Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Underground Mine
The so-called method of drawing lots is also very simple, Duan Heng and all the other guards who were prepared were distributed to a jade plate with their names written on it, and then smeared a drop of their own blood on it, and then threw the jade card into a certain giant tripod on the stage, and the last person selected was the cheating guards who accompanied those high-ranking disciples into the Kunlun Forbidden Land.
In the first round of drawings, nine cheating guards were quickly selected, Duan Heng was not on the list, and he obviously saw that Xiao Tieyi and many other soldiers were relieved.
And in the second round, it was Xiao Tieyi's cousin, who was probably a little stronger, so she just chose eighteen cheating guards.
This time, Duan Heng still didn't make the list, but the eighteen guards were obviously very strong, and two of them were cultivators of the governor's position, which made the woman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, in fact, this may not be able to pass the test, the highest cultivation of these guards must not exceed the governor's position, and the demon beast they face is equivalent to the prime minister's position, this strength gap is too big, if you are unlucky, the group will be wiped out as a matter of course.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please, little girl. β
Soon, the third round of the draw began, but it was another girl from a family, she directly chose the ninth-level cheating, with the ultimate goal of saving her life, and there will be twenty-seven guards who will follow her into the Kunlun Forbidden Land.
But this time, whether it is Xiao Tieyi or the girl of the family, she is more nervous than the two before, and it should be her weaker relationship.
However, the luck of this family girl is not bad, the first one to draw lots is Xiao Tieyi, which makes her cry and laugh with joy, because although Xiao Tieyi has never been qualified to participate in this kind of life and death hunting, after all, she is well-known in the Tiannan Guards Legion. With her, it's enough to be worth two or three ordinary guards.
One soldier after another was drawn out by lot, but there was still no Duan Heng. But thinking about it, the base of nearly two hundred people, how can it be so easy to draw Duan Heng.
So much so that Xiao Tieyi and the others began to breathe.
However, when the last place was drawn, it was Duan Heng.
For a while, everyone was stunned. What are you really afraid of?
Some people even scolded directly: "It's really unlucky, how did this kid get in?"
"Damn, a jinshi, isn't that a joke?"
Even the expression of the girl of the family is even more gloomy, as the saying goes, to make matters worse, it will not be like this.
"Cousin?"
"It's okay, everyone gathered at once and prepared to enter the forbidden land. Xiao Tieyi probably regretted his death in his heart, if things could be done again. She must have hacked Duan Heng to death first, but now it's too late for anything, and she takes a wrong step.
In comparison, Duan Heng was very calm, because he never thought that he would drag his feet.
After a brief gathering, the twenty-eight of them stood in a blue light that rose into the sky.
Originally, Duan Heng thought that this was some kind of teleportation array or something, but in fact, it was not, and the blue light was more like some kind of portal to the unknown space. They stood in the blue light for about three or five breaths before they suddenly noticed. Everything around was gone, replaced by a dark but vast underground space.
The high platform they were standing on had not changed, but there was an old white-haired man who didn't know how old he was, and the lower half of his whole body was submerged in the high platform, and his white hair was fluttering, and his face could not be seen clearly. Very spooky.
"The time for hunting is limited, young man, you need to set off immediately, and in a month, please retrieve at least one Vermilion Bird Heart and give it to the old man. Fang can be regarded as an official pass, otherwise, according to the rules, you will never want to leave here, in addition, the more Vermilion Bird Heart you get back, the higher the evaluation will be, but the old man still has to solemnly warn you that everything must be done within your means. β
The white-haired old man's voice rumbled throughout the underground space, and as for Duan Heng and the others, they didn't dare to stop at all, and ran directly down the high platform, rushing towards the only exit.
Around, you can't see the other participants at all.
After leaving the underground space, the light around me suddenly dimmed, and even the road became narrow, low and winding, which felt like a mine.
After walking some distance, the girl of the family stopped, and it seemed that she had finally overcome her fear and panic.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the little woman is a direct descendant of the Su family in Jade Bird Prefecture, Su Xiaomei, although the time is urgent, there are some things I still have to explain in advance, that is, from now on, we will all be grasshoppers on a rope, we are one, either all of us will go out alive, or we will all die here, no one can be exempted, therefore, I need everyone to work together, don't infighting, don't care about some small things, I, Su Xiaomei, can guarantee here, as long as I can leave this Kunlun forbidden land alive this time, I will definitely repay youγ β
"Also, from this moment on, I have decided to hand over the battle command power of our people to my cousin Xiao Tieyi, if anyone dares to disobey the order, I swear, I will be the first to ask him to look good, if you have no objections, I will focus on the situation of this Kunlun forbidden land and the rules of this hunt. β
"First of all, this Kunlun forbidden land, this forbidden land needs to pass through a fairy stone vein, and this fairy stone vein has long been abandoned, well, this is a secret, because this is to cover the Kunlun forbidden land, so on the surface, this fairy stone vein is still being excavated normally. But the point is not here, because this fairy stone vein has a history of excavation of hundreds of thousands of years, so you can imagine the twists and turns in it, and if you are not careful, you will get lost. What's worse is that these complex mines have been abandoned for too long, and there are some powerful monsters entrenched in them, and if we want to go through these mines to the deeper Kunlun Forbidden Land, we have to kill all the way through, which also belongs to the category of life and death hunting. β
"When we pass through these mines, we will enter the Kunlun Forbidden Land, it is said that it is a very magical world, I don't know the specific situation, because the people who entered the Kunlun Forbidden Land in the past, after the successful return, were strictly required not to leak secrets, I only know that what we need to obtain is an ore called 'Vermilion Bird's Heart', this ore will be guarded by those designated powerful demon beasts, we only need to kill it, we can get back the Vermilion Bird Heart." That's the thing, cousin, you arrange the battle sequence. β
After Su Xiaomei explained briefly, she handed over the command to Xiao Tieyi, and she was not polite, because among all the people, she was indeed the most qualified commander.
"Ladies and gentlemen, due to insufficient intelligence, we must consider any kind of emergency, so I need eight shield battles now, of which there must be at least two seventh-grade earth shields, two sixth-grade ice shields, and four Lin iron shields, of which the earth shield is in the center, the middle layer of the cold ice shield echoes, and the Lin iron shield controls the four positions in the front and back, left and right. β
As Xiao Tieyi's words fell, the eight guards stood up separately, the earth shield refers to the immortal cultivators who are good at cultivating the loess evil qi, and the same is true for the cold ice shield, as for the Lin iron shield, it refers to the kind of person who is tall and powerful, and specializes in holding a thick shield made of jade lin iron, although this kind of shield battle is not as flexible as the earth shield and the cold ice shield, but it is better than stability, and the big shield can basically prevent most of the attacks with a smash into the ground.
It is especially suitable for areas with difficult terrain.
In addition, there is another point, this kind of iron shield battle often deliberately carries three or five huge shields, which does not consume evil qi at all.
It's the perfect way to fight a protracted war.
If it is used in conjunction with the Earth Demon Shield and the Ice Shield, it will often play a very effective role.
"Very good, the eight of you are responsible for the defense of the entire team, note, you don't have to participate in the attack without my order, now, I need twelve attackers to be responsible for the attack of the team's forward, there is only one requirement, the instantaneous effect of the Red Fire Flame and the Ice Evil must reach six grades, and the instantaneous effect of the Pure Gold Flame must reach the seventh grade, if there is a sword brake, it is the best, as for those who fail to meet this requirement, they are all as candidates for the team, remember, without my orders, the alternates are not allowed to attack any target in the sector area in front, but if there are dangerous targets in the rear, you can attack firstγ β
With Xiao Tieyi's division, the twelve main attackers were also quickly selected, which was indeed very powerful, there were four people who practiced Essence Gold Evil Qi and two people who practiced Sword Evil, including that Su Xiaomei, but Xiao Tieyi arranged Su Xiaomei to be among the alternates in the back team, and she was not allowed to make a move easily.
Obviously, this is not to take care of her, but Su Xiaomei's strength is enough to act as a real killer weapon, which can play a decisive role at the most critical moment, and this kind of combat power cannot be consumed on some monsters casually.
Based on Duan Heng's guess, this Su Xiaomei's combat power should be second only to Xiao Tieyi among the twenty-eight of them, after all, she is also a daughter of a family, and the so-called weakness is also compared to other strong high-ranking disciples, compared to Duan Heng, but I don't know how much stronger?
Even Duan Heng suspected that the reason why Su Xiaomei's overall strength was weak among many high-ranking disciples was not because of her lack of potential, but because the direction she chose was too difficult to absorb, and she was not powerful in the early stage, in other words, her endurance was not enough, and she could only release it a dozen times a day.
At this point, after simply assigning their respective combat responsibilities, the whole team continued to descend the crooked cavern, which was quiet along the way, heavy cobwebs and dust covered the entire space, and occasionally a broken skeleton could be seen, indicating the danger of this place.
Duan Heng was in the back team, and he didn't dare to be careless at all, let alone have any other ideas, after all, his current life was in the hands of Su Xiaomei, if Su Xiaomei died, they would have to bury him. (To be continued.) )