Chapter 69 Dead Zone
Liu Bai shifted his attention away from the reward given at the end of the task and looked down at the lush rain forest below.
Compared to the ruins of Liyue that are full of historical significance, the rain forest of Xumi is full of natural atmosphere.
"Let's go down and take a look. We can go and see the child in Huachengguo. I wonder how she is doing."
Nashida's attention was also drawn to the rainforest. Although it was not the first time she saw it, it was the first time she saw it with her own eyes, so she raised her head and made a suggestion to Liu Bai.
"Ah."
Liu Bai responded, then slowly descended with Nashida and landed near the Seven-Day God Statue in Daocheng Forest.
“…This statue seems different from the ones I saw before!”
Looking at the statue in front of him emitting blue light, Liu Bai scratched his head in confusion.
"Because the Seven Days God statues are different in every country."
Nashida could probably guess why Liu Bai felt different, so she explained it.
"Really? But... girl, why do I feel like she looks like you?"
Looking at the petite god on the statue, Liu Bai continued to ask in confusion.
"…Maybe it's because I'm the grass god of Xumi."
Nashida spread her hands.
"Huh? Girl, are you the grass god?"
Liu Bai stared with a shocked expression.
"Well, you even forgot this~"
Although she felt a little helpless, Nashida found Liu Bai's change in expression somewhat funny. She covered her mouth lightly and nodded.
"But I don't really know. I remember the statue existed longer than I did. Maybe the previous generation of Grass God also looked like this."
Then Nashida looked at the petite god on the statue again and continued speaking with some uncertainty.
"Is this girl the Grass God... Hey, then why did I come to Xumi..."
Liu Bai stroked his chin and muttered softly, but he was a little confused.
"Let's go. If we keep going forward, we will reach the Huacheng Castle."
Listening to Liu Bai's muttering, Nashida pulled up one of his hands and pointed to the settlement built on the trees that could be vaguely seen in front of them.
"Yeah, let's go over there."
Liu Bai nodded and was about to condense the flying sword again, but Nashida stretched out her hand to stop him.
"See that little dot in the air in front of you? That thing is called the Four-Leaf Seal. It's a very portable tool for people who can control elemental forces."
Nashida stopped Liu Bai, then raised her hand and pointed at a small yellow-green dot in the air not far away.
If you look closely, you will find that this small dot is actually in the shape of a four-leaf flower, hence the name four-leaf seal.
"Just use the elemental force to reach out to it, then give it a pull and it will fly over. It's fun."
When they arrived at their own country, Nashida looked a little proud when she introduced the Four-Leaf Seal to Liu Bai, and she immediately demonstrated it to Liu Bai after the introduction.
Nashida just gently pulled with her little hand, and a green "rope" immediately connected with the four-leaf seal. Then Nashida was wrapped in elemental force and flew quickly towards the direction of the four-leaf seal.
“Oh, that’s amazing…”
Seeing Nashida flying away, Liu Bai nodded in surprise.
After a while, Nashida flew back from the four-leaf seal and landed next to Liu Bai.
"You can try it too."
Nashida took Liu Bai's hand and pointed at the four-leaf seal and made a suggestion.
"okay!"
Liu Bai immediately raised his hand towards that direction.
But soon, Liu Bai realized a problem.
"…But girl, I don't have elemental power."
Liu Bai looked at Nashida eagerly. He only had sword energy but no elemental power. Even a skill related to elemental power rewarded by the system was still unusable and he almost forgot about it.
"Hey, this is indeed a problem. How about trying to see if the energy in your body can be used?"
Nashida also remembered this point. The sword energy used by Liu Bai had nothing to do with elemental power.
"The energy in my body? Let me try..."
Hearing Nashida's suggestion, Liu Bai nodded and raised his hand.
“I picked this up!”
The next moment, the four-leaf seal in the distance immediately appeared in Liu Bai's hand.
Nasida: "..."
"Look girl, I successfully flew next to it."
Letting go of his hand and looking at the four-leaf seal on his palm, Liu Bai turned around and spoke to Nashida beside him with a serious face.
"... Well done! Next time the rangers come up to clean the statue, they can just fly over here~"
After a moment of silence, Nashida raised her hands helplessly and clapped like she was coaxing a child.
In order to avoid confusion in the positions of all the four-leaf seals, Nashida did not dare to let Liu Bai use the four-leaf seal anymore, and had to continue standing on his flying sword.
However, just as the flying sword took off and flew towards Huacheng City, Nashida suddenly noticed something and couldn't help but frowned.
"The breath of the dead zone..."
Nashida frowned and muttered quietly.
Hearing Nashida's mumbling, Liu Bai looked in the direction she was looking.
The view from the air is wide, and you can clearly see a withered area where all the plants have withered.
"The smell of stockings? How severe must be the foot odor to kill so many flowers and plants..."
Seeing the area where the flowers and plants were withered, Liu Bai said with some surprise.
"It's the dead zone... Let's go over there and take a look. It looks like someone is trapped there."
Nashida corrected her, then pointed over there and spoke with some concern.
"Ok."
Liu Bai had no choice but to nod his head and turn around to fly over there.
After approaching the dead zone, Liu Bai and Nashida could see two rangers being besieged by mushroom beasts.
"These mushroom beasts have become very manic due to the influence of the dead zone. Anyone who gets close will be attacked."
Nashida explained to Liu Bai.
"I see, it seems like athlete's foot is not a good thing..."
Liu Bai nodded, then made a sword gesture and pointed downwards. Five flying swords immediately shot out and ended the lives of all the mushroom beasts cleanly and neatly.
"Are you saved?"
"Mr. Tinari?"
The two forest rangers who were crouching on the ground with their heads in their hands in fear looked up in surprise.
Since people without elemental power cannot resist the harm of the death zone, the first thing they wanted to do after discovering the death zone was to rush back to Huacheng Castle to inform Tinari. However, for some reason they angered the mushroom beasts and were chased and beaten by them, and even surrounded.
"Are you okay? If you are not injured, please leave here quickly. It is very dangerous here."
Just when the two were in doubt, Nashida appeared in front of them.
Looking at the petite and cute girl in front of them, the two rangers were a little surprised. Was it this little girl who saved us... ?
Since Nashida was imprisoned in the Jingshan Palace for 499 years, most of the people in Xumi did not know what she looked like, and the same was true for the two forest rangers.
"What's wrong? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Seeing that the two of them were looking at her but not moving, Nashida asked with some concern.
On the other side, Liu Bai fell into the death zone.
"Is this the Death Zone Tumor the girl mentioned?"
"Although I don't know how to purify it, I'll cut it a few times first."
Thinking of this, Liu Bai condensed a pure white lightsaber in his hand, and then he moved, with several shadows behind him swinging the blade together with him.
[Phantom Sword Dance: One of the supporting skills of "Selfless Sword Qi"]
Under Liu Bai's cutting, all the dead branches and tumors were chopped into sauce.
Although this cannot purify the dead zone and bring life back to the surrounding plants, it directly destroys the dead zone and prevents it from continuing to expand.
The two rangers were also attracted by Liu Bai's movements. When they saw him destroying the dead zone forcefully and against common sense, they showed expressions of astonishment on their faces.
You must know that even Mr. Tinari’s own grass elemental power cannot destroy the Death Zone. He must rely on the power of grass seeds to destroy the Death Zone Tumor.
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