Rockman was wrapped in a ball of light, falling rapidly in the tunnel. The ball of light was slightly smaller than the tunnel, and it was unknown what the outside was made of, but it seemed very slippery and very tough, and could easily slide over the corners of the tunnel without being punctured. So even though he was falling rapidly, his body did not suffer any damage, and he did not even feel too much bumps. It was just that the ball of light illuminated the environment around the Death Trail, making him feel very dizzy and having an uncontrollable urge to vomit. He could see two balls of light in front and behind him, bouncing violently like the balls he used to play with when he was a child, but the two mages inside were sitting cross-legged, as if they were taking a nap. He still admired such a calm human mage.
Rockman suddenly realized that even if he opened his eyes wide and looked around, it would only increase his worries, because he was now trapped in the ball and could do nothing. So he simply closed his eyes. He didn't look or think, and just like the two wizards, he handed his fate to this ball of light.
Four light balls fell rapidly on the death path like glass marbles. Xiao Chen, who was walking in the front, did not leave his fate to the light balls as Rockman thought. On the contrary, he closed his eyes and used his mental power to explore the area of 200 to 300 meters ahead and behind. He also used magic to control the speed of the light balls.
Otherwise, after sliding down for more than ten kilometers, God knows to what extent the light ball would be accelerated.
These four light balls were shield magic that Xiao Chen had improved on the spot. He added a buffer layer inside the regular physical shield and a layer of gelatinous magic outside, transforming the shield into a small capsule to transport the four people forward.
They were advancing at lightning speed along the shortcut, many times faster than Ansaldo's convoy.
Xiao Chen later placed a conical light shield in front of the four light balls. Any obstacles on the road ahead would be smashed by the light shield first, and their speed became several points faster than before.
After sliding like this for about twenty minutes, Xiao Chen felt that the tunnel suddenly became flat three or four hundred meters ahead. He slowed down the speed of the light ball and finally it slowly stopped at a cave entrance.
Xiao Chen snapped his fingers, and the four balls of light burst. The four of them fell to the ground.
Xiao Chen, Luo Ling and Evelyn didn't feel anything serious, only Rockman leaned against the wall and fainted for a long time before he recovered.
"It seems like we are about to get out. I explored it and it should be the main road. It seems that we have completed the Death Trail, right?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Finished?" Rockman opened his eyes wide, looked around, and walked to the cave entrance to look out. "I actually finished the walk. This is the main road, less than a thousand meters away from the capital. Your method is incredible. I never thought that a wizard could walk through the Death Trail like this."
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "If you haven't reached a high level, it's best not to try this method. Otherwise, you may not be able to respond in time if you encounter danger."
"How is it? Do you think we have gotten ahead of them?" Luo Ling asked.
Rockman said, "In my opinion, we should be ahead. This is the road they must take. As long as we wait here, we should be able to catch up with them."
Xiao Chen said: "Just waiting for them is not enough. We have to create an opportunity to separate those people, and then catch one of them and interrogate him."
He discussed it with Luo Ling and Evelyn and decided to set a trap nearby.
He used his mental power to explore the surrounding stone walls for several hundred meters, found a crack on the top of the tunnel, and used magic to further cut these cracks, making them easier to break. Then he embedded several crystal stones into the tunnel, and then used a soundproof barrier to surround the tunnel for ten meters.
He then hid in front of the explosion site with Luo Ling and Evelyn, while Rockman was told to just wait quietly in the side road.
Xiao Chen waited for about half an hour, during which time three groups of people came by. When the fourth group appeared, Rockman said, "That's them. These people are wearing the standard armor of the Black Rock Family."
Xiao Chen took a look and found that there were indeed a few humans in the team. They were wearing black robes and sitting in two carriages, blending in with the walking dwarf team, standing out from the crowd.
Xiao Chen and his three companions were in stealth mode, watching the team pass by them. When they approached the explosion point, Xiao Chen used his mental power to pierce the crystal stone on the top of the tunnel. The soundproof barrier blocked the sound of the first explosion, but the top of the tunnel still exploded on a large scale.
The landslide caused by the explosion did not hit any of the dwarves, but happened to hit two carriages, which not only caused panic among the dwarf team, but also damaged the roof of one of the carriages.
At this moment, Luo Ling cast a long-prepared Heart of Fear magic on the crowd. This magic was released using the original casting method. Although it was a range magic, Luo Ling used superb skills to target each dwarf individually. Others could hardly feel the magic fluctuations, but the effect was even more difficult to resist. The dwarves affected by the magic were already panicking, and now it turned into hysterical fear. They were obviously not injured, but they fled everywhere and shouted loudly, making the already chaotic scene out of control.
An officer from the Black Rock Family jumped off the carriage, and the humans followed them out.
"Don't panic, it's just a landslide!" The dwarf officer shouted angrily when he saw his incompetent soldiers.
"Is this an attack?" asked the human who looked like the leader.
"No, it's just a landslide. This road is old and things like this happen all the time. But this time it was a bit large and scared these idiots." The dwarf officer replied.
At this moment, Xiao Chen extracted the second part of the buried crystal stone.
This explosion was not as powerful as the first one, but more broken rocks fell from above and hit the people who were talking outside the carriage.
The dwarf officer nimbly dodged two stones and said to the humans, "Everyone, move aside and retreat to the back. The things that should have fallen here have not yet been completely dropped."
Gravel was flying in their faces and the ground was uneven, so the humans could only flee in different directions. Judging from their movements, some should be mages and some should be warriors.
Evelyn, who had been waiting for a long time, took aim at a black-robed man who was leaping towards him and slashed him on the back of the neck with a knife.
The man was caught off guard by Evelyn's fighting spirit that penetrated his neck, and fell down without a sound. Evelyn wrapped the man in a cloak with invisibility magic, and dragged him to a blind spot that had been prepared long ago. (To be continued)