"Hul... huff", accompanied by strong panting and trembling, Chu Xin felt that the monster behind him was getting closer and closer, so close that bursts of hot breath from the opponent's breath fell on him.
The power of the earth element surged rapidly, and earth walls, swamps, and ground thorns appeared behind Chu Xin.
You don't want to hurt the other party, you just want to delay the other party as much as possible and buy yourself enough time to escape.
"Boom", the ground thorns and the earth wall were smashed into pieces in an instant. Only the swamp caught the monster off guard and fell into it, and it took dozens of seconds to get out of it.
But it was this moment of respite that allowed Chu Xin to regain distance from the monster and temporarily feel safe.
But in Chu Xin's mental perception, the monster was pressing closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides that had finally been opened was rapidly shrinking.
If you just run away, you will be caught up by the opponent sooner or later.
In this case, only by joining Iron Scale as soon as possible and blocking the monster's path can we be completely safe.
The agreement between Chu Xin and Tie Lin was to meet up quickly after getting the key. Counting the time, Tie Lin should arrive in about three minutes at most.
Mire spells were thrown out one after another, but the effect became worse and worse. From the first few dozen seconds to the end, it was almost useless.
The monster is constantly adapting to Chu Xin's spells. Except for being hit by a few unfamiliar moves at first, it predicts them in advance and easily crosses the range of the quagmire spell by stepping on the walls on both sides of the passage.
After this monster entered the passage, its size shrank a lot, and now it looked like an ordinary hound. Its flexible body allowed it to travel quickly underground without any obstacles.
The opponent's pursuit speed was too fast. According to this trend, Chu Xin felt that he could only hold on for less than half a minute at most.
It was difficult to delay time any longer, which meant that he had to withstand one or even multiple attacks from this seven-star monster before being rescued by Iron Scales.
"Huh", a gust of evil wind came.
Without looking back, Chu Xin's mental perception had already "seen" the scene, and the monster slapped towards him with a claw.
With a thought, a layer of bones was quickly assembled on Chu Xin's body. This was the undead armor that Bai prostituted from Friday, and the four-star undead spell.
At the same time, his figure swayed slightly and barely allowed the monster's claw, and he only withstood a relatively marginal force.
A strong force came from behind, and Chu Xin bore the undead armor and withstood the blow.
"Kacha", the undead armor shattered in response, and then there was a burning pain on his back.
"Not dead yet!" Chu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, his goal had been achieved.
With the power of the opponent's blow, he was like a cannonball, ejecting far away in the dark underground passage, once again widening the distance between him and the monster.
Ignoring the wounds on his back, Chu Xin ran forward frantically. He had already sensed movement in the darkness ahead, and Iron Scale was approaching.
But using the same method a second time will definitely not work.
Just now, the opponent just hit him casually and almost killed him. If he hit with all his strength, he might not have a chance to use his strength, and he might be killed instantly by the opponent.
The attacks from the seven-star creatures are not easy to withstand.
"Roar", there were waves of terrifying roars that sounded neither human nor beast, Chu Xin was startled and felt something in the darkness behind him rushing towards him quickly.
Oops!
There was no time to check what method the opponent used to attack, but this angry blow would never be like the light blow just now.
Chu Xin quickly calmed down, and the undead armor on his body condensed again. At the same time, the temperature around his body dropped rapidly, and a layer of blue ice crystals quickly condensed and formed.
Bingmeng's life-saving six-star water defense spell was very smooth for him to cast as his magic power increased significantly.
In addition, there is a mental shield on the innermost side, which is formed by condensing most of his mental power.
At this moment, Chu Xin has reached the defense power ax that he can achieve.
But Chu Xin had no idea whether he could withstand the seven-star attack.
The first thing to break was the ice crystal shield on the outside. It only resisted for a moment and then shattered into ice shards. The undead armor that followed also broke instantly.
At this time, Chu Xin finally saw clearly the monster's attack method. It was the tail on its back that extended an astonishing ten meters, stabbing him like a spear.
After breaking through the ice crystal shield and undead armor one after another, the remaining force crashed into his mental shield.
After only holding on for less than three seconds, with a "Kacha" sound, the mental shield full of cracks shattered.
But immediately, a ray of blue light emerged, blocking the spear.
This is the magic shield!
Chu Xin's magic power trembled violently, almost three-quarters of the way down, before finally stabilizing.
But the opponent's attack did not stop. The spear retreated slightly for a few meters to prepare for the next attack. Chu Xin, who had used all his defense methods, only had a little magic shield left, and it was difficult to resist the opponent's attack again. .
Suddenly, countless pieces of soil fell, instantly filling the distance between Chu Xin and the monster.
Iron Scale is finally here!
The monster was ready to attack for the second time, but in the end, it still didn't have time to thrust out. The falling soil submerged it, and it was too busy to take care of itself. Naturally, it was difficult to attack Chu Xin again.
"Get out, get out!" Chu Xin called for Tie Lin and Xiao Qing to retreat quickly, keeping the distance between them and the monster to prevent the opponent's attack from breaking through the blockade of the soil.
From the movement in the soil, one can feel that this monster is rapidly approaching here.
Chu Xin took Tie Lin and Xiao Qing and continued to sink. At the same time, Tie Lin quickly blocked the passage near the monster and buried it tightly underground.
As for using the underground space to kill the opponent, he didn't even think about it. He was lucky enough to be able to trap the opponent underground. If he wanted to kill the opponent, it was simply impossible with them.
Moreover, the scene where the shadow clone was burst by the parasite was still before us. Killing this monster might cause trouble, but it would be more effective than trapping it.
More than fifty meters deep underground, even if this guy wants to climb out of the ground, it will not be an easy task.
After confirming that the opponent was completely trapped, Chu Xin felt relieved, followed by burning pain.
The situation was so urgent that I didn't have time to check, but now I discovered that the claw left three blood grooves on my back that were deep enough to show the bone, and the blood was constantly leaving.
But Chu Xin could feel that the injury was healing. This was due to the rapid growth and healing of the grass ball. Otherwise, relying on his own recovery ability, the injury might not last until the end of the twenty-four hours.
After the monster devoured all the villagers and dogs, the village was completely empty, and the monster was sealed underground, so now there will be no enemies in the entire village.
Chu Xin appeared in the village with Xiao Qing and Tie Lin and began to search the rooms from house to house.
Now that the key is in hand, the next step is to find the dark cave entrance.
This thing covers a rather wide area, including the doors of rooms, the mouths of bottles and jars, wells... these seem to be included.
But the prompt only gave one direction. Chu Xin needed to explore one by one what the answer was.
This village is not too big, but it is definitely not small. There are about two hundred houses, and there are seventeen or eight jars in each house, including chimneys, wells outside the houses, etc. I don’t know how many targets need to be explored. .
In ten minutes, Chu Xin only explored five rooms. At this rate, it would take at least five or six hours to search the entire village.
Moreover, he still didn't know whether he was searching in the right direction.
After a brief hesitation, Chu Xin decided to implement the original plan, and the immortal showed the way (〃▽〃)!
The method is very simple, that is, secretly release the monster underground. According to the goblin's settings, as long as Chu Xin and others do not appear within the opponent's perception range, it will most likely find the next target that needs to be protected.
As for the target to protect, apart from the key, there is only the door.
If this method doesn't work, you can repeat the same trick and lure the monster underground and trap it. It will be a waste of time at most.
But once successful, the time saved is also huge.
Fortunately, he has iron scales. Without the advantage of the earth element, the difficulty of exploring this maze would be terrifying.
This seven-star monster is obviously a melee-type creature. Its physical fitness is quite exaggerated. Coupled with the speed of coming and going like the wind, it is simply invincible in this village.
Basically, as long as it is activated, it will be difficult to complete the maze exploration. If Chu Xin did not have iron scales, he would definitely fall at this level.
But now, with the advantage of underground space, there are more strategies that can be used.
After making some preparations, the group returned underground again, and Chu Xin took the initiative to clear the monster in front with Tie Lin.
The monster was also quite cooperative. It grunted and dug vigorously from behind, and soon entered the tunnel dug by Iron Scale.
In an instant, it felt the aura of the enemy appearing in the above world.
Without any hesitation, the monster sank its claws to the ground and ran up madly. When it rushed to the ground, it was shocked to find that the target on the ground had disappeared without realizing it.
Including the passage it ran out of, it was also smoothed out very thoughtfully.
The monster roared a few words anxiously, but after being unable to find the enemy's target, it began to walk in one direction in frustration.
Slowly, it walked out of the village and came to the end of the village, where it slowly lay down under a big banyan tree.
Chu Xin, who had been following the opponent all the way, became energetic and explored the situation around the big banyan tree. Soon, he found clues.
At the bottom of the big banyan tree, there was a hole the size of a washbasin. Chu Xin's mental perception explored the hole, but was unexpectedly blocked.
Obviously, this is the exit from the maze. I don't know how to use this key. It seems that there is no door to open.
The monster is guarding in front of the banyan tree. It will definitely not be able to go up to test it, so it must be lured away first.
Familiar routines and familiar methods. This time the monster actually learned it well. It seemed that it realized that the underground was not good for it and did not take the initiative to pursue it.
But this didn't bother Chu Xin, who took out the key he had just lost and easily arranged a beautiful burial for him.
"This goblin is really not that insidious. The exit is actually outside the village!" Chu Xin stood under the big banyan tree, filled with complaints about the goblin.
Under normal circumstances, who would think outside the village and follow the prompts to search the entire village? How much time will be wasted, and they will unconsciously fall into a vicious circle of thinking that the exit is in the village.
Xiao Qing and Tie Lin opened their big, ignorant eyes, indifferent to Chu Xin's complaints.
Chu Xin shook his head, took the golden key from Xiaoqing's hand, and drilled into the hole in the banyan tree.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered, there was a dizzy feeling, which was the feeling of being transported.
This feeling only lasted for a moment, and Chu Xin felt something solid under his feet. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was in front of a huge maze.
This time it was a very real maze, with walls three or four meters high on both sides of the deep entrance passage.
It can be seen that this large area is divided into passages by these walls, which together form a huge maze.
"Hey, is this the original appearance of this maze?" Chu Xin didn't think too much. He guessed that if the goblin hadn't interfered, maybe he should have explored the maze in front of him.
However, why haven’t you given the reward for this maze yet?
Thinking of this, Chu Xin's eyes widened and she thought of a terrible possibility.
"Reminder, you have completed the exploration of the first floor of the maze, and you have received a reward of 2,000 exploration points and the right to choose items in the goblin backpack once."
"Please choose whether to continue. Continuing will start the exploration of the second floor of the maze. If the exploration is successful, you will get more rewards. If you fail, you will confiscate all the rewards you have received and be punished by the goblins. If you give up, you can leave the maze with future rewards."
"Option 1: Continue; Option 2: Continue resolutely. Please choose!"
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I knew it wasn't that simple!
Chu Xin actually wanted to accept it as soon as possible, so that he would get the reward and not suffer the punishment of the goblin.
But the problem is, both options are affirmative, and he has no choice but to continue.
The most important thing is that when Chu Xin hesitates to choose, the damn maze exploration time is still counting down. The longer he hesitates now, the less exploration time will be left.
"Choose 1!"
Anyway, I have no choice, but it seems that the reward is more generous than I expected. It turns out that the 2000 exploration points are just the basic reward. If I continue to explore, there will be more rewards.
This made Chu Xin feel less forced and more expectant.
With the veteran underground driver in hand, he occupies a geographical advantage, and the maneuverable space is too large. Chu Xin is still quite confident about the next exploration of the second floor of the maze.
"Tip, you chose to continue exploring the maze. I have to say that this is a wise choice. Then, the second phase, the dark maze escape, begins!"
"Maze Tips: This is a constantly moving maze. Only people with enough insight can get out of it."
"Tip, the hunters on the first level of the maze will be transported to the dark maze in one hour and will hunt down the maze explorers!"
"Tip, the dark maze requires at least two people to participate. The other person can gain the ability to overlook the overall situation and provide off-site guidance. When two participants reach the end of the maze, the party is deemed to have passed the dark maze."
"Tip, the hunter has received a special ability bonus, please pay attention!"
