"It's ......"

Zhang Fan's face suddenly sank, and then he looked thoughtfully at the flock of strange birds in the air.

The black clouds of strange birds in the air suddenly gathered together, and they wailed frantically around the things they were careful about, and their voices were sad and tear-jerking.

The body of the middle-aged man before fell from the center of this encirclement, and none of the strange birds took a second look, as if it was just unwanted garbage, and there was no look of being unable to give up after the hard work in front of the film.

The strange thing is that the body of the middle-aged man has fallen, and the center of the flock of strange birds in the air should be empty, but I don't know what they are surrounding, why are they excited?

The answer was soon revealed.

Under Zhang Fan's gaze, the group of strange birds suddenly dispersed, exposing the center.

There, a black, liquid-like mass squirmed, and a moment later, the virtual image of a man's huge head appeared, his face distorted and changing, and the expressions of some people were vaguely revealed.

"It's him!"

Seeing the virtual image of this head, Zhang Fan was frightened, and couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the tattered corpse not far from the ground.

This virtual image is the face of the middle-aged man before, and the face of the virtual image is twisted at this time, and it transforms into a triumphant, frightened, desperate and frightened look, which is the last expression of the middle-aged man before he dies.

"I see. ”

Zhang Fan sighed and looked at the middle-aged man's corpse, showing a hint of pity.

It is indeed mercy, it is not a big deal to die in the first place, and if it hurts, you will not know anything, unlike this middle-aged man, I am afraid that I will suffer endless suffering.

At this time, the flesh and blood on the corpse of the middle-aged man were blurred, and one head hit the stone squarely, and it had already broken into a rotten watermelon, but a moment ago, Zhang Fan could clearly see that the body he fell on was still intact.

The strange birds were at opposite ends of the spectrum of the golden fish they had seen earlier, they had no interest in flesh and blood, but they were absorbing human spirits and spirits.

After a few moments, the scene in the sky changed again.

The expression of the human head changed like all kinds, and the whole face was distorted to the limit, as if it could not bear it, and suddenly dispersed with a "bang", and the black gas was entangled, and all the scattered parts were composed of two by two, and finally formed dozens of human-faced strange birds, "hula" and merged into the strange bird crowd, and there was no separation from each other.

It was like a little clear water hidden in the sea, and there was no trace of it, and the dozens of human-faced strange birds were in the entire group of strange birds, that is, a drop in the ocean, and they were suddenly indistinguishable.

"I don't know how many people have to die to gather into such a large flock of birds. ”

Zhang Fan shook his head and sighed, but he didn't think much about it, these must be the monks who fell here when this land of fire spirits appeared five thousand years ago.

Outsiders only know about its fall, but they don't know that even the soul is imprisoned here, never reborn, and can only become a strange bird with a sad voice, roaming here for 5,000 years, constantly looking for the next victim to join.

"Human-faced dove!"

Seeing the essence of these strange birds, a name emerged from Zhang Fan's memory.

The human-faced dove is a low-level demon beast, and there is nothing remarkable about it, but this kind of demon beast has a unique feature, which he has only remembered to this day.

As its name suggests, the dove has a human-like face, and its attack method is to sneak into the house while humans are sleeping, absorbing the essence that overflows from the mouth and nose while they are sleeping, so as to nourish itself.

Over time, the person who is being consumed will gradually become mentally exhausted, tired and sleepy, until he dies.

After death, because a large amount of its essence is trapped in the body of the human-faced dove, its spirit will also be captured by it before it collapses, and it will become a tiger-like existence, turning into a ghost to accompany the human-faced dove, or prey on it, or become a kind of supernatural power.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that if a human-faced dove can live longer, it will often become a terrifying existence, although it is too fragile, and when it is covered by overwhelming ghosts, it is not comparable to ordinary demon beasts.

At this time, these strange birds in the sky above the island have a lot of similarities with the human-faced dove, if it were not for the fact that they have no substance, but are made of those black qi entwined with the spirit of the human being, it is simply a copy of the human-faced dove, but it is more powerful.

Not only does it not have the weakness of the physical body, but it can directly suck the divine soul of ordinary humans and even monks out of the body at one time, which is several grades stronger than the human-faced dove.

"But ......"

Zhang Fan looked at the strange birds that were hovering in the air, as if looking for him, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Everything in the world, there are laws and breaks, mutual restraint, this strange bird has strengths that the dove does not have, but it also has fatal shortcomings. ”

"There is no flesh, see how you fight devouring!"

The smile on Zhang Fan's face became more and more intense, his right hand wiped over the center of his eyebrows, and the three demon babies of "greed, hatred, and stupidity" roared out, screaming around him.

When it was said that the maiden babies who devoured the blood river were late, the three demon babies were almost in a state of promotion, but there was no movement after so many days, and it was still a little worse than that.

"Wow, wow, wow"

The three demon babies suddenly cried like babies, and their small bodies were eager to try and rush to the sky, apparently they had also discovered countless delicacies in front of them.

"Don't rush. ”

Zhang Fan smiled slightly, but did not immediately let them rush out, but looked around at the situation around him as quickly as possible, and finally his eyes stayed in a dense bush, with a satisfied look in his eyes.

"This is it. ”

As soon as the bag was slapped, a set of flags flew up, and a mysterious pattern was arranged in the air, and when it landed, it happened to shroud the entire bush in it.

This formation is not much different from the one he arranged for Wan'er in Shutong Cave Mansion at the beginning, it is the simplest basic formation that can be arranged through the array plate, but in this case, it is enough.

"Go!"

With a shout, the three demon babies flew out in response, "whoosh" into the bushes, and disappeared.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan nodded with satisfaction, and then pinched the magic trick in his hand, and with a finger from afar, the entire formation suddenly activated, and the thick clouds and mist spread out, enveloping the distance of a hundred zhang in a radius.

At this time, the strange birds above the island were still reluctantly wailing, patrolling back and forth over the entire island, in a vain attempt to find Zhang Fan's traces.

Under the cover of the black nest, with their ability, they naturally found nothing, and when the entire flock of strange birds gradually had the meaning of scattering, the formation happened to be activated.

This moment attracted their attention, and the scattered movements suddenly converged and regrouped, hovering over the formation.

Zhang Fan's face showed a strange smile, looking like a monkey who had stolen a peach, and he thought in his heart to command the demon baby hidden in the formation.

"Wow Wow Wow~~"

The dense formation cloud suddenly broke a huge hole at the top, and one of the demon babies jumped out of it, suspended in mid-air with a strange scream, as if provoking.

Those strange birds do not have too high wisdom, looking at their actions, I am afraid that only the instinctive consciousness of looking for living beings and devouring them into companions is left, and now they can see that it is the demon baby that jumps out, not a living person, and suddenly there is a lack of interest, and they do not rush up, but only part of it, and only about one-tenth of it rushes down.

It's only a tenth, which is also an incredible number, and if the demon baby stands still, it will be submerged in an instant.

I saw that the provocative demon baby monster screamed, and suddenly, the speed was so fast that it was the limit, and it suddenly rushed back into the formation, but I don't know if it was negligence or how, the huge hole in the upper part of the formation was not closed, and the hole was still open, as if opening the door to thieves and welcoming those strange birds to enter.

Of course, the one-tenth of the strange birds that swooped down followed the route of the demon infant into the formation, and swarmed along the hole eye.

Although this hole is not small, it is impossible to accommodate so many strange birds at once, and even the crater cannot contain it.

The rest, the strange birds who were not allowed to enter for a while, wailed and circled over the formation, waiting for the opportunity to enter.

The wait was not too long, and almost every instant, it could be seen that the flock of strange birds above the formation was decreasing little by little, obviously entering along the hole all the time.

After a while, the sky above the formation was cleared for a while, the sound was chaotic, causing people's qi and blood to float, and the constant chirping of mourning finally disappeared, and the strange birds like dark clouds covered the top were gone, only the holes in the formation were still exposed in the direction of the sky.

There are so many strange birds, one-tenth of the entire flock, such a number of them are all in it, even if the space is filled, not to mention that in the formation, it is only a hundred zhang square!

But it just tolerated it, and the huge hole was still swallowing, as if it wanted to be dissatisfied, beckoning the rest of the strange birds to enter together.

What's even more strange is that after these strange birds entered, the constant wailing sound disappeared from time to time, and none of them were transmitted from the formation, but there was a sound like a full hiccups, which directly entered Zhang Fan's heart through an inexplicable connection.

At this time, Zhang Fan's face finally showed a smile.

"Success!"

"A gluttonous feast is indispensable. ”

Since getting the three demon babies, Zhang Fan has been struggling to cultivate them well, if they are cultivated properly, the three demon babies should be equivalent to the three masters in the middle stage of foundation building.

In this way, once the battle is played, it will immediately become a four-on-one situation, coupled with the combination of all kinds of mutual restraint, sneak attack and secret calculation, etc., and it cannot be simply calculated by numbers.

It's a pity that the Demon Baby is too difficult to cultivate.

If Zhang Fan is willing to be ruthless, like the insect Dao people back then, Xuehe Chi Yan and others, and wantonly slaughter mortals, he can naturally achieve it in a short time.

However, although Zhang Fan thinks he is hard-hearted, he can't do such a thing, so he has to let it be like this, and he wastes it.

At this time, it is a great opportunity, these strange birds are all human souls, spirits and spirits, the demon baby is its natural nemesis, plus a large number, it has survived for a long time, and it is the best tonic.

Originally, due to the huge number of strange birds, Zhang Fan still didn't dare to expose the still slightly fragile demon baby directly in front of them, after all, ants bite elephants to death, and no matter how restrained they are, they have their limits.

It's different when you use the formation, especially the hole in the formation, it's even more indispensable.

If there is no formation, the demon baby will be submerged in an instant, whether it can win or not, it is really hard to say, Zhang Fan naturally will not take this risk, after all, the demon baby is too rare, maybe in a lifetime, you will not be able to get a second time, so you naturally have to be cautious.

It is not enough to have a formation alone, he is not a formation master, and it is impossible to arrange a powerful formation in a short period of time, so that a group of strange birds will not move.

So I had to open a hole in the formation, with a ready-made passage, with the wisdom of the strange birds, it was impossible to think of breaking the entire formation together, but it would be like adding oil, part by part into the mouth of the demon baby.

Originally, Zhang Fan was not very sure, after all, predicting the actions of the strange birds may not be ten or nine times safe, if there was a case, he could only take back the demon baby, and then take advantage of the hidden effect of the black nest to hide temporarily, and think of another way.

He never thought that things would go so smoothly, and almost every move of the strange bird was expected by him, but in a moment, it was already one out of ten.

Soon, another demon baby jumped out of the formation crack, and continued to shout "Wow Wow" and provoked, his voice was even higher and more intense than Fang Cai, as if he was full of strength.

The strange birds don't know if they are suspicious of the whereabouts of their previous companions, but this provocation is very good, and the remaining nine-tenths of the strange birds flock up, and there is no more behavior of delivering food in batches.

This made Zhang Fan, who was secretly proud, nervous a little, and watched the development of things intently.

Everything was the same as last time, the demon baby still avoided the edge for the time being, and in the stealth formation, the black pressure of the strange bird still surrounded the entire formation, but he only knew that he entered through the hole in a stupid way.

Time passed minute by minute, Zhang Fan observed the movement over there through his spiritual feelings, and sat cross-legged on the ground boredly, secretly calculating the benefits this time.

The components of these strange birds are completely the spirit of human cultivators, after all, it is impossible for people who are not immortal cultivators to reach this place, so their quality is several grades higher than that of killing mortals, if they are all devoured, it is enough for the three demon babies to advance to the level of the foundation building stage together.

As he was groaning, he suddenly roared above the formation, waking him up from his contemplation.

Raising his eyes, he saw that the strange birds that were surrounded by the outside of the formation and could not enter for a while wailed in unison, and then suddenly tightened up like a huge black ball.

This wail, although it was made in unison, was heard in the ears, but it was much less fading than when he was excitedly eating the middle-aged monk before, as if it was a thin western mountain, and it showed a little powerlessness for no reason.

However, how could an ordinary formation withstand the huge force of the strange birds, almost at the moment when the strange birds shrank suddenly, the entire formation exploded, and the scattered clouds pushed the strange birds away a long distance, and then dissipated.

That is, the space where the final power of this formation is excluded will undoubtedly reveal the situation inside the formation.

In the formation space the size of a hundred zhang, only the three lonely demon babies were now flying happily, opening their small mouths and facing upwards as they flew, as if pies were falling from the sky.

In fact, for the demon baby, there are indeed pies falling in the sky all the time, and at the moment when the formation is broken, there is a strange bird whistling and swooping, and before it has time to do anything, the head of a demon baby suddenly swelled dozens of times, swallowed it in one gulp, and did not even make a swallowing movement, and began to look up again.

Although their hearts are connected, Zhang Fan can only know that they are all right, and they are very excited to eat, but as for the specific situation, he can't know.

At this time, seeing that the demon baby was devouring so easily, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face, and then looked at the remaining number around him, raised his eyebrows, and removed his hand from the Qiankun bag, and there was no other expression.

At this time, less than three-tenths of the strange birds were still alive, and the remaining seventy percent were all buried in the mouth of the demon baby, and it was too late to think of destroying the formation at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as the formation was dispersed, the unbridled devouring movements of the three demon babies were exposed in the eyes of the remaining strange birds, and then there was a scuffle, the sound of wailing, and the demon baby's excited howl was endless.

But in a moment, three small figures faintly with blood-red breath "swished" to Zhang Fan's side, dancing in the air for a while, venting the excitement in his heart, and soon showed fatigue, like a sleepy child, Yuguan put into Zhang Fan's eyebrows, and re-posed to sit and talk about the Tao, no longer worried.

Gently stroking the center of his eyebrows, Zhang Fan's face showed an irrepressible look of joy.

At a glance, he saw that the bodies of the three demon babies had changed, in addition to the extra blood-red evil qi, the small body was also full, and the faint spiritual aura became more and more pure, and it already had some flavor of the foundation building period.

At this time, it is just to digest it, and when it will not take a few days to become active again, it will be three genuine helpers with unique means for the foundation building period.

For this reason alone, this visit to the Land of Fire Spirits is worth the trip.

Zhang Fan stood up, and with a movement in his hand, the black nest instantly shrank and flew back into his hand, and the palm turned over and disappeared, and then looked around the left and right, and sure enough, there was no trace of any strange bird, and it was obviously devoured clean.

"It's a pity!"

Zhang Fan shook his head, his body moved, and suddenly disappeared on the island.

"What a pity!"

"There must be a flock of strange birds in the waters here, and such a flock alone must not block the entire sea. ”

"It's a pity that the demon baby is already full. ”

In fact, what is even more regrettable for him is that he only has the cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building, even if he waits here for the demon baby to digest it before devouring it, the improvement is very limited, after all, his cultivation is like this, but it is impossible to think about it in a short period of time.

As soon as the words dissipated on the island, there was no longer his figure around, only a faint red glow, which occasionally flashed at the junction of water and sky.

(To be continued)