Gao Fei made a visual inspection and found that the height of the tower was no less than a hundred feet, and it must be the burial place of the legendary dragon-slaying hero.
After lunch, everyone continued on the road. After walking for another three hours, they finally arrived near the tower.
Using the "floating ball" to illuminate it, Goofy discovered that the wall surrounding the tower had collapsed.
The ring fort on the inside of the city wall has been overrun by weeds, and wooden and stone buildings such as barracks and checkpoints have been eroded by hundreds of years and have now turned into mossy ruins.
Tall bushes covered the ground with ruins and completely swallowed up the original roads in the fort.
Everyone had to use knives and axes to carve out a path among the dense heather and rose bushes, stepping on the broken bluestone floor, and continued to advance in the direction of the tower.
When he was about half a mile away from his destination, Muning suddenly stopped, looked around, and growled in a low voice.
Gao Fei heard the flash dog's warning and quickly stepped forward to ask Muning what happened.
At this moment, the ground beneath everyone's feet began to tremble without warning, as if a sudden earthquake had knocked all the explorers to the ground.
Before everyone could get up, the ground covered with weeds and gravel suddenly sank!
Accompanied by rumbling roars, countless silt, sand and gravels gathered into a raging debris flow, dragging everyone into the depths of the cracks in the earth.
The last ray of light disappeared from the eyes, and the overwhelming silt swept over, and everything was swallowed up and buried by darkness.
After an unknown period of time, the sudden earthquake finally subsided.
"Pooh!"
Goofy raised his head from the sand like a groundhog, spat out the sand in his mouth, struggled to stand up, but found that his chest was buried in sand and he could not move.
The ground collapsed, forming a huge sinkhole, and Gao Fei was buried at the bottom of the sinkhole.
There is a faint light like a fire suspended above the head, which is the "floating ball".
This ray of light brought some comfort to Gao Fei. He issued a mental command and controlled the light ball to float in front of him. He used the light to observe the surrounding situation and find his lost companions.
Just as he was thinking hard about how to escape, Gao Fei noticed that the soil around him was rising slightly, as if something was digging into the soil and moving closer to him.
This strange scene awakened Gao Fei's sense of déjà vu.
When he accompanied Jiang Feng on his adventure in the desert, he also witnessed similar strange phenomena.
"I'll wipe it! Are there sandworms settling here?"
Gao Fei groaned secretly.
The raised mound suddenly cracked open, and a giant made of sand rose slowly. Its body was dotted with branches and weeds, and its shining eyes were like two golden gems.
This is...a large earth elemental?
Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and shouted loudly at the 4-meter-tall rock and earth giant.
"Eve, is that you?"
The giant nodded and slowly moved towards him.
The solid sand layer automatically separated in front of the large earth element that Eve turned into, opening the way. When she passed by, the sand automatically closed again, leaving no trace of digging.
This is the supernatural talent of the earth element "Escape from the Earth", which is also vividly called "Escape from the Earth"!
Girl Eve, in the form of a large earth element, has a strength attribute of up to 25, which is the same as when Goofy turned on his rage. She stretched out a thick long arm made of sand and pulled him out of the mound, just like pulling him out.
Carrot is so easy.
After Gao Fei got out of trouble, he didn't even bother to take a breath and urgently urged Eve to rescue other teammates.
Eve nodded, and her huge body sank into the soil, like a shark diving into the sea, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Not long after, Eve returned to Gao Fei, holding the disgraced Jiang Feng and Al with both hands, followed by Mu Ning.
The flash dog did not wait for the hostess to come to the rescue, but cast the "any door" on its own and teleported from the deep burial place to the surface.
Jiang Feng and Al were fine, just a little frightened.
Now only Wushi is left in the expedition team and his whereabouts are unknown.
Eve dived into the depths of the earth again. After some searching, she finally found Ush who was buried alive deep in the soil and rescued him.
Due to long-term suffocation, poor brother Wushi had fainted and turned blue.
Eve quickly transformed back into her human form and used magic to provide first aid.
Wushi regained consciousness after receiving treatment. Just as he was about to get up, he stumbled and fell to the ground, hugging his right leg and twitching in pain.
Eve checked his right leg and sighed: "Ush's right leg has a broken fibula. Even if it is splinted, he will not be able to walk for a short time."
"It's all my fault for being useless and holding everyone back."
Wushi's face was filled with self-blame.
"How can I blame you? It was a complete accident."
Goofy patted Ush on the shoulder and encouraged him to cheer up.
"What should we do next?" Al looked at his injured friend, "How about I carry you on my back?"
"That won't work!" Wushi shook his head firmly, "You can't take risks with a burden. Just leave me here. I can take care of myself."
Of course, everyone couldn't bear to leave Wushi alone with his broken leg, but they had to admit that Wush's point of view made sense.
The Dragon Bone Tower is right in front of you, and the tower must be densely packed with traps and murderous intent.
If you take Wush, who is not good at walking, with you on the road, not only will your adventure progress be slowed down, but you may not be able to take care of him in case of emergencies.
Gao Fei thought for a moment and said to his companions: "Leave one person to take care of Wush, and the others will continue on their way. We will come back to meet up after the adventure is over."
No one objected to his proposal. The question was who would be left to take care of Wush?
"Let me stay!" Al volunteered.
"We already have a Berserker like you in our team. Al's departure will have little impact. No other role can replace the functions of Druid and Monk." Jiang Feng said to Gao Fei in the Astrolabe private chat channel.
Gao Fei nodded, agreeing with her point of view.
Carrying the injured Wushi on his back, Gao Fei activated the "Flying Protection Spell" and flew out of the sinkhole. He then turned back to carry other companions out and found a safe area to camp.
Gao Fei left plenty of dry food and water, told Al and Ush to wait patiently at the camp, and continued on the road with his other companions.
The three people and a dog finally arrived at the closed door of the Dragon Bone Tower.
The bronze cast tower door has a thick layer of green rust on its surface, but it is still very strong.
Gao Fei wanted to step forward and push the door open, but was stopped by Jiang Feng.
"The door lock may have a trap, so let me do it." Jiang Nuxia had a confident smile on her lips, "The 'skillful hand protection spell' that Qie Yun Aling blessed me has finally found its use."
The "Skillful Hands Curse" allowed Jiang Feng's monk to temporarily master a full set of thieves' skills. With the "Thief's Toolbox" prepared in advance, he passed a DC10 "Skillful Hands Check" and successfully picked the door lock.
