"Wait for me." Luo Ling rushed into the tent, and a moment later she ran out wearing a wizard robe.
"What are you doing! If there is an assassin, wouldn't he be looking for you mages?!" Kalanda said anxiously.
The firelight shone on Luo Ling's cheek, reflecting her somewhat nervous expression. She took a deep breath and said, "I'm just waiting for them to show up."
"Are you crazy? These rats can kill you with just one arrow shot from the dark!" Kalanda no longer cared about etiquette and pulled her back to the tent.
Luo Ling held her hand and said, "I'm still somewhat confident. Listen to me!"
"this… "
"Our guards are tight, so there shouldn't be many enemies that can get in. But now we don't know where Xiao Chen is in the camp, we only know that he is with the slaves. And Roger is guarding the baggage, you are with me, Lao Chen is putting out the fire, and Shi Hao is still looking for him. Who else can protect him? He is in danger now! Xiao Chen doesn't know any defensive magic, but I do! I would rather an assassin come and kill me, because with you here, my chances of survival are much greater than his."
Kalanda stopped but did not loosen his hand.
"Besides, even if someone really has to die, that person can't be him. He is the backbone of these slaves!" Luo Ling looked at Kalanda with a pleading look, "Please help me find those assassins."
"I really didn't expect that you could do this for him... Okay." Kalanda sighed and said, "You must stand within one meter of me."
"It's not for him." Luo Ling shook her head slightly.
"I can help you too." Elena, who was standing behind them, suddenly said. A dark green light appeared in her hand, and the light turned into two vines that penetrated Luo Ling's wizard robe from the sleeves. The vines entangled and connected in the wizard robe, and finally formed a set of vine armor under the clothes. "This set of vine armor formed by the spell can last for a day. Let me act with you. The Rain Priest is best at healing. In addition, I have a spell called Jungle Mist that can be used on Miss Kalanda..."
Luo Ling walked along the main road, holding a brass trumpet to appease the slaves and control the situation. Only Elena, wearing a cloak, followed her closely, but Kalanda was nowhere to be seen.
Mars saw her like this. Although their main target was Xiao Chen, other important people could also get bounties. At this time, a female magician was frantically maintaining order in the camp, with only a maid by her side, which made him feel itchy.
However, Mars was still a very cautious person. He did not rush to take action, but followed the magician to observe and wait. He followed for more than ten minutes and did not find any traps. The magician was completely immersed in firefighting and comforting people, and there were flaws everywhere.
Should he do it? Mars hesitated.
Suddenly, the magician turned into a sparsely populated intersection, where there were piles of empty cars, no torches around, and it was rather dark.
This was a perfect opportunity, and Mars finally decided to take action.
He activated his fighting spirit and rushed over from a place only seven or eight meters away from Luo Ling. He held a short blade in his backhand, raised it above his head, and stabbed Luo Ling in the back of the neck.
However, when he was in mid-air, still two or three meters away from Luo Ling, the air on his side suddenly surged for no reason, and a figure rushed out from the void and pounced on him from the side and behind.
Damn it, it’s an invisibility magic, there must be an ambush!
Mars was anxious, but with his experience, he estimated the speed of the person behind him in a flash. With his agility, if he killed Luo Ling with one strike, and then used her body as leverage, he should be able to quickly escape from the battlefield. The person behind him was definitely not as fast as him, so he could just walk around the camp and get rid of him.
So, he continued to exert his strength, stabbing the magician who seemed unprepared.
But when his knife was only half a meter away from Luo Ling, an ice shield suddenly appeared in the air. The ice shield was not very strong, and Mars pierced it with one knife, but the appearance of the shield blocked his body and hindered his knife. He didn't care about breaking the ice shield, and continued to stab forward with the knife with an ice shield hanging on it. But at this time, a second ice shield appeared. Behind it were the nervous eyes of the female magician.
Mars had to face the second ice shield, but as soon as his knife was inserted, he had no strength to pierce it, because a thick sword tip had already penetrated his chest and pierced his heart from behind.
Before he died, he saw the female magician kneeling on the ground and spitting out blood.
"Lord Luo Ling!" Kalanda drew his sword and chopped off Mars' head, then hurried to help Luo Ling. Elena began to cast a healing spell.
"I'm fine. It's just... my mental power is backlashing!" She said this, but Luo Ling's chin and chest were covered with bright red blood. She smiled at Kalanda, with an expression that said, "Look, I succeeded."
"How could you be like this..." Karanda put his arms around her back.
"This is my secret, and it's also the reason why I never use magic easily." She coughed several times in succession, "Please don't tell anyone about what happened today, especially Xiao Chen..."
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Xiao Chen sensed the danger. His strong mental power made him sensitive to the things around him. The moment he pulled the trigger of the crossbow, he turned around and looked at the assassin's position. His night vision allowed him to clearly see the man hiding in the shadows. He even saw the murderous intent in his eyes.
Danger! I have to get out of the way, faster, faster!
At that moment, a magic that had been elusive for a long time suddenly became fully understood in my sea of consciousness...
Xiao Chen felt a coolness in his head, and then everything around him slowed down, like a slow motion in a movie. The crowd turned into sculptures and the bonfire fluttered like a veil, but he himself felt as if he was bound and his body could not keep up with the pace of his thoughts.
This is another magic on the ring, lightning thoughts!
Xiao Chen saw Katarina's movements clearly. She opened her mouth in surprise, turned her head in panic, bent her body with determination, and rushed towards him without hesitation. All this may have taken less than half a second. However, in Xiao Chen's perception, she was like a 100-year-old old lady doing Tai Chi. The movements were so slow that they were funny and made him want to laugh; they were also so slow that they touched his heart and made him want to cry.
Xiao Chen wanted to yell, "Get out of the way!" But his vocal cords were powerless. He wanted to push her away, but his muscles were as hard as stone.
Xiao Chen also saw the crossbow arrow. The tiny crossbow arrow trembled left and right, like a small snake, slowly swimming towards him in the air. The swirling black air surrounded the arrow, like a monster with bared fangs and claws. If the arrow was shot, it would definitely pierce Katarina's back. Xiao Chen had no doubt that the strange black air would have a terrible effect.
Xiao Chen knew that although the arrow seemed so slow that even a child could easily dodge it in his eyes, in fact, it would take less than a second for it to hit Katarina. No matter what he did, he could not change this. And no one else around could help them.
Are you just going to watch her get shot by an arrow
Is there no other solution
No, there is another possibility! That is to break through the bottleneck of divine thoughts and objects, and use mental power to interfere with the arrow! In a world where everything is "slowing down", there is only one thing that will not slow down, that is his thinking and the mental power controlled by this thinking!
However, Xiao Chen had only been in the realm of divine thoughts and objects for a short time. All he could do before was to use his mental power to sense the shapes of things, but he could not move them. But at this moment, besides trying his best, what other options were there
Xiao Chen concentrated his mind and put all his thoughts on the crossbow arrow. He soon "touched" it. It was sharp, cold, and had a sinister aura. He imagined his mental power as a hand, trying to drag, pull, and push it. But just like a wave trying to wash away a reef, no matter how hard he tried, the crossbow arrow still flew on its own path. Only the black air above it seemed to be affected and began to float greatly.
Xiao Chen's brows furrowed like a mountain, but the effect was very limited. He felt like a ghost trying to prove his existence, and no matter how he danced, he couldn't attract anyone's attention.
Calm down, I must calm down. Xiao Chen's mind was thinking rapidly: Since the master's mind can push objects, there must be actual force acting on the objects. In other words, when the mental force pushes the object, it shows materiality. I can feel it, but I can't pull it. The most likely reason is that the density and speed of the mental force are not enough. Higher density and stronger impact force may be able to do it...
So Xiao Chen imagined his mental power as a small hammer head and rushed towards the arrow shaft at the fastest speed.
The mental force and the object collided violently, causing him to have a splitting headache, dizziness and nausea. After a round of violent hammering, Xiao Chen found that the arrow shaft had shifted significantly, but before he could be happy, he realized that under the current circumstances, even if he tried his best, it would be impossible for the crossbow arrow to completely avoid Katarina's body. At most, the arrow shot at her body would be deflected to her arm.
Still not enough!
As long as such poison arrows cause wounds, the result will probably be the same.
Wound? Xiao Chen stared at the sharp tip of the arrow and suddenly thought of something.
He quickly mobilized his mental power again, part of it hitting the tip of the arrow, and part of it hitting the tail in the opposite direction. The two forces worked together, causing the crossbow arrow to slowly rotate.
It's still too slow! I need to gather my mental strength to make it more powerful!
Xiao Chen tried his best to compress the form of his spiritual power, shrinking and condensing it, until one moment, he broke through a certain barrier, and his spiritual power suddenly became tough and strong, as if it had a physical body. Xiao Chen realized that he had finally truly stepped into the realm of divine thoughts and objects...
At this moment, in Luke's eyes, everything was normal. After he shot an arrow, he saw that the little girl had discovered his attack in advance and threw herself on the magician's chest to block the arrow. He couldn't help but feel angry. The assassination plan that was about to succeed was ruined just like that.
It would be better to shoot one first!
It was too late for him to rewind the crossbow and shoot the second arrow, so he reached for the dagger, ready to go forward and finish off the mage. However, at this moment, he saw the crossbow arrow suddenly turn 90 degrees and hit the woman's back horizontally. At the same time, blood spurted out of the mage's mouth and nose.
Damn, could it be that this guy used some secret technique to interfere with the arrows
However, the reason was not important, as long as he was dead. Luke rushed forward with all his might, and stabbed Xiao Chen with the dagger in his hand.
But halfway through, someone suddenly rushed out and pounced on him. Although Luke had superb footwork, he rushed too fast and was pushed to the ground.
The man was like a madman. Not only did he cling to Luke tightly, he also bit his arm.
In the panic, Luke couldn't see the man's face. He could only see that he had gray hair and a thin body.
Asshole, today there are just some inexplicable troublemakers.
He stabbed the man's back several times with his dagger, and the man twitched a few times, but did not let go. Luke used his fighting spirit and pushed hard. Finally, he pushed the man to the ground.
He looked up and found that the girl in front of the mage had turned around and protected the mage with a dagger in hand. The mage behind her, despite the blood on his face, stretched out his palm and pointed at him from a distance.
Luke's heart tightened, and he was about to run away, but he felt an invisible force rushing into his mind. Instantly, a huge fear emerged from his heart. The surrounding woods turned into demons waving claws, and the burning fire turned into a fireman rushing towards him. In the darkness of the woods, many of his severed heads emerged, including those of relatives, friends, and enemies. Those bloody heads, some with tongues hanging, some with eyes hanging, and some with strange laughter, circled around him.
This... this is an illusion of magic, Luke told himself.
However, the next second, his father's head opened its big mouth and bit his neck. The real pain made him scream. He even smelled the breath from that mouth. Then, heads flew over one by one, biting his body from top to bottom, turning him into a bunch of bloody grapes.
"Ah..." Luke dropped the crossbow and dagger, and fell down holding his head...
When Luke woke up again, his first reaction was to feel his throat to see if it was bitten off, but his hands were tied tightly behind his back.
He came back to his senses and found that the wizard was looking at him, his face was a little pale. There was still some blood between his mouth and nose. The bad girl was standing next to him, glaring at him fiercely. There were many people standing around them, looking at him angrily or indifferently.
He looked at the ground again, and saw six or seven bodies lying there, including the sentry he had killed at the beginning, the middle-aged man who had just knocked him down, and some others who were burned by fire or stabbed to death by swords. Finally, there was a body without a head and a big hole in its chest, but the body shape was familiar to him...
This was... His frightened mind had not yet recovered its full functionality.
"His head is here!" said a majestic female voice.
The woman with a long sword on her back pointed to the ground, and Luke saw Mars' head. His expression was ferocious, and it seemed that he had been killed in a fierce battle.
Mars was actually killed!
Luke felt like he was falling into an icy cave, and he knew that no one could save him.
"This bastard actually killed several innocent people in order to create chaos when setting the fire. So, not only did I chop off his head, I will also cut his body into pieces later." The woman said, "Now you should think carefully about your own fate."
"Tell me who sent you to assassinate me and what other plans they have. If you tell me, I can give you a decent death." The wizard's tone was full of anger, and Luke felt that he might release a ball of fire at any time and burn himself to ashes.
Would I still die after I told you? No, I couldn't die, I still had value. Luke pulled himself together and said, "I can tell you who wants to kill you, but you have to spare my life! Otherwise, I won't tell you."
The wizard sneered: "In fact, I have a simpler way. I will kill you and then read your memory. If you don't tell me, I can only do this. It will be a little more difficult and consume some energy."
Luke had heard many stories about magicians, and he hurriedly said, "I have other uses. I am a senior assassin, and I can do things for you. I can fight! I am much stronger than these dead people! I can sign any contract, as long as you don't kill me!"
"Everyone you kill is our companion, and each of them is much more valuable than you! Therefore, you have only one way to go, death." The wizard turned around and signaled, and a male warrior drew his sword and stood behind Luke, "Choose now, do you want Roger to chop off your limbs and then hand your body over to those angry people, or do you want to end it peacefully?"
Luke looked at the slaves around him tremblingly. Most of them had fierce looks on their faces, especially a handsome young man, whose face was twisted and covered with tears. It looked like if his body was handed over to these people, they would definitely eat him alive, just like what he saw in the horrible illusion.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! Don't, don't let them eat me!"