Chapter Twenty-Six No More Time

  What is a true hero?

  A true hero is one who remains calm and composed in times of life and death, still able to chat and laugh with ease, without any fear.

  Undoubtedly, those who can still smile after reaching this point are heroes among heroes.

  With the realgar bags, those spiders didn't even dare to show their faces, let alone get close. The group chatted and laughed as they walked, and before long, they had reached the middle section of Cloud Spider Valley.

  Nalan Xiner felt that the spiders hidden in the trees and rocks were all waiting for an opportunity to move, and it was no exaggeration to say that now all the spiders in the entire Cloud Spider Valley were staring at them.

  She walked a bit further and then stopped, turned around and said softly: "Huo Zhi, you scatter those poisonous substances in the four directions of east, south, west and north, it's best to have some distance."

  "Yes." Huo nodded and turned away.

  "Go ahead and walk another 500 meters, and you will reach the Cloud Spider Cave where the Cloud Spider resides. The Cloud Spider stays in the cave all year round and is fed by its descendants, so it won't come out of the cave. If we go in, we'll definitely die, so we can only lure it out." Nalan Xianyu already had an idea in her mind.

  Nangong Jin's face was slightly cold. "I'll go with you."

  "No." Narlan Xizuo refused very decisively.

  "With more people, it's easy to scare the snake by cutting the grass. Moreover, you have more important things to do." Nalan Xianyu turned around and took out a bag of stones from his bosom, saying to He Xian: "You take Jing separately to the two small peaks in front of the cave, mix the saltpeter with these things together, then leave a fuse at this location. Half an hour later, detonate it."

  He nodded slightly as if he understood and didn't understand at the same time. Nangong Jin said in a cold voice, "Wait until you come out, we'll..."

  "No matter whether I return or not, detonate it exactly half an hour later!" Nalan Xianyu's voice also gradually cooled down. This was the final moment, life and death were decided in this instant, no room for even a slight mistake.

  "I'll definitely be back." Nalan Xino looked at him, her eyes were as determined as ever. "It must be detonated within half an hour, otherwise, we will all die."

  She quickly kissed Nan Gong Jin's icy lips and left before he could react.

  In the middle, Huo Zhe's behavior provoked the spiders' **, they gathered together in a very orderly manner, but did not approach Huo Zhe, instead forming neat rows on the empty ground beside him, as if holding a meeting.

  Huo Zhe looked at their terrifying appearance and the dense green eyeballs, feeling a chill run down his spine. What was most frightening about this group of poisonous creatures wasn't their venom, but rather that their intelligence was in no way inferior to humans!

  The last centipede was put in place, and he retreated to the side of the mountain rock. At this moment, the surrounding spiders also took action, and they were divided into several routes in an orderly manner.

  As they looked around, it seemed like several black rivers that could move were scattered and went to the places where Huo Zhe had just placed the poison. Huo Zhe secretly cried out in alarm!

  They want to get rid of their ancestors before those things do! Huo Zhi was at a loss for words, feeling a chill run down his spine - these creatures had even thought of this!

  Just as he was at his wit's end, his eyes lit up! Not far away, a dense mass of strange objects surged over like a flood, and Hao Zhe had never felt such intimacy with these things before.

  In mid-air, a flock of kingfishers, like dark clouds, flapped their wings in an orderly manner. Those centipedes, several times larger than the ones usually found in the woods, also moved their bodies in groups, and there were toads as big as roosters.

  Huo was shocked and delighted, his face slightly pale. Such a large group of poisonous creatures, he had truly never seen before! Moreover, they seemed to all be thinking and were well-trained, orderly and organized.

  He was starting to get scared, but those poisonous substances seemed to have no effect on him. The spider group began to realize their mistake, Nalan Xinnuo's arrangement was originally intended to weaken the strength of their group, each hitting separately.

  Although their strategy of striking first was correct, they did not expect these things to come so quickly.

  In an instant! The sky in the middle section of the forest was crowded into a dark cloud by thousands of kingfishers, and the kingfishers rushed to the ground in an orderly manner, each time like a green lightning bolt.

  Those slightly larger spiders can't escape their sharp eyes, snakes and centipedes and lizards and giant frogs are simply having a dinner dance party, they twist their bodies or jump up, unceremoniously rolling the spider into their mouths, chewing them to pieces.

  Although Huo had encountered many poisonous insects since he was a child, this scene still made him feel somewhat unable to cope.

  And in her heart, her admiration for Nalan Xinnuo deepened a little more. During this period of time, her courage and wisdom were on par with Nan Gongyin, she was simply a king.

  Only she could think of such a method, creating such self-inflicted destruction, effortlessly reaping the benefits.

  But in a moment, they had gone three hundred meters and could see the entrance of the Yun Zhu Cave. A foul odor came rushing towards them, and Nalan Xian suddenly leapt up and retreated backwards.

  This cloud spider is extremely ferocious, hiding in a cave, and there's still its toxic gas at the entrance hundreds of meters away. Fortunately, she hid quickly, or if she had stayed in that toxic gas for another half second, she would have been dead without a doubt.

  Now, it's impossible to even get close to the Cloud Spider Cave, how can we lure it out?

  Suddenly, Nalan Xian's eyes lit up. Wherever the toxic gas reached in front of him, the trees had withered and died, and there were dry branches and leaves everywhere. This also meant that if a big fire were to break out here, it would be incredibly easy.

  But to take a risk, she must first enter that area and ignite those withered branches.

  The toxicity of the cloud spider is well-known to her, just by looking at those withered plants that are unable to grow, it's clear how powerful its ability to plunder life is.

  But if it can't be brought out within half a time unit, everything will be in vain.

  Hmph, what's there to consider? We've already come this far and can't back down now. Besides, with her being Nalan Xinnuo, it would be easy for her to ignite those dry branches and retreat unscathed in an instant.

  Nalan Xixiao couldn't quite tell whether this was her own confidence or just comforting words, but that didn't matter anymore. What mattered was that no matter if she could escape unscathed or not, as long as she ignited them, he would have everything he wanted and they could leave together.

  Thinking that she could leave with him, and spend days without worrying about whether they would see each other tomorrow, Nalan Xinnuo's mouth curved up uncontrollably.

  She took out a fire from her bosom, took a deep breath, and plunged into the poisonous gas that could kill people in an instant.

  Five hundred meters outside the Cloud Spider Cave, He Xian and Nan Gong Jin had already set up the configured gunpowder on both east and west peaks, drawing out a fuse line. As long as they ignited the fuse line, they could detonate the two mountain peaks.

  At this time, Huo Ziming rushed over with a big sweat on his head. He saw Nan Gongjin and He Xian, and hurriedly asked: "Where is the princess?"

  Nangong Jin finished the last fuse line and stood up, saying: "How long has it been?"

  "It's been two quarters." He Xian clenched his fists tightly in tension.

  Nangong Jin paused for a moment, then he took out the military token from his bosom and handed it to He Xian. "One incense later, ignite the fuse, no matter if I and Xi Nuo return or not, you must detonate."

  At this time, He Xian also somewhat understood Nalan Xixi's strategy this time, luring Yun Zhu out of the cave and then detonating the two peaks. The two small peaks collapsed, and even if it wasn't crushed to death, it would suffocate to death. Moreover, with the cover of mud, its poisonous gases would have nowhere to be released.

  A seamless strategy, but there must be inevitable sacrifices.

  This is something that He Xian had also thought of. The words "I will definitely come back" that Nalan Xinnuo said before leaving were simply a lie, a lie that no one could believe.

  And why did Nan Gong Jin suddenly understand that he would let her go alone, because he knew he couldn't stop her, so he would accompany her. Although all along, it was Nalan Xianyu who accompanied him on adventures, even if something happened to her this time, it was because of him, because of his Nan Gong Yan.

  "Now that everything is ready, I'll leave it to you." Nangong Jin raised his eyes and looked at Huo Zhi.

  If it were in the past, Huo Zhe would have definitely blocked him to death and made him prioritize the world. However, since he failed to stop him from finding these three things for Nan Gong Yan from the very beginning, he knew that this time was also bound to be unstoppable.

  He nodded slightly, but his eyes reddened along with He Xian's.

  The withered branches around the Yun Spider Cave were harder to ignite than Nalan Xinnuo had anticipated, as these toxic gases had already occupied all the space inside, where there was almost no oxygen, and without oxygen, it was difficult for the fire to ignite easily.

  Nalan Xixi's face began to darken, she had inhaled the toxic gas, but with only one minute left, she still hadn't set all the dry branches around her ablaze.

  Just as she was having trouble breathing, her oxygen-starved brain suddenly flashed with inspiration. With great difficulty, she supported her sanity and gathered the dry branches around her, arranging them in a straight line from the entrance of the cloud spider's cave to outside the toxic gas.

  The fire will spread, as long as it spreads, everything is easy to say, so just let the front burn and the back will naturally follow. She bent down, lit the dry branches, dry firewood, fierce fire.

  The fierce flames ignited, like a fire dragon burning towards the cave entrance, while Nalan Xian's eyes became increasingly blurred. The surrounding flames scorched the air to an extremely hot temperature, and she could no longer breathe...

  Just as she was about to fall, a pair of familiar and gentle big hands held her, embracing her in a wide bosom. It seemed like an illusion, but Nalan Xianyu still woke up with a start, struggling to open her eyes, but it was in vain.

  "You... how did you come here? Hurry up and leave me! There's no time..." Nalan Xianyu's voice was very weak.

  No more time... No more time... Those broad shoulders trembled slightly, then tightly wrapped around her, as if she would be taken away by something. "There's time, plenty of time, don't say that."

  "You're going to die... Nan Gong Jin, you're going to die." I told you from the start, it's going to be a dead end.

  "I know, but, madam, you said you'd take care of me, madam said I'm her man, madam would never abandon me alone, so, you're not allowed to die."

  The person in his arms smiled weakly. "Nangong Jin, you are the Great Emperor of Luotian, how can you say such things to me like a child? Aren't you afraid that people all over the world will laugh at you?"

  "I'm not afraid, I have my wife to protect me, I'm not afraid of anything."