Volume 2 Imperial Academy Chapter 76 The Dark Tide in the Heavenly Rift
Unlike when the entrance exams were taken, today's Sky Rift Valley has a clear sky and no sense of haze, but if you go deep into it, it is still full of shade and seclusion, and there are new discoveries every moment.
It was the first time for Bai Bing and the others to come to the Viscount District, and as soon as they stepped on this land with soft soil and covered with thick fallen leaves and rotten branches, they immediately felt a dangerous aura in the air, which stimulated him to be vigilant at all times.
Passing through the many kinds of unrecognizable strange trees around you, in the depths of the dense forest of the Heavenly Rift Valley, there are also bursts of low roars from time to time, or through the gaps in the leaves overhead, you can occasionally see some huge unnamed birds flying by. The Rift Valley is a paradise for adventurers at the Imperial Academy.
"Be careful, use your fighting qi to protect your body at any time, this place may rush out of a high-level demonic beast at any time. ”
Vladimir, who had always been pale, but had a warm smile, also became cautious at this time, and instructed Bai Bing and other first-year freshmen, "Pay attention to the remaining fire elemental breath on the leaves of the plant, the crimson feces, and the footprints of the leopard, once you find the whereabouts of the fire-kissed spirit leopard, don't rush to attack, first of all, complete the encirclement, make sure that all its escape routes are sealed and then go together." ”
However, as soon as Vlamichir's words fell, he heard another arrogant and domineering voice, coming from the dense forest, and getting closer and closer, "I can't imagine that the famous Vlamichir is so timid and timid in action, which is really a bit embarrassing for us to be the top four of the Heavenly Dragon." ”
A few people turned their heads to look at the voice, and saw Ronald, Dick, Marcos and other four or five people walking out of the forest, except for Marcos, all of them looked arrogant, especially Ronald, the smile on the corner of his mouth was extremely arrogant.
"Ronald, I advise you not to mess around today, everyone should not interfere with the river water, otherwise there is any situation, don't blame me for not being able to control it. Vladimir took a step forward, his tone was light, but the content of his words was a domineering spirit that he was not afraid of.
"Fairfairfair, don't be so nervous, with you here, how can I mess around. Ronald exaggeratedly opened his arms and staggered towards Bai Bing and the others, "Make it clear in advance, the task we take on also needs the core of the fire kiss spirit leopard, everyone competes fairly, and speaks with their ability." Wait a minute, if we find the Fire-Kissed Spirit Leopard first, don't cry. ”
"What kind of fair competition, aren't you clearly trying to make trouble? Ronald, don't you be too arrogant, don't you want to be afraid that let's compare, if anyone loses, they will have the other party's big brother when they meet, do you dare?"
Gustavo is not as temperamental as a humble gentleman like Vladimir, and the evil fire in his heart cannot stop him.
"Gustavo, do you dare to talk to your seniors like this, don't you know what politeness is?" Dick realized that his opportunity to perform had come, and quickly stood up and accused Gustavo.
"Hehe, Dick, you are very arrogant, your buddy Marcos was just treated by me not long ago, do you want to compare with me?" Bai Bing smiled, stood side by side with Gustavo, looked at the other side and said lightly, with a sense of confidence all over his body.
Dick's face was cold, and he was about to open his mouth to agree, and meet Bai Bing on the spot. was unexpectedly stopped by Ronald as soon as he stretched out his hand.
Ronald looked at Gustavo wickedly, "I think this junior's proposal is very thoughtful, why don't you add some more prizes? The losing side has to pay the winning side a thousand gold coins!"
One thousand gold coins is equivalent to the living expenses of one hundred well-off families for a year, which is by no means a small amount. Of course, Ronald, as the son of the Imperial Treasurer, is just a month's pocket money for a thousand gold coins.
Although Vladimir and Gustavo are both young geniuses, they are not from great aristocratic backgrounds, and it is really difficult to come up with a thousand gold coins, and they did not agree to it at the first time.
However, Ronald ignored the identities of the other people here.
Bai Bing seemed to glance at Ronald a little leisurely, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said, "One thousand gold coins, it's too little, it's obviously not exciting enough, I think it's better to add five thousand gold coins, how about it?"
As Shaodong, the first chamber of commerce in the Far East, Bai Bing may not have any other advantages, but there is one thing, in the entire academy, except for Jiedu, no one is his opponent, that is, there is money!
Five thousand gold coins, this amount, made Ronald also gasp, and was about to grit his teeth for the sake of face, but he heard two beautiful voices sounding almost at the same time.
"This kind of good opportunity to make money, how can I miss it, add another five thousand gold coins. "Lilith, as the eldest lady of the Governor of the Far East, naturally has no problem taking out this money, in a word, she is full of confidence, she is definitely a real white rich and beautiful fan, and the whole person is even more dazzling.
"Lilith, this kind of good thing, you are not allowed to leave me alone to do it, I will also add another five thousand gold coins, a total of fifteen thousand gold coins, how about it, do you dare to take it?" Diana is also the second generation of officials and Bai Fumei, so she was naturally unwilling, and she also crossed her arms and spoke aggressively.
As soon as these three super rich guys opened their mouths, they immediately doubled the bet fifteenfold, skyrocketing from one thousand gold coins to ten thousand gold coins, which not only shocked Ronald and the others, but even Vladimir and Gustavo looked at the three of them with a look of surprise.
I've seen rich, but I've never seen anyone so rich!
Ronald looked iron-blue, although he is the son of the Imperial Finance Minister, but to put it bluntly, the Imperial Finance Minister is just a treasurer who manages the money for the Empire, and the money in his hands is completely incomparable with some super big chambers of commerce and nobles, not to mention that it is his father, not himself.
This fifteen thousand gold coins, Ronald can't take it out anyway, but now it's difficult to ride a tiger, he proposed to increase the bet, and the result was the other party's counter-general, if he conceded like this, and he really confessed in his proudest financial resources, not to mention that others would even look down on his little brothers.
After thinking about it, Ronald put his heart on the side, he can win steadily, why not gamble? As long as he catches the fire-kissed spirit leopard, not only will the two guys Vladimir and Bai Bing bow to him, but he will also earn 15,000 gold coins, why not?
"Okay! Since you want to send me money, I have no reason not to accept it, hehe, you should hurry home and get the money, so as not to wait for a while and not be able to get it, but don't say that I Ronald does not give face." ”
At this time, Ronald was already desperate, and as for the risk of losing to Bai Bing and others, he had completely ignored it.
"I'm afraid that when the time comes, you won't be able to pay back the money if you lose naked pants! Now we have to complete the mission, so I will not accompany you. Bai Bing ended his mouth cannon with a sentence, announcing the official start of the game between the two sides.
Two groups of people entered the Heavenly Rift Valley from two opposite directions, Bai Bing and the others searched in a counterclockwise direction, and Ronald searched in a clockwise direction.
"How's it going?, have you made any new discoveries?" Bai Bing asked, walking in the depths of the Heavenly Rift, in order to avoid disturbing the nearby demonic beasts.
An hour has passed, and although the shadow of the fire-kissed spirit leopard has not been seen, some clues left by this demonic beast indicate that this forest happens to be the territory of a fire-kissed spirit leopard, and the fire-kissed spirit leopard is never too far from its own territory.
Gustavo and Diana were the team's masters of wilderness hunting, and now the two of them were crouching on the ground, intently observing a few shallow footprints.
"Judging from the direction of these footprints, the big cat should have gone southwest. Shall we keep up?"
Gustavo seemed to have made a judgment, his frown furrowed, raised his head, and asked Vladimir and Bai Bing.
"Of course we have to go, we have to find the fire-kissed leopard before Ronald!" Vladimir almost didn't think about it, and immediately decided.
"Wait. At this time, Diana interrupted Vladimir's arrangement, patted the dirt on her hands, stood up, and said with a somewhat solemn face: "There are some very unusual signs, I don't know if you have noticed?"
Hearing Diana ask like this, everyone showed a surprised expression, a little confused, but seeing her expression so solemn, it was definitely not a joke, and they couldn't help but think about the scene along the way.
Bai Bing thought for a while, struck his right hand with a fist on his left palm, and said as if he suddenly remembered something, "Diane, I'm also a little strange to hear you say this, in the past hour, have we encountered too many demonic beasts......? And...... They all seem to be moving in one direction?"
As soon as Bai Bing said this, Vladimir, Gustavo, and Lilith immediately remembered that after they split up with Ronald and the others, in just one hour, they had encountered three waves of demonic beast invasion and harassment in a row.
The first wave is two third-order demonic beasts: long-tailed hunting lizards, in terms of the configuration of Bai Bing and his party, such demonic beasts are here to send experience, and after killing them by dividing them by two, they will share the spoils on the spot.
In less than ten minutes, the second wave of demonic beasts was ushered in, this time it was a fourth-order pale ant beast, this kind of demonic beast was covered with pale scales, sharp teeth, and a tongue full of sharp barbs, which can be said to be very terrifying in defense and attack.
If it was Bai Bing alone, it would definitely be quite difficult to deal with it, but no matter how high the martial arts were, he was afraid of kitchen knives, and no matter how high his fists and feet were, he was afraid of being beaten.
It didn't take long for the third wave of demonic beasts to follow, this time and the strongest one, two fourth-order demonic beasts appeared together, namely the Jungle Speed Dragon and the Sabertooth Tiger, both of which were extremely fast, aggressive and difficult opponents.
This battle can be said to be very difficult, if it weren't for Vladimir, a player from the Silver Realm, to suppress the formation, with only Bai Bing and the other four first-year students, I am afraid that I would have to flee desperately.
However, once Vladimir was added, with his silver level 4 fighting spirit in the front hard steel, white ice Gustavo roamed the side to attack, Diana and Lilith provided magic support and long-range attacks, and with the right tactics, it didn't cost much to successfully take down the two fierce monsters.
Since the three waves of demonic beasts did not cause much trouble, several people were very relaxed and happy, but they completely ignored the situation of encountering so many demonic beasts in just one hour.