The fiery red brilliance unique to flames rose as the scroll dissipated, and sprayed into the dark sky. However, before it could condense into a "jet" shape as the name suggests, the strong wind from the hands of Yumeng blew the flames away. The fire light turned into thousands of star points and swept towards the purple-black sky further away. The surrounding air was suddenly filled with the smell of burning, and the flying insects with scorched wings settled around Duan Qing and the four of them, and the orange-red storm spread out by the combined force of the flames and the whirlwind did not stop at all. Meaning, it was like breaking through some kind of shackles, finally breaking through the purple-black clouds above their heads.
The blue sky was like the dawn after the rain, and then appeared on the path of the fire storm, just like the eye of the hurricane, reappearing in the player's field of vision due to some unnatural effect.
"This, this is..."
"Do you feel that the air has become much fresher?"
Looking up at the wind-blown wheat waves in the eye of the wind, Duan Qing's voice rang in his ears: "I'm not referring to your mood, but to the real air."
"...After what you said, it seems that it is indeed the case." Zhaguaqiecai, who stopped attacking, nodded slowly, and at the same time looked at the flying insects and poisonous snakes whose desire to attack was much reduced: "This is The secret of Marom Stone Forest?”
"I remember at the beginning...brother Mai Lang talked about the spores in this stone forest, right?" Duan Qing replied with a smile: "The mushrooms buried in this stone forest dyed the sky purple and black... Now look Come on, I’m afraid these spores can do more than just that.”
"Otherwise, how could my fire storm burn up the sky?" Yuemeng put away his staff and looked at the round hole above his head with satisfaction: "Normal plants are afraid of fire... This is common sense. !”
"Methods that are not conducive to the growth of microorganisms should all have such results." Duan Qing replied lightly: "Ice magic should also be able to freeze spores in the air, but there is no flame that can come so quickly. But... …”
"Being able to use fire-based magic was beyond my expectation." He looked at Yuomeng's face: "He is indeed a great magician. He can use all magic attributes."
"That's just the function of the scrolls." Yunmeng scratched his face: "Just in case, I prepared some more scrolls, but I didn't expect..."
"I said... brothers." Chopper, who picked up the knife again, suddenly reminded the others present: "Let's not waste time anymore, okay? Those monsters are surrounding us again!"
"It seems that dispelling foreign objects in the air is not as easy as imagined." Looking up at the blue void in the sky, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "Brother Yumeng, how much fire element do you still have?" Scroll?"
"There is another one, a fireball." The opponent raised his hand and released a wind blade, and at the same time curled his lips and replied: "There are no more."
"Where's the ice type?"
"Hmm...how do you know I still have an ice magic scroll?"
"Because you are a magician who calls himself a magician."
"What you said... seems to make some sense. In that case... let's put aside my doubts about you."
In the center of the battlefield that became buzzing again, the magician holding the staff also took out a scroll again, and then while the surrounding temperature dropped suddenly, he waved his hand and sent out another rotating storm: "Wind and Ice" The combination of…”
"Then call it Ice Storm."
The blue particles were carried into the air with the emergence of the whirlwind, and instantly condensed into ice clouds that made teeth chatter. Then, driven by the whirlwind, they rushed towards the front of the team. The ice storm that flew out horizontally due to Yu Meng's deliberate control immediately broke through the blockade of the insect swarm, taking up a large number of wings that were frozen by the extreme cold. Then, with countless falling ice crystals, it blew towards the field of vision and gradually became invisible. The distance reached. The creatures directly in front of the team seemed to be frightened by this magic, and scattered in their respective directions like a tide. Only Duan Qing, who was standing at the front of the earth wall, stretched out one of his hands and caught a few pieces. Change the falling snowflakes from the sky: "It is indeed like this..."
"What is it really like?"
"You don't care what he is like, just leave quickly."
Reluctantly saying hello to the questioning Feng Chui Lang, Duan Qing casually slapped the ice crystal spores that fell on his hand, then took out the black dagger again, and took the lead in running in the direction opened up by the Ice Storm. go out. The other players understood this and knew that such an opportunity would never happen again, so they stopped joking and gave up on the disgusting enemies that were about to surround them from other directions: "I said... Haven’t other players thought of this method?”
"The big guilds that have opened up here must have thought of many ways. Could it be that those guys with thousands of members can't find a few decent magicians?"
"What does it mean to be a decent magician? A decent magician is someone like me, grandpa! Those players who only know one type of magic are just crappy magicians at best!"
"The crappy magic just saved your lives, so don't hurt each other, okay? And things like compound magic... have only become popular recently."
Moving quickly along the road that was already covered with a layer of frost, Duan Qing responded to the discussions of others without looking back. At the same time, he looked at the stone forest behind them and said with some understanding: "There is also …”
"The Marom Stone Forest...shouldn't have been so violent before, right?"
"Yes, yes!"
Aware of Duan Qing's gaze towards him, Feng Chui Mai Lang thought for a while: "The information I have heard are all rumors that the Marom Stone Forest is very dangerous. No one has ever mentioned that this place will become so violent. , as soon as you walk in, you will be attacked by a group..."
"So... this should be the result of those ghost mushrooms accumulated over many years."
With a sword, he chopped down a certain wildebeest-like monster blocking his way. Duan Qing said in a low voice: "Their spores are the rulers here, and they are also the reason why the monsters are so violent. They were not so violent before. It’s prosperous, so people don’t notice these things...hehe."
"Exerting too much strength will expose one's weaknesses." He murmured, "This sentence... has never deceived me."
"I hope your guess is correct." The melon and vegetable chopper on the side replied with a curled lip: "Otherwise... the method of breaking through here cannot be reused."
"Such a dangerous place...are you sure you will come back?"
"I haven't found my mission item yet! That thing called the Flower of Shadows..." The swordsman yelled dissatisfied: "The two layers of ice and fire you just made have burned it, right? "
"Don't be excited, you don't even know what that flower looks like." Duan Qing said with a secret smile: "So...even if it really grows in that ghost place we just ran over, you will never feel bad. of."
"Because... you don't even know that it has been burned." Yuemeng from behind also laughed: "Don't look at me, I don't know either! Hahahaha..."
"...You two are in need, right?"
"Need to cut? This kind of word is really very rare. I dare to ask this dear friend, is he a scholar from Yanzhao... Wow! Hey, hey, you really do it? We are still on the run..."
"Don't be injured by accident! Don't be injured by accident... Our blood volume is not full yet!"
"Stop it, stop it. The magic's effect is about to be exhausted. I have to prepare another one later... Damn it! How dare you hurt me?"
The random fights unfolded along with the rapid movement of several people on the way to escape. While they inadvertently knocked away several monsters blocking their way, it also invisibly accelerated their escape speed. The malice from Marom gradually moved away from them unknowingly. Several people finally stepped out of this desolate and strange place, and then looked at the new areas that had never been reached in the records, subconsciously letting go Slowing down his steps: "Huh, huh...where is this?"
"According to the mark in the adventurer's manual, this place is called... the Tallond Crater."
Looking at the arc-shaped cliff in front of him and the neat circular area below the cliff, Duan Qing muttered in a low voice: "It seems to be a ruins."
"A ruin that has never been visited by anyone... We are going to make a fortune!" The wind-swept wheat wave carrying a package shouted loudly: "There must be countless treasures in it!"
"It's possible to end up in a place like this...it's a blessing in disguise." The melon and vegetable chopper, who was holding a big knife, replied in a low voice: "But before that..."
"We need to confirm first that this place is really safe."
From the first sight, this is indeed a deserted place. The purple-black aura coming from around this circular area is also proving this to others - the purple clouds covering the Marom Stone Forest seem to have been affected by No matter what kind of invisible barrier, they stopped moving forward when they reached the edge of this area, and the wasteland unique to the stone forest that extended behind them turned into a ground mixed with metal in front of them. Perhaps due to some external force, the collapse of the giant pit is not as regular as it seems on the surface. Some areas are not only covered with fallen earth, rocks and debris, but also have many unnatural tubular metals and broken boards inserted. , some relatively complete house-like structures are also scattered around this huge pit, which seem to be separated from somewhere. Judging from the fragments and scenes scattered around, these things are extremely likely to be inhabited by people. The place.
As for their origin... perhaps we have to go to the huge ruins in the center of the giant pit to find the answer.
"It's like an abandoned city."
In the atmosphere where several people remained silent for a long time, it was Duan Qing who made the first comment: "And it doesn't look like something in a modern style."
"A city from the ancient magic empire?" Yun Meng rubbed his hands after thinking of this: "That would be great, we might be able to discover some magical miracles belonging to the ancient magic empire..."
"The miracle is probably impossible, but there is one relic." Cutting melons and cutting vegetables took the lead and poured a basin of cold water on it: "And... what if there are still people living in this place?"
"It's unlikely. After all, it has existed for nearly a thousand years." Duan Qing shook his head and replied: "Looking at the outside of this place...it doesn't look like a suitable place for survival."
"That's not necessarily true. After all, there is something like a shield here."
Reaching out to touch the air in front of them, Yun Meng pointed around the arc-shaped crater: "Since this thing can prevent Ziyun from entering... then it is not impossible to create a Taoyuan Township outside the world. thing."
"Taoyuan, you are so big! Do your family like to turn Taoyuan Township into a tattered ruin?" He cut melons and vegetables and wanted to knock the knife handle on his teammate's head: "What if what appeared in front of us was a complete building?" City, I might still be able to trust you two points, but now..."
"Oh, what's the use of discussing so much? Just go in and take a look!" Finally, the wind-blown Mailang, who was a little out of breath, pointed towards the depths of the giant pit: "As long as we can grab the treasure, even if we die and go back, What can I do..."
"There are many treasures in the ruins that you need to survive to see."
Reaching out and patting the guide's shoulder, Duan Qing's voice slowly deepened: "What we are determining is not whether there are any survivors, but the next combat strategy. For example..."
"What should we do if there are enemies in this place?"
"How is that possible? You just said there is no..."
"Sh-!"
As if he also sensed something was wrong, the magician who was looking into the distance suddenly made a silent gesture: "This guy is right, there seems to be someone in this place..."
He raised his staff and condensed a green light, then under Duan Qing's surprised gaze, he stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face. The glowing green magic energy immediately appeared around Yun Meng's eyes, floating like glasses. However, after casting the spell, the magician lay on the ground without hesitation and faced the giant with his eyes covered. He stared at the northwest of the pit: "Let me take a look..."
"What kind of magic is this?"
"Vision of the Wind is something that a certain down-and-out mage taught me." Yun Meng explained without raising her head: "I originally thought it was just a useless magic to enhance the scope of vision, but I didn't expect that it played a role after all..."
It's obviously a very powerful magic, okay...
Silently swallowing what he wanted to say, Duan Qing squatted beside him helplessly: "So... what did you see?"
"There are many people. There are about...a dozen or so people on the slope over there."
"What? Have so many players discovered this place already?"
"No, they don't look like players."
The wind energy around his eyes slowly disappeared. Yunmeng lowered his head, then patted the soil on his body and slowly climbed up: "They..."
"They all seem to be wearing black clothes."
