46. Ethereal Mountain
Inside the portal was darkness, and the darkness turned into light at a certain point, but I found that the surrounding landscape had changed, and it turned out to be a desert, where the sky and the earth were golden, and occasionally a few huge cacti appeared.
These cacti are two or three times taller than people, and only three or four people can hold them, of course, no one will be idle enough to hug the cactus with their bare hands, but there is no one by Sun Wuji's side, only a red box.
I opened the case and found a fist-sized black crystal inside, similar to the teleportation crystal that had appeared in the ring earlier, along with some food and water, and a letter.
It turns out that this crystal is a teleportation crystal, if you encounter any danger, or plan to give up the game, you can crush the crystal and leave the desert, and the goal is to find a spire in the desert, the first person to reach the spire, is the winner, and you can get a ticket to the top eight.
I put away the food and water, but the heavy water bag seemed to be only enough for three days, and the food was the same, only three days' food, and there were three fist-sized steamed buns, and some sun-dried roast meat and fruit.
"It's stingy. I laughed, and then Thundertooth also walked past me, so that I would only have enough food for a day, because Thundertooth's appetite was not covered.
In the box, there was also a map, which seemed to be the path to the minaret, and a compass so that everyone would not get lost, so I estimated my location and prepared to go.
There is too little food, and I know that this journey will consume a lot of physical strength, and these foods alone will definitely not be enough to eat, and there are thunder teeth, so along the way, if you meet someone, you will definitely fight each other for food, which is also the purpose of the organizers, so that people can have the most primitive duel for food and water.
I didn't dare to be careless, I didn't go along the main road, because at one intersection I had already seen twenty or thirty people fighting together, and it was called a flying sand, and it was difficult to give up, and of course I didn't want to waste my physical strength because of these unknown things.
However, next to a cactus, I saw a bald young man, who was digging the roots of the cactus with a dagger, and a luscious pure white liquid flowed out from time to time, and the young man greedily sucked it with his tongue, as if he felt my approach, and the young man immediately held the dagger and looked at Sun Wuji vigilantly.
I saw that his food seemed to have been eaten in its entirety, or had been robbed, and a greedy look appeared in the boy's eyes.
"Who?!" the boy said vigilantly, holding a dagger in each hand, like a small beast protecting food.
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, you don't have any food anymore, I won't have any interest in you, it's just that I didn't expect that there would be someone like me, who chose the path to approach the spire." β
"My food was robbed. "The boy's eyes stayed on the thunder tooth beside me, because on the back of the thunder tooth, he was carrying a package full of food and water.
"Are you interested in my food?" I saw through the boy's mind at a glance, and the boy was a little embarrassed to look at him, he coughed, "By the way, do you want to cooperate with me?"
"Cooperation?" I was very interested in the teenager's proposal, "what cooperation?"
"You give me a little food first, I'm hungry now, wait a minute, let's fight together, grab the food of a few people, and then divide it equally between the two, what do you think?" the boy put away his weapon to show his kindness.
I arched my hand and said, "Thunder God Sect, I!"
"General's Mansion, Wang Ding!" the young man laughed, and then I sandwiched a piece of dried meat in a steamed bun and threw it to Wang Ding, who was not polite, and ate the food in a few clicks, he stretched out his hand and said, "You give me the water bag." β
"Water bag?" I was surprised, but I still threw it to Wang Ding, but Wang Ding opened the mouth of the water bag, dug out some clear water from the root of the cactus, and poured it towards the water bag, and in a short time it was filled.
"It's a ripe cactus, and it's all water, and I searched for three hours to find it. Wang Ding himself drank several sips of water from the cactus, and then plugged the small hole in the cactus, "If all the water is poured out, the cactus will die, so leave a little for it." β
Among the nine major sects, the Deep Blue Alliance is a very special existence, the best craftsmen in the world are in it, this is a huge guild collection, of which the leading level is the mercenary association, they control the craftsmen, artists, and even warriors of the whole alliance, the alliance leader Night Impermanence is a legendary figure, legend has it that he unified all the scattered forces in Izumo Province.
Just like silk, a piece of silk is easy to be pulled off, but if thousands of silks are condensed together, it is a rope that cannot be broken, so the Deep Blue Alliance is such a huge organization, including all levels of professions in the continent, including assassins, warriors and other scarce professions.
Wang Ding is not tall, only about 1.5 meters long, but he is a qualified assassin with a thin body, he is agile and maneuverable, like a leopard crawling in the grass, waiting for an opportunity, and no one can easily spot him.
His hands are full of scars, most of them are scars left by him when he practiced assassination skills, I dare not underestimate this bald head, and I have reached an agreement with him that transforming such a sinister and cunning enemy into a reliable ally is one of the most correct choices I have made.
But when the two of us went to the spire, it was different, only one person on the No. 1 platform could participate in the quarterfinals, so I also secretly left a heart, it is likely that in this desert, my last enemy is Wang Ding.
At this time, Wang Ding has put away the dagger, and I am walking side by side, Wang Ding's sharp perception, let me benefit a lot, I have also played assassination, that is, the battle of Tiejiabao, but I know that I am not a qualified assassin, and I am far from being able to compare with Wang Ding, Wang Ding's cultivation is not profound, and even only the three heavens of the earth fairyland, but there is such a murderous mind, which makes him more terrible than an opponent of the seven heavens of the earth fairyland, anyone who knows that there is such a sinister guy peeping at himself in the dark, will not be stableγ
"I heard a voice. Wang Ding stopped and made a silent gesture at me, and the two of us crawled away, finding a large pile of blood and corpses in front of us, and two tall and beautiful women collecting food.
"It's the girl of the Ethereal Mountain. Wang Ding grinned, "They are deadly poisonous roses, and under their beautiful appearance hide a cold and vicious heart, it seems that these people were seduced because of their beauty, and finally returned to the arms of Hades." β
Ethereal Mountain is also one of the nine factions, it is said that it is on a fairy mountain, from top to bottom are dominated by women, any man dares to go up the mountain, and the end will be miserable.
"Do you know, not long ago, a guy in our alliance was quite improper, and he actually stepped forward to tease these women, do you know what the end will be?" Wang Ding looked at me, and his little mouse-like eyes looked very obscene.
I laughed and said, "Dead, I know that the women of the Ethereal Mountains are definitely not easy to mess with." β
"Half a month later, people found his body, it was cut off by someone, stuffed into his mouth, the whole person was hanged on a tree in the frontier, at that time his body was rotten, you know, there are dead maggots all around, and flies, the stench also attracted a large number of corpse insects, I dare say, this is the most disgusting picture I have ever seen in my life. Sweat appeared on Wang Ding's forehead, and it was obvious that he still had palpitations.
I clenched my fists: "So what are you going to do?
"No!" Wang Ding said categorically, "They have a lot of food and water in their hands now, and there are only two of them around, we have to take action to kill them, otherwise if we delay, I'm afraid the end will not be so good, do you know that you can kill people in the preliminaries? As long as people don't crush the crystal before they die, the referees will treat it as a death match, so it's not illegal to kill people here, so some people come here to kill the enemy." β
"Yes......" The thunder on my body was great, and the muscles in my whole body were already tense, ready to wait for the opportunity to move, but Wang Ding reminded me: "Don't be impulsive now, let's follow them, wait for them to eat, and then attack, when people are eating, vigilance is the weakest, and now if we are discovered by them, it will be us who will suffer." β
Wang Ding added: "The two of them are cultivating to the Sixth Heaven of the Earth Immortal Realm, and we will definitely die if we fight hard!"
The two followed all the way, keeping a distance of 100 meters from the two female disciples of the Ethereal Mountain, we didn't dare to go further and didn't dare to take a step back, we were afraid of finding out further, and we were afraid of losing a step back, at this juncture, any small action dominates people's life and death.