Chapter 134: Swamps
"Smack!" With a soft sound, a scarlet blood stain appeared on Fei Yun's palm, and at the same time, a mosquito at least the size of the little finger cover was slapped to death by him on his arm. There is no doubt that the large mosquitoes endemic to the wasteland are warmly welcoming their guests, or should I say that food.
"Wenzi! If you don't mix the mosquito repellent ointment, we're going to feed your kind! Fei Yun said to He Liwen depressedly, although several elven mages are also a little good at mixing potions, but what they are doing is mixing high-level spell potions instead of this miscellaneous mosquito repellent potion.
Therefore, at this moment, several elven mages are also enduring the pain of mosquito bites, and what makes them most depressed at this time should be the pervasive ability of these mosquitoes, which is even more terrifying than the most powerful stealth thieves. As soon as there is a slight gap in the carriage, these mosquitoes will burrow into the carriage. Even if the sealing effect is powerful, the mosquitoes unique to this wasteland can also get in, and some archmages even suspect that this kind of wasteland mosquito has a certain ability to shuttle through space.
Maybe it's not very strong, but there is no doubt that there is no problem with entering a carriage or a tent with a spatial effect, and the most disgusting thing is that the ordinary insect repellent does not work at all for this mosquito. Only ointments prepared with the special herbs of the wasteland will work, and they can only be applied within an hour after the preparation of zuò, otherwise the ointment will be ineffective.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a sad thing, and what is even more tragic is that the wasteland swamp that Chen Kai and they are walking through now is almost a concentration of big mosquitoes in this wasteland. Although it was easier to find mosquito repellent herbs, they also had to deal with more mosquitoes, and the black and crushed mosquitoes circled around like small fighter jets. Ready to use their slender straws to squeeze the nutrients needed for survival on everyone, and for Chen Kai, these big mosquitoes are not the worst, the worst should be the even bigger mosquitoes living in this area. It is a terrifying mosquito that can suck a person into a dry corpse in an instant when the number reaches a certain number.
Fortunately, there are not many such mosquitoes, otherwise Chen Kai and the others need to consider whether their lives can be saved. Because these mosquitoes are extremely terrifying, they are extremely fast and immune to many spells. If you can't kill the other party as soon as you find out, then you have to wait to turn into a dry corpse. Generally speaking, even the most experienced adventurers are reluctant to provoke such mosquitoes, and when encountered, they usually use live animals to lure them away. Generally speaking, it is either a war horse or other living creatures that have been caught, and sometimes even their own companions.
Chen Kai and the others saw the corpses of several adventurers soaked in the smelly swamp at the edge of the swamp, the corpses had already decayed into white bones, and even the bones were incomplete. It's just that they didn't think to dig up the bones out of the swamp and bury them, because the people who did so had basically sunk into the swamp. This naturally formed trap full of malice is definitely the most terrible killer, and it kills kind and loving people.
The wagons on the edge of the moorland swamp staggered along, and every now and then men needed to dismount and lift the wheels out of the swamp. There is no doubt that traversing the Wasteland Swamp is a shortcut across the Western Wasteland, but without the map, Chen Kai may be completely lost in the Swamp. Although the map purchased from the shop is not detailed in many places, it may be that the Wasteland Swamp section is too dangerous. So it's very clearly marked.
Of course, due to the limitation of the cartographic ability in the game, no matter how clearly marked it is, if they all follow the map, there is no doubt that Chen Kai and they should have rushed into the swamp in a carriage by now. At this moment, Fei Yun walked in front of the carriage and waved the long pole in his hand to constantly probe the road, because of this, he was more vulnerable to mosquito attacks, so he needed the ointment configured by He Liwen even more.
"Here you go! It's noisy! He Liwen casually threw out a small jar containing the ointment that had just been prepared, and the other ointments in her hand were quickly distributed to everyone, and even she herself quickly applied the black-brown ointment to her exposed skin.
There is no doubt that this particular ointment tastes absolutely unpleasant, because the material required for this ointment is the sludge characteristic of the swamp. This sludge is absolutely natural and pollution-free black mud. If you don't do it on your skin, you can make your skin whiter, provided that the parasites in the sludge are removed. Otherwise, after smearing the black mud, you will find that there will be many holes on the surface of your skin, and some terrible parasites will burrow into your skin.
Therefore, when using these black muds, He Liwen first asked people to directly dry them with flames, kill the parasites, and then mix them with water. It's just that even after this treatment, the smell on the mud is still extremely unpleasant, and the herbs added are all herbs that grow in the swamp. Although the effect is unique, the taste is also quite unique, so for a while, everyone is filled with a rich and disgusting smell.
This smell didn't even allow those mosquitoes to come close, so Chen Kai and the others finally didn't need to endure the itchy mosquito bites on their bodies anymore. Because the ointment has a certain anti-itching effect. Although the effect is not particularly strong, at least after applying it again, Chen Kai and they don't need to keep grabbing it with their hands.
"Whoa!" Fei Yun pulled out the wooden stick that poked into the swamp hard, but his face was a little unsightly. It seems that the water level in the swamp has risen a bit due to a recent rain, so that the road has been flooded. Thus became a new swamp. There is no doubt that this is definitely not good news, as this news means that they may already be trapped in this swamp.
"Boss! Not here either! Looking helplessly at the wooden stick he pulled out, Fei Yun was already completely in the water at this moment. This is a very dangerous thing, because if you accidentally step directly into the mud pond or the bottomless mire, then he will be swallowed up in the mire in an instant.
"Keep looking!" Chen Kai sighed helplessly, he was also wading in the water with a rope wrapped around his waist at the moment. Although the water was still some distance from his calf, there was a bottomless swamp in front of him. It was impossible for a horse-drawn carriage to pass through Guò, and if they wanted to leave this water-filled area, Chen Kai had to use manpower to find a road that could lead to Guò. Even if the road is below the water, as long as there is a road, then the ecliptic can use spells to raise and strengthen the pavement, the problem is that the road must be explored and not too far from the water, otherwise the ecliptic's spells will be invalid. After all, the earth elemental mage, especially the mage at the stage of the ecliptic, is not enough to shape the road under the water, so even if he wants to turn the underwater road into rock, he must do so without water, otherwise the shape will be mud.
"Whoa!" Just as Chen Kai raised his head. The rope on his waist suddenly straightened, and then he saw Guan Yu, who was exploring the road not far away, accidentally slipped and disappeared above the water in an instant. By the time his head reappeared, it was already fluttering, for beneath his feet was a bottomless swampy lake.
"Pull him up!" Chen Kai yelled, and several dwarves standing in the carriage began to tighten their ropes, preparing to pull Guan Yu up from the water. It's just that at this time, Zhou Xuan, who was standing on the roof of the carriage, suddenly raised the longbow in her hand, because she saw several moving objects. What looked like dead wood wasn't a good thing, and there was probably no animal in this swamp other than the Wasteland Crocodile that had this kind of appearance.
"What's wrong?" Chen Kai asked Zhou Xuan, and then he saw a slender feather arrow being put on Zhou Xuan's longbow. With a soft swish, the sharp feather arrow cut a white line in Chen Kai's field of vision, accurately hitting an object that looked like dead wood. However, the behemoth that had already jumped up in an instant with the splash of blood showed Chen Kai that this dead wood was actually a crocodile, and it was also a giant crocodile with a body length of more than five meters.
When the giant crocodile turned over and jumped up because of pain, Chen Kai saw the damage caused by Zhou Xuan, for this kind of monster with rough skin and thick flesh, ordinary feather arrows were difficult to complete with one blow, no matter how sharp the arrow was. Although Zhou Xuan aimed at the target's eye position, he shot over. It's just that the location where the feather arrow finally hits is the opponent's torso. The sharp arrows entered the flesh at least a few times, but the damage was less than five hundred points. When hit, the crocodile instantly sinks into the water, which is the main reason why the arrow deviates and the attack power is reduced.
After Zhou Xuan shot this arrow, those sections of dead wood began to move faster, and by the time the first wasteland crocodile was hit, the other crocodiles had already swam to a place less than seven or eight meters away from Guan Yu. In the water, especially in the swamp, the crocodile is definitely one of the well-deserved overlords, and the other overlord is the more terrible anaconda. In this wasteland swamp, the first wasteland creature marked on the map to be wary of is the wasteland anaconda, because the shortest body length of the anaconda here is also ten meters. For Chen Kai, it was only the wasteland Ze crocodile that ran out instead of the anaconda, which was definitely a blessing in misfortune, because if it was a anaconda, even Chen Kai would have a headache.
Look at the few crocodiles that pounced on you. Guan Yu, who had just left the swamp lake, was depressed, touched a handful of water stains on his face, and then took out his Judgment Blade directly from his backpack. At the moment he was standing in the water, the shallow swamp water just reaching his calves. Although the ground under his feet was full of sticky mud, there was slightly solid mud underneath the mud, so that Guan Yu would not fall into the mud. That's why he's able to wield his weapon. But it was obviously a bit difficult to move easily, because the mud under his feet was very sticky, and it went straight to the surface of his feet.
"Dare to bite your grandfather! Give me death! Guan Yu, wielding the blade of judgment, slashed hard, and the big knife in his hand cut directly through the crocodile's open mouth. The next moment, the crocodile that originally opened its mouth and was about to bite Guan Yu was half open, and its mouth was directly gone. The jaw slowly detached directly from the open mouth, and the crocodile was still unaware. The weapon in Guan Yu's hand, which cut the opponent's mandible, did not stop, and continued to cut down, knowing that one of the opponent's claws was cut off, and most of the belly was cut before the weapon was detached from the opponent's body.
The stinking blood water instantly drenched Guan Yu's body, and the hard-hit crocodile began to flutter violently after falling into the water, and its huge tail kept slapping the water surface. even slapped a crocodile in the back and jumped out of the water directly.
It's just that at this moment, Guan Yu has been forcibly dragged out of the water by the dwarves, and the huge mouths of the crocodiles behind him have a clattering gum impact sound, but they haven't even bitten off Guan Yu's hair. When Guan Yu's body fell into the water again, his feet slipped, because he didn't stand firmly, the whole person fell directly into the water, and fell a dog eating.
"Phew!" The dirty muddy water in his mouth made Guan Yu nauseous all the time, and he couldn't help but feel angry at a few dwarves pulling the ropes. Of course, this can't blame Armand and them, after all, they are also well-intentioned and want to get Guan Yu out of danger, but the force of pulling the rope is a little heavier. let Guan Yu not grasp the balance when he landed.
"Bang!" As the water splashed, several of the dwarven musketeers quickly picked up their weapons, and if they still used the most primitive method of stuffing gunpowder to shoot, there was no doubt that the swamp environment would have reduced their attack power by at least fifty percent. Even if it is a magic crystal powder treated with magic crystal powder, once it becomes wet, it will severely affect the explosive power of the gunpowder. But now the one-piece bullets used by the dwarves have evolved directly from the primitive powder guns to the bullet guns, although the shape of the guns is still a bit primitive, but the power of the bullets has increased I don't know how much.
So even in swampy environments, these muskets are just as powerful, the only problem is that some bullets are not particularly well sealed and can get wet. Therefore, the dwarves should try to stay away from the swamp water when reloading their ammunition to avoid water in their ammo bags. The bullet with powerful kinetic energy slammed into the crocodile's body, instantly blasting out several huge holes. And the constant roaring and struggle of the attacked crocodiles mixed the otherwise muddy water with a large amount of fishy blood.
Chen Kai watched the crocodile that fell into the swamp and was ready to rush up and kill them completely, after all, there was a pack horse pulling a carriage not far away. If these crocodiles hurt those horses, Chen Kai and the others would be unlucky. It's just that just as he was about to move his feet, he suddenly felt something entangled under his feet.
When Chen Kai lowered his head, he saw a snake mouth twice as big as his head rushing towards his cheek, and at that moment Chen Kai's brain almost went blank, but the reflex conditions formed by his long-term combat career made the giant sword in his hand directly sweep hard. The hilt of the sword slammed into the anaconda that was about to pounce on Chen Kai's body and wanted to swallow Chen Kai's head, at that moment, the skill in Chen Kai's body was almost automatically triggered, and when the hilt hit, the power exploded and unfolded directly, and then directly broke the skin of the anaconda, leaving a deep trace on its flesh.
The huge impact force directly skewed the snake mouth that was originally biting Chen Kai's head, thus allowing Chen Kai to avoid this blow. But the next moment, the body of the giant snake that gradually wrapped around his body made Chen Kai feel a burst of pain. There is no doubt that the power of the python entanglement is very terrifying. Even if Chen Kai could generate twice the strength with his power burst, it would be difficult to break free from the python's entanglement.
"Nima! Loosen it for me! Loosen!! Chen Kai kept wielding the giant sword and hitting the python's body with the hilt, but the problem was that the basin-thick python was indifferent to Chen Kai's beating at all, and because of the distance, Chen Kai's giant sword couldn't do much damage to the python that suddenly appeared. The blade of the giant sword can break through the skin of the opponent. But there is no way to cut into the flesh of the anaconda.
Fortunately, at this time, Fei Yun pounced and quickly cut through the body of the python with the sharp dagger in his hand, and the dagger stabbed into the body of the giant python hard, and then quickly cut through the flesh of the other party under Fei Yun's running. When a wound more than a meter long appeared on this python, the severe pain made it no longer able to keep wrapping around Chen Kai's body, and began to attack Fei Yun.
It's just that the huge python's head was directly blown into meat puree with a bang before it pounced on Fei Yun. There is no doubt that this shot was quite accurate, and Armand, who shot this shot, gently blew off the smoke from the muzzle of the gun that had not been extinguished and slashed at Chen Kaibi.
Chen Kai was able to recover from the giant python entanglement at this moment, and the python wrapped around his body did not let go much even if he lost his head. Therefore, it took Chen Kai a lot of effort to break free from the entanglement of the python's corpse. Finally, when he broke free, the battle was completely over. The dozen or so crocodiles that ran over and attacked were all killed and turned into corpses floating on the swamp, of course, the biggest result was the python on Chen Kai's body, at least an eleven-meter-long anaconda.
The smell of blood is a very deadly thing in the swamp, those predators in the swamp will run along the smell of blood, and the more predators appear to Chen Kai, the more dangerous it is. So after a little clearing they were back to the hard work of finding the way, and this time, perhaps the stress of the crisis had caused them to burst out with all their enthusiasm and luck, and in a matter of minutes they had found a path that could lead to guò.
After the carriage passed through Guò, Chen Kai and the others saw that the water surface with the corpses of the crocodiles began to churn, and small white fish appeared around the corpses, and almost in ten seconds, a crocodile was completely eaten. The huge anaconda didn't last long, and when Chen Kai and their carriage left the swamp water, those terrible carnivorous fish had already dropped and eaten up, and the python pounced towards Chen Kai and them. (To be continued......)