"Why so slow..."
The sky was still about to end, and it was still the familiar yet unfamiliar jungle. Mengzhu sat on the folded log next to her and complained to the idle A Niu again - this was her fourth complaint. .
"What on earth is that uncle going to do..."
The girl hugged her knees, her little face buried between her knees, her eyes under the hood staring straight in a certain direction, like a hamster huddled in its nest in winter.
She also knew that even if she continued to ask, she would probably not get a response. Apart from some on-the-spot reactions, that Aniu was just a fool and didn't understand anything. It is estimated that he has not figured it out until now. Understand what just happened... I have also made circumstantial comments on his opinions before, and the results can be imagined.
Not far away, the woman in blue robe was sitting next to him, resting alone, her eyes closed and meditating, as if it had nothing to do with her. Although the girl was not very clear in her heart, she vaguely understood that this woman named Christine was the key to the series of things that had just happened.
In any case, these things have already happened, and the results are not bad. Just like the uncle said before, since it has become such a situation, I can only accept it. As for what happens next, we can just deal with it later. As for the players in my current team? A Niu will probably become a passerby. Let's settle the accounts and go our separate ways. Whether we can see each other again is still a matter of debate. The evil young man from Jie City who dies will also share a sum of money with him, which can be regarded as a pension, but Don't expect to be able to take out a lot, you are also very poor. As for that person from Snow Spirit and Fantasy Ice...
The world she lives in is so far away from a master like her. Whether we can meet again in the future is another matter. Even if it is a lucky encounter, if you have any grudges to resolve, please go find the bad uncle... Of course , it would be better if there was no intersection.
A Niu on one side was playing around with the iron rod in boredom, and from time to time he made unclear sounds such as "Hoo!", "Ha!", etc. Mengzhu looked up at the increasingly dark sky, anxiously Getting a little bored.
He said that he wanted to go back and check that place again. The great magician said that there were no living people anymore. There was nothing interesting to see. There was probably nothing there anymore...
Humph, I won’t go anyway!
After such a long time, Mengzhu himself didn't believe it when he said that he was not nervous, but being nervous for a long time can make people numb. Besides, this matter doesn't seem to be dangerous...
The sound of fighting came from a distance, breaking Mengzhu's optimistic yearning.
Probably because of the distance, the voice was almost inaudible and sounded like a trance, but it still made the little girl even more nervous. She looked at A Niu, who was still unconscious, and then at Christine, who was motionless, and her fingers that clenched the dagger slowly relaxed.
Since there is a great magician here, and looking at her calm look, there must be no problem... The great magician sister also said before that she will protect our safety... ...
The girl relaxed her body again, tilted her head back, and unconsciously recalled what she had experienced during the past few days of travel.
Although it is very exciting, but as expected... I am still a little unwilling.
Alas, how will I face that little boy named Benny when I go back...
The innocent Mengzhu began to feel inexplicably worried again, thinking about this and that, her vision gradually blurred, the fatigue of being frightened continuously gradually came over her, and then she became a little drowsy.
Time seemed to become difficult to tell. At a certain moment, Duan Qing's voice sounded beside her: "Get up, get ready to go."
"You...you're back..." The girl woke up, but her voice was still a little weak: "Why...haaahhh...so... "Long time..." She yawned and stretched.
"Okay...huh?"
She rubbed her eyes, and then saw the figure in a black cloak standing a little further away, as if waiting for something. What was even more surprising was that Christine in blue robe was also standing there, and the two seemed to be talking.
What is going on now... Huge doubts appeared in the girl's mind, and then she turned her head very naturally and began to ask the man standing next to her:
"Where are we going...?"
Duan Qing chuckled: "Get up first, it's getting dark."
"I'll tell you... Let's find a place to camp first."
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Time goes back to a place a little earlier.
Duan Qing walked around a few trees, followed his previous memories, and slowly found the location where the man said to be Trick appeared. Sure enough, there was nothing there.
"Hey, you're right..." In desperation, Duan Qing had no choice but to believe what Christine said, because he searched again but couldn't find any traces. He remembered just now I saw that man digging a hole and burying soil on the ground...
I originally had some ideas that I wanted to confirm with this "person", but now I have no choice. Duan Qing sighed and accepted the facts before him, and then planned to go back to meet his teammates. However, when he turned around, he saw the woman in a black cloak standing in front of him.
When passing by there before, Duan Qing naturally saw the lonely figure sitting there alone. Naturally, he didn't have any thoughts in his heart - it's none of my business. Once you see this kind of thing more often, you will face it calmly like me, although this is not a healthy mentality...
With no consciousness of being the culprit in his heart, Duan Qing walked past the woman calmly. The woman would naturally notice him, but so what, you can still come to me to vent your anger... ...
Xueling Huanbing naturally noticed him. She was silent, but her trembling body gradually stopped. After a while, she supported her body and slowly stood up.
When Duan Qing was about to walk back, what he saw was her now.
"You..." She raised her sword.
"Hey, what are you going to do? Is it really appropriate to bully a level 14 player..."
The sword dropped again, but after a moment it was raised again: "So I... didn't take action right away."
"I have... no hope..."
"But at least...you, you...guy, it's all because of you..."
She slowly approached Duan Qing: "Let's settle the grudge between us."
Settlement with your sister...
The sound of walking turned into the sound of running. Facing the accelerating figure in front of him, Duan Qing shouted: "Don't be impulsive!"
That speed has not slowed down at all.
At this moment, Xue Ling Huan Bing's strength as a first-line player was reflected. Amidst the powerful running sound, the gorgeous long sword moved from top to bottom, from front to back, drawing beautiful lines in the air, and smashed towards Duan Qing's figure like a meteor.
With a loud bang, the sword hit the giant tree behind someone.
Duan Qing kept retreating, and finally leaned his back against the trunk of the tree. He suddenly jumped up using the strength of his back, and dodged the meteor strike by just a hair.
The big tree that suffered an unreasonable disaster suddenly broke - this move full of resentment actually cut the big tree directly from the thickest part. Amidst the flying sawdust, Duan Qing's body rolled on the ground several times, breaking several clumps of weeds and shrubs before he stood up suddenly and pulled out his dagger.
The corner of his eye saw the fate of the giant tree before, and the corner of his eye kept beating - the trees here are made of extremely hard material, and they are not known to be some strange species in the Free Continent. In the previous adventure, Duan Qing They had tested the strength of these tree trunks before, so when he saw this scene, he was naturally horrified.
"Don't be impulsive! If you have something to say..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing stopped answering and rushed over again.
In the dim woods, shouts and sword whistles were heard one after another. Through the fallen trees and branches from time to time, two figures could be seen flashing back and forth like ghosts. Xue Ling Huan Bing's swordsmanship was quite satisfactory, including horizontal slashes, vertical slashes, upward thrusts, and a few straight thrusts in between. When he struck out with anger, the power was much stronger than when he fought the tiger earlier. point. At every turn, a sword strike would leave a huge mark on the soil on the ground, not to mention the "weak" wood next to it.
Her momentum is like a rainbow, and every sword strike is naturally full of force. Moreover, because of such formal swordsmanship, she has almost no flaws. Duan Qing, who was in it, felt the same way, so although he drew his weapon immediately, he only dodged and had almost no power to fight back.
If I was hit by a sword accidentally, I would probably end up with the same fate as that tree...
The battle between the two broke out briefly and suddenly, but with Xueling Huanbing's attack, many giant trees around him were affected, ending their long lives. Duan Qing's shouts were occasionally heard during the battle.
"Hey, stop, you are not in a normal mood right now, you need to calm down..."
"Hey, hey, what's the point of bullying a newbie..."
"With such a bad temper, I bet I won't get married in the future..."
The woman never responded, but the strength in her hands increased a bit, so Duan Qing hid even more embarrassedly.
Rushing forward, the sharp sword struck straight at him. Duan Qing raised his head, and the sword edge fell against his nose. Duan Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but an even more fierce horizontal slash followed. Qing ducked and dodged, but the third sword came again, and his speed was a few points faster. Duan Qing had no choice but to roll to the side.
With a violent snapping sound, the sword struck the tree trunk next to it. The huge wound caused the old giant tree to slowly shake and then fall down. Duan Qing, who was on the other side, stood up panting while holding his back: "Hey, please don't be such a child, are you venting your anger? It's useless to kill me now... "
Xueling Huanbing pulled out the sword blade embedded in the tree trunk and turned towards this side: "Are you finally tired? You can dodge like this..."
"Let's see how long you can dodge."
She stepped forward again, focusing all her strength on a single line, and then slashed with her sword.
Duan Qing subconsciously handed the dagger upward, then suddenly took it back as if he realized something, and then rolled away as usual.
The soil flew up with a huge roar. Duan Qing adjusted his posture while rolling, and suddenly stopped the moment he was lying on his stomach. He looked up and saw among the flying branches, leaves and dirt, the expected figure rushing forward rushed out of the dust in the sky and came to him in an instant.
He held up his hands, used the force to roll back, and dodged another sword attack.
"I don't dare to block it...it will be very bad for me if this continues..."
The battle continues. The woman followed closely and moved forward again, slashing horizontally with her sword. Duan Qing had no choice but to retreat and get out of the attack range. However, the woman did not retract her body. Instead, she followed the force of the slash and spun around in a circle. Without stopping, he continued to slash forward.
"Hey, this is going to be a windmill..." Duan Qing spat secretly and had no choice but to continue to retreat.
The momentum of the horizontal slash seemed to never stop. After the second strike, there was the third and fourth strike. The howling wind became louder and louder, and the figure seemed to become blurry. Duan Qing jumped back suddenly, and then hid in another direction. The sword moved in the previous direction for a moment, and then stopped suddenly.
But all that stopped was the direction.
The waist twisted, and the long black hair was tossed along with it. The charm of that moment was really eye-catching, but Duan Qing had no time to take care of it - the sword did not stop, and with the power of her twisting , slashed the ground in front of him with his sword.
Mud splashed out, but this time Duan Qing clearly felt the difference. A dark force silently spread to his feet in the direction of the splashing soil.
Duan Qing was shaken by the shock and fell to the ground.
"Your combat awareness is very good." The cold voice belonging to Xueling Huanbing came from the figure that flew towards me again: "Even better than many masters I have seen..."
Duan Qing's body was still struggling to stand up on the ground - when he fell down before, his head seemed to have hit a stone.
"It's a pity that you lack experience in the free world, so when faced with this earthquake wave that you haven't seen before..." She did not hesitate, and raised the knife in her hand: "You will be like this... ..exposed flaws.”
The expected feeling of the sword entering the body did not come. Duan Qing pushed hard on the stone beside him with his right hand, and his crooked figure rolled to the other side again, narrowly avoiding this inevitable blow. hit.
"So tenacious..." The woman took a breath, then rushed over again.
"What do you know..." In the dim woods, Duan Qing also began to reply: "Tumbling is an art..."
He stood up holding on to the tree, and once again found the figure of the woman stabbing with a sword suddenly enlarged.
In desperation, he tilted his neck by instinct, and the sword grazed his ear and was nailed to the tree trunk behind him.
"Hey, that's too much..."
The sword did not pull out backwards, but slashed hard. When the sawdust flew out again, Duan Qing rolled awkwardly again and fell to the ground.
"I'm warning you, if you hit me again I will resist..."
The woman moved forward and slashed at the figure on the ground. The Xiaoqiang-like figure continued to roll backwards. She took a step forward and continued to drop the sword, so the rolling did not stop. The woman became more and more angry. She made a leap and jumped towards the figure.
"boom."
【Ding】
This leap was so powerful that the surrounding fallen leaves and dust were blown into the sky. As his vision blurred, a figure flew out, but it was Xueling Huanbing, who had always had the upper hand.
"I told you not to jump around..." Coughing and wheezing sounded alternately, and Duan Qing's figure holding the dagger gradually appeared among the dissipating leaves and dust. He wiped the corner of his mouth where there was no blood, and then spat to the side, but his eyes were a little sharp.
Xue Ling Huan Bing didn't notice that look. She was focused on other things: "Just now...what...did you use...?"
"Fist, fist." Duan Qing chuckled and said, "Hitting a woman is already too much. Do you still want me to hit someone... Oh, I touched something I shouldn't have touched. ......"
He knew in his heart that this punch would not cause much harm to the woman in front of him, because under the cloak, he was wearing real armor. Although it was light armor, it was not something he could do at this level. broken.
The shock caused some pain in my left hand...but I seemed to have heard the system prompt just now...
Duan Qing had no time to pay attention to these things - the beauty in front of him seemed to become even more angry because of the teasing words. She rushed forward again, but the long sword was dragged by her side. Her posture seemed to be about to use horizontal slash again. Started.
Why on earth did it become like this... Duan Qing sighed in his heart, but his hands kept moving. He opened the system menu, made a few quick operations on it, and tightened his grip on the dagger. , and then...went up to him.
Secretly surprised by the opponent's initiative to fight, Xue Ling Huan Bing's men did not stop moving. She assessed the distance, then slashed out with her sword.
Duan Qing lowered his body, passed the sword in his right hand forward, and cut into the woman's legs. A strange color flashed in the woman's eyes. She stepped out with her foot and changed the movement of her hand. The horizontal slashing movement became an upward thrust, and at the same time blocked Duan Qing's attack.
Xue Ling Huan Bing sneered in her heart. She was more than twenty levels higher than him, and she was also a power player. If these two attacks were to follow, it would be impossible for the opponent to survive given his attributes. In this case, it is certain that the weapon will be knocked away, and maybe his people will be knocked away...
Then it will be his death.
She stared at the movement of the sword, and as she concentrated, time seemed to slow down. At a certain moment, the dagger etched with rust marks moved to one side, and with it, the man's entire body shifted.
The semicircle raised by the long sword passed by the man's shoulder. The short sword was retracted and drew towards the empty space on the left side of the woman, and then circled back from the other side following Duan Qing's pace. The light of the sword's edge drew a whole spiral shape in the air as it moved forward, and then suddenly bent in Duan Qing's hand.
He held the sword in his hand with his backhand, and with the rotation of his whole body, he moved from the left side to the side and behind Xue Ling Huan Bing - due to the haste of the temporary change of moves, she had just retracted her protruding posture.
He struck her in the back with his sword hilt.
Amidst the clash of steel, the two figures finally separated. Duan Qing gasped and stared at the woman who had gone crazy for no reason. She was slowly getting up from there. The hood of the cloak had fallen behind her, and the flowing hair was somewhat scattered. She also began to pant slightly while wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth - this time she was indeed injured.
"You...how could...before..."
"You said that I have little experience, I admit that, but...it is only in the game of the free world." Duan Qing said, but the content was somewhat irrelevant: "If we talk about the experience in the virtual world, You and I might be... even further apart."
"But this time... you are far worse than me."
Duan Qing began to walk forward slowly, his eyes staring directly at the opponent. The sword in his hand was first placed flat on his chest, and then he swung it to the side.
Then, holding the sword with both hands, he ran forward.
The distance between the two was not far, and Duan Qing ran in front of Xue Ling Huan Bing in a few steps. Shocked by his weird posture and inexplicable aura, the woman did not make the first move in this battle for the first time.
She immediately regretted it.
Duan Qing's face was expressionless, but his eyes were more focused than ever before, as if he had entered an ethereal state. On the contrary, the muscles all over his body were tense, and the hand holding the sword squeaked from friction. His whole body seemed to have turned into a beast that was ready to attack, as if it would explode at the next moment. He stopped suddenly in front of Xueling Huanbing. The foot he stepped on with such force even passed through the layers of fallen leaves and sank into the soil, but he seemed not to notice it.
Hold your breath, concentrate, and slash out with one sword.
clang!
"I just lost my love recently, so I'm not in a good mood..."
The loud sound of sword strikes echoed in the endless forest, and accompanying it was a long sword flying into the sky.
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"From the beginning to the end, I never regarded you as an enemy. After all, you are still a beauty... But even if a fairy hits me on the head, I will fight back."
The woman knelt on the ground again, staring blankly ahead. Duan Qing came back, looked at her messy black hair, and then threw her sword back to her: "This way our grudge will be settled."
"Let's go, don't come again."
He moved the sore muscles all over his body, loosened the clothes that were soaked with sweat and clinging to his body, and slowly walked back: "I can probably guess the purpose of your trip, and I can understand you." How I felt just now. To be honest, I can understand it, but understanding it doesn’t mean I can accept it..."
Duan Qing didn't look back: "If you still feel unhappy, just come to me in the future. Although I hate trouble, but... this kind of thing will end up like this. This is what you call... ..."
"Grudges and grievances in the world."
Duan Qing sneered, then hesitated. Thinking of the guild power behind that woman and the troubles she might encounter in the future, she finally decided to try harder: "Actually, you don't need to pester us unknown people like this at all. Just call someone to help." Come on..."
"Isn't your Wings of Freedom gaining momentum in the past two years? It doesn't matter if you lose a few people. Let the iron plate and the blood queen come, let alone the poisonous snakes and tigers, even if they are ancient ruins or something..."
"No one's coming."
"...Isn't it all easy to get... Uh, what did you say?"
Duan Qing thought that the woman behind him no longer wanted to pay attention to him, so he just said a few words casually, hoping to ease the awkward atmosphere. Unexpectedly, this woman actually struck up a conversation, and what she said was surprising.
"No one...no one will come..." the woman said lonely.
She took a breath, and then continued speaking with a lost look, seemingly not noticing the amount of information hidden in the other party's words: "When I was offline to rest..., I also... ..... I asked about the arrangements of the headquarters, and they said..."
There was some trembling in the voice: "They said... a war broke out between the empire and the principality, and the situation was complicated... The president has already led people to the front line, wanting... ...observe the situation..."
What......
There was a huge wave in Duan Qing's heart, but the low and hoarse voice continued.
"The members of the team who were hung up before... have also been transferred... over there, no one will... come here... .for a place that...might not exist...and so far away..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing's voice has become somewhat hollow: "... No one will come from such a far away place..."
"Uh... don't be discouraged..." Sensing more and more that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Duan Qing turned his head - he originally didn't want to turn his head again.
In his field of vision, a woman with black hair scattered around was looking at him steadily: "I... didn't... but, but..."
Duan Qing did not expect, or may have had such a situation in his mind before, but he really never thought that he would actually see a woman as strong as Xue Ling Huan Bing shed tears——
"But... now... it's become like this... you have to leave, you... I..."
"I'm just...unwilling..."
"I'm not willing to give in..."
The sound of wailing unique to women sounded faintly. Although the sound was extremely low, Duan Qing felt that the entire forest, and even the entire world, could hear it.
