Steel steam and flame

The dead leaves piled on the ground were so thick that Cassia felt soft when he stepped on them. The dead leaves on the bottom layer have rotted, and there is also a little resin secreted from the roots of the ancient tree. The flames are burning to this point, crackling, and a large amount of gray smoke is emitting, and the pungent smell permeates the surroundings. Cassia walked to the side and stood on the head of the breeze, preventing the smoke from swallowing her up. Number Zero still followed, always keeping a distance of fifty or sixty meters from Cassia.

Zero then flapped his palms, and the air was blown out by him as if it were a real object, extinguishing the fire that was about to spread in two places around him. After the high-energy fuel balls are crushed, if the air is not completely isolated, they will burn until they are exhausted. Zero tried several times but failed to extinguish the flames of the high-energy fuel ball, so he gave up and no longer had any thoughts about the dozens of rings of fire rising around him.

Seeing that Zero made no move against the spreading fire, Cassia raised her head. The smoke is stacked up layer by layer, like an irregular high-rise building. It does not break up in the rising hot wind, and it steadily approaches the dark green tree canopy two to three hundred meters above.

After a few breaths, a thick gray cloud-like smoke slowly took shape under Cassia's gaze. When they came into contact with the canopy, Cassia looked at Zero, with the intention of asking him what decision he would make next.

The fire reached the two of them, forcing them to continue moving to the side. Dozens of small fire rings ignited by high-energy fuel balls were connected together to form a fire field with a diameter of more than a hundred meters, and the expansion speed was faster.

"I hope that after the others gather together, you will indeed have the strength to complete your plan." Number Zero finally spoke. He and Cassia walked slowly, always a few steps ahead of the flames next to them, "When four dragon knights meet, you won't have many opportunities."

"We will see the results soon. Although I don't have much confidence myself." Cassia replied with a smile and looked up at the sky. Large swaths of gray smoke have passed through the thick and dense tree canopy, drifting in the not-so-strong morning sunlight. Before long, a cloud of smoke will be floating in the air. It will become a signal, and the team that sees it will choose to center on it and move closer to it.

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On the other side of the forest, a team stopped. Twenty or so people were now forming an irregular circle, framing a seemingly ordinary ground covered with dead leaves.

Sawyer unfolded his mask and looked around at the surrounding members. He raised his hand, then dropped it hard, as if signaling the start of a running race. Twenty people followed Sawyer's signal and took a step forward at the same time, hitting the ground under the dead leaves hard. There was no vibration, but there were multiple empty sounds coming from below.

Amidst the shattering sound of "Boom!", the ground surrounded by about twenty people suddenly collapsed. Among the flying dead leaves, a hole with a diameter of several dozen meters appeared, and pieces of rock slabs like a cover fell in. , rolled down into the depths of the cave with a steep slope, and merged into the darkness below in the blink of an eye.

The roaring echo resounded in the cave, getting weaker and weaker, and soon disappeared.

The team waiting near the cave entrance waited for nearly two minutes before members of the kinetic armor team took a step ahead, approached the cave entrance, and fired several flares into it. Under the light of the flare, we could only see the situation near the entrance of the cave, and could not observe the depth. On the contrary, in the light, the black color deep in the cave appears more intense.

"The soil looks very fresh, and the hole seems to have been dug out recently. The air inside is warm and humid. If this environment lasts for a long time, there will be no lack of air near the entrance of the hole, and this large area will have to be covered with a layer of Thick moss is suitable." Sawyer pointed at the hole and said, "This is exactly within the range of the target. Does the appearance of the hole here mean anything?"

Sawyer turned his head and looked at the members of the Holy Guard beside him: "Mr. Tornos, I don't know what you think?"

"There are no footprints, the slope is so steep, and it was only recently excavated..." Tornossa is the captain of the Holy Guard member of this team. "It doesn't look like man-made work, but rather the work of a second type of creature." The possibility is very high.”

A group of people, including Tolsus and Sawyer, stood near the entrance of the cave and looked down. There is a vague and terrifying aura in the deep darkness. If it comes up a little bit, it will already make people feel dangerous. More than a dozen eyes glanced back and forth near the entrance of the cave. Until the flare burned out, the eyes lost their observational effect as the darkness spread back to the entrance of the cave.

"It would be better to do a little bit of processing." Sawyer said solemnly. He asked the members of the Flame Alliance in the team for their opinions. He only got the names of several second-category creatures that can dig holes, and no more information. And among these second-category creatures, none can dig caves as big or small as the one in front of them.

"Cut down a few old trees and block the entrance to the cave." Someone suggested.

Soon after, the entrance to the cave was blocked by chopped ancient branches, which bulged into a small pile. The sunlight fell unobstructed on this area, making the pile of trees piled up under the light look like a fresh, huge tomb where the mourning ceremony had just been completed.

After doing this, Sawyer and the others always felt that the air around them seemed dull and cold, and their breathing was not smooth due to their mood. The team was preparing to move forward immediately when a communication came from the dragon knight Heinoui in the sky. Within half a minute, the team had changed direction. Sawyer took all the members of the kinetic armor and accelerated one step ahead, rushing towards the position of Zero.

Shortly after the entire team left, a small grinding sound came from the ground. After a few breaths, Sawyer and the others piled up. The pile of trees used to simply block the entrance of the cave suddenly sank, and in the blink of an eye, it collapsed toward the depths of the cave.

After the pile of trees disappeared, Cassie Hei's head cautiously poked out from the hole, his blood-red cross pupils full of vigilance. It looked around, then raised its head to look at the dazzling light in the sky, and let out a slight snort, as if to express dissatisfaction with this bright environment.

The head then retracted under the hole. Nearly three minutes later, the sound of grinding was heard again. This time it was no longer Cassie Hei's head that poked out first, but a huge claw. The claws grasped a thick rock slab covered with polishing marks.

Cassie Hei almost leaned out most of his body this time. It held the stone slab, carefully collected dead leaves from the surroundings, and sprinkled them on the stone slab. Finally, Cassie Hei pretended to take a deep breath, and blew on the surroundings before covering the exit of the underground cave network with a stone slab. The dead leaves were immediately blown up in large pieces, and then slowly fell, completely eliminating the obvious traces around them. Lost.

Quietness fell here again.

At the same time, in the direction the team left, Sawyer led the kinetic armor team with all their strength, and had already put some distance away from Tolsus and the others behind him.