tao. You're clearly not together!" Nie Xiu asked weakly.
"It was just an accident." Qi Yuan pulled out his Zhanmadao and placed Nie Xiu in Jia Tao's hands.
"Jia Tao originally had the idea of perishing together with you. He deliberately stopped me from joining because he wanted to save my life. I'm just returning him a favor."
"Those who want to kill me, I'll definitely kill them. Those who want to save me, I'll naturally save their lives. It's that simple!"
"Simple?
Hahahahaha! "Nie Xiu revealed a sinister expression.
"Without me, you can't save anyone. You can only wait for death in the swamp!"
Qi Yuan looked at him coldly. "You've said your last words. You should be on your way in peace!
Don't let your two brothers wait for too long! "
Jia Tao silently took out an egg-sized plasma bomb from his mechanical arm. After setting the explosion time, he removed Nie Xiu's chin and fiercely stuffed it into Nie Xiu's mouth.
"Wu wu!"
Nie Xiu looked at Jia Tao's actions in horror. He didn't seem to have expected that he would die in such a tragic way.
Jia Tao ignored Nie Xiu's desperate eyes and said fiercely, "The set explosion time is 30 seconds. Under unobstructed conditions, the effective explosion range is 10 meters."
"10 meters!"
Qi Yuan calculated the size of the tree hole and said,
"That's enough!"
"Throw him into this tree hole and blow up all the roots inside. These man-eating black thorns should be finished together!"
Hearing this, Jia Tao directly threw Nie Xiu, who had the plasma bomb in his mouth, into the tree hole. Then, the two of them jumped from the top of the twisted tree and directly into the dense black thorns.
Under the steel defense, the black thorns couldn't break through Qi Yuan's defense at all. They just trapped the two of them and couldn't break free.
Countless black thorns wrapped around the two of them. Jia Tao waved his energy blade and kept slashing, but the vines still increased in number. They were faintly about to drown the two of them.
Qi Yuan grabbed a black thorn that wrapped around him and snorted coldly. The chill in his energy heart surged along his arm.
As the frost power invaded, the originally flexible black thorns began to harden. Their wrapping movements also became slower, as if they were frozen.
Jia Tao waved his energy blade and cut off all the black thorns around Qi Yuan. Then, he growled, "Get down!"
The two of them quickly lay on the ground. Five seconds later, a violent explosion came from underground. The violent shock wave stirred up the soil and spread out in an instant.
The huge black twisted tree was torn apart in the explosion.
Violent blue electric arcs soared into the sky, illuminating the dark sky and destroying everything around them.
A numbing feeling spread along the black thorns. Qi Yuan felt his hair stand on end.
The aftermath of the electric arcs only lasted for a few seconds before calming down.
Qi Yuan stood up and saw that the place where the black twisted wood was had turned into a charred pit. Black smoke was rising from the pit. The Snake Ghost and Nie Xiu's corpses had disappeared. Only a little residue was left of the Ice Python's huge body. It was difficult to distinguish it from the ashes of the roots.
Looking at the messy cave, Qi Yuan's eyelids couldn't help but twitch. If he was caught in the explosion range of the plasma bomb, even a Tier 1 steel defense wouldn't be able to withstand such a terrifying explosion.
The terror of the plasma bomb could only be experienced when one saw the explosion with their own eyes.
Although the roots were destroyed, the black thorns didn't completely die. However, they were also affected. They no longer pursued the two of them and spread out chaotically as if they had lost their target.
Qi Yuan noticed that the ends of many black thorns were slowly splitting into smaller roots that began to drill into the ground. His expression changed slightly.
"Run! These black thorns are forming new roots!"
In the face of these endless black thorns, it didn't matter how strong one's defense was or how strong they were. Once they were trapped and unable to break free, they could only wait for death.
Jia Tao also felt the danger. He began to increase the strength of his mechanical arm and tried his best to open up a path. Although he had the courage to die together with Nie Xiu, he didn't want to die in vain in the black thorns after getting his revenge.
Moreover, he still owed Qi Yuan his life!
Although the black thorns could still take root after losing their tracking ability, they couldn't stop Jia Tao and Qi Yuan from working together. Before the new roots were completely formed, the two of them successfully broke through the black thorns' blockade and arrived at the edge of the small island.
Jia Tao aimed his mechanical arm at the black twisted tree on the nearby island. A finger-thick rope shot out, and the lock at the end was directly fixed on the black twisted tree.
After testing the rope's sturdiness, Jia Tao extended his left hand to Qi Yuan.
"The rope's pulling force is enough to pull the two of us over!"
"Maybe we don't have to go through so much trouble!"
Qi Yuan smiled and tried to step on the swamp mud. A sharp chill came from the bottom of his feet and quickly froze the swamp mud under his feet, turning it into a frozen land.
It felt pretty good. It was a bit like DK's Frost Trail!
Qi Yuan put all his weight on it. The frozen land under his feet was still sturdy and showed no signs of breaking.
Jia Tao was stunned as he watched Qi Yuan walk into the swamp step by step. Wherever he went, frost would freeze as if he was an ice messenger.
Ice Touch from the Elemental Realm?
And it was definitely not rank 1!
Was there something wrong with the bug beast detector?
"The freezing power should be able to last for a while. You can follow behind me," Qi Yuan said casually.
Although the Frost Trail couldn't be maintained for a long time, the freezing power needed time to dissipate. If the speed was slightly faster, it could allow two people to pass through.
Jia Tao hesitated and followed along the frozen ground behind Qi Yuan step by step. Soon, the two of them followed the path they came from and stepped on the frozen ground and left the swamp.
After stepping on solid ground, Qi Yuan felt the energy heart's condition. He found that half of the accumulated frost power had been consumed, and there were no signs of it recovering.
"It can only be stored and released. It can't actively generate energy!"
Qi Yuan frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed. After all, it was only rank 1 Energy Control. To be able to do this, it had already surpassed most rank 1 abilities of most elements. If the stored frost power was replaced with other more destructive energy, such as thunder power, there might be more surprises.
At the checkpoint in the wild, he unexpectedly obtained a new extraordinary ability. Although it didn't bring about a leap in strength, it made up for one of Qi Yuan's shortcomings. Energy Control was equivalent to the simplification of many Elemental Realm abilities. It made up for the lack of an Elemental Realm ability.
Although the Combat Realm ability was reckless, it had limited uses in many situations.
Jia Tao looked at Qi Yuan with a complicated expression. Before entering the swamp, he had already prepared himself for death. He never thought that he would be able to return alive.
Qi Yuan, as a rank 1, had killed three rank 2s as if he were cutting melons and vegetables. One of them was a veteran rank 2 hunter like Nie Xiu. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have dared to believe that such a powerful rank 1 existed.
Even though he was a rank 2, he had prepared for this revenge for several months. He had even prepared a terrifyingly powerful plasma bomb. His initial plan was only to perish together with the enemy.
He never thought that a rank 1 hunter would so easily help him complete his revenge.
Looking at the hesitant Jia Tao, Qi Yuan said indifferently, "If you don't want to thank me, then don't thank me.
"If you want to thank me, you don't have to say it. Just remember that you owe me a life!
Perhaps one day, I'll make you pay it back! "
Although there was no morality in the wilderness, Qi Yuan was still willing to show some kindness to a hunter like Jia Tao who was willing to give up his life to avenge the people around him.
After all, he was only a rank 1 right now. In an unfamiliar gathering point, all kinds of accidents could happen at any time. If he had a local who understood the situation to help him, it would save him a lot of trouble.
Jia Tao nodded solemnly.
"I won't forget!
If you need it, you can take my life at any time! "
Qi Yuan looked at Jia Tao and didn't comment on his promise.
"How long have you been in the Iron Chariots?"
"Four years."
"Tell me more about the Iron Chariots."
Of the remaining checkpoints, one was inside the Iron Chariots. The rest weren't too far away, but their locations were a little dangerous. One of them was even in the blue zone.
If he wanted to complete the checkpoint, he might need to borrow the power of the Iron Chariots.