Heaven-defying Phoenix

There were only twenty-two people left on the shore.    

"Girl, come and sit with us. It's too dangerous for you to sit there by yourself." Amongst the twenty-one people surrounding the bonfire, one of them shouted to Jiu Muli.    

Seeing that Jiu Muli did not respond, he stood up, walked to Jiu Muli's side and patted his shoulders, waking him up from his meditation.    

"So you are meditating, young lady. I am sorry to disturb you. It's dark now, and there might be demonic beast coming and going. Go and sit with us there. " He smiled at Jiu Muli, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.    

Jiu Muli looked at his hand, "Thank you." Jiu Muli stood up and walked to the empty seat that they had allocated and sat down.    

When the young man who called Jiu Muli over returned to his original position, he looked around. It was pitch black, and after walking out of the area illuminated by the bonfire, he could not even see his own fingers nor see anything else.    

"There shouldn't be any demonic beast running ashore, right?" The young man muttered.    

When I came here, I had specially asked around. All the demonic beast in Abyssal Devil Pool come from the water bodies, and they didn't live long after they left the water bodies.    

A carefree man continued to doze off without even opening his eyes.    

Other than Jiu Muli, there were also a few other girls left on the shore. The men were carefree, but the girls were cautious. After hearing the young man's mutterings, the girl sitting next to Ji Ziyue timidly opened her mouth and said:    

"What if a demonic beast really crawled onto the shore?"    

"Since those demonic beast are so ignorant, if you want to climb onto the shore to send yourself to your death, just kill them. With so many of us, could it be that we are still afraid of a few mere demonic beast? " the sleeping man said disapprovingly.    

His words calmed them down. That's right, there were so many of them, how could they be afraid of a few demonic beast? If there really was a demonic beast that could not open their eyes to die, one person with one blade, could still slaughter that demonic beast!    

However, he could only console himself in his heart.    

Jiu Muli realised that although the girl beside her had closed her eyes again, the slight entanglement on her shoulders betrayed her fear.    

"How about this, I'll keep watch tonight, all of you rest. If there really is a sneak attack from a demonic beast, I'll definitely wake you up first." It was the youth from earlier.    

Jiu Muli looked at the young man. The young man was smiling as he looked at everyone, but he didn't feel that everyone was resting.    

He was a careful and considerate person.    

"How can we do that? If you stay on guard alone tonight, then you won't have a good mental state tomorrow. What if, what if …" The girl sitting next to Ji Ziyue clenched her teeth and said the second half of the sentence, "I'll stay on guard with you. We'll take turns on watch."    

"But you are a girl."    

"Why are you so childish." The man opened his eyes. "Go to sleep." He pointed at the girl.    

This man's appearance wasn't ugly, but his aura was very strong, emitting a frightening aura from within. If one wasn't used to lingering between life and death, then they wouldn't have this sort of aura.    

He looked at the girl, and she was immediately frightened. The girl did not dare to contradict him, did not even dare to look him in the eye, and quickly closed her eyes.    

"You, you, you!" The man then ordered a few more men, all of them strong men. "Tonight, the five of us will take turns to keep watch for two hours. Do you have any objections?"    

The man glared at them. Even though they had their own opinions, they swallowed them back into their stomachs.    

"Who will guard the first hour?" the man asked.    

They quickly decided on the order of the night watch. This man was the third class, and the young man who had suggested the night watch was the last class.    

With the bright warmth of the bonfire, there were also people keeping watch. Those who stayed behind all relaxed.    

Everyone had an incomparable tacit understanding. The time to rest, the time to meditate, and the time to meditate, none of them broke the silence of the night.    

That night, on the quiet shore, besides the commotion caused by the night watchman waking up the other sleeping person two hours after the shift was over, there was only the crackling sound of the flames.    

The young man was assigned to the last class. When it was his turn, the sky to the east had already turned white. It meant that the dangerous night had passed and a new day was coming.    

Jiu Muli was not the first one to wake up. When she woke up, someone had already left.    

The young man found a long and thin wooden stick there. The wooden stick was cut clean and smooth, and a string of round steamed buns were strung on the stick. The round steamed buns were roasted until they were golden over the fire.    

The young man took out a hot steamed bun from his wooden stick and handed it over to Jiu Muli: "Eat it. Only after you finish eating will you have the strength to continue on your journey."    

He spoke very softly, afraid that he would wake up the rest of the people who were still sleeping.    

Jiu Muli took the steamed bun and thanked the young man. He tore the crisp roasted bun into small pieces, and after he finished eating it, he finished it in small bites. Jiu Muli drank a few more mouthfuls of water, and then stood up to thank the young man.    

Although she did not need to use steamed buns to replenish her energy, Jiu Muli felt that the youth's actions were very warm.    

"Miss, you want to go out alone?" Jiu Muli had only taken half a step when he was stopped by the youth.    

"Yeah." Jiu Muli looked at the young man in panic: "What's wrong?"    

"Miss, you can't leave here alone."    

"Why?"    

"Don't you know that outside of this place, there is a bridge? Under that bridge, there is a terrifying demonic beast. Miss, if you were to step on that bridge by yourself, you will definitely be swallowed into the stomach of that demonic beast! "    

"demonic beast?" Jiu Muli shook his head, "I would like to ask what kind of demonic beast it is."    

"I don't know what kind of demonic beast it is either. I only know that the demonic beast will only attack the person that is left alone. Girl, if you go alone, you will definitely be attacked by that demonic beast. You might as well wait for everyone to wake up and go with them. "    

Jiu Muli looked in front of her, and it was as if she had really just barely made out a bridge, but at the same time, it was as if there was only a vast continent in front of her.    

Jiu Muli chose to believe in this youth. She stopped and quietly waited for others to wake up.    

When everyone arrived at Abyssal Devil Pool, no one dared to be greedy for sleep. After Jiu Muli woke up, everyone woke up one after another.    

When they woke up, none of them chose to leave alone. After last night's vigil, that swordsman had vaguely become the leader of these people.    

After the swordsman ate three big steamed buns, drank enough water, patted his belly and said that it was time to go on the road, everyone stood up.