Under the night sky, a swarm of bats flapped across the sky and disappeared into the horizon. In the middle of the swarm was a white figure. Nangong Wuyue looked at the pair of enemies disappearing into the sky and could not help but mutter, "Would Vivian throw Lily down on the way..."
Hao Ren looked into the distance and spread his hands slightly. "She already did. She just flew into the forest."
Nangong Wuyue was speechless.
"It's okay. Lily is strong. She can take a few hits. Besides, this is what they usually do." Hao Ren retracted his gaze. "Every time Vivian flies out at night, Lily takes a slingshot and watches her from behind the window. These two are like this. There's no cure."
Lily and Vivian were the "high-speed combination" of the team. They wanted to explore the situation at the Blood Lake Outpost together. However, the knights had set up layers of defense outside the Gnarled Grove to defend against the rock monsters. There was almost no gap between the sensorial magic towers and the patrolling sentries. Hao Ren did not want to get into trouble. So, he suggested that they cross the line of defense by air. Lily could not fly, so of course, Vivian carried her over. The vampire maiden was really honest. She said she would cross the line of defense, and as soon as she flew into the forest, she threw the husky down.
Y'zaks and Becky had already left. At this time, only Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue were left. The cold moonlight shone down. Hao Ren scanned Dragonspine Ridge under the moonlight. He then threw the MDT into the air and said, "Teleport!"
"Lazy bastard..." The MDT turned into a blue light and disappeared in the air, leaving only a sentence that slowly dissipated in the air.
A moment later, Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue had arrived at a place nearly 100 kilometers south of Leyton Town through the MDT's teleportation function. This was the place where Dragonspine Ridge had collapsed and deformed. Hao Ren had just recovered from the brief dizziness of teleportation when he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Seeing was not as good as hearing. It was hard to imagine how the mountain was deformed to form a "Sky Road" just from the description of others. Now he knew why Gelton and Ophra insisted that the deformation of the southern part of Dragonspine Ridge was the power of ancient evil magic. Under the night sky, the dark mountain twisted into a strange shape like a demon. Countless stalactites protruded from the smooth mountain wall. The small ones were tens of meters long, and the big ones stretched across the sky. The so-called "Sky Road" was actually a super-large "stalagmite" that extended like this. The deformed mountain that was hundreds of meters wide, crossed the ridge of Leyton Hill, and fell straight into the Gnarled Grove could not have been formed naturally, but there were no signs of artificial construction. If one had to describe it, it was more like it had "grown" out of the mountain wall.
The reason why the Leyton Line of Defense could become a "line of defense" was that if one were to advance from Dragonspine Ridge to the Gnarled Grove, they would encounter a "geological fold" that was lower than the mountain but steep and difficult to climb. This fold surrounded the Gnarled Grove, and Leyton Town was the only entrance. When the rock monsters first appeared, those huge monsters that were not good at climbing were also blocked by this ridge. But now, the "Sky Road" that extended from Dragonspine Ridge had completely crossed the line of defense from the air, and the rock monsters could enter the sacred land almost unimpeded.
This "Sky Road" often collapsed, changed shape, and even changed the landing point at the other end. The knights had no way to set up a fixed line of defense at the end of it. No wonder they were exhausted when dealing with this thing.
But maybe the rock monsters had limited intelligence. Except for the operation half a month ago, they did not know how to deploy their superior forces to attack in a group. The rock monsters would attack the nearest stronghold from which mountain had collapsed. Otherwise, if all the monsters in the entire mountain range had gathered and poured into the Gnarled Grove through this Sky Road, the knights of the Church would not be able to defeat so many monsters no matter how much faith they had.
But now, no rock monsters had collapsed from the southern mountain peak. It was also possible that the rock monsters were slightly dormant. Hao Ren did not find any monsters wandering nearby. The magnificent and strange "Sky Road" was just quietly across the night sky, seemingly harmless.
Hao Ren lifted the MDT and shone it like a searchlight. The MDT was puzzled. "What are you doing?"
Hao Ren said matter-of-factly, "Aren't you a sensor? I'm scanning the environment..."
The MDT was stunned for a moment. It flew out of Hao Ren's hand and shouted, "Can't your brain work normally for once? Wouldn't it be fine if you just told me? "
Then the MDT emitted a faint blue light and scanned the surroundings roughly. Ten seconds later, it landed on Hao Ren's shoulder and said, "The 'Sky Road' itself has no magic residue. It's just a simple rock. The source of this phenomenon should be inside the mountain."
Hao Ren looked up and found a path to climb the "Sky Road" on the jagged mountain. "Let's go up and have a look. I heard that if the 'Sky Road' senses outsiders climbing, it will 'throw' them off. Let's try it. "As he said, he looked back at Nangong Wuyue and said," Do you want to wait down here or... "
"I'm not here to hold you back!" Nangong Wuyue puffed up her cheeks and put her hands on her hips. "The siren has no other ability but at least their survival ability is better than yours. Exploring this kind of dangerous place depends on my ability."
As Nangong Wuyue spoke, a mist suddenly lingered around her. When the mist dissipated, she had already transformed into her beautiful snake form. She threw the frozen clothes ball into Hao Ren's hand and said, "Help me keep it. When we get up there, let me walk in front. Didn't you say there's miasma on the mountain road? I'm good at dealing with that stuff. "
Hao Ren put away Nangong Wuyue's clothes and looked thoughtfully at her soft snake tail. Then he looked at the jagged mountain wall and said, "Is your body structure suitable for mountain climbing? Don't grind your belly until it's bald... "
Nangong Wuyue swung her tail at him and said, "Watch Animal World when you have time. You need to nourish your brain!"
As she said that, she twisted her body and climbed up the mountain. Her body was completely stuck to the jagged rocks, graceful but fast. Hao Ren quickly ran up the mountain behind her and said, "Animal World doesn't have snakes that specialize in mountain climbing..."
The two moved quickly and soon they arrived at the beginning of the "Sky Road". As they climbed up, Hao Ren noticed that the part where the "Sky Road" connected to the mountain was not as abrupt as it looked. There was a rather large flat transition zone at the junction of the two and there were wide slopes on both sides of the "Sky Road". It was only because of the angle that they did not notice these structures. The purpose of these flat and wide transition zones was self-evident: it was to make it easier for the rock giants to come here. After all, those monsters did not have the ability to climb the cliff.
"The 'design' is so exquisite and thoughtful. No matter how I look at it, it must have something to do with humans." Hao Ren's mouth twitched as he tried to find the real origin of the twisted mountain. But he frowned and asked, "What's that smell?"
There was a strange smell of rotting vegetation in the air, and it was so subtle that it was almost indistinguishable. If not for Hao Ren's extraordinary senses, he would have subconsciously ignored it or thought that it was the normal smell of rotting vegetation in the mountains. But before Hao Ren's voice trailed off, a cool and moist breeze blew over and dispelled the strange smell. Nangong Wuyue stretched her arms and dispersed the poisonous fog around her. "This should be the miasma. It's very dangerous because it's not poisonous when first inhaled. It will react in the warm environment of the lungs for a while before it starts to kill. "
Hao Ren was shocked. "I think I just inhaled it!"
Nangong Wuyue gave him a sideways glance. "Don't worry, my mist can detoxify the poison. And with your physique, you won't die even if you inhale a little."
Hao Ren felt that Nangong Wuyue was a very versatile girl. She could cure diseases, heal wounds, detoxify, provide a shield for the team, and in special situations, she was a water-repellent golden-eyed beast. Where else could you find such a high-end support? The only problem was that she always chickened out in a fight...
"Now let's test how the mountain 'feels' that someone is climbing the 'Path of Heaven'." Hao Ren looked at the long stone bridge that spanned across the sky not far away. "I want to see who is watching this side. Oh right, if I fall later, remember to use teleportation to pull me back. If I fall from this height and get hit by dozens of tons of rocks again, it won't feel good... "
The MDT bumped into Hao Ren's back. "Alright, alright, let's go!"
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