69novels Chapter 106 Encountering Enemies in the Mountains
Chapter 106 Encountering Enemies in the Mountains
Chapter 106 Encounter with Enemies in the Mountains (3k)
On the contrary, Hulk, the shield warrior who had been talking nonsense all along, didn't say anything at this moment, but carefully observed the situation of the three people opposite him.
He could actually tell that these young people were quite capable, especially the blonde girl. She was so young, looking like a high school student, but as a shield warrior, her professional skills and level were no worse than his.
Ultimately, it's because their team is too abnormal; two of them are divine cultivators. Wizards and divine sorcerers below the Star Cocoon level basically have no means of attack.
Xiao Mei looked at Lu Ren and Shen Yaoxing, who were standing beside them, probably worried about being dragged into danger, and asked, "Brother Lu, we've sorted things out here. Do you need any help?"
"She's the captain, I'll listen to her."
"Thank you for your kind offer, my team can handle it."
"My captain said it's not necessary."
Shen Yaoxing crossed her arms and watched the trio scatter in panic. Lu Ren thought of her as a reminder of the Cell Saga, where Goku looked on with satisfaction as Gohan was tormented by Cell.
After a long pause, she sighed and said, "We still have to use that trick on this child. Lu Ren, get ready to go and provide backup."
Just as the two fleeing individuals were about to be caught by the four rock-shelled lizards, Jiang Yueying gritted her teeth and stretched out her small hand towards the four lizards.
Lu Youhe shouted to Ji Liguang, "Ali, run away!"
Even without Lu Youhe's reminder, Ji Liguang, still quite far away, stopped in his tracks almost as soon as he saw Xiao Yueying raise her hand, and quickly ran behind her.
Thinking that running back wouldn't be safe, she jumped directly down the steep slope.
"Methane explosion—!!"
The same skill can produce different effects depending on who uses it. This difference lies not only in the power of the skill but also in how it is expressed.
Lu Ren's swamp gas explosion is just an ordinary explosion, a loud bang. Jiang Yueying's swamp gas explosion, on the other hand, combines with her profession as a fire mage, giving it a strong personal touch. Just by looking at the effect, it's similar to the original Monkey King and Hellfire.
At first, a bright orange-red flame appeared in her palm, obediently wrapped around her fingertips, like a warm toy. But in an instant, that gentle flame suddenly became furious, swelled, and roared!
A dark red, blazing torrent, far exceeding her height in diameter, burst forth from her palm like a giant lava dragon imprisoned for millennia!
Surrounded by mountains, Jiang Yueying's small figure is the only still dot of ink in the center of the picture. Her slender outline is no bigger than a coin under the wide-angle lens.
However, the next second, with her as the absolute core, a crimson-gold raging wave, far wider than ten times her height, did not gush out, but instead exploded with a deafening roar.
It wasn't a continuous burning; rather, it was the complete detonation of all destructive energy within a hundredth of a second. The fan-shaped shockwave, mixed with pure light and heat, was like the earth's rage, violently and indiscriminately released forward.
With her at the absolute core, a crimson-gold halo of destruction, far wider than ten times her height, did not surge forth, but instead exploded from halfway up the mountain.
That was no longer flames, but a burst of violent energy compressed to its limit, which was detonated in an instant, creating a fan-shaped shockwave of crimson gold mixed with molten flow and rock fragments.
The fan-shaped area of the explosion was so vast that, in an instant when viewed from above, at least a third of the front of the image—including the mountain road, the rock face, and even part of the sky—was directly covered and torn apart by this fan-shaped explosion.
It's not just the difference in special effects; even with Lu Ren's current elemental affinity of 500, if he were to use the swamp gas explosion at full power, the power would probably only be 3% of this one.
The Black Mountain High Moon Squad, a hundred meters away, watched this scene with eyes that looked as if they had seen a ghost.
"What terrifying power! Is this really at the level of the 'Spark'?"
The mage, Bai Zhi, stared in disbelief: "What... what is this—a skill?"
Lu Rendao said, "Methane explosions are a specialty of my hometown."
Where is your hometown?
"Linjiang—"
Shen Yaoxing snapped, "Stop chatting and go save them!"
The force of the blast was so great that it sent rocks tumbling down the mountainside, making the mountain path where Jiang Yueying and the others were standing unstable.
Suddenly, the two of them lost their footing and fell downwards, looking as if they had fallen into the Infinity Castle to fight Muzan.
"Lu Ren, come save me!"
"Waaaaaah!"
Just as the dark-skinned girl was about to get up to save the person, she saw Lu Ren and Shen Yaoxing, and the two of them flew over directly.
She then remembered that there were two Flame-level Divine Cultivators in this team, but she was stunned again when she saw Lu Ren fly over as well.
"Two that can fly—"
Judging from the power of that mage's skill, could this squad's combat method rely on flight and direct ground bombardment?
But she could understand why Miss Shen could levitate so naturally, since Miss Shen was a divine sorcerer. Why could this young man Lu also fly?
Heishan Gaoyue was once a divine cultivator and also a sorcerer. Her Yin-Yang attribute was over 700 points, and her inspiration attribute was over 100 points. She could also achieve simple flight, but she rarely used her mental power to fly.
Xiao Mei asked her why, and the sorcerer told her that if one's inspiration exceeds one's own weight, one can achieve simple levitation, but that is only barely floating in the air and is very physically demanding. To fly around easily, one's inspiration must be at least five times one's own weight.
Isn't Brother Lu a sorcerer? How could he have such high intuition? Is it some kind of special skill?
Lu Ren flew over, caught the two little ones as they fell, then carried Lu Youhe on his back, and then picked up Jiang Yueying in a princess carry.
Jiang Yueying glanced at what was beneath her and, startled, quickly grabbed Lu Ren's head.
"Wow! It's so high!"
"Don't move."
"Lu Ren, fly more steadily!"
"Don't hold my face, I can't see where I'm going."
Lu Youhe deactivated her armor and transformed back into a beautifully sculpted little girl. She looked down and, seemingly unafraid of heights, swung her little feet back and forth.
She said with a hint of envy, "It's so wonderful to be able to fly! When I was little, I dreamed that I could fly up into the sky in a flash and then fly back in a flash!"
"Then you rolled off the bed and took the blanket with you—Xiaoying, don't hold my head, I can't see what's in front of me."
Lu Ren felt a little awkward. Although he had a lot of physical contact with Jiang Yueying, it was always in urgent situations and there was nothing romantic between them.
At this moment, Xiao Yueying hugged his face and replicated An Yourong's previous chest-burying kill. However, with Jiang Yueying's loli figure, it was impossible to replicate even one wave. To say that there was no curve at all would be too insulting. Lu Ren's post-burial reaction was probably something like, "Yueying is a girl too."
However, with his face pressed against her chest, he could feel the lovely touch on his nose and cheeks, and smell the faint milky fragrance emanating from Jiang Yueying.
"Xiaoying, you're hugging him so tightly, be careful he doesn't take advantage of you!"
Lu Ren, dissatisfied, corrected her, "What are you saying? Xiao Ying has fought alongside me so many times, I've already taken advantage of her completely."
"What the hell! You, are you a pervert?!"
Jiang Yueying wanted to let go, but she didn't dare. She was so high up; she needed to hold onto something to feel safe.
"He's not a pervert, he's an idiot."
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll throw you down."
"Lu Ren, honestly, Xiao Ying is still a high school girl. All this hugging and cuddling is bad for her reputation, especially since they have no official status together!"
"That makes sense, we should give Xiaoying a proper status—"
What are these two siblings talking about? What kind of status are they talking about? And is Lu Ren actually actually thinking about it?
Is he really going to take responsibility for me? Should I reject him?
"Xiaoying".
Jiang Yueying was startled and stammered like a small animal, wanting to say that it's normal for martial arts practitioners to have occasional physical contact during battles, but what came out was: "Actually, Lu, Lu Ren, I don't mind at all that you took advantage of me! Haha!"
Redeem it! What am I even saying?! Let's start over! Where's the undo button?!
"What I meant was, why don't you just call me 'brother' from now on, like Lu Youhe did?"
"————" Jiang Yueying's fear of heights lessened considerably, but her face still showed a hint of embarrassment and annoyance: "What, what are you saying?"
Lu Youhe agreed: "So you're saying I'm the older sister? That sounds good!"
Brother and sister? Jiang Yueying suddenly felt that the scene they described seemed very familiar. Oh right, she, An Yourong, and back then were probably like the three siblings now.
"No, what three siblings?" Jiang Yueying said with a straight face, "What, how should I put it? I'm older than all of you, aren't I? Don't you call me 'older sister'?"
Wow, it really is!
Lu Ren led the two of them and flew down the mountain path.
Why are you flying downwards?
"Ali just pushed a rock-shelled lizard down from here. It shouldn't be dead yet. I'll finish it off and absorb the spirit remains before going back."
However, before he even reached the ravine, Lu Ren sensed something was wrong.
They found the rock-shelled lizard that had fallen, lying in the ravine below, its blood forming a small lake. Its abdomen was still rising and falling, indicating that it was breathing.
The mountain path was a cliff, and rolling down it would have been at least a hundred meters high. The fact that it's still alive shows how incredibly resilient it is.
But that's not the point. The point is that the ravine is two or three hundred meters below the salt-shelled lizard.
The area was filled with the carcasses of rock-shelled lizards, numbering at least a hundred, and none of them appeared to have died long ago, showing no signs of being eaten.
"Lu Ren, look! There are so many corpses!"
Why do you sound so excited?
"I'm scared!"
"This is what I'm really afraid of."
As Lu Ren spoke, he gestured for Lu Youhe to look at the little girl who was curled up in his arms, shivering.
Jiang Yueying was terrified. "What, what's going on?"
Lu Youhe thought Xiaoying was really cute, like a little animal. And even though she was super strong, she liked to pretend to be innocent and play tricks on her opponents in every battle. This was probably what Xiaokui was talking about again. Right, contrast!
"I've hit the jackpot! So many corpses, all of them recently died. I just wonder if their remains have been dug up. The remains of a rock-shelled lizard can sell for over three thousand. Let me count—"
Lu Youhe panicked: "Brother! Let's go down and investigate!"
Lu Ren mocked her, "Little money-grubber."
Jiang Yueying, however, was quite rational: "No, let's not go. It feels... terrifying—"
"Only a fool would go down there. Something's definitely not right. Who knows what kind of monsters are hiding in the woods? Let's go!"
Lu Youhe mostly listened to her brother: "Then let's hurry up!"
Lu Ren didn't even want the rock-shelled lizard that was still alive after being seriously injured. He quickly flew upwards, preparing to go back and report the situation to the young lady. However, just as he took off, a fierce wind suddenly came from the mountain stream.
An arrow flew out from the dense forest, drawing a white streak of light. The arrow was both poisonous and vicious, shooting straight towards Lu Ren's heart.
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