Chapter 31: Traps and Skeletons
"Zhou Xiong guards the door, Ke Zhou, you take the young dragon and me in. Probably considering the size of Zhou Xiong's body, he did not let him pass directly through the narrow hole, but continued to stand by in place. On the contrary, before you know the level of danger below, taking this young dragon with you is very likely to turn the tide of the battle at a critical time.
His mind was a little confused, although he didn't know what Ke Zhou had noticed, let him judge that it was a trap, but he could only say that there should be nothing in the world that could be easily solved. Either they haven't been out for too long, or they can't keep up with the pace of "adventure" after a long period of ordinary study, in short, it is indeed their own problem to fall into the current situation.
Although he was in a small space, Zhou Yu was still indomitable, he had obviously used the "wall guard" he had seen before, although this was only a low-level magic, but in terms of the previous defense against bows and arrows, it was also the top of the low-level magic. He obviously used this kind of thing to open the way because he was too fast.
Ke Zhou pulled Beibei to follow closely behind, because this cave was too low, Ke Zhou would still be knocked by the stones above his head from time to time. The road wasn't too far, and after such a sprint, it was quickly coming to an end - it was a door that was not too large, but it was already large enough to accommodate a human-sized creature to pass through. The door seemed to have been tightly closed, and it was covered with all kinds of strange incantations, as well as some symbols that Ke Zhou couldn't understand, but had seen in the formation.
"Martial Technique-Reverse" At the same time that Zhou Yu shouted, the long sword was already unsheathed, and a huge light and shadow floated from the long sword, like a phantom aura around the long sword, accompanied by a swing of the sword and slammed into the gate. The gate, which looked very heavy, was cut through the middle like tofu under such an attack, revealing the next path.
"Keep up"
Ke Zhou had never seen such an ability, and it was the first time he realized that there was something called martial arts in this world other than magic. Although this kind of light had also been emitted during the battle between Zhou Yu and the short-toothed dog man before, he only thought it was some kind of magic at the time, and when Zhou Yu shouted it loudly, he realized that he might be completely wrong.
Zhou Yu's destructive power was truly displayed in front of Ke Zhou, and he quickly passed through the door that had been cut out of the road, followed by a fork in the road. There is a sign left by Zhou Ting on the ground, although I don't know if it was changed after Zhou Ting and the others entered, but it can't be so much. The field here is much more spacious than the previous cave, and here he can fight freely.
Before Ke Zhou could remind him to check the mark, Zhou Yu had already rushed to the side of the intersection. It may be that saving people makes him not even have basic precautions, which is fatal in this situation, but unfortunately such a reminder cannot be conveyed to Zhou Yu's ears, and Ke Zhou can only take Beibei to follow the mark relatively carefully.
A strong vibration came from the ground, and the entire big cave trembled a little, which made Ke Zhou panic in his heart. Zhou Yu had already rushed to the front, and it was impossible for him to catch up quickly in this kind of gentle terrain. At this moment, Ke Zhou and Beibei fell into a strange area where there were only the two of them, and Zhou Yu's luminous props had already disappeared in front of the road, and the two of them had to rely on Beibei's vision in the darkness to advance.
Moving on, it's still a fork in the road. The mark left by Zhou Ting is very simple, it is a forward mark and a Zhou character, Ke Zhou simply checked the intersection, found nothing unusual, and continued to move forward. He also understood that he was not capable of checking the intersection, but the other party was able to deceive the pursuer named Zhou Lugen, how could he let himself find the problem.
Moving on, I can already hear some ping-pong metal knocks, although I don't know how far away, but as long as I can hear the sound, it means that I can find at least one of Zhou Yu or Zhou Ting.
"There's a faint light. ”
Even for Ke Zhou, the surroundings were still gray, but Beibei's extraordinary vision could quickly recognize the changes in the brightness of the surrounding environment.
It's close.
The sound of metal pounding didn't last long, as if both sides of the war were gathering strength and waiting for the next encounter. Unconsciously, Zhou Yu's lights could already be seen, as well as two figures not far from the lights. Zhou Yu was holding a long sword that emitted illusory light, confronting the enemy.
His enemy, on the other hand, was a skeleton more than two meters tall, wearing heavy armor all over his body, holding a giant sword in his left hand and a giant axe in his right hand.
Ke Zhou rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not mistaken: it was indeed a huge humanoid skeleton, and judging from the equipment on his body, it was indeed not an ordinary skeleton soldier, and there was a black aura between the lines on the giant sword, which, together with the giant axe in his other hand, gave people an eerie and terrifying feeling.
Ke Zhou quickly rushed into the gate that looked like it had just been destroyed, and not far away, Zhou Ting had already fallen to the ground, and a huge sword wound on her waist seemed to tell her what she had just experienced. Next to her, Zhou Lugen was using low-level healing magic to heal her injuries - but it was clear that this was not something that could be cured by this low-level healing magic.
"There is a magic array here that suppresses healing magic, come and move her out with me, be careful!" Zhou Lugen said, beckoning Ke Zhou, Ke Zhou also hurriedly ran over, and when he turned around, he found that Beibei stopped at the door at some point, and didn't seem to want to come in.
"Beibei, what's wrong?" Ke Zhou shouted, but Beibei didn't respond, she cautiously scanned the room, as if looking for something. The point of sight was neither Ke Zhou, nor Zhou Yu, nor the skeleton.
"Come out quickly. ”
Kita's words were still very brief, but they also showed that she did find something wrong. She was half-crouching on the ground at the moment, facing Ke Zhou, as if as long as the monster skeleton made any movement, she would immediately pounce on Ke Zhou. But Zhou Yu was already between the giant skeleton and the two who were gently lifting Zhou Ting and slowly moving outward, whether it was the armor on his body or the giant sword in his hand, they all exuded a faint light. Although the light was faint, there was an inexplicable sense of sacredness in this darkness, as if the person fighting the giant skeleton in the cave was not an ordinary swordsman at all, but a holy warrior who radiated light all over his body.
He wielded his greatsword and fought the skeleton again. The terrifying sound of metal knocking echoed throughout the cave, and just this sound shook Ke Zhou's eardrums a little painfully, and he couldn't imagine how much strength this person and skeleton used to fight.
Zhou Ting was finally carried to the door, and the moment he felt the effect of the weakening treatment applied to his body stop, Zhou Lugen immediately put the girl down and began to give treatment quickly.
One arrow was suddenly slapped to the ground by Beibei, followed by a second and a third...... A large number of arrows shot from the other side of the passage to this side, and Beibei was already guarding in front of Ke Zhou almost at the same time, blocking all the arrows that were shot at him, almost without leaking.
As if realizing that the attack on Ke Zhou was fruitless, the arrow shot at the other side again. It's just that Zhou Lugen, who had already realized that there were chasing soldiers behind him after the first round of arrows, had also supported defensive magic in the first time, so that this shooting had no results.
"Ke Zhou......" Beibei turned his head slightly, blinked his watery eyes, and seemed to ask Ke Zhou what to do next. I don't know how many short-toothed dog people are hidden in the dark, and Zhou Ting's injuries have just begun to improve, so it is estimated that breaking through is a rare thing.
On the other side, Zhou Yu's pressure was not small, and every time he and this undead faced each other, he could feel that he was obviously weakening. It is very likely that in this big room, there is some body-weakening formation running, and in addition, this undead is not an ordinary skeleton, it is estimated that it is a high-level undead like Skeletron. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before he is defeated.
Zhou Yu fought and retreated, until he retreated to the door. But obviously, the situation outside the door is not very good, and it is estimated that the troops of the short-toothed dogmen are also waiting for the moment when their combat power and magic are exhausted, and rush up to hunt them down.
After two more fights, the monster was already quite close to the gate, and Zhou Yu also began to feel tired in his body. On the other side, Ke Zhou had already retreated to Zhou Lugen's defense layer with Beibei, Zhou Ting's injuries had just stabilized, and he could not participate in the battle, and using the magic of great destruction here was very likely to cause the cave to collapse and the entire army to be wiped out.
"There are weakened formations in the room, if these formations can be solved, I am confident that I will kill this undead, and we will retreat into this room!" Zhou Yu shouted at Ke Zhou, but in fact, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, the other party hid this formation very deeply, obviously releasing it but there was no light, if this was the case, there would be no source of the formation at all.
"The formation is on the wall directly opposite the gate, if it can be broken...... When we first came in, it was lit up, but now it's probably hidden. Zhou Lugen shouted, and at the same time, several currents had already hit the dark intersection in front of the gate, and the screams of the short-toothed dog man sounded. But what followed were still arrows, which were about to pile up under Zhou Lugen's magical defense, and his magical defense obviously couldn't support it for long.
After Zhou Yu heard this, he looked over there, but between him and the wall, the high-level skeleton was standing energetically. If you force a breakthrough, it is likely that even if you destroy the formation on the wall, you will not have the strength to deal with this skeleton, but if you continue to consume it, it seems that the situation will be even more unfavorable.
While thinking about it, he saw that Beibei injected a lot of magic into the formation that Ke Zhou had just drawn. It's just that despite the formation lighting up a few times, nothing happened.
"Do you remember the kind of wall-strengthening magic they used on the airship before? That kind of magic exists in this place! If that's the case, maybe even if you get close to the wall, you won't be able to destroy the wall and the magic circle on it!" Ke Zhou shouted, already rushing into the gate. Behind him, Beibei seemed to be a little hesitant, and could feel that she didn't want to step into this realm at all, but seeing that Ke Zhou had run far away, she still followed.
Ke Zhou picked up the lighting props of Zhou Yu on the ground and looked around. The magic circle that strengthened the wall, he had seen it countless times in the wilderness of his dreams, as long as he could find it, he could let Beibei destroy it. In this way, you can let Zhou Lugen at the door directly launch his magic circle to change the appearance of the wall, and you can also remove the weakening of Zhou Yu, then you have a chance to win.
Because of this, he didn't realize that he had opened a lot of distance between himself and Beibei. It can even be said that unconsciously, he has crossed the battlefield of Zhou Yu and the giant skeleton and entered the depths of the room.
The giant skeleton violently raised the plate axe in his hand and threw it towards Ke Zhou.
"Be careful!" Zhou Yu shouted, but it was too late, there was still some distance between Beibei and Ke Zhou, and it was even more impossible for him to help this person block this attack.
The next moment, in Ke Zhou's hand, a torn scroll slowly fell to the ground, and a confident smile appeared on his face, as if he had expected it a long time ago, and the giant axe was blocked by the huge golden wall and fell to the ground.
"Shield Wall"
It wasn't anything else, it was the second mid-level magic scroll that Ke Zhou had taken from Xiao Liu.