Twenty-five, the sudden occurrence of mutations
However, at a distance of ten meters, the two sides of the full-speed sprint made contact in less than half a second. The jumping insect that rushed to the front leapt to its feet, and its hideous mouth brought a fishy wind and swooped down on Loki's head. Loki's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, and there was no movement, except that the hand holding the hilt of the sword was rapidly swinging. As if a white light flashed, the jumping insect split directly into two from the middle.
Using his magic power to mimic the way the fighting spirit of the kingdom of God works, Loki, who has condensed a layer of shield around him, fearlessly passes through the corrosive blood that splatters from the body of the slain jumping worm. Turquoise blood rained down on the surface of the shield like rain falling on a pond, rippling and burning with a tooth-aching sound that filled the air with an unpleasantly sour smell. It's just that no matter how much blood is sprinkled on the shield, the shield will not change, and even the dark color will not fade in the slightest.
After killing the first hopper, Loki's continued forward action allowed him to rush into the middle of the swarm. Due to the speed being too fast, the more than ordinary jumping insects rushed past Loki before they could react, and the jumping insects behind couldn't stop the car for a while, so they could only open their mouths wide and crash towards Loki like the first jumping worm.
Loki sneered, and stomped one foot on the ground, how could the soft mud of the jungle resist Loki's kick that was enough to crack the rocks? Loki's foot plunged straight into the ground without hindrance, reaching his knees. After inserting the entire calf into the ground, Loki used the foot inserted into the ground as the axis, and kicked the other foot, spun around gorgeously, and while unloading the momentum, the conviction in his hand also crossed a circle representing death. Wherever the blade passed, the jumping insects were divided into two parts like papier-mâché, sprinkling green blood and raising a puff of white smoke with a strong sour smell.
However, since the entire calf of one foot was inserted into the ground, the height of Loki's circular slash was very low, and all the jumping insects that happened to jump at that time escaped the disaster. Coupled with the jumping insects that had rushed past their heads before and the jumping insects that had not yet rushed to Loki's side, the encirclement that had just been cut off showed signs of closing.
Pulling his leg out of the ground with all his might, Loki looked around. The benefit of the circular slash just now is not big, but it is not small. With a single blow, he killed seven or eight jumping insects, leaving Loki's side empty all at once. However, these seven or eight jumping insects are still too few compared to the total number of seventy or eighty.
But Loki wasn't panicking. I killed a tenth of it, and I didn't even scratch the skin a bit, and the result is still very optimistic. If you continue to develop like this, you may be able to take down these bugs at the cost of minor injuries.
As it turned out, though, Loki was overthinking. As the saying goes, the same move against the Saint Seiya is...... Ahem, it looks like something strange has been messed up...... In short, it is impossible to use the same trick again, after all, it is impossible for the other party to be played twice in a row by the same trick in such a short period of time, right?
If there is no intrigue to use, then it will have to be hard-hitting. Fortunately, Loki himself is not a soft persimmon, and he still has some real skills. Another photo, another jumping insect turned into two sections, and Loki was still in the middle of a thousand flowers, and the leaves did not stick to his body, and he was not hit by any of the jumping insects. However, it seems that the guy who directs the jumping worm behind the scenes is very capable of learning, although there is no comparison with the brain worm, but it is still unexpected by Loki. Every time Loki dodged the Hopper's attack in one way, the next time he dodged there, there was bound to be a Hopper waiting in his path. After doing this many times, every time Loki killed the jumping insects, the price was that several jumping insects slashed at Loki's magic shield with their spikes. As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and after many successive swap injuries, there are only about twenty jumping worms left, and Loki's magic shield is also shattered like glass under the attack of a single jumping worm.
"Hell......" Loki was nervous now. Although his magic is endless, just like the skills in the game have CDs, Loki's magic shield cannot be used continuously for a short period of time. Without the shield, Loki will definitely be injured when he fights the jumping insects, and the injury will definitely affect Loki's actions, and the result is that Loki will be consumed alive.
As for escaping, Loki didn't think about it, but if he chose to escape, Loki should have left with Juri in the first place. Although Loki is not tired now, the high-intensity battle has also made Loki a little embarrassed. Now that he had escaped with Juri, Loki wasn't sure if he would be able to outrun the jumping worms in the jungle. As for leaving Juri and running away alone...... That's simply not possible......
It seems that there is only one way out of the Demon King's true body at present......
"Forget it, even if she is seen by Zhu Li, it's a big deal to control her with a charming hand when she turns around, and just let her not say it. Loki gritted his teeth, activated the magic in his body, and began to transform.
A tidal wave of magic surged from all over Loki's body and began to converge towards the system crystal in the center of his forehead. However, to Loki's surprise, no matter how much magic was poured into the crystal, Loki's body just didn't react, and the feeling of transformation never appeared.
"How...... What's going on......" The confidence in Loki's eyes began to fade, and a flash of fear appeared in his eyes. What frightened him even more was that after a few quick attempts, Loki found that for some reason, he had no magic power and couldn't cast a single spell, not even the most basic magic that he usually used. He tried to break the code again, and found that the code was only an empty shell, and the original ability to emit flames was gone.
For a long time, Loki's biggest reliance has been on his various abilities and the true body of the Demon King, which is why he dares to fight so many jumping insects. And now, his biggest hole card can't be used, and in the face of the seemingly small number of twenty or so jumping worms left, Loki has lost the courage to continue fighting.
In fact, he doesn't blame him, because in the battles that Loki has experienced in the past, there are indeed some more extreme battles that were completed without Loki transforming, but that is based on Loki's knowing that he can transform at any time, and Loki wants to exercise his ability to change his body. Thinking like this, the situation of not being able to transform, Loki has not experienced it. When a person knows that he will never die, the pressure of the limit can bring him a breakthrough. But if a person is shrouded in the shadow of death, the pressure of the limit brings about a mental breakdown. Maybe some people can ignore this pressure and fight to the death as if they were dead, but those are peerless generals or heroes. Even after experiencing the killing of the Apocalypse plane of the School Park, Loki is an otaku at heart after all. Maybe his otaku heart is stronger than ordinary otaku, and even some ordinary people who usually boast of being very bold, but he has no consciousness of death after all. In the face of death, how many people can really not be afraid?
At least, Loki can't do it yet.
Of course, what he didn't know was that he would definitely not die this time.
Outside of this plane, a short-haired black girl with a light yellow headband was watching all of this with a calm face. However, although her face was calm, there was still a little worry in the girl's eyes. "Is it really good for me to do this......" she muttered, "I'm sorry, dear...... I won't be able to look at you for the rest of the year. I have my own things to do...... The river of illusions is big, you're not there, and I have to take it all on...... So, while I can still watch you, let you feel this fear between life and death...... This will be better for you in the future......"
Unbeknownst to Loki, though, there was a pair of eyes watching him in the distance. All he knew now was that his mind was blank, and all that haunted him was fear. He knew that it would not work in such a daze, and the only combat experience he had told him that standing like this would only lead to faster death, but he just didn't have the courage to raise the great sword stained with the blood of jumping insects again. Human beings, really a very strange race, know that they still have a chance to fight to the death, but they just don't have the courage to fight, and would rather wait for death to come with fear.
The jumping worm didn't just look at Loki in a daze. During the time that Loki was in a daze, the big mouth of the jumping worm and the one that was close at hand and running the fastest was already in front of Loki, and the gas spewing out of his mouth hit Loki's face. It was an indescribably fishy smell that made Loki want to vomit.
Hehe, I didn't expect that at such a time, I could still think of this kind of thing...... Loki smiled wryly. Actually, he didn't think about running away. When fear gripped his heart, he thought about running away, but ...... He remembered the bold words he made in front of Little Lori after saving Zhu Li:
"If anyone dares to hurt little Juri, he must step over my corpse first!"
Oh, now that I'm like this, I can be regarded as fulfilling my promise...... What a mess...... I was scared by a few bugs...... A wry self-deprecating smile tugged at the corners of Loki's mouth. That's it...... Is it over......
"Wow" The sound of a sharp weapon entering the flesh sounded.
A stream of warm liquid sprayed Loki in the face.
But Loki didn't feel any pain.
Loki opened his eyes in confusion.
"No......" was Loki's desperate scream.
"Juri !!"