Chapter 83: The Resurrected Puppet City
A crack appeared under his feet.
After walking out of the second fork on the left, the three of them couldn't wait to take out the fire fold and light it, but they didn't expect a huge ditch to cross in front of them.
The deep ditch was more than 20 zhang wide, and Qing Ming tried to throw a torch into it, but it was like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pot, and as soon as the fire flew over, several bronze vines and snakes came out like snakes, entangled the torch. Against the backdrop of the firelight, you can see the bronze vines displaying the delicately carved bronze leaves, which is so strange that it is terrifying.
"It's—"
In the face of the unknown, men and women are actually the same. Although the three people of the Iron Sword Gate were all Zheng Zheng men, and there were junior sisters in the team, Li Yunuan reported that she was from Wan Shi Sect and cut off a bronze vine casually, all of which made them mistakenly think that she was much stronger than them. So although they treated her preferentially because of her status as a woman, they subconsciously became dependent on her.
Listening to the clicking sound of the vines gnawing on the torch in the abyss, Li Yunuan frowned and said, "When you come—"
"Nope. Qingtie replied without thinking, "When we came, this was a clearing, and there were no cliffs. ”
"Oh. Li Yunuan somewhat understood, "We accidentally touched the mechanism when we passed through the passage, so there are more cliffs at the exit?"
The North Stygian Ice Palace is really a dead end, the person who set up the game perfectly makes use of people's luck psychology, when the treasure hunter wants to turn back because of the bumpy road ahead, but he will suddenly find that there is only a cliff behind him!
It is worthy of being a master of the mechanism that even Yuehua's predecessors admired!
Most of the time, turning back the same way and trying to return to the ground through the bronze relief, what you see may only be a dead end.
The original and meaningful murals on both sides of the mysterious corridor are still fresh in my memory. The North Stygian Ice Palace is indeed Taichang's posthumous work, and he has collected all the secrets and treasures of his long life on this hidden road, and anyone who is not allowed to enter will not be able to leave.
Legend has it that the ancient gods smiled at Wan Gu Chun, and were angry at the blood of the world, Li Yunuan used to only think that this was an exaggerated description of the ancient ancestors' high mana of the ancient powerful monks, but now it seems that I am afraid-
Looking at the bronze vines with teeth and claws, Li Yunuan's goosebumps rose.
However, every corner of the North Ice Palace was engraved with a forbidden spell prohibiting flight, so that the four of them could not control the sky at all. And there is no need to try, Li Yunuan also knows that even if he is lucky enough to lift off with the help of the master's magic weapon, he will be hit by this indestructible bronze vine of unknown origin halfway.
If you want to cross the cliff, there is no luck except hard fighting.
The most confusing thing is these vines with teeth and claws, they are obviously bronze, why do they gain life on a large scale!
I don't know what to do, and no one will explain it to her.
It was when I was in a daze, suddenly—
"Be careful!"
With a loud shout, before she came back to her senses, Li Yunuan had been pushed to the ground by Qing Gao, she shook her head, but she heard a few swishing wind sounds, and the vines bounced and flew one after another, one of which pierced Qing Gao's ankle!
In an instant, blood splattered!
"Ahh
Even a tough guy who is pierced through his ankle by a vine full of spikes the thickness of his little finger can't help but wail.
Seeing this, Li Yunuan instinctively freed up a little spark from his fingertips, stepped forward, and helped Qinggao burn the vines. But she forgot that fire is a double-edged fire, and while the high-temperature phoenix fire burned the molten bronze, it also burned Qing Gao's footsteps, and suddenly, the shoes and socks turned into ashes, and the skin was scorched and the sword and white bones were burned!
"Ahhh
In pain, Qinggao couldn't help but gasp, completely paralyzed and fainted.
“...... Sorry ......"
Li Yunuan, who realized that he had made a big mistake, said with sweat dripping, at this time Qing Ming and Qing Tie had also come together, they held the fire fold to check the injury for Qing Gao, and found that although his feet were injured by bronze and high temperature, the skin and flesh were open, and a large area was scorched black, but because of the phoenix fire to drive away evil spirits, the meridians of his feet were much smoother and purer.
“...... Is it a blessing in disguise?" Qing Ming said with a wry smile.
When Li Yunuan heard this, she became more and more guilty. I had to angrily chop up the blue-gray vines that clinged to the ground like poisonous snakes, and said weakly: "Thank you just now." ”
After that, she took out the medicine she carried with her to treat burns from the Qiankun bag - although she was not afraid of flames, but the phoenix was willful, following him around, and it was common for pond fish to suffer - and handed it to Qingtie and Qingming, and asked them to help Qinggao paint it, and said, "Although the phoenix fire burns the body, if it can survive this moment, it can be regarded as a creation." ”
He glanced at the giant swords of the three of them again, and said, "Today's desperate situation, I can't take care of a lot. If you can trust me, give me your weapons, and I ...... I think that attaching my flame to your sword might be able to—cut through this strange vine and make a way out...... Of course, it's just an offer...... You ......"
Any sect that has been passed down for a long time will have some secrets that are not passed on, the Iron Sword Gate enters the Tao with martial arts, and it is the path of sword cultivation, and the giant sword is one of the most important things for the people.
After it was put forward at Li Yunuan's suggestion, Qing Ming and Qing Tie glanced at each other, and then looked at the fangs and claws oozing from the depths of the crack, and then took off the giant sword and handed it into Li Yunuan's hands, saying, "There is a labor fairy." ”
“...... Together, why bother so many of you and me......"
Li Yunuan smiled reluctantly, as soon as the giant swords fell into her hand, she felt their terrifying weight. The half-foot-thick sword surface, the heavy iron giant sword with the thickness of the little finger, and the weight of a single one is a hundred catties, which is worthy of being a weapon wielded by a man.
She even hated herself for talking a lot, for what to ...... Find yourself guilty!
But after looking at Qing Gao, whose ankles were scorched and fainted and had a high fever because of his mistakes, Li Yunuan suddenly felt deeply ashamed, opened the animal skin scabbard, and struggled to pick up one of them with his left hand, and condensed the power of phoenix flames and star chips on his right fingers, and roared down from the hilt of the sword!
......
......
The heavy sword, with a golden thread in the center as gorgeous as a meteor in the dark, can be described as brilliant and gorgeous when wielded. Originally, they were still suspicious that Li Yunuan asked for the giant sword, and Qing Ming and Qing Tie had no ulterior intentions, and the two of them were only guilty and remorseful at the moment.
was already shallow, and when he used the phoenix fire excessively to apologize for the sake of Dao Lu, and returned the two swords to the master after processing, Li Yunuan's lips were as white as if they had been fished out of an ice cave. Qing Ming had a frank temperament, and when he saw this, he said to Qing Tie: "You carry Fairy Li on the road, and I will help my junior brother." ”
“...... No...... No need to ......"
Before the words of shirk were spoken, they were already held in Qingtie's arms without saying anything. He is more than two heads taller than Li Yunuan, and he is as strong as an ox, he is carefully and gently held in his arms, Li Yunuan does not feel the estrangement between men and women at all, but seems to be lying on a soft cushion.
And Qing Ming, who was holding Qing Gao, also pulled out his sword, and the sword attached to the phoenix fire gave him confidence: the vines and cliffs did not let them pass, so they cut the vines and made a path!
Seeing them so scrappy, Li Yunuan suddenly felt a burst of excitement, as if she had experienced the same blood and impulse a long, long time ago, and she remembered Yuehua's message: Follow the guidance of the stars......
When she closed her eyes, she saw faint star debris flowing above the cliff and merging into a sparse river more than twenty paces away from her!
It's not like there's no road!
Star chips are the pathway.
Li Yunuan, who realized the way out, said to Qing Tie, who was holding her: "Ten steps forward or so, there is something there!"
- Qingtie's body is as strong as an iron tower, and his steps are also big, his ten steps are about equal to her twenty steps!
"Something?" Qing Tie was a little confused, but fortunately, they knew that the Ten Thousand Ancestors had a map of the Ice Palace, and they were naturally convinced of Li Yunuan's words, and immediately followed Li Yunuan's guidance with Qing Ming, and took about ten steps forward: In Li Yunuan's spiritual vision, there was a mechanism hidden through the vine cliff.
But when I opened my eyes, it was the same black hole as elsewhere, and because of the appearance of light, the bronze vines began to dance wildly!
No, not without something.
Li Yunuan struggled to let Qingtie put her down, walked to the edge of the cliff, rubbed her fingers for a while, and sure enough, she found the thumb-thick chain!
Shake it hard, and the chain is on the other side of the cliff!
But it was an almost impossible task to climb to the other side of the cliff through the chains, which were only the thickness of a thumb, and the bronze vines below were violently tangled and swollen, and under the torches they were faintly visible to the behemoths that a strong man could not hold, snapping and swaying in a way reminiscent of a tornado rising from the ground.
It's like being ruthless, I must kill them!!) Li Yunuan thought to herself.
Before entering the palace, she also exchanged her meager contribution value for the opportunity to enter the library pavilion, she had read the records of the sect about the North Styx Ice Palace, and found that the palace opened the aurora once every twelve years, and the open part was a very small part. Through these fragments, the geniuses of the Ten Thousand Beginnings Sect spelled out a conclusion, the Northern Stygian Ice Palace exists self-awareness, in short, this palace is alive! Even if it is the same path and the same mechanism, it is entered at different times, and the conditions for activating it are different!
If this ice city is really alive...... Bronze really has consciousness......
Looking at the bronze vines that were gradually entwined into one under the abyss, a ridiculous idea slipped through Li Yunuan's heart.
But before she could laugh at her absurdity, the fantasy became real!
The bronze whip that decomposed and reconstituted into a whirlwind of vines between the lightning and the stone fire slammed towards them on the shore with an invincible force, fast, ruthless, and fierce, mixed with the sharpness that heated the air, and the phantoms were repeated, and the vines were already close at hand!
The rocks have collapsed, and even if the Whip's blow misses the target, they will lose their footing.
The situation was getting worse and worse, Li Yunuan bit her lip, she could smell the rust of the bronze, and she could see the movements in the phantom.
But she didn't know how to stop it, in order to strengthen the giant sword for the three people of the Iron Sword Gate, she had exhausted her physical strength, and the phoenix fire couldn't spit out for the time being.
Could this be my burial place!
Before the thought was born, the body was thrown down heavily, and before Li Yunuan could come back to his senses, he heard "Wow!-" A sound of "Wow!-" The dark environment suddenly became sparkling, and the big sword attached to the phoenix fire cut off the waist-thick vines of the adult man, and Qingtie, who was holding the sword in both hands, gasped vigorously, and said to Li Yunuan: "I didn't hurt you!"
"Thank you!"
Li Yunuan said sincerely, although Qingtie looked big but not handsome, but looking at the man who was shaking his mouth in order to protect her, Li Yunuan's heart couldn't help but beat faster.
"It seems that the situation is a bit bad, but fortunately, Fairy Li has added phoenix fire to our swords!
Qing Ming on the side said calmly, and he glanced at Qing Tie, who split his mouth, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.