"Combined with the memory fragments of the Hittite captive, I can determine the approximate location of the Castile Stone City. It should be in the northeast, on the bank of a river called the Oronte River … Let's find a way to cross the river first, and then we'll look for the Pharaoh army."
The Ptah army needed to find a ferry and take a boat to cross the river, which took a lot of time. Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi only had two people, so it was undoubtedly much simpler.
Soon, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrived at the bank of the Oronte River. In front of them was an endless river, with waves rolling in the breeze.
Bai Xiaowen stopped at the side of the river, frowning as he fell into deep thought.
"Let's go?" Li Shuyi asked. They were in a hurry. Every minute they were late, the danger to Pharaoh Ramses would increase, and the chances of their plan failing would increase.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Bai Xiaowen raised his wrist, and the Bracelet of Misfortune on his left wrist revealed a serious face.
Bai Xiaowen tried to use his spiritual power to scan the area, but he did not sense anything unusual. Within a thousand meters, there was not even a single life-form that could pose a threat. Only the Olent River in front of him, which flowed endlessly, seemed to contain a frightening danger within its beautiful waves.
However, Bai Xiaowen did not hesitate for long. After a moment of thought, he signaled Li Shuyi to jump off the carriage.
After Bai Xiaowen jumped off the chariot, he slapped the horse's butt with all his might.
With a long neigh, the horse charged toward the Oronte River under Bai Xiaowen's mental connection! The horse's speed was extremely fast, and it even sprinted on the waves for some distance before slowly sinking four or five meters into the river.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi stared at the horse without blinking.
Suddenly, the horse raised its head and neighed, its voice even becoming somewhat mournful.
Splashes of water surged over and surrounded the warhorse. Arrows of blood shot out and dyed the river red! The red color was washed away by the river water, leaving a soul-stirring red trail of blood on the river surface.
"Piranhas!" Li Shuyi exclaimed in a low voice.
"Caught … you!"
Bai Xiaowen suddenly turned sideways. His eyes were like an eagle's as he scanned the bushes to the side. He raised his hand to summon the Wrath Claw. The Wrath Claw's four claws stirred up the wind as it pounced towards the thicket.
Just now, when the piranhas were moving, Bai Xiaowen felt a trace of almost undetectable spiritual power fluctuation! Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen's talent in spiritual power was extraordinary. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to identify this abnormal fluctuation.
Tracing back to the source, Bai Xiaowen finally found the source of that wisp of mental energy.
Creak!
The bushes fell uniformly. Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound as a gray shadow met the attack. The Wrath Claw's wails were also heard.
The Spirit Realm's laws prompted: "Your summoned creature, the Wrath Claw, has been attacked by the Awakened Zalen. For the next 30 minutes, you are in a state of legitimate defense …"
"Venomous Wasp!" Bai Xiaowen's heart skipped a beat. He checked the Wrath Claw's status. In an instant, five layers of poison had been applied, and the number of layers was still increasing! Although each layer only caused one or two points of actual damage per second, it definitely wouldn't be able to withstand the accumulation of damage!
The Wrath Claw and Bai Xiaowen shared life. When the Wrath Claw was injured, Bai Xiaowen's HP was also decreasing rapidly!
A thin and tall figure stood on a treetop. His figure swayed along with the treetop: "As expected of a rising star from Hua Xia. You were actually able to see through my spiritual power barrier. Just this point alone is enough for you to die with pride. "
This person was clearly the attacker controlling the wasps, Zalen. His voice was cryptic. Because it was automatically translated into the ancient Egyptian language, no additional information could be gleaned from it.
Li Shuyi's pupils shrank slightly.
"Ridiculous." Bai Xiaowen raised his hand and the Skeleton Warriors appeared. They brandished their large swords and crashed into the tree! With a crack, the tree was cut in half.
Whoosh!
The thin and tall Zalen's cloak spread open as he swept over to another large tree like a bat. His voice had a trace of elegance, but also a trace of callousness: "It's useless. Let my darlings properly entertain you!"
A buzzing sound rang out as the wasps split into two. One entangled the Wrath Claw, while the other flew towards Bai Xiaowen.
Beside Bai Xiaowen, the Skeleton Warriors with swords and shields held up their shields and slashed at the same time. However, the wasps were extremely small and nimble, so the iron swords had little effect on them. And when the wasps stung Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures, the pain was secondary. The stacking of the toxins was extremely troublesome!
"Why on earth did you attack me?" Bai Xiaowen asked in a stern voice as he beat the wasps in a somewhat sorry state.
"Hehe …"
Zalen let out a cold laugh.
"After living in peace for so long, there will always be this kind of naive problem. I actually really like to kill you so-called awakened ones from big countries. Each of you even organized some league and took the initiative to expose the specialties of your professions, all for some illusory reward from the rules of the Spirit Realm … "
"If this was in the jungle of Southeast Asia where the strong preyed on the weak, you greenhouse flowers would have died a thousand times already!"
At this time, Bai Xiaowen's Insight also received some feedback.
[Zalen (Hero Level 6)]
[Race: Humanoid/Human]
[Profession: Gu Summoner]
[Attributes: Strength 15, Agility 22, Physique 38, Mental Strength 64]
[Profession Skill: Insect Affinity: You can use a pheromone suggestion on insect-type creatures within a large range, making them listen to your orders. You can only control one type of insect at a time. LV4 Enhancement Special Effect: All insect-type creatures under your control will be strengthened accordingly due to their racial specialties.]
[Skill 1: Mental Pierce: Pierce through the mind of an enemy, causing moderate magic damage. Enemies with less than 60% of your Mental Strength will suffer a fear effect.]
[Skill 2: Chain Lightning Strike: Release a series of lightning bolts in a small area, causing moderate magic damage and additional paralysis effect.]
[Skill 3: Rain of Corpse Bugs: Omitted.]
[Skill 4: Mind Cage: Imprison a target, causing them to be unable to move, attack, or cast spells.]
Bai Xiaowen somewhat understood. Although Zalen's profession was a gu summoner, his four battle skills were mainly focused on single-target magic damage. He could be considered half a mage and couldn't be treated as a pure summoner.
In the league, this insect affinity skill would be half useless. But in a field battle, Zalen, who could control insects, would definitely have an additional advantage.
"Judging from his tone, he's a powerful awakened from Southeast Asia."
Bai Xiaowen knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of him no matter how much he pretended. Zalen had only revealed some information out of pride since victory was already within his grasp.
"You only know that I'm a summoner, but how much do you truly know about me? Don't be so arrogant, you idiot from a tiny country! "
Boom!
A flame ignited, and Bai Xiaowen's figure spun like a top, spreading out a curtain of raging flames! The surrounding poisonous bees were burned by the flames and fell to the ground with a crackling sound!
The Butcher charged towards the Wrath Claw with large strides and suddenly activated the Decay ability! The surrounding poisonous bees also fell to the ground with a crackling sound, dying one after another.
The Wrath Claw obtained its freedom and immediately roared, pouncing towards the tree Zalen was perched on, waving its sharp claws repeatedly! The tree broke once again and fell with a creaking sound.
The cloak behind Zalen's back spread open. He was actually able to continuously activate this flying ability! This time, he flew towards the third tree.
However, Bai Xiaowen had been storing up power for a long time. The Butcher immediately raised his hand, predicting the direction Zalen was flying in, and threw out the iron chain in his hand!
Zalen's eyes revealed a horrified expression. He tried his best to stop in midair, but he couldn't. The Wrath Claw's iron chain pierced his thigh with a puchi sound. While causing piercing damage, it also dragged this pretentious flying guy down like a harpoon battery. Although he was a hero, Zalen's strength was only 15 points.
Bai Xiaowen's face revealed a trace of a sneer. He had long since seen through Zalen's true flying ability. The cloak was only similar to the tribal feather cloak and had a gliding function! Although he could continuously activate it for a short period of time, Zalen was unable to change directions in midair! The Butcher's attack hit the mark as expected.
With a plop, the Butcher's iron chain was pulled back, carrying a black object with it as it fell heavily to the ground. The Wrath Claw, Skeleton Warriors, and other creatures pounced one after another.
"Something's wrong!"
Bai Xiaowen forcibly stopped his footsteps and ordered Wrath Claw and Skeleton Warrior to retreat at the same time. Butcher's huge body suddenly pressed down, pressing the black thing under his body — — — — —
Boom!
With a loud explosion, half of the Butcher's body was almost blasted apart, and black blood flowed out. Although it had a lot of life points, its physique was only 36 points. Such a violent explosion had caused severe tearing and penetrating injuries, resulting in a severe bleeding state that couldn't be bandaged or healed!
Only a few seconds later, the Butcher, who originally didn't have much life points, fell to the ground and died, turning into specks of light and disappearing.
Bai Xiaowen's expression was gloomy. At the crucial moment, Zalen had used a form swapping item and swapped places with an 'Explosion Gu'! The explosive power of this Explosion Gu had exceeded Bai Xiaowen's expectations. Even the Butcher couldn't withstand the might of the explosion.
At this moment, Zalen was already standing on a tree branch far away.
"You really have some skills. I admit that I can't stop you alone. But you won't be complacent for long, little guy from Hua Xia … "
Saying this, Zalen glided down like an eagle, flying into the distance and disappearing from sight.
"Should we chase?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath. How could he not be angry? But there were priorities, and chasing after Zalen now would instead be falling into the enemy's trap.
"He could have left directly, but he purposely stayed behind to provoke us, hoping that we would chase after him …" Bai Xiaowen slowly shook his head, "Follow the original plan and cross the river!"
Bai Xiaowen carried Li Shuyi on his back and activated the sharkskin boots' ability: Floating on Water, Treading on Waves.
The piranhas weren't under Zalen's control to begin with, but he had used some method to induce the piranhas to gather at a certain section of the river. After Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi avoided that section of the river, they would be safe.
"This person's last words were admittedly to bait us, but they also revealed some information," Bai Xiaowen said slowly, "He said 'I can't stop you alone' and 'you won't be complacent for long.' This means that he has other teammates."
"In addition, let's not talk about this person's background for the time being. He wouldn't appear to intercept us for no reason. Due to the uncertainty of the Spirit Realm's matching, we can basically rule out the possibility of revenge from Earth — that leaves only a conflict of interest in this plane. "
"Zalen might have chosen Samat's camp … Could it be that he wants to seize the opportunity to get rid of Pharaoh Ramesses?" Bai Xiaowen was shocked by his own thoughts. "He has some ideas. If he's alone, it's impossible. But if he has some powerful teammates, Ramesses might really succeed given his internal and external troubles … "
"If that's the case, we should cross the river to rescue Ramesses. Staying and tangling with him is something he can't ask for, "Bai Xiaowen concluded.
Li Shuyi was frightened, "I didn't think of this."
It was very difficult for people who were enraged to accurately grasp this kind of additional information. However, Zalen hadn't expected that Bai Xiaowen would be so calm and unaffected by his provocation. Instead, he rushed forward to dig for more information … He was like an emotionless robot monster.
After crossing the Oronte River, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi continued to advance towards Castile Stone City.
Along the way, the two were still talking about Awakened Zalen.
"I feel that Zalen seems to be more powerful than Bao Yiming, Duanmu Cheng, and even Qi Ruifeng. He seems to have an invisible killing intent. When I see him, I feel … afraid," Li Shuyi said softly, "Could it be that he's right? Our country's environment is too peaceful, so the Awakened ones grow up in a greenhouse and can't be compared to the Awakened ones in the war-torn areas of Southeast Asia? "
Bai Xiaowen shook his head, "Don't be fooled by him … Relying on internal strife to give birth to one or two Awakened ones is purely the narrow-minded individualism of a small country. It's useless … In the chaotic Southeast Asia, many geniuses are strangled at the budding stage. The ones who survive to become Awakened ones aren't the most talented ones, but the most ruthless ones! You feel the killing intent on his body. You're right. I'm afraid the blood of Awakened ones on his hands is in the triple digits … "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued, "In this context where the whole population is evolving, an orderly environment that can foster the growth of geniuses is the most reasonable. It's also beneficial to the overall strength of the country's Awakened ones. With the overall strength improvement, the top Awakened ones will fight in a simulated environment and exchange pointers with life and death. The skills and tactics they hone will only be stronger, not weaker. "
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