Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 282: Fog in the River
Yi River.

Apart from the Mande River, Dan had never seen a river with such a slow flow. If he had not been worried about what might happen, he would have definitely reached out to test whether the river water under the boat was really as sticky and greasy as it felt, like a cream that flowed slowly but was always stagnant. No one knew what kind of creatures lived in the water, but no matter what kind of monsters lived in the Yi River, they could only lie dormant in front of the dragon.

After all, even swamp overlords like the lizard and ferocious water beasts like the giant jawfish can only hide obediently in the water and wait for the long and narrow wooden boat to leave their territory as if it were sliding across the fat.

This wooden boat, painted with red and gray patterns, came from the tribe of Gadaguga. Dan generously brought 20 spears, 20 swords and three sets of armor from the Explorer. So the elders of the tribe sold Gadaguga to them without hesitation - of course, Gadaguga himself didn't know.

After learning that Gada Guga was hired, the elder who spoke a language that even Dan could not understand was very happy, because Gada Guga was a rare good hunter in the tribe who had escaped the slave-hunting team of foreigners in the north and had gone south along the Yi River and deep into the jungle to face the cannibal demons.

It must be because he sold it at a good price that these strange foreigners were so generous. More importantly, these foreigners did not seem to be afraid of the dangers in the jungle that could kill a tribesman at any time.

A sure-profit trade.

For more benefits, the elders even rented Dan three of the tribe's wooden boats.

According to legend, a friendly foreign female chief brought these boats, but they ultimately failed to survive here. To commemorate those brave but foolish guys, the tribe drew runes on the "boats" they left behind, which were said to be able to protect them from the devil of the Yi River. It did work, at least the "civilized" tribes north of the Yi River were gradually able to make a living by fishing.

Gada Guga, who didn't know what was going on, looked at the river nervously, wondering what he was thinking. Dan nervously held the ruby ​​necklace his father had given him. Huohuo and Cendrolos also moved slowly in the air, looking around cautiously.

The river channel gradually narrowed, and two large trees formed by countless roots were entangled with each other in mid-air, like a door in a dark jungle. The vines with hard skin covered with scale-like patterns hung down from the treetops, and mushrooms of unknown species were quietly blooming on them.

"Everyone, get down!" Gada Guga suddenly yelled in fear, and he lay down first. He stretched out his hand, picked up the still stunned Beile, and lowered his body.

The wooden boat slowly slid towards the "gate". In a flash, the vines seemed to come alive, like the killer trees in the ancient forest that preyed on passing animals. They rolled towards the people who had not yet had time to lie down.

A Silver-Blood Army soldier who had not yet had the chance to lie down let out a scream that Beile would never forget. A vine merely brushed against him, not even tearing his clothes, but it made the six-foot-tall Silver-Blood Army soldier suddenly straighten up and let out a shrill wail, as if ten thousand needles were inserted into his body.

There was no time to react. The vine curled back like lightning. The scaly patterns on it stood up eerily the moment the vine wrapped around the Silver Blood Army soldier and pierced deeply into his body. Hot blood gushed out of the wound, but immediately dyed the dark green and black vine red, as if the vine was sucking the soldier's blood. As if it smelled the blood, the vine that was still swaying in the air wrapped around the soldier's body madly like a hound that had found its prey.

"Cendroth!"

The moment Dan shouted the dragon's name, the soldier's frightened look had not yet disappeared, but his flesh collapsed visibly, and the vines wrapped around him oozed blood red.

Raging dark green flames fell from the sky and passed over people's heads. The vines struggled but were consumed in the fire in the blink of an eye. The treetops, which had grown for who knows how many years, were burning fiercely. The dark green flames seemed to never go out, burning from the treetops all the way into the distance.

In the blink of an eye, a foul smell emanated from both sides of the river, and rotten soil in the shape of leaves could be vaguely seen to be rapidly hardening. The ancient dense forest began to burn, but the humid air suppressed the fire.

The river in front of me suddenly became clear.

“Cendros, clear the way.” Dan clenched the necklace in his hand and looked nervously at the river channel that was burned out by the flames. Faintly, they could see the towering building deep in the jungle.

It looks like a tall tower with many floors. The top is very pointed, but the bottom becomes wider and wider in layers.

"Gada gada, have you been there?" Dan pointed to the building at the end of the road.

The striped guide's eyes were filled with fear at this time. He explained in a low voice, and his speech was so fast that even Dan could only understand the general idea.

He could only roughly make out what the striped guide said.

"Don't go there. The scaly devils will sacrifice the warriors' hearts. Several tribes have lost their entire population. Gray fog, disappear."

Dan frowned. He needed a little time to sort out what Gada Guga had said.

"Gray fog, run!" The striped guide suddenly tried to grab the oars like crazy. The Silver Blood Army soldier who was responsible for rowing was stunned. During this moment of stunned silence, gray-white fog gradually spread from the jungle that was still emitting thick smoke and burning dark green flames, as well as from the Yi River.

The burning fire in the sky suddenly let out a sharp, hoarse, terrifying cry. Its long tentacles instantly swung out from its body. Two of them grabbed Sendroth, and the rest all stretched out to the river. One of them wrapped around the wooden boat and dragged Dan and his boat out of the fog.

The necklace on Dan's neck suddenly became hot. He held Beile in his arms without hesitation: "Everyone, retreat, retreat."

The three wooden boats' sterns turned into bows in an instant, and the rowers rowed hard, taking advantage of the gray-white mist just rising and rushing outward at a speed that was previously difficult to achieve.

Dan looked warily at the other ships.

Sure enough, on the ship that had just emerged from the gray-white fog and was moving a little slower, a sailor knelt down, grabbing his neck in pain.

"Sir, save me~"

Dan watched as gray scales grew on the man's body at a speed visible to the naked eye - to be exact, his skin hardened and cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye, his eyes were scarlet, and his open mouth was gradually fading in color.

His silver hair began to fall out, and more and more scaly black spots spread across his body.

Dan looked in shock at the man who was no longer able to speak.

"how is this possible?"

(End of this chapter)