About the brave man who became a thousand-year-old potato and ended up destroying the world

Looking up at the stars, Callidora let out a sigh of relief...

Then she suddenly felt something wasn't right.

"Strange, where is the moon tonight," Callidora wondered.

"The moon?" Jilunini raised her head, looked around again, and said in surprise, "Huh? Really, where is the moon? There are no clouds in the sky?"

"Strange...Have we seen the moon these days?" Callidora rubbed her eyebrows, "I didn't pay much attention, so I can't remember clearly."

"Hmm... This is a coincidence," Jilunini pursed her lips helplessly, "I didn't pay attention either."

Callidora touched her chin, thinking of the strange barrier she had felt in the city before, and she had a guess in her mind.

"The barrier, shouldn't it be used to block the moonlight..."

After all, people always need to see light in order to see things. If the moonlight is blocked, then naturally the moon will not be visible here.

"Well, let's wait until tomorrow and take a look," Callidora thought. "If it still doesn't happen, maybe you can ask Mr. Mass."

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In front of the ancient city, Mass was standing alone in front of the city gate, looking out at the slowly deserted desert.

He stood with his hands behind his back, and the crescent moon above his head was as red as blood, dyeing his gray skin with a cold blood color.

In front of him, dozens of warriors wearing orange cloaks were fighting in the desert with thousands of skeletal beasts.

They cooperated with each other, covered each other, and skillfully tore apart the skeletons of the evil beasts.

It can be seen that they have considerable experience in dealing with these skeletal beasts.

It's normal when you think about it. After all, they are people who have been wandering in the desert for who knows how long. If they couldn't deal with the group of skeleton monsters that appeared on ordinary red moon nights, they would have died here long ago.

Watching their fight, Mass was deep in thought.

These guys gave him a very bad feeling, very bad.

He has never seen such a creature whose eyes are full of fanaticism at all times. Even the craziest cultists do not have such pure and extreme fanaticism in their eyes.

This group of troublesome things don't care about being injured or the death of their companions, they just blindly attack the evil beasts around them.

Ok.

From this point of view, the two are quite similar.

But compared to those skeletal beasts that only appear in the blood moon, these guys are much more troublesome.

Since the first batch of these things died in front of the city a week ago, this is the third time this group of things has appeared outside the city.

The last time was three days ago, and two teams came after four days.

This time, only three days passed, and four teams came.

Not only are these people getting faster and faster, but their numbers are increasing every time.

This is not a good sign.

Mass couldn't figure out the origin of these things. He just had a vague feeling that these things were dangerous.

But...he actually didn't care much.

Because when it comes to danger, this desert is no less capable of giving in.

"Then let me show you the cruelty of this desert."

Mass murmured.

But he didn't chant magic, didn't pick up a weapon, and there wasn't even any trace of magic fluctuations around him.

He just took a step forward, that's all.

In the next moment, a sudden change occurred.

The blood moon in the sky shone brightly, even dyeing half of the sky with blood.

The movements of the skeletal beasts stagnated for a moment, and then in the next moment, they launched a frenzied attack that seemed desperate for their lives.

The scattered bones that had been dismantled into parts were reassembled into evil beasts and rejoined the battlefield.

At the same time, the earth trembled, and something huge seemed to be moving slowly in the thick sand.

Suddenly, a giant bone claw the size of an elephant slowly stretched out from the ground.

The giant claw slapped the ground hard, pulling his entire body out of the sand.

It was the skeleton of a dragon.

The skeleton of a giant dragon dozens of meters tall.

The giant dragon skeleton raised its head, opened its mouth wide, and seemed to roar silently at the bloody sky.

"Well, that's almost it," Mass said to himself, turned around, and went directly back to the city.

Behind him, the giant dragon lowered its claws, and the defenses of the caped warriors were torn apart in an instant. Without even looking, Mass knew what kind of fate was waiting for them.

In this desert, cannibals never spit out bones.

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Far away, deep sea.

Blood stained the entire sea area, and broken turtle shells and internal organ fragments were floating everywhere.

On the coral-carved throne, a middle-aged man wearing a bright red cloak was holding the neck of a turtle man with one hand.

The turtle man was wearing a beautiful fish scale gown, his neck was studded with pearls, and the crown on his head was entirely carved with diamonds.

It's a pity that no matter how beautiful these decorations are, when paired with his face full of despair, they only look desolate.

"You bastards, you are such a turtle," the middle-aged man's voice still echoed clearly around him despite the fact that he was in the water. "For 200 years, you have been hiding along the ocean currents. It has taken me 200 years, but... What's the result? You can't just turn into a pile of mud."

The turtle man struggled, driving countless sharp water streams that exceeded the speed of sound to continuously attack the man in front of him.

But the man's right hand remained as motionless as if it were made of steel, and he did not take the Turtle Man's life-threatening attack into consideration at all.

"Well, to be honest, I actually want to keep you alive," the man said with a smile, "I have always wanted to keep a pet, but cats and dogs will die within a dozen years. It’s really not interesting, so I think a turtle like you would be more suitable as my pet. How about you, do you want to consider it so that you can leave the last single seed for this inferior race like you?”

Hearing the man's words, the turtle man's eyes suddenly turned red. He waved his fists like crazy and punched the man in the face.

Unfortunately, no harm was done.

"Ha, really, it seems you are an idiot after all," the man sighed, exerted his strength with his arm, and with just one grip, he actually grasped the turtle man's neck and cervical vertebrae into a tree as thick as a branch.

Then he let go.

With anger and despair on his face, the Turtle Man sank, sinking into the dark seabed.

Then, the man turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

"Four teams, plus the previous ones, a total of eight teams have been consumed..."

He murmured, suddenly smiling.

"Interesting, I knew there must be something hidden in that place."

"It seems it's time to reveal the answer to the mystery."

23. [-]-in-[-] So you say...is this thing edible?

This was probably the most comfortable blood moon that Yayin and others had experienced since entering this desert.

Although these bone beasts outside are ferocious, they obviously don't have an organ like a brain, and they don't care at all about the appearance of an extra bag of dirt in the desert.

Liu Ji, who had a solar spell on his head, was sitting cross-legged in the center of the stone chamber, even still shirtless. If it weren't for his thick long hair, he would have looked like a living Buddha being offered up.

On the side, Osa and Mowente were taking a nap against the rock wall. There were not many opportunities to sleep peacefully in the desert. Although it was not absolutely safe now, the two of them did not intend to give up this rare opportunity to rest.

Yayin was in charge of the night watch. It wasn't that she didn't want to sleep, but compared to the two of them, she had another option to make up for her sleep, which was to sleep in the bamboo basket carried by Osa during the day.

Anyway, for Osa, carrying seventy or eighty kilograms on his back is not even a load.

As for Liu Ji.

How can I put it, after being a potato for a long time, he may no longer have the concept of a biological clock. He can rest at any time and wake up at any time. Sometimes when walking on the road, he is in a state of half asleep and half awake. state.

In short, he was not sleepy now, and since he didn't want Yayin to stay alone all night, he simply didn't plan to sleep.

Seeing Liu Ji looking at her with big eyes, Yayin thought for a while, put her hand into the magic space and took out her notebook.

Anyway, idle time is idle. Instead of sitting here in a daze, it is better to study hard, Apu.

At that moment, Liu Ji seemed to see in Yayin the English class teacher in high school who took students out for spring outings and never forgot to memorize vocabulary words with everyone on the school bus.

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After the first ray of morning sun rose, Yayin lowered the surrounding stone walls.

At this time, the wilderness has returned to calm. At a glance, there is only yellow sand in sight, as if the monsters all over the mountains and plains last night have never appeared.

Yayin, who had taught Liu Ji a spell lesson all night, yawned, took out the things from Ao Sa's backpack and stuffed them into the magic space, and then got in herself.

Ao Sa understood and carried her on his back, and looked at Liu Ji again.

Hmm... I'm glowing, it doesn't look like I'm sleep deprived at all.

"I guess I also took a nap," Osa thought, turning to look at Mowente.

Mo Wente was holding a dial at this time to adjust the direction. The inner ring of the dial was a pointer that guided the direction, and the outer ring was a degree ruler. After the pointer stopped, it pointed 74 degrees to the left, which is the direction where he felt some slight fluctuations before. .

After confirming the direction, the three of them embarked on the journey again.

Because Ya Yin was sleeping in the backpack, Mo Wente was anxious again, and the two of them had just had a good sleep, so they traveled much faster than before.

At first, Ao Sa was worried that Liu Ji couldn't keep up with their pace, but Liu Ji seemed to be very relaxed, following them while thinking absentmindedly.

As for what exactly I was thinking about.

In fact, last night, because he was in a closed environment, Yayin was worried that Liu Ji would accidentally misfire his spells, so all he was taught were spells related to water spells that had little effect in the desert.

Of course, as usual, these are words that cannot be used directly.

But this time, Liu Ji felt that he might try to use it.

For example, if you combine a mantra that means "water element" and a mantra that means "condensation", plus a preposition dedicated to the mantra, it should be the most basic water element condensation mantra.

Anyway, the incantation that releases the fire element is in this format.

"Let's try it," Liu Ji thought to himself, pointed his right index finger to the empty space, and recited the imaginary mantra.

Liu Ji immediately felt that some kind of power in his body had been successfully mobilized, and something in the air responded to his call.

Strange fluctuations condensed in his hands, and the next moment, he succeeded.

His fingers were wet with success!

Ok……

Yes, just my fingers were wet, not even a small splash came out.

Liu Ji took a lick.

A little salty.

It's sloppy, I'm afraid it's not the smell of my own sweaty hands.

No, it's not important. He just said why Yayin had to hold so much water before leaving. This magic really doesn't work well in the desert.

but……

It's very strange.

Although the air in the desert may be dry, the amount of moisture in the air is generally half or less than that in ordinary areas.

Even if the air where we were just now was humid, even if the moisture in the air was three times that here... No, even if it was five times or ten times, the same magic effect wouldn't be so different?

"Well... the water element does not refer to the water in the air? But there is something really called the water element?" Liu Ji had this idea.

After all, we can't always apply scientific ideas when it comes to magic.

So here comes the question, if there really is such a thing as water element, then...