"The echoes of history are in our ears all the time."
Among the few people standing on the highest platform, silently watching the scene in front of them, this sentence suddenly rang out: "And it is possible to transcend the shackles of time at any time and connect the present with the past."
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
"A certain famous aphorism." Duan Qing touched his nose: "I suddenly remembered it."
"That city...is that a city?" The big man in black armor looked at the sharp black outline on the horizon and asked with some uncertainty: "A city floating in the sky?"
"This kind of setting is found in many other games...in other worlds." Looking at the NPC next to them who was as stunned as them, Xueling Huanbing breathed a sigh of relief. : "So when it comes to miracles... there's nothing to be surprised about. We'll wait until we get up there."
"The question now is...how do we get up there?"
Several people looked at Duan Qing in the middle, who waved his hands in a panic: "Don't look at me, I don't know what to do next..."
"Didn't you just do it?"
"Give you some time, you will also discover the secret." Duan Qing pointed around helplessly: "Look at those empty places...are those platforms similar to here? Where are the locations? ...Is it similar to these stone pillars?”
He made a flipping gesture: "I thought these stone pillars might represent the direction of the entire second floor, so I dropped this thing and let it point towards us... I didn't expect that in the end Such a scary thing came out."
Looking at the disc behind them, which was still glowing with white light, the woman in the black cloak sighed and said: "Even if what you said is true, what next? Do we still have to continue the operation... ."
"It doesn't seem to be necessary."
The big man in black armor suddenly pointed in front of them: "There is a change in the sky."
On the horizon he pointed to, on both sides of the door made of clouds and mist, there was a dark red mist under the rays of the setting sun, extending towards their direction one on the left and one on the right, eventually connecting the two sections like tentacles. The silk thread is connected to the edge of their location. Several people looked at each other, and finally walked forward with some hesitation: "Does this mean... road?"
"Can this be stepped on?"
"Is this... the road to the sacred land..." The young man from the Nosier tribe walked to the front with some trembling, one foot already in the air: "God ah......"
call--
A violent gust of wind suddenly appeared in front of them, and everyone who was caught off guard was swept around by the wind. Art, who was at the front, was even blown away by the strong wind and fell from the second floor of the platform to the square on the first floor. .
"Life body reaction detected."
Duan Qing, who reacted the fastest, hurriedly climbed up from the ground and first saw the giant shadow floating in the air: "Haha..."
"Behind every big secret, there is always a big BOSS waiting for us... This is also designed, isn't it?"
The other two people also climbed up one after another and saw the... giant structure that blew away the clouds and fog in the sky and blocked them.
White light flashed around the square body. The giant structure seemed to have been designed to have some kind of humanoid appearance at first, but at this time, the shortening of its limbs and the absence of its head made it impossible to discern its original appearance. . But judging from the momentum of this thing's appearance, its main function should not be broken yet. Even the simulated mechanical sound it emits can be clearly heard by Duan Qing and others present.
"The defense matrix...is not closed, the main channel has been activated, abnormal status...ER04, start the countermeasures plan."
Unresponsive lights flashed across the headless giant structure, but Duan Qing and the others could tell from the gradual brightness of the runes all over the body that this thing was about to begin its movements.
"Does this mean you're going to fight?"
"It should be. It doesn't look like we are communicating in a friendly and peaceful manner..."
"Is this the rhythm of the team's destruction?"
"Well, brother, although I think so too, you have to have some confidence..." Duan Qing secretly observed the terrain and whispered to the people around him: "Let's go along the second floor in a while. After a while, if you can't stop me, go to the open area on the first floor... Huh?"
His eyes moved to the center of the empty square: "Where was that white thing just now?"
The small luminous body like the sun that was originally located in the center of the large magic pattern array has now disappeared in place, and along with it, the magic patterns are gradually extinguishing. The empty square has now become even emptier. Looking from where they are, except for Art who fell to the ground, all they can see is the gray-black floor affected by the strong wind, and The fog is gradually rising on the floor - due to the disappearance of a certain energy, some protective measures to maintain the stability here are gradually losing its effect. The strong wind in the sky is bringing the thick fog from the outside into this place, using strips of Silk-like mist slowly covered the place.
"Damn it, is this thing just like that? How did it get here..."
"Although I don't know how it was started, but now...should we consider how to close it and return it to its original position, otherwise after a while, this place may not be suitable for survival."
"Program...completed. Start scanning authentication, target..."
Ignoring the whispered discussions of the players present, the floating giant's body aimed at everyone present in turn, and then made its answer with a buzzing sound: "The identities do not match."
"Start elimination operations."
A brighter white light swept across the giant's body quickly. The next moment, it used its actual actions to answer Duan Qing's first question.
"It's coming!"
boom!
As if ignoring the distance between them, a giant white shadow instantly appeared on the surface of the platform. The short arm instantly enlarged in front of their eyes, and a fist glowing with white light was handed to them.
It wasn't until Nan Tieshan was beaten that several people realized the fact - that fist was half as big as a man's body.
Bang!
The blood-vomiting figure of the big man in black armor streaked through the air and flew straight over the entire square. If it were not blocked by the ruins on the other side, he might have flown down the cliff in that direction. But judging from the situation over there, the big man was either dead or injured, because the broken wall that blocked his castration had turned into fragments all over the sky, exploding in the direction of the original force.
"Holy shit-"
Cursing a few words, Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing quickly dispersed left and right, widening the distance between them.
"Spread out! Play it by ear! This guy... is a bit tough to chew."
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The sky was full of stars in front of him. Art, who was lying on the ground, gradually woke up from the dizziness. However, when the young man covered his head and sat up from the ground, looking around in a daze, what caught his eye was something shocking. A chilling scene.
The wall above was once again scattered in all directions due to the huge force. Art, who was scurrying around, rolled through the thin mist. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a black figure flying back with the explosion.
"Art!"
The black figure rolled on the ground a few times, then suddenly jumped up from the ground, dodging a blazing light coming from the other side: "Go on!"
In the chaotic scene, a small object crossed the sky and accurately flew into his arms. But judging from the strength the young man felt on that thing, the black figure must have used a lot of strength.
"Go and save people!" Duan Qing's voice then reached his ears: "Quick!"
"Ah? Oh..." The young man nodded in confusion, then carefully held the vial in his arms and climbed up with difficulty from the mist. He looked up at the already darkened sky, rubbed his arms with some fear, and then moved towards his surroundings against the increasingly strong wind: "But, but...I Who should be saved?”
He soon found his target.
The woman in the black cloak was sitting in a corner near where he was. Due to the dim light and the fog, Art fumbled for a while before he found her. At this time, her breathing was steady and weak, but her arms hung feebly on her left and right sides. Although the wall behind the cloak did not step into the footsteps of the previous walls, there were fine cracks extending from the woman as the center to the surroundings. Look, it's not much better.
Of course, the woman's body was not much better - when the young man found her with blood hanging from the corner of her mouth, her head covered with a cloak was hanging low, and her black hair hung down weakly from it, moving slightly with her breathing. The ground undulated. Seeing the bottle that the young man hurriedly handed over, his head under the hood tilted slightly. He first glanced at the long sword thrown not far from him, and then let out a wry smile.
"Ha...it's better...my own..."
She raised her hand feebly, and then lowered it again as if she had exhausted all her strength: "You...go to the second floor and give it to that...silly guy. No need to give it." I am..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing pointed a direction to Art with her eyes, and then shook her head: "I... have better medicine, but my physical strength... needs to be restored, don't worry... ."
Although he didn't understand the meaning of the other person's words, Art nodded and then cautiously continued to touch towards the second floor. There was an even more deafening explosion coming towards him, but attracted by a certain black shadow, it turned to another direction. So he gritted his teeth, controlled the fear in his heart, and continued to brave the cold wind to the south. Tieshan's side.
Half of the big man's body was buried under the rocks, and he seemed to be out of breath.
"Mr. Nan Tieshan, Mr. Nan Tieshan..."
After shaking vigorously for a while, Art anxiously moved the rubble on his body away from the place, then lifted up Hei Jia's upper body and let him lean against the side of the broken wall: "Mr. Nan Tieshan, you Don’t die..."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
A mouthful of bruised blood suddenly spurted out from the big man's mouth, followed by a heavy gasp: "Huh, huh, don't say depressing words, labor and management are really miserable this time..."
In a plane unknown to Art, Nan Tieshan closed his character panel and smiled bitterly: "This injury...should I just die like this... ..”
"No, don't talk nonsense, Mr. Nan Tieshan..."
After pouring the liquid from the vial in his hand into Nan Tieshan's mouth, Art looked around the big man with anxious eyes: "How is it? Is it better?"
"How can there be such a good thing?" Nan Tieshan moved his body towards the wall with difficulty. Nan Tieshan looked at the young man in front of him with some humor: "It's just a bottle of ordinary healing potion. That’s all, even though it’s made by magic, it’s still worth two bucks on the market…”
"Mr. Nan Tieshan..."
Seeing the dying look of the other party, the young man from the Nosir tribe cried sadly.
"Hey, hey, I'm not dead yet, don't be like this." The big man closed his eyes weakly: "You are going to be an adventurer in the future, how can you be sad so easily... You know, Adventurers are the type of people who are most likely to see their companions die."
"Hey, why should I explain this to you?" Looking at Art's still sad face, Nan Tieshan said helplessly: "A man is not afraid of death, so what else are you afraid of? It's just losing once, what's the point? It’s sad, not to mention...our companions are still fighting.”
boom!
The companion in Nantie Mountain Pass could barely avoid another fierce punch and rolled down from the second floor.
"The strength, speed, and agility are all excellent, and the fighting skills are also very strong." Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Duan Qing gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ground, then pounced to his right hand: "Such a creation ...how it was made..."
"I'm very interested."
Amidst the loud noise that shook the ground, a giant white shadow appeared from the scattered mist, and then turned its body in his direction.
"Hey, after all, I got here through external force..."
On one side of his body, a ray of white light suddenly passed by him, blowing away the clouds and mist that were floating on the ground like silk, and making a small dark hole in the floor behind.
"The top of Falling Star Mountain is indeed not the place we should be right now... This time I have proved it with my life."
Looking at the spot where he had struck the giant before and which was now unscathed, Duan Qing shook his head secretly: "Forget it...it's time to show off your skills next."
"Whatever skills you have, show them all."
As if to confirm Duan Qing's statement, the white light on the giant's body flickered again, and some of the runes in it became brighter, and then appeared on the surface of his body as if alive, forming lines in the air. Unknown traditional text.
"The target's response level has been improved. Try a combination of response plans...After the selection is completed, use 'Fathras'."
The white runes circulating in the air were frozen at the moment when the mechanical sound stopped, and then transformed into a white light curtain, extending to the left side of the giant. It passed through the wall and clouds, and extended to the end of the horizon.
"Uh." Looking at the white light curtain that did not hit him for the first time, an ominous omen arose in Duan Qing's heart: "Aren't you going to use the map cannon..."
The next moment, as if to once again confirm Duan Qing's conjecture, the light curtain, centered on the giant white shadow, swept towards all the creatures in front of it along an arc-shaped trajectory.
