3. The chase inside Wulingyuan
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The scenery of Wulingyuan is very beautiful, between the lush green trees are dotted with strange peaks, these peaks are not so much mountains, but strange stones, all kinds of shapes, or like human shapes, or like beasts, or like plants, or like utensils, and so on, with the clouds and mist that can be seen everywhere and the gurgling springs, from time to time turn a forest, you can see the strange peaks and waterfalls...... It's really beautiful, like a hand-painted picture scroll. Walking among the green trees and peaks, the surrounding scenery is constantly changing, and it is really like walking in a picture scroll.
If it were a different time, Cheng Peng and they would definitely be happy to play, but the reality was not good.
The group hurriedly galloped between the mountains and trees, following the traces left by the people of Qingfeng Palace.
Those people in Qingfeng Palace obviously also had some experience, and after leaving, they used some methods to hide the traces of their movements. If it were an ordinary person, he might not be able to find those already inconspicuous traces at all, and he could only "mess around" like a fly in this vast Wuling Yuan, trying to run into the enemy purely by hitting the luck. Fortunately, Cheng Peng and their team have two high-level scouts, so they can keep chasing.
Gu Feng is a famous scout, and he is naturally proficient in this way; And Wang Hu followed Batman, a well-known reconnaissance expert in American comics, for a long time, and also learned a lot of criminal investigation methods. With the cooperation of the two, even though the scouts of Qingfeng Palace had erased most of the traces, the remaining clues were enough for them to determine the whereabouts of the enemy. Adventure 3
"There were at least fifteen of them." "But that doesn't include some special members who don't leave a mark when they walk — virtual bodies like ghosts." And at least three of them were heavily equipped, as we found footprints left by three different metal boots in front of and back, which were heavy, presumably figures resembling meat shields. ”
"Not only that, but there are mages among them, and their level is not low." He added, "There have been traces of using short-distance portals to pass through certain obstacles. ”
"They have scouts." Gu Feng, who didn't talk much, added.
"Well, they have a great scout, and we've almost lost their leads several times."
Along the way, I listened to these worrying news, and everyone's face gradually became heavy.
But Cheng Peng didn't pay attention to this, but focused on probing the surroundings - from just now, he always felt as if someone was spying on him, but he couldn't determine the specific location of the enemy.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing that he was a little absent-minded, Shen Qi asked out loud, "What are you thinking?" ”
"I didn't think about anything...... I just think there's someone watching us, but there's no way to find it......"
"Oh?" Xu Tu hurriedly asked, "When did you start feeling this way?" Do you feel intense? Do you feel the danger? ”
"It's been like this since I entered Wulingyuan, but I suddenly became stronger from the time I turned that corner - but fortunately, I didn't feel the danger." Cheng Peng replied truthfully.
Xu Tu and Shen Qi discussed for a while, and then asked everyone to use the team channel to communicate and stop talking.
After a while, Cheng Peng's feeling of "being spied on" became stronger and stronger, which made him a little uneasy.
"Almost......" Xu Tu smiled and asked, "Who has the means to emit bright light?" ”
"I have flashbangs." Wang Hu replied, "You can make the enemy temporarily lose his vision for about a minute." ”
"I can do flashing magic, which has a certain chance of blinding and adds a deterrent effect." Chen Wumian replied.
"Very good, you all start to prepare, wait a minute, I'll count one, two, three, and you guys will do it together!"
Wang Hu and Chen Wumian nodded, Wang Hu took out a thumb-sized black 'colored' cylinder, and Chen Wumian closed his eyes, waved his wand and began to chant a spell.
After about three seconds, Chen Wumian stopped chanting the mantra and opened his eyes, his wand kept his wand slightly raised, and at the same time indicated that he was ready in the team channel.
"Where's Wang Hu?" Adventure 3
"I can do it at any time, and I don't need to prepare flashbangs at all."
"Then start counting down now, and everyone remember to cover their eyes and squat down collectively when they count to three." Xu Tu explained, and then began to count, "One...... Two...... Three! ”
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Hu threw up the black cylinder in his hand, and Chen Wumian also pointed his wand into the air.
Dazzling light erupted from the top of the black cylinder and the wand, and in an instant, it seemed as if countless suns suddenly appeared in the sky, and the dazzling bright light made everyone feel white even if they covered their eyes.
At the same time, on a stone platform in the depths of Wulingyuan, a magician who was leaning against the stone wall in meditation screamed, fell to the ground, and rolled around covering his eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" His companion exclaimed.
"My eyes...... My eyes! Those bastards who worked for the Ming Dynasty used flashbangs! Blinded me! ”
"''! Those guys are so bad! ”
"What now? The sixth can't really be blinded, right? ”
"Not if you're blind, after all, the Mage's Eye has a limit to how much bright light can transmit...... But after this, do we still dare to let him use the mage's eye to snoop? Flash it twice again, even if people can afford it, it will leave a psychological shadow. ”
"It's disgusting! How did those guys chase so fast! ”
"Instead of thinking about this, it's better to speed up the pace, Thirteen Gege is waiting for us at the Liuhou Tomb."
As for Cheng Peng's side......
"That's what snooped on us before?" Cheng Peng held the glass bead painted with magic patterns with his thumb and index finger, and asked curiously, "It looks like it's just an ordinary glass ball." ”
"It was meant to be ...... It is the medium through which the Mage's Eye is cast, and when we overload the Mage's Eye with a bright light, the mage loses control over it, the magic dissipates, and it returns to its original form. "When it comes to the question of magic, Chen Wumian is naturally an expert," I guess he's covering his eyes and screaming right now...... It's a pity that the Mage's Eye has a transmission limit, otherwise it will definitely blind him directly! ”
"That's good, too." Shen Qi sneered and put away another glass bead, "We found a total of three mage eyes, assuming that guy is a four-star mid-level mage, then the casting level is fifteen or sixteen, and the mage's eye is a four-level spell, and you can only create one spell each time...... He couldn't prepare too many spells on this spell, so he believed that these three were the limit. ”
After solving this small trouble, everyone picked up their pace and continued to follow the traces left by those people in Qingfeng Palace.
Strange to say, there are some roads in this Wulingyuan, but those people did not move along the road, but turned around, turning between the woods and the strange peaks, and sometimes even turned into a big circle, but only a short way forward.
"What are they doing?" Yun Yu asked in wonder, "Isn't this a waste of time?" ”
"Swim against the current." The cloaked Gu Feng replied expressionlessly.
"I don't know why, but they're clearly following the stream." Wang Hu added, "The reason why I went around a few circles was because I was moving along the current...... I don't understand why. ”
"Maybe it's some kind of restriction...... Shen Qi guessed that he was well-informed, "Since Zhang Liang has become an immortal, then his cemetery is most likely protected by immortal magic, and perhaps only by following this stream can he reach his cemetery." Adventure 3
This guess was quite convincing, so everyone dismissed the idea of taking a shortcut and honestly followed the current.
After a while, the stream suddenly widened, from a shallow thin stream that could easily wade through to a small river large enough for a small boat.
At the same time, Wang Hu and Gu Feng, who were at the forefront, ran back - they lost the clue to their target, but found traces of a mooring boat by the river.
Obviously, the people of Qingfeng Palace got on a boat here and went on the waterway.
"What should I do?" Everyone was a little dumbfounded for a while.
Where did they think they would need to hold the boat! Although I carried a lot of supplies on this trip, I didn't bring a boat!
"Let's make a raft for the time being." Xu Tu suggested, "Although it is not easy to make a raft that can ride so many people, it is estimated that it can be made in about half an hour if everyone works together." ”
Everyone looked at each other, sighed, rolled up their sleeves and began to move.
"Who knows how to swim? You can catch up first. "Anyway, I believe that this is how we have been swimming against the current, and we can still contact through the team channel, and we don't have to worry about getting separated - but be careful not to go through the air, I guess the restriction may be 'we must go by water'." ”
Cheng Peng nodded and jumped into the water.
He didn't rush to set off alone, but summoned the pet he had just received not long ago, the Arowana.
This Arowana is actually only a juvenile, but with a length of five meters, even if most of its body is submerged in the water, the "exposed" back can be used by two or three people.
Of course, Cheng Peng himself has to sit on it, otherwise Arowana will not be obedient, so the remaining seats can only take one or two more people, and in order to ensure that it is convenient to start when encountering a battle, it is best not to squeeze too tightly, so after discussion, it was decided to let Shen Qi go with him.
Cheng Peng himself is a first-class martial arts master, so it is best for his companions to be a spellcaster; In order to improve the efficiency of tracking, it is best for the companion to have scout skills, or have a high intelligence.
Those who meet the first condition are Xiao Moran, Chen Wumian, Shen Qi, Morelli and Liu Xueji, and those who meet the second condition are Gu Feng, Wang Hu, Xu Tu and Shen Qi; If both conditions are met, naturally only Shen Qi is the only one.
And unlike the general spellcasting system, Shen Qi, who has the protection of the Jade Starlight Mirror, is not a crispy mage in the usual sense, and if he encounters an enemy and is sniped, the chance of survival is much greater.
So half a minute later, Cheng Peng and Shen Qi stood on the blue back of the dragon fish, and quickly chased all the way against the gentle stream.
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