Chapter 34: Charcoal Roasting Tortoise (Three updates today!)

  "Hey, you go first, what's with the trembling legs?" Xia Ya said with a ruthless glare.

  The poor king's eyes rolled wildly, looking at the wild chicken that had been roasted to charcoal on the swamp in front of him, thinking that if he really listened to you and walked over, that chicken would be his fate.

  But seeing this old man's face full of ferocity, how could Ox dare shake his head and utter a single word of refusal?

  Driven to desperation, Oakes suddenly had an epiphany, hummed twice, rolled his eyes with force, convulsed all over, and fell straight down with a thud, his eyes closed, teeth clenched tightly - yet he actually fainted.

  Xia Ya walked over and kicked Ox twice, but Ox didn't dare to wake up at this moment. He gritted his teeth and endured Xia Ya's two ruthless kicks. One of Xia Ya's feet landed on the injured part of Ox's foot, and the earth spirit surprisingly bit his teeth and endured it without making a sound.

  What a joke, being kicked twice is nothing more than a little pain that can be endured. If the current situation continues to move forward - there won't even be any opportunities to feel pain in the future!

  Just as he was about to wake up, Xia Ya couldn't help but mutter: "Damn it, every time it comes to the crucial moment, he faints."

  The toad adjusted his pants, tightened his belt, and stared at the death passage in front of him. The air still had a smoky smell, and the ground was emitting faint wisps of black smoke. Xia Ya narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment before raising her hand towards the poor insect: "Hey, if you want to get through here, there's probably only one way: use your fastest speed to rush over in one breath. As for whether you can avoid those flames that spew out from underground, it's all up to your luck. However, since your legs are injured, I'm afraid you won't be able to run fast..."

  The poor worm felt a little moved: after all, this turtle still cared about me.

  "......I'll throw you over first, the forest on the other side will be safe, it's about 200 meters away, I'll use all my strength to throw you over."

  "Absolutely not!" cried the poor insect at once.

  She glared at Xia Ya furiously: "Are you an idiot? Even if you have great strength and threw me over, with such a huge force, I would have flown two hundred meters before landing and died from the impact!"

  Xia Ya frowned, thought for a moment, and felt that the poor worm's words also made sense, so she changed her mind: "Then... I'll take a look first to see if I can rush over. If I get there first, I'll go into the forest and use tree bark to rub out a rope to see if I can throw it over to pick you up."

  After that, Xia Ya took a dozen steps back and did several squats in place, exercising her legs. Xia Ya took a deep breath, then suddenly let out a loud roar, her eyes wide open, and she forcefully kicked the ground with her feet!

  With a loud crash, the ground beneath his feet suddenly burst open, and he shot forward like an arrow, his figure flashing like lightning as he accelerated to a sprint, reaching the edge of the marsh in an instant. Just as one foot touched solid ground, he sprang up with incredible speed!

  He jumped extremely high, exerting himself with a loud thud, and in an instant he had leaped to a height of seven or eight meters! The poor wretches behind him watched with their own eyes, secretly shocked in their hearts - this savage's strength was really not small!

  Xia Ya's body soared into the air, flying forward with a series of seven or eight flips, getting farther and farther away... The entire shape of his body drew an arc in mid-air, leaping far out into the distance.

  At this moment, his figure reached the highest point in mid-air and had already penetrated more than ten meters deep into the marsh before its height began to decrease.

  Bang!!

  After all, human strength has its limits. Although Xia Ya's physical power was terrifyingly strong, there would eventually come a time when it would be exhausted. His body shape fell downwards and finally crashed to the ground, instantly causing the hard earth beneath him to collapse with a loud rumble. The place where Xia Ya landed had already sunk to a depth of about thirty meters in this swamp.

  The poor worm was about to exclaim when Xia Ya landed, and the hard earth where he landed was smashed open. With a loud noise, a flame burst out from below, and then a tortoise let out a mournful cry, rolling and crawling forward, continuously rolling seventeen or eighteen times on the ground. Wherever it rolled, new fire pillars kept emerging from the ground.

  Even if Xia Ya rolled faster, he was already on fire all over his body, with charred black skin, just like a lump of coal dug out from the furnace.

  Xia Ya let out a loud cry, ignoring the flames engulfing his entire body, and rushed forward like a madman. His speed was truly terrifying to behold. A cloud of dust and smoke mixed with flames formed into a ball, and a figure emerged from it, charging forward at a speed three times faster than a galloping horse. Only a trail of flames was visible behind him...

  Fortunately, the swamp was only two hundred meters away, and Xia Ya jumped out of more than thirty meters in one jump. The distance of over a hundred meters behind him was finished in an instant under his full-speed run. Finally, he reached the end, took a leap with all his might, and landed on the ground when he had already arrived at the edge of the forest at the end. Xia Ya cried out in horror, rolling frantically on the ground, and rolled several times before finally extinguishing the flames on his body.

  Just looking at Xia Ya, he had already been burned beyond recognition. His face was pitch black, and the leather jacket on his body had turned into a charred and tattered mess. The dirty undergarments inside were also burnt beyond recognition, with many places already burnt through, revealing the smelly burnt flesh underneath.

  This technique can only be used by a monster with inhuman muscle strength, if an ordinary person were to use it, how could they achieve such speed? If they ran even slightly slower, they would already have been engulfed in flames.

  The poor bug was left staring in awe, his heart filled with both amusement and shock. He couldn't help but laugh at the fact that this turtle had finally gotten its comeuppance, yet he was also shocked by the turtle's freakish strength and speed.

  It was Ada, standing there motionless and expressionless, yet rubbing her nose, watching Xia Ya rush through the flames, a strange light flashing in her eyes, probably didn't expect this rough guy to actually get through with such a barbaric method.

  Just as Xia Ya got up, enduring the pain, waving and shouting to his companions who were still in this head, Ada turned around, her eyes turning between the poor worm and the earth spirit, then sighed: "Okay, it's our turn now."

  He walked up to the poor insect: "The earth spirit doesn't understand human language, I can only take you there."

  Ada's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery: "I can tell you're different from that crude guy, probably born into nobility, so... you must know how to dance, right? Hope your steps are familiar enough."

  As he spoke, he stepped forward and pressed down on Koro's shoulder with one hand, grabbing his other hand with a cold tone: "Waltz No. 4 in D major, Op. 64... Let's go!"

  The poor worm hadn't reacted yet, but felt a strong pull on his body from Ada's arm, and involuntarily followed her pace out.

  Ada's strength was not small, and the poor worm was pulled by him, feeling like a wooden puppet, with a frightened heart, Ada's cold voice rang in his ears: "Concentrate your mind, if you don't want to die, follow me and jump!"

  "Left, three! Right, two! About face, left foot half step! Halt! About face again, right back one, good! Don't move, I'm turning! Follow me, back up! Back up some more! Halt! Forward, two steps..."

  Two people danced like they were in a dance, their figures fluttering above the flames, left and right, and actually broke through!

  Just as they were about to take a hundred steps, flames kept erupting beside them, but each time the flames erupted, they just happened to be two or three steps away from them, never burning their bodies!

  Just then, amidst the flames, two figures emerged from the gaps in the fire like ghosts, their footsteps steady and unhurried. Ada's face was calm, but the poor wretch had already turned pale with fear. The sound of crackling flames filled their ears, and all they could think of was:

  I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die here! Oh God, I haven't even tasted the flavor of love yet...

  In the midst of Poor Bug's chaotic thoughts, which were a mix of prayers and curses, he suddenly felt something hard beneath his feet. He had finally stepped onto firm mud. Ada quickly let go of her hand and pushed Poor Bug aside, saying coldly, "You can open your eyes now."

  The poor bug opened its eyes and took a glance, suddenly the sky was spinning and the earth was turning, a wave of excitement like being reborn after a disaster surged in its heart! The 200-meter death flame swamp behind it had actually been walked through just like that!!!

  Look again at his body, not even a single hair was burned away!!

  "Who?!" The poor insect stared at Ada with wide eyes.

  Ada said coldly, "I'm here to find this dragon. I've already calculated the Flame Swamp, there are 164 fire-spewing mouths in total, and each mouth's position, as well as the time interval between each spew of flames, I have all memorized, even if I were to walk over while asleep, I wouldn't take a wrong step."

  Xia Ya beside him heard this and suddenly let out a loud roar, rushing up to grab Ada's neck: "Bastard! Why didn't you tell me earlier!!"

  "You didn't even ask me, and you came running over here by yourself." Ada was pinched on the neck but remained unflappable, responding with a straight face.

  “…………”

  At this moment, Xia Ya's face was as red as a professional furnace, and he hated not being able to strangle that bastard Ada to death. However, thinking of how mysterious and familiar this guy was with the place, he might still have use for him in the future... In the end, he finally relaxed his grip, glared at him fiercely: "Whatever road lies ahead, you'll be walking in front!"

  At this moment, only the Earth Spirit King and his wife were left on the opposite side of the swamp. Xia Ya shouted loudly: "Oakes! Wait a minute, I'll throw a rope over right away, you catch it and tie it to the tree, then climb over along the rope..."

  He didn't shout, it was fine, but as soon as he did, the goblin that was originally lying on the ground pretending to be dead was suddenly awakened.

  Aoxue suddenly jumped up from the ground, staring at Xia Ya with wide eyes, then looked at the flames in between, and the earth spirit's small eyes rolled a few times before bursting into loud laughter.

  "O.K.! O.K.! Freedom! Freedom!"

  After shouting, the earth spirit's face was full of excitement and he turned around and ran away.

  Xia Ya's face fell, watching the earth spirit twist its butt and escape. He burst into thunder: "Bastard, my Soso!!! Eat my food and drink my wine, now you want to run?!"

  The furious barbarian was terrifying, he suddenly bent down and picked up a stone from the ground, tossed it in his hand, then aimed at a distance and threw it away...

  Just as the earth spirit had run out of ten or so steps, the stone suddenly flew over and hit it on the back of its head with a loud crash. The poor earth spirit queen finally fainted from extreme joy, straightening up and falling backwards, this time... she really passed out.

  "Hmph!" Xia Ya clapped her hands and said proudly, "We'll continue on our way. This traitor won't wake up for two or three hours. We can deal with it properly when we get back - if it hasn't been dragged away by some jackal or wolf by then."