Pitch black.
The view in front of me was completely filled with endless darkness.
Just now, Lin You felt a continuous feeling of falling. During the fall, he heard two sounds of breaking wind above his head.
Judging by the breath, the two sounds of breaking wind came from Chimera and the three harpy sisters respectively.
Therefore, due to the effect of the soul connection, apart from some impact, Lin You did not suffer any harm at the moment of falling to the ground.
But beside him, a cry of pain came, someone was hurt!
Judging from the voice, this person is Chen Ming.
Of course, Lin You didn't need to listen at all. At such a close distance, with his perception, it was easy for him to distinguish the breath.
It can also be sensed that Chen Ming consumed a large amount of magic power to protect his body before falling. He has a good sense of self-protection, so his injuries are not too obvious.
It just hurts for a while!
At this moment, Lin You quickly attached magic power to his eyes, and the vision in front of him suddenly became bright.
Ordinary magic eyes cannot achieve such a thorough effect, but don’t forget that he had awakened his spiritual eyes before.
The existence of the spiritual eye naturally greatly improved his vision, and combined with the magic eye, it was a perfect match.
After the vision became clear, what came into view was a piece of wet land with many broken leaves scattered on the ground. Among the broken leaves, many unknown white insects could be seen wriggling.
These insects are not monsters from the secret realm, and they do not carry any magical aura. They are slowly nibbling on the broken leaves on the ground.
The land continued to expand forward, and at the end, several dark cave entrances could be seen, and it was unknown where they led to.
While Lin You was observing the environment, Hua Peiling and Chen Ming, who fell with him, also opened their magic eyes one after another.
The pure magic power was attached to the present moment, and although he could not see as clearly as Lin You, it was enough to clearly understand the current situation.
Chen Ming suddenly panicked and asked, "What's going on? It seems like we've been 'swallowed' by that giant tree. Are we inside the tree now? How are we going to get out?"
"Don't make a scene."
Hua Peiling said this lightly, and Chen Ming immediately shut up. He was still a little scared of this "ice beauty".
When he fell silent, Hua Peiling looked at Lin You and asked, "Do you want to fly high and try to blast it out?"
"Let's try it first."
Lin You nodded slightly, but was not optimistic about success.
Because after they were swallowed by the giant tree, there was no movement from the outside world.
Logically, Chen Yi and the other two who had not been swallowed yet should have launched an attack as soon as possible, trying to break through from the outside, or force the giant tree to open its "mouth" again.
However... no sound of attack could be heard.
Not only that, even the external conditions have been isolated, and the chestnut ball's perception cannot penetrate out.
This giant tree is obviously extraordinary.
It is clearly not a monster from the secret realm, but it is a living creature, and the internal environment is also extremely special.
At this time, the three Harpy sisters had already flown high up, and Chimera followed closely behind.
Immediately afterwards, the two super black star fighters began to attack frantically.
Deadly moves composed of wind elements fell on the enclosed high ground, but when they hit it, they only caused layers of energy ripples, and not even the sound of the bombardment was heard.
The giant tree remained motionless, and those attacks were like heavy punches hitting cotton, futile.
Lin You frowned and said, "It seems that this giant tree is only interested in swallowing us up without letting us go. It may not be that easy for us to get out."
Hua Peiling frowned and said, "How about I let the three harpy sisters use their combat skills to try it out?"
Before Lin You could reply, he heard Chen Ming suddenly scream, "This is terrible! We've completely lost contact with Huang Xiao and the others, and we can't send out the number!"
"Unable to send a message?"
Hua Peiling's face changed slightly. Logically speaking, even if they were swallowed by this giant tree, they should not be far away from Huang Xiao and others outside. How could even the number communication be disconnected?
Lin You was not surprised. The little guy's perception could not penetrate, so it would be strange that the duel number could still work.
This place is quite special!
After pondering for a moment, Lin You looked at Hua Peiling and said, "Just give it a try. Use explosive combat skills to bombard. If that doesn't work, we can only give up on escaping through brute force."
Hua Peiling's three harp maidens have a very high level of awakening and have reached the duel level long ago.
After further training, you will start moving towards the ace level.
If the degree of awakening is expressed as a percentage, the progress would be at least 150%.
At this level of awakening, the power of the three sisters' combat skills will be further increased, and should not be much worse than the peak wind blast.
With such strength, if it still cannot shake the exit above, even if Lin You can still exert great strength, it is not worth trying.
The team was divided, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Fortunately, those who remain outside are all strong players.
Chen Yi, Huang Xiao and Gu Du, these three people each occupy a position in the top five of the Rising Star List.
Even if you are being hunted by Amazons, be careful to avoid them and avoid direct conflict with them, and survival will not be a problem.
At worst, we can sneak back to the stronghold.
Of course, with Lin You's understanding of those three people, even though he had not been in contact with them for a long time, he could feel that they were not the kind of people who would give up easily because of temporary difficulties.
The idea of running away will most likely not occur.
Therefore, they have to find a way out as soon as possible.
Although staying here seems to be a good way to avoid the pursuit of those Amazons, their plan is not to hide blindly, but to fight guerrilla warfare with those Amazons.
At this moment, the three Harpy sisters have already formed a battle formation to release their ultimate moves.
The harp girl standing in the center opened her arms and put on a whirlwind coat.
On either side of the coat stood a harp girl, both raising their claws simultaneously.
The whirlwind coat began to expand rapidly!
Seeing the three harpy sisters gathering their strength, Chen Ming couldn't help but ask, "Come to think of it, if we can't get out, why don't Huang Xiao and the others come in? It's hard to get out, but isn't it easy to get in? Are you afraid of being swallowed and unable to get out? But it's better for us to act together than to separate, right?"
At this point, a sudden thought occurred to him: "Do you think they were trying to get in, but just as they fell down, they were hit by the Harpy Sisters' ultimate move? Tsk tsk, that would be really unlucky. They shouldn't have broken the soul connection, right? If they did, they wouldn't have had time to stop..."
His expression changed drastically. "Isn't it going to be chopped into pieces right here and then?"
When these words were spoken, even Hua Peiling was slightly startled, and the three harp maiden sisters who were gathering their strength also paused in their actions.
It can’t be such a coincidence, right?
Just when she was wavering, Lin You said leisurely: "It's okay, go ahead."
Although she didn't explain why, Hua Peiling nodded slightly.
The three harp maidens no longer hesitated. The harp maiden in the center suddenly made a fake push with her arms, and the harp maidens on both sides followed suit.
A layer of expanding whirlwind coat suddenly rolled out!
As it swept across the sky, it quickly transformed into a raging tornado, and the wind element vibrated violently.
Chi chi bang!
The tornado suddenly slammed into the closed 'exit', causing a layer of violent energy ripples. After lasting for a few seconds, it quickly calmed down.
“How could it be!”
Chen Ming's eyes widened immediately. He knew very well how powerful that move was. Any ordinary super-black star monster would surely die if it took it.
As a result, bombarding the exit only caused energy ripples.
No matter how violent it was, it didn't even cause basic damage!
Judging from the situation, it is simply unrealistic to rely on violence to destroy it.
Seeing this, Lin You shrugged and said, "This road is blocked... It seems that this giant tree has us ready. We have no choice but to look for another way out."
"Shouldn't we wait for them? Maybe they'll come in soon."
Chen Ming poked his finger upwards and asked.
Lin You said with some regret, "Maybe they can't wait. We've been down here for a while, but there's been no reaction from outside. They must have tried to follow us in, but failed... As for why they failed, I think if we compare this giant tree to a hunting beast, then it's in its current state: it's full and needs to digest everything before it can continue eating."
Chen Ming shuddered suddenly and said weakly, "What you said is so scary, as if we will be digested soon..."
"Who knows?"
Lin You did not comment, but his eyes subconsciously looked towards several cave entrances a little further away.
Looking from this position, even if the eyes are possessed by magic, it is still impossible to see the situation inside the cave clearly.
But at this time, Chestnut Ball seemed to have noticed something and issued a warning.
Something is approaching!
Lin You's eyes changed slightly as he looked towards the cave entrance. He would naturally not neglect the little guy's warning.
Even though he is strong enough now, he is in a secret realm and accidentally falls into this strange giant tree. If he does not stay alert, he will be doomed sooner or later.
"What's going on?"
Hua Peiling noticed the change in Lin You's expression, and Chen Ming was also shocked. Is there something going on?
Without saying a word, he used his magic power to summon a monster first.
Let’s connect the souls first!
Lin You said in a serious tone, "Be careful, there seems to be something approaching this way. There are quite a few of them, and their aura is unknown. We can't tell their strength yet. If nothing goes wrong, they should be the mysterious monsters living in those caves."
Chen Ming said nervously, "It must have been attracted by the attack just now."
"Very likely."
Lin You did not deny it, but he was not panicked. If there really were some secret monsters living in those caves, it would be better for them to show up sooner rather than later.
After all, if they want to get out, they have to go there. Compared with an encounter, a prepared frontal battle has a greater chance of success.
At this moment, the three of them were ready for battle, and gradually they heard some fast footsteps.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally, several insect monsters crawled out of a cave.
These monsters were pitch black in color, but their bodies glowed with a pale white fluorescence. There were fish-scale-like ripples on the surface of their shells, and their compound eyes emitted a blood-red light.
Judging from its appearance, it is extremely similar to the scarab, but it is much larger in size.
This scarab beetle that has emerged is probably almost as big as a house cat.
And there are more than just these few monsters visiting at this moment. Behind them, there seem to be many more, constantly walking out of the dark cave.
And they are all this kind of scarab monsters!
The moment they walked out of the cave, their aura was exposed.
One after another, the auras belonging to the Black Star monsters intertwined, and these scarabs actually reached the Black Star.
Don't underestimate the Black Star. Admittedly, a single Black Star monster is just a piece of cake for Lin You and the other two, and it can be easily destroyed.
But now, the number of scarabs gathered here has exceeded twenty, and more scarabs are appearing.
In the future, the number may exceed fifty!
Such numbers seem a bit scary.
Moreover, these are not ordinary black stars. These are genuine monsters from the secret realm. Their aura is extremely wild, and their overall combat power is far superior to that of ordinary black stars!
Seeing such a large number of scarabs, Chen Ming was a little confused. Fortunately, he remembered that Lin You was by his side. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin You quickly. "Should we rush out now? I see these scarabs are crawling out of the hole in the middle. There's no reaction from the holes on both sides. It should be safe for us to rush in."
"Kill them?"
Lin You suddenly laughed and asked in surprise, "Why are we going to charge out? With so many treasures being delivered to our doorstep, we can't even collect the money, and yet we're still thinking of retreating? Those Amazons are fine, the situation is unclear, and it's too risky to rashly fight them near their lair. But are we really afraid of these stinking bugs?"
After saying this, he seemed to see mountains of gold and silver in his eyes, and said with great energy: "Prepare for battle, kill insects, and earn treasure!"
“…”
Do you have to be so brave?
Facing so many Black Star-level scarabs, are we really going to fight them to the death here?
Chen Ming was stunned, even though he knew that if he could successfully kill these scarabs, there would be a lot of souls stuck on the ground, and then he could make a fortune.
But is it really that easy to make money?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw another monster appear on the forest field.
A skilled black magician wearing a blue-black robe and holding a dome-shaped staff!
Seeing him summon such a white star monster under such circumstances, Chen Ming's pupils shrank slightly, and he immediately understood Lin You's idea.
He is about to summon the extremely terrifying red star monster!
Chen Ming was also a witness to the duel between Chen Yi and Lin You at the New Star Duel Arena, so he naturally knew how terrifying the Gunner Dragon was.
If it was that kind of monster, there would definitely be a chance even against such a large number of scarabs!
Besides, there is not only Lin You here, and he not only has Gunner Dragon, but Chimera is also a very powerful fighting force!
Realizing this, Chen Ming felt relieved.
I almost forgot that Lin You also has this ultimate weapon.
And this powerful weapon... he seems to be able to drive it with ease!
The so-called soul trauma is funny to talk about.
With such a trump card, Lin You is indeed confident enough to fight those scarabs head-on.
Even if he revealed his trump card now, taking into account the previous consumption, his magic power might be consumed by more than 90%, so that it would be difficult to cause trouble to those Amazons later.
You may make a lot of money here, but there is no need to be greedy. The income is enough.
Chen Ming thought so, but he didn't know that even if he summoned the Gunner Dragon, it would not be a particularly serious drain on Lin You now.
His total magic power is 1510, which under the effect of seven magic shells can be understood as a normal 3775 points.
Summoning a Red Star Monster usually costs 2000 points.
It seems that summoning the Gunner Dragon is not that easy, and most of it is consumed.
Don’t forget, during the previous National Freshman Competition, Lin You’s magic power was only 1075 points, and the number of magic shells he had remained at six.
In this situation, he still easily activated cards such as Chimera before summoning Gunner Dragon.
If the consumption was really 2000 points, he would not be able to bear such a load at all at that time.
In other words, the actual consumption does not reach this value.
There is only one reason for this to happen -
Roulette products must be top quality!
Yes, Card Roulette!
The consumption of the black star and super black star monsters that Lin You drew from the card roulette is naturally halved!
And this advantage also extends to the Red Star Monster.
Although it is no longer a crude halving, it has reduced consumption by a full 30%!
The Cannon Dragon, which originally required 2,000 points of magic power to support, was summoned by Lin You, but the actual expenditure was 1,400 points.
In addition, due to its special effect, this cost will be even lower, only 1000 points when normally summoned without sacrifice.
Therefore, with Lin You's current ability, it is more than enough for him to bear the consumption of a Cannoneer Dragon.
But now, facing such a large number of scarabs, Lin You’s method of summoning Gunner Dragon will obviously not be the normal summon.
That would reduce the firepower by half, which would cause trouble.
If you are besieged by dozens of black star monsters in the secret realm, the red star monsters will also be in trouble.
With the frenzy of these secret realm monsters, combined with the most primitive Black Star level, their attacks will seem to have the damage increased by their awakening level.
For duelists, awakening is an ability that can only be developed by super black star monsters.
Based on this, the attack damage of these secret realm monsters is unusually high, not to mention some that have awakened their own skills and are at the duel level!
For such a being, the burst of his ultimate move would be extremely terrifying.
As for whether there are duel-level scarabs among these scarabs, and if so, how many there are, Lin You has no way of judging.
Because of the unknown, Lin You decisively made plans for the worst.
Assuming they are all at this level, the summoning of the Gunner Dragon cannot be done casually.
It must be summoned at a higher level to maximize its combat power!
At this time, Lin You had just summoned a skilled black magician, and he still needed to wait for the summoning interval. Looking at the approaching scarabs, he immediately ordered Chimera to meet them.
"roar!"
Chimera was not afraid at all. He let out a wild roar and drove the wind element to launch a barrage of wind blades.
At the same time as it attacked, the three harpy sisters also mobilized the wind element, followed by a gust of wind blades.
When it comes to controlling the wind element, the three harpy sisters, monsters that learned to control it after birth, are actually much inferior to the chimera that can naturally drive the wind element by nature.
But after the awakening level increases, the power it finally displays is no less powerful.
As the two wind blades descended, a pillar of fire shot up into the sky.
The fire man in the suit that was previously recovered by Chen Ming appeared again, and the fire pillars he summoned this time were more ferocious than when he fought against the Amazons before.
This is because of the use of auxiliary cards. Whether it is attack power or elemental strength, the fire man in suit has been significantly improved.
Chen Ming is serious too!
He used methods that he had never used before when fighting against the Amazons.
He had a great advantage in the previous match in the swamp source, so naturally he didn't need to use it. But it's different now. If he keeps hiding it, he might be eaten alive by these scarabs before Lin You's gunner dragon arrives.
With the three super black star fighters working together, the crawling steps of many scarabs were hindered to a certain extent, and shit-yellow liquid flowed out from the shells of some scarabs.
This is a manifestation of their injury!
But this was nothing. The scarabs continued to approach, and the first target they targeted was the only man in a suit on the ground.
"What are you doing? Don't bully the weak and fear the strong!"
Chen Ming was quite dissatisfied with these scarabs, but those insects would not care about his thoughts. The first few even quickened their pace and rushed towards the man in the suit like flying.
Flames suddenly appeared on the hands of the man in the suit. He kept pushing his hands forward alternately, and small fireballs were blasted out one after another.
These fireballs were extremely hot, but when they actually hit the scarabs, they couldn't even melt them or hinder their movement.
The scarabs at the front continued their pace, bearing one fireball after another, and were about to crawl up the calves of the man in the suit.
Two wind elements descended, and the body of the man in the suit suddenly became much lighter. Without thinking, he jumped back and flew several meters high.
At the critical moment, he escaped from those scarabs.
But at this moment, the scarabs suddenly raised their heads, and their shells separated into two halves like a mechanism, revealing a shit-yellow gap in the middle.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Like a catapult, a large amount of shit-yellow liquid splashed out from behind them.
When these liquids broke through the air, bursts of corrosion sounds were heard.
The man in the suit who had just flown out had no time to adapt to the lightness of his body, and there was no way to avoid it at this time.
However--
Two wind elements emerged at the same time and instantly merged into one, forming a raging gale.
The wind blew the liquid away from its direction and landed on the inner wall of the giant tree.
The energy ripples reappeared and the attack was absorbed.
Obviously, not only the exit at high places, but other parts of the giant tree are also basically impossible to break through.
Seeing the suit-wearing fire man escape danger one after another with the help of the two beasts, Chen Ming couldn't help but applaud and said, "Great! You two are really well-coordinated. I give you 100 points!"
No one paid any attention to him. Both Lin You and Hua Peiling focused their attention on the scarabs.
Keep a close eye on their numbers!
Judging from the current situation, the number is almost the same as the estimate.
After the number of new scarabs exceeded fifty, they quickly stopped increasing.
This shows that the number of scarab beetles in this giant tree has not yet reached the point of being a disaster.
However, to be precise, it was the disturbed scarabs that appeared before the three people's eyes.
At this moment, since even the man in the suit had adapted to floating in the air, the scarabs completely lost the chance to fight on the ground.
But unfortunately, they are not short of air defense means.
It's not just that shit-yellow flying liquid!
At this moment, a lot of buzzing sounds were heard, and the scarabs shook their bodies and spread out a pair of transparent thin wings!
Chen Ming's expression changed again, and he couldn't help but curse: "Fuck you..."
The second half of the sentence was rather vulgar, but Chen Ming swallowed it back in time when he suddenly remembered that the icy beauty Hua Peiling was still there.
…
Just as Lin You and the other two were facing the siege of scarabs inside the giant tree, Chen Yi and the other two returned to the top of the tree outside the giant tree.
After being blown away at first and watching Lin You and the others being swallowed up, Chen Yi tried to see if he could blast the giant tree open from the outside, but the tree was not moved at all.
Not only that, there was no sound from inside, and even the communication with the duel number was lost.
All these circumstances made Chen Yi and the other two believe that there was something strange about this giant tree... very strange!
With their current abilities, there is no way they can break it open, otherwise Lin You would have already destroyed it from the inside.
After all, it's usually better to destroy something from the inside out than from the outside in.
But in order to avoid being misled by stereotyped thinking, Huang Xiao specially let his Red Lotus Demon Fighter unleash his combat skills, but the result remained the same, the giant tree did not move at all!
This was like adding insult to injury, and immediately cast a shadow over this trip to the secret realm.
So the three of them gave up the attack and tried to let the giant tree swallow them. At least after entering, they could act in unison.
But after waiting for a long time, the giant tree seemed to become ordinary, without any unusual movement, and the leaves were still trembling slightly with the breeze that blew from time to time.
The three of them were completely at a loss and had to re-plan their battle plan.
Anyway, we definitely can’t go to the Wang clan!
Missing extremely critical combat power!
If it was Hua Peiling and Chen Ming, it would be fine, but Lin You was also swallowed.
I'm not looking down on the other two, but to put it bluntly, during this robbery of the Wang clan, any one of them can be gone, but Lin You cannot be gone!
This is the absolute core of combat power!
Therefore, without this core, Huang Xiao’s mind is not on the Wang clan at all. The key is to find a way to reunite with Lin You and the others.
But no one had any idea how to meet up.
The most direct way is to just wait here.
Wait here and contact Lin You as soon as he comes out.
The duel number can also be used to determine whether he has escaped from the giant tree.
As for the safety of Lin You and the other two, Huang Xiao was not too worried.
As long as Lin You is here, no matter what happens, death will not come.
We are just trapped for a while... It's not like we are going to rob Wang's family head-on!
Since there was no better plan, the three of them had no choice but to wait here.
After waiting for a while, Gu Du said with some regret, "If only I had stood closer to the center of the tree just now, I wouldn't have been swallowed up instead of being blown away. Now I don't have to wait here idly. I have a feeling that the inside of this giant tree might be very interesting."
Gu Du stroked his chin and laughed out loud again, "Perhaps he didn't come out, not because he couldn't, but because he found an incredible treasure in the giant tree, or something particularly interesting and attractive that made him linger for a while."
“Not likely.”
Huang Xiao pondered for a moment, looking at the center of the tree canopy under his feet, and said in a low voice: "The strength of this giant tree is beyond imagination. You have seen it before. Even my Red Lotus Demon Fighter's explosive combat skills still cannot threaten it in the slightest. If you want to destroy it by force, it is impossible, unless..."
The rest of the words were not said because everyone knew that it was impossible.
That is Red Star Combat Skill!
This is indeed the case. Although Lin You can now easily control a single Red Star Monster, he is still far from being able to train it to the duel level.
After all, the combat data so far is still pitifully small.
Gu Du also laughed and said, "It was just a joke, you took it seriously? It's just that I'm too bored now. If I don't tell some jokes, I really have nothing to do."
"Nothing to do?"
Chen Yi suddenly smiled strangely, "You seem to have forgotten our current situation."
"Situation?"
"I don't think those Amazons have any perseverance at all. They might be searching the world for us right now."
After hearing Chen Yi's explanation, Gu Du said with a relaxed expression, "I also think they won't let us go easily. The hunt is definitely ongoing, but the Amazon is so vast, and we evacuated quickly enough. It might be difficult for them to find us, right?"
“It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
Chen Yi nodded, the devilish smile on his face not diminishing. "But if they really find us, wouldn't that be a great relief? I'll grant your wish."
"No, if you continue, I'm afraid my words will become a prophecy."
Gu Du quickly waved his hands and said with a smile, "I'll avoid being accused of having a bad mouth and bringing trouble upon myself for no reason. Okay, I'm not bored anymore. Standing here, I can see far and wide, and it's nice to enjoy the scenery. It's quite fun."
After saying that, he looked left, right, up and down.
He looked around like this for a long while, and when he saw something that caught his attention, his face suddenly became very stiff. Suddenly, he smiled bitterly and muttered, "It's not going to be this noisy, is it?"