Episode 489 Iron Fist
Christine is very nervous now, and the reason why he is nervous is because he has just experienced two dangerous battles, each time he almost took his life, half of his survival depends on luck, and the other half is protected by the demon pirate group. As a thief, he is really ordinary in terms of combat ability, if it is normal, it is okay, but it is not enough to put it in this dangerous fountain of death.
The first danger they encountered was the terrifying green labyrinth, the walls of which were made of a terrible corrosive liquid that could fly everywhere and corrode to the point that if they got a little bit of it, they would be corroded to the brink. Had it not been for the spell summoned by Davant to fly with him, he would have evaporated from the human world by now.
The second danger they encounter comes from the second area, which is located inside a huge corpse, which is full of dark creatures, and each one stronger than the other! What's even more terrifying is that these dark creatures often have special abilities that are hard to guard against.
Some dark creatures can be invisible, some dark creatures can emit poisonous smoke, and the most terrifying dark creatures are the buzzing flies. Such a large swarm of flies gathered together can gnaw a person into slag in the blink of an eye!
When they first entered the Fountain of Death, there were nine of them, but now there were only four left, and the mortality rate was alarmingly high.
Fortunately, the rest of the people are all strong, and all of them are characters who can fight well.
Thinking of this, Christine suppressed the false alarm in her heart and looked left and right. He first looked at Davent, who was closest to him, and among all the people, Davent was the strongest, in order to save his life, he naturally had to stay by Davent's side, which was the safest.
Davent had a gloomy old face at this time. His brow furrowed, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings, carefully guarding against dark creatures that could appear at any moment. The special staff in his hand had a strange eyeball on it, and this eyeball was also scanning around at this time, as cautious as its master.
Christine has just seen the power of this staff with her own eyes, and this staff is just like the legend, it is not an ordinary staff, but a living thing, and it can actually turn into a living existence at a critical moment!
Beside Davent, he was followed by two other backbones of the Demon Pirate Regiment. The strength of these two people is also quite good, one is a seventh-order and the other is a sixth-order, all of them are more powerful than the thief Christine.
As they walked, there was a sudden sound of rapid running in front of them, and a dark shadow ran towards them from far and near.
At first, Christine thought that she had encountered another dark creature, and quickly raised the dagger beside her, and her nerves suddenly became a string. The same is true for the rest. They all raised their weapons and looked nervous.
"Don't worry, it's not the dark creatures that are running here, it's the little demon scouts I sent out. It found something in front of it, so it ran back to deliver the letter. Davent suddenly raised his hand and said something relaxing.
Several people, including Christine, all breathed a sigh of relief. Then he lowered his weapon.
The black shadow ran closer and closer, revealing its true face, and it was really a small head. Flying little devils. The demon resembles a feline, but has no hair on its surface, is full of strong muscles, and has a pair of shiny horns on its head.
After the little devil ran closer, he meekly lay on the ground, shook his head, and passed some important information through the horns above his head, reporting the situation ahead.
After hearing these reports, Davent showed a more solemn look than before, and then waved his hand, allowing the little demon to continue its exploration.
The little devil nodded, turned around, and quickly disappeared into the passage.
"What did this cutie just tell you?" Christine asked.
"It made a very important discovery, there was an open area in front of it, a large area, where there were traces of battle, the walls were all shattered and scattered all over the ground, and there were the remains of some dark creatures on the ground, and a broken mirror." Davent said in a deep voice.
"This is not good news, some of the places we have passed before have many traces of battle, and they are all very new, and there is even heat on the corpses. From this point of view, someone must have gone ahead of us. Christine smiled wryly.
"The alliance between the two countries sent heavily garrisoned the place and surrounded it for several months. It is not surprising that they have spent so much money, material and manpower, and of course they will send a steady stream of expeditions to the Fountain of Death. ”
"As far as I know, none of the expeditions sent by the alliance have ever returned, and all of them have lost their lives in the Fountain of Death. Judging from the time span, the traces of the battles left by the previous expeditions should not be so new. I think these traces are probably left by a recent expedition, or even that expedition may have been ahead of us. If that's the case, I'd suggest we slow down a little and speak quietly, so as not to draw the minds of the expedition ahead. If they find the way for us, they can save us a lot of trouble. Christine suggested briskly.
"There is indeed this possibility, in order to verify this, I would better send one more little demon to the front to explore the way." Davent raised his staff as he spoke, and with the words in his mouth, he used the power of the shadows to open the door to the abyss, from which he summoned a lively little demon.
This little devil is very different from the little devil just now, it is not on all fours, but has wings and can fly in mid-air. It has bat-like wings, a humanoid body, a crumpled body, and a bone club in its hand, and screams as soon as its head is exposed.
Davent communicated with the little devil in demonic language for a while, conveying orders.
The little devil waved his bone stick and flew away down the passage.
The team then hit the road again, slowing down in order to avoid encountering the possible "expedition" in front of them. The dark creatures alone were a headache, and now there was a potential expedition, which undoubtedly made the trip much more variable and dangerous. Once the two sides meet, they will definitely fight to the death here. You know, pirates and navies are natural rivals. It's like a dog and a cat, a cat and a mouse.
After walking a little further, I really came to a very empty place as reported by the little demon in front of me, and it was indeed a mess, and there were traces of battle everywhere.
Davent gave the order and told everyone to disperse and check the surroundings to see if they could find anything.
Christine paced around, catching a glimpse of the sword qi scratches left on the wall above her head. These marks are deep into the walls, and some are even bottomless, so it is impossible to see how deep they are. He had stabbed the walls of this place or the flesh of giants with a dagger before, and he knew that this thing was very strong, and a dagger often only left a scratch. And the traces of the battle here are cut so deeply, so much, which can be seen. The people who fight here must be very strong.
"It seems that this expedition is quite good, so for the sake of safety, it is better to avoid them as much as possible." Christine stumbled, pointing to the battle marks above her head.
Davent looked in the direction of Christine's finger. Nodding and admitting: "Judging from the traces of the battle here, these traces should have been destroyed by the sword qi, and the person who released the sword qi was at least a seventh-order swordsman, and it was even more powerful!" ”
"That's why I said we had to avoid them."
"Nope. The better they are, the more we should catch up with them. You know, we're willing to take a risk to get here. It's not for the sake of sightseeing, but for the seizure of the Fountain of Death. Their team is so strong that it is very likely that they will take the Fountain of Death first, so we must catch up with them as soon as possible and kill them, lest they take the Fountain of Death away. Davent rejected.
"What do you mean...... There is some truth to that. Christine wanted to refute it, but later agreed with it. He, like Davent, was a greedy man, otherwise he wouldn't have ventured here. If he didn't get anything from this trip, and he ended up with a bamboo basket to draw water, he would have to die of depression.
As for the other two, they were all Davant's men, and he did not dare to have any objections.
Davent waved his staff, the end of which pointed across the passage, and shouted, "Let's speed up and chase forward!" ”
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Tang Ke confirmed Ada's true identity through the investigation technique, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his body was suddenly murderous.
It is estimated that Ada must have died in the middle of the attack, and then was copied by this replica demon, who read Ada's memory, and relied on his understanding of the terrain to arrive here first, waiting for their group of people to take the bait.
Since Ada is a dark creature, you don't have to be polite.
In other words, there is no need to be polite to the person who gave him a fist.
"I used to fight with knives and swords, but today is an exception, you punched me, and in order to retaliate against you, I decided to punch you hard!" As he spoke, he actually changed the knife into the sheath, inserted the Dementor knife back, then clenched his fists and rushed towards the smirking replicator. His fast-flying body rubbed against the air with a sharp thud, sending a strong wind through the small passage.
Emily didn't know the details, and when Ada was the real Ada, she didn't want to see Donk fight with Ada, so she hurriedly stopped: "Donkey, stop!" He's our companion, and it's probably because he's been bewitched by the dark creatures that he's done it to you. Calm down, don't kill him. Even if you are not close to people, you have to consider Ada's strength, if he helps, our chances of winning will be greater! ”
"He is not bewitched by a dark creature at all, but a dark creature through and through, and the real Ada is estimated to be dead!" Tang Ke burst out to explain, and at the same time, he instantly killed in front of Ada and threw a punch at Ada. Although he is a swordsman and doesn't know any boxing techniques, his strength is there, even if he casually raises his leg and punches, it has terrifying destructive power.
The Ada copied by the copied demon has about seventy or eighty percent of the strength of his real body, and he can also exert purple fighting energy, only to see it sneer, stimulating the purple fighting energy all over his body, and the raging purple flames suddenly filled the channel. It aimed at Tang Ke's swinging fist and flicked its fists to resist, and the three fists collided head-on in midair, colliding with a loud and piercing sound. Those purple fighting qi were impacted by the fist wind, and they scattered in all directions, disappearing invisibly.
Looking at the three fists that collided together, Donk's fists were unharmed. At most, a little skin was scratched, but the fist of the replica demon was not so lucky, it was broken into pieces, and all the fingers were broken, leaving only two bare palms.
The replicator let out a wail of pain, withdrew his fists, and jerked back.
"This punch doesn't count, it's your head that I'm going to break today!" Tang Ke burst into a snort, raised his foot and kicked the flesh wall, bouncing forward with his strength. Bounced along the "Z" trajectory a few times, and approached the replicator as fast as lightning, and threw a second punch at the replicator. In order to make the fist accurately hit the head of the replicant demon, he moved his hands and feet on the fist, and now the fist he swung out was just a false move, and the real move was placed on another fist that was ready to attack.
Seeing the fist coming, the Replica Demon immediately shrank his neck to dodge, dodging the punch, only to be blown three times by the fist wind. Donk's trick missed. Immediately afterwards, he used the real move and hit the head of the replicator with another fist, and this time the replicator couldn't dodge, and was beaten solidly.
Tremendous power exploded in the head of the replicator. This head was like a smashed watermelon, and it was torn apart in an instant. Due to the speed of the splash, the debris did not stick to the surrounding walls of flesh, but flew away. It's as if the head wasn't shattered, but sent to another world.
The head of the replica demon shattered, and he died on the spot. It fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string. Its body changed rapidly, from the body of the sea elf to another ugly black corpse, but the armor did not change. It seems that the armor was ripped from Ada's corpse.
Donk fell, stood next to the corpse of the replicant, took a white handkerchief from his pocket, and slowly wiped his dirty fist.
At first, Emily thought that Ada himself had been killed, but her face suddenly changed, and she quickly stepped forward to check on Ada's body. The fifth next to him also followed, and kept shouting Ada's name in his mouth. As soon as the two of them looked at Ada's body, they quickly discovered that something was wrong with the corpse, and the two black hands were obviously not Ada's own.
Donk casually kicked the corpse of the replicator and said, "Look, I'm not wrong. He's not Ada at all, he's a dark creature in disguise, otherwise how would he make a surprise attack on me. ”
Even when she heard this, Emily couldn't be happy, and she sighed: "Although this corpse is not Ada himself, this set of armor is indeed Ada's, and it seems that Ada himself is already more than lucky." ”
Five interjected and asked, "Adah, is he dead?" ”
"Maybe." Emily gave an ambiguous answer, unwilling to tell the brutal truth.
"I hope Ada himself is okay, I still want to see him." Number Five prayed. It was the only robot in the world that would believe Emily's words.
The crowd stood silent for a while, and then at Donk's suggestion, they hit the road again.
At this time, Emily noticed the wound on the back of Donk's head and asked, "Donk, your head is so badly injured, why don't you hurry up and apply some holy water to it?" ”
In fact, the injury on Tang Ke's head has been healed for the most part, but there is still a little blood on it, and he waved his hand without looking back: "I have used the holy water just now, but you didn't see it, don't worry about me." ”
Emily saw that Donk was so relaxed and didn't seem to be a big deal, so she stopped caring about the back of Donk's head.
The crowd continued to move on, stopping and stopping along the way, occasionally encountering dark creatures that were in the way, and inevitably had to fight with them. Fortunately, among the three, there is such a strong man as Donk, and there is basically no danger along the way, and he can win every time. But all the dark creatures that stood in their way became corpses on the ground one after another.
As they walked, Donk suddenly noticed that something was wrong, he noticed that there was a small flying monster that appeared behind them many times, but he didn't dare to approach too closely. At first, he thought that the little monster was a dark creature, but after observing it twice, he found that it was not quite like it, and felt that the little monster was more like a demon than a dark creature, although the two were close, but there was still an essential difference.
This titan's corpse is full of dark creatures, and it's really strange that demons appear.
Sensing that there was some deception, Donk decided to arrest the little devil and interrogate him, but since then, the little devil has not been seen again. He had no choice but to give up.
Everyone went through all kinds of tribulations and finally came to the end of the Titan's corpse. In front of them, a special door appeared, this one was three people tall and two people wide, the door was black, and there were many strange patterns carved on it, all of which were related to birth and death, either babies or dead people.
On the top of this door, a line of indecipherable ancient text is engraved.
"Can any of you two decipher this line?" Donk asked.
"No. 5 is only a shallow learner, he doesn't understand anything, and he can't see what is written on it." Five shook his head with a creak.
"I recognize the line." Emily replied in a deep voice, "It says the Gate of Life!" (To be continued......)