137: Chapter 137 Still some lowlifes?

The blood was boiling.

Qi Lian rapidly moved Fang Xun and Lu Li away, with large masses of Fierce Fire igniting behind the three of them.

The flames quickly spread from those flying creatures, immediately followed by a strange, fragrant smell of roasting meat.

"What on earth is this place?"

Even from a distance, Lu Li was still somewhat startled.

Those swarming flying creatures were all flesh-eaters. If they didn't have area-of-effect skills, wouldn't they be pecked clean of their flesh and blood by these things?

That would be even more brutal than slow slicing.

"It's definitely not a good place?" Fang Xun smacked his lips. Thankfully, Lian Lian was here; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to escape.

"Lian Lian, you haven't been here before, right?"

"Mm."

Qi Lian nodded.

"Then, does this place differ from the places you know?" Fang Xun asked again.

"It does."

Qi Lian nodded again and said:

"The place I was in only had a small green area. Besides that, there was nothing but yellow sand."

As she spoke, Qi Lian added:

"Also, where I was, besides Disaster Beast and Remnant Beastss, there were no other creatures. Even if there were, they would have been eaten."

Qi Lian recalled the flying creatures they encountered earlier that might have been 'sparrows.' Even such distorted beings didn't exist in that desert.

However, there were 'fish' in the water.

But the 'fish' were even more dangerous than the Disaster Beast.

No one knew what lay in the depths of the sea.

"Is it possible that this place is just extremely far from where you are, Lian Lian?" Fang Xun asked once more.

"Perhaps, but I don't know."

Qi Lian shook her head. Although she often went to the great desert, she had never left that area.

"Forget it, let's go. Lian Lian, where do you think the next rift is most likely to appear?"

"Hmm... I don't know, Brother. Rifts usually don't move, but I can try."

Qi Lian hesitated slightly.

"Be bold and do it!" Fang Xun patted the girl's head.

"I believe in you. Even if we fall into a pit, we aren't incapable of climbing out."

"Thank you, Brother."

Qi Lian showed a big smile and led the two in a certain direction.

Lu Li, beside the two, inwardly felt like:

'So close, yet so far... I shouldn't be here...'

After wasting quite some time, the three passed through areas of steel and emerald jungles.

After circling a few times, Fang Xun noticed that the ecology here was quite diverse.

After burning that batch of 'birds,' the small carnivorous animals in the city had a feast.

Occasionally encountering a cat that had just finished eating its fill, the cat actually basked in the sun right under their noses, without the slightest desire to attack.

Of course, the group knew how vicious this thing could be when provoked.

"This ugly thing is actually a bit cute after looking at it for a while."

Fang Xun watched the 'cat's' three heads resting docilely on its belly and found it somewhat adorably ugly.

Lu Li rolled her eyes speechlessly. She had just seen the tentacles beneath Qi Lian's skirt; no wonder this kid wasn't bothered.

Pervert.

"I feel like we're going in circles."

When some more time passed, upon seeing the three-headed 'cat' for the second time, Lu Li spoke up.

She was certain they were circling.

"Lian Lian, is there a problem?" Fang Xun also saw it and inquired of Qi Lian.

"That shouldn't be. I was clearly following the aura of the rift. How could we be circling?"

Qi Lian had been concentrating on sensing the aura of the dimensional rift and hadn't noticed they had gone around a whole loop.

"Can the rift move?" Fang Xun immediately thought of this possibility.

"That shouldn't be. Rifts are fixed."

Qi Lian shook her head.

"But this isn't the place Lian Lian knows. The rules might be different."

Fang Xun pondered for a moment: "Where is that rift now?"

"Over there."

Qi Lian concentrated on sensing and pointed in a direction.

"Good."

Fang Xun directly tapped the air, and a line of Fierce Fire extended infinitely outward.

After Fang Xun encountered a slight resistance, this line of fire rapidly spread, directly enveloping whatever it was.

"Ah— — — —!"

Following a piercing scream, the three were instantly startled.

That sounded surprisingly like a human voice?

Was there someone here?

Without another word, Fang Xun rushed toward that location with the two girls.

At that moment, a figure was indeed breaking through Fang Xun's Fierce Fire and fleeing into the distance.

"Catch him."

This person, they didn't know when, had already been following them. If nothing else, based on Qi Lian's sensing, he was definitely connected to the dimensional rift.

Qi Lian responded and immediately extended a tentacle. The pink tentacle shot out a hundred meters in an instant, but when it touched that person, the person exploded into a puff of smoke.

He vanished right before the three of them.

"He knows substitution jutsu too?" Lu Li blinked. When she watched Jiang Qin battle Uesugi Akemi, she saw Uesugi Akemi use this move.

"He still has to come out for me."

Fang Xun became angry in frustration and unleashed his Qi.

But the flames immediately dispersed.

The Fierce Fire spread out from Fang Xun like a ring, expanding outward infinitely like ripples.

"Still trying to run?"

Under the omnidirectional probing of the Fierce Fire ripples, Fang Xun directly located the person. The Fierce Fire became a net, capturing him again.

This time, Fang Xun locked down the Fierce Fire, reinforced it, and transformed it into a cage of fire, trapping him inside.

Immediately, the three arrived in front of this person.

This person was short and had sinister eyes.

He stared at the group and slowly drew a short knife from his waist.

"Who are you?" Fang Xun asked him.

"Baka."

...

...

"Do they really have to see me now?"

In the early morning, Wei Heng was still sitting in front of that dimensional rift.

Just as Qi Lian had said, this dimensional rift was unstable.

After the three entered, the rift had already begun emitting erratic aura fluctuations.

Wei Heng held the dog Talismanic Incantation and the horse Talismanic Incantation. He strongly wanted to go in and take a look, but he couldn't.

Just as dawn was breaking, Xiao Xu called.

"Yes, Director Wei. They insist on coming over."

"Tell them to wait. I'm busy. Just tell me what's going on."

"But Director Wei..."

"What?"

"They've already left."

"...Fine, I see them now."

Wei Heng waved his hand, signaling the gun-toting soldiers to lower their weapons first.

These people were an envoy group from Sakurajima. The soldiers dared not act without orders, so they slowly edged forward with them.

"So, sirs, what is your business?"

Wei Heng looked at these people. When did his friends from Sakurajima dare to be so presumptuous?

The leading man didn't answer Wei Heng's question but instead said directly:

"May we ask the Divine Being to come out so we may pay our respects?"