The pig-faced people have always been on the fringes of investigation. Although their fighting power is not weak, the fact that they only approach the mountains near the mountain villages at night makes it impossible for people who are not deliberately looking for them to know their traces.
But Lu Ning would not let down his guard.
The cursed villagers correspond to "filthy blood", the ritual used by the murlocs of Moon Lake is "water burial", and the ritual performed at the end of the fork in the castle on the top of the mountain is "dream entry", so there is still one ritual left that still has no corresponding ritual. content.
——Red Moon Ceremony.
The process and purpose of this ritual are still unclear, but judging from the other three rituals, it must have extraordinary power, otherwise the task would not allow tourists to "escape before the next Red Moon Ceremony."
"What? You've probably thought of it, right? It's a pity that I have to tell you that it's almost impossible to interrupt that ceremony." Zhao Chenshuang saw Lu Ning's expression and immediately knew what she was thinking, "I found that there It wasn’t just me, there was also a group of people who didn’t care about life and death. They tried to sneak into that settlement by relying on the weapons and magical skills they obtained before, but in the end, everyone was killed and their blood was put into the blood pool.”
"Everyone was killed?"
"The pig-faced people's combat effectiveness will only be greatly improved at night. But only within that valley, they will maintain that extremely strong combat strength for a long time. In addition, those female pig-faced people have more powerful magic, smell and hearing It is also far beyond ordinary people, and you will be noticed immediately if you get too close.”
If she said that, it must have been carefully investigated.
"Take this, this is the blood we finally mixed."
Some water bags made from animal bladders were stuffed into Lu Ning's hands.
"The dirty blood ritual is only effective for cursed blood. We have verified this result, but the blood of the pig-faced man can also be replaced. We have taken the opportunity to remove the cursed blood from the body, but we don't know the blood of the pig-faced man. What's the problem? Also, you have to pay attention. These pig-faced people don't seem to kill everything when they hunt. They have selective targets. I haven't found out about this yet. You can pay attention to it if it's convenient for you."
"I understand, tonight..."
"I'm sorry, Cheng Wuling's life or death is not within my scope of consideration. And although the progress of our investigation is not bad, the improvement of force is not much. We can't commit the past and get ourselves killed. We will also provide certain support when necessary, don't It’s too much to ask for.”
Zhao Chenshuang said cold and ruthless words and sent Lu Ning to the edge of the woods.
"If you insist on a date, then the time I will prepare is the next day, maybe a little earlier if I can make it."
"You'd better be early."
Lu Ning smiled faintly.
"Huh? Why?"
"Because there may not be another day."
After saying that, she jumped out of the woods and left along the mountain road. Zhao Chenshuang stood there and frowned, then showed a look of confusion.
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Dusk is approaching, and the sun has shifted to the west and has already set toward the bottom of the mountain. A lonely figure slowly climbed along the mountain road and gradually reached the mountainside where the castle on the top of the mountain was about to appear.
Lu Ning had already thrown away the hat that easily blocked her vision. Only then did she feel a little dazzled. The sun had not set after all, and the light was still very bright.
"That's pretty much...almost?"
She took off a transparent bag filled with dark red blood from her waist and held it in her palm.
This is the blood shared by the first tourists, a mixture of one-third "rotten blood" and two-thirds "clean blood".
Like a mirage, a white mountain road appeared in front of him. The stone pillars on both sides also returned to their normal appearance, and the turtles and snakes once again crawled on top of the stone pillars. The steps began to extend toward the mountain in the distance, and in a moment, a huge shadow appeared on the top of the mountain.
A crackling sound sounded in Lu Ning's hand. The blood bag was crushed completely, and the blood inside exploded, but followed the guidance of invisible force in the air and regrouped in Lu Ning's hand. Then she covered her right hand with her left fist soaked in blood, and slowly drew out a handful. A liquid bloody long knife.
"It's hard work to keep stretching the time until then."
Lu Ning swung the blade downwards, and there was a whistling sound in the air, followed by a hint of murderous intent.
"But time should continue to flow."
A slash of the knife swept upward from the bottom, rolling up the bloody fan-shaped arc. A clear sound of slashing came from the head. The giant turtle on the stone pillar slowly propped up its four feet and raised its body.
Immediately afterwards, a large windmill-like bloody light swept across, and the sound of a giant snake hissing and spitting out messages came from the stone pillar on the other side.
This was exactly the anomaly Lu Ning discovered "yesterday".
It wasn't Qin Zhaolin and the others who were secretly watching, but the two sculpture-like creatures on the stone pillars.
When we passed by for the first time, it was late and the moon had begun to turn red. The two animals on the stone pillars were vivid. Although they ignored the people passing below, they were still living creatures.
But "yesterday", that is, when I passed by for the second time, they remained in the state of clay sculptures and had not yet been activated.
After Lu Ning attacked this time, the turtle and snake woke up. They were undoubtedly living creatures, but the appearance they showed before also showed that they were not ordinary.
At this time, as the two huge creatures awakened, the stones on the surface of the two stone pillars began to shatter and peel off, revealing the hard blue-gray main body underneath and the words engraved on it.
【The Stagnant Turtle
Things that are slower than the celestial phenomena and desecrate the time, the beast orders them to stop, as a commandment. 】
【Ouroboros Snake
Things that go against time and space, profane time, and beasts cause harm to them, each link and one difficulty. 】
The red knife was tempered with purple mist.
The snake was coiling down the stone pillar, while the turtle was still standing on the stone pillar, exhaling white mist from its mouth.
Lu Ning raised the knife.
This is her first official battle.
It is not a fight-and-run escape, nor is it a desperate attempt to fight for a bigger outcome. A head-on confrontation in which the outcome is unknown when the strength is equal is the battle in Lu Ning's heart.
Step forward, hold the knife with both hands, and slash diagonally.
This simple action stirred up a fishy wind with the blessing of blood magic. The giant snake opened its mouth and sprayed out a cloud of poisonous mist. The blood and mist crisscrossed through the air without causing any interference to each other. The poisonous mist swept the land. The condensation enveloped the body, and the blood knife pierced through the middle of the snake's head.
The bright white brilliance penetrated the poisonous fog. Lu Ning waved his hand to disperse the fog, and there was already a healing light on his body. The long snake paused slightly in the air, leaving a shadow, and returned to where it was three seconds ago. position, and at the same time, the cut wound on his head also disappeared.
"——The poison is ineffective."
The blood knife in Lu Ning's hand exploded, and the purple toxin-enhancing ability dissipated immediately after losing its possession. Then the blood droplets condensed in his hand again, and green flames quietly rose.
At this moment, a scream came from the sky.
Lu Ning suddenly raised her head and saw the stars in the sky that should not be shining at this time. They were no longer dots, but lines! The elongated starlight trails are flying downward at high speed, rushing towards their position with a manic aura like the end of the world!
Of course it wasn't a real star pendant, but it still had a strong enough impact. Even if it couldn't kill Lu Ning on the spot, it was enough to cause enough trouble in the confrontation between her and the snake!
boom!
The shotgun hit the tortoise's feet. The paralysis and impact of the lightning knocked the tortoise directly off the three-meter-high stone pillar. The tortoise shell fell to the ground with a crisp cracking sound. At the same time, the neat falling trajectories of stars in the sky also became chaotic. They began to scatter and fall to various parts of the surrounding mountains. Some even collided in the air and turned into gorgeous fireworks.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Ning flew towards the stone pillar of the snake. She cut off a strong point with the blood knife and flew up. With the addition of the energy-absorbing ointment, she was able to climb the three-meter-high stone pillar in one go. The impact and earthquake caused by the falling of countless stars around it made the snake a little dizzy, but it was unable to stop it.
There was a muffled sound.
The snake's tail was nailed firmly before it left the stone pillar. The flames on the blood knife were injected into the snake's body along the wound. At this time, the shadow flickered again. The snake went back in time again, but part of its body was still pierced by the knife. superior.
"hiss--"
The giant snake let out a cry of pain, obviously realizing that a short time reset could not free itself from the blade. The burning pain of the fire began to spread, and it suddenly felt that its life was threatened.
Lu Ning heard her heartbeat at this moment.
There was a fierce fight, the giant snake neighed, and the stars in all directions fell. Under such huge movement, she could still hear her own heartbeat.
"Fifteen times."
She smiled and pulled out another pistol, glistening green light flowing in the muzzle.
"It's fifteen hours when twelve o'clock at night goes back to nine o'clock in the morning. But now you can only go back for a few seconds?"
The second heartbeat echoed clearly and audibly in my ears.
The sky was tearing apart, and the stars began to circle around the moon under the guidance of the turtle. Between the gaps, deeper traces of blood vessels began to appear. The brilliance of the sun was completely hidden at this moment, and everything around him turned into night.
The bullet hit the snake's head, blooming with an extremely pure cyan color. The third heartbeat stopped abruptly after only half the sound, and Lu Ning's gradually lost hearing also returned.
The sky was filled with rumbling sounds, but the emerging blood vessels disappeared again. This sight convinced Lu Ning of the effect of the cyan catalyst.
Burning divine power.
After the second blood sac was crushed, Lu Ning pulled out another blood-made long knife, jumped down from the stone pillar, and slashed the giant snake's neck with the blade!
At the same time, the giant snake that was still twisting in pain suddenly opened its mouth, and a twisting force surged out of its mouth. When the blade sank into the neck, it also swallowed Lu Ning whole.
