With a muffled sound, Ning Chen pulled out his long knife, and a tall man fell down clutching his chest, his eyes full of unwillingness.
At the moment of death, he saw many images.
There are pictures of him practicing hard as a boy and getting admitted to the martial arts academy; there are pictures of trying hard to catch up in the martial arts academy, but still being left behind by those geniuses... From that time on, he knew he wanted to stand out.
You have to do whatever it takes.
After graduation, he became a free warrior and opened a company. He used his privileges as a warrior to make money and get involved in prohibited industries, including pornography, gambling and drugs.
It's not that he hasn't been reported or caught, but he is ruthless or uses coercion and inducement. With his status as a warrior, he can always avert danger.
However, he was so unscrupulous that he was eventually kicked onto the iron plate.
Once by chance, he offended a person who was stronger than him. That person gave him two options, either to hand over all his wealth, or his dirty information would be exposed.
If that person takes action, he will no longer be able to get away with it as easily as before, and he will have to spend the rest of his life in prison.
In the end, he chose to hand over his company and all his property, and then came to Longhu Mountain, hoping to become stronger and then go back to take back everything.
His prosperity over the years was all due to his ruthlessness, and even after coming to Longhu Mountain, he did not change his previous temperament, killing people, stealing goods, and taking things by force, using all possible means.
In more than a month in Longhu Mountain, more than a dozen people died in his hands.
To put it into perspective, there are not so many horrible creatures that have died in his hands, because he is not willing to fight with horrible creatures or earn hard money. He wants other warriors to help him earn money and hunt down horrible creatures, and then
He is hunting it down and reaping the benefits.
For more than a month, he felt like he was in heaven.
There are no rules and no laws here. It is simply the favorite place for people like him.
As the saying goes, those who do unjust things will be punished by death. Today, he kicked the iron plate again and set his sights on the heads of Ning Chen and the others.
Seeing that Ning Chen and the other two were very young, they expected that they would not be very strong, so they were planning to kill and swindle again. By the way, there was also a very pretty girl, and he fell in love with her at first glance.
However, what he regretted was that these three young men were not something he could offend at all, especially that beautiful girl, who had an outstanding temperament but was extremely ruthless in her attacks.
"I'm dying......"
The man murmured, his pupils dilated.
At the same time, Ning Chen felt the Bronze Immortal Palace vibrate, and a wave of energy merged into his body. He grinned: "It's almost reaching the third-grade high level. I can feel it. It's only a little bit short."
Two days ago, he killed a third-level terrifying creature. A day ago, the three of them teamed up to kill another one. Ning Chen took the last stab. Counting the unlucky guy today, Ning Chen's cultivation level was finally close to the third-level high level, with only one difference.
Only a little bit.
"The energy of the Bronze Immortal Palace in my body is still there. If I practice hard in the past two days, I should be able to reach the high level of the third level." Ning Chen said to himself, very satisfied with his progress.
Very satisfied.
Before coming to Longhu Mountain, he was still at the peak of the second level, but less than half a month later, he was already at the high level of the third level.
"Let's go, we're almost there." Xu You shouted.
The three of them moved on.
After half a day, the three of them stopped and looked at a strange mountain in the distance. It is not accurate to call it a mountain because it is not high and there are no trees. It is just jagged rocks with strange shapes, some of which penetrate straight into the fog.
In it, it looks like a sharp sword.
"This is it." Ning Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at this place.
Some people call this place the Forest of Swords, because the strange rocks are like swords, piercing the fog, and there is nothing here but strange rocks.
This is the place they were looking for, the place where Kong Weize's body was found.
Xu You frowned and glanced around.
This place was not complicated. It was full of strange rocks and not a single person. He couldn't figure out why the body of Kong Weize from Lin Yin's team appeared here.
"Brother Xu, let's search separately to see if there are any clues left by Senior Lin Yin and others." Ning Chen said.
"Okay." Xu You nodded.
Kong Weize's body has long since disappeared.
Therefore, it was impossible to draw anything from his body. The three of them could only search aimlessly, hoping to find some clues.
After searching around for a while, the three of them returned to the same place.
Xu You said: "Lin Yin has been here before."
Ning Chen was curious: "How do you know?"
Xu You spread his hands, and in the palm of his hand was a hair tie. It was purple and had some damage. Half of it was stained with blood. It had dried long ago, but it could still be seen.
"This belongs to Lin Yin." Xu You said. Seeing Ning Chen looking at him with a puzzled tone, he smiled bitterly and said, "I gave this to her."
No wonder…
This was given to Lin Yin by Xu You. Obviously Lin Yin had always carried it, and Xu You could recognize it at a glance as Lin Yin's.
So, Lin Yin's team did come here, but I don't know what happened. Kong Weize died here, and Lin Yin and others disappeared.
Ning Chen said: "Let's search carefully to see if there are any other clues."
Unfortunately, the three of them searched several times but found nothing, except for some terrifying creatures and human skeletons.
The three of them had no choice but to stop temporarily.
At this moment, the sky is getting dark. Although the fog is shrouded, there are nights in Longhu Mountain, but due to the fog, day and night are not clear.
Even at night, Longhu Mountain is not completely dark. There is a faint light in the mist, and some flowers, plants, animals, as well as the sharp claws, sharp horns and even rocks of terrifying creatures will also glow.
At this time, as the sky dimmed, the rocks in the Sword Forest lit up, especially those rocks that penetrated straight into the fog and looked like long swords. At this moment, they bloomed with a shimmering light, with different colors, including blue, red, and purple.
...like chunks of fluorite.
"This place is really strange." Xu You said: "We have been here for a day, and we have not seen any human warriors or scary creatures. And these rocks can actually shine. Could it be that they are not rocks, but some kind of gems?
, similar to jade?”
Ning Chen smiled and joked: "It's really possible. Why don't you go dig two pieces, and maybe you can buy them at a good price when you take them out."
Xu You rolled his eyes.
They are not the only ones who have been to this place. If it were something valuable, others would have taken action long ago, and the news would have spread long ago.
Hiss...
Suddenly, there was a hissing sound.
A patterned viper swam over and sensed Ning Chen and the others. It raised its head and hissed the snake's message, signaling an attack to intimidate the three of them.
However, it was completely useless. A mere viper, although it was venomous, only posed a threat to ordinary people. In the eyes of warriors, it was no more than a reptile.
Seeing that Ning Chen and the others were unmoved, the Patterned Viper probably knew that the other party was not easy to mess with, so it changed its direction and swam away.
Ning Chen found it interesting. He followed the patterned viper with his eyes and watched it meandering among the jagged rocks, getting further and further away...
Then, it disappeared.
"Huh?" Ning Chen's eyes widened, wondering if he was dazzled. Why did the patterned viper disappear while swimming?
"What's wrong?" Sensing Ning Chen's strangeness, Xu You asked in a low voice, while looking around cautiously.
Ning Chen took another closer look to confirm that the patterned viper was really gone. He pointed to the distance and frowned: "The snake just disappeared. I watched it swim over there, and then disappeared suddenly.
Already."
Disappeared, what does it mean?
Xu You couldn't help but frown, not understanding what Ning Chen meant.
Before Ning Chen could speak, Jiang Yun suddenly stood up. She squinted her eyes and looked around, scanning the rocks one after another, especially the luminous rocks.
Seeing this, Ning Chen and Xu You also stood up and remained vigilant. When Jiang Yun looked away, Ning Chen asked, "What did you find?"
Jiang Yun's beautiful eyebrows were slightly furrowed and she said: "This place is unusual. I didn't notice it before. I just woke up when I heard you say that the viper disappeared." As she said that, she pointed at the luminous rocks, "Look at these rocks, they are
The position may seem messy, but it actually contains patterns.”
What rules?
Ning Chen and Xu You looked at each other, confused.
In their opinion, these rocks are nothing special except that they glow, and yes, they also look like swords, but what does this mean?
Jiang Yun looked at the rocks again, and finally her eyes fell on the place where the patterned viper disappeared, and said: "If I guessed correctly, there should be a maze here."
What?
Ning Chen felt once again that he was uneducated.
Xu You was moved in his heart. He was from an ancient family and had heard about some things that ordinary people didn't understand. He asked: "You mean, this sword forest is actually a maze, and these rocks are the patterns that make up the maze.
?”
"Yes." Jiang Yun nodded, "The positions of these rocks imply the laws of the heavenly stems and earthly branches. And the patterned viper that Ning Chen mentioned just now disappeared. I think it did not disappear, but entered another area and was obscured by the maze.
Area."
"Because of the existence of the maze, what we see is a jagged and strange rock, but under the cover of the maze, it may be a different scene."
"In other words, there is another dimension hidden in this forest of swords. The viper accidentally got into the formation and entered another dimension, so it disappeared."
Hearing this, Ning Chen's heart moved. He walked to the place where the viper disappeared, picked up a stone and threw it over.
boom.
The stone fell to the ground and did not disappear.
"This..." Ning Chen was dumbfounded.
"It's useless." Jiang Yun said: "The formation eye is constantly changing. Where it was one moment, it may be in another place the next moment."