Section 8 The Endless Staircase
It's no wonder that Dora and the others are so surprised, the Giant Technique and the Iron Body are both real third-level witchcraft, and they are very rare, and ordinary wizards can't touch them at all.
Lance was obviously only a second-level wizard, so how could he use third-level witchcraft?
This question lingered in their minds, and they couldn't figure it out.
The storage of gene chips has always been one of Reims's strongest cards. This is a technology beyond this world, and it is also his huge capital to move forward on the road to the strong.
After completely turning on the elite-level sub-chip [Black Iron Giant], Lance only felt that his body had become extremely stiff, but it was full of strength!
There was a rough sound of metal grinding in his ears, and the first wave of sorcery swords surrounded him, trying to break through his defenses, but they were clearly not strong enough to break through Lance's hard defenses.
He couldn't help but wave his hand vigorously, and in an instant, the sound of clicking sounded continuously, and a large witchcraft sword was directly swept away!
The scene was as relaxed as an ordinary person sweeping away flies and mosquitoes!
"Sure enough, the strength has been strengthened by 100%!"
Lance was overjoyed, and strode towards the levitating staircase in the distance.
He didn't care about these witchcraft swords around him, because these little things couldn't break through the defense at all.
After the Black Iron Giant turned on, his speed did not decrease, but increased a little, because his size became larger, and his stride length increased, but the frequency of his steps did not slow down.
Lance strode forward, casually stretching out his hand. With a single hard grasp, you can catch five or six witchcraft swords. These small sorcery swords were no match for him in this state at all, and when they were pinched hard, they would let out a terrible wail and deform. Taking advantage of their loss of spirituality, Lance quickly threw them into the Amber Ring.
In just five breaths, there were twenty more slightly injured witchcraft swords in one space of the Amber Ring!
Lance could even consider opening a store specializing in witchcraft swords, and they were all of excellent quality.
His ease didn't last long, though, for he was a quarter of a mile away from the levitation staircase. A second wave of sorcery swords caught up.
This wave of witchcraft swords is medium in size. There are fewer of them, only a little about fifty, the least of the three types of witchcraft swords. But their power is much more powerful than a miniature witchcraft sword.
They are also fast. Lance couldn't dodge. They can only be allowed to stab or slash at their own skin.
Bang dang!
There was a crisp sound. After Lance transformed, he would lose his pain for a while, and he only saw that his steel shell was dented a lot!
"Not good. This sorcery sword can pose a great threat to me, and I can't be greedy anymore!"
Langston knew he couldn't stay here for long. If you want to get a few more witchcraft swords because of greed, if you are surrounded by the last wave of witchcraft swords, I'm afraid your little life will really have to be explained here!
At that moment, he ran with his head bored, and with his terrifying steel body against the attack of dense witchcraft swords, he ran through the last distance.
Finally, before the last wave of large witchcraft swords arrived, he rushed out of the wizarding sword's patrol territory and came to the front of the levitating staircase.
The other four did not wait for him in place, but were frightened by the horrific scene and quickly climbed, standing on a suspended staircase thirty feet above the ground.
They looked at Lance, who was intact, and then at the witchcraft sword that was unwilling to disperse, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
After surviving the crisis, Lance was also relieved and chose to close the Black Iron Giant.
In the next second, the skin of steel turned into a human body, and he only felt a wave of soreness welling up in his head.
"Hiss......"
Raising his hand slightly, Lance couldn't help but gasp.
Not only is his arm numb, but his appearance is full of bruises!
In addition, other parts of the body also have some more or less blunt injuries, but they finally did not suffer very serious internal injuries, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.
"The attack power of these witchcraft swords is indeed not to be underestimated. Fortunately, I have mastered some of the abilities of the Black Iron Giant, and I can use the sub-chip to temporarily transform into the Black Iron Man, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to escape. ”
He glanced back with some trepidation, then rested for a while before dragging his aching body up the levitating staircase step by step.
Five minutes later, the five finally converged.
The other four all looked at Lance with monster eyes, but because of the previous deeds as a precedent, they didn't plan to ask Lance. Because they know that even if they ask, they won't get the results they want.
"How are you?" Lance, are you alright?"
Dora asked with concern. In her opinion, Lance and herself are the most important characters in the team, and now Lance's state looks worrying, and the next road will be much more troublesome.
"It doesn't matter. Lance waved his hand, the Demon Heart's ability to restore was still very strong, and in two hours at most, these bruises would disappear.
With his willpower, this pain can still be restrained.
"We still have a long way to go! The day after tomorrow is the summer solstice, and if we don't hurry, even if we find Sivaret Castle, if we don't catch the right time, our previous efforts will be in vain. ”
"Let's go, everybody be careful. ”
He looked up at the suspended stairs above him, and slowly exhaled a cloudy breath.
......
The long stone staircase is suspended in the middle of the canyon piece by piece by some mysterious force.
The suspended staircase does not go straight up and down, but constantly rotates, like a winding mountain road, surrounding the ascent. But each ascending ring has an irregular shape, some large and some small, some high and some low.
Looking up, the cliffs on both sides seem to be about to fall down at any moment. The feeling of vertigo is increasing.
At first, a few people would talk occasionally, but later. But they each struggled to climb up, but walked in silence, without saying a word.
Except for the sound of footsteps, silence has long reigned on the mysterious staircase.
After walking for an hour, I still couldn't reach the end of the stairs.
A look of exhaustion appeared on everyone's faces.
Because walking here, you must maintain a high level of concentration, otherwise if you accidentally fall down the stairs, you will end up in pieces.
Even Dora and Lance were the same. They have magic carpets though. But the area shrouded by a suspended ladder. Its forbidden demon field is even stricter than the sword forest. In this case, it is doubtful how much of a magic carpet can be used.
So they have to be very careful, which leads directly to both physical and mental consumption. An hour of climbing. It's enough to make these wizards tired.
"How far have we come?"
It was at this time. Lance's voice suddenly rang out.
For the safety of the team, he was the first to go, followed by Landry. Then Valerie, Sacra, and finally Dora.
The five of them each kept a distance of about five or six steps, after all, it was dangerous to be too close in such a place.
Seeing that Lance stopped, the other four seemed to be relieved and stood in place to rest.
Sacra calmly replied, "We have walked one thousand nine hundred and forty-two steps. About an hour and five minutes. ”
Lance shrugged, he hadn't calculated in this regard, or the barbarian wizard was more careful.
The other three all looked blank. Valerie also complained:
"Why doesn't this floating staircase seem to be endless?"
The rest nodded in agreement.
At this moment, they were in the middle of the canyon. Looking up, the suspended stone staircase continues to rotate and rise, and there is no end in sight, and when you look down, you can only see small black dots spinning downward, and you can't even see the ground.
"Something is wrong. Lance mused, "If we had walked so many steps, we would have reached the top of the mountain a long time ago." ”
"Is there something wrong with this floating stone ladder?"
Dora couldn't help but ask.
Everyone's faces showed doubt. They looked up at the stone staircase spiraling upwards and frowned.
"It looks like it's fine, the stone staircase is indeed upward. Landry wondered, "I didn't notice anything like illusion either. ”
"If there is a problem, just try it. ”
Lance thought for a moment and said to the four, "Stand where you are, don't move. Don't make a noise for a while, no matter what happens, you know?"
Although the four of them were puzzled and didn't know what Lance wanted to do, they still nodded.
Lance lifted his spirits and climbed up the stone stairs alone.
The other four were staring closely at Lance's back, watching him step by step.
At first, there was no problem, in the eyes of the four of them, Lance was going up the stone stairs, but he walked forward for a while, and everyone suddenly found that Lance was actually walking down step by step!
Because of Lance's previous explanation, they didn't remind Lance out loud, but just watched this scene quietly.
Lance himself didn't look to the side, but only looked forward. After walking in a circle, I looked up and found Dora standing in front of me, looking at me with a strange expression.
"What's going on? Why are we going up when we turn out to be ...... But step by step?" Valerie asked, puzzled.
Lance pondered, "I almost understand that the suspended structure of these stone stairs gives the illusion that they are all the way up, but in fact, in a circular process, there is a section of the road that goes down. ”
"Is this witchcraft? We've got to find a way to crack it. Dora said with some anxiety.
"It's not witchcraft, it's a mechanism at most. ”
Lance thought for a moment, then suddenly fell on the stone staircase and stuck his head out.
Hawkeye opened, swept all the stone stairs in the circle, and immediately caught something.
I saw a thin red line carved on the edge of a suspended stone ladder opposite. (To be continued......)