The vast Wild Swamp of Ancient Woods was recognized as the most unfriendly place for adventurers in the entire Main Plane.
Not only were there numerous beasts and monsters, but there were also countless snakes, insects, and poisonous animals. The natural environment was also extremely bad. There was no solid land on the ground, and there was water everywhere. The water was full of duckweeds and algae, which completely blocked the view. Apart from those experienced explorers, even experienced adventurers like Ray had no way of knowing whether their next step would be a sturdy muddy ground or a bottomless pit.
Not only was the ground bad, but the situation in the air was also troublesome. Because of the humid climate, there were a large number of shrubs and vines growing here, densely packed everywhere. Coupled with the hanging aerial roots of the big trees, countless branches were like snakes entangling with each other. Often, after walking for a while, they would be blocked. Ray had no choice but to use the sharp axe in his hand to continuously chop away the obstacles blocking the way, forcibly opening up a path.
Poisonous snakes and fierce animals often lived in these branches and vines. More than once, Ray chopped down with his axe, and at the same time when the branches were broken, a poisonous snake rushed out and attacked him.
Fortunately, Ray was very powerful, and he had learned a lot of things to pay attention to in the swamp from the adventurers of the Geerteng Territory, so he had been very careful.
But this situation would obviously greatly delay the team's journey, especially when they passed through the edge of the swamp, where the land was relatively solid, and it became more and more difficult to move forward.
Other troubles could be overcome, but the danger from under their feet could not be solved. No matter how powerful Ray was, he had to step on the ground to exert his strength. Sometimes when he stepped on something, it seemed that he stepped on mud and strong weeds, but when he stepped on it with his other foot, the weeds suddenly broke together with the mud, and the ground under his feet suddenly became a bottomless pit, which made him very embarrassed.
What was worse was that there were so many trees here that the canopies of the big trees were connected, blocking more than half of the sun. Even at noon, the ground seemed a little dim, and the rest of the time, it was like night outside, so it was impossible to see what was under his feet.
After encountering several dangerous situations in succession, Sui Xiong simply performed a floating disc magic, creating an invisible disc that floated about one meter above the ground (or water), and let him stand on it.
The Floating Disc spell was a very common beginner spell. It could create a disc that wasn't too heavy. For the novice mages, this was a very convenient spell. It could be used to travel through muddy and rugged terrain, and it could also be used to carry miscellaneous items.
The duration of this spell was quite long. Even the disc made by a low-level wizard like Palin could be maintained for about four or five hours. Now, it was more than twice as long. But for Sui Xiong to cast this spell with his strength …
Generally speaking, spells could only last for an entire day, because ordinary people needed to rest every day. But mages could completely recover their casting abilities after resting, allowing them to cast spells again. Therefore, the duration of a full day was an important indicator. Most of the time, mages had to practice a skill called "Spell Delay" to double the duration of the spell's effect in order to reach this hard target.
Because of the requirement for the duration of a spell, powerful high-level mages developed a skill called "Spell Continuation", which could ignore the original duration of a spell and directly strengthen it to last for an entire day. At this point, the hard target was finally crossed.
However, Sui Xiong could use the most basic spellcasting ability to maintain the floating disc spell for more than a day. When Steele asked him how long this spell could last, he simply did an experiment and brought another floating disc with him.
As a result, the floating disc spell lasted from noon to the next day. It didn't disappear until the next morning, when everyone realized it had disappeared, but no one knew exactly when it disappeared.
"That's amazing!" Steele couldn't stop praising him. "No wonder he's a god! I've never heard of anyone who could maintain this spell for so long without relying on special skills and basic spellcasting ability! "
Ray, on the other hand, silently calculated for a while and was secretly speechless.
He didn't expect this jellyfish god, who always pretended to be a hat on his head, to be a super powerful mage!
Of course, this inaccurate result didn't satisfy everyone, so Sui Xiong cast another spell. This time, he made up his mind that even if he didn't sleep at night, he would wait until the spell disappeared and calculate the precise duration.
"Well, I'm also very interested," Ray said.
"Me too!"
However, things often went beyond people's expectations. The next day, when they were trekking, they encountered an accident.
After lunch, the three of them (or rather, one person) continued to move forward.
Because of the incident with the King of Sex and Lust, Sui Xiong had a different view on the apotheosized matter. He was a little worried, so he carefully studied the information given by the God of Redemption and compared it with the information of the King of Sex and Lust, trying to find out the possible problems.
Because he was distracted, when a strong hostility suddenly attacked him, he couldn't react in time.
To be honest, he couldn't be blamed. Now was completely different from when they set out. After adapting to the dense forest environment, the team didn't need his vigilance when they moved forward.
Steele was indeed a divine creature. Not only could she fly high and fast, but her body could also change between an incorporeal body and an incorporeal body. Every once in a while, she would change into an incorporeal body, ignoring the dense forest and vines around her. She was not afraid of any attacks from snakes, insects, or beasts. She swaggered through the swamp forest, easily saw the danger ahead, and came back to report.
And Ray, who was standing on the invisible disc, didn't need to worry about falling into the mud. He, who was skilled in horsemanship, quickly adapted to this kind of way of moving forward. He waved his axe and easily cut off the vines and branches that blocked the way. Occasionally, some snakes and insects attacked, but he easily beat them away, and they couldn't touch him at all.
Except that the environment was still bad and dark, the swamp forest environment could barely affect them.
But just at this time, an accident happened!
At that time, Steele was flying above the treetops to see if there was any special danger in the distance, and also to find a suitable place to camp. Here, after noon, it was time to find a place to camp. Ray, as usual, stepped on the floating disc, waved his axe, and cut off the obstacles on the way, opening up the road. Everything seemed to be exactly the same as usual.
But when he cut off a tree vine as thick as an arm and knocked away a green poisonous snake, he went straight forward. In the mud not far away, a huge black figure suddenly rushed out and attacked him.
Ray, who was caught off guard, swung his axe and chopped at it. But when the sharp axe chopped at the black figure, it was like a wooden knife chopping at leather. It was slippery, soft, and tough. There was no force at all, and it slid away immediately.
But this axe finally had some effect, and the black figure also tilted to the side, passing by him.
Without hesitation, Ray threw away the axe and pulled out his sword.
His sword was not only well-made, but also strengthened by a powerful wizard with magic. It could be called a fine enchanted weapon. With a sword in hand, even if he faced a giant dragon, he was confident that he could fight it (winning or losing was another matter). No matter what this black figure was, could it be more powerful than a giant dragon?
With an angry roar, he was about to jump up, but he felt a strong sense of danger. Without thinking carefully, he suddenly jumped back.
Another black figure passed in front of him, with a gust of strong wind, whistling and smashing down. It was as if a towering ancient tree had fallen in front of him, or as if a mountain had fallen in front of him. It only brushed against the edge of the disc, but it smashed the floating disc into pieces. The splashing muddy water was like two walls, crashing to the left and right.
Ray was in the air, and he had nowhere to borrow strength, but he was not afraid. His eyes were wide open, and he held the long sword with both hands. Facing the wall of water that was about to hit him, he fiercely chopped down.
The sword chopped the water, but it made a muffled sound like an axe chopping a tree.
The wall of water was broken by Ray's sword, and the torrent of water almost brushed past his body. But before he could take a breath, accompanied by a hissing sound, a bloody mouth opened in front of him.
At this moment, he had already seen the true face of the enemy — it was a horrible giant snake. Its flat body was wider than his whole body lying horizontally, and its length could not be seen for the time being. A conservative estimate was that it was more than ten meters long. The gray scales on its body were bigger than his palm, and the scarlet eyes on its triangular head emitted a fierce and cruel light. Its bloody mouth was big enough to swallow a cow, and it spat out a dizzying stench. Its poisonous fangs and snake tongue were hidden in the darkness, which was even more creepy.
"What the hell is this!" He cursed in his heart, pulled out the long spear hanging on his back, and stabbed it hard at the giant snake.
His spear technique was as brilliant as his swordsmanship. Even though this spear was shot in a hurry, there was no deviation, and it accurately stabbed the inside of the giant snake's mouth, probably where the gums were. The part that was not protected by the snake's scales was obviously not hard, and this spear stabbed him firmly, which allowed him to borrow strength to escape the danger of dying in the snake's stomach.
But for the giant snake, this spear was not a serious injury. It did not even show any signs of pain, only a slight fear. Its body suddenly shrank back, coiling into a ball, assuming the most classic posture of a snake preparing to attack.
Looking at its coiled body, its triangular head slightly swaying, and its snake tongue flicking out, it was no different from an ordinary poisonous snake.
The only difference was that it was too big, almost like a small mountain.
Ray turned over in the air and stood steadily on a thick branch. With a pistol in his left hand and a sword in his right, he assumed the fighting posture he was best at.
To be honest, he did not have much confidence in his heart. Although he was quite confident in his martial arts, all he learned was fighting with people. How could he fight with a giant snake? He really did not know how.
But now it was obviously impossible to make a last-minute effort and find a teacher to learn from — moreover, there was probably no teacher in the world who specialized in this. The only thing he could do was to raise his spirits and do his best to fight this giant snake.
Fortunately, he had a strong backer behind him, and a teammate would soon return, so he did not have to fight alone.
When he thought of his two companions, especially the one who was still pretending to be a hat on his head, he suddenly felt confident in his heart.
"At worst … I can throw this jellyfish god into its mouth … it will definitely be stuffed to death!"
With a very disrespectful thought, Ray waved his weapon and fought with the giant snake that pounced on him.
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