Chapter 43: Real danger
"Why doesn't the snake ghost come out yet?" Sun Ye's tone became anxious.
"Wait!" Nie Xiu glanced at the time, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but didn't show it.
The more dangerous it is, the more you need to calm down, otherwise you will only die faster!
Only Jia Tao, who bowed his head standing next to him, kept coming up with thoughts that he couldn't believe him.
Is the ghost snake really dead inside?
died in the hands of the first-order Qi Yuan?
How did he do that?
Ghost Snake’s defense is comparable to Tier 2, and it also has Tier 2’s enhanced speed. Even if it encounters a sneak attack, it will not easily capsize. How could it be so easy to die in the hands of Tier 1?
He didn't even shoot!
Five minutes later, and still did not wait for the ghost snake to come out, Sun Ye couldn't wait any longer.
He tried to shout a few ghost snakes, but he didn't get any response, and he became more and more restless.
"There may be something wrong with the ghost snake, we have to find a way!"
Nie Xiu frowned. He didn't think that the snake ghost might have an accident. After all, the ice python is a second-order insect beast, and Frost Breath is also terrifying, but with the snake ghost's mutation ability and second-order speed, even if something goes wrong, As for so fast, there must be time to issue a warning.
But now, the snake ghost seems to have disappeared suddenly, without returning, without warning, without reply, his strange disappearance is like a stone pressing in the bottom of everyone's hearts.
None of the three of them noticed, the chill under their feet seemed to have weakened, as if the frozen ground was thawing.
As the chill disappeared, the surrounding black thorns seemed to be no longer as hard as they started, and they swayed gently with the breeze.
The open space near the twisting wood shrank slightly, and the black thorns seemed to be eroding this area that had not been dared to cross.
Nie Xiu raised his head and glanced at the tall twisted wood, a struggling flashed in his eyes, and finally said in a deep voice, "Leave here first!"
Sun Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then said unwillingly: "But, the snake ghost is still inside!"
It is difficult to establish trust and friendship between wilderness hunters, but once the two sides have established trust, they will cherish this friendship very much, because this is their few spiritual sustenance and backing.
Nie Xiu, Sun Ye and Snake Ghost are like this. They have known each other for more than ten years, no matter how cruel to other outsiders, at least they can get along with each other tacitly, and even willing to make some sacrifices for each other.
Otherwise, the snake ghost would not be able to go in alone to investigate the situation. Now the situation of the snake ghost is unknown, but he wants to leave, which makes Sun Ye a little unacceptable.
"Ten minutes have passed, and the snake ghost did not even respond to your shouts. Do you think he might be alive?"
Nie Xiu's voice is a bit low.
"Snake ghost is also my brother, I also want to save him, but since the danger inside can prevent the snake ghost from even warning, we just went in to die,"
"We leave first. Although we cannot be 100% sure that the insects and beasts inside are ice pythons, there is also an 80% possibility. This is enough. This news is enough to bring us rich returns. Let's go to the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce and let If they send someone over, it can be regarded as revenge for the snake ghost!"
Sun Ye was silent, he took a deep look at the black twisted wood, gritted his teeth, and yelled at Jia Tao: "You open the way, return the same way!"
Jia Tao heard the words, his body trembled slightly, his eyes flashed a struggling, the mechanical arm condensed a blade of scarlet energy, but did not chop the surrounding thorns, but waved the mechanical arm to hit **** the black twisted wood trunk. After a few clicks, he raised his head and stared at the two with a pair of hatred and bloodshot eyes, as if they might get into trouble at any time.
Nie Xiu was not surprised by Jia Tao's reaction, he just stared at him coldly.
"Are you sure you want to turn your face with us here? Without my ability, you can't leave this swamp at all."
Sun Ye raised the revolver in his hand and pointed the muzzle at Jia Tao's eyebrows.
"Go open the way, otherwise I will blow your head!"
"You thought you could leave alive!" A crazy smile appeared on Jia Tao's face.
"To deal with you, I planted a plasma bomb in my robotic arm! As long as my heart stops beating, it will detonate within a second, and none of you can escape!"
"Come on, shoot! Shoot here!"
Jia Tao stepped forward and pressed his eyebrows against Sun Ye's muzzle.
There is no fear in his eyes, only madness!
Plasma bomb!
The faces of Nie Xiu and Sun Ye changed drastically. They had seen the terrifying power of plasma bombs. The blue arc that destroyed everything was a noun of death and destruction. Below the third-tier defense, there was no possibility from the explosion of plasma bombs. Survived.
Surrounded by black thorns, there is absolutely no room to escape. If a plasma bomb is really detonated, the result is bound to die.
Looking at Jia Tao's crazy eyes, Nie Xiu grabbed Sun Ye's right hand and moved its muzzle away.
At this moment, Nie Xiu finally knew that, just as he had guessed before, Jia Tao’s collaboration with himself was indeed not an accident, but a long-planned arrangement, but Jia Tao’s was a fool who was smart enough. Become an extremely dangerous existence.
Although the plasma bomb is difficult to obtain, from Jia Tao's crazy eyes, he can be sure that Jia Tao should not deceive himself.
It is very possible that a plasma bomb that can kill himself is actually implanted in his arm!
"Jia Tao, don't be impulsive, we can join hands and leave here!"
"If there is any misunderstanding between us, you can tell it, I believe we can solve the misunderstanding, why should we be so violent!"
"Misunderstanding!" Jia Tao stared at him fiercely.
"Three months ago, you invited my sister to hunt insects and beasts, but only the three of you came back alive. Come and tell me what this misunderstanding is!"
Nie Xiu's heart sank. Over the years, the three of their brothers have been doing a good job of disguising. They have teamed up with others on missions, and they can basically come back alive.
But occasionally, they will do something to kill their companions and swallow the rewards of the mission. Because their targets are carefully selected and do not have much background, these things have not erupted, and occasionally someone noticed it. Because there was no evidence, I left it alone. I didn't expect to meet a suffering master here.
"We have undertaken several missions in recent months, most of which have been able to return safely. Only one accident caused a hunter named Yue Yuhui to be buried in the mouth of insects and beasts. We don’t know if she is your sister, but It was just an accident!"
"That was not an accident!" Jia Tao roared.
"Although I did not find her body, I found the robotic arm she left behind. There is a recording device in her robotic arm, which recorded the process of her death. She was not killed by insects, she was killed by you. After the infringement, the corpse was thrown and killed!"
Nie Xiu's face finally became difficult to look at. He never expected to indulge once in a while, and he would meet a little girl's way, and the whole process was recorded by someone using a recording device.
Seeing that Jia Tao's eyes became more and more dangerous, Nie Xiu's expression suddenly changed. He pointed behind Jia Tao and shouted:
"Be careful, the black thorn behind you is alive, it is approaching you!"
Jia Tao's face changed. Just about to say something, he suddenly saw that the black thorns behind Nie Xiu and Sun Ye had also come back to life, and were entangled with them.
At the same time, the three of them discovered the strangeness behind them. They avoided the entanglement of the black thorns and tried to stay away from the black thorns that were close. However, the range of avoidance became smaller and smaller, and the speed of the black thorns spread faster and faster, and they soon let them. Lose all the space to escape.
A few people did not dare to be entangled with black thorns. With the hardness of these black thorns, once they were entangled with their bodies, they would never get out.
There are many plants in the wilderness that will actively hunt. As long as you are more vigilant, you can basically escape, but on this small island, you are already trapped by black thorns. If you want to rush out, it becomes almost impossible!
Jia Tao tried to swing the blade of energy to cut off the black thorns that were close to him. The thorns that came back to life lost their previous hardness as expected, but became much tougher. They were not strong at all when slashing, and the difficulty of slicing increased linearly. .
Even if one is cut off, it will quickly fall to the ground and take root, and more black thorns are still pouring in continuously.
"What's going on, how do these black thorns live!"
Sun Ye also noticed that the black thorns had become more difficult to deal with, a flash of terror flashed in his eyes, the snake ghost just lost contact, Jia Tao’s threat has not been lifted, and the danger of the black thorns erupted one after another, almost instantly falling into a desperate situation. in.
Nie Xiu suddenly found that the chill of underground penetration was weakening, and the soil that was difficult to overtake due to frost became controllable.
"Into the tree hole!"
Nie Xiu let out a low growl, his hands suddenly touched the ground, and the soil under his feet began to rise slowly, carrying himself and Sun Ye's body slowly climbing upwards.
Jia Tao, who was thrown down, raised his head and glanced up, did not take the opportunity to challenge the two of them, but just waved the energy blade in his hand and gave a cold snort.
"Dare to drop me, I will detonate the plasma bomb now, and everyone will die together!"
Nie Xiu paused, then manipulated the soil to lift Jia Tao up together, but the speed was a little slower than the two.
After rose by two meters, Nie Xiu glanced down. The black thorns had already surrounded the black twisted wood, and it was climbing continuously around the twisted wood.
"They seem to be able to track the breath of flesh and blood!"
Nie Xiu’s face became more and more difficult to look. There were unknown dangers hidden in the tree hole, black thorns entwined outside, and a plasma bomb that could be detonated at any time was also carried beside it. The hope of escape became more and more. Slim.
The soil under his feet continued to rise, Nie Xiu and Sun Ye exchanged glances, and they quickly approached the top of the twisted wood.
You can touch the edge of the tree hole at the top of the twisted wood. Suddenly, Jia Tao's feet are soft, and the soil ladder that is spreading up suddenly collapses.
Losing the point of borrowing, Jia Tao fell on his back, crashing down among the clusters of black thorns, and was overwhelmed by the tangled branches of thorns.
Nie Xiu glanced down vigilantly, and when he saw that Jia Tao had not detonated the plasma bomb, he suddenly cursed.
"I was cheated by him, this idiot doesn't have a plasma bomb in his hands!"
"Prepare to enter the tree hole, be careful of being attacked by the ice python!"
Nie Xiu let out a low cry, directly overriding the soil and sending himself and Sun Ye to the entrance at the top of the tree cave.
Just when the two arrived at the entrance of the tree cave, Sun Ye suddenly saw the muzzle of a black hole and pressed his eyebrows, behind the muzzle there was a familiar face.
Sun Ye was taken aback, and subconsciously called out the other party's name.
"Qi Yuan!"
Qi Yuan smiled slightly.
"You are right, I will reward you with a bullet!"
"Do not!"
Under Sun Ye's furious roar, Qi Yuan decisively squeezed the butcher's trigger, and an armor-piercing projectile with annihilation warhead burst out.
boom!
Sun Ye's head shattered like a watermelon, and burst into a scarlet rain of blood, dyeing the black thorns that wriggle underneath.
"Sun Ye!"
Nie Xiu's eyes were flushed instantly, and he tried to reach out to catch Sun Ye's fallen body, but only caught nothing.
Boom!
Under Nie Xiu's furious rage, the soil under him suddenly rolled up and spread upward along his body, wrapping Nie Xiu layer by layer like a soil armor, turning him into a large terracotta warrior.
"Qi Yuan!"
The clay-cast terracotta warriors roared, and the huge body over four meters tall suddenly stood up and looked down at Qi Yuan who was clinging to the tree cave.
"I will tear you up with my own hands!"
Nie Xiu roared and stretched out his right hand to grab Qi Yuan.
The huge palm was like an umbrella under the head. Before touching Qi Yuan, I heard a dull sound coming from the tree hole!
boom!
The condensed mud palm shattered, and a gray bullet went all the way up the mud arm, piercing a deep bullet hole, and finally pierced through the shoulder.
With a single shot, Qi Yuan didn't get rid of the crisis. The clay giant's arm quickly healed and grabbed it again.
"Oops, the main ability of annihilating the warhead breaks the target's defense and causes effective damage to the enemy. For this huge clay giant, it can only cause limited damage, and it can't kill the target at all."
Qi Yuan glanced across the body of the mud giant, trying to find the hidden location of Nie Xiu's body.
The mud giant seized the opportunity to grab Qi Yuan's right hand and lifted him out of the tree hole.
In front of the giant mud giant, Qi Yuan, who was less than half his height, looked extremely thin.
"I said, I will tear you apart!"
The earth giant roared, and reached out his other hand to hold Qi Yuan's left hand, pulling both arms forcefully, trying to divide him.
Click!
Under the force, the sturdy clay arm cracked a series of obvious gaps, but Qi Yuan, who should have been torn apart, was not damaged at all.
"you-"
Looking at Qi Yuan’s dauntless expression, a look of shock appeared on the face of the mud giant
The huge body of the mud body brings nearly second-order power. Although the strength of the muddy body condensed in a hurry is not enough, it is enough to shred a hunter with first-order power and defense. I didn't expect Qi Yuan to be helpless.
"You don't seem to have enough power!" Qi Yuan smiled.
"You can't escape the palm of my hand!"
Nie Xiu let out a low growl, and the clay giant no longer tore Qi Yuan, but put his hands together and pressed him on the palm of his hand. The mud rolled and blended into a coffin, trying to completely squeeze Qi Yuan closed, suffocating to death.
Seeing that Qi Yuan was about to be completely sealed in the mud, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the mud giant.
"I found you!" The corner of Qi Yuan's mouth suddenly bends in a dangerous arc.
"not good!"
Nie Xiu's heart beat, and suddenly he had a bad feeling that he was about to control the clay giant to seal the soil into a coffin and completely seal Qi Yuan, but suddenly found that the soil in his hands had lost control and could no longer be sealed.