Word count: 5109 Update Time: 2012-12-25 20: 09: 00
(Happy Christmas, everyone.) Cold weather, suitable to stay with your girlfriend to warm up, hehe.)
From within the cave, a bone-chilling cold wind blew out along with the smell of rotting flesh. Even though he was standing by the entrance of the cave, the smell was so thick that G.o.d only knew how much rotten meat was needed to produce such a smell. For some reason, this made Zero think of thirty bodies that were missing.
They were at the edge of the cave, solemnly saying, "Ma pei"s ability is not suitable to be used in this kind of complicated and narrow environment, so we"ll just stay outside the cave and be on guard."
There was no objection to this arrangement. His main ability was the Armored Rhinoceros transformation. It was best suited for charging into open areas. However, he was not the head of a small battle station. Especially considering that there might be a fifth stage fire ability user hidden inside the cave, if Ma pei rashly entered, he would be roasted into a fragrant meat. After listening to Zero"s explanation, he nodded his head, agreeing to the arrangement.
Su Chaofeng and Su Chen made a signal with their eyes, and the latter understood. The three of them then entered the dark tunnel. During this mission, they had never considered entering a burrow like environment, so they had not equipped any related equipment. Such as tactical helmets, oxygen cylinders and searchlights. Fortunately, the catacombs were different from the underground bases. The underground bases were pitch black without any light source, but there were luminescent fungi in the catacombs. These little things emitted a faint light which adorned the dark caves.
The cave was narrow and wide, and when they first entered, it was only enough for two people to walk side by side. But the deeper they went, the wider the road became, and the more fungi they emitted. They grow on the walls of the mountain, beside the stalagmites or directly on the ground. If not for the smell of decay in the air, the cave occupied by the glowing fungi would be like a sea of light.
Zero couldn"t help but marvel at the wonders of creation. In this day and age when the entire world was undergoing crazy evolution, there was still such an ancient fungus existing and maintaining its original genetic pattern. While the three of them were immersed in this strange sea of light, the corpse of a half-bird man suddenly appeared in front of their eyes. The body was half lying beside a stalagmite. The flesh on the left side of the body had disappeared, revealing the bones still stained with flesh. Beneath the corpse, dark green blood stained the ground with spots of color. There were also remnants of intestines and internal organs that were different from humans.
"What a picky eater, casually throwing away half of the food. How uncultured." At the same time, he took out Tang Dao to stir up the corpses.
Tang Dao pressed on the shoulder bone of the corpse and with a slight external force, the originally unbalanced corpse immediately fell to the ground, exposing half of its back. The man"s back was pitch black, and the bones beneath his skin were charred. Apparently, the Aaron man had been burned to death by the heat, and most of his bones, nerves, and organs had been burned.
Looking at this broken corpse, whether it was an elemental domain user or a wild beast that had the power of fire, Zero could not find a suitable target. He shook his head and gestured for them to move on, and the three of them headed deeper into the crypt.
Gradually, more and more tunnels appeared in the crypt, showing a complicated topography. Fortunately, the three of them had sonar grenades on them. The sound waves emitted by these special grenades could map out the complicated terrain within a thousand meters, which would allow them to distinguish the direction they were heading in. However, what Zero relied on was still the bloodstains, chunks of flesh, and broken corpses that he left behind along the way.
The uncertainty dragged the Aaron"s body deep into the complex crypt, as if some wild beast were beginning to store food for itself in the cold winter. However, there was no record of a mutated beast controlling fire in the Western Frozen Plains. As a matter of fact, the habits and abilities of mutated beasts had a great deal to do with the environment they resided in.
The Frozen Plateau could produce Ice Snow Demonic Wolves, but it was unable to produce strange beasts like the Blazing Lizards. Although many things could not be tested with common sense in the new era, there were still some basic rules.
It was not a pleasant journey to travel under the complicated terrain, especially with the sc.r.a.ps of flesh and the occasional Aaron or two of corpses, which made the trip less than a sightseeing tour of the catacombs. On the contrary, the deeper one went, the more one would feel as though they were heading towards h.e.l.l.
The journey finally came to an end after three thousand meters into the crypt. When they walked out of the complicated pa.s.sageway, what appeared before them was a relatively large and flat piece of land. It was just that the s.p.a.ce here was extremely narrow. The lichen above their heads was less than five meters from the ground, making the entire s.p.a.ce flat. The uncomfortable shape of the s.p.a.ce made the few of them feel oppressed.
What was hard to come by was that the center of the lake was hundreds of meters wide. The water in the lake was in a very pure state. The bottom of the lake was covered with glowing fungi, and a hazy light shone through the surface of the lake, causing the entire surface of the lake to sparkle like bright gems.
Undoubtedly, the scenery of the Earth Lake was beautiful. However, the scene on the other side of the lake was far from beautiful, and even disgusting. At least twenty or so corpses were piled up, forming a small mountain of corpses. These were the bodies of the Aaron people, which now lay like dried meat on the sh.o.r.e of the lake, ready for consumption.
Near the corpse mountain, a figure was lying on top of one of the corpses. Chewing sounds that caused people to go crazy continuously rang out. In this special environment of the cave, the sound was several times larger, and it drilled into the ears of the three of them from all directions. What was even more unbelievable was that the figure was wearing a long, dark red leather robe. It looked like it was the killer of the Aaron Family"s entire village.
However, the few of them did not expect this person to have the hobby of eating corpses. Although there were many freaks among those with special abilities, it was still rare for them to eat corpses. The sound of the footsteps of the others had obviously alarmed the one who was enjoying the delicacies of the corpses. He jumped up in alarm and quickly spun around to face the others.
"Sauron?" Zero"s pupils narrowed as he cried out in surprise, "Saurun?"
That"s right! Even though this person"s face was covered in dark green blood, even though his eyes had turned completely black, there were still circles of red on his skin. But none of this prevented Zero from recognizing him. Sauron, the former heir to Parkland, the man who had struggled with Zero but died at its hands, was now on the Frozen Plateau behind Asgard.
"What"s wrong, zero?" Is this your friend? " Feng asked in surprise.
Zero shook his head and said, "I don"t have any friends like the ghouls … …"
"You two stop talking nonsense, I don"t look very happy!" She gripped her heavy sword tightly and a.s.sumed a posture that she could attack at any time.
On the other side, Suren who looked like a ghoul began to roar. He let out a strange, beast-like howl. His mouth was opened to the limit, revealing teeth that had already turned sharp from his lips.
Saurun, who had been transformed into a disordered person, had once, by instinct, been very close to zero. However, at that time, the fighting aura of Valkyrie and the other two Adepts had scared Saurun away. After that, the s.h.i.+eld of Dawn and the tremendous aura of the strange creatures that had escaped from the Cossacks" base made Saurun flee even further.
After that, Saurun had been wandering in the wilderness. Instinctively, he had arrived at the dense frost forest, which was filled with the thick smell of life, and had discovered the Aaron Family. In the beginning, Saurun had only killed the Aaron people for food. But after eating Aaron"s flesh and blood, Saurun liked this kind of food. However, what Saurun didn"t know was that the Aaron human heart and brain had greatly increased his power, which had pushed him from the fourth step to the fifth step.
What happened afterwards was naturally the ma.s.sacre of the village. The Aaron Family had been slaughtered by Saurun, and Saurun had instinctively picked out the most powerful body in the tribe, dragging it to this naturally formed cave to be used as food. However, even Saurun hadn"t thought that his actions would lead to zero.
The instant he saw zero, Saurun"s instinctive order to kill zero as the priority was activated. Immediately, the red light wheel in his eyes constantly changed, causing the air in the cave to constantly rise. This was because the s.p.a.ce fire element had become active.
Red light began to appear in the surface of the lake, and it only took a short two seconds for the entire lake to boil. The next moment, the lake erupted with a roar, spraying up a tall curtain of water. At the same time, the water vaporized by the high temperature gushed out, making the entire cave wet and hot, at the same time reducing everyone"s visibility.
Suddenly, an invisible wave swept out of the mist.
His body tensed up as he felt an incomparably strong sense of danger.
"Disperse!"
he cried, rolling forward. At the same time, Su and Feng also moved to the left and right sides. At the same time, Su and Feng also moved to the left and right at the same time. If the three of them didn"t move fast enough, they would have been roasted like pigs.
Feng Feiyun let out a cold snort. He leaned forward and exerted force with his toes. Immediately, he pulled out a black line and disappeared into the mist. Seeing him attack, they were afraid that he would make a mistake, so they immediately rushed straight towards where Saurun had been. She deliberately let out her breath to attract Sauron"s attention.
At the same time, Zerom had also taken down the a.s.sailant who had been stuck in place with a pendant. Saurun"s strength had unexpectedly advanced to the fifth step, which surprised him. In addition, he didn"t understand why Saurun, who he had killed, could come back to life. What made him even more uneasy was that Saurun"s special eyes reminded him of Hans!
As soon as the attacker was taken down, it immediately entered the recharge mode. Before it reached the equivalent of a shot, Zero suddenly saw a flash of red light from the depths of the mist. Following that, a stream of flames shot out from the mist and headed straight for Su!
With a horizontal swing of the heavy sword, it was barely able to withstand the flame pillar. Instantly, the violent impact sent her flying into the air. As for Su Yu"s alloy heavy sword, it instantly turned red.
When he landed, rolled, and bounced up again, the temperature of the heavy sword was slightly reduced.
The flame pillar that had sent her flying did not disappear. Instead, it turned into a flat flame that swept towards the left of the cave. The mist was immediately dispersed by the fire pillar. The light of the fire reflected Feng"s figure, which had been flying forward.
Yan Zhu chased after Feng Feng and swept over, but he seemed to not have noticed anything. Su was about to call out, but Feng suddenly flipped forward, causing the pillar of flame to fly past his back. Feng sprung up again, his speed increased, and in a flash, he was in front of Saurun.
Tang Dao disappeared from Feng"s hand. In an instant, three blade lights akin to talons raked towards Saurun.
Eagle Claw!
Saurun, on the other hand, smiled. Suddenly, a red light flashed under his feet, followed by another pillar of fire shooting up into the sky. In the firelight, Feng Jiu"s expression changed. Tang Dao retracted his body to protect himself as he was sent flying by the sudden explosion of the pillar of fire.
This pillar of fire was at a temperature of five hundred degrees, so Feng didn"t expect Saurun to place it at his feet. However, within the flames, Saurun did not even burn a single strand of hair. Instead, some of the stains on his body were burned away by the flames, making him look much cleaner.
Saurun"s smile disappeared once again as he roared. He spread open his arms and was about to descend in the direction of Feng Feng, in order to increase the impact of the Raging Flames. Suddenly, a jade-green light appeared in the corner of his eyes.
He immediately looked in the direction of the light, only to see a dark green energy bullet fly across the surface of the lake, stirring up a pool of water behind it.
Raging Flames changed targets and landed on the energy bullet. Flames that could be seen with the naked eye appeared out of nowhere, wrapping themselves in layers upon layers of energy bullets. The speed of the energy bullet was greatly reduced. When it was still around ten meters away from Saurun, a spark quietly appeared on the left side of the acid bomb that was launched by the a.s.sailant.
When the firelight appeared, the explosion occurred immediately. The energy in the surrounding s.p.a.ce of the fire element formed a violent explosion, successfully detonating the acid bomb. The two types of energy emitted red and white rays of blazing light. The rays expanded and contracted, then turned into a huge fireball that appeared in the air above the lake! The shockwave from the explosion swept out in all directions. Saurun, who was the closest to the explosion point, was immediately sent flying. The one furthest away, Zero, was also suffocated by the strong winds brought by the shockwave.
The violent impact of the two types of energies also caused the walls of the cave to have soul-shaking cracks. Countless amounts of sand and sand continued to fall, as if it were raining sand.
Feng"s face turned ugly as he shouted, "Zero, don"t use that girl"s weapon unless you want to bury us alive here!"
Without a word, he retrieved the invader and took down the Type 2 sniper rifle instead. The magazine was full of sniper sh.e.l.ls, ready to fire at any moment. On the other side, Feng pounced towards Saurun, shouting something like "In the end, I still have to rely on myself." Feng launched a tornado at Saurun. This was a Swordsman"s unique skill. When the ability was used, it caused Feng Feng to move as fast as the wind. He circled around Saurun, continuously attacking him from all angles with the Tang Saber in his hand. At the same time, Tang Dao also had a strange force field attached to it. The Swordsman"s ability of "defense is broken down" could reduce the opponent"s defense to a certain extent.
When Saurun closed in on him, he had already casted an elemental force field around himself. This skill was used to deal with long-ranged and close-ranged Wanhua Oil, providing a certain amount of damage absorption. However, this layer of defensive power was gradually reduced due to Feng"s targeted attack. However, Saurun would occasionally replenish his skills, maintaining his elemental stance from beginning to end.
As for Feng"s Tornado Strike, Saurun didn"t seem to care. He no longer belonged to the category of ordinary humans. Strictly speaking, Saurun was closer to a living corpse. As a result, he did not defend against most of Tang Feng"s attacks, allowing Tang Dao to strike him. Apart from the important parts of his head and chest, Saurun was almost as good as being beaten up by Feng.
However, his retaliation often caused Feng to complain incessantly. To Saurun, a Level 1 Fireball was something that could be cast with just a thought. Furthermore, the fireball"s explosive power was enough to push Feng away. As a result, from time to time, Feng would shoot out a fireball and occasionally use a fire pillar to attack.
"Out of the way!"
Taking advantage of the time Feng was holding Suo Lun back, Su had already circled around the Earth Lake and approached. Her speed was not great, but she had great power as she ran. Energy rippled from Su Ming"s body into the air. It seemed that Su Ming"s strength had increased after his journey with the Cossacks. At the very least, she wouldn"t have been able to release her energy before this.
Now, Su Yu"s heavy sword was wrapped in layers of surging energy ripples. When she got close to Sauron, Sue stomped her feet on the ground.
The ground immediately ruptured, causing Su Gao to leap high into the air. The heavy sword was raised above his head. With a loud shout, the heavy sword that was wrapped in energy ripples let out a violent howl as it cleaved towards Saurun.
Berserk hacking! The commonly used skills of Berserkers appeared once again. With just a single sword strike, they felt as if a mountain was crus.h.i.+ng down on them.
Under the violent wind pressure, Feng Feng"s expression changed slightly as he retreated. He did not want to be affected by the power of this slash.
Sauron was viewed as a target by the others. The pressure from the energy ripples fell heavily on his body, making it difficult for him to dodge like a maple. Seeing that he couldn"t dodge in time, Saurun roared and pushed his hands forward. However, countless red lights gathered and formed a red light s.h.i.+eld between the two. In the middle of the light s.h.i.+eld, a pattern of flames appeared. It was the symbol of the flaming s.h.i.+eld.
Elemental force field. Elemental s.h.i.+elds were abilities that were commonly used by users of elemental domain. Depending on the element that the user was skilled in, the power and effects displayed by the two skills were also different. The s.h.i.+eld of Darkness was used to absorb energy, as it had in the previous battle with the Indians in Valkyrie. Sulun"s Fire s.h.i.+eld, on the other hand, displayed the characteristics of a fire element, purely as an attack against an attack.
The heavy sword ruthlessly struck the elemental s.h.i.+eld, which immediately shattered. But at the same time as the s.h.i.+eld crumbled, the fire element within released a terrifying energy. Sensing that there was a change, Su Su only had enough time to raise the heavy sword in front of her body in a defensive posture before exploding.
With a rumble, the high-temperature energy explosion rubbed against the air, producing a fireball. The shock wave from the fireball"s explosion sent Su Su flying backwards. When she landed on the ground, she couldn"t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, which showed that she was injured.
The flames spread over Saurun"s head. He let out a satisfied roar, and pounced towards Su Chen. However, he suddenly stopped and fiercely turned his head in the direction of zero. In that direction, Saurun first saw Zero"s face, but it was soon covered by the flames!