On the way up the mountain, Lu Ning and his party, Cheng Wuling and others met at a place. Shi Xiaolang doesn't know Lu Ning now and doesn't pay special attention to her. There were steps halfway up the mountain, and there were cracks and moss on the white marble. It looked like it hadn't been taken care of for a long time. Where this stone step appears, there are two stone pillars on both sides. They are also covered with moss and are about three meters high. Above the stone pillars lie a turtle and a long snake respectively. They are motionless. Like two specimens.
"Turtles and snakes... they feel quite uncomfortable." Ye Tisi grabbed the clothes on her chest and looked at the two stone pillars with twinkling eyes. Unfortunately, except for the two animals, there was nothing extra on the stone pillars. , even if there were no decorations, she couldn't tell anything.
The group continued to walk up the mountain. After climbing about two hundred meters, they came to a platform. The road here bifurcated. One was the same stone steps leading to the top of the mountain, and the other was. A path paved with gravel on the edge of the platform that goes around the mountain.
According to the principle of exploration, one should go to the trail to take a look, but the hunters did not agree with this approach.
“This road hasn’t been walked on for a long time.”
Shi Xiaolang was very confident about this. It was easy for him to identify the traces of people walking by, and there was no sign of anyone walking on that path at all.
"Because of this, there might be some secret hidden there, right?" Cheng Wuling said.
"We are not interested in secrets. We are following here just to find the whereabouts of Big Brother and the others. If you are not ready to continue going up, then we will go there ourselves!" Shi Xiaolang pointed to the steps going up.
"Then it's okay to send some people over to check it out, right? Lu Ning, can I ask you for a favor?"
"Then... Mo Lianren, Chu Jianting, or should the three of us go over?" After hearing this, Lu Ning turned around and nodded to two familiar comrades, who immediately came over.
The hunter didn't care that there were three people missing, so the large group still walked towards the mountain, while Lu Ning led Mo Lian and Chu Jianting into the mountains along the path.
The moonlight was bright, and it was quite quiet along the way. Occasionally, I could hear the distant sound of some birds flying. It was easy to think of something bad in this silence.
Gradually, the sound of rushing water can be heard.
After turning around a mountain col, Lu Ning saw a pavilion. A little further forward from the pavilion, there was a flight of about twenty steps leading up to a white circular platform.
Before she could take a closer look, Mo Lianren suddenly shouted: "Sister! Why are you here?"
Do not cherish others?
Lu Ning's eyes narrowed slightly and she immediately saw the two people on the platform.
In the center of the circular platform is a stone cup-shaped sculpture, and four chairs are distributed in a square shape more than two meters away from the cup. Mo Xiren is sitting on one of the chairs, facing the stairs, and opposite her There was also a person sitting on the chair, but with his back to this side, he didn't look back when he heard the sound.
"Don't cherish others..."
Lu Ning stood there without moving, but Mo Lianren ran directly up the stone steps and quickly ran to Mo Xiren. His face was full of surprise and he asked questions, and his words could not hide the worry.
Mo Xiren also showed a gentle smile, gently stroked her sister's cheek, and kept saying that it was okay, and it didn't take long for Mo Xiren to calm down.
Lu Ning led Chu Jianting up the steps step by step, and finally saw the panoramic view on the circular platform.
A little further ahead of the stone platform is a cliff. The cliff is almost at a right angle of 90 degrees. Water flows out of the cliff on one side, forming a small waterfall. This is the source of the sound of water.
The four stone chairs on the platform are simple in shape, but it is difficult for people to think that they are chairs for people to sit on. The reason is that there is a groove on the back of the chair, in which a sliding stone spike is embedded. The position of the groove exactly corresponds to the position of an average person's head when sitting down.
In other words, when sitting here, you must keep your body leaning forward. If you straighten your back slightly, the stone thorn from behind will be directly poked into the brain. And looking at the dark brown color of the stone thorns on one of the empty chairs, it seems that many people have used it here.
She also saw the person sitting on the chair opposite Mo Xiren, Su Shengge. This quiet teammate now seemed to have completely lost his vitality. He leaned weakly on the armrest of the stone chair, just to prevent the stone thorns on the back of his head from penetrating in. He didn't say anything when he saw Lu Ning.
Finally, there is the stone sculpture cup in the middle.
The height is nearly one meter, but the bottom part is in the shape of a pillar. There are no too complicated patterns on the cup. There are four handles in total, and holes as thick as thumbs are punched on the handles. The inside of the cup is about fifty centimeters in diameter and about forty centimeters deep. If it weren't for the shape, it actually looks more like a basin. There is also a hole at the bottom of the cup.
"Have you finished studying it?"
Mo Xiren saw Lu Ning looking around and asked with a smile.
"Have you discovered this place a long time ago?"
"Well... it's not very early, just 'two days' earlier than you." Mo Xiren patted Mo Lianren and asked her to sit down on the armrest of the stone chair, and explained to Lu Ning, "Actually, I It was only two days earlier than you when we left the time reset? So there is only this time difference. Oh, Su Shengge and I are of the same age, but she went to do something else, and when she wants to find you When , you were already saving people."
"Su Shengge?"
"Don't ask me... I feel very uncomfortable..." Su Shengge weakly raised his hand, but in the end he didn't raise it. "Are you bloody? I can't stand it anymore, hurry up and perform the ceremony..."
"Ritual? Blood? You..."
"Dream entry ceremony." Mo Xiren pointed out the theme, "You don't know how long we have been waiting. If it were any later, Su Shengge would probably have weakened and died. I don't mind who comes, and you can too. , let’s start the ceremony, shall we?”
"Is this the place where the dream initiation ceremony takes place?"
After hearing Lu Ning's question, Mo Xi realized that what they were talking about was not on the same line at all.
"Wait a minute... You didn't know anything and just came up here, right? Did you jump to the next level? Hey, hey, hey, that's not how you seek death. Could it be that some of you went to the top of the mountain without knowing whether to live or die?"
"What's on the top of the mountain?" Lu Ning felt that her voice was a little harsh.
"I don't know anything else. I only know that the famous fourth hunter, the 'Super Range' Lei Yan, is responsible for guarding the passage in front of the door. If you don't perform the dream entrance ceremony, anyone who goes in will die."
Super range? Lei Yan? The fourth place - that fourth brother?
At this moment, a muffled thunderous sound came from the higher peak above the head.
"Oh my, there are actually people who are stupid enough to rush to the top of the mountain...haven't you ever played a game? At least you should know how to wear a magical outfit before challenging the boss, right?"
Mo Xiren stood up with a mocking tone, raised her head and looked towards the mountain.
"How many people were there in total? Forty? Fifty? Proficiency is meaningless. Although the information of the three veteran hunters cannot be found, the village still knows a thing or two about Lei Yan's ability."
"What exactly can he do?"
Lu Ning has seen the afterimage of the short and thin hunter and the soft body of the fat hunter. To be honest, it is already a somewhat troublesome force. Now that these people have become partners, they will definitely become useful helpers, right?
That's what I thought.
"Just like the name, there is no distance limit for this person's attack, as long as everything he looks at can be included in the attack range - he is a veritable monster whose basic attack becomes an area attack."
A second blast of thunder sounded overhead.
"I see... But at least this ability won't cause too much damage yet..."
Lu Ning said with a calm face.
At this time, people on the mountain retreated outside the outermost gate of the castle. Two less skilled people became the victims. In fact, it could not be blamed on their skills. After all, no one saw the enemy at all.
They just walked to the door first, and then holes were opened from the chest to the abdomen.
The second sound of thunder was more of a shock than an attack. The unkempt vegetation on both sides of the castle's front passage was torn to pieces. Leaves and gravel were rolled up in the strong wind. It took a long time to calm down. .
"It's Fourth Brother! It's Fourth Brother!"
Some of the hunters were already shouting.
"Fourth brother! Why are you attacking us! We are here to save you! We are going back now! We are going home now!"
"Shut up!"
Shi Xiaolang forcefully stopped the hunter's cry. The ground beneath his feet was cracking, as if it had endured a great deal of force, and in fact it was exactly the case.
He had already gone in and saw what the fourth brother looked like.
"It seems you have met the person you wanted to meet."
Cheng Wuling's voice sounded from behind.
"'Shuchi' is indeed a convenient ability to move forward and retreat freely. So what's the result? Can the 'Fourth Brother' you have missed for a long time be saved now?"
Hearing these words, Shi Xiaolang sneered, which gradually turned into laughter.
"You are making this kind of idea... You have known this for a long time, haven't you? You have known that there is no possibility of rescue for a long time, right? You called us here just to be thugs and end their suffering with your own hands, right? Bar?"
He turned around suddenly and met Cheng Wuling's eyes.
"But unfortunately, we can't do it."
"Is it because of emotions or because of strength?" Cheng Wuling looked at him and asked.
"Of course...strength."
Shi Xiaolang only took advantage of Shuchi's ability to seize a moment's opportunity. The second attack was launched against him, an unexpected intruder. Fortunately, he entered and exited quickly enough, otherwise he would have been hit. It means broken bones and tendons.
But this method can only be used once. Although Lei Yan no longer remembers these fellow hunters, he still maintains a high enough vigilance. Shi Xiaolang's Shuchi is not invincible, and he will definitely be attacked first next time he goes in. .
"My winning rate against Fourth Brother, if I take the initiative to launch a sneak attack, is about two to eight, but when he realizes my existence, it may drop to one to one hundred." Shi Xiao Lang sneered, "As the sponsor, shouldn't you give us some reasonable support now?"
