It was already afternoon when we left Black Pine Town, and the setting sun in the afternoon was difficult to penetrate the towering tree canopy, and the entire forest fell into darkness again.
"No one knows the specific appearance of Yong Ye. Some say it is a shadow, some say it is a giant black wolf, and some say it is a man with a dark body. But as long as you know one thing, Yong Ye and its
If the family members keep an eye on you, the shadows will start to squirm."
On the way back to the Black Castle, the mage, perhaps because of Lu Jian's words, became interested and started to tell the relevant information about Yong Ye while riding on his horse.
His name is Jonah, and he is the mage sent by the Gray Tower to resist this demonic tide. He has experienced the last demonic tide and is considered a veteran.
"Will the shadows start to squirm?"
Lu Tan pretended not to understand, but actually wanted Jonah to say more.
"To put it simply, when you stand still and the shadow starts to move on its own, it means that you have been targeted."
Jonah said solemnly.
"This is why we have to stay under the light when facing the eternal night. Only in this way can we confirm their movements, and the powerful sunlight can resist the attack of the eternal night, so the night after the magic tide starts is crucial.
"
"Then how should Yong Ye be killed?"
Lu Tiao asked curiously again, but Birmingham next to him had given up on stopping him and instead followed Lu Tiao to listen to Jonah's story.
"Haha, Yongye cannot be killed, and the leaders of the twelve demonic tides cannot be killed. In other words, there may not yet be people in this world who can kill these guys. When they appear, they usually mean
Although all the creatures in this entire area have been completely killed, in fact, there are zero sighting reports about the source of these demonic tides so far."
Jonah smiled helplessly.
"What about Hanshuang? What is Hanshuang afraid of?"
Lu Tan refused to give up.
It doesn’t cost any money anyway, just ask a little.
"What Hanshuang is afraid of is flames and high temperatures. When resisting the frost demonic tide, the fortress will light a fire. As long as the fire does not go out, it will be difficult for Hanshuang to break through the fortress. Of course, when the frost comes, the temperature will rise.
When the cold reaches unprecedented levels, ordinary flames will soon be extinguished, and even using magic can only last for a short period of time. What we have to do is to prevent the Frost Familia from entering the interior of the fortress."
Jonah glanced at the snow on the ground.
Wow——
Suddenly, an unknown creature moved on the tree canopy, and a large amount of snow fell down, which happened to fall on the crowd, causing a commotion.
"Cold, cold, cold..."
Birmingham's collar fell into a piece of ice, causing him to scream in surprise.
A group of people were laughing at the busy rangers, but Lu Tiao felt something was wrong.
He felt that the forest on the left side of the road had become darker and darker than before.
"Mr. Jonah, is there something wrong over there?"
Lu Tan pointed.
Jonah looked to that side.
His face quickly turned livid.
"Reform, it's an enemy attack."
He raised his hand, and a crystal emitted a strong light, illuminating the entire forest.
Lu Jian saw that the shadows of the trees became darker and darker under the strong light. Suddenly, the shadows moved.
Without any change in the incident angle of the light, these shadows moved as if they had their own vitality.
A shadow twisted and wrapped around the shadow of another tree.
The next moment, the tree where the shadow originally belonged seemed to have been fed into a wood processing machine. Many deep scratches suddenly appeared. Its branches fell off, and the leaves turned into debris and fell.
Those shadows are hiding from the bright light.
However, the falling leaves obscured the light on Jonah's hand to some extent. Lu Jian watched as the twisted shadow moved from one tree to another, approaching the team.
Buzz——
At this time, another ray of light lit up, coming from another mage.
The third mage also lit up a strong light at the same time. Under the three rays of light, those shadows had nowhere to hide and seemed to be suppressed and motionless.
"This is Yongye's family. How did they get here through the sentry tower?"
Jonah murmured to himself, and at the same time, the commander also raised the torch in his hand.
The firelight flickered, and although the shadows could not move, they looked ferocious.
"The outermost sentinels didn't even notice. They might have been captured by Yong Ye's family members in an instant."
The commander said that he directed the team to move forward. At least for now, under the suppression of the strong light, these shadows could not get close to the remaining people.
Lu Tiao noticed at this moment that the shadow of a ranger standing outside suddenly trembled under his feet.
"Your shadow..."
After hearing Lu Tian's words, the man's expression froze.
He slowly lowered his head and looked at his feet.
The people next to the team stepped back in fear and stayed away from him.
His shadow, under the strong light, still trembled slightly, as if a worm was about to break out of its cocoon and hatch out a strange life.
His expression had gone beyond fear, and despair was spreading all over his face.
"Don't move, Yongye's family prefers to attack running creatures..."
Jonah hasn't finished speaking yet.
The man's skin had already burst open.
It was as if an extremely sharp blade had cut through his flesh and blood. All the skin on his body exploded, and his whole body was covered in blood and flesh.
Under the strong light, Lu Jian saw the shadow fleeing quickly along with the shadow left by the blood, and hid among the trees.
thump--
The ranger fell to the ground, motionless and dead.
Astonishingly, the flesh and blood on his body had disintegrated in the process of falling, and in the end there was only a skeleton with fascia.
And the flesh and blood did not fall to the snow and disappeared.
There is no doubt that it was devoured.
"We need to move as quickly as possible and enter the fortress before nightfall."
Jonah said, holding up the bright light in his hand to guide the team's direction.
The team moved very fast.
But everyone looked at the feet of themselves and their companions intentionally or unintentionally.
The shadow that was originally inconspicuous and without any characteristics is now like some kind of time bomb. No one knows whether the shadow under the feet will suddenly come to life and devour itself.
Lu Tiao saw Birmingham beside him with a pale face and sweating profusely in such a cold weather.
Fortunately, those Eternal Night dependents seemed to be really afraid of the bright light and did not catch up.
After a long and unknown march, the sentry troops finally arrived at Black Castle.
"Black Castle has the magic to detect monsters, so we don't have to worry about Yong Ye's family members coming in."
Jonah comforted him.
Just as this group of people gradually passed through several barriers and entered the interior of the Black Castle, another ranger froze.
His shadow began to squirm under the invisible spell detection, like a giant snake trying to wrap around him.
Jonah pointed the bright light in his hand, and the shadow immediately returned to normal.
But the next moment, just as the ranger relaxed, all the flesh and blood in his body exploded like fireworks and disappeared in mid-air.
Only the bones were left loose and fell to the ground.
The companions standing next to the ranger were fighting with each other and did not dare to act rashly.
"The only way to eliminate the Eternal Night Familia is to expose them to the sun, completely expose them to the sun. Artificial light can only temporarily delay their actions."
Jonah sighed.
"And when the magic tide of eternal night comes, you won't be able to see the sun even during the day. This is the magic tide, the real magic tide."