Returning from the abyss

Chapter 140 The Altar
On the way up the mountain, Lu Ning and his party met with Cheng Wuling and others.Shi Xiaolang doesn't know Lu Ning now, so he doesn't pay much attention to her.Steps appeared halfway up the mountain, and there were already cracks and moss on the white marble, which looked like it hadn't been taken care of for a long time.And at the place where this stone step appeared, there were two stone pillars on both sides, which were also covered with moss, about three meters high, and above the stone pillars lay a tortoise and a long snake respectively. Like two specimens.

"Turtles and snakes...it feels quite uncomfortable." Yetisi grabbed the clothes on her chest and looked at the two stone pillars with flickering eyes. Unfortunately, there was nothing extra on the stone pillars except for the two animals. , even without decorations, she couldn't see anything.

A group of people continued to walk up the mountain. After climbing about 200 meters, they came to a platform where the road forked. One was the same stone steps leading to the top of the mountain as before, and the other was using A path that is paved with gravel on the edge of the platform and goes around the deep mountain.

According to the principle of exploration, it should be to take a look at the path, but the hunters did not agree with this approach.

"No one has walked this road for a long time."

Shi Xiaolang is very confident about this, it is easy for him to identify the traces of people walking by, and there is no sign of people walking on that small road at all.

"Because of this, there may be some secrets hidden there, isn't it?" Cheng Wuling said.

"We are not interested in secrets. We followed here just to find out the whereabouts of Big Brother and the others. If you are not going to continue going up, then we will go up by ourselves!" Shi Xiaolang pointed to the upward steps.

"Then it's okay to assign some people to check it? Lu Ning, can I ask you?"

"Then...Mo Lianren, Chu Jianting, or should the three of us go over?" Lu Ning listened, and turned her head to nod two familiar comrades in arms, and they immediately came over in response.

The hunter didn't care about the loss of three people, so the large army still walked up the mountain, while Lu Ning led Mo Lianren and Chu Jianting into the deep mountain along the path.

The moonlight is bright, and the road is quite quiet. Occasionally, the sound of some birds flying can be heard in the distance. It is easy to think of something bad in such silence.

Gradually, the sound of rushing water can be heard.

Turning around a mountain depression, Lu Ning saw a gazebo. A little further ahead of the gazebo, there was a section of more than 20 steps leading to a white circular platform.

Before she could take a closer look, Mo Lianren suddenly called out: "Sister! Why are you here?"

Mo Xiren?
Lu Ning stared slightly, and immediately saw the two people on the platform.

In the center of the circular platform is a stone cup-shaped sculpture, and four chairs are distributed in a square at a distance of more than two meters from the cup. Mo Xiren is sitting on one of the chairs, facing the stairs, and opposite her There was also a person sitting on the chair, but his back was facing this side, and he didn't turn his head when he heard the sound.

"I don't care about people..."

Lu Ning stood there without moving, but Mo Lianren ran up the stone steps, quickly ran to Mo Xiren, asked questions with surprise on his face, and couldn't hide his worry in words.

And Mo Xiren also showed a gentle smile, gently stroked his sister's cheek, and kept saying that he was fine, and it didn't take long for Mo Lian to calm down.

Lu Ning led Chu Jianting up the steps step by step, and finally saw the panoramic view on the circular platform.

A little further from the stone platform is the cliff. The cliff is at a right angle of nearly [-] degrees. There is water flowing out of the cliff on the side, forming a small waterfall. This is the source of the sound of water.

The four stone chairs on the platform are simple in shape, but it is hard to think that they are chairs for people to sit on.The reason for this is that there is a groove in the back of the chair, in which a stone sliding spike is embedded, and the position of the groove corresponds to the position where the head of the average person corresponds when sitting down.

In other words, when sitting here, you must keep your body leaning forward. If you straighten your waist slightly, you will be directly poked into your brain by the stone spines behind you.And looking at the dark brown color of the stone thorns on one of the empty chairs, I don't know how many people have used it here.

She also saw the person sitting on the chair opposite Mo Xiren, Su Shengge.This quiet teammate now seemed to have completely lost his vitality, leaning weakly on the armrest of the stone chair, just keeping the stone thorns from the back of his head from piercing in, and he didn't say anything when he saw Lu Ning.

Finally, there is the stone cup in the middle.

The height is nearly one meter, but the bottom is in the shape of a pillar. There are no too complicated patterns on the cup. There are four handles in total, and the handles are punched with holes the size of a thumb.The diameter of the cup is about [-] centimeters, and the depth is about [-] centimeters. If it is not for the shape, it is more like a basin, and there is a hole at the bottom of the cup.

"Have you finished all the research?"

Mo Xiren watched Lu Ning look around, then asked with a smile.

"You already found this place?"

"Well... it's not very early, it's just 'two days' earlier than you." Mo Xiren patted Mo Lianren to let her sit on the armrest of the stone chair, and explained to Lu Ning, "Actually, I It was only two days earlier than you when I left the time reset? So there is only this time difference. Oh, Su Shengge and I are at the same time, but she did something else and waited until she wanted to find you You were already saving lives by the time you were here."

"Su Shengge?"

"Don't ask me... I feel bad..." Su Shengge weakly raised his hand, but he still didn't raise it in the end, "Are you bloody? I can't take it anymore, hurry up and perform the ceremony..."

"Ritual? Blood? You..."

"Dream entry ceremony." Mo Xiren pointed out the theme, "You don't know how long we've been waiting, if it's any later, Su Shengge will probably weaken and die. I don't mind who comes, you can too , shall we begin the ceremony?"

"Is this the place for the dream ceremony?"

Hearing Lu Ning's question, Mo Xi realized that what they said was not on the same line at all.

"Wait...you didn't know everything and came up, did you? You skipped the level? Hey, hey, that's not what you do to die. Don't tell me there are some of you who went to the top of the mountain recklessly?"

"What's there on the top of the mountain?" Lu Ning felt that her voice was a little astringent.

"I don't know anything else. I only know that the famous fourth hunter, Lei Yan of 'Super Range', is in charge of guarding the passage in front of the door. Anyone who doesn't perform the dream ceremony will die if they enter."

Overrange?Lei Yan?The fourth place - the fourth brother?
At this moment, there was a muffled thunder-like sound from the higher mountain above.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwhhhh

Mo Xi stood up mockingly, raised her head and looked up the mountain.

"How many people went there in total? Forty? Fifty? It's meaningless to be proficient. Although the information of the three veteran hunters can't be found, the village still knows a thing or two about Lei Yan's ability."

"What on earth can he do?"

Lu Ning has seen the afterimage of the short and thin hunter, and the soft body of the fat hunter. To be honest, it is already a bit troublesome power. Now that these people become partners, they will definitely be a useful help, right?

I thought so.

"Just like the name, there is no distance limit for this person's attack, but everything that can be seen can be included in the attack range - it is a veritable monster whose general attack becomes a range attack."

A second thunderclap sounded from overhead.

"So that's the case... But at least this kind of ability won't cause too much damage right now..."

Lu Ning said with a sullen face.

On the mountain at this time, all the people retreated outside the outermost gate of the castle, and two people with lesser skills became victims. In fact, their skills can't be blamed, after all, no one saw the enemy at all.

They just made it to the door first, and then a hole was opened from the chest to the stomach.

The deterrent effect of the second thunder was more significant than the attack. The untended vegetation on both sides of the front passage of the castle was torn to pieces, and the leaves and gravel were rolled up in the strong wind. It took a long time to calm down .

"It's the fourth brother! It's the fourth brother!"

Some of the hunters were already shouting.

"Fourth brother! Why are you attacking us! We are here to save you! Let's go back now! Go home now!"

"To shut up!"

Shi Xiaolang forcefully stopped the hunter from shouting, the ground under his feet was cracking, it seemed that he had endured tremendous force, but in fact it was exactly the same.

He had already gone in and saw the fourth brother's appearance.

"It seems that you have already met the person you want to see."

Cheng Wuling's voice sounded from behind.

"'Shrinking the ground' is indeed a convenient ability to advance and retreat freely. Then what is the result? The 'fourth brother' you have missed for a long time, is there any help now?"

Hearing this sentence, Shi Xiaolang sneered, which gradually turned into a wild laugh.

"You're making such an idea... You already knew, didn't you? You already knew that there was no possibility of salvation, right? We were called here just to be thugs, to end their suffering with our own hands, yes Bar?"

He turned his head abruptly, and his eyes met Cheng Wuling's.

"But unfortunately, we can't do it."

"Is it because of emotion, or because of strength?" Cheng Wuling looked at him and asked a question.

"Of course...strength."

Shi Xiaolang only seized a momentary opportunity by using the ability to shrink the ground. The second attack was launched against him, an unexpected intruder. Fortunately, his speed of entering and exiting was fast enough, otherwise he would be hit It is broken bones and tendons.

But this method can only be used once. Although Lei Yan no longer remembers these fellow hunters, he still maintains a high enough level of vigilance. Shi Xiaolang's Shrinking Land is not invincible, and he will definitely be attacked first when he enters next time. .

"My winning percentage against the fourth brother is about two to eight if I initiate a sneak attack on my own initiative, but when he realizes my existence, it may drop to one to one hundred." Shi Xiao Lang sneered, "As the initiator, shouldn't you give us some reasonable support now?"

(End of this chapter)