Chapter 32: One Arrow of Revenge
"Wait a minute. Luo Ling rushed into the tent, and a moment later she ran out in a mage robe.
"What are you doing here! If there are assassins, aren't they looking for you mages?!" Karanda snapped.
The fire shone on Luo Ling's cheeks, reflecting her somewhat nervous look, and she took a deep breath and said, "I'm just waiting for them to appear." ”
"Are you crazy? these rats can kill you if they shoot you an arrow in the shadows!" Karanda had no regard for etiquette at this point, and pulled her back to the tent.
Luo Ling held her hand and said, "I'm still a little sure, listen to me!"
"This ......"
"We're fairly well guarded, and there shouldn't be many enemies who can sneak in. But now we don't know where Xiao Chen is in the camp, only that he is with the slaves. And Roger is guarding the baggage, you are by my side, Lao Chen is fighting the fire, Shi Hao is still looking for him, who else can protect him? He is very dangerous now! Xiao Chen does not know defensive magic at all, but I will! I would rather an assassin come and assassinate me, with you, I have a much better chance of surviving than him. ”
Kalanda stopped, but her hand didn't let go.
"Moreover, even if one person is really going to die, that person can't be him, he is the backbone of these slaves!" Luo Ling looked at Kalanda with a pleading look, "Please help me find those assassins together." ”
"I really didn't expect you to be able to ...... for him All right. Kalanda sighed softly and said, "You must stand within a meter of me." ”
"Not for him. Luo Ling shook her head lightly.
"I can help you too. Elaina, who was standing behind them, said suddenly. A dark green light appeared in her hand, and the light turned into two vines from the cuffs into Luo Ling's mage robe, and the vines were entangled and connected in the mage robe, and finally formed a set of rattan armor under the clothes, "The rattan armor formed by this set of spells can last for a day." Let me act with you, the Raindew Priest is the best at healing. Also, I have a spell called Jungle Mist that can be used on Miss Kalanda......"
Luo Ling walked along the main road, holding a copper horn to pacify the slaves and control the situation. Only Elaina, cloaked, followed, but Kalanda was nowhere to be seen.
Her appearance really fell into Mars's eyes. Although their main target was Xiao Chen, other important people could naturally get bounties as well, and at this time, a female magician was in a panic to maintain order in the camp, and there was only one maid by his side, which made him itch.
However, Mars was still a very cautious person, and he did not rush to make a move, but stayed behind the sorceress to observe and wait. He followed for more than ten minutes, but did not find any traps, and this sorceress was completely immersed in the miscellaneous tasks of fighting fires and pacifying people, and there were flaws everywhere.
Do you want to do it?, Mars hesitated.
Suddenly, the sorceress turned into a sparsely populated turn, which was dimly lit with empty carts stacked and without torches.
It was the perfect opportunity, and Mars finally decided to make a move.
He unleashed his fighting spirit, jumped over from only seven or eight meters away from Luo Ling, and held a short blade in his backhand, raised it high above his head, and plunged it straight into the back of Luo Ling's neck.
However, just when he was in mid-air, two or three meters away from Luo Ling, the air on his side suddenly surged for no reason, and a figure rushed out of the void and pounced from behind him.
Damn, it's stealth magic, and there's an ambush!
Mars was in a hurry, but in a flash, he estimated the speed of the people coming from behind. With his agility, if he kills Luo Ling with a knife, and then uses her body to borrow strength, he should be able to quickly get out of the battlefield from the front, and this person in the rear will definitely not be as fast as him, as long as he wanders around the camp, he can get rid of it.
So, he continued to exert his strength, stabbing at the seemingly unprepared magician.
But when his knife was only half a meter away from Luo Ling, an ice shield suddenly appeared in the air. This ice shield was not strong, Mars pierced it with a single sword, but the appearance of the shield stopped his figure and hindered his knife momentum, he didn't care about splitting the ice shield, and directly continued to stab forward with a knife with an ice shield hanging on it. But then, a second ice shield appeared. Behind it were the nervous eyes of the sorceress.
Mars had to meet the ice shield on the second side, but as soon as his knife was inserted, he had no strength to pierce it, because a thick tip of the sword, already piercing his chest and piercing his heart from behind.
Before he died, he saw the sorceress fall to her knees and spurt out a mouthful of blood.
"Lord Luo Ling!" Karanda drew his sword and slashed off Mars's head, and hurriedly went to support Luo Ling. Elaine, on the other hand, began to release healing.
"I'm fine. It's just that...... Mental power is devoured!" said this, but Luo Ling was stained with bright red blood from her chin to her chest. She smiled at Kalanda, an expression that you could see I had succeeded.
"How could you ......" Kalanda wrapped her arm around her back.
"It's my secret, and it's why I never use magic lightly. She coughed a few times in a row, "Please don't tell anyone about today's events, especially Xiao Chen......"
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Xiao Chen had a premonition of danger, and his strong spiritual power made him sensitive to the things around him, and the moment the trigger of the crossbow arrow was pulled, he looked back at the assassin's location. The ability to see at night allowed him to clearly see the man hiding in the shadows, and he could even see the killing intent in his eyes.
I must dodge, faster, faster!
At that moment, a magic in the sea of consciousness that had not been understood for a long time suddenly came to an end......
Xiao Chen felt his mind cool for a while, and then everything around him slowed down, like a slow motion in a movie, the crowd turned into sculptures, the bonfire fluttered like a light veil, and he himself felt like he was restrained, and his body couldn't keep up with the rhythm of his thoughts.
It's another magic on the ring, Lightning Thoughts!
Xiao Chen saw Katerina's movements clearly, she opened her mouth in surprise, she turned her head in a panic, she bent over with a resolute face, and she pounced on herself without hesitation. It took less than half a second. However, in Xiao Chen's senses, she was like a hundred-year-old lady doing tai chi. It was so slow that it made him want to laugh, and it was so slow that it made him want to cry.
Xiao Chen wanted to yell and dodge quickly, but his vocal cords couldn't do anything. He tried to push her away, but his muscles were as hard as a rock.
Xiao Chen also saw the crossbow arrows, and the small crossbow arrows trembled from side to side, like a small snake, slowly swimming towards him in the air. The churning black qi surrounded the arrows, like a monster with teeth and claws. If the arrow had been fired, it would have pierced Caterina's back. And Xiao Chen had no doubt that the strange black qi would have a terrifying effect.
Xiao Chen understood that although this arrow seemed to be so slow in his eyes that even a child could easily dodge, in fact, it would not take a second for it to hit Katarina. No matter what you do, you can't change all that. And no one else around them can help them.
Just watch her get shot?
Is there no way around it?
No, there is another possibility! That is to break through the bottleneck of divine thoughts and objects, and use spiritual power to interfere with this arrow! In the world where everything "slows down", there is only one thing that does not slow down, and that is his mind and the spiritual power that this mind holds!
However, Xiao Chen had not been able to reach the realm of divine thoughts and objects for a long time, and all he could do before was to perceive the shape of things with his spiritual power, and he could not move them. But what else can be done at this moment but to do your best?
Xiao Chen concentrated his mind and put all his thoughts into the crossbow arrow, and he quickly "touched" it, sharp, cold and hard, revealing an eerie aura. He imagined his spiritual power as a hand, dragging and dragging and pushing hard, but it was like the waves were about to shoot away the reef, no matter how hard he tried, the crossbow bolt still flew on its own way, only the black qi above seemed to be affected, and began to flutter violently.
Xiao Chen's brows furrowed like a mountain, but the effect was very limited. He felt like a ghost trying to prove his existence, unable to attract the slightest attention no matter how much he danced.
Calm down, I have to be calm. Xiao Chen's mind thought quickly: since the master's divine thoughts can push objects, there must be actual forces acting on objects. In other words, it is time for the mental force to push the object to manifest materiality. I can feel it, but I can't pull it, and the most likely reason is that the density and speed of my mental power are not enough. Higher density and stronger impact, maybe it will be possible to do ......
So Xiao Chen imagined his spiritual power as a small hammer, rushing towards the arrow shaft at the fastest speed.
The mental power collided violently with the object, making him suddenly have a splitting headache, dizziness and nausea. After a round of violent hammering, Xiao Chen found that the shaft of the arrow had shifted significantly, but before he could be happy, he found that according to the current situation, even if he used all his strength, it was impossible for the crossbow arrow to completely avoid Katarina's body, at most, the arrow shot on the body would be offset to her arm.
Still not enough!
As long as such poisoned arrows cause wounds, it is estimated that the result will be the same.
Xiao Chen stared at the sharp tip of the arrow, and suddenly thought of something.
He hurriedly mobilized his mental power again, part of it hit the tip of the arrow, and part of it hit the tail of the arrow in the opposite direction. The two forces work together, causing the bolts to spin slowly.
It's still too slow! Mental power must be condensed to make it more powerful!
Xiao Chen tried his best to compress the forms of his spiritual power, making them shrink and condense, until in an instant, he broke some kind of barrier, and his spiritual power suddenly became tough and tough, as if he had an entity. Xiao Chen realized that he had finally truly stepped into the realm of divine thoughts and things......
At this time, in Luke's eyes, the speed of everything was of course normal. After he shot an arrow, he couldn't help but be angry when he saw that the little girl had discovered his attack in advance and pounced on the magician's chest to block the arrow. The assassination plan, which was supposed to succeed, was ruined in this way.
Shoot one first!
It was too late for him to wind up and shoot a second arrow, so he reached for the dagger, ready to step forward and mend the sword, and slaughter the mage. However, at this time, I saw that the crossbow arrow suddenly turned ninety degrees and smashed horizontally on the woman's back. At the same time, blood spurted from the mage's mouth and nose.
Damn, could it be that this guy used some secret technique to interfere with the arrows?
However, it doesn't matter what the reason is, as long as he's dead. Luke sprinted hard, and the dagger in his hand stabbed towards Xiao Chen.
But halfway through, a man suddenly rushed out and pounced on him. Although Luke's footwork was excellent, he was pressed to the ground because he rushed too quickly.
The man was like crazy, and not only pestered Luke, but also bit him on the arm.
In his panic, Luke couldn't see the man's face clearly, only his gray hair and thin body.
Bastard, today is full of some inexplicable spoilers.
He stabbed his dagger several times at the vital point of the man's vest, and the man twitched a few times, but did not let go. Luke picked up his fighting spirit and pushed hard. He pushed the man to the ground.
He looked up and saw that the girl in front of the mage had turned around and protected the mage with a short sword. And the mage behind her, despite the blood on his face, was stretching out his palm and pointing at him from afar.
Luke's heart tightened, and he was about to run away, but he felt an invisible force rush into his mind, and in an instant great fear surged out of his heart, and the surrounding woods turned into claw-wielding demons, and the burning fires turned into burning people who pounced on him, and in the darkness of the forest, many of his severed heads poured out, including relatives, friends, and enemies. The bloodied heads dragged their tongues, or hung their eyes, or let out a wry grin, and circled around him.
This...... It's an illusion of magic, Luke told himself.
However, in the next second, his old father's head opened its mouth and bit him on the neck, and the real pain made him scream, and he even smelled the breath in that mouth. Immediately after, all the heads flew over, biting all over his body from top to bottom, turning him into a bunch of bloody grapes.
"Ah......h......h
When Luke woke up again, his first instinct was to feel if his throat had been bitten off. But his hands were firmly tied behind his back.
When he came back to his senses, he found that the mage was looking at him, his face a little pale. There were still some unwiped blood stains between the mouth and nose. The girl who had done bad things was standing beside him, glaring at him viciously. And there were a lot of people standing around them, either angry or looking at themselves indifferently.
He saw six or seven bodies lying on the ground, some of the sentries who had been killed by him at first, the half-old men who had just pounced on him, and others who had been scorched by the fire, or stabbed to death by the sword. Finally, there was a corpse without a head and a large hole in its chest, but its figure was familiar to him......
This is...... His frightened mind hadn't regained full functionality yet.
"His head is here!" said a majestic female voice.
The woman with the sword on her back pointed to the ground, and Luke saw Mars's head, his expression hideous, as if he had been killed in the heat of battle.
Mars was killed!
Luke fell into an ice cave, knowing that there was no one left to save him.
"This bastard actually killed several innocent people in order to create chaos during the arson. So, not only did I cut off his head, but I would also break him to pieces later. "It's time for you to think about what will happen to you." ”
"Tell me who instructed you to assassinate me, and what their plans are. If you do, I can give you a decent way to die. There was anger in the mage's tone, and Luke felt that he could release a cloud of fire at any moment and burn himself to ashes.
No, I can't die, I'm still valuable, Luke pulled himself together and said, "I can tell you who is trying to kill you, but you have to spare my life! ”
The mage sneered: "Actually, I have an easier way, kill you, and then read your memory." If you don't say it, I'll have to do it, and at most it's hard work and consume some energy. ”
Luke had heard many stories about magicians, and he hurriedly said, "I have something else to do. I'm a veteran assassin and I can do things for you. I'm going to be vindictive! I'm so much better than these dead people! I can sign any contract, as long as you don't kill me!"
"Every single one you kill is our partner, and each of them is much more valuable than you! The mage gestured back, and a male warrior drew his sword and stood behind Luke, "Choose, do you want Roger to chop off your limbs and give your body to the angry ones, or do you finish peacefully?"
Luke looked tremblingly at the slaves around him, most of them with fierce faces, especially a good-looking young man with a distorted face full of tears. Looking at it like that, if his body were handed over to these people, he would definitely be eaten alive by them, just like what he saw in that horrible fantasy.
"I said, I said, don't, don't let them eat me!"