latelenovela Chapter 85 Sea of Fire
Chapter 85 Sea of Fire
Dry firewood, and a raging fire.
Grease, the bright glow of flames.
The damp firewood emitted black smoke that rose straight up to ninety thousand miles away.
A fire spirit stone was inserted into the device, and the intense heat immediately ignited several pieces of wood nearby. However, the fire was not strong, as the trees were still alive and had a high internal moisture content, requiring a better igniter.
There aren't enough pine needles; the quantity is too small.
Zhong Ming silently apologized in his heart. He had no choice but to do this today. He hoped that the spirits of the deceased would not blame him, as everything he did was to help them avenge their grievances.
Dry wood, flammable cloth, slightly damp timber... He knew where to find them, and so did they.
The numerous relics left behind by the attacked civilians, all their belongings hidden away for countless years, will be burned to ashes in the flames today, summoning the elites of Yunzhou in their most explosive and radiant moment.
Alright, let's begin.
Zhong Ming collected the two wolf carcasses, ran a few steps on the "log bridge," and then suddenly took one of the carcasses out and threw it off.
Having witnessed Zhong Ming's earlier trick of piercing two wolves with a single sword strike, the giant wolves below instinctively stopped a few steps, allowing Zhong Ming to seize the initiative.
He rushed to a tall tree next to a pile of abandoned carts, and began to frantically smash the burning branches down. Zhong Ming threw down everything that could burn. He took off his clothes, cut them into strips with his sword, tied them to the branches he had broken off, inserted a few pieces of dry bark, lit them, and threw them down.
The fire quickly spread, and the first things to burn were the tattered clothes, whether they were silk or old cloth.
They are all the same.
Several tree-spirit wolves ran and leaped from different directions, and upon seeing the flames, they unusually jumped onto them, using their thick claws and fur to extinguish the flames. This made Zhong Ming even more certain of his guess.
What the enemy tries to stop is what I should do.
He cut off a large branch and threw it downwards, both to hinder the giant wolf's movement and to add fuel. Once the tinder successfully ignited the dry wooden cart, the rising flames easily engulfed the ancient tree, and the blood-stained "wet" cloth was turning into thick, long, straight black smoke.
While the tree wolves were busy suppressing the fire, Zhong Ming was thinking about how to kill them.
On the ground, he couldn't withstand the attack of five giant wolves. His best option was to use towering flames to separate the wolves.
"Cough cough~" The black smoke rose up, and Zhong Ming was choked by it, his eyes stinging from the smoke.
In contrast, the giant wolves pounded the burning fire with their paws without any apparent discomfort; their fur was equally resistant to flames.
A plan gradually emerged in Zhong Ming's mind; he also had a wolf corpse.
In front of the wolves, he sat provocatively on a tree branch, deftly sharpened a long branch, took out the demon wolf's corpse, skillfully peeled off the wolf skin, pressed the bloody carcass onto the wood in front of him, cut off pieces of meat, skewered them on the branch, and began to roast the meat.
Long branches, carrying chunks of meat, swayed precariously above the flames. Whether they were cooked or not was unknown; they were blackened by smoke, but the aroma of the cooked meat immediately enraged the giant wolves.
The largest and most ferocious giant wolf even began to climb trees, slapping its paw on the trunk in an attempt to climb upwards. However, due to its weight, the paw tore off the bark, and the wolf fell to the ground.
It rose to its feet, growing even angrier. Its dark green eyes slowly disappeared as it concentrated all its power in its skull. It took a few steps back, then suddenly charged and slammed into the tree trunk, causing the ancient tree to sway precariously.
"Hey, you've gone from a stupid wolf to an old ox. Let me tell you something interesting: when we commemorate the deceased, we often burn things for them. These can be the things burning below, or they can be the corpses of enemies."
He chopped off a small piece of wood and threw it at the wolf, which further enraged them.
Their attention must be diverted from firefighting to other things.
After several provocations, two wolves remained unmoved, even attempting to roll over the fire to extinguish the flames.
Zhong Ming jumped onto another tree. The previous tree was completely enveloped in black smoke, and if he didn't leave soon, he would become a smoke-filled Zhong Ming.
The fire is spreading slowly but steadily.
He began to hold his breath, pondering the hardest thing in the storage stone, wondering if it could withstand a bite from the giant wolf.
Damn it, I did it.
He donned the freshly pelted wolf skin; the intense stench of blood paled in comparison to the smell of burning forest. His landing caught several giant wolves off guard, especially the one still crashing into a tree.
"Ouch!"
The wolf pack immediately gave chase.
Zhong Ming charged into the sea of fire with his air stone dentures and a wolf pelt that offered some fire resistance. As he took one last look at the enemies behind him, he threw a stone that accurately struck a large tree that had been split in half by the Mother-Child Sword.
The big tree snapped in two with a crack, and half of it crashed down toward Zhong Ming's location. This half of the tree was so large that it would take the other giant wolves some time to climb over or go around it.
A mother wolf caught up with him, pursuing him relentlessly. As soon as she saw Zhong Ming land, she charged at him, determined to tear him to pieces.
After Zhong Ming rushed into the sea of fire, the extremely high temperature ignited his underwear. Although his clothes were torn to shreds and used as kindling, he was still wearing a fireproof wolf skin. However, his lower body was completely unprotected. During the rapid sprint, the scalding heat scorched his abdomen, and the aroma of roasting meat filled the air.
When he rushed out of the sea of fire after covering more than ten zhang, his abdomen was charred, his trousers were burned to ashes, but his upper body was almost completely intact.
Enduring the excruciating pain of his body being torn apart, Zhong Ming quickly found the pile of stones mixed with some shrubs that he had anticipated.
He turned around and assumed a fighting stance.
Amidst the sea of fire, a dark shadow could be faintly seen moving about.
coming!
The moment it burst out of the sea of fire, it saw a man wielding a long sword.
His movements were wide and sweeping, abandoning all defense and adopting a posture of trading injury for life, inviting his opponent to fight to the death.
It agreed.
Give me back my husband's life.
The she-wolf concentrated all her strength in her teeth, aiming straight for Zhong Ming's neck. She knew that Zhong Ming's blow could kill her instantly, so she couldn't expect to tear open his chest with her claws—that was too risky. The best way to kill him in one fell swoop was to bite through his neck.
The mother wolf leaped high into the air, her eyes fixed on Zhong Ming's, filled with boundless killing intent.
A pair of bright eyes, showing neither fear nor despair, calmly looked at it, as if it were looking at a corpse.
"Heh~te~"
Zhong Ming opened his mouth and spat out the storage stone denture, which immediately produced the mirror polishing brick.
It bit into the brick, its dark green fangs piercing through it and leaving several large holes in the mica stone.
Zhong Ming was rather merciful, so he retaliated by giving the other party a hole, a scar the size of a basin.