Chapter 8: Encounters
Hearing the howl of the woods behind him, Morun paused in his footsteps, and then became more cautious.
The forest was dangerous, and he saw it as the first threat to his survival from the beginning.
Although the number of participants in the Black Trial has now doubled, forcing Moren to focus more on this group, it still does not reduce the threat of the forest to him personally. Maybe there is more breath of the living, and some unknown beast creatures that were originally lurking have also appeared to forage for food, which indirectly increases the difficulty of the trial.
Now the most important thing is to protect yourself and find a place to hide and rest as soon as possible.
Quickly out of the area where the bugs are, Moron sneaks all the way.
At this moment, the long-term training of physical skills played an important role, and the agility and endurance of his body helped him jump in the woods, with a chip to quickly scan, and any unknown life forms around him could be detected in time when he moved, and he could make ways to deal with it.
Mo Lun had already thought about it, so he left the area where the trial crowd was for the time being and tried to stay away as much as possible. It's best to wait until the end of the trial, when 520 people are eliminated one by one until 25 people are eliminated. In this way, he can enter the crash course ninja training unharmed. Mo Lun didn't think that he could crush all the participants in terms of strength by practicing the basic three forms of physical arts alone for a period of time.
In this world, in addition to the mysterious power of Zhuo Luo, there are also some cold weapons that are unpredictable and hot weapons are extremely powerful, and a large part of these things do not need the support of Zhuo Luo, that is, ordinary people can also use them.
For example, the "detonation charm" that caravans are forbidden to sell without permission is a type of "ancient heat forbearance". It only takes a little ignition to explode in a very short time, with the same power as the 'thunder bomb' that Moren has seen, which is a small bomb in his previous world, enough to blow up a large hole in the ground. Therefore, once the 'detonation charm' is hung on an ordinary person, after the detonation, the person is basically left with only minced flesh and stumps.
This is a ninja tool that only ninjas are allowed to use, and it is a tool that can harm ninjas who have Zoro on their bodies, but there are many black dealers who secretly take risks to sell it.
Moren's parents had several detonating charms to protect themselves, and they would only use them in critical situations. It's a pity that as the Bauhinia caravan was destroyed by the Black Gang Rebellion, those few detonation charms were also confiscated, and before they could even be used, they were killed by the extremely powerful fire attribute Zhuo Luo of the Rebel Ninja.
From this point, it is not difficult to find that ordinary people may have prohibited items such as detonation charms.
The cruel elimination rate of the black trial, as long as the people who still want to be alive, then they will inevitably do everything they can, not to mention that the trial does not prohibit them from carrying this kind of contraband, even if it is forbidden, they will rack their brains to cheat and carry it secretly.
With Mo Lun's current physical fitness, as long as someone sticks a detonation charm, he will basically hang up.
This was one of the reasons he stayed away from the trial crowd, and Morun's idea was simple: let them kill each other! Let the forest weed out most of the people! Just let me hide until the trial was over!
However, what you are afraid of, you will come, and sometimes fate is so hateful.
As he jumped, Morun suddenly stopped, looking wary and looking back at him.
Oh, no, it looks like they found me. Tsk, you're not a simple commodity, boy......"
A cold, needle-sharp voice suddenly came into Mo Luen's head.
Mo Lun couldn't see where the other party was hiding, so the chip couldn't feed back a specific image, but the scan found that there was a living form behind him, a person.
"I know where you're hiding, come out! ”
"Hey, you've really found out where I am. You have a special ninja on you, right? In the past five years, you are the first person to discover that I am hiding here!"
The voice was still there, echoing all around, but the same thing was that the speaker never appeared.
Mo Lun's brows furrowed, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he had no experience to deal with it at all. Fortunately, the chip faithfully fed back the position of the other party, and the vague hot figure in his mind showed that the other party was still lurking in place, and there was no movement for the time being.
But the other party's words also gave Mo Lun some information, at least knowing that the other party was not a person from the Black Trial, but should be a criminal, a person who was exiled to the dark forest to fend for himself.
Five years, the other party has survived in this forest for five years, so he must be very familiar with the surroundings, and maybe he has set a trap waiting for him to accidentally step on it. Thinking of this, Mo Lun quietly gave an order to the chip. He had to find anomalies in the visible surroundings to prevent himself from falling into them.
"It's been a long time since I've seen anyone, boy, let's have a good talk! Are you the one who participated in the Black Trial this time? I know that every two years, a group of outsiders break into this place, and they're almost all dead. But, I know how to live, I can let you through this trial, believe me, after all, I've been living here for five years, and I'm still fine, aren't I?"
As the voice fell, the human body heat fed back by the chip was still in the tree hole, but the limbs had some movements. This made Morun's expression even more vigilant, and most of his attention was focused on the body heat, Rising monitoring his surroundings to prevent any threats from approaching.
However, at this moment, Mo Lun's vision suddenly blurred, and his eyes returned to clarity in the blink of an eye.
He shook his head, frowned, and continued to be wary of the man hiding under the hollow. At this time, Mo Lun had already calculated the escape route, and it was undoubtedly stupid to confront a person who was familiar with the environment in an unfamiliar environment.
He stepped back, wary.
The people in the hollow of the tree were still unhurried, and the voice came:
"I know you don't believe me. Yes, you should know, the people in the dark forest, almost all of them are criminals, hey~ exiled criminals. You are not to blame for this, after all, many of us are people who have committed sins. Me too, I once stole a ninja arcane scroll, and then I was caught and exiled here. Although the scroll was taken back by them, I still remember the secret ninjutsu method recorded in it, a ninjutsu called 'Golden Wind', which can easily cut through the wind attribute ninjutsu of the big tree. I'm sure you'll be interested. If you do pass this trial, you'll need it, it's a precious thing, a rare resource, even for a ninja. ”
"Come on, little guy, as long as you talk to me about the outside world and give me some food, I'll give you this ninjutsu, and even a way to pass this trial, come on~~"
His vision blurred again, and this time, Moron received a warning message from the chip: "Inhalation of unknown hallucinogenic gases, slight poisoning of the body, inhibition of the optic nerve."
Mo Lun pinched his thigh hard, and the sharp pain immediately eliminated the blurred vision, and the eye sockets were inexplicably pantothenic, which was the body's resistance at work, and he held his breath. He quickly took out an 'oxygen pipe' from his package and stuffed it into his mouth, breathing in the sea-smelling oxygen coming from the pipe.
The chip continues to feedback the physical condition: "The hallucinogenic gas has stopped entering, the poisoning is being relieved, and the optic nerve is recovering."
"!" Moren burst into a foul mouth.
Pick up the gravel on the ground and throw it around......
Burst~~
A wooden thorn struck suddenly with a vicious wind, without warning.
The moment Mo Lun's voice came out, the chip captured and scanned the wooden thorn, and stepped forward, narrowly avoiding the puncture. With a hideous face, he pulled out the dagger at his waist and rushed forward at high speed.
His steps were light, and he circled the ground irregularly, but his eyes were fixed on the giant tree not far away.
"This kid has found out, damn it! And the oxygen pipe, the muddy grass has failed. Luo, you can get on!" the cold voice finally had mood swings.
"I already knew you couldn't do it, and in the end I had to do it. A rough voice suddenly sounded, and the location was ...... Behind Morun!
It was close at hand, and Mo Lun's cold hair stood on end, and the chip only reacted late at this time, "Found a human life form." At the same time, a clear image came into Mo Lun's mind, it was a strong man holding a katana, wearing a tattered samurai uniform, at this time the katana was already out of its sheath, and it was slashing with lightning speed with a cold light, and under the knife, it was Mo Lun who rushed forward.
The crisis is back.
The line between life and death.
At this moment, the long-term training of physical skills played a role, and Mo Lun, who was running, twisted his body, did not turn his head, threw his arm back, and shot a cross dart from his palm, which hit the strong man warrior like lightning.
Bite~
With a crisp and pleasant metal crash, the katana finally separated the dart, but it quickly put Moron out of his attack.
Morun grimaced as he stared at the rugged man who suddenly appeared, the katana in his hand was razor-sharp, and the crossbow had been smoothly sliced in half. It is conceivable that if Moren had not had the limit to react at that moment, then it would not have been a cross dart that was cut in half.
"I knew that this kid was not simple!"
The cold voice reappeared, but the heat from Rising was still in the same place, and he seemed to plan not to leave the tree hole for the rest of his life.
"Don't talk about it, old ghost!"
The rugged voice came from a strong man dressed in tattered samurai uniform, he held a knife in both hands, and faced Mo Lun with a full posture, his expression became serious.
"What can I do, the muddy grass is gone, the trap is gone, what can I do? Hold him back, he just ran towards me. I had limited mobility, and when he found me, I was dead. ”
The cold voice looked a little angry, but the strong man with the katana was silent when he heard this, as if he really realized the seriousness of the situation.
However, Mo Lun looked at them coldly, his right foot suddenly straining, kicked away the stones on the ground, and with a soft bang, a row of three wooden thorns suddenly shot out in front of the tree hole, but unfortunately they were triggered by the stones in advance, and there was no threat.
The atmosphere was silent for a while, and the people hiding in the hollow didn't seem to think that Moren had seen through their tricks.
With a sneer, Morun moved his feet together, or kicked stones or branches in various places, some of them did not move, and some of them triggered the trap pass, shooting out thorns, poisonous smoke, and sinister traps such as ground depression.
Finally, the strong man in the tattered samurai uniform couldn't help it, and with a roar of "ah~", he quickly slashed towards Mo Lun.
Mo Lun jumped up, jumped onto a tree, and with a flick of his hand, three Chibon turned into black lines and shot at the strong man who couldn't react, and after a clang, the strong man actually blocked Chibon's attack with a katana.
"Hey, boy, Luo used to be a master of swordsmanship, and the famous 'Falling Wind School' in the Land of Wind was the martial arts hall where he practiced. If you oppose us, you will die, obediently, as long as you give us food, we will not hurt you, and we will teach you how to pass the trial. ”
The cold voice tried to disturb Morun, who seemed to be really unable to move, and could only use words to disorient and influence the enemy.
Mo Lun was silent, dodging again, he found that the other party might be injured, a martial artist, in action, is not as good as him. So far, the only thing that worries Moron is the opponent's ability to avoid chip scanning, which he has only found in ninjas who have Zoro, such as "Ganji".
Mo Lun suddenly thought of something, and his heart moved, could it
"Does the other party have a special ninja?"