The shaking of the earth gradually became more obvious, and even Think noticed the change. Suddenly, in her sight, the ground on the other side of the road they had just trudged through began to arch unnaturally.
It wasn't like a dwarf submarine that separated the rocks and soil smoothly like a fish in water, but a very rough breakthrough, violently crushing the earth around it. The splashed soil and rocks piled up into a small mountain in the rumble.
It was like a giant worm magnified thousands of times, covered with sharp spikes, and neatly covered with red dots. The red muscles visible to the naked eye surged like a tide, pushing the ground where the giant worm drilled out.
Demonian species.
One of the most common Demonian species that appeared on this continent, it doesn't need to use too many abilities. The power derived from its huge size is enough to crush all weak creatures—Su'er and Think at this time.
Although it has a mountain-like size, it moves incredibly fast. This huge Demonian broke through the ground and arrived at the sentry post of the Elves in just a few breaths, circling around the sentry post like a python's prey disk.
As if the fragrance of the corpses and blood stimulated it, the Demonian couldn't wait to open its mouthparts suddenly, and the layers of densely packed sharp teeth extended to the inner cavity in circles—boom!
It suddenly smashed down!
The dust splashed and flooded the area where it was. The Demonian's mouthparts expanded to the limit and directly swallowed the entire sentry post into its mouth, leaving nothing behind.
There was nothing there.
Watching the behemoth drill into the ground again amid the roar of the earth, the impact caused by just ordinary eating behavior was like a natural disaster. Su'er couldn't help but be afraid of this great power—if he had been greedy for the little bit of relaxation during the rest just now, he and Think would probably have died there together.
Buried with the skulls.
He didn't dare to stay, not only because the monster transformed by the vampire had not really died, but also because this area was too conspicuous. Even until now, the scarlet blood mist spread by the monster had not completely dissipated. It was just blown away by the big movement of the Demonia species just now.
However, the blood mist spread further, and the blood of the Elves turned this place into a sweet hunting ground, inviting many monsters who noticed this place to come.
"...Let's go," Su'er said after getting up from the ground with difficulty, retracting his gaze from the distance.
His whole body was in pain, as if it was not his shoulder that was injured, but his whole body. Just sitting on the ground and watching the Demonia species destroy the sentry for a short time, Su'er's muscles seemed to be frozen, unable to move... I don't want to move.
I just want to lie motionless on the ground.
"Is it still there?"
"Yes, but the distance has been pulled away, and I can't command it anymore."
Knowing that Think was not talking about the Demonian, Su'er answered briefly.
Think's condition was also not very good, but she seemed to act as if her injuries didn't exist, and wanted to stand up from the ground again with her own strength—but she couldn't do it.
"Hehe, isn't it said that that kind of connection is easy to break?" Finally, she stood up from the ground with Su'er's outstretched hand, and Think said with a slight breath.
"...Because you want my flesh and soul? I guess," his eyes fell on the sweat on Think's forehead due to pain, and even the four beautiful Soul Stones were shining slightly. Without pointing this out, Su'er just wanted to move forward as before, supporting each other with Think.
The stuck arm shifted slightly outward, but was put back in the next second. Not understanding what this woman was planning, Su'er gritted his teeth and stepped forward with strength.
He can still hold on.
"Greed... huh..." muttering softly, Think tried to walk more normally with the pain in her legs, as if she had not been completely injured.
Black Ash fell from the sky.
This world can be very noisy, with explosions when bombarding each other, heart-wrenching shouts, and continuous battles for days, months, or even years, as if playing a symphony of death. There is no rest, and the noise that the gods enjoy is its main theme.
However, this world can also be very quiet, without insects chirping, human voices, and no sounds produced by life activities, only the sound of the wind, endless wind, and the unchanging gray surface, and everything infected by the red sky.
Monotonous and boring.
Creak, creak.
Deep footprints were left on the green Black Ash. Such a sound would never change, like a hypnotic lullaby, but no one dared to fall asleep in such a place. Only four lines of crooked footprints were left, but they were also smoothed out by the newly fallen Black Ash at the farthest end.
"...Is the Black Ash falling in?"
Confirming that the muffled hum he just heard was not an auditory hallucination, Su'er asked dully, without stopping, fearing that he would never be able to lift his legs again if he stopped, and just mechanically repeated the same action.
"...No."
There was only one word of answer and no sound, but Su'er didn't care, and the two returned to the previous silence.
Unlike Su'er, who was wearing boots sewn by Couronne himself, Think's shoes, who had never considered the problem of walking on Black Ash in the past, could not resist the invasion of Black Ash at all, so Su'er could only use the torn robe to wrap her feet, just hoping that the Black Ash falling from the sky would not touch her skin.
The robes that they took from the safe spot in the strait had been torn to pieces and turned into bandages wrapped around their wounds. The only thing left could barely protect Think's body.
He didn't know how long he had walked, nor how far he had advanced. In this endless black and gray rain, Su'er had blurred the concept of distance and time. He only knew that they had not arrived yet.
The abandoned city in Think's mind.
Just get there.
You can use the remaining spells to protect yourself.
You can find the food that the Elves planted there.
You can rely on the remaining arrangements to contact other Elves.
Everything will be fine—as long as you can reach that city.