Lu Pingping took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
She first checked the injuries on her body. Apart from a few scrapes and bruises, the most serious ones were the cut on her left shoulder and a new injury on her back caused by gravel.
The wound on the left shoulder is okay, it just didn't hurt the muscles and bones, it was a flesh wound.
But he couldn't see the wound on his back, he could only feel the burning pain and it seemed like he was still bleeding.
She stood up slowly while supporting the rock wall, gathered up the broken clothes with her hands, and took a few vines and tied a hasty knot around her waist, barely letting the spring light leak out.
But the black outfit on his body was torn to pieces, and his skin was exposed, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps in the night wind.
She gritted her teeth and looked around,
Finally she saw the ghost-headed knife that the man had thrown out of his hands while falling. She slowly walked over with heavy steps, reached out and held the handle of the knife,
The knife was very heavy, nearly twice as heavy as her long sword.
She held the knife in her hand and weighed it, frowning slightly. The knife weighed at least eighty or ninety pounds. That man could swing it with one hand, which showed his strong arm strength.
She did not put down the knife, but instead held it in front of her as a cover, and then slowly groped around along the bottom of the cliff.
The space at the bottom of the abyss was much wider than she expected.
The cliffs on both sides are tens of feet apart. The ray of skylight overhead is vaguely visible at a very high altitude, but it cannot illuminate the valley bottom. Only a few rays of moonlight leaking from the cracks in the rocks can barely outline the outline of this space.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of dead leaves and rotten leaves, and there was a strong musty smell all around.
She walked a dozen steps and suddenly stopped.
There was something in the layer of rotten leaves beneath my feet that touched the soles of my feet.
She looked down, and through the faint moonlight, she could see half of the white objects exposed among the rotten leaves.
She knelt down and pulled the thing out of the rotten leaves with the tip of the knife.
It's actually a bone.
Looking at the shape, she couldn't identify what kind of creature it belonged to.
The bone surface was covered with dense bite marks, and the fractures were extremely neat, as if they had been cut off by some sharp weapon.
Lu Pingping Continue to use the tip of the knife to gently push away the rotten leaves near the bones.
More bones are revealed.
Large and small, of different lengths, they are scattered at the bottom of the cliff.
Some are as thin as fingers, and some are as thick as arms. Several of the thick bones clearly belong to some large animal.
Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
There are no traces of weathering on the surface of these bones, nor are they completely soaked in soil. They have clearly been eaten clean recently.
In other words, there are biological activities at the bottom of this abyss.
With this discovery, Lu Pingping felt a chill in his heart. He couldn't help but hold the ghost head knife in front of him and looked around cautiously.
Not far away is a shallow water, which has accumulated into a pool. The water is as dark as ink, with occasional faint green phosphorescence.
Going deeper, there are several natural caves at the bottom of the cliff. The entrances of the caves are small and dark, making them difficult to see clearly.
Lu Pingping squatted on the spot, looking back and forth at the bottom of the valley.
During the trial of Dark Robe Guards, she tracked a flower-picking thief in the deep mountains and forests for more than ten days, squatting day and night, and her sensitivity to traces in the mountains and fields was far beyond that of ordinary people.
She noticed that the bones were not scattered randomly, but were distributed in a fan shape, all facing the same direction.
She looked along the direction of the bones, and her eyes finally landed on the largest cave on the east side of the cliff.
"There won't be anything there, right?"
Her face looked surprised and uncertain.
In order to see the scene inside the cave clearly, she couldn't help but take a few steps in the direction of the cave.
Suddenly, a very subtle "rustling" sound came from the depths of the cave.
Her steps suddenly stopped.
She held her breath and listened.
The rustling sounded again, closer than before.
It seemed like something was slowly moving in the darkness.
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a layer of cold sweat formed on her palms.
In her current state, even an ordinary beast could easily knock her down, not to mention a ferocious beast.
She subconsciously took a step back, but stepped on a dead branch under her feet, making a crisp "click" sound.
The rustling sound suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, two clusters of green lights suddenly lit up deep in the cave.
Lu Pingping's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
The next moment, rustling sounds began to sound one after another, like something crawling quickly in the dark.
The two clusters of green light quickly approached with the rustling sound, until they were less than three feet away from her, and she finally saw the outline of the thing clearly.
It was a huge, pitch-black lizard, about ten feet long, with thick limbs, a short and powerful tail, and its whole body covered with dense black scales.
Its head is triangular in shape, with a row of jagged teeth protruding from the gap between its lips on each side, and sticky saliva hanging on it.
"Rock Lizard..."
Lu Pingping These two words couldn't help but pop up in his mind.
She had seen this thing in Dark Robe Guards's monster catalog.
Rock Lizard, First-Tier High Grade ferocious beasts like to live in caves in deep mountains and canyons, hiding day and night, and feeding on other creatures. They are properly carnivorous creatures.
In terms of strength alone, First-Tier High Grade ferocious beast is equivalent to the combat power of Late-Stage Ming Jin warrior.
If she were in her prime, she could be killed with a single sword.
But now her body is extremely overdrawn, and the residual Heart-Devouring Powder in her meridians has not yet been completely removed. Her strength is stagnant, and her Qi and blood are weak. Even if she uses her full strength, she may not be able to exert much strength.
The Rock Lizard obviously discovered her and began to crawl out of the cave. It did not rush to attack, but first raised its triangular head and wriggled its nose a few times, as if it was judging the strength of its prey.
Lu Pingping The hand holding the knife was shaking slightly.
Rock Lizard had obviously noticed her weakness. The green light in her vertical pupils shone for a moment, then she kicked her limbs and rushed toward her.
Lu Pingping gritted his teeth, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and tried his best to make a chopping motion.
But she was too weak now, and she lost strength no longer after raising the Ghost Head Saber halfway.
Rock Lizard's speed was so fast that she had no time to dodge, and the bloody mouth full of sharp teeth was already right in front of her.
She could even clearly see the sticky saliva stretched into threads on the row of sharp teeth.
It's over.
Lu Pingping subconsciously closed his eyes.
But just when she thought she was certain to die, a hot body suddenly pressed against her back, and then a strong and powerful hand suddenly came out from behind her and accurately covered her right hand holding the knife.
The next moment, a strong force surged from that hand and poured into the blade along her wrist.
The ghost-headed sword shook violently.
Her whole body was turned around in a circle by that hand, and the ghost head sword that was originally raised halfway suddenly turned into a horizontal slash.
The blade cut through the air, making an extremely low buzzing sound.
Rock Lizard had no time to react.
The Ghost Head Sword cut into the left side of its head, passed through the brain, and then cut out from the right side. Rock Lizard's entire triangular head was split into two halves in an instant.
Scarlet blood and brain matter splashed around, and Rock Lizard's huge body rushed forward two more steps under the influence of inertia.
Then he suddenly fell to the ground, his limbs twitched a few times, and then he made no sound again.
Seeing this scene, Lu Pingping froze in place.