Neo went down into the giant pit. The roots here were particularly pliable and moist, with a moist luster. They were more and more reminiscent of flesh and blood such as earthworms and intestines. The thickness was also significantly increased as he walked on it.
, like stepping on an inflated sheepskin bag, it is difficult to feel the existence of the earth.
Cautiously approaching the strange tree in the center of the explosion crater, Neo calmed down and looked at it carefully.
As seen before on the edge of the pit, this plant is made of twisted roots and vines. It is like a large bundle of hard ropes with spiral twists at the top and bottom, densely arranged and overlapping, forming a Holy Grail-like structure.
The stone platform is surrounded by his 'belly', and there is indeed something floating in the center of the top of the stone platform, emitting bright green light, which is very bright, but Neo can't feel the breath of life.
Going one step further, Neo can no longer see any merit. Although he is now considered a half-caster, his understanding of energy is still too shallow.
"Spirit of Bitter Thorns, come here in response to your call. My name is Neo Darkness. Spirit of Bitter Thorns, respond..."
Following Neo's call, a buzzer sounded, and fluorescent green light spots emerged from the strange tree, curling up and gathering in one place, finally forming a rippling light like water waves. In this light, there was a faint light.
Extremely lively eyes and unclear nose and mouth, rounded but lacking sharp edges and corners
Pictograms are the basic characteristics of the spirit. This light is the light of the spirit. To achieve such an intensity of manifestation in the daytime, it must be at least a thousand years old. The thousand years here are just a measure commonly used by shamans.
It’s really a thousand years
"Hello, Darkness Skywalker" the spirit began to talk to Neo about Skywalker. The way of walking is the way of nature, which is a general term for a type of shaman. It is very ancient.
"Hello, Spirit of the Bitter Thorn, I feel the pain of the earth, and it seems that it is your excess that brings this pain. What exactly happened here?"
"A change, an unspeakable change has occurred here." Ling's expression was sad, anxious, and urgent. "Skywalker, you can only fully understand the truth by letting me be your guardian spirit."
"Oh, really? What do I need to do?"
"Open your heart and let my power merge with your body, my will with your mind."
"We will become close partners as a result, right?" Neo asked.
"Yes"
"At the same time, we are both free, right?" Neo asked again
"certainly"
"Then let us express the sincere totem contract in another ancient way."
"That requires a very complicated ceremony. We have no time, and I am already very weak." Ling's expression became more and more urgent and anxious.
"But judging from your current appearance, the situation is exactly the opposite: an abnormally expanding force, a stable form of light, and the radius of your call exceeds 10 kilometers..."
"Skywalker, you are a little smarter than I thought." Ling interrupted Neo and said with a bit of ridicule: "But, only a little bit."
While he was talking, a bunch of sticky roots swarmed up from the ground, entangled and weaved, and turned into a humanoid monster with a faint green light.
Neo was not in a hurry to take action, but stared at this guy who looked like there were countless maggots crawling around his body.
"Hi! Say hello again, my name is Neo Darkness. Come on, you are the culprit causing the abnormality in this area." Neo said to the humanoid monster with arms crossed.
"I feel a little disgusted with you now!" Ling's expression showed a bit of hatred.
Neo smiled and broke off contact with it, concentrating on facing the humanoid monster in front of him.
The bright green light flashed over the root monster like water waves. The monster finally had a clear and vivid face. The muscles were roots and the skin was made of shimmer. It was the face of a young woman.
"You're done!" The monster attacked angrily. The roots on its body stretched and contracted, and it actually became as effective as a muscle. The claw it struck out was swift and powerful, with a poisonous sting flashing at the tip of the claw.
sharp light
squeak……
The piercing sharp sound covered up all sounds, which was caused by the monster's claws scraping Neo's armor. Four dents appeared on Neo's left arm armor. At the end of the dents, you could even see curling up.
The iron pin, but that was all. Neo's powerful counterattack stopped the monster's attack - cutting it off and piercing its head.
The last expression of the head was ferocious, but the moment Neo's sword pierced the head, he felt the transmission of extremely weak mental fluctuations, joy and gratitude.
The body without the head completely stopped moving, including the roots on the limbs, no longer squirming as before, and the head turned into a pile of broken roots and fell to the ground, as if it were a pile of dead bodies.
worm
The spirit was yelling something angrily from the side, but Neo refused to talk to it mentally, so it was like its voice was being pinched and could only perform expressions.
The monster's body flashed with light, and the roots began to squirm again, and a new head grew out.
Neo still didn't take action, holding his sword and watching from the side.
A bright green light emerged, and another face that was completely different from the previous one appeared. At the moment it was completed, Neo's attack arrived, still beheading and piercing!
Tragically, the monster only moved for a moment and then became silent again.
Neo turned his head and smiled at Na Ling, showing two rows of bright white teeth.
The spirit became even more angry. After cursing a bunch of words to no avail, it learned its lesson and did not resurrect the monster with only its torso. Instead, it spawned 4 monsters further away at the same time.
These four monsters were also in human form, but compared to the normal form of the previous one, they were much bigger and bigger. The proportions were like the difference between a skinny man and a muscular man. Neo rushed over and took the opportunity to let one of them rest, while the other three took the opportunity.
After passing the undefended stage, pounce on Neo
These three guys are obviously much more difficult to deal with than the previous ones. They are still fast, but their power is much greater. Each blow has a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Neo does not dare to rely on his armor to respond to such an attack.
Even if it can withstand the sharpness of the huge claws, it cannot withstand the penetration of the force. After all, such an attack is actually a transformation of the war pickaxe, which is neither sharp nor blunt.
Neo ran out of the pit with these three monsters. The monsters chased them to the edge of the pit and stopped chasing.
Boom! Neo suddenly shot an arrow. The distance was less than 10 meters. The monster had no time to dodge. The arrow had already arrived. The monster that hit the forehead fell on its back and slid down the gentle slope for several meters. Its body twitched and became silent.
"You damn guy!" The remaining two monsters roared at Neo at the same time. The tone and tone were very similar to the previous monster.
"Do you hate me? Then go out of bounds and chase me!" Neo said with a smile.
"You think I don't dare?" The two monsters roared at the same time again and chased after them with long strides.
Neo didn't run away either, he just watched them approach.
"You want to provoke me? It's not that easy. I won't be fooled!" Seeing that they had reached the edge of the giant pit, the two monsters suddenly stopped.
However, before these words could be finished, one of the monsters suddenly leaped over and attacked Neo, killing Neo in the air with a huge force.
Bang! There was a dull sound, centered on the attack point, and the roots on the ground rippled with the force.
This powerful punch was in vain. Not only that, Neo's sword had already followed closely and pierced the monster's head with one sword.
The trap of language, tit-for-tat competition of wisdom, for which Neo has slowed down the operation of 1-4 thoughts, and gave birth to the 6th thought. In conjunction with the operation of the 5th thought, it is not confused by words, only looks at the opponent's movements, and the monster leaps.
At that time, Neo had already begun to calculate its landing point immediately, so that he could accurately dodge and kill the enemy with a sharp blow.
Choking! Neo pulled out his sword and said to the remaining monster: "Look! You can't do it."
"Ah!" The remaining one howled, rushed out, accelerated suddenly, shoulder-bumped and charged, and saw Neo, who was already prepared, stepped sideways, and the guy hit a tree with inertia.
On the giant bitter thorn tree, bang! The giant bitter thorn tree was hit with a large dent and crack.
"Obviously, you are just a wild boar, not a qualified warrior!"
The monster could no longer hear the second half of Neo's words. The moment its impact had just ended, Neo's sword followed closely and struck again, piercing the monster's head. The human face was suddenly distorted.
Dissipated into a blur, and the squirming roots all over the body immediately became stiff.
When Neo returned to the pit, the monster that had been decapitated had grown its head for the third time, and it was still a woman.
"Hey, I thought of your name. Is it neither male nor female?" Neo said, raising his head and looking down at the monster in the pit.
"Sharp teeth and sharp mouth!" the monster snorted, "But what's the use? I can be reborn countless times. What can you do to me?"
"Wow! That's awesome. I guess the problem is in that strange tree?"
"Really? Are you sure? Do you need me to tell you the truth? Come here, come here and I will tell you." The monster smiled and pointed at Neo.
"Okay!" Neo said and walked towards the monster
The monster smiled even more when he saw that Neo didn't have a bow and arrow in his hand.
Whoosh! Bang!
The smile froze, and a flying knife pierced the monster's forehead until the hilt was gone.
"So stupid, so naive!" Neo said to the shocked and angry monster.
Swish, swish! Neo's actions finally made his opponent anxious. Suddenly, more than 40 root monsters were born in the big pit. In addition to the two types that had already appeared, there were also stronger ones and even thinner ones.
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Neo seized the opportunity to kill two of them, then ran out of the pit without looking back, and continued running outside.
Behind, a group of monsters roared and cursed in unison, chasing after each other.
Neo admitted that he was no match for these guys. They were no better than the previous monsters transformed from villagers. They were limited by their bodies and their souls. As long as their souls were strong, they could obtain a matching 'body', let alone that.
Even if the biggest guy is the second best, he can't withstand the attacks.
The smallest monsters are the most agile. They can run faster than Neo, and like monkeys, they can jump and swing on the giant bitter thorn bushes, blocking the road or jumping down from time to time. And as long as their heads are intact, they can quickly grow again.
This caused a lot of trouble for Neo
But the monster team still can't catch Neo. Jungle, or jungle-like terrain, is the terrain that Neo is best at. Depending on the local conditions, he has countless methods and creativity to trick his opponents around.
In one breath, the monsters chased out of the jungle of the Giant Bitterthorn. During this period, Neo took several risks and counterattacked to kill them. He also killed 12 of them along the way. The rest were mainly big guys.
"It's useless even if you run to the edge of the earth!" After repeated humiliation, the monster's anger was completely aroused, and not only was it angry, but there was also resentment, which had been sealed for many, many years.
"Really? I don't believe it!" Neo jumped onto the snow plow, "Man, don't be too fast, you'll kill these stupid pigs!"
White Socks curled his lips and said, "Look at me!" Then he pulled the snow plow and ran away.
These monsters are actually controlled by one will, and the further away from the giant pit, the weaker the control. Neo understands this, so he instigates White Socks to circle around the edge of the area covered by the roots and vines.
The area is large enough, so you don’t have to worry about being pushed into a blind corner with white socks
So a chase drama was staged: if the monster behind ran fast, it ran fast, and if the monster behind ran slow, it also ran slowly. The monsters stopped, and the white socks also stopped to rest. The monsters pretended to look back, and Ni
Ao Que grasped the monster's psychology and pointed out the white socks, but he just didn't want to be fooled...
When Neo went out last night, he brought a bag of arrows with him. He killed 4 Blue Ghost Cavalrymen and captured three more bags. They were all on the snow plow. There was absolutely no shortage of ammunition. Neo patiently looked for opportunities to shoot with bows and arrows. He got more than 20 bags.
Minutes later, there were less than 10 monsters left, and not even one of the heaviest monsters could be found.
At this time, Neo let White Socks run away, and he plowed the snow and ran towards the Giant Bitter Forest, and then took advantage of the terrain to get rid of all these monsters.
Instead of entering the huge pit again, he turned back and came out. Neo looked at the sky and said to White Socks: "After leaving the bitter thorn forest, keep going west and south along the edge. When you see the forest, go east. You should be able to find the team. Help.
I'll send a letter and bring back some supplies."
"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible. You have to pay attention. Since last night, your consumption has been very high. Your healing power is not omnipotent."
Neo thought for a while, "You're right, man, I'm still a little too eager. This is a very complicated trap. I should calm down and sort out my thoughts. Let's go together to find the team."
"Aren't you worried about being preempted by others?"
"The continent of Emera has countless treasures. As long as we are alive, we will always have a chance."
"Well, I remembered what my mother said: make every effort and live proudly."
Neo recited it silently and said: "Your mother is very wise."
"I think so"……
In this way, the heroic rescue came to an end when it was about to reach its climax. The white socks carried Neo out of the world of bitter thorns, and the monster body in the huge pit was waiting for Neo to turn around, and the result was natural
It's all in vain, full of fire
At around 15:00 in the afternoon, Neo successfully reunited with the team. At this time, the dark clouds were already dense and low, and another snowfall was about to come.
"Captain, Tony found the forest road and temporary camp area opened by the brigade in the east."
"Well, let's go and see together"
Neo and Barrete, led by Tony, headed east for about 3 kilometers and arrived at their destination.
Based on the clues left by the camp, Neo speculated and analyzed: "It was indeed left by the brigade. It seemed that they camped here the night before. The bitter thorn forest was connected with the mountain forest, so the brigade had to move forward, seeing the wind and snow.
If you want to come, I guess I have already set up camp at this moment. I think they are probably less than 30 kilometers away from here."
"Do you want to move our tent here?" Barritt asked.
Considering that the team's current position was too conspicuous and there was no terrain to resist the wind and snow, Neo agreed.
When the team came over, snowflakes were already falling in the sky. The team members worked for nearly an hour before they were settled properly. By this time, it was already snowing heavily.
The 10 members of Biqier's group not only lost 10 sets of bedding, but also lost 3 tents. Thanks to the rich seizures made by the team in Lanot Village, these basic supplies could not only be replenished, but there was still a surplus.
It's freezing outside, but it's as warm as spring inside the tent. The two large tents obtained from Latno Village have now been set up. In addition to the three sentries on duty, most of the team members are gathered here, following Taylor.