"I have no intention of guiding others, let alone the confidence to stand above others. In fact, even if I want to run a workshop, I haven't done much besides refining medicine, so I need the help of my partners." Gu Chen compiled while sorting out
Said while thinking.
"For example, this time I went to Cypress Valley to collect herbs, it was only because of Feiyan that I was able to go there. In addition, Feiyan is better than me at repelling the monsters and identifying the brilliant stones. I think Feiyan is a person who can be trusted.
, that’s why I want to invite you to join the Fang Group. Of course, not as a servant, but as a partner who walks hand in hand."
"Just, even if you say so..."
Compared to the abrupt and blunt statement before, this low-key confession obviously touched the female swordsman's heart more. Feiyan showed an unprecedented tangled look, while Gu Chen seized the opportunity and once again put forward a realistic and tempting proposal.
"Besides, Feiyan will always need funds for his activities in Liyang City, right? I think the income of the management team should be more stable than being a pioneer. In addition, if you want to find someone, I will help you. Of course, based on what I can do now
It’s nothing, but if there is a business center as a base, at least it will be a lot more convenient for activities.”
"Even so..." Feiyan was even more obviously shaken.
"I think this is also a good thing for Tuo Lei? My research topic is the ecology of monsters. Tuo Lei can move freely in the shopping mall without being covert. Besides, I think she and Ponyo get along pretty well. After all,
Regardless of people or monsters, you will always be happier if you have friends with you, right?"
As he spoke, Gu Chen glanced at the sword monster.
(Eh?)
I was thinking that these words could be the trump card to decide the outcome, but I suddenly found that something was not right about the sword monster. I saw Tuo Lei's spiritual light that was originally safely contained in the sheath, but at this moment, I don't know why.
The spirit of the Brahma turned into an intense and violent fluctuation and turned into a scorching flame that wrapped around the sword body. It looked like it was about to take out the sheath and kill someone at any time with a murderous look.
(Tou Lei, are you on guard? No, there is a monster!)
Gu Chen, who understood the sword monster's character, immediately looked around with a changed expression.
However, there were no traces of dormant monsters around, and no spirit-brain currents were seen. Just when Gu Chen was confused, the mount under his crotch unexpectedly made an anxious sound. Gu Chen thought that this stupid bird was up to another trick, and instinctively
He tightened his grip on the reins, but the hammer-headed bird struggled for a few times before slumping to a stop.
"Gu Chen, look at your feet!" Feiyan's panicked voice came from the side.
Gu Chen lowered his head in a hurry, and immediately saw that the solid trade road made of loess under the hammerhead bird's feet had suddenly become extremely muddy. Most of the hammerhead bird's thick soles were sunk into the mud, and he couldn't pull it out, so he had to stay in the same place.
The ground kept shaking its wings and chirping anxiously.
And it wasn’t just the Hammerhead Bird’s feet that became muddy. The ground with a radius of 100 meters adjacent to the trade road changed color one after another as if it was being eroded by something seeping out from deep underground. It transformed from a thin grass wilderness in a few breaths.
It became a muddy landform filled with mud bubbles.
"What's going on?" Feiyan was dumbfounded.
Mud with extremely low load-bearing capacity and high viscosity is a nightmare landscape for travelers. Especially for pack teams carrying baggage, once they get stuck in the mud, they will have to cut their flesh and bones to get out. Gu Chen watched the wilderness with helpless eyes.
Turning into mud, a name suddenly popped into my mind.
"It's the 'Lord of Mud'! We're being targeted!"
"Ni, Lord Ni Ze?"
As if to prove Gu Chen's words, the mud not far away suddenly surged up like a fountain, and then several clay dolls stepped out of the mud pillars. Those clay dolls were about two meters high.
It looked like a crude human shape made by a child out of mud. It was dripping with mud and black water, and surrounded the two people from the front, back, left and right.
……………………
"Mud Monster" is a sub-type of "mud monster". The mud monster is slow-moving and not very strong. Originally, it was not a threatening monster. However, the Mud Lord has developed "Mud Monster" over a long period of time.
With the ability of "Mud Ze", it becomes a medium-sized monster that can pose a major threat to business travelers.
The Nether Lord can transform into mud, lurk underground, move freely, and then randomly pop out of the ground to attack passing merchants. This made the pioneers who attacked it suffer a great deal, and even Guo Bei had to go through a lot of trouble to catch any trace of it.
However, Gu Chen didn't even look for the mud master, but he actually showed up to find fault. I don't know whether he was lucky or unlucky.
"Gu Chen, leave those clay figures to me!"
Feiyan reacted very quickly and immediately jumped off the bird's back to greet the clay doll. The sticky mud under her feet did not seem to cause any delay to the female swordsman's movements. Feiyan pulled in with the pace of a dragonfly.
He was within a short distance of the clay doll, and then he lowered his body and swung out a horizontal slash.
A large horizontal slash cut off the clay doll's legs easily. When the clay doll lost its balance and leaned forward, a bottom-up slash cut it neatly into two halves. The female swordsman's gorgeous combo
Zhan made Gu Chen almost clapped his hands and cheered.
At this time, seeing his companion being chopped down, another clay doll nearby let out a low roar and raised its fist dripping with mud. However, its movement was too slow, and Feiyan jumped into his arms with a sword, slashing him with his sword.
He took off his wrist, and cut him in half with one sword strike.
Originally, the weakness of the mud monster was its soft body, and the sharpness of the sword monster was far from ordinary, so Feiyan was able to kill the two clay dolls in the blink of an eye. Seeing the bodyless clay dolls slowly melting into the mud under his feet, Feiyan set his target
Turn to the remaining two and prepare to resolve the battle with one force.
"It's nothing special, Lord Nize..."
Just as Feiyan was mumbling to himself, the mud fountain over there unexpectedly erupted again. Two clay figures were slowly formed from the gushing mud, and then stood side by side with the remaining two clay figures. Four clay figures stood side by side.
Occasionally, there was a towering mud wall blocking the front, and that sight made Gu Chen take a breath while watching the battle.
"Can you actually regenerate!?"
The mud monster's body is made of thick mud. It is soft and slow in movement. Generally speaking, it can be eliminated by breaking up its mud body. However, if it encounters a situation where mud can flow everywhere on rainy days, the mud monster may emerge from the concentrated mud.
After being regenerated, it will take several times the usual effort to destroy them.
Although it is not raining at the moment, there is slippery mud underfoot. For the mud monsters, it is like an infinite health tank has been added out of thin air. As long as you continue to fight in the mud, even if Feiyan cuts them down hundreds of times
, the clay doll can also be resurrected continuously.
"Feiyan, move your position first! It would be too bad for us to start a war here!"
Gu Chen had already turned over and got off the bird, pulling the cage rope of the hammer-headed bird and shouting to Feiyan.
The unweighted Hammerhead was dragged along by Gu Chen, and finally managed to escape from the entanglement in the mud beneath its feet. It was then moved to the side of the commercial road. During the transfer, Feiyan also chopped down four clay dolls in succession as a cover. However,
The clay doll that was chopped down quickly came back to life.
And what's even more terrible is that Ni Ze, who swallowed up the commercial road, actually followed after him!?
Witnessing the unrealistic sight of a whole piece of mud moving like a living creature is a quite subversive challenge to the common sense of the earth. Gu Chen couldn't help but look at it blankly.
"I see, that's why it's called 'Lord of Ni Ze'..."