Chapter 218: The One Who Meets Again
Seeing Lu Xingyue appear in front of him at a critical moment, Jiang Yao was overjoyed. But before he could rejoice too long, he saw the other man suddenly leap forward, as if he was about to jump from the mouth of the cave. Jiang Yao's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted:
"Oh-no! don't come down......"
"Puff ......"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xingyue landed perfectly in a beautiful and neat posture, and when she got up to take a look, she found that Jiang Yao's gesture to stop was frozen in mid-air, with an expression of wanting to cry without tears on her face.
"What's the matter? I finally came here to save you, why did you see me with such a bitter gourd face?"
Lu Xingyue patted the dust on her body, looked at Jiang Yao's speechless appearance with dissatisfaction, and pouted and said.
"I was very happy to see you, but your movements were too fast, and I didn't have time to remind you......" Jiang Yao sighed and said helplessly. "That's good, now you probably have been tricked like us, and you can't use your mana. β
"Alas??Is there such a thing!?" Lu Xingyue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to try to visualize the light rope, and sure enough, he found that the light rope quickly muted after flashing for a moment, and he could no longer use half a point.
"What's going on!?I can still do it in the secret passage above...... Lu Xingyue was anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked, but at this time, Mu Jianyun, who was beside Jiang Yao, suddenly interjected expressionlessly:
"It seems that a spell has been cast inside this cave, and as long as it is within the range of this cave, you cannot use mana. β
"Hmm, are you ......?" Lu Xingyue came back to her senses, only then did she realize that there was still a person next to Jiang Yao, and the clothes on the other party seemed to be a little familiar, but that face had never been seen at all.
"This dress is...... Yunhe?" Lu Xingyue recalled the man named "Yunhe" who fell into the canyon with Jiang Yao, the person in front of him was dressed exactly the same as Yunhe, but his appearance was completely different, which made Lu Xingyue's expression a little confused.
"That...... He is actually a friend of mine, and for some reason, he deliberately disguised himself to participate in this "ghost market" challenge. β
Jiang Yao saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward to play a round. After all, after falling off the cliff together, Mu Jianyun temporarily removed the spell camouflage on his face, and he didn't have time to recover in the follow-up, so he was unfortunately bumped into by Lu Xingyue, and it was no wonder that Lu Xingyue had questions.
"Is it disguised?" I see...... Lu Xingyue stared at Mu Jianyun's face for a moment and said. "Is this big brother also mixed up in the rivers and lakes? I don't think I've seen it......"
"My business doesn't matter, the most important thing now is to get out of here quickly. Mu Jianyun shook his head, as if he had no intention of dwelling too much on his identity. He turned around and looked at the corpses of the "puppet scales" all over the ground behind him, as well as the motionless dried corpses, and the vigilance in his eyes did not relax for a minute.
"The 'Golem Scale Worm' should not be so easy to destroy, what is the matter with that light just now?" Mu Jianyun said, turning his head to Lu Xingyue and asking.
"That's the laser light from the 'light wave ball'. β
Lu Xingyue said, took out a small white ball the size of a marble from her pocket, raised her hand and said.
"The "puppet scale insect" relies on the sensory nerves on the compound eyes to find its prey, and is very sensitive to light waves. And this 'light wave ball' is ten times more powerful than the average*, enough to destroy their photoreceptor nerves, leaving them in a paralyzed state. Originally, I just had the 'Light Wave Ball' as a weapon to get out, but I didn't expect it to come in handy here. β
"'Light Wave Ball'...... I see, it seems that these bugs will not be able to get up for a while. Mu Jianyun nodded, and a hanging heart was slightly lowered.
"Xingyue, thanks to you arriving in time, otherwise we would have to explain it here. Jiang Yao looked at the dozens of hideous dried corpses behind him, and he still had palpitations. "Did you see my message and come in through the secret door at the bottom of the valley?"
"Yes, I could have caught up with you quickly, but I didn't expect to encounter a collapse halfway through, and many roads in the dark passage were blocked, and I almost got lost. Lu Xingyue sighed, put away the small white ball in her hand, and said. "Later, when I heard something going on here, I rushed over and found you. β
"It's strange to say, why did this cave suddenly shake again just now? I thought it was time for the space to collapse again......" Jiang Yao hesitated, raised his eyes to look at the white bones in the cave that were shattered, and even the huge wreckage of Lu Wu seemed to have become precarious due to the shock.
"I really don't know about this, maybe this space is not very stable in the first place, right?" Lu Xingyue spread her hands, and it seemed that she couldn't figure out the situation. "But time is running out until the next collapse, and we need to hurry...... Huh, what's that big skeleton up there?"
Lu Xingyue narrowed his eyes slightly, and took two steps in the direction of Lu Wu's wreckage, and when he saw the true appearance of the behemoth, his face also showed an extremely shocked expression.
Lu ...... Lu Wu??" Lu Xingyue said in surprise. "What does this skeleton look like...... It's clearly Lu Wu, the leader of the Kunlun tribe, who is supposed to be in retreat in Kunlun Mountain?"
"We were shocked by this, but a lot of the situation is not clear now, and we can't make any conclusions. Mu Jianyun's face was heavy and he said slowly. "At this point, we have to go out first and contact the outside world to investigate, otherwise there is no point in saying anything now. β
"Hmm...... 'investigation'...... Is it?"
Lu Xingyue muttered, raised her eyes and looked at Mu Jianyun, as if she had something to say.
"This kind of thing, it is estimated that it is also the 'Demon God Mansion'...... Or the 'Spirit Terrace' they cared, and for us ordinary people, we don't have the ability to mix. Isn't it?"
Lu Xingyue stared at Mu Jianyun's eyes, and the words 'Lingyutai' were accentuated in his words, intentionally or unintentionally, while Mu Jianyun looked back at Lu Xingyue's eyes silently, noncommittal.
ββ¦β¦ Heh, but you're right, the most important thing now is to get out of here. After a while, Lu Xingyue smiled, finally diverted the topic, turned around and glanced around.
"Now it seems that the whole cavern is closed, and the only exits are the cave opposite where you entered, and the hole on the rock wall behind me where I jumped off. β
"There may still be some 'puppet worms' left in the cave where we came, and we can't go back, so it seems that we can only get out of here through the exit at the rear. Mu Jianyun analyzed, turned around and looked at the cave on the rock wall behind him where Lu Xingyue had jumped down. "Although our mana is temporarily unusable, as long as we climb back to the cave and leave the range of this bone pit, we should be able to recover. β
"Hey...... There is no foothold on this rock wall, and it is enough to climb it. Lu Xingyue raised her head as she spoke, looked at the hole in the high part of the rock wall in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. If he hadn't jumped from above, it would have been a breeze to pull the two people below up with his light rope.
"By the way, Xingyue, since you came from that cave, how is the situation inside?" Jiang Yao asked.
"There are no "puppet insects" in it, but there are many forks in the road and the terrain is complicated. I don't think it will be too long before the next space collapses, so I'll have to hurry. Lu Xingyue said, and was about to beckon Jiang Yao to act, but at this time, he found that Mu Jianyun on the side was frowning and staring at the direction of Lu Wu's bones, not knowing what he was looking at.
"Hey, big brother...... Time is running out, why don't you leave?"
"Shh......h Be quiet. Mu Jianyun made a gesture with a calm face, and his eyes were firmly locked on the remains of Lu Wu half-hidden in the shadow in the distance. "There's movement over there. β
"Is there any movement?" Jiang Yao heard this, and hurriedly looked forward along Mu Jianyun's line of sight, and suddenly found that the bottom of the huge Lu Wu's bones seemed to move slightly.
"Hmm, the skeleton...... Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, almost doubting that he was dazzled, but he soon found that the vibration amplitude of the skeleton became stronger and stronger, and now not only him, but even Lu Xingyue and Mu Jianyun quickly made a defensive posture.
"I'll ...... I have seen dry corpses 'deceive corpses', but I have never seen even white bones 'deceive corpses'. Lu Xingyue gritted her teeth and said. "We can't use mana now, if this Lu Wu Yin Soul continues to attack us, even if it is with white bones, it will be enough for us to drink a pot!"
"Wait, look! There seems to be a crack under the skeleton?"
Jiang Yao pointed to the bottom of Lu Wu's wreckage, only to see a huge gap two people wide suddenly cracked along the ground under the skeleton, and with the vibration in the cave again, everyone found that a thin black shadow rose up from under the crack and slowly appeared under Lu Wu's bones.
"ThisβThis man is ......!"
Jiang Yao's eyes widened in surprise, and in the fluttering green phosphorescence, he saw a pair of beautiful blue eyes flashing in the darkness for a moment, and behind those emotionless eyes was a familiar, doll-like expressionless face.
"Is he ......'nothing'!?" Lu Xingyue on the side looked at the thin figure with short gray hair in front of her, and the stunned on her face was self-evident. "Why is he here!?"
"Huh......? What do you seem to be holding? What's that glowing one?"
Mu Jianyun stared at the item on Wu's right hand that emitted a faint red light, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and at this time, the vibration under everyone's feet also became more and more intense, and the entire cave began to crack layer by layer, and one rock after another began to fall down from above, smashing into the people below.
"Be carefulββ!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Yao hurriedly pulled the two people on the side to retreat. However, they immediately found that the only entrance and exit on the front and back sides had been buried by falling rocks under the violent tremors, and the roar of the explosion was overwhelming, and the scale of this time was by no means comparable to the previous brief tremors.
"Oh no! Time has ......!"
Jiang Yao suddenly realized something, and his face changed greatly.
"This time...... It's really 'space collapse'!"