Chapter 9: The Tree
As the two were talking, the carriage suddenly jolted, and the neighing of the horses was heard, and with a bang, the whole carriage shook violently, and instantly stopped, Mu Xuan frowned, "Coachman, what's the matter?"
"Lord Mu Xu! A big tree suddenly appeared on the road in front of you, it's so strange!"
Hearing this, Mu Xuan and Li Yan got out of the carriage, and sure enough, on the narrow forest path, a huge tree stood abruptly in front of the two, and the next few carriages also stopped, and the two Scarlet Society elites got out of the carriage, with the same surprised expression, "What's going on?"
"I remember not having this tree when I came. β
"You see, there's a path next to the tree. Mu Xuan pointed, Li Yan felt that something was wrong, "Brother Mu Xu, it's better to be careful, right? It is not unusual for a big tree to suddenly appear on the road. β
"I know. Mu Xuan pondered for a long time, hooked his finger, and a coachman ran over, "Lord Mu Xu, what are your orders?"
"You go explore the path and see where this sudden extra path leads?"
"Obey!" "The coachman's profession is a horse trainer, his legs are like flying, although he only has the basic level of the second order and one star, but the small thorny road running is still not a problem, I saw him disappear without a trace, Mu Xuan and the other four people waited here slowly, after a long time, I didn't see the coachman come back, everyone's faces were not very good?
"Have we been ambushed?"
"Who would dare to oppose our Scarlets?"
Mu Xu's eyes glanced at Li Yan, who shook his head and whispered, "The Chaoxi City City Lord's Mansion has not moved. β
"It's weird. Mu Xuan clenched his fists, a circle of red light appeared in his hands, his profession is a fire elemental master, a third-order two-star elite, and he can already control the fire element very well to attack, he stepped in front of the big tree that blocked the way, and with a loud bang, crackling wood chips flew all over the sky, contaminated by flames, and they all burned, and a big hole appeared on the tree, Li Yan saw this and his fingers swiped lightly, and a string of water beads appeared! As a pharmacist, a master of the water and fire elements, and a second-order six-star foundation, his power is naturally not weak.
The flames in front of everyone were extinguished, Mu Xuan motioned to the remaining two coachmen to stay behind again, they probed the big hole, and when they reached the other side, their faces suddenly became a little ugly! I saw that there was a big tree in front of them, could it be that they had to be so playless all the way? Mu Xu's heart was a little bottomless, such a strange situation, he had never encountered it, and at this time there was a muffled sound behind everyone! Li Yan's face changed, "The carriage has changed!"
The four of them hurried back to the carriage, but unfortunately they were still a step late, and the two coachmen were pierced through the heart by a wooden arrow, so it is conceivable that the person who attacked them must be a master of archery!
"Who is it?" Mu Xu's brows broke out with a fine sweat, he hadn't faced something more terrifying than this, but his side had already lost three people, but he couldn't even see the shadow of the enemy, and one strange phenomenon after another appeared, but because the four of them had seen a big scene, so as not to be confused, Li Yan gave a suggestion after a little thought, "The four of us don't separate, force over!" It's just that if the big tree is in the way, there is no obstacle, one of the three of you will open the way, one will be on guard, one will rest, I will be responsible for the break, and the cycle will be in turn, and the other party has not shown up so far, indicating that there is no capital to fight against us head-on, so that everything can be done!"
"Just do it!" The four of them nodded, instantly stood in their positions, and pushed forward, Lin Han, who was hidden in an ancient tree in the dense forest, put down the improvised bow and arrow in his hand, and the playfulness in his eyes disappeared, although his current strength is only a first-order one-star foundation, and he may not even be able to beat an adult head-on, but the good background is still there, as a former senior core member of the Evil Fire Sect, a third-order nine-star elite spirit swordsman, he is proficient in all kinds of weapons, and he is proficient in concealment methods, it is too simple to play with these people in applause, plus the characteristics of the spirit summonerγ
The corners of his mouth raised a wicked smile, how long has it been since he had this kind of pleasure of hunting? When he was in the Evil Fire Church, there seemed to be a thing that claimed to be the boss of the elite members, showing him the horse, and finally Lin Han dug out his heart through a series of means and took his place, as if the expressions of these people were the same as the person at that time, and at first they all felt that they had a means of preservation. It's a pity that arrogant people don't have the qualifications to cry and beg for mercy in the end, and there is only one end, and that is death.
He leaned forward, although his body was slow, he didn't make a sound, a cuckoo, singing happily, Lin Han's figure skipped by, it just raised its head strangely, could it be that the leaves were floating just now?
Trees, still trees! Li Yan's eyes were no longer calm, why were there so many trees along the way? Although it had only been ten minutes, his party had already encountered a full twenty big trees blocking the way! Would a person with this ability be afraid to go head-to-head with us? He gasped and shouted, "Let's rest for a while!"
Mu Xu nodded when he heard this, he was also a little tired, just wanted to sit down and rest for a moment, it was just the time when his spirit was relaxed, people are like this, at the beginning of the rest, the brain will experience a short vacuum period, at this time, people's sense !!of precaution is the weakest!
But the wooden arrow was too fast, giving him too little time to react, if it was normal, this arrow would not be close to Mu Xu's three meters at all, but he could only twist his head with all his might, and his body was desperately on one side, and the wooden arrow shot into his left shoulder, spurting out a blood flower! He bit his teeth, his lips were a little purple, Li Yan was shocked when he saw this, "The arrow is poisonous!" He hurriedly Mu Xu's left shoulder, the other two stood up to guard, Li Yan took out a bag of medicinal materials, and he didn't have time to boil it at the moment of life and death, so he poured it directly into it, slapped Mu Xu's body, emitting hot heat, black blood flowed out of his wound, Li Yan took out a knife again, and dug the wound without hesitation, Mu Xuan was in pain, but he endured it and didn't make a sound, after these processes were done, his face looked a lot better.
"It's worthy of being one of the top ten pharmacists in Chaoxi City, it's really troublesome. Seeing this, Lin Han put down the bow and arrow in his hand, this poison was brought by him from the Evil Fire Sect, he thought that one arrow would kill him, but he didn't expect this Li Yan to be so experienced, although this deadly poison still had remnants in Mu Xu's body, but it was no longer a big problem. He leaned against the tree and closed his eyes.
"It's terrifying!" one of the men guarding the guard was sweating profusely, "This kind of archery technique, even if it is the elite of our Blood Red Society, few people have it." β
"And we still saw the wooden arrow first, and then we heard the sound, which means that the person who attacked the sneak attack perfectly grasped the vacuum period of our awareness of prevention. Li Yan's hand was lowered from Mu Xu's pulse, "There are still toxins in the body, but there is no major problem." β
"Let's keep going, we can't stay for long!" Mu Xuan struggled to get up, his face was a little unsightly, but his expression was extremely resolute, "This path is coming to an end!
"Well, that's right, let's go immediately!" Li Yan nodded, and suddenly the fake black magic codex in Mu Xu's arms spoke, "Ahem, it seems that your situation is a little bad." β
"Oh, what is this?" Li Yan was a little puzzled, but immediately understood something, and his heart was extremely shocked, the Black Magic Codex actually had its own spiritual intelligence!
"Codex-sama?" Mu Xuan listened to Codex's tone, as if there was some solution, "What do you think?"
"Ahem, if you go out of this path, you're going to die. β
The words of the Black Magic Codex really shocked the four of them, "How do you say this?" Mu Xuan was puzzled.
"Hmph, it seems that you don't know much about the form, think about it carefully, why are there so many trees along the way, and there is a person who sneaks up on you?"
"Isn't it because that man's strength is not strong enough to fight us?" asked Li Yan.
"Of course it is. However, you have thought about it a little less, is there only one person who has attacked you?" The words of the Black Magic Codex made the four of them fall silent, and Li Yan was the first to wake up, "You mean, there are a lot of people?"
"The ambush in the forest is just to exhaust your physical strength, and when you get out of the forest, that place is not fake, but it is not false that you can become a live target!"
"So what are we going to do? Mu Xuan was a little dizzy, and the Codex suddenly smiled strangely, "Hmph, this Codex has an ability that can help you get through the difficulties, but it takes a bit of a big price." β
"What kind of ability is it?"
"I can make it get dark. Codex's words shocked the four of them, "It's only afternoon, if you want to wait until the night to raid, then I don't know what will happen during this time, this Codex can make it dark and there is no light!"
"It is worthy of being a divine object written by the former dark great elemental. Mu Xuan was very excited, "Then what price do we need to pay?"
Lin Han, who was leaning against the tree, opened his eyes, he stretched out his hand and smiled softly.
"Not much, an eyeball, a nose, an arm, a leg, that's all. β