Chapter 44: The Crystal Snow Snakes
After arriving at the ice and snow ruins, the three of them got out of the car, ready to enter the ruins to process the bead.
"Captain Xue, there shouldn't be any danger if this place has been explored by the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, right?"
Yueli asked.
"I don't know much about this, but we didn't fully complete our exploration of this ruin when we came across the bead, and then everyone evacuated. I didn't find much danger in the places I explored, and at most there were some small hidden traps.
In addition, there are some spirit beasts roaming here, and we have been out of this place for nearly twenty days, and I don't know exactly what has changed inside. ”
Xue Lang replied in detail.
"In other words, we're basically the same as the first time. ”
Feng Yan sighed.
"That's not it, I'm still familiar with the terrain conditions, the only trouble is those spirit beasts, it seems to be a resting place for some wandering spirit beasts, and every time I come, there will be a slight change. ”
Xue Lang was a little unconcerned.
"Don't worry, the spirit beasts that came here are not very strong, and I can deal with them alone. Don't look at me like this, I'm a fifth-order cultivator of the Imperial Spirit, and the highest spirit beast here is only the seventh-order Gathering Spirit, so I'm not my opponent at all. ”
Saying that, Xue Lang was a little floating. Seeing this scene, Fengyue and the others somewhat understood why Xue Lang basically had no right to speak in the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group. With such a character, he will definitely have an accident if he is given the right to speak.
And this is the boss of the fifth order of the Imperial Spirit, to say the least, he must be four or five thousand years old, which means that this character is basically impossible to change. Under such conditions, a spiritual leader is indeed more suitable for him than a leader with real power.
After that, the Fengyue duo followed Xue Lang into the ice and snow ruins. But even with such a big guy by their side, the two did not let their guard down. One is that their strength is not enough to relax their vigilance, and the other is that they are also a little untrustworthy to Xue Lang, and they don't feel that Xue Lang can protect them.
After the three of them walked for a while, there was a sound of machinery spinning around them. Although there were no traps around them at this time, the voice was clearly telling them that someone had fallen into it. As for those who fall into the trap...... Who else could it be but Xue Lang who had one foot stuck in the snow?
"I ...... I really didn't expect there to be a trap here, it was smooth before and there were no problems......"
Xue Lang tried to explain, but Fengyue and the others didn't react, but they felt even more unreliable in their hearts.
"After that, let's be careful, it seems that this side is not the same as before, and there may be some hidden traps or something, Captain Xue...... I'm bothering you to probe more. ”
After Feng Yan finished speaking, Xue Lang immediately replied:
"Hmm...... I'll pay attention later. ”
The three of them continued to move forward, and after walking for a while, Xue Lang felt that his right foot was empty, and then he fell into the snow. Luckily, there were no anomalies and no traps.
Then, Xue Lang pulled out his right foot, and at the moment when he was about to pull it out, he clearly felt that his right foot touched a small thing, and then there was a sound of mechanical operation around him.
Not only that, but the three of them could clearly see that some of the surrounding buildings were moving their positions at this time, and the route of the entire ruins had probably changed.
"This ...... I...... It wasn't meant to be......"
Xue Lang wanted to explain, but found that he didn't have an explanation, and it was an established fact that he triggered the trap.
"We understand that Head Xue is just pure bad luck. ”
After Yueli finished speaking, Feng Yan nodded. The two of them had already prepared for this Xue Leader's various unreliable behaviors, and the trap was completely expected by them.
After that, in order not to fall into the trap again, Xue Lang flew up, and there was no chance of contact with other buildings, and there was no possibility of triggering the trap...... This probably didn't apply to Xue Lang at all, maybe because of really bad luck, Xue Lang, who flew up, was hit by the air defense trap three times in a row, which made Feng Yue and the others no longer able to look directly at this Xue Regiment Leader of the Fifth Order of the Imperial Spirit.
"Alright, there's the spot ahead of you where the bead is...... Huh, why is it gone?"
As soon as Xue Lang finished speaking, he found that the bead was missing.
"Head Xue, are you sure that the bead is indeed in this place?"
"Of course, I'm sure, although there are some changes around, but this symbol is my mark, and there can be no mistake. ”
Fengyue and the others took a closer look and found that there was indeed a symbol like "*" on the small round table-like building. In that case, they must be in the right place.
"It's going to be troublesome now, if the bead is taken away by someone else, it's a big problem, and ordinary people can't avoid being eroded by demonic qi at all......"
Yueli was a little anxious, and the wind was not much worse. It wasn't the first time they had seen the harm caused by the spread of demonic energy.
"It shouldn't have been taken away by anyone else, these days, except for the people of our Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, no one has entered this ruin at all, and everyone who wants to enter has been blocked by us for various reasons. ”
"Then it's even more problematic...... If it's not anyone else, then it can only be a spirit beast here, according to what you told us on the way, birds and beasts in this place may come...... No, why haven't we seen any other spirit beasts along the way?"
Feng Yan suddenly discovered that something was wrong, even if he was afraid of Xue Lang's breath, it would not be without a trace at all.
"You do feel like there's something wrong with that, I always heard some beasts chirping when I came here before, but now this place is unusually quiet......"
At this moment, an inexplicable sense of crisis surged into the hearts of the three of them, and then there was a sound of rustling around.
"Everyone, be on alert!"
As soon as Xue Lang finished shouting, he saw that Fengyue and the others had already done a good job of vigilance, and their spiritual power had already been used, and Yueli had even begun to draw spells here, but he didn't do anything except shout out the warning.
"There are a lot of breaths around, none of them are strong, but they are very dense, it is estimated that it is a small group of spirit beasts, and I have not found a strong one, it should be that I am not strong enough to perceive it. ”
As soon as Xue Lang began to perceive, Feng Yan clearly understood the general situation around him.
"It's a group of crystal snow snakes, the number is within two hundred and eight to three hundred, they all have demonic energy on their bodies, and their strength is about the third level of psychic on average...... The Snow King Snake is underground...... Get out of here, everybody!"
Xue Lang detected a more accurate situation and immediately issued an order. But just as he said "underground", Fengyue and the others had already run into the distance, without a little hesitation. Then, too, he ran over.
At this time, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from under the ground, and instantly rushed to the height of the limited air, triggering the surrounding anti-aircraft energy traps, but it was destroyed by the black shadow before it could cause any damage.
"Oh no, it's a second-order crystal snow python, or let's withdraw first, I can't protect you in this situation. ”
At this time, everyone saw the appearance of the black shadow clearly, it was a giant python. It stared at the three of them with vertical pupils, rhythmically spitting out long letters and making some slight sounds. In addition, it was bubbling with demonic energy all over its body, and it was obviously affected by demonic energy.
"In this case, we can't run away, right?"
This is really not just a casual talk, just like that, there are already many crystal snow snakes around them, which have surrounded this place, and they also have a faint demonic aura on them.
"You are so bold that you dare to break into my territory!"
The crystal snow python spoke, which gave everyone some hope. If you can still speak normally after demonization, you should still be able to talk about it.
"Lord Snake King, we don't mean to offend, it's just that we found a very dangerous bead here before, so we came back to deal with it, but we found that it was gone, I don't know ...... Lord Snake King"
Before Xue Lang finished speaking, the crystal snow python became angry.
"How many of you want to rob the king's treasure too?
After saying that, the crystal snow python launched an attack.
"Head Xue, you are responsible for entanglement of this crystal snow python, and the rest will be left to us, don't worry about us, we have many ways to save our lives. ”
Xue Lang was just about to talk about his plan when he heard Yueli's plan. And he had been in a similar situation before, but that person was Liuying, so under the conditioned reflex, he said "good" and went straight to it.
The moment the battle between him and the Crystal Snow Python began, he suddenly realized that the people around him were not those from the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group. But the battle has begun, and he can only hope that Wind Death and Yueli can hold on.
Returning to the side of Wind Death and Moonglass, they had already begun to deal with the Crystal Snow Serpent Group. In the face of nearly three hundred spirit beasts that were similar in cultivation to them, they naturally wouldn't fight hard.
"Huang, make a barrier around it, limit the number of barriers, and keep it at about fifty. ”
After Yueli gave the order, Huang did so, and a huge flame appeared around it, and then fell to the ground, building a flame barrier around Fengyue and the others, blocking most of the Crystal Snow Snake from the barrier.
Although this flame barrier did not stop the Crystal Snow Serpent from advancing, it still caused some trouble for them, causing some gaps to appear between the snakes inside and outside the flame barrier. And with this gap, it is enough for the two of them.
At this moment, instead of using their usual methods to deal with the Crystal Snow Snake Group, Wind Death and Yueli used the power of the black water. They didn't plan to fight the Crystal Snow Snake group at all in the first place, it was absolutely impossible to fight.
Their plan was actually very simple, that is, to use black water to pull out the demonic energy of the Crystal Snow Snake Group. After the demonic qi is removed, the Crystal Snow Snake Group should also have their own reason, and it will be easy to talk at that time.
The experience of those years in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range told them that if they didn't have a deep grudge against spirit beasts, they could talk about it. Of course, the premise is not to commit taboos.
When the black water quickly covered the entire area within the flame barrier under the urging of the two, the hostility of the snakes within the barrier quickly decreased.
Through the perception of the black water, Feng Yan and Yueli found that the infection level of this group of crystal snow snakes was not deep, and the black water quickly removed the demonic qi from their bodies after contact.
Before, Feng Di and Yueli had planned to get rid of the demonic qi under high pressure, but they found that they had overestimated the degree of infection of the Crystal Snow Snake Group, and now it was still easy to get rid of it at this speed.
So, Yueli's heart moved, let Huang take the flame barrier back, and then let it help Xue Lang.
"Wind Death, I suddenly have an idea, do you want to try it?"
"What thoughts?"
"Look at it......"
Then, in the perception of the wind and death, Yueli wrapped the spread black water in a little bit of a crystal snow snake.
"If you want to save people, you can try it......"
The Crystal Snow Serpent went out, and then turned back with a demonized one, but it was all right.
"Just do it. ”
As soon as they said it, the two of them wrapped the awake Crystal Snow Snake in black water, and then they went out to bring the demonized abduction in. This time, the speed of purification has been accelerated, and with the restrictions of other crystal snow snakes, the difficulty has also been reduced a lot.
On the other side, Xue Lang felt that Huang had appeared, and he was a little anxious. Both of them can't protect themselves, so they have to divide their hands to help themselves. As a result, after he dodged an attack, he saw the scene on the side of Fengyue and the others. Not only does it not feel tight at all, but it looks very leisurely.
"Also, how can someone who can deal with demonic qi be ordinary. ”
Then he looked at Huang.
"Be careful, I can't split my hands for the time being...... Protecting ......"
Before Xue Lang finished speaking, he saw Huang's attack even more fierce. Clusters of flames continued to shoot towards the Crystal Snow Python, making the Crystal Snow Python covered in flames. But what surprised Xue Lang was not this, but that he had a delusion, as if the damage of this spirit beast was more uncomfortable than his own?
But this can't be! Not to mention that the attribute was restrained, and his cultivation was only a fifth-order psychic spirit, how could it be higher than the damage he inflicted? However, if he knew that the flame that Huang was using now was a high-grade flame that had mutated after absorbing the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, he would not be so surprised.
Returning to the side of Wind Death and Yueli, with the help of Black Water, the demonic energy of nearly three hundred Crystal Snow Snakes was all uprooted, and then they all stayed quietly by their side.
Under normal circumstances, the Crystal Snow Snake would have basically run away now, but they didn't dare to run now, not because of the king snake's order, but because of the power of the black water. The black water comes from Xuanmo, and naturally has her breath. And the ordinary spirit beasts in the northern realm were naturally too frightened to move in the face of the aura of Xuanwu.
"May I ask if you were sent by Lord Xuanwu to help us?"
A bold one asked.
"No, but we've seen her. ”
Now the snake group is in a commotion.
"Then Lord Xuanwu...... Sometimes it's as mighty as the legend says?"
"Is Lord Xuanwu as difficult to get close to as other spirit beasts say?"
"Lord Xuanwu, it's ......"
The snakes were very disturbed by what they said, and kept asking some questions about Xuanwu. Although the two of them can say something, now is not the time to talk about it.
"Won't you know when you meet Lord Xuanwu in the future...... Without further ado, who of you knows how your king became like this, and there should be a bead here, who of you knows where?"
Then, the snakes gave an answer that overwhelmed the two.
The king swallowed the bead, and it became like this. ”