The monsters in the crystal jungle were originally called whistlemon before they were demonized, and they were a less common magical beast in the mountains of the Yala continent. The Whistlemon is less than a meter tall and has two very strong lower limbs, which can support the running and jumping of its body with just one pair of lower limbs. On the other hand, the two upper limbs are slender and only occasionally assist in running, and most of the time they are only used to maintain balance. This kind of monster is very weak, the front end of their head is very flat, although the teeth are sharp but do not have much bite force, it is difficult to give the prey a fatal blow, so it is difficult to hunt, and can only pick up other fierce monsters to eat the leftover monsters or beast corpses. When they encounter a predator, they raise their tails. The tip of their tail is not made up of muscles, but instead becomes something similar to the cuticle, with small holes of various sizes in the middle, and when they raise their tails and shake them in the wind, the holes in the cuticle emit the roar of the region's more ferocious monsters. Interestingly, the sounds made by the Whistle Beasts vary from region to region, and they will only mimic the roar of the Monster they are in their location. The group of monsters in the crystal jungle were obviously transformed by the whistling beast after being polluted, and by chance reached a symbiotic relationship with the Hell Crystal.

The cave where the Hell's Crystal Jungle is located is a long, narrow spindle-shaped cavern, about eight hundred to nine hundred meters long, less than ten meters at the narrowest end, and less than a hundred meters at the widest spindle belly. The direction in which the five men came out was at one end of the spindle, with only one entrance, and the three exits were far from the other end of the spindle, one at the tip of the middle spindle, and one on the left and right near the tip.

The middle of the spindle-shaped cavern is covered with countless crystals, jumbled out of the ground, making it impossible for people to pass through. Only in the small area along the rock wall is there no crystal growth.

When the five of them rushed into the cave of the crystal jungle, the demonized whistle beasts hidden in the crystal jungle turned in the direction of the five of them, and more than a hundred tails were facing the sky. If you don't consider the location, the sight of more than 100 tails facing straight up is still full of joy.

But now, none of the five people on the team can laugh, because they only have two minutes, separated by two minutes, one side is survival, and the other is death. The five of them rushed into the world of Hell Crystal one after another, and the tails of the demonized whistling beasts began to swing violently, but they magically did not make any sound.

"Quick, they're starting to kick in, and they'll have to be there in two minutes to be on the safe side. Pannis shouted as he ran. As if to confirm Pannis's warning, some of the thin crystals near the center began to glow slightly.

"The crystals began to glow. Vivien, who was lying on Catherine's back, was the only one who had the energy to pay attention to the crystal's condition, and she was the first to notice the crystal's abnormality and loudly warn everyone.

"That means the sound has begun to resonate, go quickly, time is running out. Pannis replied without replying: "Don't look at the crystal, pay attention to the road and don't fall." ”

Fifteen seconds.

In the blink of an eye, the five of them had already run a distance of more than 200 meters, and they saw that a third of the distance had passed, but Pannis did not relax his vigilance at all, and shouted loudly: "Be careful, we are going to be attacked." ”

Before the words fell, fifty or sixty thick white bones were thrown out of the crystal jungle and landed less than half a meter in the direction of the five people's advance.

"Yikes. Lina suddenly let out an exclamation, she was almost hit by a white bone while running, narrowly avoided the white bone, but tripped over another white bone, if it wasn't for Rachel next to her, she might have fallen to the ground.

"Bastard. Lina, who was in danger, scolded as she ran: "These bastard monsters, you wait for me, I will kill you all sooner or later." ”

"You don't have a chance, they're almost invincible here. Pannis kicked several bones in a row that might trip people, and coldly interrupted Lina's fantasy: "The biggest difficulty in passing through here is that you will be blocked by monsters throwing things at any time, be careful, the next round of attacks is coming." ”

Thirty seconds.

A large number of bones were mixed with stones, and they were thrown at the five people running without any gaps. Skeletons of various shapes are scattered along the road, like traps, waiting for the prey to step on.

"It's better to be a little slower than to sprain or fall. Jumping nimbly to dodge in the bones, Pannis did not forget to remind the girls behind him: "Look at the foothold, don't worry, we still have enough time." ”

The light emitted by the bright red hell crystals around him became brighter and brighter, and the bright red light shrouded the white bones scattered on the ground, sprinkling a layer of bewitching weirdness on the bones.

"Squeak, squeak. Seeing that the attack didn't work, the large group of demonized whistling beasts let out defiant cries from their mouths, and more bones and stones were thrown out as throwing weapons, but fortunately, the five people who had already taken precautions were already prepared, and they nimbly dodged as they ran.

Forty-five seconds.

"Open your fighting shield, we will be there in less than two hundred meters, don't have a problem at the end. Seeing the hope of victory, Panis first opened his Douqi shield, no longer dodging the flying projectiles, but concentrating on dodging the obstacles under his feet, allowing these debris to bounce off the Douqi shield.

"Spell, sluggishness. ”

"Illusion, silence. ”

Two chanting voices rang out one after the other, the first one completely unfamiliar, while the second one belonged to Vivien's familiar and immature voice.

A short rickety figure appeared at the entrance of the cave that the five people wanted to enter, and wanted to release the retardation technique at the five people two hundred meters away, but Vivien had already prepared for it, and when she saw someone using magic to attack, an instinctive silence technique was released, and the last strike came first, shattering the other party's intention to kill with a knife.

"It's him. Seeing the appearance of the attacker, Rachel let out a piercing scream, "It was this demon who attacked us. ”

"Don't stop, rush over. Pannis did not pause: "If you stop here, you will definitely die, rush in and talk about it." ”

"Is it that easy? hey, hey, hey. The rickety figure sneered in a strange accent: "Give me death here, elemental, frozen." ”

"Protection, spell deflection. Vivien, who was being carried on her back at high speed, seemed to completely ignore the common sense that it was difficult for mages to concentrate on casting, and the spells she released casually showed her terrifying ability to manipulate spells and concentrate mentally. With just the right amount of spells, you can easily crack two spells that can cause great trouble to your team.

One minute.

Seeing that the five people had rushed to a distance of less than fifty meters, and the fighting shields of several people began to ripple on the face of the attack, a cruel smile appeared on the face of the rickety person under the mask that no one else could see: "It's so powerful, then try this." elements, earthen walls. ”

The Earthen-Wall Technique, which had no clear goal, made Vivien, who was still in the Silence Technique, powerless, and a wall of earth rose from the ground, sealing the hole tightly without a single gap.

"Brute. Pannis, who was getting closer and closer to the entrance of the cave, scolded angrily, accelerated under his feet, quickly rushed through a distance of dozens of meters, clenched his right hand into a fist, and smashed his fist on the earthen wall: "Martial arts, broken dragon chanting." ”

Although the martial arts that should have belonged to the berserker failed to smash the earthen wall, it also made the earthen wall full of cracks, and Pannis was about to make up for a few more hits when he heard Catherine shouting from behind, "Get out of the way." ”

Without hesitation, he jumped to the side, and Pannis heard the wind in his ears, and a one-man high irises rolled in the air, smashing squarely against the crumbling earthen wall, which collapsed with a bang.

One minute and fifteen seconds.

Skillfully hiding behind the flying shield, Pannis wanted to use the shield to rush into the passage, but after the shield broke the earthen wall, it bounced back in the air as if it had hit something. Pennis reluctantly turned sideways to let go of the impact of the rebounded shield, and also discovered the culprit of the rebounding shield. An almost colorless magic force field blocked the entrance of the cave, and the rickety strange man stood behind the magic force field, his eyes full of hideous smiles, silently watching the ripples on the protective shields on the five people becoming more and more rapid.

"Tactics, fearless charge. Catherine held the magic steel shield she had just obtained from the fire elemental and launched a charge against the magic force field, and the fighting spirit of the golden rank was densely spread on the surface of the shield, colliding with the magic force field with an indomitable momentum.

With the sound of the magic force field shattering, Catherine took two steps back under the shock of power, and despite the numb left arm that was shocked, she swung her one-handed sword in her right hand and was about to rush into the hole.

The same sword light appeared inside the cave entrance, and the rickety stranger took out a one-handed sword out of nowhere, and forced back the unprepared female knight with a sword skill that was not weaker than Catherine's.

"Be careful, Catherine, this is a magic swordsman, not a mage. Pannis reminded loudly.

One minute and thirty seconds.

The twin swords kept colliding.

Catherine, who was in a hurry to break through, couldn't break through the weirdos who had made up her mind to delay time for a while, and the girls outside the cave were completely unable to cooperate with Catherine because of the obstacles of the narrow hole. For the five people who were exposed to the sonic attack, the situation in front of them was a fatal crisis.

"It's too late. Seeing that the vindictive shields on several people had a tendency to dim, Pannis did not help Catherine in vain, but walked to Vivien's side: "Don't be afraid, believe me?"

"Of course. Vivien nodded, "I can see your heart, of course I believe in you." ”

Pannis, too, didn't bother to ask Vivien what she meant, picked up Vivian, and threw her towards the hole on the opposite side with a force of his arms while lamenting Vivian's surprisingly light weight. Vivian already understood Pannis's intentions in mid-air, and tried her best to adjust her posture in the air, although it was not smooth when she landed, at least she didn't fall too hard.

Throwing Vivien, Pannis didn't care to speak, and picked up Rachel, who couldn't use too much force before the broken leg, Lina came out at the same time as she understood, and her toes lightly borrowed a few times from the chaotic crystals in the middle, and landed steadily outside the hole on the right. At the same time as he landed, he heard the sound of the wind overhead, so he copied it and just caught Rachel who was thrown over.

Seeing the danger of the three girls being escaped, the rickety stranger let out a roar of rage, and a huge fireball grazed past Catherine and smashed towards the hole where the girls were standing on the right.

Pannis, who had just turned around, only had time to pick up the shield that Catherine had thrown earlier, and flicked it on the lower edge of the giant fireball, but unfortunately passed by the fireball, and failed to block the fireball's attack on Lina and Rachel, who had just landed.

One minute and forty-five seconds.

"Into the hole. Lina pulled Rachel and Vivien and plunged into the hole, and as soon as they entered, the giant fireball did not crash into the hole because of Pannis's slight blocking, but smashed above the hole, making a violent explosion. As the fireball exploded, a large amount of rubble rolled down, completely sealing the hole. Just before the closure, the girls heard Pannis's shouting: "If you are separated, camp and wait, we will go to you, don't run around." ”

"Catherine, it's too late, don't rush, prepare to retreat. Pannis watched the battle between Catherine and the rickets, and knew that Catherine could not get out of the battle for a while, so he adjusted his angle slightly, and seemed to inadvertently choose a random position behind Catherine's side.

"Huh?" The seemingly unintentional random choice of position had a great impact on the rickety stranger, who subconsciously took two steps back and adjusted his face at the same time.

"Let's go. Pannis, who seemed to have known this, pulled Catherine's left hand, turned and rushed to the nearest hole at the tip of the spindle.

"Fearless charge. Catherine, who understood, grabbed Pannis's hand with her backhand and launched a battle technique at the entrance of the cave, and the two of them rushed towards the entrance of the cave dozens of meters away at a very high speed. During the charge, the Dou Qi shield on the two of them became more and more dim, and finally began to flicker faintly, as if it was about to expire at any time.

"Get in. Catherine used her left hand to push Pannis into the hole, and as a result, she herself was slowed down by the reaction force, and she was likely to die under the sonic attack. But at this moment, Catherine did not think, did not weigh, did not hesitate, and pushed Pannis forward with all her instinctive left hand.

But Catherine didn't expect that Pannis cleverly turned around and pushed her towards the entrance of the cave, allowing her to reach the safe zone at the same time as the vindictive shield was completely closed.

The Pannis's fighting qi shield that was still outside was also closed almost at the same time, and in an instant, all the blood vessels in the body exploded under the sound waves, and a large amount of blood gushed out from all parts of the body like a fountain, and the whole person rushed through the last road by inertia like a bloody man, and fell headlong beside Catherine.

Two minutes.