With a crisp sound, the crystal chips fell steadily into the brass tray.
After the young man in Jinyi placed his bet, the scene in the silver mirror continued to play.
The four pathfinders stepped over the threshold and disappeared into the darkness. Soon, a scream came from the screen of Yi Temple.
Amid the screams, the "Yi Temple" screen expanded, squeezing the other three scenes into the corners of the silver mirror. At the same time, the darkness in the screen receded and became brighter, showing the death of the pathfinder at the entrance of Yi Temple:
From his left shoulder to his right hip, he was slashed in half, with blood and intestines spilling all over the floor.
At this time, in the silver mirror, the scene of the death of the "Yi Temple" pathfinder began to be played back again.
I saw the man dressed as a warrior, holding a big sword, carefully crossing the threshold. He had just taken two steps in the darkness, and saw a black sword with dark green skull patterns on the arm. It was as big as a person tall.
The mantis appeared behind him out of thin air like a ghost, raised a sword arm, and cut the man in half diagonally in one stroke.
While the scene was playing back, the brass tray containing the chips under the silver mirror buzzed, and the crystal chip inside, representing a thousand silver dollars, immediately disappeared out of thin air.
But Mr. Jinyi doesn't care about winning or losing at all.
Seeing the scene of the man being choked to death, a flash of excitement flashed in Mr. Jinyi's eyes, he laughed and slapped his thigh:
"It's so enjoyable! Every time I see the Ghost Sword Praying Mantis killing a living person, the feeling is more satisfying than when I kill people with my own knife! Come on, drink!"
The woman next to him immediately poured a full glass of wine for the handsome young man, handed it to his mouth, and fed him to drink.
After drinking a glass of wine, the handsome man stared at the picture in the silver mirror again, waiting for another bet.
Among the "relics".
As soon as Shen Lang stepped out of the temple door, he felt that the ground beneath his feet had turned into a hard stone slab.
There were three Taoist monks watching from behind. Shen Lang did not dare to use "mental power scanning" easily. He only channeled his inner power to his eyes, focused his vision, and looked around.
With the blessing of internal energy, Shen Lang's vision greatly increased, and he could barely see through the darkness and get a clear view of the surrounding situation.
Outside the temple gate, there was no longer a wilderness of mountains and forests, but a square corridor.
This corridor is nearly two feet wide and more than one foot high. It is paved with solid stones, with stone walls on both sides and a rock top above.
There is also a door handle-like mechanism on the stone wall on the left.
Shen Lang pondered for a moment, walked over, touched the mechanism, and tried to turn it clockwise.
The machine rotated for half a circle, and then the sound of "whirring" was heard continuously, and red flames ignited one after another from near to far, illuminating the corridor ahead.
It turns out that there is an oil lamp hanging on both sides of the corridor every twenty steps. Turn the switch and the oil lamps will be lit one by one.
It wasn't until Shen Lang lit the lamp that the woman in green took her two followers and stepped out of the temple with the slayer monk.
Qin Wuyue also took out two artificial legs made of iron wood from the secret compartment of the sedan, put them on his knees, stood up and walked out of the sedan. When walking, they were as light and flexible as the real legs, without any stiffness.
It's clumsy, I think it's some kind of Taoist mechanism.
She led four boys in gray clothes with swords on their backs out of the temple gate and into the corridor, squinting and looking into the distance.
At this time, the woman in green clothes slowly spoke:
"The corridor is about a hundred feet long by visual inspection. It looks unremarkable, but there must be traps."
The exterminator smiled and looked at Shen Lang:
"Qin Shubao, what are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and explore the way!"
Shen Lang snorted coldly and said in a deep voice:
"I heard that ninth-level monks can practice the art of summoning Taoist soldiers. They can summon Taoist soldiers such as skeletons and zombies. Since you are all monks, why don't you summon Taoist soldiers to explore the way?"
Qin Wuyue chuckled:
"Brother Qin, I don't know how many dangerous mechanisms are hidden in these ruins. Of course, our magic can be saved as much as possible. If we can use people to replace us, we will use people to replace them as much as possible. Brother Qin, don't embarrass me, take the initiative.
Wasn't it good before?"
Shen Lang looked back at the three of them, hummed softly, picked up the two maces, and stepped forward cautiously.
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"Four ghost sword mantises are about to enter the field at the same time. A ghost sword mantis of equal strength will appear at the four entrances at the same time. Second note: A, B, C and D have four entrances. Which one will suffer casualties first? Odds... Third note: Four entrances
Among the entrance teams, which team can kill the Ghost Sword Mantis first? The odds...if two bets are jointly placed, the winner will pay twenty."
"Two joint bets?"
Mr. Jinyi shook his head:
"Forget it, we haven't started yet, how can we tell the strength of the four teams? Besides, these four teams are all put together temporarily. No matter which team is in the same mind, they even have conflicts with each other.
There is intrigue... If something really happens, the seemingly strong team may not suffer casualties first. It is more reliable to bet alone."
Picked up two crystal chips and threw them into the tray:
"One of Team B died when they went out. They have the worst luck. For this second bet, I bet on Team B to be the first to suffer casualties."
He picked up three more crystal chips and threw them into the tray:
"The third bet...the 'Qin Demon Girl' from team A is beautiful and powerful. I like this kind of demon girl the best. So I bet three thousand yuan that Qin Demon Girl's team will be the first to kill the Ghost Sword Mantis!"
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In the corridor, Shen Lang walked step by step, cautiously walking at the front.
The two followers of the girl in blue followed Shen Lang with swords in hand, followed by the girl in blue, the slayer of the disciples.
Qin Wuyue put her hands in her sleeves and walked with a pair of prosthetic legs, silently walking behind the woman in green and the slayer of the disciples. The four boys in gray walked at the end carrying swords.
As they were walking, there was a sudden flash of light behind the team.
Then a huge mantis, which was as tall as a man, completely black, with a dark green skull pattern on its blade arm, appeared out of thin air behind the four boys in gray clothes, swung its blade arm, and stabbed the boy in gray clothes in the middle.
This knife was extremely sharp and as fast as lightning, but there was no sound of breaking the wind. It was not until the blade struck the shoulder of the boy in gray that the boy in gray reacted and shouted a warning: "There is..."
As soon as he shouted a word, the mantis blade arm slashed through his shoulder, cutting him in half diagonally from shoulder to hip.
But the boy in gray clothes didn't die for a moment, and he didn't even let out a scream. When half of his body slipped, he raised his sword expressionlessly and stabbed the Ghost Sword Mantis in the chest.
The other three boys in gray clothes also turned around and drew their swords at the same time. The three sword beams struck the ghost sword mantis on both sides and head.
The four gray-clothed boys have superb swordsmanship, and their swords are also imbued with extremely pure and profound internal energy. They are all sixth-grade accomplished warriors.
However, facing the combined attack of the four people, Ghost Sword Mantis only opened a pair of sword arms and waved out a mass of afterimages. Hearing a few crisp sounds, all four long swords were swung away in an instant.
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When the swords collided, the three boys in gray were shaken all over, groaning and staggering back. The half-broken body of the boy in gray that was beheaded was even thrown away and hit the wall with a thud, blood dripping all over the place.
fall.
At the same time, the ghost sword mantis spread its membrane wings on its back, and its huge body turned into a black afterimage. It suddenly flew in front of a boy in gray clothes, slashed with its sword arm, and took the head of the boy in gray clothes.
Seeing that the boy in gray clothes was about to die, a clear cry suddenly sounded:
"Certainly!"
The ghost sword mantis froze, its sword arm barely hovering on the side of the gray-clothed boy's neck.
The boy in gray clothes, who had narrowly escaped death, did not change his expression, nor did he take the opportunity to retreat. Instead, he took a step forward, raised his sword expressionlessly, and stabbed the head and neck joint of Ghost Sword Mantis. The other two boys in gray clothes also followed suit, one on the left and one on the right.
, drew his sword and stabbed the same part.
Puff puff!
There were three soft sounds, and three sharp swords with pure internal energy pierced the joint of the Ghost Sword Mantis' head and neck at the same time, splashing dark green blood.
The three boys in gray clothes were about to twist their wrists, rotate the sword body, and pry off the head of the ghost sword mantis. The ghost sword mantis suddenly shook its body and broke free from the control of the spell. The sword arm flashed and with a pop, it was turned towards the front.
The boy in gray clothes split into two pieces along the midline of his body!
When the two halves of the gray-clothed boy in front were separated from the left and right, the two gray-clothed boys on both sides finally seized the opportunity, pried hard, and pried off the head of Ghost Sword Mantis.
The huge body of the Ghost Sword Mantis fell to the ground with a thud, its jointed limbs twitched slightly, and then there was no more movement.
Looking at the broken corpses of the two boys in gray clothes, and then at the headless corpse of the Ghost Sword Praying Mantis, Qin Wuyue's pale and sickly cheeks turned slightly red with anger, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"As expected of the Da Zhenren's legacy...he actually bumped into the Ghost Sword Mantis just after he entered!"
"Ghost Blade Mantis?"
Shen Lang, who was clearly exploring the way ahead but was unscathed in the end, asked curiously as he watched the whole show.
Qin Wuyue glared at Shen Lang coldly and snorted:
"It's none of your business, just explore the road!"
She broke two boys and cast a seventh-level "immobilization spell". She was in a bad mood now and had no time to explain Shen Lang's doubts.
On the other hand, the girl in green seemed to be in a good mood when she saw Qin Wuyue deflated, and said with a smile:
"The Ghost Sword Mantis is a very dangerous monster. More than a hundred years ago, when the world was in chaos and monsters abounded, it once wreaked havoc in the Eastern Territory. After the founding of the Chu Kingdom, it was almost exterminated. Now it only exists in the remote mountains and old forests where no one has visited.
A little remains.
"This monster is gifted with the ability of 'void movement'. It can move, flash, and appear within ten feet. It attacks silently, and even the turbulence of the air flow is minimal.
"If an ordinary sixth-grade warrior is attacked from behind by it, he will not know how he died until he dies. Even if he is attacked head-on, a fifth-grade and highly accomplished warrior will be able to resist him."
The monk who killed his disciples also said happily:
"Senior Qin, these four boys are a bit stupid, but they all have sixth-grade cultivation, and their swordsmanship is extremely superb. But even so, with the help of Senior Qin's spells and the sacrifice of two lives, they can kill
Kill this monster. If Senior Qin hadn't used magic to immobilize the ghost sword mantis, all four boys would be destroyed and they wouldn't be able to hurt it."
Having said this, his expression became solemn again:
"We just started, and we encountered the Ghost Sword Praying Mantis... The danger of this ruin is probably beyond our original expectations."
Qin Wuyue coldly snorted:
"It's too late to regret now. The entrance to this ruins is the entrance, and the exit is the exit. You come in from the entrance, but you can't exit the same way. You have to find the exit. If you don't continue moving forward, you will only be trapped here to death of thirst and starvation.
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After saying that, he glared at Shen Lang again:
"Why are you standing there in a daze? Keep moving forward to explore the path!"
Shen Lang shrugged, then picked up the two copper maces and walked forward.
As for Qin Wuyue, the woman in green, the slayer monk and others, they no longer just focused on the front, but also carefully looked behind them and were on guard, lest another vicious beast suddenly appeared from behind.
After traveling safely for more than ten feet, Shen Lang stepped down and suddenly felt that there was something wrong in where he landed. The stone slabs under his feet seemed a little more lively and not as solid as elsewhere.
However, since there was no early warning from his spiritual sense, he didn't pay much attention to it. As he continued to move forward, he heard a burst of mechanical sounds behind him, and the sound of energy breaking through the air.
Looking back, he saw dense round holes suddenly opening up in the corridor, both walls and the dome behind him. Countless cold lights were ejecting from the round holes, hitting Qin Wuyue and others behind like a heavy rain.
Clusters of spears kept appearing on the ground, thrusting upward one after another.
When the powerful arrows were fired and the ground spear thrust out, a green whirlwind appeared around Qin Wuyue, spinning rapidly around her and deflecting all the arrows fired at her. This was Shen Lang's most familiar self-defense spell. "Wind Shield".
The entire body of the exterminated monk turned into iron black. He only covered his eyes with his palms and allowed the powerful arrows and spears to pierce his body. Regardless of whether the arrows or the spears missed, they could only pierce his already tattered cassock even more. When the tatters fell on his iron-black skin, only a few sparks appeared, making a clanking sound like iron, but not even a trace of oily skin could be pierced.
The woman in green is surrounded by a "water shield". The water shield is like an eggshell, covering her from head to toe, circulating up and down endlessly. The steel is lost, and the ground spear stabs her body, only the water shield is stabbed. It was slightly dented and then bounced away.
The three Taoist monks seem to be able to cast self-defense spells instantly, and can protect themselves from such sudden attacks.
But they can protect themselves, but they can't protect their followers.
The two big men in black brought by the woman in green danced their swords into a ball of brilliant silver light, which looked almost impossible to splash with water.
However, such a sharp sword technique can block the powerful arrows flying towards both sides and the top of the head, but it cannot prevent the ground spears thrusting from under the feet.
After a series of stabs from the ground spears, a big man in black collapsed to the ground with blood pouring from his lower body.
Another big man in black was luckier. He got close to the woman in green in time and used the woman's water shield to block the arrows fired from one side. Only then did he have time to deal with the thrust of the spear.
One of Qin Wuyue's two boys in gray clothes was also broken, skewered into sugar-coated haws by the ground spears, and stabbed into thorns by the powerful arrows shot from both sides and the top of the head.
But these boys in gray clothes are also different from ordinary people.
Not only could he remain calm even when he was about to die, he could not even scream despite being injured all over his body, and his vitality was also ridiculously strong.
The man who had been slashed in half by the Ghost Sword Mantis before was able to fight back with the remaining half of his body.
At this moment, the boy in gray clothes was skewered by spears and shot all over his body by arrows. He was not dead for a moment and was still swinging his sword to block the other boy in gray clothes and Qin Wuyue.
It wasn't until the two of them escaped the shroud of arrows and spears that the boy in gray clothes breathed his last breath.