Chapter 243: Spread without trace
On the fifth day of September, the miasma in the middle layer was stronger than Su Ziyi thought.
Holding the key to the water realm in one hand, the three members of the Su family held hands tightly and walked forward in the direction pointed by the white line, disappearing into the depths of the miasma without anyone noticing.
When they left, the miasma behind them rolled like a pot of boiling water.
Bian Qing and Su Yulang were a little uneasy, so they followed Su Ziyi closely along the way. Su Yulang even kept his body close to Su Ziyi's body, for fear that he would be lost with his father if he didn't pay attention.
But fortunately, until the miasma in front of him completely dissipated, he never left Su Ziyi an inch away.
The miasma that blocked their sight disappeared, and Bian Qing and his two men breathed a sigh of relief due to the real sense of vision. However, only half of the breath was released, and the other half was held back by the scenery before them.
Because they had never seen such a magnificent and desolate scenery, even the lake that they had praised repeatedly before was not worth mentioning in front of this.
I saw that from the feet to the connection between the sky and the earth, there was a well-proportioned and strong black, with a rough and hard aura, rejecting the steps of those with weak hearts. And above it, only the hollow stone mountains that have been polished by thousands of years of strong winds are qualified to stand here, and the delicate weeds and wild flowers are simply not qualified to survive here.
Such a scenery is difficult for even the best storybook writers to describe its charm with pen and ink, let alone them who lack vocabulary?
Therefore, standing here, Bian Qing and Su Yulang only felt that they were insignificant and could not help but raise their shoulders to reduce their sense of existence.
But Su Ziyi frowned.
Because he didn't expect that their teleportation point would actually fall on the Desert Altar this time.
Even if he had only been here once, looking at the familiar scenery around him allowed him to determine their location immediately. Unfortunately it's not a good place. But now is not the time to dwell on this matter. Since this is a teleportation point, other people may appear later, so it is better for them to leave here quickly.
From this, he waved his sleeves and said to the two people who were still in a daze: "Let's go." After saying that, he took the lead in choosing a direction and rushing forward.
At this moment, many people appeared one after another at other transfer points in the water realm. Most of these people traveled together, and only a very small number of people traveled alone. But whether it was one person or several people, after everyone determined their location, they immediately left the teleportation point and headed in other directions.
Only some unlucky people bumped into the people behind them before they could leave, and a big fight broke out without saying a word.
And this time, the water realm also kicked off in such a bloody atmosphere.
There are no good things in the desert. The only thing worthy of praise is the ghost-faced leaf vine. But as cultivators come once a year and plow the place cleanly like a field, all that is left is Just some seedlings, the mature ones had been picked up long ago. Moreover, Su Ziyi also discovered along the way that even the seedlings of the ghost-faced leaf vine were beginning to decrease. He even saw dead seedlings of the ghost-faced leaf vine, yellow and wrinkled, lying on the ground, looking so pitiful.
Especially within the ten miles or so around the lake that was used as an altar, not a single tree was alive; all of them were dead.
You know, last year's patch of ghost-faced leaf vines grew best.
So during this year, what happened in the Shuizhu territory that led to this situation?
Su Ziyi couldn't help but start to think.
The desert is endless, so even if they consciously walk out, they won't be able to get out in a short while. Moreover, Bian Qing and Su Yulang's cultivation levels were not high and they could not increase their speed at all, so when dusk fell, they could only walk two-thirds of the way and landed with their backs against a hollow stone wall. .
The stars are not bright enough tonight, and there are many clouds floating in the sky, causing large areas of shadows to appear on the ground.
And beneath the shadows, the wind raged. It blew through the desert and passed through the hollow stones, bringing with it a "whimpering" sound, which sounded like a human whimper.
This whimpering sound was ringing in my ears, making me unable to sleep, and it was really annoying. But Bian Qing and Su Yulang were too tired after a day's journey, so in the end they couldn't help but doze off tiredly and fell into a deep sleep. Only Su Ziyi, who was still energetic, was left meditating and keeping vigil.
The night went very quickly and got cold very quickly.
The murderous intention hidden in it is even more difficult to guard against.
When Su Ziyi noticed it, he only had time to hold one in each hand, step on the stone wall behind him and lift into the air, avoiding the blow from the ground, and he couldn't care about anything else. Therefore, when another monster emerged from the ground behind him and rushed towards him, he could not react at all. He had to hurriedly gather a spiritual shield around him and bump into it forcefully. .
And this collision caused him and the two people in his arms to be knocked away, which showed how terrifying the momentum of the monster behind him was.
Su Ziyi landed directly on the ground with the person in his arms. After landing, he did not stand still. Instead, he kicked off the ground and jumped to the top of another stone wall, looking down at a dark monster. He just emerged from the ground where he had just settled, and stared at them above.
After confirming that there were no other ambush, Su Ziyi put the two of them down, took out his long sword and looked calmly at the more and more monsters below. Bian Qing and Su Yulang, who suddenly found themselves flying, did not realize that something was wrong until then. They quickly tensed up their nerves, took out their long whips, and looked down the stone wall with full vigilance. This sight made the hairs on their bodies stand on end.
I have no idea where so many monsters come from.
Looking around, there are dozens if not hundreds. They have different body lengths and different colors. The only thing they have in common is that there is a layer of smooth and hard scales on the surface of the body. Under the illumination of the starlight, they emit light like stars. They are as cold as their pupils, as if they are about to stand. The three people on top of the stone wall seemed frozen.
Su Ziyi didn't expect to encounter such a situation at all, and the hand holding the sword couldn't help but tighten.
"Hmph——"
At this time, the monster that attacked Su Ziyi from behind made a sound from its nasal cavity. As soon as its voice sounded, the monster beasts that had been standing close together immediately separated, making way for it to come in. They raised their heads and looked at Su Ziyi, who also faced him with a cold face. watching.
This is a fourth-level monster - golden armor with long teeth.
It looks a bit like the gold-loving beast, except that it is larger and has a more pointed head. In addition, there are two long and pointed white teeth on the upper jaw, so it looks more powerful than the gold-loving beast. threatening. In fact, the long-gnawing golden armor is indeed more powerful than the gold-loving beast. The scales covered with golden light are extremely tough and cannot be broken except by the foundation-building perfection.
And behind it, there were other monsters standing. Although there was no other fourth-level monster, there were quite a few second- and third-level monsters. Su Ziyi saw at least ten gold-loving beasts at a glance.
This time, it's not easy to deal with.
Bian Qing and Su Yulang were also very nervous. Although they had hunted many times in the Fallen Fairy Forest, they had never faced off against third-order monsters, and they had never encountered so many monsters. Therefore, when faced with being surrounded by each other, they even trembled slightly, but as soon as their eyes touched Su Ziyi's figure, the trembling disappeared immediately, and their determination to advance and retreat with Su Ziyi became extremely firm.
"What should we do?" It was Bian Qing who spoke. Although he had tried to calm down, there was still a trace of panic in his voice.
"Leave the third and fourth levels to me." Although the situation was not good, Su Ziyi saw the situation clearly and knew that they could only rely on themselves to overcome this level, so he calmly told Bian Qing : "You and Yulang both use whips, so stay up here. If any monster tries to destroy the stone wall below, you will explode the lightning talismans in your hands." "Be sure to remember-" The method in his
hand After a pinch, a long sword flew in front of him: "Don't go down." "
There should be a lot of ore hidden underground here, so the surface defense capabilities of the monsters here are very good. As for you, There is little point in fighting them in close combat. The only way is to use force to break their defense and destroy their defense with the most brutal force." After that, he jumped on the long sword and held another long sword. The sword took the lead and headed towards the long-gnawing golden armor.
"Roar——" The long-gnawing golden armor also raised its head and roared, taking the lead and rushing towards Su Ziyi.
"Wha—" Controlling the sword in mid-air, Su Ziyi stood with the sword in hand. He closed his eyes and poured spiritual power into the sword along his veins. Then, at the moment when the opponent rushed forward, he suddenly opened his eyes. With both eyes, he waved his right hand, and a sword energy curved like a crescent moon rushed straight into the group of monster beasts, seriously injuring those low-level monster beasts and hindering the opponent's momentum.
However, such a move is somewhat useful against second- and third-level monsters, but it is not enough for the Long-gnawing Golden Armor.
It did not dodge or dodge, but directly resisted the sword light and continued to charge forward. Although its speed was forced to slow down, there were no traces left on its scales with golden light. It was obvious that it was not injured. And because one of his men was seriously injured by Su Ziyi, the strong bloody smell only aggravated its ferocity, causing it to jump up in a more fearless manner, and collided with Su Ziyi in mid-air with a clang!
The long-gnawing golden armor was large and heavy, and its momentum was so fierce that it immediately pushed Su Ziyi back ten feet.
However, this did not cause any harm to Su Ziyi. On the contrary, he fell to the ground after the impact due to gravity, and fell into a pit on the ground. However, it was not discouraged and immediately climbed down. After roaring to the sky, it pounced towards Su Ziyi again. Behind it, those low-level monsters that were still capable of fighting divided into two groups. One wave went towards Bian Qing and the others, and the other wave surrounded Su Ziyi from other directions. They used their own innate magical powers to try to pull Su Ziyi away. Shot down.
Soon, the two sides fought back and forth for dozens of rounds.
Fortunately for Su Ziyi, he was in mid-air, so those monsters couldn't do anything to him even if they were gifted with supernatural powers. On the contrary, he killed many low-level monsters, but because the attack strength was not strong enough to break open the long teeth, The defense of the golden armor is very good, so the condition of the long-gnawing golden armor is quite good.
But the situation with Bian Qing and Su Yulang was a little bad.
Facing so many monsters, the two of them did not lose their position due to panic. Instead, they quickly calmed down at the critical moment and cooperated appropriately to attack the monsters that came around. For those monsters that were stronger than them or wanted to use their innate magical powers, they did not hesitate to use the thunder talismans in their hands and exploded them with a "bang".
But the talismans were numerous after all. Seeing that the talismans in their hands were getting less and less, the spiritual power in their bodies also dropped sharply. Both of their faces were splattered with blood, and the monsters around them were getting closer and closer.
After all, their strength is still too weak.
Su Ziyi's heart sank when he caught a glimpse of this scene. He glanced at the still menacing long-gnawed golden armor and knew that he couldn't go on like this any longer.
He directly raised the sword to a high height, with a flat-end long sword in his right hand. He moved the sword slowly, but every move and every move was very rhythmic. Although it was simple and unpretentious, it was hard to take your eyes away. It was obviously the master of Zhiyi Sword Jue. The most difficult sword move on the first level - "Sprinkle without Trace". Su Ziyi once used a plum branch as a sword in the small yard in Qixia Town, but he also split a small stone in half, which shows the power of this move.
But now, the Li Zhi in Su Ziyi's hand has been replaced by a long sword, and he has become extremely proficient in the first level of the Zhiyi Sword Technique.
Therefore, when he steered his sword downwards and the tip of the sword in his hand collided with the long-gnawing golden armor that came up, the entire battlefield instantly stopped as if the pause button had been pressed. Then suddenly there was a "click" sound, like the sound of wind chimes blown by the wind, a series of thin and dense sounds, breaking the silence in the entire space.
"Crash -"
The treasure sword in his hand was broken into countless pieces, large and small, and fell directly from the hilt of Su Ziyi's hand like rain.
Seeing this scene, Bian Qing and Su Yulang, who were standing on the stone wall, froze instantly. They stared in Su Ziyi's direction with wide eyes in disbelief, and their minds went blank.
how so?
But the next moment, the huge golden armor with long teeth that was stuck in front of Su Ziyi fell to the ground with a thump. Without warning, only the blood slowly flowing out from under it announced its death.
Quiet——
………………………… At this moment,
it is even quieter than before. But the silence was soon broken by a third party. The monster beasts that lost their leader in an instant did not lose their fighting spirit. Instead, they all roared with rage. Their eyes were all red with blood, and they rushed towards Su Ziyi as if they were desperate, even though Su Yulang had been there before.
The target monsters immediately gave up on the opponent in front of them and started to kill Su Ziyi! Before Bian Qing and Su Yulang could get over their joy, they immediately became anxious. In their desperation, they ignored Su Ziyi's previous instructions and jumped down from the stone wall, heading towards Su Ziyi. And the reason why they did this was because the previous move of Saluo Wuhen consumed too much spiritual energy.
As a result, Su Ziyi's face turned pale after using that move, and he did not have the strength to control the sword to raise his position, and even The body standing on the sword began to sway, and there was a faint tendency to fall from the top! How could this stop them from being anxious? !
Chapter 244 Lost Traces
"Wha—" A sword light flashed, and the nearest monsters fell down one after another.
After the sword was passed, Su Ziyi stood on the sword with some strength, staggered, and almost fell down. The eyes of Bian Qing and Bian Qing, who were running towards them, were split open.
Su Ziyi also knew that his condition was not very good, so he did not try to be strong and controlled the remaining spiritual power in his body to fall to the ground.
Even though the spiritual power in his body is about to be exhausted, Su Ziyi is still a practitioner in the foundation-building stage. Just relying on his own physical fitness and the sword in his hand, he can repel third-level monsters and even seriously injure second-level monsters. Monster. So when a second-level monster squeezed in like a death wish, its head was chopped off by Su Ziyi's sword. It rolled a long way away, and was trampled to pieces by the companion behind it. .
But after all, there are still too many monsters.
Su Ziyi felt like he was back to the day he fought the black ghost. No matter where he looked or where he struck with his sword, there were ferocious-looking enemies everywhere he looked, forcing him to fight and retreat until there was nowhere to retreat.
At this time, Su Ziyi was really in trouble.
Fortunately, at this moment, a rumbling thunder crashed down from the sky in front, blowing a hole in the circle of monsters directly in front.
Although it is not as good as sky thunder, the power of thunder and lightning has always been the natural force that monsters fear most. Therefore, even though the monster standing inside was not directly struck by lightning, it was still startled by the weak current. Black eyes even reappeared in the eyes that had been completely filled with blood, and the limbs even reappeared. As a result, the action slowed down.
But Su Ziyi's expression did not improve.
Because he knew that the reason why this happened was because Bian Qing and the others detonated the thunder talisman outside.
You know, although his current situation looks very bad, if these monsters want to take his life by relying on such a siege, it would be too simple. Therefore, at the moment when he made his move before, he must have had a near miss this time, but what was not a big problem for him was not necessarily a problem for Su Yulang and Bian Qing.
Su Ziyi became extremely anxious when he thought about the two people detonating the lightning charm and turning himself into a living target in order to save him.
After swallowing another Snowmelt Pill, Su Ziyi stretched his sword forward and directly pierced the brain of a second-level monster.
He raised his foot and kicked, and the body fell to the side, pushing the monster next to him to take two steps away, making room for Su Ziyiteng. After obtaining this clearing, Su Ziyi no longer struggled. Even though his face was still a little pale, he still jumped up and jumped on the head of the monster blocking the front. Then, using the monster's body as a road, he jumped up. He strode towards Bian Qing and the two of them.
The situation with Bian Qing and Su Yulang was indeed not as good as Su Ziyi thought.
The inability to carry out spiritual sound transmission meant that the information transmission between them and Su Ziyi was one-way. And in this messy battlefield, other methods could not be used at all, so when they rushed over, they were blocked by layers of monsters, and because the scales on these monsters were hard, their hands The whip could not hit them at all, and they were deadlocked for a while.
Seeing more and more monsters heading towards Su Ziyi, the originally sparse gaps were filled by these monsters. This couldn't help but make them more anxious, and when they were anxious, they simply gritted their teeth and used the last thunder talisman in their hands, blasting a gap in the outermost circle.
Their approach did achieve what they wanted, but it also angered the monsters who reacted.
You know, what they hate most is the power of thunder and lightning.
Immediately, the uninjured monsters in the outer layer turned around and rushed toward the two of them after the lightning dissipated. Among them, there were not only second-order monsters but also third-order monsters. All of them had fierce faces and rushed towards them as if they were desperate for their lives, so that the two of them had to turn around and run away.
Su Ziyi, who had his feet on top of the monster's head, glanced around and saw the two people escaping in a hurry. He became more and more anxious and moved faster.
"Hold on for a little longer, A Lang." Bian Qing grabbed one of Su Yulang's hands and said nervously, turning around and whipping the head of the monster beast away with its mouth wide open. As for Su Yulang, who was caught by him, because of the overdraft of spiritual power, his face turned pale and his steps became weak. If he hadn't been caught by him, he would have knelt down like this.
By this time, Bian Qing completely realized that he was too careless to be careless.
At this time, just when he turned around, he noticed Su Ziyi standing on top of the monster's head out of the corner of his eye. His originally worried heart couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed. At the same time, he gritted his teeth, determined to hold on until Su Ziyi came over. Thinking about this, the movements in his hands became more and more fierce. It was just because he was too focused on the fight with the monster and did not pay attention to the situation under his feet. Therefore, when he stepped back with his heel, he screamed in his heart. A bad sound.
His body was completely unbalanced and he fell backwards. Bian Qing only had time to whip away the monster closest to him before he fell down with Su Yulang in his arms.
In the eyes of Su Ziyi who was a little further away, this scene showed that Bian Qing and the others were swallowed up by the monster.
Suddenly, Su Ziyi's eyes turned red.
It only took a few breaths, but Su Ziyi's speed became faster due to Su Ziyi's sudden burst. In the blink of an eye, he appeared from the end of the group of monster beasts to the head, and directly kicked the two at the front. The monster's head was stepped into the mud. Then he turned around and swung horizontally, causing the sword light to bring countless blood flowers and seriously injure the monsters in the surrounding circle to the ground.
Unlike Bian Qing and the others who used whips, each of Su Ziyi's swords would draw blood.
Instantly, the thicker smell of blood hit his nose, irritating the demonic beasts that had just regained some of their sanity and started going crazy again, rushing towards Su Ziyi as if they were desperate for their lives. And Su Ziyi was filled with hatred in his heart. Come and strike with a sword, not caring about the consumption of spiritual power, he just wanted to kill all the monsters in front of him.
But he knew what was most important.
A third-level monster was seriously injured with one sword, and a long bloody gash was cut on his own arm. But before he had time to think about it, he immediately looked around with his consciousness, trying to find Bian Qing and Su Yulang in this chaotic environment. What caught him off guard was that the two of them had disappeared together just now, but now they couldn't even find their breath, as if they had suddenly evaporated from the world.
How could this be?
Su Ziyi immediately panicked, and the moves in his hands became faster and faster.
After a cup of tea, the ground was covered in blood, and the corpses of monsters were piled one after another, looking extremely tragic. On top of the corpse of the monster, Su Ziyi was still tirelessly wielding his sword to kill the monster in front of him. Even though the spiritual power in his body had been severely exhausted and his whole body was already crumbling, he still held the sword and looked at it with red eyes. Forward.
Because at this moment he was going crazy.
His consciousness was running wildly, and he searched this area countless times, but he never found Bian Qing or even a corner of their clothes. This situation is obviously unreasonable. Even if it is attacked by these monsters, it will always leave traces, but now, no, not at all.
As if he wanted to find the answer, he slaughtered the surrounding monsters with all his strength, but these monsters had to retreat in the face of the sudden outbreak of Su Ziyi. But the more Su Ziyi killed, the more desperate he felt, because the number of monsters was getting smaller and smaller, but there was no trace of Bian Qing and Su Yulang.
At this moment, he only hated himself for being so late!
If you only go a little faster, you won't face such a situation.
At this moment, Su Ziyi was completely crazy, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and his whole mental state looked very wrong. Contrary to him, those monster beasts whose brains had been invaded by murderous intent gradually came to their senses because of the constant deaths of their companions around them. They fully understood that they were no match for Su Ziyi, and they began to intend to retreat.
Immediately, the two demonic beasts standing at the back retreated and burrowed into the ground.
This scene happened to be caught by Su Ziyi.
There was a gleam in his eyes, and with a twist of his wrist, he ended the life of a monster beast again. When he was the only one standing on the entire battlefield, he limped towards the place where the two monster beasts disappeared with a blank face, silently watching the black mud that had turned outwards. god.
Haha -
suddenly, he turned around suddenly, his eyes like the eyes of a falcon, and scanned the surrounding area fiercely, as if he was trying to see through the corpses to see what was going on underneath them. . He sank his consciousness further, only to find that his consciousness could only penetrate to a depth of about a foot underground, and could no longer go any further.
This reminded him of the situation last year with the gold-loving beast. How similar it was then to this time.
His eyes moved, and Su Ziyi seemed to have the answer in his heart.
He started walking back, trying to return to the place where Bian Qing and the others disappeared. It's just that that area was already covered with the corpses of monster beasts, so he had to open up the corpses of monster beasts one by one first, and even if he found some traces of soil turning, that area was also covered by monster beasts later. When you step on it, you can't tell which is which at all.
Throwing away the long sword, Su Ziyi directly started to move the monster's body with both hands. He didn't know how long he had been searching, but when he finally found a collapsed mud hole about half a foot wide under the body of a third-level monster, he couldn't help laughing.
Smiling and laughing, tears flowed down.
I found the place but haven't seen anyone yet, and after all, I still couldn't settle down. After laughing for a while, Su Ziyi wiped his face with his hands. It was only then that he realized that his hands and face were covered with mud and blood, and he looked extremely sloppy. Moreover, in addition to this, the sequelae of overdraft of spiritual power also gradually came to light, making his whole body weak and he fell into the mud hole.
When the vision turned black, Su Ziyi thought to himself that if he fell next to Bian Qing like this, he would be willing to die.
The desert has always been silent and silent.
After Su Ziyi also disappeared, there was only the whining sound of the wind blowing through the hollow stones, and even the stars in the sky were silent.
The silence lasted until dawn.
As the night sky turned gray-blue, the foragers who came looking for food finally found this place. They were extremely vigilant and did not relax at all in the face of such a huge mountain of meat. It was not until the last few stars in the sky impatiently fell that they boldly walked down to feast on it, disrupting the entire battlefield. It's a mess.
And a group of such foragers left, and another group came.
When the sun rose to the sky, all that was left on the desert were the pale bones and smelly internal organs. As for the originally beautiful and hard scales, they were already treated as waste by the foragers. Laba stepped aside, mixed in the blood and mud, and its previous dazzling appearance was completely lost.
You know, these scales are excellent weapon refining materials.
After driving away the last first-level monster looking for food, the three cultivators began to collect these scales with great pity. They were not wearing robes from aristocratic families, nor were they wearing tokens of great axes, and their interactions with each other were not as tense as those in the government. Instead, they had some warmth that only ordinary people would have.
"Grandpa, look what I found!"
Just as the oldest of the three carefully put the scale armor into the storage bag, the only young man among the three jumped up and held his hand. He ran over with something in his hand, his tone unable to contain his happiness. When the old man heard this, he looked over, squinted his eyes and stared for a while, and smiled with a smile on his face: "This is a low-grade treasure." "A
low-grade treasure." The young man murmured, his eyes Then there was a burst of brilliance, and the corners of his mouth were grinned to both sides wantonly. He looked at the old man with some expectation in his eyes: "Grandpa." The old man chuckled twice and nodded: "Just keep it to yourself
. Use it." Although low-grade treasures are not unaffordable, there are still many in a small family like theirs, so it is no wonder that young people are so excited to have an extra low-grade treasure. When the young people heard that the old man was relieved, they cheered immediately.
But before he cheered for long, several black spots appeared in the distant sky and came towards them at a very fast speed.
That was a group of foundation-building practitioners.
These people originally planned to just pass by here, but they didn't expect to find so many monster beast corpses, and they immediately stopped and fell to the ground. As soon as they appeared, the young man who had just been unable to escape immediately became obedient and stood behind his grandfather and father pretending to be quail.
People from aristocratic families are not something they can afford to offend.