Chapter 632: The Cross Jungle
At that time, the dark castle, although it fell into a brief calm after the confrontation between the parties, made people feel even more dangerous.
The Ghost No Sect, the Falcon Regiment, and the Holy Light Knight are like three-headed beasts that hold their breath and sneak lightly. No one knows where they are or what they are doing, but the crisis they bring grows over time.
As Anne and I scurried in the direction of the moonlight, we faintly heard the sound of branches breaking in the wind coming from overhead us.
I waved my hand to stop Anne, and looked up at the top of the tree, where the branches of the towering tree seemed to be split by sharp blades at the same time, and countless branches and leaves fell from the sky like a dark cloud overhead.
I picked up Anne and stepped back, and we were three meters away, only to be swept up by the branches of the trees.
When I instinctively turned my head to avoid the dust raised by the branches, the sound of countless branches being cut off was like a downpour.
When I looked up again in the forest for thousands of meters, the branches had broken in unison, the branches had fallen wildly, and the dust kicked up by the leaves filled the wilderness like a thick fog, and Anne and I had to cover our eyes with our hands and stand in place.
When my gaze returned again, the branches and fallen leaves on the ground had become more than a meter thick, and the woodland, which was still passable, had become obstructed, and we wanted to walk through it, but there was no other way but to wade through the branches on the ground.
When I looked up again, I couldn't help but gasp again.
The branches above my head were not broken to the point that there were no more than two long branches left on each tree, and when I looked up from below, each tree became a cross reaching into the clouds.
I couldn't help but say to myself, "This is the Cross Jungle?"
"Yes!" Anne's hand on my arm trembled slightly, "This is the cross jungle on the map. This is the yellowed area, and here it may ...... There may be a way out. β
As Anne spoke, the moonlight in the sky shot down from the sky as if it had been pulled by some force, forcibly adding a cold silvery white to the Cross Jungle.
From my point of view, the whole jungle has been divided into black and white layers by the moonlight, with snow-white crosses on the top and undulating black shadows on the bottom. At first glance, the entire jungle seems to be transformed into a silent graveyard, full of white crosses inserted into the pitch-black waves,
I knew that what looked like a tomb was actually just a shadow formed by the branches of the trees on the ground, but I always felt that it was a deserted grave suppressed by the cross, and that at any time, the dead body hidden in the ground would crawl out of the soil and drag Anne and me into the grave.
I said in a deep voice, "What else is the Tulip Family's map saying?"
Anne said in a trembling voice, "The map says that the cross in the cross jungle is different. Only by finding the right root and bypassing it from the side is the way to survive. Otherwise, there is a curse. β
I asked, "What cross is right?"
"It doesn't say on the map!" said Anne, whose face turned unusually pale, "because there is a road around here that can be bypassed." So ......"
As Anne spoke, my ears twitched slightly: "Don't talk, follow me!"
I picked up Anne and flew into the fallen leaves in the distance, and I casually covered myself with some branches before sneaking down.
As soon as my body was settled, I heard one of the two footsteps approaching us.
The footsteps ahead, which seemed to be unusually chaotic, and sometimes there were a few staggering sounds, which should be a group of captives escorted in front of the group.
The footsteps behind them were uniform, and the distances of each step were extremely similar, and the sound alone was enough to give the illusion that there were troops marching in unison.
The Knights of Light are here!
Except for them, there is probably no one who can walk out of such neat steps.
I was holding my breath when I heard someone shouting in English, "Stop!"
When the two teams stopped about ten meters away from us, someone said, "It looks like someone was here just now? β
The man must have spotted me and Anne's footprints.
I didn't hear the knight chieftain, but I heard the sound of a bowstring ratting.
Before I could get ready, the sound of the bowstring trembling outside rushed to the sky, and my first reaction was not to be on full alert, but to hold down Anne.
The Knights of Light were too close to us, and with the strength they used, they could easily pierce us through with an arrow at this distance.
Although the other side may not shoot with a purpose, no one can guarantee that we will not be hit by the arrow.
I can promise to stay silent when I'm shot by an arrow, can Anne do that?
So, my first reaction was to hold the other person down.
As soon as I leaned sideways to hold Anne down, the sound of crossbow bolts breaking through the wind began to fall. In the blink of an eye, an arrow flew right above Anne's head.
I saw that Anne wanted to exclaim, but she couldn't spare her hand to cover the other party's mouth, so she could only open her mouth to block the other party in a hurry.
Anne's eyes widened, and her breathing, which had intensified with fear, was blocked in her mouth.
The chief knight in the distance also said slowly: "Let those captives explore the way forward and give them a few knives." β
As the man spoke, I patted Anne, who was gradually steady, and motioned for her to remain silent.
He quietly brushed aside the leaves and looked out, the captives of the Holy Light Knights were indeed falcon adventurers, and now the number of falcons was only about half, and they were all brought with them, even their chief and deputy leaders Andrei and Arnold were among the captives.
When I was shocked again by the Knights of Light's combat prowess, one of the captives objected, "You have no right to treat captives like this, we ......"
Before the man finished speaking, the knight chief waved his hand lightly, and one drew his sword and stabbed the two-handed knight sword that was more than one meter five into the opponent's stomach. It wasn't until the blade peeked out from behind the man that he slowly drew his bloody sword.
The chief knight said lightly: "We are not an army, and we are not in the mood to pay attention to any conventions, in my opinion, you are all robbers and thieves who should be sent to the gallows. If you don't need a chance for salvation, I can wash away the sins of your body in my own way. β
For a moment, no one dared to speak, and one of the knights fell to the ground with the equipment behind him.
Those things were the original equipment of the Knights of the Falcon, except for a few machetes, the Knights did not bring anything. From this alone, it can be deduced that the Knights should know more about the Cross Jungle.
Several adventurers were about to step forward to pick up the machetes on the ground, but the chief knight said, "You guys go back." β
After the men stepped aside inexplicably, the chief knight raised his hand and pointed at several of them: "You...... You...... And you! You guys go forward. β
The men inexplicably picked up the machetes on the ground, swept away the branches in front of them and walked into the cross jungle, and the entire knights watched each other motionless from a distance, until the three of them gradually disappeared from my sight, but the knights were still indifferent, as if no one cared if the three adventurers would take the opportunity to escape.
What do they want to do?
I was in the middle of my confusion when I heard a heart-rending scream in the distance, the sound clearly coming from the mouths of three people, but their voices were concentrated in one place.
When I suddenly looked up at the Knights of Light, all the knights had already bowed their heads and drew crosses on their chests with their hands.
Are they praying?
With a flash of inspiration in my mind, I grabbed Anne beside me and whispered, "Go!" and stood up among the fallen leaves, put Anne on her shoulders and jumped up a branch, and then the branch bounced off into the distance.
I know that my light skills are not good, in order to be able to keep up with Ye Xun, I have been learning light skills with the fox mother, she told me that there is no quick way to do light skills, if you want to go against the wind like Ye Xun, in addition to the foundation and footwork, you must have at least ten years of penance.
However, light gong is not without a trick, that is, "borrowing strength to act", borrowing all the power that can be borrowed and transforming it into a force for oneself to accelerate, which is a shortcut to cultivating light gong.
I'm jumping on a branch, just to make a trick.
The screams of those three people perfectly concealed the sound of me stepping on the branches, but they could not hide my figure.
From the moment I appeared, the captives of the Falcon Adventure Regiment saw my back, and some tried to shout, but Andrei forcibly stopped me.
I went out twice in a row before I stood on a branch and gave AndrΓ© a thumbs up. The latter, too, made a gesture to me with his hands crossed.
I didn't understand what he meant, but at this time, I was no longer allowed to stay and communicate with him. When the screaming ceases, the Knights of Light will all raise their heads, and at that point, I won't be able to leave even if I want to.
As I hurried in the direction where the screams were coming from, the voices of the three men had gradually stopped, and all I could see was three bodies hanging in mid-air. The tongues of those three people had already come out of their mouths, and their eyes were turned to white backgrounds, and even if I wanted to save them, it was too late, so I could only let them hang in the air and spin back and forth.
I took two steps back along the corpse's path and looked up again at the cross where the three adventurers had hanged.
I don't know when the top of the cross was missing, but I could see that it was just a "T" shaped frame with both sides flush, and the three people were hanging from the shelf in the same way as two on the left and one on the right.
I looked up and said, "Sure enough, it's about the same as I guessed, you see if there are any broken wooden stakes on the ground." β
Anne looked at the ground for some reason, and the footsteps of the Holy Light Knight could be heard in the distance.