Chapter 70: The Siege of the Oni Vine
I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I didn't speak. I thought about it for a while, and then asked Wenmo: "Boss, you said that you once chased that figure all the way to the end of the swamp, didn't you encounter these ghost vines at that time?" ”
Wen Mo shook his head, "No, I said that person seems to be familiar with this place, I think he deliberately avoided the attack range of the Oni Vine Flower." ”
"If that's the case," I continued, "we might as well go in the direction you were going, and if that doesn't work, we'll abandon our plan to explore where the cigarette letter is." ”
Wen Mo groaned for a moment and nodded, "I have to come like this!" ”
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and although the trees here were tall and sparsely leafed, they were numerous, and under the action of the wind, there was still a rustle.
I couldn't help but look up, the sea breeze vines hanging on the branches, swaying with the wind, blue sky and white clouds, swaying branches, it was very beautiful, but thinking of what happened just now, a thought suddenly flashed in my heart, are these sea breeze vines swaying with the wind?
At this time, Lantern Xiao urged on the side, "Okay, okay, don't look at it, what should we do?" Otherwise, withdraw from this broad-leaved metasequoia forest first? ”
I nodded, "Now it seems that this is the only way, and it is better to go back than to rush forward." ”
Lantern Xiao scratched her hair vigorously, "What is the situation, it's not a place for people to come!" It's been in vain for so long! As he spoke, Lantern Xiao took out a cigarette, lit it and took a deep breath, exhaling a burst of blue smoke.
We were about to turn and walk back when all of a sudden I heard a strange vibration in the bushes above me.
We immediately looked up, Wen Mo only glanced at it, and immediately turned to Lantern Xiao and said, "Put out the smoke!" ”
Although Lantern Xiao didn't understand what was going on, he immediately threw the cigarette into the water, and the cigarette butt went out with a thud.
I walked up to Wenmo's side and asked softly, "What's the matter?" ”
Wen Mo looked vigilantly at the top around us, and slowly spit out four words: "The ghost vine is here!" ”
These four words were like a hammer to my heart, and I immediately looked intently at the trees around me, and the vibration above the trunk was even worse, and my hand holding the dagger was already sweating, and I could guess that danger was coming.
As soon as I thought of this, all of a sudden, the broad-leaved metasequoia shook all around, and in an instant a lot of branches and leaves fell down, and then, above the trees behind us, a large number of ghost vines gushed out, forming two huge arms, and came in the direction where we were.
We were taken aback, we didn't expect these ghost vines to suddenly besiege from behind, and the original plan to retreat was suddenly ruined, and now the back road has been cut off, and there is only one road left in front of us.
Lantern Xiao shouted, "Run!" ”
So a few of us ran desperately in knee-deep water. The oni vines behind him were in hot pursuit, and the oni vines that stood up one by one were like missiles ready to launch a fierce attack on us at any time.
Lantern Xiao scolded as she ran: "What's going on, it was fine just now, why did it suddenly become like this?" Is it time for dinner? ”
Wen Mo opened his mouth and said, "It's possible that they were attracted here. The sensory organs on this ghost vine are very sensitive, and any abnormal stimuli will prompt it to respond accordingly. ”
I immediately understood what Wenmo meant, and I glared at Lantern Xiao fiercely, "It's all you kid, what kind of cigarettes are you smoking, these ghost vines must have been attracted by the smell of your smoke." ”
Lantern Xiao looked guilty, "I didn't know that these ghost vines also have a smoking addiction!" ”
"Alright, stop talking nonsense! Run! "Climbing into the mountains is also a common occurrence for Anado, and her physical strength is definitely not worse than ours, or even better than mine. But even so, Anador was tired and out of breath at this time!
As I ran, I felt a cold wind rise in the back of my head, and I immediately looked back and saw a ghost vine shooting down like lightning, and before I could see which one of us it was targeting. Wenmo had already flashed his sword, and the ghost vine that swooped down was instantly cut into two pieces, and then shouted at me who was in a daze: "Run!" ”
I nodded, and just as I was about to turn around, I saw a ghost vine heading straight for Wenmo's waist. Wen Mo quickly jumped to the side, and the ghost vine brushed his body and threw himself into the air. Because of this thrilling scene, I couldn't help but exclaim, but I didn't expect that the ghost vine made a whirlwind in the air and swept straight towards me.
"Holy!" I scolded, turned around and ran, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to be so fast, I just ran a step, subconsciously turned around, my afterglow swept to a thing in a flash, so subconsciously raised my arm to resist, but how could this be blocked, I only felt that my arm tightened, and the ghost vine wrapped around my upper arm.
I immediately hugged my arms and twisted them hard, and immediately felt the ghost vine behind me straighten instantly, and just when I thought the second wrestle was about to begin, the wrapped arm suddenly felt loose. I turned my head to see that Lantern Xiao had somehow come behind me, holding a dagger in his hand, and when he saw me turn around, he smiled at me, "Fortunately, there is still an extra dagger in the Yuan family's equipment, otherwise if you want to save you, you can only bite with your teeth!" ”
At this time, Wen Mo at the back of the line shouted at us: "Quick! Run forward! Everyone takes care of each other! As we spoke, we saw that Wen Mo once again nimbly dodged an attack by a ghost vine, and then turned around and slashed one with a knife.
I knew in my heart that Wenmo stayed at the back just to cover for us, and I wanted to go over to help, but considering Wenmo's skills and movements, we couldn't learn it, so even in the past, we were adding to the chaos, and what we could do was to try our best to protect ourselves to reduce Wenmo's pressure.
Lantern Xiao patted me, "Let's go!" The two of us turned and ran quickly towards the end of the swamp.
Running and running, Anador next to her suddenly exclaimed, and when we looked back, a ghost vine had pounced on her. I hurriedly turned around to save him, but just as I paused slightly, and just as I was about to take a step, I suddenly felt a tightness in my waist, and I looked down, and I don't know when, my waist was already entangled in the ghost vine. I held the short knife and turned over and cut it, but I don't know if this ghost vine is more tough, or if I can't use the strength to hold the knife in my backhand, and I didn't cut it this time.
So I was going to hand over the knife to the other hand, which should be more powerful, but when I changed hands, the ghost vine on my waist suddenly pulled, my body shook, and the short knife fell into the water at once, I secretly scolded myself for being useless, and just wanted to bend down to pick it up, when Lantern Xiao rushed over, raised the dagger, and cut off the ghost vine around my waist at once.
As soon as the vine broke, the remaining piece immediately retracted back into the tree. Due to the excessive force, Lantern Xiao tripped under his feet and almost fell into the water. I didn't have time to help the Lantern Festival because I saw that Anador had been tied up by the ghost vine and began to pull on the trunk.
I reached out and went underwater to touch my short knife, although I touched it at once, but because I couldn't see the location clearly, I just touched the blade of the knife, this short knife was chosen by me and Lantern Xiao with great effort, and the steel mouth was excellent, so this time a big hole appeared on my hand instantly, and blood gushed out.
Ignoring that, I grabbed the dagger and rushed in the direction of Anado. Fortunately, at this time, Anadot was not pulled up by the ghost vine, and I grabbed her ankle with a strong jump, and then pulled down hard. Anado plus me, the weight of the two of them, all of a sudden, dragged down with the ghost vine.
I stepped forward and grabbed the oni vine with one hand, and slashed with the other hand with a knife. The ghost vine was cut off at once, but just as it retracted, the head of the rattan rolled right up my wrist. When I saw that the rattan had been cut by me, I was relieved and had no defense, so I was pulled into the water at once.
I was once again dragged in the water by the ghost vine, my heart was so entrenched that I almost vomited blood, I raised a short knife and slashed at the ghost vine wrapped around my wrist, helpless The collision of the underwater roots, and a strong sense of suffocation, made me fail to cut the ghost vine twice in a row, and even almost cut my wrist, if I really cut my own wrist, it would be too unjust to die!
Just when I was helpless for a while, suddenly I felt a figure fall from the sky, jumped into the water, and cut off the ghost vine on my wrist with a knife. In the same situation, being saved twice by the same person, I am simply ashamed!
I stood in the water and looked at the trees around me, some of the ghost vines were still hiding in the middle of the sea breeze vines, waiting for an opportunity to move. I said to Wenmo: "Boss, there are too many ghost vines, what should we do?" ”
Wen Mo pointed ahead, "As long as you get out of the swamp and enter the dense forest in front, it's easy to do, these ghost vines don't have eyes, they rely on the fine fluff on the rattan to sense all kinds of small movements around them." Therefore, their attacks are not very smart, and they are not particularly accurate, but the special environment here makes them more comfortable, while we are more passive, as long as we leave here, the situation will change. ”
I nodded, just wanted to speak, suddenly, the ghost vine that had just been cut by Wenmo suddenly rushed out of the water again, and instantly tied Wenmo's waist, followed by a pull, Wenmo turned around and waved the knife to cut, but I don't know where to rush out of a ghost vine, lightning wrapped around Wenmo's hand holding the knife. Before I could react, Wenmo had been swept into the air by the combined force of two ghost vines. I jumped up and grabbed it again, it was too late.
At the same time, a few more ghost vines wrapped around Wenmo, tied him up in a strong knot, and quickly dragged him deeper into the woods on the side. Seeing Wenmo in danger, I was anxious, but there was nothing I could do.